Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP200100206 [ 2020-06-30 - 2025-06-29 ]

Research Grant

Researchers: Benjamin Henley (Chief Investigator) ,  Dr Sophie Lewis (Chief Investigator) ,  Dr Tara Clark (Chief Investigator) ,  Helen McGregor (Chief Investigator) ,  Webster, Jody (Chief Investigator)
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Brief description Past climate and environmental impacts on Great Barrier Reef paleoecology. This project aims to investigate the interconnected processes that led to past reef growth and demise. The iconic Great Barrier Reef and reefs globally are under threat. Yet reefs appear to have undergone cycles of death and recovery, though the causes are poorly understood. This project will reconstruct past climate, rainfall, water quality, coral bleaching and reef ecology feedbacks across Great Barrier Reef death events to establish which environmental stressors and paleoclimate variations are most critical for reef health. The outcomes will better constrain long term coral reef dynamics and provide significant benefits to those who manage reefs globally, since the Great Barrier Reef covers the full range of reef environments.

Funding Amount $418,000

Funding Scheme Discovery Projects

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