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NESP MaC Project 1.28 - Future-proofing restoration & thermal physiology of kelp

This record provides an overview of the NESP Marine and Coastal Hub bridging study - "Future-proofing restoration & thermal physiology of kelp". For specific data outputs from this project, please see child records associated with this metadata.

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For restoration to be effective, the cause of habitat decline must be understood and overcome. But this is problematic when climate change is driving habitat loss since it cannot be reversed or ameliorated prior to restoration. A previous NESP project led by this team (Project E7, Marine Biodiversity Hub) identified warmwater-tolerant strains of giant kelp from remnant patches in eastern Tasmania, where the species has experienced precipitous declines due to ocean-warming. These strains have high potential to assist with ‘future-proofing’ kelp forest restoration, however it is still unclear what the physiological mechanisms are that provide their improved thermal tolerance. This project is designed to better understand these physiological mechanisms to advance kelp restoration efforts in Australia and globally, and progress toward the identification of populations of Australian kelp that may be resilient to (or especially threatened by) ocean warming and climate change.

Planned Outputs

• Ecophysiological measurements from laboratory experiments of warm-tolerant vs average giant kelp genotypes [dataset]

• Final technical report with analysed data, including a short summary of recommendations for policy makers of key findings [written]

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Identification info

Date (Creation)
2021-03-01

Resource provider

Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (DAWE), Australian Government
Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (DAWE)
GPO Box 858
Canberra
Australian Capital Territory
2601
Australia
Purpose
To to identify the mechanism(s) underpinning the thermal tolerance of the previously identified warm-tolerant giant kelp strains.
Credit
Cayne Layton (UTAS), Craig Johnson (UTAS), Catriona Hurd (UTAS), Jeff Wright (UTAS)
Credit
National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine and Coastal Hub
Credit
Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (DAWE), Australian Government
Credit
In addition to NESP (DAWE) funding, this project is matched by an equivalent amount of in-kind support and co-investment from project partners and collaborators.
Status
On going

Principal investigator

Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania (UTAS) - Layton, Cayne (Project Leader)
IMAS - Hobart
Private Bag 129
Hobart
Tasmania
7001
Australia
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Topic category
  • Biota
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Temporal extent

Time period
2021-09-01 2022-05-30
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed
Keywords (dataSource)
  • National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine and Coastal Hub
Keywords (Theme)
  • climate change
  • kelp forest
  • ocean warming
  • restoration
  • temperature
Keywords (Taxon)
  • Macrocystis pyrifera
  • giant kelp
theme.sciencekeywords.rdf
  • KELP FOREST
  • EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION
  • MACROALGAE (SEAWEEDS)

Resource constraints

Classification
Unclassified

Resource constraints

Use limitation
The data collections described in this record are funded by the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (DAWE) through the NESP Marine and Coastal Hub.

Resource constraints

Linkage
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License Graphic

Title
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License


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Website
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

License Text

Character encoding
UTF8

Distribution Information

OnLine resource
NESP Marine and Coastal Hub website

OnLine resource
Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment NESP website

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Metadata identifier
77199302-f841-4d07-902b-b45c633276ab

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Point of contact

Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania (UTAS) - Emma Flukes (NESP Marine and Coastal Hub Data Manager (Southern node))
Parent metadata
  • National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine and Coastal (MaC) Hub - Funding Program 2021-2027

Type of resource

Resource scope
Field session
Name
MaC Hub Project 1.28
Metadata linkage
https://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/77199302-f841-4d07-902b-b45c633276ab

Point of truth URL of this metadata record

Date info (Creation)
2022-03-01T12:00:00
Date info (Revision)
2022-04-29T12:00:00

Metadata standard

Title
ISO 19115-3:2018
 
 

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Keywords

climate change kelp forest ocean warming restoration temperature
theme.sciencekeywords.rdf
EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION KELP FOREST MACROALGAE (SEAWEEDS)

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