Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP180104156

Funding Activity

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https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP180104156

Funding Status
Active

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Funded Activity Summary

Changes of salt dynamics and distribution in coastal marshes. This project aims to determine and quantify key mechanisms underlying salt transport and distribution in coastal salt marshes. Combining field measurements, laboratory experiments and numerical simulations, the proposed research will tackle long-standing questions concerning accumulation of excessive salt in the marsh soil, which imposes significant stress on marsh plants. This project will examine how temporal and spatial salinity variations lead to large density gradients that may trigger unstable pore-water flow and solute transport. The outcomes will advance our understanding of fundamental links between the marsh hydrology and ecology, and improve our scientific basis for evaluating the marsh ecosystem under different stress conditions.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 23-01-2018

End Date: 30-12-2022

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $446,340.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Hydrogeology | Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience | Environmental Engineering Modelling

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Coastal and Estuarine Environments | Coastal and Estuarine Soils |

Other Keywords

Coastal and Estuarine Soils | Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Coastal and Estuarine Environments | Environmental Engineering Modelling | Hydrogeology | Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience

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