Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP150100876
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Improved biomonitoring of urban freshwater ecosystems using DNA barcodes. This project aims to provide rapid diagnostic detection of environmental change in aquatic ecosystems at reduced cost. Next-generation sequencing (NGS) can transform monitoring of aquatic ecosystems by identifying many species in multiple biological samples. This project aims to use NGS technology to identify macroinvertebrate species as biological indicators in urban freshwater ecosystems to provide more rapid, sensitive and cost-effective monitoring compared to traditional methods. The project uses DNA barcodes that identify species to detect species in samples processed with NGS. The project also plans to use previously collected samples to explore species diversity and detect indicator species.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 12-2015
End Date: 04-2019
Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
Funding Amount: $211,242.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Environmental Monitoring | Population, Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics | Genetics | Freshwater Ecology
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Fresh, Ground and Surface Water Environments | Fresh, Ground and Surface Water Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity |
