Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0666891

Funded Activity Summary

Assessment of the Risks Posed to an Antarctic Keystone Species, Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba), Through Exposure to Persistent Organic Pollutants. POPs are subject to a global treaty seeking to reduce and eventually eliminate these chemicals from the environment. Inhibiting the development of effective intervention strategies is a lack of knowledge regarding biological dose-response and cause-effect relationships. The proposed study will develop multiple endpoint assays to investigate these species-specific relationships and undertake a multidisciplinary risk assessment of increasing POP levels to E. superba. The research will fulfil national treaty requirements and represents an excellent opportunity to advance the field of polar and marine POP ecotoxicology. Outcomes will be critical for the sustainable management of a commercial resource and a pressured keystone species.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 16-01-2006

End Date: 31-12-2009

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $600,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Environmental Sciences Not Elsewhere Classified | Conservation And Biodiversity | Natural Resource Management | Environmental Science and Management |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Integrated (ecosystem) assessment and management | Living resources (flora and fauna) | Fisheries—commercial

Other Keywords

Conservation And Biodiversity | Environmental Science and Management | Environmental Sciences Not Elsewhere Classified | Fisheries—commercial | Integrated (ecosystem) assessment and management | Living resources (flora and fauna) | Natural Resource Management

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