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
Biuw M
(2007)
Variations in behavior and condition of a Southern Ocean top predator in relation to in situ oceanographic conditions.
in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Phalan B
(2007)
Foraging behaviour of four albatross species by night and day
in Marine Ecology Progress Series
Cresswell K
(2007)
Behaviour affects local-scale distributions of Antarctic krill around South Georgia
in Marine Ecology Progress Series
González-Solís J
(2007)
Trans-equatorial migration and mixing in the wintering areas of a pelagic seabird
in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
Rogers AD
(2007)
Introduction. Antarctic ecology: from genes to ecosystems. Part 2. Evolution, diversity and functional ecology.
in Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences
Hoffman JI
(2007)
Female fur seals show active choice for males that are heterozygous and unrelated.
in Nature
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
Murphy EJ
(2007)
Spatial and temporal operation of the Scotia Sea ecosystem: a review of large-scale links in a krill centred food web.
in Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences
Bell M
(2007)
Application of liposome and stable isotope tracer techniques to study polyunsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis in marine zooplankton
in Journal of Plankton Research
Stevens C
(2008)
Ontogenetic shifts in the trophic ecology of two alvinocaridid shrimp species at hydrothermal vents on the Mariana Arc, western Pacific Ocean
in Marine Ecology Progress Series