Quantifying kelp carbon and nutrient flows for nature-based solutions

该奖学金旨在解决澳大利亚海藻森林现在和未来的碳去除和养分缓解潜力。它将使人们对大南礁提供的生态系统服务以及海藻森林提供基于自然的解决方案以减少排放和改善沿海水质的能力有新的了解。利用全球模型和对海带森林及其替代生态系统状态的生态学实验的组合，该联谊会将预测随着气候变暖而发生的功能变化。这些信息对于确定净生态系统缓解潜力至关重要，并将极大地促进我们对海藻森林在保护生物多样性的同时产生共同效益的潜力的理解。

This fellowship aims to resolve carbon removal and nutrient mitigation potential of Australia’s kelp forests now and in future. It will create new understanding of the ecosystem services provided by the Great Southern Reef, and the capacity of kelp forests to provide nature-based solutions to reduce emissions and improve coastal water quality. Using a combination of global models and ecological experiments on kelp forests and their replacement ecosystem states, the fellowship will predict changes in function with warming. This information is critical to determine net ecosystem mitigation potential and will significantly advance our understanding of the potential of kelp forests to generate co-benefits while conserving biodiversity.