Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE160100468

Funded Activity Summary

Developing tools for coupling marine mammal pollutant exposure to effects. This project aims to investigate the impact of marine pollution on marine mammals. Environmental pollution threatens the viability of marine ecosystems worldwide. Marine mammals are essential parts of these ecosystems but our understanding of contaminant exposure and associated effects in these animals is still insufficient to inform biodiversity conservation and management strategies. This project seeks to address this problem by developing computer-based models that determine how these species absorb, metabolise and eliminate pollutants, and what effects exposure has on the animals over time, thereby providing a new framework for evaluating current and future impacts of environmental changes. This risk assessment aims to benefit international conservation and species management efforts for these threatened species.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 30-06-2016

End Date: 31-12-2019

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $355,359.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Wildlife and Habitat Management | Environmental Science and Management | Environmental Impact Assessment |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Environmental Sciences | Marine Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity | Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Marine Environments

Other Keywords

Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Marine Environments | Environmental Impact Assessment | Environmental Science and Management | Expanding Knowledge in the Environmental Sciences | Marine Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity | Wildlife and Habitat Management

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