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
Gaten E
(2008)
Is vertical migration in Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) influenced by an underlying circadian rhythm?
in Journal of genetics
Ahmed S
(2009)
Isolation and characterization of macaroni penguin (Eudyptes chrysolophus) microsatellite loci and their utility in other penguin species (Spheniscidae, AVES).
in Molecular ecology resources
Reid K
(2007)
John Croxall and marine conservation biology: an introduction to the symposium
in Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
Reid K
(2010)
Krill population dynamics at South Georgia: implications for ecosystem-based fisheries management
in Marine Ecology Progress Series
FORCADA J
(2008)
Life history buffering in Antarctic mammals and birds against changing patterns of climate and environmental variation LIFE HISTORY BUFFERING TO ANTARCTIC CLIMATE
in Global Change Biology
Tarling G
(2007)
Life-cycle and population dynamics of Rhincalanus gigas (Copepoda: Calanoida) in the Scotia Sea
in Marine Ecology Progress Series
Trathan P
(2008)
Linear tracks and restricted temperature ranges characterise penguin foraging pathways
in Marine Ecology Progress Series
Bailey DM
(2009)
Long-term changes in deep-water fish populations in the northeast Atlantic: a deeper reaching effect of fisheries?
in Proceedings. Biological sciences
Korb R
(2008)
Magnitude and maintenance of the phytoplankton bloom at South Georgia: a naturally iron-replete environment
in Marine Ecology Progress Series
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