A new approach to understanding community variation in marine soft-sediments

了解海洋软沉积物群落变化的新方法

• 批准号: DP0558122
• 负责人: Prof Brendan Kelaher
• 金额: $ 12.83万
• 依托单位: University of Technology Sydney
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2005-03-01 至 2008-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP0558122
• 关键词: new; approach; understanding; community; variation

Sustainable management of Australia's rich coastal biodiversity requires an mechanistic understanding of soft-sediment systems, as these dominate the benthic environment of our Exclusive Economic Zone. This project will substantially enhance our fundamental knowledge of soft-sediment systems by determining major processes responsible for variation in benthic community structure. This research will improve sustainable management of estuaries by (i) increasing the cost-effectiveness of detecting environmental change, (ii) determining any negative effects of changing detrital resources, and (iii) documenting soft-sediment species currently present in Botany Bay, which will aid in the early detection of invasive pests.

澳大利亚丰富的沿海生物多样性的可持续管理需要对软质沉积物系统的机械理解，因为这些系统主导着我们专属经济区的海底环境。这个项目将通过确定导致底栖生物群落结构变化的主要过程，大大增强我们对软质沉积物系统的基本知识。这项研究将通过以下方式改进河口的可持续管理：(I)提高检测环境变化的成本效益，(Ii)确定碎屑资源变化的任何负面影响，以及(Iii)记录目前存在于植物湾的软质沉积物物种，这将有助于及早发现入侵有害生物。