Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0346647

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0346647

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Tracing the origins of stress in the symbionts of reef-building corals. Symbiotic dinoflagellates of corals are critical to the world's major tropical reef ecosystems. Recent work in our laboratories and others has revealed that these algae are sensitive to a wide array of stresses (including climate change) and hence may be the ?Achilles Heel? of reef ecosystems. This project will identify the key genes and processes in these algae using expressed sequence tags and microarray technology. On this basis, the underlying molecular mechanisms of these stress responses and their genetic diversity will be studied in order to better understand the differential susceptibility of reef-building corals to bleaching.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2003

End Date: 31-12-2006

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $700,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Invertebrate Biology | Conservation And Biodiversity | Population And Ecological Genetics | Genetics

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Other | Living resources (flora and fauna) | Integrated (ecosystem) assessment and management |

Other Keywords

Conservation And Biodiversity | Genetics | Integrated (ecosystem) assessment and management | Invertebrate Biology | Living resources (flora and fauna) | Other | Population And Ecological Genetics

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