Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0346487

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP0346487

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Determining the Toxicity of Sedimentary Organic Contaminants in the Marine Environment and its implications for Australia. Australia, like many countries, has adopted sediment quality guidelines, which govern construction, waste disposal, dredging, protection of living resources and remediation in coastal regions. Recent studies by the current applicants indicate that these guidelines overestimate sediment toxicity, which may result in unnecessary, costly environmental investigations and possibly needless, very expensive remediation. Although contaminants are in extremely high concentrations in many Australian coastal areas, they may not be available (bioavailable) to benthic animals. A new technique is proposed to determine contaminant bioavalibility and improve the predictability of these guidelines and ensure the ecological sustainable development of coastal environments.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 03-2003

End Date: 02-2006

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $254,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Other Chemical Sciences | Environmental Engineering Not Elsewhere Classified | Interdisciplinary Engineering Not Elsewhere Classified | Environmental Chemistry (Incl. Atmospheric Chemistry)

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Prevention and treatment of pollution | Physical and chemical conditions | Physical and chemical conditions |

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