Research Grant
[Cite as https://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP190102030]
Researchers:
A/Prof Tracy Ainsworth
(Chief Investigator)
,
Vergés, Adriana
(Chief Investigator)
,
Vergés, Adriana
(Chief Investigator)
,
Dr Ruth Gates
(Partner Investigator)
,
Mark Hay
(Partner Investigator)
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Brief description Coastal tropicalisation – adapting to novel ecosystems and trajectories. This project aims to quantify the impacts of a changing climate on key ecosystem functions of temperate reefs. As global temperate reefs respond to ocean warming, iconic and economically important kelp forests and associated fishes and invertebrates are being lost. Novel communities and never-before seen configurations of species are emerging in these systems. This project aims to characterise the new dynamics of these novel systems, and provide an understanding of how to maintain key ecosystem functions - primary productivity, fish production - that underpin the benefits that humans derive from our coastlines.
Funding Amount $435,000
Funding Scheme Discovery Projects
- PURL : https://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP190102030
- ARC : DP190102030