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.
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ORCID iD |
| Eugene John Murphy (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Martin A
(2009)
The white-chinned petrel (Procellaria aequinoctialis) on South Georgia: population size, distribution and global significance
in Polar Biology
Meredith M
(2008)
Evolution of the Deep and Bottom Waters of the Scotia Sea, Southern Ocean, during 1995-2005*
in Journal of Climate
Meredith M
(2006)
Circumpolar response of Southern Ocean eddy activity to a change in the Southern Annular Mode
in Geophysical Research Letters
Meredith M
(2008)
On the interannual variability of ocean temperatures around South Georgia, Southern Ocean: Forcing by El Niño/Southern Oscillation and the Southern Annular Mode
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
Murphy EJ
(2007)
Climatically driven fluctuations in Southern Ocean ecosystems.
in Proceedings. Biological sciences
Nicol S
(2007)
Paradigm misplaced? Antarctic marine ecosystems are affected by climate change as well as biological processes and harvesting
in Antarctic Science
Phalan B
(2007)
Foraging behaviour of four albatross species by night and day
in Marine Ecology Progress Series
Phillips R
(2006)
Year-round distribution of white-chinned petrels from South Georgia: Relationships with oceanography and fisheries
in Biological Conservation