News: Honours projects - Ecology and environmental science

Towards new biomarkers of seafood quality and provenance

Fish on ice at a fish market

Seafood provides a range of nutrients essential to human health, yet its quality largely depends on local environmental conditions. Furthermore, seafood provenance is often prone to uncertainty due to mislabelling of imported products or illegal fishing practices.

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Impact of climate change on juvenile fish: an aquarium experiment

Different types of fish swimming underwater

Global warming affects fish through multiple direct effects, however the indirect effects of temperature on fish diet on growth and survival remain unclear. 

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Ecological benefits of marine parks in Australia

Marine park boat out on the water

Australian Marine Parks represent a mosaic of sanctuary zones encompassing a wide variety of marine habitats and iconic fish and invertebrate species. However, their net benefit on marine biodiversity varies greatly between regions, ecosystems and the species considered.

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What keeps native bees from expanding their pollen diet?

Worldwide, many bee species specialise on floral resources from local native plant species, and do not incorporate pollen from introduced species, including crops, in their diet. 

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Save our leafy seadragons

Leafy seadragon

Honours project: Study the behaviour and ecology of the leafy seadragon.

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How have coexisting bat species evolved separate niches?

Bat by Kyle Armstrong

Honours project: Help understand how Australian native mammals have evolved and diversified.

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How do insectivorous echolocating bats use arid rangeland conservation reserves in SA?

chokkybat

Honours project: Help with real-world conservation work in South Australia, do fieldwork and learn new analytical skills relevant to a job in ecology.

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How will mangrove fishes respond to climate change in South Australia?

Walking through the mangroves

Honours project: Learn how mangrove fishes will respond to climate change by studying the distribution, behaviour and physiology of these fishes in the field and in the laboratory.

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Megafaunal evolution and extinction

Climate change wiped out the 'Siberian unicorn'

Honours project: Explore the evolution and extinction of megafauna such as dire wolves, mammoths and Tasmanian tigers.

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