Identification of the molecular response of seagrasses to heavy metal pollution and ocean acidification

Project Member(s): Kumar, M.

Funding or Partner Organisation: Australian Academy of Science (Australian Academy of Science, Thomas Davies Research Grant)
Australian Academy of Science (Australian Academy of Science, Thomas Davies Research Grant)

Start year: 2018

Publications:

Buapet, P, Mohammadi, NS, Pernice, M, Kumar, M, Kuzhiumparambil, U & Ralph, PJ 2019, 'Excess copper promotes photoinhibition and modulates the expression of antioxidant-related genes in Zostera muelleri', Aquatic Toxicology, vol. 207, pp. 91-100.
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Kumar, M, Contreras-Porcia, L, Kumar, NM & Ralph, PJ 2018, 'Quantification and localization of reactive oxygen species in marine macrophytes' in Protocols for Macroalgae Research, CRC Press, pp. 267-277.
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Jiang, Z, Liu, S, Zhang, J, Zhao, C, Wu, Y, Yu, S, Zhang, X, Huang, C, Huang, X & Kumar, M 2017, 'Newly discovered seagrass beds and their potential for blue carbon in the coastal seas of Hainan Island, South China Sea', Marine Pollution Bulletin, vol. 125, no. 1-2, pp. 513-521.
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FOR Codes: Environmental Health, Systems Biology, Public health (excl. specific population health) not elsewhere classified

Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.