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Projects per year 1999 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2028

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• 61 Active
• 379 Finished

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  Conservation biology of the largest Australian freshwater tortoise, the broad-shelled tortoise, Chelodine expansa - rare and endangered or cryptic and secure?

  Georges, A., Donnellan, S. & Hutchinson, M.

  1/02/06 → 1/02/09

  Project: Other

  • tortoises 100%
  • turtles 80%
  • Biological Sciences 67%
  • resource management 51%
  • water resources 44%

• Biolavailability and Risk from Antimony and Arsenic Contamination in the Macleay River - NSW Dept of Environment Grant awarded to UNE

  MAHER, B.

  20/01/06 → 20/01/09

  Project: Other

• Development of a National Pest Animal Genotyping Facility - Project 1 under 2012000355

  Sarre, S., Aitken, N., Fitzsimmons, N., Fitzsimmons, N., Macdonald, A. & Macdonald, A.

  1/11/05 → 1/07/11

  Project: Other

  • animal parasites and pests 100%
  • vertebrate pests 94%
  • genotyping 76%
  • population genetics 53%

• Gene-environment interactions: Combining immunology and gene expression in the study of sex-determining pathways in reptiles

  LIDBURY, B., Georges, A., MAHALINGAM, S. & Sarre, S.

  21/09/05 → 30/06/07

  Project: Other

  • immunology 100%
  • virology 80%
  • genotype-environment interaction 73%
  • reptiles 59%
  • ecology 44%

• Wildlife Genotyping Facility

  Georges, A., FITZSIMMONS, N., FITZSIMMONS, N., LIDBURY, B., NORRIS, R. & Sarre, S.

  20/05/05 → 20/05/06

  Project: Other

  • wildlife 100%
  • applied ecology 83%
  • genotyping 73%
  • funding 57%
  • forensic sciences 55%

• Discovering the past and present to shape the future: networking environmental sciences forunderstanding and managing Australian biodiversity (administered by the University of Adelaide)

  Georges, A., FITZSIMMONS, N., FITZSIMMONS, N. & Hill, B.

  14/05/05 → 31/12/09

  Project: Other

  • networking 100%
  • biodiversity 98%
  • environmental science 96%
  • environmental history 51%
  • environmental change 33%

• Native Grassland and Grassland Fauna Conservation Research Program

  Sarre, S., Dimond, W., Mccann, M., OSBORNE, W., OSBORNE, W. & RICHTER, A.

  1/03/05 → 31/12/10

  Project: Other

  • grasslands 100%
  • research programs 77%
  • fauna 77%
  • lizards 58%
  • granite 42%

• CSIRO Research Scholarship awarded to MsTina Micevska, Health Design and Science

  MAHER, B.

  5/01/05 → 30/06/08

  Project: Other

• Reconstructing paleonutirent distributions using the germanium signature of deep-sea sponges. (Awarded to NIWA - New Zealand)

  Ellwood, M. J., Kelly, M. & Maher, B.

  Royal Society of New Zealand

  1/01/05 → 31/12/06

  Project: Other

• The Tiger, the fox, the cat or the devil: hunting for Tasmania's mammalian predators using DNA analysis of scats (see comments)

  Sarre, S., Berry, O., Lapidge, S. & Mooney, N.

  22/03/04 → 22/03/05

  Project: Other

  • Tasmania 100%
  • foxes 96%
  • Thylacinus cynocephalus 67%
  • Panthera tigris 67%
  • vertebrate pests 55%

• Improved approaches to sediment quality assessment.

  MAHER, B.

  1/03/04 → 30/09/06

  Project: Other

  • Quality Assessment 100%
  • Academic Research 62%
  • Ecology 56%

• Mapping possum dispersal with genetic markers

  Sarre, S.

  Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd

  1/02/04 → 30/11/05

  Project: Other

• Sex in Dragons: the molecular basis of genetic and environmental sex determination. (Administered by ANU)

  Georges, A., Graves, J. A. M. & Sarre, S.

  1/01/04 → 1/01/07

  Project: Other

  • gender 100%
  • genes 38%
  • process control 31%
  • molecular genetics 27%
  • lizards 26%

• Invading new climates with the burden of environmental sex determination: geographic variation in sex-determining attributed in reptiles

  Georges, A.

  11/08/03 → 11/08/04

  Project: Other

  • geographical variation 100%
  • nesting sites 97%
  • sex ratio 83%
  • reptiles 76%
  • gender 75%

• Proximate and Ultimate Factors underpinning Biennial Reproduction in the Pig-nosed Turtle, Catettochelys insculpta.

  Georges, A.

  1/08/03 → 1/08/04

  Project: Other

  • Carettochelys insculpta 100%
  • biennials 79%
  • turtles 54%
  • ectothermy 32%
  • energy 31%

• Hydraulic character within river habitats

  Dyer, F., THOMS, M. & Nikora, V.

