Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP160100061
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Maximising carbon sequestration in freshwater wetlands. Maximising carbon sequestration in freshwater wetlands. This project aims to determine how manipulation of wetland hydrology can alter sulphur and iron cycling to inhibit methane emission and improve wetland net-carbon sequestration. Wetlands are among earth's most efficient ecosystems for carbon sequestration, but methane emission can offset this capacity. Redox cycling of sulphur and iron in wetlands can inhibit methane emission, but the precise biogeochemical processes and their efficiency are very poorly constrained due to a lack of studies—especially in Australian freshwater wetlands. This project is expected to inhibit methane emission in freshwater wetlands and maximise their net carbon sequestration efficiency.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 12-2016
End Date: 12-2020
Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
Funding Amount: $401,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Surfacewater Hydrology | Inorganic Geochemistry | Geochemistry | Carbon Sequestration Science
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Fresh, Ground and Surface Water Environments | Climate Change Mitigation Strategies |
