Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE190100142

Funded Activity Summary

Elemental diagnostic of coral resilience to future reef climates. This project aims to integrate elemental stoichiometry, bio-elemental imaging and metabolomics to develop a common ‘elemental currency’ as an entirely new diagnostic of coral fitness. Coral reefs generate invaluable ecosystem services, but are on the verge of global collapse. Efforts to resolve coral traits that promote ecological resilience have been unable to integrate biological and environmental complexities of reef systems into a unifying diagnostic of reef health. Natural extremes will provide the platform to identify key metabolic traits vital for future survival, to establish adaptive elemental signatures that can scale from organism to ecosystem. The project is expected to enhance capacity of marine managers and reef stakeholders to effectively manage and safeguard Australia’s reefs and the cultural and ecosystems.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2019

End Date: 14-07-2022

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $396,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Ecological Impacts of Climate Change | Ecology | Environmental Chemistry (incl. Atmospheric Chemistry) | Ecological Physiology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Ecosystem Adaptation to Climate Change | Physical and Chemical Conditions of Water in Marine Environments | Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Marine Environments |

Other Keywords

Ecological Impacts of Climate Change | Ecological Physiology | Ecology | Ecosystem Adaptation to Climate Change | Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Marine Environments | Environmental Chemistry (incl. Atmospheric Chemistry) | Physical and Chemical Conditions of Water in Marine Environments

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