Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP150100876

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP150100876

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Improved biomonitoring of urban freshwater ecosystems using DNA barcodes. This project aims to provide rapid diagnostic detection of environmental change in aquatic ecosystems at reduced cost. Next-generation sequencing (NGS) can transform monitoring of aquatic ecosystems by identifying many species in multiple biological samples. This project aims to use NGS technology to identify macroinvertebrate species as biological indicators in urban freshwater ecosystems to provide more rapid, sensitive and cost-effective monitoring compared to traditional methods. The project uses DNA barcodes that identify species to detect species in samples processed with NGS. The project also plans to use previously collected samples to explore species diversity and detect indicator species.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 09-12-2015

End Date: 30-04-2019

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $211,242.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Environmental Monitoring | Population, Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics | Genetics | Freshwater Ecology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Fresh, Ground and Surface Water Environments | Fresh, Ground and Surface Water Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity |

Other Keywords

Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Fresh, Ground and Surface Water Environments | Environmental Monitoring | Fresh, Ground and Surface Water Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity | Freshwater Ecology | Genetics | Population, Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics

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