Research Grant
[Cite as http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP150100519]
Researchers:
A/Prof Badin Gibbes
(Chief Investigator)
,
A/Prof Matthew Hipsey
(Chief Investigator)
,
Bradley Eyre
(Chief Investigator)
,
Damien Maher
(Chief Investigator)
,
Dirk Erler
(Chief Investigator)
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Brief description Unravelling the drivers of greenhouse gas emissions in estuaries. The aim of this project is to understand and quantify the factors controlling the emission of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide from estuaries. Coastal systems play a disproportionately large role in the global emissions of greenhouse gases, but this is poorly quantified. The project plans to use a combination of continuous concentration and stable isotope measurements, process measurements and advanced numerical modelling across a range of undisturbed to disturbed systems. It is intended that this project will provide information for conceptualising, calibrating and verifying models, including green-house gas production. Good models, and the data that support them, such as that provided by this study, are critical for the efficient allocation of management resources in Australian coastal systems, including by our partners. The findings from this project will have direct implications to the management, rehabilitation and protection of waterways (including biodiversity) in Australia.
Funding Amount $600,000
Funding Scheme Linkage Projects
- ARC : LP150100519
- PURL : http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP150100519
