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
Guilford T
(2009)
Migration and stopover in a small pelagic seabird, the Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus : insights from machine learning
in Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Hastie L
(2009)
Reproductive biology of the loliginid squid, Alloteuthis subulata , in the north-east Atlantic and adjacent waters
in Aquatic Living Resources
Heath M
(2008)
Spatial demography of Calanus finmarchicus in the Irminger Sea
in Progress in Oceanography
Hill S
(2009)
The risk to fishery performance associated with spatially resolved management of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) harvesting
in ICES Journal of Marine Science
Hill S
(2007)
Model uncertainty in the ecosystem approach to fisheries
in Fish and Fisheries
Hill SL
(2006)
Modelling Southern Ocean ecosystems: krill, the food-web, and the impacts of harvesting.
in Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
Hirst A
(2006)
Effects of evolution on egg development time
in Marine Ecology Progress Series
Hirst A
(2007)
Seasonal dynamics and mortality rates of Calanus helgolandicus over two years at a station in the English Channel
in Marine Ecology Progress Series
Hirst A
(2008)
Spring mortality of the cyclopoid copepod Oithona similis in polar waters
in Marine Ecology Progress Series
Hoffman JI
(2006)
No relationship between microsatellite variation and neonatal fitness in Antarctic fur seals, Arctocephalus gazella.
in Molecular ecology