Ecosystem resilience of Shark Bay under changing ocean climate

该项目旨在调查鲨鱼湾世界遗产遗址对预测的气候变化的适应能力。该项目将通过分析生境丧失对海草和微生物生态系统的营养收支和生产力的影响，为海洋保护提供新的知识。预期的结果是提高对鲨鱼湾生态系统过程中气候驱动变化的理解，并结合基于科学的证据来更好地保护和管理。这将为鲨鱼湾的世界遗产价值对气候变化的未来做出贡献，更广泛地说，通过展示澳大利亚海岸线持续热带化的后果，将提供显著的好处。

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.