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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP140100565
Funding Status
Active
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Funded Activity Summary
New tools to detect ecological effects of contaminants in estuaries. Identifying risks to estuarine environments from pollutants is difficult for environmental managers, who must choose between laboratory toxicity testing that is precise, but hard to generalise to field situations, and more realistic field-based monitoring, which is expensive, with a high signal to noise ratio. New molecular techniques may provide more options. Metabolomics can provide insights into the health of animals, and ecogenomics offers a way to rapidly assess the composition of an ecological community. These techniques offer great promise, but they must be cross-validated against existing methods to derive the best ’toolbox’. Working with Melbourne Water and CSIRO the investigators aim to do this using demonstration estuaries in Victoria.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 06-2015
End Date: 06-2022
Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
Funding Amount: $315,911.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology) | Environmental Monitoring | Ecology | Environmental Management
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Coastal and Estuarine Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity | Coastal and Estuarine Water Management |
