Research Grant
[Cite as https://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP160100114]Researchers: Wernberg, Thomas (Chief Investigator) , Melinda A Coleman (Partner Investigator)
Brief description Genes to ecosystems: drivers of resilience in underwater marine forests. This project seeks to determine if population connectivity and thermal stress limits the ecological performance and capacity for biological adaptation of seaweed forests to environmental change. The rates of warming in Australia’s temperate marine environments are among the fastest in the world, threatening seaweed forests that support rich marine life and generate substantial socioeconomic values. By integrating studies of connectivity among seaweed forests along replicate coastlines on both sides of the Australian continent, with field and breeding experiments, this project expects to expose the role of genetic diversity in mediating ecological resilience to rapid environmental change.
Funding Amount $363,800
Funding Scheme Discovery Projects
- PURL : https://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP160100114
- ARC : DP160100114