Causes and consequences of disease in the habitat forming seaweed Ecklonia radiata.

形成海藻 Ecklonia radiata 的栖息地疾病的原因和后果。

• 批准号: DP140102776
• 负责人: Em/Prof Peter Steinberg
• 金额: $ 32.02万
• 依托单位: The University of New South Wales
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2014-01-01 至 2017-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP140102776
• 关键词: Causes; consequences; disease; habitat; forming

Despite compelling arguments for the increasing importance of disease as a key structuring force in marine communities, we know little about the causes or broad impact of disease for most natural marine systems. This is particularly true for kelp forests, the dominant community type on temperate rocky shores. This project will integrate field ecology with microbiology and modern environmental gene sequencing techniques to characterise the frequency, causative agents and impact of disease on Ecklonia radiata, the dominant seaweed in Australia. This project will further investigate how environmental conditions, including human impacts, modulate disease in this key, habitat forming seaweed.

尽管有令人信服的论据表明，疾病作为海洋群落的一种关键结构力量越来越重要，但我们对大多数自然海洋系统疾病的原因或广泛影响知之甚少。这对于海藻森林尤其如此，海藻森林是温带岩石海岸的主要群落类型。该项目将把野外生态学与微生物学和现代环境基因测序技术结合起来，以确定澳大利亚主要海藻辐射藻的发病频率、病原体和疾病影响。该项目将进一步研究环境条件，包括人类的影响，如何调节这一关键的疾病，栖息地形成海藻。