Do root microbiomes control seagrass response to environmental stress?

该项目旨在确定根微生物在控制海草对环境胁迫的反应中所起的作用。通过整合海洋和微生物生态学、环境基因组学和生态系统功能（如生物地球化学循环），该项目具有重要意义，因为它将创造有关赋予海草对全球环境问题恢复力的过程的新知识。预期的结果是增加了对微生物如何控制海草健康的理解，并增强了为澳大利亚宝贵的海草生态系统制定有效恢复策略的能力。好处包括改善澳大利亚社区从海草生态系统中获得的广泛的环境、经济、社会/文化服务。

The project aims to determine the role root microbes play in controlling seagrass responses to environmental stress. By integrating marine and microbial ecology, environmental genomics and ecosystem function (e.g., biogeochemical cycling), this project is significant as it will create new knowledge of the processes that confer seagrass resilience to global environmental issues. An expected outcome is an increased understanding of how microbes control seagrass health and an enhanced capacity to develop effective restoration strategies for Australia's valuable seagrass ecosystems. Benefits include improving the extensive environmental, economic, social/cultural services Australian communities derive from seagrass ecosystems.