Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP150104006

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP150104006

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

New tracer methods for revealing the hidden connections between ecosystems. As humans modify the biosphere, many complex landscape-level problems are emerging. New methods are required to work on these large-scale problems. The aim of this project is to develop novel methods involving trace elements and isotopes, opening up new ways to explore the large-scale connections between terrestrial ecosystems and downstream estuaries. It is planned to use these new methods to test for unexpected positive benefits of floods for estuarine fisheries. The project is significant and innovative because it develops two fundamentally new types of tracer work, one at the sediment-animal level and one at the within-molecule level. The expected outcomes include a new toolkit for tracing the hidden connections between terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2015

End Date: 31-03-2019

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $500,700.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology) | Ecosystem Function | Ecological Applications | Landscape Ecology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Coastal and Estuarine Environments | Coastal and Estuarine Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity | Wild Caught Rock Lobster |

Other Keywords

Coastal and Estuarine Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity | Ecological Applications | Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Coastal and Estuarine Environments | Ecosystem Function | Landscape Ecology | Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology) | Wild Caught Rock Lobster

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