Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP150101363

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP150101363

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Genetic solution or dilution: can selective breeding future-proof oysters? This project aims to test whether the flow of beneficial genes from farmed oysters into wild oysters can make natural oyster beds and the ecological communities that they support more resilient to environmental change. Wild oysters are critical to the function of coastal ecosystems. However, wild oyster populations are threatened by environmental change in Australia and around the world. Selectively bred oysters bearing stress resistance genotypes are now commercially farmed in many estuaries on Australia's east coast and may be used to bolster wild oyster populations. This project endeavours to develop novel genetic strategies to future-proof oysters. Thus, the outcome of this project has potential to benefit entire ecosystems that depend upon oysters.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2015

End Date: 31-12-2019

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $347,900.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology) | Ecology | Invertebrate Biology | Community Ecology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Coastal and Estuarine Environments | Coastal and Estuarine Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity | Rehabilitation of Degraded Coastal and Estuarine Environments |

Other Keywords

Coastal and Estuarine Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity | Community Ecology | Ecology | Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Coastal and Estuarine Environments | Invertebrate Biology | Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology) | Rehabilitation of Degraded Coastal and Estuarine Environments

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