ARC Future Fellowships - Grant ID: FT150100105

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/FT150100105

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Can evolution rescue marine populations from environmental change? This project aims to test whether rapid evolutionary responses can buffer marine species against the environmental changes impacting Australia’s coastal ecosystems now and in coming years. This project plans to use an innovative experimental evolution framework to test the newly-advanced theory of evolutionary rescue, its goal is to understand whether populations can adapt to new environments fast enough to outpace extinction, and how phenotypic plasticity, fluctuating natural selection and biotic interactions influence extinction risk. The intended outcome is to deliver key insights into the intrinsic capacity of our marine biota to withstand the current and near-future challenges that they face, and to inform predictions about population persistence. In doing so, this project should deliver vital information on extinction risk to managers, policy-makers and other stakeholders, and contribute innovative, cutting-edge research in an area of national priority.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 04-01-2016

End Date: 31-12-2020

Funding Scheme: ARC Future Fellowships

Funding Amount: $663,352.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology) | Evolutionary Impacts of Climate Change | Evolutionary Biology | Biological Adaptation

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Ecosystem Adaptation to Climate Change | Effects of Climate Change and Variability on Australia (excl. Social Impacts) |

Other Keywords

Biological Adaptation | Ecosystem Adaptation to Climate Change | Effects of Climate Change and Variability on Australia (excl. Social Impacts) | Evolutionary Biology | Evolutionary Impacts of Climate Change | Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology)

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