Sensitivities of cold water corals and other large benthic biota in relation to oil/gas fishing activities west of Shetland
Reference Number
GST021828
Title
Sensitivities of cold water corals and other large benthic biota in relation to oil/gas fishing activities west of Shetland
Status
Completed
Energy Categories
Fossil Fuels: Oil Gas and Coal(Oil and Gas, Other oil and gas)
Not Energy Related
Not Energy Related
Research Types
Basic and strategic applied research
Science and Technology Fields
BIOLOGICAL AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES (Biological Sciences)
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES (Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences)
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES (Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences)
UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation
Not Cross-cutting
Principal Investigator
Prof J Gage
Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory
Scottish Association For Marine Science
Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory
Scottish Association For Marine Science
Award Type
1
Funding Source
NERC
Start Date
01 June 1997
End Date
31 December 1999
Duration
31 months
Total Grant Value
£150,587
Industrial Sectors
Transport
Region
Scotland
Programme
Managing Impacts in the Marine Environment (MIME)
Investigators
Principal Investigator
Prof J Gage, Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory, Scottish Association For Marine Science
Other Investigator
Dr S Chenery, Analytical Geochemistry, British Geological Survey (BGS) - NERC
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Objectives
Objectives not supplied
Abstract
Regional survey of distribution of coral and sponge communities west of Shetland, with characterisation of sensitivities, and environmental and biological correlates of coral and sponge fields, and analysis of morphological and genetic variability, growth pattern and nutrition of Lophelia and the ecology of Lophelia patches.
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Added to Database
24/10/08
