Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP210100804

Funded Activity Summary

Drivers and consequences of novel marine ecological communities. Marine ecological communities are exhibiting rapid change in response to human actions. This project aims to apply a newly developed statistical framework, and expects to uncover historical patterns in the emergence and persistence of new community states of two sets of marine taxa: reef-building coral, and marine plankton. Understanding how often marine communities shifted into these novel states in the absence of human activities, as well as the relative contribution of environmental and biological factors, will provide significant foundational knowledge. In addition, this project aims to provide flow-on benefits to environmental management to ensure ecosystems continue to provide beneficial services, which include fisheries and tourism.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-09-2021

End Date: 31-08-2024

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $537,067.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology) | Palaeoecology | Ecology | Community Ecology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Effects of Climate Change and Variability on Australia (excl. Social Impacts) | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Marine Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity |

Other Keywords

Community Ecology | Ecology | Effects of Climate Change and Variability on Australia (excl. Social Impacts) | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Marine Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity | Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology) | Palaeoecology

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