Its mostly about seagrasses...
Its mostly about seagrasses...
Utilising plant-sediment-feedbacks to enhance seagrass restoration
This project aims to investigate the role of sediment microbes in promoting the health of threatened seagrass species across Australia. This project expects to create new knowledge for enhancing restoration success for seagrasses by integrating macro and micro-ecology, environmental genomics, plant ecology and ecosystem function (e.g. nutrient and biogeochemistry cycling). Expected outcomes are new knowledge to enhance seagrass restoration utilising sediment microbes that can be integrated into management and policy. This project should provide significant benefits, such as the development of key strategic alliances to enhance management of seagrasses, and the ecosystem services, and economic and social benefits they provide.
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INDUSTRY PARTNERS:
Department of Primary Industries, New South Wales
Department of Water and Environmental Regulation
The Singapore Centre on Environmental Life Sciences Engineering
INVESTIGATORS:
Ass. Prof. Paul Gribben, University of New South Wales
Dr Ezequiel Marzinelli, University of Sydney
Prof. Gary Kendrick, University of Western Australia
Dr Katherine Dafforn, Macquarie University
Dr Mariana Mayer Pinto, University of New South Wales
Dr Matthew Fraser, University of Western Australia
Dr Belinda Martin, University of Western Australia
Ass. Prof. Adriana Verges, University of New South Wales
Dr Timothy Glasby, Dept. of Primary Industries, NSW
Dr Kieryn Kilminster, Department of Water and Environmental Regulation, WA
Prof. Staffan Kjelleberg, University of New South Wales
Dr Yan Xiang Ow, St John's Island National Marine Laboratory, Singapore
Ass. Prof. Jeffrey Wright, University of Tasmania