Seagrass denitrification: importance for global nitrogen budgets

海草反硝化：对全球氮预算的重要性

• 批准号: DP160100248
• 负责人: Prof Bradley Eyre
• 金额: $ 21.39万
• 依托单位: Southern Cross University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2016-01-01 至 2020-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP160100248
• 关键词: Seagrass; denitrification; importance; global; nitrogen

The objective of this project is to use cutting-edge techniques to measure denitrification rates in communities dominated by different tropical and temperate seagrass species. Denitrification is a globally significant critical ecosystem process, but it is poorly understood in seagrass communities. This project is significant because of the potential importance of seagrass communities for nitrogen loss via denitrification in coastal systems and the importance of coastal systems in the global nitrogen budget. The expected outcomes of this study may significantly advance our understanding of the functioning of coastal systems and global nitrogen budgets.

该项目的目标是利用尖端技术测量以不同热带和温带海草物种为主的群落的脱氮率。反硝化作用是一个具有全球意义的关键生态系统过程，但人们对海草群落的反硝化作用知之甚少。该项目意义重大，因为海草群落对沿海系统中通过反硝化作用造成的氮损失具有潜在的重要性，而且沿海系统在全球氮收支中具有重要意义。这项研究的预期结果可能会大大提高我们的沿海系统和全球氮收支的功能的理解。