Physiology of Ediacaran-Cambrian modern analogues

• Grant number: 18/20268-1
• Support type: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctorate
• Effective date (Start): January 01, 2019
• Effective date (End): December 31, 2020
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Geosciences
• Principal Investigator: Ricardo Ivan Ferreira da Trindade
• Grantee: Elisa Maria Costa e Silva de Paiva
• Home Institution: Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas (IAG). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 16/06114-6 - The Neoproterozoic Earth System and the rise of biological complexity, AP.TEM

Abstract

We know little about the relative roles of environmental and biological factors involved in the late Neoproterozoic events leading to the ultimate oxygenation of the ocean-atmosphere system and dawn of biological complexity. The project will examine the Physiology, Ecology and developmental behavior of several groups of metazoans to test hypothesized connections between changes in ocean redox, nutrients and the evolution of life. (AU)