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National Science Foundation Award #0520961

Collaborative Research: U.S. SO GLOBEC Synthesis and Modeling: Understanding Interactions Between Climate Warming, Gyre Dynamics and Western Antarctic Peninsula Ecosystem Respons

Investigator(s):

Christine Ribic (PI)

Sponsor:

University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI 53706 6082623822

Start Date/Expiration Date

2006-05-01 to 2007-04-30 (amended 2006-05-01)

Awarded Amount to Date:

$44,781

Abstract: This collaborative study between the Polar Oceans Research Group, Old Dominion University, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison will identify and investigate the causal mechanisms through which changes in sea ice and variability in the western Antarctic Peninsula marine ecosystem affect recruitment in Adelie penguin populations. The approach combines data collection, extensive data analyses, and the development of a bioenergetics model of penguin chick growth that provides a framework for investigating the physical and ecological factors that determine chick fledging weight, which is linked to recruitment success. The available data base spans 30 years at Palmer Station, and four major research programs, including the Southern Ocean experiment of the Global Ocean Ecosystems Dynamics program (SO-Globec). SO-Globec is a multidisciplinary effort focused on understanding the physical and biological factors that influence growth, reproduction, recruitment and survival of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba). The program uses a multi-trophic level approach that includes the predators and competitors of Antarctic krill, represented by other zooplankton, fish, penguins, seals, and cetaceans. It is currently in a synthesis and modeling phase. This collaborative project is concerned with specifically with the sea ice dynamics that constrain ecological processes, and will be integrated with other synthesis and modeling studies that deal with primary producers, grazers, predators, and other higher trophic levels.

NSF Org:

ANT - Antarctic Sciences Section

Award Number:

0520961

Award Instrument:

Continuing grant

Program Manager:

Marie H. Bundy
ANT Antarctic Sciences Section
OPP Office of Polar Programs

NSF Program(s):

ANTARCTIC OCEANS & CLIMATE SYS

Field Application(s):

Polar Programs-Related

Program Reference Code(s):

EXP PROG TO STIM COMP RES, 9150
UNASSIGNED, 0000

Program Element Code(s):

5113