Extinction and survival: biotic responses to environmental change in Late Devonian oceans during a greenhouse-icehouse transition

该项目是一个重要的机会，可以回答有关环境变化在过去地质上的重大大灭绝事件中的作用的基本问题，并提供对现代海洋物种因应气候变化而生存的洞察(国家研究优先事项1)。它将通过促进生物区划、对比和关于灭绝机制的全球辩论，提高澳大利亚在生物地层学和古生物学研究方面的全球研究形象。它还将加强国际合作，更重要的是，为这些领域的年轻研究人员提供重要的研究培训。

This project represents an important opportunity to answer fundamental questions about the role of environmental changes in major mass extinction events in the geological past and to provide insight into the survival of modern marine species in response to climate change (National Research Priority 1). It will enhance Australia's global research profile in biostratigraphical and palaeontological research through contribution to the development of biozonations, correlation and global debate on extinction mechanisms. It will also strengthen international collaboration, and, importantly, provide crucial research training to young researchers in these fields.