Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP150102656
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Linking phytoplankton to fisheries using zooplankton size spectra. This project aims to develop innovative numerical methods to understand the dynamics, carbon export, and trophic structure of zooplankton. The trophic links between phytoplankton, zooplankton and fisheries are unknown. The size- frequency distribution of zooplankton (size spectrum) is an innovative method for estimating their growth, predation and production as food for fish. Analysis of a global synthesis of zooplankton size distributions from tropical to polar environments are expected to reveal these vital rates of pelagic ecosystems. The zooplankton rates will reveal, for the first time, the link between phytoplankton and fisheries, and will significantly improve ecosystem models and global assessments of environmental change.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 03-2015
End Date: 06-2018
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $348,946.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Natural Resource Management | Biological Oceanography | Ecosystem Function | Ecological Applications |
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Marine Oceanic Processes (excl. climate related) | Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Marine Environments
