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 data outputs of the NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub project "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

Identification info

Date (Creation): 2019-02-04

Resource provider

Department of the Environment and Energy (DoEE), Australian Government

Australian Government Department of the Environment and Energy

GPO Box 787

Canberra

Australian Capital Territory

2601

Australia

Credit: Craig Johnson (UTAS), Jeffrey Wright (UTAS), Cayne Layton (UTAS)

Credit: This project is funded by the Australian Government Department of Climate Agriculture, Water and Energy (DAWE) through the NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub. 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.