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.
People |
ORCID iD |
| Eugene John Murphy (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Kemp K
(2008)
A new technique for periodic bait release at a deep-sea camera platform: First results from the Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone, Mid-Atlantic Ridge
in Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography
Atkinson A
(2009)
A re-appraisal of the total biomass and annual production of Antarctic krill
in Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers
Campagna C
(2007)
A species approach to marine ecosystem conservation
in Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
Clarke A
(2008)
Adult antarctic krill feeding at abyssal depths.
in Current biology : CB
Arnold JM
(2006)
Albatross populations in peril: a population trajectory for black-browed albatrosses at south Georgia.
in Ecological applications : a publication of the Ecological Society of America
Staniland I
(2007)
An energy-distance trade-off in a central-place forager, the Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella)
in Marine Biology
Clarke A
(2006)
An introduction to EASIZ (Ecology of the Antarctic Sea Ice Zone): An integrated programme of water column, benthos and bentho-pelagic coupling in the coastal environment of Antarctica
in Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography
Suhr S
(2006)
Antarctic benthic foraminifera facilitate rapid cycling of phytoplankton-derived organic carbon
in Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography
Clarke A
(2007)
Antarctic ecology from genes to ecosystems: the impact of climate change and the importance of scale.
in Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences
Woodworth P
(2006)
Antarctic Peninsula sea levels: a real-time system for monitoring Drake Passage transport
in Antarctic Science
Bell M
(2007)
Application of liposome and stable isotope tracer techniques to study polyunsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis in marine zooplankton
in Journal of Plankton Research
Jackson G
(2007)
Applying new tools to cephalopod trophic dynamics and ecology: perspectives from the Southern Ocean Cephalopod Workshop, February 2-3, 2006
in Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries
Semmens J
(2007)
Approaches to resolving cephalopod movement and migration patterns
in Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries
Yebra L
(2006)
Assessment of Calanus finmarchicus growth and dormancy using the aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases method
in Journal of Plankton Research
Topping J
(2006)
Bacterioplankton composition in the Scotia Sea, Antarctica, during the austral summer of 2003
in Aquatic Microbial Ecology
Cresswell K
(2007)
Behaviour affects local-scale distributions of Antarctic krill around South Georgia
in Marine Ecology Progress Series
Buitenhuis E
(2006)
Biogeochemical fluxes through mesozooplankton BIOGEOCHEMICAL FLUXES THROUGH MESOZOOPLANKTON
in Global Biogeochemical Cycles
Clarke S
(2008)
Biology and distribution of South Georgia icefish ( Pseudochaenichthys georgianus ) around South Georgia and Shag Rocks
in Antarctic Science
Catry P
(2010)
Brood-guarding duration in black-browed albatrosses Thalassarche melanophris: temporal, geographical and individual variation
in Journal of Avian Biology
Thorpe S
(2007)
Circumpolar connections between Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba Dana) populations: Investigating the roles of ocean and sea ice transport
in Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers
Meredith M
(2006)
Circumpolar response of Southern Ocean eddy activity to a change in the Southern Annular Mode
in Geophysical Research Letters
Clarke A
(2007)
Climate change and the marine ecosystem of the western Antarctic Peninsula.
in Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences
Murphy EJ
(2007)
Climatically driven fluctuations in Southern Ocean ecosystems.
in Proceedings. Biological sciences
Fielding S
(2007)
Community structure and grazing impact of mesozooplankton during late spring/early summer 2004/2005 in the vicinity of the Crozet Islands (Southern Ocean)
in Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography