Hamelin Pool Stromatolites Conservation and Management

Adapting to ecosystem change in the Shark Bay World Heritage Site – June 6, 2018

Erica P. Suosaari

Conserving our heritage by learning, protecting and inspiring

Long-termmonitoring

Long-termmonitoring• Discrete measurements

• pH • Alkalinity • TDS • Trace elements • Stable Isotopes • Saturation state modeling • Rare Earth elements • 87Sr / 86Sr

Long-termmonitoring• Microbial Mat monitoring

• High-resolution drone imagery transects

• Microscopy • Molecular • Geochemistry

Reid et al. 2017

Long-termmonitoring

GapsinKnowledge• What are the short and long-term patterns of temperature, salinity and

water level in Hamelin Pool? • Can the ground water source be determined? • What additional information is needed to understand the hydrology of the

area? • Does water chemistry influence carbonate precipitation leading to

syndepositional lithification in Hamelin Pool microbial mats? • What is the totality of the microbes, genomes and environmental

interactions of the stromatolite ecosystem in Hamelin Pool? • Can we delineate gene activities within these communities and link them

to mineral products and stromatolite formation?

GapsinKnowledge•  Is carbonate precipitation in microbial mats seasonal/episodic, and can it

be linked to observed environmental parameters or microbial activity? • Which microbial communities are responsible for making unique and

distinctive cements? • Are there changes in the benthic cover of habitat forming organisms

such as macroalgae and seagrass? •  If there are temporal changes, what is the rate of change and what are

the drivers? • What environmental parameters are changing within Hamelin Pool and

at what rate? • How are/will changing parameters affect the stromatolites, seagrasses

and faunal assemblage in Hamelin Pool?

GapsinKnowledge&Threats

GapsinKnowledge&Threats

Climate Change Related Threats - Ocean Acidification

Pmel.noaa.gov

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