Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0349257

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP0349257

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

A biogeochemical study of a coastal lagoon - tests of a mechanistic model. The water quality and seagrass biomass of intermittently closed-open lagoons (ICOLs), which dominate the NSW coast, are declining in response to development and their low flushing rates. A combination of field sampling, biogeochemical analysis and ecological modelling will be used to improve our quantitative understanding and prediction of ecological processes in small estuaries. A novel, mechanistic model of nutrients-phytoplankton-seagrass-zooplankton will be improved with detailed sampling of Smiths Lake on the central NSW coast. Simulations indicative of future development, fish re-stocking or management options will indicate the cost-benefit on estuarine ecosystems.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 20-08-2003

End Date: 20-02-2007

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $69,099.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Marine And Estuarine Ecology (Incl. Marine Ichthyology) | Natural Resource Management | Environmental Science and Management |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Integrated (ecosystem) assessment and management | Estuarine and lagoon areas | Rehabilitation of degraded coastal and estuarine areas

Other Keywords

Environmental Science and Management | Estuarine and lagoon areas | Integrated (ecosystem) assessment and management | Marine And Estuarine Ecology (Incl. Marine Ichthyology) | Natural Resource Management | Rehabilitation of degraded coastal and estuarine areas

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