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Project title
Unlocking the archive: using scale and otolith chronologies to resolve climate impacts
Primary Funding Agency
Marine Institute
Co-Funding Organisation(s)
n/a
Lead Organisation
Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT)
Project Abstract
This project proposes to consolidate NRF collections of scales and otoliths and associated images and data into a single biochronology repository linked to other biological time series and to relevant high resolution habitat and environment data, thus maximising the use of the archive by researchers. Existing growth time-series will be updated and an interface created to ease future access and updating. A comprehensive analysis of growth and environmental time series will be conducted to investigate responses of migratory fish to environmental change at both oceanic and catchment level scales. Stable isotope signatures in archived salmon scales will be used to identify temporal changes in feeding history that may coincide with changes in growth and marine survival. The feasibility of using scales to detect biochemical stress responses will be investigated. The research infrastructure and capacity developed by the project will complement and support ongoing NRF research programmes and will enable future Irish involvement in international biochronology networks.
Grant Approved
not provided
Research Theme
Ireland's Future Climate, its Impacts, and Adaptation Options
Initial Projected Completion Date
30/10/2021