Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP140100753
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Marine urban development: how can ecology inform the design of multifunctional artificial structures? This project aims to experimentally manipulate the design of artificial structures to achieve multipurpose ecological objectives. Artificial structures such as buildings and roads have featured in terrestrial urban landscapes for many years, but have only more recently begun encroaching on aquatic environments. Most marine artificial structures lack the innovative design solutions required to mitigate their ecological impacts and provide essential ecosystem services such as pollution abatement. This project will investigate the efficacy of these designs with both classical measures of diversity and structure and novel measures of ecosystem function. The project aims to provide essential information to inform the design of future marine urban developments.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 11-2014
End Date: 12-2020
Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
Funding Amount: $381,237.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology) | Ecosystem Function | Ecological Applications |
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Marine Environments | Environmentally Sustainable Construction not elsewhere classified
