Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP170103067

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP170103067

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Holding coral reefs together with soluble cement. This project aims to characterise and understand cement formation in coral reefs. Coral reefs are constructed by cementing together aragonite building blocks made by corals. The main cementing agent is high-magnesium calcite, the most soluble carbonate mineral and susceptible to ocean acidification. High-magnesium calcite cements are best developed on the high energy margins of coral reefs. This project will quantify how crustose coralline algae produces high-magnesium calcite and controls the dissolution and reprecipitation of high-magnesium cements. This project intends to quantify rates of reef cementation, susceptibility to ocean acidification and warming, and possible mitigating effects of alkalinity addition.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 30-09-2017

End Date: 31-12-2020

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $393,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Chemical Oceanography | Marine Geoscience | Isotope Geochemistry | Oceanography

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Ecosystem Adaptation to Climate Change | Effects of Climate Change and Variability on Australia (excl. Social Impacts) | Physical and Chemical Conditions of Water in Coastal and Estuarine Environments |

Other Keywords

Chemical Oceanography | Ecosystem Adaptation to Climate Change | Effects of Climate Change and Variability on Australia (excl. Social Impacts) | Isotope Geochemistry | Marine Geoscience | Oceanography | Physical and Chemical Conditions of Water in Coastal and Estuarine Environments

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