Research project: Polychaete fauna of coral reefs: morphological and molecular characterisation and keys to species
- Start date:
- 2009
Museum investigators
External investigators
Funded by
- CReefs/ABRS
Description
Scope of the project
- Collecting: Heron and Lizard Islands (GBR) and Ningaloo Reef (WA) over three years (2009-2011)
- Identification to species (expecting new species and records) of selected target families
- Develop species lists and interactive keys for each site
- Comparison of the diversity of these three widely separated reefs
- Molecular characterisation of species (mitochondrial and nuclear markers)
- Confirmation of presence of broadly distributed species along the Northern coast of Australia
- Documentation of cryptic species
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Maria Capa and Pat Hutchings View full size
Anna Murray
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Ningaloo Reef improvised laboratory View full size
Maria Capa
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Aerial view of Lizard Island View full size
Maria Capa
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