Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP0881388
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Development and calcification in benthic marine invertebrates (Mollusca and Echinodermata) in an acidified and warm ocean. As an island continent Australia generates considerable wealth from its oceans with marine invertebrate resources playing a key role. These resources are at risk due to the impact of climate change, ocean acidification and warming, on availability of carbonate minerals for shell production. Of major concern is potential recruitment failure if planktonic larvae cannot produce their skeleton and if benthic stages cannot grow due to impaired skeleton formation. This project addresses uncertainties in knowledge of the response of ecologically and commercially important marine biota to climate change, knowledge crucial to inform risk assessment of future changes to our marine resources.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 05-2008
End Date: 05-2011
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $269,504.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Invertebrate Biology | Life Histories (Incl. Population Ecology) | Other Biological Sciences | Global Change Biology
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Climate change | Living resources (flora and fauna) | Physical and chemical conditions |
