Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0773476

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0773476

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Bacterial disease and bleaching of chemically defended marine algae. Disease has emerged as a major factor in the ecology and management of natural marine communities. Moreover, the impact of disease in marine ecosystems is linked to environmental changes such as global warming. Much of the research in this area has focused on tropical systems (coral reefs). However, in temperate reef systems seaweeds are the major habitat formers. This proposal investigates how environmental factors (temperature, UV) mediate bacterial disease of seaweeds, key temperate organisms. The proposal thus adresses National Research Priority 1: An Environmentally Sustainable Australia, and in particular the Priority Goals 'Sustainable use of Australia's biodiversity' and 'Responding to climate change and variability'.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2007

End Date: 31-12-2009

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $313,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Marine And Estuarine Ecology (Incl. Marine Ichthyology) | Microbial Ecology | Global Change Biology | Microbiology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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

Other Keywords

Climate change | Global Change Biology | Integrated (ecosystem) assessment and management | Living resources (flora and fauna) | Marine And Estuarine Ecology (Incl. Marine Ichthyology) | Microbial Ecology | Microbiology

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