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
Semmens J
(2007)
Approaches to resolving cephalopod movement and migration patterns
in Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries
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
Le Que´re´ C
(2008)
Response to Comments on "Saturation of the Southern Ocean CO 2 Sink Due to Recent Climate Change"
in Science
Le Quéré C
(2007)
Saturation of the southern ocean CO2 sink due to recent climate change.
in Science (New York, N.Y.)
Reed TE
(2008)
Parasite treatment affects maternal investment in sons.
in Science (New York, N.Y.)
Ramos J
(2009)
Flight Morphology and Foraging Behavior of Male and Female Cory's Shearwaters
in The Condor