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
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
Kemp K
(2006)
Consumption of large bathyal food fall, a six month study in the NE Atlantic
in Marine Ecology Progress Series
FORCADA J
(2006)
Contrasting population changes in sympatric penguin species in association with climate warming PENGUIN POPULATIONS AND REGIONAL WARMING
in Global Change Biology
Gillibrand E
(2006)
Deep sea benthic bioluminescence at artificial food falls, 1,000-4,800 m depth, in the Porcupine Seabight and Abyssal Plain, North East Atlantic Ocean
in Marine Biology
Cresswell K
(2009)
Diel vertical migration of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) is flexible during advection across the Scotia Sea
in Journal of Plankton Research
Anderson O
(2008)
Diet, individual specialisation and breeding of brown skuas (Catharacta antarctica lonnbergi): an investigation using stable isotopes
in Polar Biology
Collins M
(2007)
Distribution and diet of juvenile Patagonian toothfish on the South Georgia and Shag Rocks shelves (Southern Ocean)
in Marine Biology
Reid W
(2007)
Distribution and ecology of Chaenocephalus aceratus (Channichthyidae) around South Georgia and Shag Rocks (Southern Ocean)
in Polar Biology
Collins M
(2008)
Distribution, growth, diet and foraging behaviour of the yellow-fin notothen Patagonotothen guntheri (Norman) on the Shag Rocks shelf (Southern Ocean)
in Journal of Fish Biology
Hogg A
(2008)
Eddy Heat Flux in the Southern Ocean: Response to Variable Wind Forcing
in Journal of Climate
Vargas F
(2008)
Effects of climate variation on the abundance and distribution of flamingos in the Galápagos Islands
in Journal of Zoology
Hirst A
(2006)
Effects of evolution on egg development time
in Marine Ecology Progress Series
Phillips R
(2016)
Efficacy and effects of diet sampling of albatross chicks
in Emu - Austral Ornithology
Trathan PN
(2007)
Environmental forcing and Southern Ocean marine predator populations: effects of climate change and variability.
in Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences
Kimmerer W
(2007)
Estimating juvenile copepod growth rates: corrections, inter-comparisons and recommendations
in Marine Ecology Progress Series
Green J
(2009)
Evaluating the prudence of parents: daily energy expenditure throughout the annual cycle of a free-ranging bird, the macaroni penguin Eudyptes chrysolophus
in Journal of Avian Biology
Meredith M
(2008)
Evolution of the Deep and Bottom Waters of the Scotia Sea, Southern Ocean, during 1995-2005*
in Journal of Climate
Stowasser G
(2006)
Experimental study on the effect of diet on fatty acid and stable isotope profiles of the squid Lolliguncula brevis
in Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
Tarling G
(2007)
External parasite infestation depends on moult-frequency and age in Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba)
in Polar Biology
M. Burg T
(2006)
Extrapair paternities in black-browed Thalassarche melanophris , grey-headed T. chrysostoma and wandering albatrosses Diomedea exulans at South Georgia
in Journal of Avian Biology
Catry P
(2006)
Factors affecting the solution of a parental dilemma in albatrosses: at what age should chicks be left unattended?
in Animal Behaviour
Shreeve R
(2009)
Feeding ecology of myctophid fishes in the northern Scotia Sea
in Marine Ecology Progress Series
ENGEL M
(2009)
Feeding grounds of the western South Atlantic humpback whale population
in Marine Mammal Science