Novel habitat quality assessment to inform the development of recreational boating infrastructure

新颖的栖息地质量评估为休闲划船基础设施的发展提供信息

• 批准号: LP140100855
• 负责人: Prof Emma Johnston
• 金额: $ 21.88万
• 依托单位: The University of New South Wales
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Linkage Projects
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2014-10-17 至 2019-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/LP140100855
• 关键词: Novel; habitat; quality; assessment; inform

As Australians migrate towards the coast, the demand for recreational boating facilities such as moorings and marinas is increasing rapidly. These structures can remove habitat and fragment the seascape in a similar manner to roads and clearings in forest and grasslands. Coastal infrastructure can also reduce the quality of existing habitats and their full impact must be assessed if the diversity and function of coastal seascapes is to be conserved. This project aims to use a combination of novel modelling, surveys, and large experiments to understand how threatened seagrass, fish, and sediment habitats are altered in human modified seascapes, and to assess the success of habitat restoration following the removal of boating structures.

随着澳大利亚人向海岸迁移，对停泊处和码头等休闲划船设施的需求正在迅速增加。这些建筑物可以以类似于森林和草原中的道路和空地的方式移动栖息地并破坏海景。沿海基础设施也会降低现有生境的质量，如果要保护沿海海景的多样性和功能，就必须评估其全面影响。该项目旨在使用新颖的建模，调查和大型实验相结合，以了解受威胁的海草，鱼类和沉积物栖息地是如何在人类改造的海景中改变的，并评估在拆除划船结构后栖息地恢复的成功。