Conserving the evolutionary processes that generate coral reef biodiversity

珊瑚礁已经进化成为我们所知道的最具生物多样性的海洋生态系统。由于不断升级的人类影响，它们现在面临着不确定的未来，这个项目旨在调查这些干扰如何改变在珊瑚礁上产生和维持生命的进化过程。该项目采用跨学科的方法，旨在创造新的知识，并展示如何利用进化论来促进生物多样性保护。其他预期成果包括开发新技术和通过跨学科和跨机构合作提高解决保护问题的能力。通过改善管理政策，这将有利于澳大利亚珊瑚礁生物多样性的保护。

Coral reefs have evolved to become the most biodiverse marine ecosystem we know. They now face an uncertain future due to escalating human impacts and this project aims to investigate how these disturbances change the evolutionary processes that generate and maintain life on the reef. Using an interdisciplinary approach, this project seeks to create new knowledge and demonstrate how evolutionary theory can be used to advance biodiversity conservation. Other expected outcomes include developing new techniques and an enhanced capacity to solve conservation problems through cross-disciplinary and cross-institutional collaborations. This should benefit the conservation of Australia’s coral reef biodiversity through improved management policies.