Research Grant
[Cite as https://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP0773558]Researchers: A/Prof Peter Ralph (Chief Investigator) , Andrew McMinn (Chief Investigator) , McMinn, Andrew (Chief Investigator) , McMinn, Andrew, Prof. (Chief Investigator) , Michael Kühl (Partner Investigator)
Brief description Bio-optical model of Antarctic sea-ice algae photosynthesis. Antarctica contains no permanent human population; however the impact of climate change is being observed. Sea-ice is slowly becoming less thick and covering smaller areas of the Southern Ocean. Algae grow on the underside of this sea-ice which feed krill, which in turn support most of the Antarctic food web. Understanding how changes in sea-ice and snow thickness will change the productivity of Antarctica will have significant implications to our management of this wilderness. Knowledge of how sea-ice algae responds to changes in light can be incorporated in climate change models.
Funding Amount $263,000
Funding Scheme Discovery Projects
- PURL : https://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP0773558
- ARC : DP0773558