Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP0342815
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Antarctic freshwater lake fauna: Palaeobiogeography, palaeoecology and applications to climate change studies. The origins of the Antarctic freshwater fauna are poorly known: Are the species currently extant long-term endemics descended from species present before the formation of the Antarctic ice-cap, or are they recent invaders from more temperate zones? By studying the distribution of faunal remains in the sediments of freshwater lakes, a picture of the development of the fauna in space and time ('palaeobiogeography') will be formed that will allow the Antarctic fauna to be placed in a wider biogeographic context. Changes in the faunal distribution will also be interpreted in terms of lake palaeoecology and climate change.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 07-2003
End Date: 06-2006
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $240,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Palaeoecology | Biogeography | Climatology (Incl. Palaeoclimatology) | Evolutionary Biology
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Climate variability | Living resources (flora and fauna) | Other |
