Predicting plankton patchiness in lakes using a high resolution sampling system

这项研究将通过更好地了解和预测水生系统对环境重大变化的反应，使澳大利亚社会受益。富营养化和有毒藻类大量繁殖对澳大利亚和其他地方的供水安全构成了严重威胁。通过开发高分辨率技术(SPS)，该项目将为生产能够详细预测水生系统行为的管理工具提供必要的知识和数据。澳大利亚水域的成功管理在很大程度上取决于对规模依赖过程的更好了解，这些过程支配着对外部扰动的反应，如营养物质出口增加和随之而来的富营养化。

This research will benefit Australian Society through a better understanding and prediction of the response of aquatic systems to major shifts in the environment. Eutrophication and toxic algal blooms represent serious threats to the security of water supplies in Australia and elsewhere. Through development of high resolution technology (SPS), this project will provide the necessary knowledge and data for producing management tools capable of detailed predictions of the behaviour of aquatic systems. Successful management of Australian waters relies heavily on a better understanding of the scale dependent processes which govern the response to external perturbations such as increased nutrient export and consequent eutrophication.