Website
https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP190101593
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Tracking origins and spread of Crown-of-Thorns Seastars on the Great Barrier Reef. This proposal aims to uncover the source reefs for Crown-of-Thorns Seastars (CoTS) outbreaks and the main routes of spread through the Great Barrier Reef. Coral eating CoTS pose a significant threat to the Great Barrier Reef. Using population genomics, invasive species genetics, and epidemiology and drawing upon extensive collections of adults and larvae dating from the 1980’s onwards, this project will test prominent hypotheses about outbreak origins and subsequent spatial spread of CoTS via larval dispersal. The project expects to clarify the locations and timing of long distance dispersal pathways and to test whether larval detection near reefs can provide an early warning for local outbreaks on these same reefs.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 04-2019
End Date: 12-2022
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $416,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology) | Population, Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics | Invasive Species Ecology | Genetics
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Control of Pests, Diseases and Exotic Species in Marine Environments | Tourism not elsewhere classified | Marine Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity |
