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
Pond D
(2008)
Vertebrate nutrition in a deep-sea hydrothermal vent ecosystem: Fatty acid and stable isotope evidence
in Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers
Stowasser G
(2009)
Trophic position of deep-sea fish-Assessment through fatty acid and stable isotope analyses
in Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers
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
Fach B
(2006)
Transport of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) across the Scotia Sea. Part II: Krill growth and survival
in Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers
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
Ward P
(2012)
Food web structure and bioregions in the Scotia Sea: A seasonal synthesis
in Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography
Poulton A
(2007)
Phytoplankton community composition around the Crozet Plateau, with emphasis on diatoms and Phaeocystis
in Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography
Meredith M
(2008)
On the interannual variability of ocean temperatures around South Georgia, Southern Ocean: Forcing by El Niño/Southern Oscillation and the Southern Annular Mode
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
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