Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0342956

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0342956

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Resolving uncertainty over the importance of N-fixation versus denitrification in coastal systems. Nutrient enrichment of coastal waters is a significant national and international problem requiring urgent action. Despite many studies and many millions of dollars in research funding we know virtually nothing about the relative importance of the major nitrogen cycling pathways, N-fixation and denitrification. Many hundred's of millions of dollars are likely to be spent over the next ten years on the management of nitrogen enrichment of Australia's coastal waters. This study will use a new method for directly measuring N-fixation to resolve uncertainty over the importance of N-fixation versus denitrification in coastal systems; information which is critical for the efficient allocation of management resources.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2003

End Date: 30-06-2007

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $203,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Oceanography Not Elsewhere Classified | Geochemistry Not Elsewhere Classified | Oceanography | Environmental Chemistry (Incl. Atmospheric Chemistry)

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Physical and chemical conditions | Integrated (ecosystem) assessment and management | Rehabilitation of degraded coastal and estuarine areas |

Other Keywords

Environmental Chemistry (Incl. Atmospheric Chemistry) | Geochemistry Not Elsewhere Classified | Integrated (ecosystem) assessment and management | Oceanography | Oceanography Not Elsewhere Classified | Physical and chemical conditions | Rehabilitation of degraded coastal and estuarine areas

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