Primary Recipient

THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON

Amount

$664,657.00

Award Date

7/31/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

This study will look at the relationships between the planktonic food web of the Barents Sea and changing sea-ice conditiions. It will focus on the role of microzooplankton (MZP), which have been suggested to be more important herbivores than the larger