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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/IN220100054
Funding Status
Active
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Funded Activity Summary
Oyster adaptation to climate change via transgenerational plasticity. We are in an age of rapid climate change, where the need to understand the adaptive potential of marine organisms in warmer, more acidified oceans is increasingly urgent. This is especially true in Australia where changes are significant. This project uses a cutting-edge, integrated interdisciplinary approach to measure the capacity of oysters to adapt and persist to climate change via transgenerational plasticity, describe the epigenetic mechanisms which underlie it and develop an immediate breeding method to protect vulnerable oysters and other marine organisms against climate change. The research outcomes will transform Indigenous-led oyster reef restoration projects and future-proof an iconic food source and national industry.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 05-2023
End Date: 05-2026
Funding Scheme: Discovery Indigenous
Funding Amount: $541,352.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Ecological Impacts of Climate Change | Ecological Applications | Biological Adaptation | Global Change Biology
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Climate Change Adaptation Measures | Aquaculture Oysters | Rehabilitation of Degraded Coastal and Estuarine Environments |
