Photosynthetic traits as “key performance indicators” of coral health

光合特性作为珊瑚健康的“关键绩效指标”

• 批准号: DP160100271
• 负责人: Prof David Suggett
• 金额: $ 27.65万
• 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: 2016
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2016-01-01 至 2018-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP160100271
• 关键词: Photosynthetic; traits; key; performance; indicators

The objective of this project is to advance knowledge on the healthy functioning of the coral–algal symbiosis, which defines the response of coral reef ecosystems to worldwide environmental change. Current approaches to address this problem have linked coral health to algal symbiont diversity but have been unable to resolve the fundamental symbiont functional traits that govern this link – the “key performance indicators (KPIs)”. This project plans to couple advanced physiological and functional genomics techniques to transform our understanding of how algal symbiont metabolic KPIs regulate coral growth and stress susceptibility. This may provide new diagnostic capability for the assessment of coral health and may enable us to improve coral reef ecosystem management.

该项目的目的是提高有关珊瑚与核心共生健康功能的知识，该知识定义了珊瑚礁生态系统对全球环境变化的反应。当前解决此问题的方法将珊瑚健康与藻类共生体的多样性联系起来，但无法解决控制这种联系的基本符号功能特征 - “关键绩效指标（KPIS）”。该项目计划将高级生理和功能基因组学技术融合，以改变我们对藻类象征主义如何代谢KPI调节珊瑚生长和应激敏感性的理解。这可以为评估珊瑚健康提供新的诊断能力，并使我们能够改善珊瑚礁生态系统管理。