Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/T/S/2003/00476
Rate and mode of planktonic foraminiferal assemblage size change in response to extreme events in Earth history.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor M Kucera, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
- Grant held at:
- Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Earth Sciences
- Science Area:
- Marine
- Earth
- Overall Classification:
- Earth
- ENRIs:
- Global Change
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Palaeobiology
- Palaeoenvironments
- Climate & Climate Change
- Abstract:
- Biodiversity and population dynamics in the plankton are closely linked with environmental change. To assess the potential impact of the current man-induced climate change on modern plankton, analogous, rapid events in the earth history can be examined. We propose to carry out a high-resolution investigation of plankton response to the K/T and the LPTM events using a novel technique based on automated size analysis of planktonic foraminiferal assemblages. The newly drilled Paleogene sediments from Walvis Ridge will provide material for this study. Planktic foraminiferal assemblage size is related to the number of niches available and our data will therefore facilitate an examination of the rate and magnitude of the reaction of planktonic foraminifera to these events, and of the nature of plankton community recovery after dramatic changes in pelagic ecosystems.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/T/S/2003/00476
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Directed Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Ocean Drilling Programme
This grant award has a total value of £123
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Other Costs |
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| £124 |
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