NESP MB Project E7 - Assessing the feasibility of restoring giant kelp beds in eastern Tasmania
This record provides an overview of the scope and research output of NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub project E7 - "Assessing the feasibility of restoring giant kelp beds in eastern Tasmania". For specific data outputs from this project, please see child records associated with this metadata.
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This project will extend an externally funded project conducted through UTAS commencing in 2018 to select for thermally tolerant and low-nutrient-tolerant giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) genotypes, and to examine effects of acclimation of selected genotypes by pre-exposure to warm, nutrient-poor conditions. The proposed project will outplant pre-exposed selected genotypes of giant kelp as micro-sporophytes in an experiment with and without provision of an added source of nutrient. The work is designed to assess the feasibility of this approach as a means to develop minimum patch sizes for giant kelp that can be self-replacing and self-expanding, thus providing restoration and future climate-proofing options for this EPBC-listed marine community.
Planned Outputs
• Experimental data from macrocystis restoration
• Final report
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Identification info
- Date (Creation)
- 2019-02-04
Resource provider
- Credit
- Craig Johnson (UTAS), Jeffrey Wright (UTAS), Cayne Layton (UTAS)
- Credit
- National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine Biodiversity Hub
- Credit
- Department of the Agriculture, Water and the Environment (DAWE), Australian Government
- Credit
- In addition to NESP (DoE) 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
- Topic category
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- Biota
Extent
Temporal extent
- Time period
- 2019-01-30 2021-01-30
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
- Keywords (dataSource)
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- National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine Biodiversity Hub
- Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC): Fields of Research
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- Conservation and Biodiversity
- Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology)
- Keywords (Theme)
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- giant kelp
- restoration
- acclimation
- Keywords (Place)
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- Tasmania
- Keywords (Taxon)
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- Macrocystis pyrifera
Resource constraints
- Classification
- Unclassified
Resource constraints
- Use limitation
- The data collections described in this record are funded by the Australian Government Department of the Agriculture, Water and the Environment (DAWE) through the NESP Marine Biodiversity 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
Content Information
- Content type
- Physical measurement
Distribution Information
- OnLine resource
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NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub Project E7 webpage
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
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- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Point of contact
- Parent metadata
Type of resource
- Resource scope
- Field session
- Name
- MB Hub Project E7
- Metadata linkage
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https://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/e4fe92af-fb0e-4eba-aad9-9a3730c4369d
Point of truth URL of this metadata record
- Date info (Creation)
- 2021-04-07T20:40:34
- Date info (Revision)
- 2021-04-07T20:40:34
Metadata standard
- Title
- ISO 19115-3:2018