Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP150103272

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP150103272

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Microplastic infiltration of food webs: cells to ecosystem consequences. Using trophic ecological theory as a framework, this project aims to provide the first comprehensive assessment of the fate and effects of microplastics. Plastic pollution is a persistent and increasing problem. Plastics are degraded into small particles, called microplastics, which are ingested by animals. The project aims to develop much-needed techniques to measure microplastics in biological tissue and apply these techniques in food web studies to determine the capacity of microplastics to transfer from the environment into animals, and how microplastics move through a food web to affect biological diversity and animal health. This information will be used to complete the first risk assessment for microplastics in a major coastal habitat.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 06-01-2015

End Date: 30-06-2021

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $538,900.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology) | Structural Chemistry and Spectroscopy | Environmental Science and Management | Environmental Impact Assessment

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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

Other Keywords

Coastal and Estuarine Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity | Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Coastal and Estuarine Environments | Environmental Impact Assessment | Environmental Science and Management | Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology) | Structural Chemistry and Spectroscopy

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