A new functional approach to coral reefs

珊瑚礁的新功能方法

• 批准号: FL190100062
• 负责人: Prof David Bellwood
• 金额: $ 223.87万
• 依托单位: James Cook University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Australian Laureate Fellowships
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2020-01-01 至 2024-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/FL190100062
• 关键词: new; functional; approach; coral; reefs

This project aims to identify the key ecosystem functions that are needed to sustain coral reefs and determine their susceptibility to disturbance. Around the world coral reefs are changing fast, challenging traditional scientific, management, and governance approaches. This project plans to address this challenge by implementing a new, functional, approach exploiting a unique combination of evolutionary and ecological methodologies. Expected outcomes include a global overview of ecosystem function and an in-depth understanding of how ecosystems change over time. This is likely to result in specific, and practical, management objectives by identifying crucial ecosystem functions that support reefs and the people who rely on them.

该项目旨在确定维持珊瑚礁所需的关键生态系统功能，并确定其对干扰的敏感性。世界各地的珊瑚礁正在迅速变化，挑战着传统的科学、管理和治理方法。该项目计划通过实施一种新的、功能性的方法来解决这一挑战，该方法利用了进化和生态方法的独特结合。预期的结果包括对生态系统功能的全球概述和对生态系统如何随时间变化的深入了解。通过确定支持珊瑚礁和依赖珊瑚礁的人们的关键生态系统功能，这可能会产生具体和实际的管理目标。