Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP1096457
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Interactions between denitrification and carbon mineralisation in permeable sediments: A new approach using state of the art instruments and modelling. Excessive nutrient release from manmade sources may lead to algal blooms in aquatic environments. Nitrogen is a nutrient of particular concern in coastal waters because it controls algal growth. Aquatic environments are able to cleanse themselves of excess nitrogen by a process known as denitrification which happens in the sediments. Amazingly, we have no understanding of how denitrification works in sands despite the fact that most of the coastline is covered in sand. The results from this project will provide critical information needed to predict and reduce algal blooms in coastal waters.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 07-2010
End Date: 06-2013
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $180,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Environmental Sciences Not Elsewhere Classified | Geochronology And Isotope Geochemistry | Environmental Science and Management | Environmental Chemistry (Incl. Atmospheric Chemistry)
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Physical and chemical conditions | Estuarine and lagoon areas | Rehabilitation of degraded coastal and estuarine areas |
