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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP220100650
Funding Status
Active
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Funded Activity Summary
Blue carbon potential of the Great Southern Reef. As one of Australia’s largest vegetated coastal ecosystems, kelp forests provide substantial climate mitigation opportunities. Although kelp carbon is ubiquitous in the deep ocean, the mechanism of transport and amount of kelp carbon reaching deep sinks remains largely unknown, significantly hampering their inclusion in ocean carbon budgets and mitigation action. We will use Australia-wide field data on kelp export, cross-shelf measurements of transport and decay, coastal ocean circulation and future distribution models to vastly improve estimates of kelp carbon transfer to deep ocean sinks. Our comprehensive data-driven assessment of kelp carbon sequestration aims to uncover the carbon sink capacity of seaweed forests now and in the futureFunded Activity Details
Start Date: 07-2022
End Date: 06-2025
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $517,524.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology) | Phycology (incl. Marine Grasses) | Ecological Impacts of Climate Change | Ecology |
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Climate Change Mitigation Strategies | Marine Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity | Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Marine Environments
