Impact of global stressors on the metabolic balance of the coastal Indian Ocean

海洋群落代谢平衡的特点是海洋生物群作为二氧化碳的汇或源的作用。没有关于印度洋净群落代谢的估计，这是我们知识中的一个主要空白。关键的环境压力因素，UVB辐射和变暖（特别是热浪事件）有可能影响海洋群落的新陈代谢，特别是在西澳大利亚海岸。本项目解决了印度洋沿海浮游生物代谢平衡估计不足的问题，并评估了在全球变化的背景下，多重并发的压力因素如何影响印度洋沿海的上层生物代谢。

The pelagic community metabolic balance characterises the role of ocean biota as a sink or source of carbon dioxide. No estimates of net community metabolism are available for the Indian Ocean, which is a major gap in our knowledge. Key environmental stressors, UVB radiation and warming (particularly heat wave events) have the potential to impact on pelagic community metabolism, especially along the Western Australian coast. This project addresses the lack of estimates of plankton metabolic balance in the coastal Indian Ocean and assess how multiple concurrent stressors can affect pelagic metabolism in the coastal Indian Ocean in a context of global change.