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NESP MB Project E7 - Assessing the feasibility of restoring giant kelp beds in eastern Tasmania

Created 12/03/2025

Updated 12/03/2025

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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.

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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Title NESP MB Project E7 - Assessing the feasibility of restoring giant kelp beds in eastern Tasmania
Language eng
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Landing Page https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/1712fa44-1811-4bcd-abb7-70a44b209fd3
Contact Point
CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere
craig.johnson@utas.edu.au
Reference Period 30/01/2019 - 30/01/2021
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Data Portal Data.gov.au