Zooplankton: the missing link in modelling the ocean carbon cycle

浮游动物：海洋碳循环建模中缺失的环节

• 批准号: DP230102359
• 负责人: Prof Anthony Richardson
• 金额: $ 28.49万
• 依托单位: The University of Queensland
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2023-12-15 至 2026-12-14
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP230102359
• 关键词: Zooplankton; missing; link; modelling; ocean

What is arguably the biggest gap in our ability to close the ocean carbon cycle, and thus improve future forecasts of carbon sequestration and fisheries? The answer is our modelling of zooplankton, the most abundant animals on Earth. This project aims to build a next-generation ecosystem model that resolves zooplankton groups, their traits and key processes, generating novel insights into carbon sequestration and fisheries. Expected outcomes include new methods for zooplankton modelling, leading to a paradigm shift in how we model carbon cycling. This should provide significant benefits, including vastly improved estimates of carbon sequestration and fisheries production, vital for carbon budgets and food security in Australia and globally.

在我们关闭海洋碳循环的能力上，从而改善未来对碳封存和渔业的预测，可以说最大的差距是什么？答案是我们对浮游动物的建模，浮游动物是地球上最丰富的动物。该项目旨在建立下一代生态系统模型，解决浮游动物群体，其特征和关键过程，产生对碳封存和渔业的新见解。预期成果包括浮游动物建模的新方法，导致我们如何模拟碳循环的范式转变。这将带来巨大的好处，包括大大改善对碳固存和渔业生产的估计，这对澳大利亚和全球的碳预算和粮食安全至关重要。