Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP150103286

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP150103286

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Will soil carbon burial Increase in mangrove wetlands? The aim of this project is to investigate carbon burial in mangroves during current and historical climatic conditions through in depth dating methods and paleoclimate reconstructions. The project intends to use state-of-the-art radionuclide tracer technologies to determine system scale aspects of the mangrove carbon budget, i.e. burial, tidal export and respiration. This project is significant because it aims to delineate how climatic conditions are directly related to the mangrove carbon budget. Further, the site specific data on historical mangrove carbon burial could allow adaptation strategies for use of coastal wetland habitats that sequester CO2, a natural means to help ameliorate greenhouse gas, as support for mangrove forest protection and restoration.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2015

End Date: 31-12-2017

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $277,187.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Soil Sciences | Chemical Oceanography | Carbon Sequestration Science | Isotope Geochemistry

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Ecosystem Adaptation to Climate Change | Coastal and Estuarine Soils | Remnant Vegetation and Protected Conservation Areas in Coastal and Estuarine Environments |

Other Keywords

Carbon Sequestration Science | Chemical Oceanography | Coastal and Estuarine Soils | Ecosystem Adaptation to Climate Change | Isotope Geochemistry | Remnant Vegetation and Protected Conservation Areas in Coastal and Estuarine Environments | Soil Sciences

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