Threats to the water quality and ecosystem of Coffin Bay, South Australia

对南澳大利亚科芬湾水质和生态系统的威胁

• 批准号: LP230100230
• 负责人: Prof Adrian Werner
• 金额: $ 24.79万
• 依托单位: Flinders University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Linkage Projects
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2024-01-01 至 2026-12-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/LP230100230
• 关键词: Threats; water; quality; ecosystem; Coffin

Coffin Bay (South Australia) is experiencing worsening environmental conditions despite its major economic and ecological importance. Research is needed to understand the cause of this decline, particularly in light of a recent bacterial outbreak that impacted the aquaculture industry. This multidisciplinary project aims to deliver world-leading scientific advice based on novel field techniques and innovative models of this complex inverse estuary system and its surrounding catchment. The new understanding of the sources, fluxes and fate of nutrients within the bay and the surrounding catchment, arising from this project, is expected to benefit management decision-making and establish a new standard in estuarine water quality investigation.

科芬湾（南澳）尽管具有重要的经济和生态重要性，但其环境状况正在恶化。需要进行研究以了解这种下降的原因，特别是考虑到最近影响水产养殖业的细菌爆发。这个多学科项目旨在提供世界领先的科学建议的基础上，新的现场技术和创新模型，这个复杂的逆河口系统及其周围的集水区。该项目对海湾及周边流域内营养盐的来源、通量和归宿有了新的认识，有望有利于管理决策，并为河口水质调查建立新的标准。