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
Suhr S
(2008)
Trophic modes of large Antarctic Foraminifera: roles of carnivory, omnivory, and detritivory
in Marine Ecology Progress Series
Suhr S
(2006)
Antarctic benthic foraminifera facilitate rapid cycling of phytoplankton-derived organic carbon
in Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography
Sullivan B
(2006)
Mitigation of seabird mortality on factory trawlers: trials of three devices to reduce warp cable strikes
in Polar Biology
Tarling G
(2007)
External parasite infestation depends on moult-frequency and age in Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba)
in Polar Biology
Tarling G
(2007)
Life-cycle and population dynamics of Rhincalanus gigas (Copepoda: Calanoida) in the Scotia Sea
in Marine Ecology Progress Series
Tarling G
(2007)
Recruitment of Antarctic krill Euphausia superba in the South Georgia region: adult fecundity and the fate of larvae
in Marine Ecology Progress Series
Tarling G
(2007)
Interannual to diurnal variability in the near-surface scattering layer in Drake Passage
in ICES Journal of Marine Science
Tarling GA
(2006)
Satiation gives krill that sinking feeling.
in Current biology : CB
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
Topping J
(2006)
Bacterioplankton composition in the Scotia Sea, Antarctica, during the austral summer of 2003
in Aquatic Microbial Ecology