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.
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
- 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
- Completed
Principal investigator
- Topic category
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- Biota
Extent
Temporal extent
- Time period
- 2021-09-01 2022-05-30
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
- Keywords (dataSource)
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- National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine and Coastal Hub
- Keywords (Theme)
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- climate change
- kelp forest
- ocean warming
- restoration
- temperature
- Keywords (Taxon)
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- Macrocystis pyrifera
- giant kelp
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
- Website
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
License Text
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Distribution Information
- OnLine resource
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Project page on NESP Marine and Coastal Hub website
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
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urn:uuid/77199302-f841-4d07-902b-b45c633276ab
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Point of contact
- Parent metadata
Type of resource
- Resource scope
- Field session
- Name
- MaC Hub Project 1.28
- Metadata linkage
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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)
- 2023-06-04T22:15:29
Metadata standard
- Title
- ISO 19115-3:2018