Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0662962

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0662962

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Functional complexity of modern marine stromatolites. This research has the potential for providing the most detailed data regarding these ancient ecosystems, and will provide information for the environmental management of the famous modern stromatolites of Western Australia. Australia needs scientists applying their research to interactions of microorganisms with earth materials, and the synergy between biology and geology undertaken here has the potential to solve many outstanding problems in the interpretation of stromatolites. In addition, this project has the potential for contributing to improvements in water quality, Australia's growing salinity problem, and in the development of new pharmaceuticals.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2006

End Date: 31-12-2011

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $542,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Microbial Ecology | Conservation And Biodiversity | Sedimentology | Microbiology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Heritage not elsewhere classified | Integrated (ecosystem) assessment and management | Earth sciences |

Other Keywords

Conservation And Biodiversity | Earth sciences | Heritage not elsewhere classified | Integrated (ecosystem) assessment and management | Microbial Ecology | Microbiology | Sedimentology

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