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
Phillips R
(2007)
Movements, winter distribution and activity patterns of Falkland and brown skuas: insights from loggers and isotopes
in Marine Ecology Progress Series
Semmens J
(2007)
Approaches to resolving cephalopod movement and migration patterns
in Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries
Tarling G
(2007)
External parasite infestation depends on moult-frequency and age in Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba)
in Polar Biology
Ward P
(2007)
Plankton community structure south and west of South Georgia (Southern Ocean): Links with production and physical forcing
in Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers
Cook K
(2007)
Naupliar development times and survival of the copepods Calanus helgolandicus and Calanus finmarchicus in relation to food and temperature
in Journal of Plankton Research
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
Reid K
(2007)
Monitoring and management in the Antarctic - making the link between science and policy
in Antarctic Science
Clarke A
(2007)
Antarctic ecology from genes to ecosystems: the impact of climate change and the importance of scale.
in Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences