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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP200100381
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Funded Activity Summary
Improving stream management using ecological modelling and DNA barcodes. Rivers and streams provide invaluable ecosystem services, yet are commonly degraded by human activities: a problem likely to be exacerbated by thermal and flow regimes being altered by climate change. Stream biodiversity is both a value and an indicator of ecological health: effective stream management requires prediction of biodiversity responses to natural environmental and human-impact gradients. By compiling a dataset of macroinvertebrate species using new DNA metabarcoding, modelling their distributions, and ranking biodiversity by reach, we will develop molecular and quantitative spatial tools to provide data-driven, landscape-scale decision support for protecting and restoring streams: an urgent need for stream managers globally.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 04-2021
End Date: 04-2025
Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
Funding Amount: $495,820.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Ecology | Invertebrate Biology | Population, Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics | Freshwater Ecology
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Fresh, Ground and Surface Water Environments | Documentation of Undescribed Flora and Fauna | Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity at Regional or Larger Scales |
