Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/T/S/2001/00932
Fine sediment and nutrient dynamics of lowland permeable streams: establishing the significance of biotic processes for sediment modification.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor G Wharton, Queen Mary University of London, Geography
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor M Trimmer, Queen Mary University of London, Sch of Biological & Behavioural Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor RS Wotton, University College London, Genetics Evolution and Environment
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor C Heppell, Queen Mary University of London, Geography
- Co-Investigator:
- Mr J Bass, NERC CEH (Up to 30.11.2019), Acreman
- Grant held at:
- Queen Mary University of London, Geography
- Science Area:
- Terrestrial
- Freshwater
- Overall Classification:
- Freshwater
- ENRIs:
- Global Change
- Biodiversity
- Pollution and Waste
- Natural Resource Management
- Science Topics:
- Water Quality
- Biogeochemical Cycles
- Sediment/Sedimentary Processes
- Hydrological Processes
- Abstract:
- Fine sediment plays an important role in the transfer and fate of nutrients through river basins. In recent years, groundwater-fed rivers throughout lowland England have exhibited increases in both suspended sediment loads and concentrations of macro-nutrients linked to changes in land use and river management practices. These increase have resulted in a number of environmental problems not least for stream biota. To inform the sustainable management of lowland permeable catchments there is an urgent need for improved understanding of fine sediment dynamics including the complex inter-actions between sediments, river flows and biota. Therefore, the overall aim of this project is to provide a process-based understanding of (a) trapping and retention and (b) biological transformations of sediment in reaches of the Frome/Piddle catchment.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/T/S/2001/00932
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Directed Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Lowland Catchment Research
This grant award has a total value of £199,626
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Staff | Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs | Total - Equipment | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £82,003 | £15,454 | £22,892 | £20,066 | £59,209 |
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