Ecosystem resilience of Shark Bay under changing ocean climate

该项目旨在调查世界遗产地的适应能力，以预测气候变化。该项目将通过分析海草和微生物生态系统的生境丧失、营养收支和生产力，为海洋养护提供新的知识。预期成果是更好地了解气候驱动的对筲箕湾生态系统进程的变化，纳入科学证据，以改善保护和管理。这将带来巨大的好处，因为它将有助于进一步证明湾世界遗产价值对气候变化的影响，更广泛地说，它将展示澳大利亚海岸线持续热带化的后果。

This project aims to investigate the resilience of the Shark Bay World Heritage Site to projected climate change. This project will generate new knowledge for marine conservation through analyses of habitat loss on nutrient budgets and productivity in seagrass and microbialite ecosystems. Expected outcomes are an improved understanding of climate-driven shifts on ecosystem processes in Shark Bay, incorporating science-based evidence for better conservation and management. This will provide significant benefits by contributing to the future-proofing of Shark Bay’s World Heritage values to climate change, and more broadly by demonstrating the consequences of the continued tropicalisation of Australia’s coastline.