Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0561633

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP0561633

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Seagrass tolerance of oil spills - scaling of pollution impacts. Seagrasses provide vital ecosystem services (such as sediment stabilisation and habitat provision) in Australian coastal waters. The contribution of pollutants to current seagrass decline is poorly understood. The Australian shipping industry is the 5th largest in the world but there is very little data on the impacts of petroleum hydrocarbons on intertidal seagrasses and hence no information for coastal resource managers to use in decision-making in the event of an oil spill. This project will assess the relative toxicities of a number of petroleum hydrocarbons on Australian seagrass species to provide necessary data for the development of effective management practice.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 04-2006

End Date: 04-2009

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $119,877.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Natural Resource Management | Environmental Science and Management | Environmental Impact Assessment | Plant Physiology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Environmental health | Energy storage and distribution | Other commercial services |

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