Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0560838

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP0560838

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Environmental stress profiling (ESP): Molecular profiling of sediment microbial communities for improved biological monitoring in aquatic ecosystems. Water resource management is a key issue for environmental sustainability in Australia and strategies that include ecological principles are important to improve present conditions and reduce further degradation. Current biomonitoring methods suffer from a low degree of sensitivity that can seriously impact their effectiveness as early warning signals of ecological disturbance. We propose to combine molecular and ecotoxicological assessment of the effect of zinc toxicity on microbial communities to provide rapid pollution sensitive bioassessment. Our research will lead to a better understanding of the cause and effect of heavy metal pollution within aquatic ecosystems and greater insight on how to reduce and repair the negative effects.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 17-03-2005

End Date: 31-12-2009

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $72,444.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Environmental Management And Rehabilitation | Population And Ecological Genetics | Animal Systematics, Taxonomy And Phylogeny | Evolutionary Biology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Prevention and treatment of pollution |

Other Keywords

Animal Systematics, Taxonomy And Phylogeny | Environmental Management And Rehabilitation | Evolutionary Biology | Population And Ecological Genetics | Prevention and treatment of pollution

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