Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/IN140100025
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
The impact of environmental change on larval energetics of molluscs on the southeast coast of Australia. This project will investigate the impact of environmental change on larval energetics of molluscs on the southeast (SE) coast of Australia. The SE coast of Australia is a climate hotspot characterised by rising ocean temperatures, fluctuations in salinity and we expect in the near future ocean acidification (OA). Mollusc larvae show extreme sensitivity to OA, but the impacts of other stressors remains unknown. It is predicted that OA will reduce the capacity of larvae to cope with temperature and salinity, particularly when food supply is low and in populations which have had no previous exposure to OA. Understanding the response of mollusc larvae to environmental change will support ecologically and economically significant mollusc populations over this century.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 09-2014
End Date: 06-2018
Funding Scheme: Discovery Indigenous
Funding Amount: $593,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Aquaculture | Animal Physiology - Systems | Ecological Impacts of Climate Change | Ecological Applications
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Ecosystem Adaptation to Climate Change | Aquaculture Oysters | Wild Caught Edible Molluscs |
