Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0208241

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP0208241

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Antarctic marine diatoms: Key to predicting the effects of global climate change on a temperature-sensitive ecosystem. This project aims to determine the effects of global climate change on Antarctic diatoms. Diatoms are a major component of the polar phytoplankton. They are sensitive to changes in their marine environment, detection of which is an essential part of the Antarctic climate change strategy. Understanding the environmental processes that cause natural variation in extant diatoms will make it possible to reconstruct the response of fossil diatoms, preserved in marine sediments, to past climate change. This understanding is vital for predicting the effect of future anthropogenic warming on this ecosystem.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 08-2002

End Date: 08-2004

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $187,118.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Palaeoecology | Geology Not Elsewhere Classified | Geology | Palaeontology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Climate variability | Climate change |

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