Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP0558887
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
European impact on Eastern Australian coastal lakes: understanding pre-impact conditions and post-settlement modification. Coastal lakes are vulnerable to European impact, yet little is known about how they have been altered in the last 200 years. For example: Are blue-green algal blooms a natural occurrence in coastal lakes? How long have freshwater lakes been isolated from the ocean? Preliminary results indicate that, at key sites, blue-green algae were more abundant before European settlement and that coastal lakes thought to be permanently fresh have been exposed to the ocean within the past 200 years. By documenting change at representative sites, the project will identify which lake types are most vulnerable to impact. Results from the project will ensure that costly restoration efforts are not misplaced.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 2005
End Date: 12-2008
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $266,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Physical Geography | Palaeoecology | Palynology | Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Land and water management | Physical and chemical conditions | Estuarine and lagoon areas |
