NERP TE Project 5.2 - Experimental and field investigations of combined water quality and climate effects on corals and other reef organisms, 2011-2014 (AIMS)

The objective of this project is to assess how management of local stressors such as land runoff can help improve the resilience of coral reefs to global stressors (climate change) which are more difficult to manage. Complementary laboratory and field experiments will investigate the combined impacts of declining water quality (increased nutrients and sediments, and reduced light and salinity), increased sea temperature and ocean acidification on key reef species groups such as corals, foraminifera, crown-of-thorns starfish and rock-boring sea urchins.


1. To experimentally quantify changes in the thresholds for global change stressors (temperature increase, ocean acidification) due to elevated local stressors,(increased nutrients, increased turbidity, decreased salinity) on key coral reef organisms.


2. Investigating individual and synergistic effects of water quality and global change on reproduction, larval development and settlement of key coral reef invertebrates (e.g. corals, echinoderms).


3. Predicting the future performance of reef organisms, by experimentally testing hypotheses about differences in the vulnerability of coral species to ocean acidification, as derived from our studies of natural CO2 seeps.


4. Using inshore reefs as a model system to investigate the performance of calcifying organisms at low or variable carbonate saturation state.

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Identification info

Date (Creation)
2011-07-22T00:00:00Z
Cited responsible party
Role Organisation Name Telephone Delivery point City Administrative area Postal code Country Electronic mail address
Principal investigator Australian Institute of Marine Science Sven Uthicke s.uthicke@aims.gov.au
Credit
This project was funded by the Australian Government's Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment through the National Environmental Research Program Tropical Ecosystems Hub with co-investment from project partners and collaborators.
Status
complete
Point of contact
Role Organisation Name Telephone Delivery point City Administrative area Postal code Country Electronic mail address
Point of contact Australian Institute of Marine Science Sven Uthicke s.uthicke@aims.gov.au
Topic category
  • Biota
  • Environment

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Project extent


Temporal extent

Time period
2011-07-01 2014-12-31T00:00:00Z
Keywords (dataSource)
  • National Environmental Research Program Tropical Ecosystems Hub
Keywords (Theme)
  • marine

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Principal investigator
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Publisher Australian Institute of Marine Science eAtlas Data Manager Voice PRIVATE MAIL BAG 3, TOWNSVILLE MAIL CENTRE Townsville Queensland 4810 Australia e-atlas@aims.gov.au
OnLine resource
Project page

OnLine resource
NERP TE Hub

OnLine resource
DAWE National Environmental Research Program website

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Project photo gallery

Metadata

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urn:uuid/f870ce32-eb6e-45bf-9283-857e35da1645

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English
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Contact
Role Organisation Name Telephone Delivery point City Administrative area Postal code Country Electronic mail address
Point of contact Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) eAtlas Data Manager Voice PRIVATE MAIL BAG 3, TOWNSVILLE MAIL CENTRE Townsville Queensland 4810 Australia e-atlas@aims.gov.au
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Resource scope
Field session
Name
NERP TE Project 5.2
Metadata linkage
https://eatlas.org.au/data/f870ce32-eb6e-45bf-9283-857e35da1645/

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Date info (Creation)
2015-09-17T13:47:52
Date info (Revision)
2025-02-06T04:18:04.867Z

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ISO 19115-3:2018
 
 

Overviews

Corals ( Acropora millepora ) in an experiment manipulating CO 2 and salinity. Corals are mounted on Lego blocks allowing access during physiological measurements.

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Keywords

marine

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