Website
https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/FT130100532
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Coastal wetlands: are our valuable carbon sinks vulnerable? Saline coastal wetlands store large amounts of carbon and are potentially the most efficient sinks of carbon amongst natural ecosystems. This project will use isotopic tracers to quantify carbon retention within saline coastal wetlands in southeastern Australia, establish the vulnerability of these wetlands to sea-level rise using estimates of sediment accretion and surface elevation change, and use this information to predict the distribution of saline coastal wetlands and estimate the carbon sequestration potential of coastal wetlands within a ‘low-carbon economy’. This project will remove impediments to the proper economic evaluation of saline coastal wetlands and enable restoration coastal wetlands to be used to offset carbon emissions.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 03-2014
End Date: 12-2019
Funding Scheme: ARC Future Fellowships
Funding Amount: $747,020.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Surface Processes | Geomorphology and Regolith and Landscape Evolution | Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience | Isotope Geochemistry
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Effects of Climate Change and Variability on Australia (excl. Social Impacts) | Climate Change Mitigation Strategies | Climate Change Adaptation Measures |
