BAS Discovery 2010 - Integrating Southern Ocean Ecosystems into the Earth System
Lead Research Organisation:
NERC British Antarctic Survey
Abstract
The DISCOVERY 2010 Programme investigated the response of an ocean ecosystem to climate variability, climate change and commercial exploitation. The Programme built on past studies by the British Antarctic Survey on the detailed nature of the South Georgia marine ecosystem and its links with the large-scale physical and biological behaviour of the Southern Ocean. The aim was to identify, quantify and model key interactions and processes on scales that range from microscopic life forms to higher predators (penguins, albatrosses, seals and whales), and from the local to the circumpolar. Objectives were: a) to assess the links between the status of local marine food webs and variability and change in the Southern Ocean; b) to develop a linked set of ecosystem models applying relevant marine physics and biology over scales from the local to that of the entire Southern Ocean.
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ORCID iD |
| Eugene John Murphy (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Collins MA
(2006)
Southern Ocean cephalopods.
in Advances in marine biology
Staniland I
(2008)
Segregation between the sexes: Antarctic fur seals, Arctocephalus gazella, foraging at South Georgia
in Animal Behaviour
Catry P
(2006)
Factors affecting the solution of a parental dilemma in albatrosses: at what age should chicks be left unattended?
in Animal Behaviour
Reid K
(2007)
Monitoring and management in the Antarctic - making the link between science and policy
in Antarctic Science
Clarke S
(2008)
Biology and distribution of South Georgia icefish ( Pseudochaenichthys georgianus ) around South Georgia and Shag Rocks
in Antarctic Science
Nicol S
(2007)
Paradigm misplaced? Antarctic marine ecosystems are affected by climate change as well as biological processes and harvesting
in Antarctic Science
Woodworth P
(2006)
Antarctic Peninsula sea levels: a real-time system for monitoring Drake Passage transport
in Antarctic Science
Campagna C
(2007)
A species approach to marine ecosystem conservation
in Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
Reid K
(2007)
The power of ecosystem monitoring
in Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
Phillips R
(2007)
Foraging ecology of albatrosses and petrels from South Georgia: two decades of insights from tracking technologies
in Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems