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
FORCADA J
(2006)
Contrasting population changes in sympatric penguin species in association with climate warming PENGUIN POPULATIONS AND REGIONAL WARMING
in Global Change Biology
Forcada J
(2009)
Modelling predation by transient leopard seals for an ecosystem-based management of Southern Ocean fisheries
in Ecological Modelling
FORCADA J
(2009)
Penguin responses to climate change in the Southern Ocean
in Global Change Biology
Gaten E
(2008)
Is vertical migration in Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) influenced by an underlying circadian rhythm?
in Journal of genetics
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
González-Solís J
(2007)
Offshore spatial segregation in giant petrelsMacronectes spp.: differences between species, sexes and seasons
in Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
González-Solís J
(2007)
Trans-equatorial migration and mixing in the wintering areas of a pelagic seabird
in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
Green J
(2007)
Feeding, fasting and foraging success during chick rearing in macaroni penguins
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