Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE190100692

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DE190100692

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Active

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Funded Activity Summary

Regime shifts from kelp forests to turfs: drivers, resilience and future. This project aims to apply a comparative experimental and analytical approach to quantify linkages among multiple stressors driving kelp forest loss and expansion of turfs across three continents. Transformations of kelp forests to turf reefs are associated with a profound loss of ecological productivity and function, with significant impacts for societies reliant on the biodiversity and functioning of kelp ecosystems. Field and laboratory experiments will be used to develop and test ‘green gravel’, a novel restoration tool that aims to overcome reinforcing feedbacks (lack spores and hard substrate) preventing recovery of kelp forests. This will provide significant benefits by identifying solutions to address loss of kelp forests in Australia and globally.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 19-12-2019

End Date: 30-06-2023

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $414,814.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology) | Ecological Impacts of Climate Change | Ecology | Community Ecology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Effects of Climate Change and Variability on Australia (excl. Social Impacts) | Marine Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity | Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Marine Environments |

Other Keywords

Community Ecology | Ecological Impacts of Climate Change | Ecology | Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Marine Environments | Effects of Climate Change and Variability on Australia (excl. Social Impacts) | Marine Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity | Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology)

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