Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0219421

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP0219421

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Effects of river plumes on nearshore ecosystems: organic matter flows and food web consequences. River plumes may subsidize nearshore food webs by exporting land-derived material and by stimulating marine phytoplankton production via nutrient delivery. Whereas previous documentation of the biological responses to plumes has been mostly limited to large rivers and to primary production, this project targets small systems that discharge directly onto open coasts, and focuses on the fate of plume material. Work on carbon pathways will centre on pelagic and benthic food chains associated with plumes, and will also test whether nearshore waters and sandy beaches are coupled via onshore advection of plume material.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 10-03-2002

End Date: 31-03-2005

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $139,929.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Marine And Estuarine Ecology (Incl. Marine Ichthyology) | Ecology | Biological Oceanography |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Living resources (flora and fauna) | Physical and chemical conditions | Biological sciences

Other Keywords

Biological Oceanography | Biological sciences | Ecology | Living resources (flora and fauna) | Marine And Estuarine Ecology (Incl. Marine Ichthyology) | Physical and chemical conditions

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