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
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