Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LE0347105
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Algal Identification - Culturing Facility of North Queensland (NQAIF). NQAIF, a regionally integrated tropical algal identification - culturing facility; the first of its kind in the world, will establish and house tropical phytoplankton cultures to enable new and enhance existing experimental research on marine and freshwater tropical phytoplankton under controlled environmental conditions. The facility will establish world-class expertise in North Queensland and create the knowledge base for the Australasian Pacific regions. NQAIF will significantly boost high quality national and international collaborative links in the research areas of tropical water quality; phytoplankton toxicity; the search for novel bioactive compounds; sustainable tropical aquaculture and coral bleaching.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 05-2003
End Date: 12-2004
Funding Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
Funding Amount: $100,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Marine And Estuarine Ecology (Incl. Marine Ichthyology) | Plant Biology | Phycology | Freshwater Ecology
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Aquaculture | Agricultural chemicals | Control of pests and exotic species |
