Ecophysiology of stem succulent halophytes subject to changes in salinity and water availability: distinguishing natural dynamics from potential mine-related impacts

该项目有助于澳大利亚环境可持续发展的国家研究重点。该项目将支持盐湖/沼泽植被管理战略；对国家生物多样性具有重要意义的湿地。了解Fortescue沼泽的植被将为未来提供重要的基础信息，并为改善盐碱地的植被恢复战略带来流动效益。改善可公开获得的海参物种标本室数据库，也将有助于改进物种鉴定，以便进行保护和/或恢复工作。该项目将在目前需求量很大的行业相关研究领域培养一名博士生。

This project contributes to the National Research Priority of an environmentally sustainable Australia. The project will underpin management strategies of vegetation in saline lakes/marshes; wetlands of national importance to biodiversity. Understanding the vegetation at the Fortescue Marshes will provide vital base-information for the future, and have flow-on benefits for improved strategies for revegetation of saline lands. Improvement of the publicly available Herbarium database on samphire species will also enable improved species identifications for conservation and/or rehabilitation efforts. The project will train a PhD student in an industry-relevant research area that is currently in high demand.