Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0989475

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP0989475

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Environmental drivers for production of the toxin, cylindrospermopsin, by the cyanobacterium Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii. Water authorities spend significant resources to monitor and control algal blooms. A significant part of this is monitoring freshwater toxic algal blooms that can impact on drinking water and recreational uses. One of the difficulties in monitoring blooms is that the toxin content of individual species can vary considerably. It is unclear whether this is caused by changes in environmental conditions, i.e. nutrient, light, temperature. This project would provide the link between environmental conditions and toxin production to improve the ability to predict and monitor toxin production.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 30-09-2009

End Date: 15-02-2015

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $378,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Environmental Science and Management | Environmental Management And Rehabilitation | Phycology | Freshwater Ecology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Water services and utilities | Land and water management |

Other Keywords

Environmental Management And Rehabilitation | Environmental Science and Management | Freshwater Ecology | Land and water management | Phycology | Water services and utilities

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