Research Grant
[Cite as http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP150100451]
Researchers:
A/Prof Matthew Hipsey
(Chief Investigator)
,
Bradley Eyre
(Chief Investigator)
,
Dr Fiona Valesini
(Chief Investigator)
,
Prof Paul Plummer
(Chief Investigator)
,
Dr Kieryn Kilminster
(Partner Investigator)
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Brief description Balancing estuarine and societal health in a changing environment. This project aims to facilitate sustainable development in a fast-growing coastal region (Peel-Harvey, south-western Australia). By exploiting 30+ year data sets for this catchment-estuary system and integrating ecological, hydrological, biogeochemical, modelling and socio-economic expertise, this project seeks to link primary catchment drivers to estuarine health response (up to higher fauna), quantify estuarine ecological health and ecosystem services under historical and future scenarios, and test resilience across the human–natural system. Envisaged outcomes include evidence-based catchment planning solutions that optimise trade-offs between socio-economic development goals and minimal downstream impacts on estuarine health.
Funding Amount $541,405
Funding Scheme Linkage Projects
- ARC : LP150100451
- PURL : http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP150100451
