Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0556469

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0556469

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The importance of edge effects in determining the value of seagrass landscapes as fish nurseries. Seagrasses are a conspicuous element of Australian marine environments, and are crucial in the conservation and maintenance of biodiversity. Degradation of seagrass ecosystems from climatic extremes, increased sediment and nutrients in the water, and other pollutants results in loss and fragmentation of meadows. These changes to seagrass are linked with increased coastal erosion, severe loss of biodiversity, and collapse of fisheries. Increased understanding of how biological processes such as predation and food availability influence animal associations with seagrasses, and how these effects change with landscape structure, will have important applications in the sustainable management of Australia's threatened coastal habitats.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2005

End Date: 31-12-2008

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $215,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Marine And Estuarine Ecology (Incl. Marine Ichthyology) | Landscape Ecology | Ecology | Ecosystem Studies And Stock Assessment |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Integrated (ecosystem) assessment and management | Fisheries—commercial

Other Keywords

Ecology | Ecosystem Studies And Stock Assessment | Fisheries—commercial | Integrated (ecosystem) assessment and management | Landscape Ecology | Marine And Estuarine Ecology (Incl. Marine Ichthyology)

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