  18/07/03 → 1/10/05

  Project: Other

  • habitat 100%
  • hydraulics 94%
  • gravel 72%
  • river 69%
  • turbulence 62%

• Pest Animal Control CRC

  Sarre, S.

  Pest Animal Control Cooperative Research Centre

  7/07/03 → 30/06/06

  Project: Other

• Freshwater Ecology Studies in the Kimberley, WA (on-going yearly project, refer to file)

  FITZSIMMONS, N.

  17/06/03 → 9/07/10

  Project: Other

  • limnology 100%
  • turtles 67%
  • volunteers 60%

• Balancing conservation and development in freshwater ecosystems: can we retain biodiversity in a flagship species?

  Fitzsimmons, N., Georges, A. & Limpus, C.

  20/05/03 → 30/05/04

  Project: Other

  • flagship species 100%
  • freshwater ecosystems 83%
  • biodiversity 76%
  • turtles 40%
  • Queensland 39%

• A new DNA-based approach to stuying invasive mammalian predators

  Sarre, S., Berry, O. & Mooney, N.

  7/05/03 → 1/03/04

  Project: Other

• AUSRIVAS Regional Support Guidelines

  NORRIS, R., MAHER, B. & THOMS, M.

  17/04/03 → 26/06/03

  Project: Other

• Improving the marketing system for fresh produce of the highlands of PNG. (See comment)

  Spriggs, J., Ahai, N., Chambers, B., Chambers, B., Gorogo, G., Kayrooz, C. & Kayrooz, C.

  1/01/03 → 31/12/05

  Project: Other

• Molecular markers in long-necked turtles; phylogeography, gene flow and applications in wildlife forensics.

  Alacs, E. A. & Georges, A.

  1/01/03 → 31/12/05

  Project: Other

  • police 100%
  • phylogeography 82%
  • forensic sciences 79%
  • turtles 75%
  • wildlife 70%

• Sex in Dragons: Probing the genotype-phenotype interaction of sex determination

  Sarre, S. & Georges, A.

  1/01/03 → 31/12/05

  Project: Other

  • gender 100%
  • phenotype 61%
  • genotype 55%
  • reptiles 55%
  • lizards 26%

• Aboriginal harvest of the northern long-necked turtle -- modelling population dynamics in support of a sustainable industry

  Georges, A.

  1/01/03 → 31/12/05

  Project: Other

  • turtles 100%
  • population dynamics 57%
  • employment opportunities 56%
  • industry 52%
  • rural communities 49%

• Online course ACIAR for the Graduate Cetificates in EnvironStats. (See comment)

  Georges, A.

  Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research

  20/12/02 → 30/06/04

  Project: Other

• Development of a fisheries stream in a new an innovative online course in environmental statistics offered by the University of Canberra.

  Georges, A., Hone, J., Hone, J., Williams, D. & Williams, D.

  15/11/02 → 28/02/04

  Project: Other

  • environmental statistics 100%
  • fishery 47%
  • aquaculture 43%

• The Ecology and Conservation of River Terrapins (Batagur baska) and Malayan Snail-eating Turtles (Malayemys subtrijuga) in Koh Kong Province, Cambodia

  Georges, A. & Poole, C.

  12/08/02 → 12/08/03

  Project: Other

  • Batagur baska 100%
  • Malayemys subtrijuga 99%
  • Malayemys 74%
  • Cambodia 63%
  • Emydidae 54%

• Does dispersal affect extinction risk in fragmented populations?

  Sarre, S. & Henle, K.

  30/06/02 → 30/06/03

  Project: Other

• How do Tuatara determine their sex?

  Sarre, S., Daugherty, C., Lambert, D. & Thompson, M.

  Massey University

  1/05/02 → 28/03/03

  Project: Other

• Local adaptation and the conservation of the Booroolong Frog, Litoria booroolongensis.

  OSBORNE, W.

  9/04/02 → 9/04/03

  Project: Other

• Geographic variation in pivotal temperatures for sex determinations in reptiles.

  Georges, A.

  11/03/02 → 11/03/03

  Project: Other

  • reptiles 100%
  • geographical variation 99%
  • gender 61%
  • temperature 58%
  • sex ratio 35%

• Evolution in microsatellite DNA: testing models of mutation in an Australian marsupial

  Sarre, S., FITZSIMMONS, N. & FITZSIMMONS, N.

  1/01/02 → 31/12/04

  Project: Other

  • possums 100%
  • microsatellite repeats 69%
  • Metatheria 68%
  • mutation 42%
  • Y chromosome 42%

• National River Health Program - Environmental Flows Initiative - Modelling Dry-season flows and predicting the impact of water extraction on a flagship species.

  Georges, A.

  Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Environment

  31/07/01 → 30/06/02

  Project: Other

• Flow effects on cycling of carbon from lowland river macrophytes

  Bowen, T., Williams, D. & Williams, D.

  1/07/01 → 30/09/05

  Project: Other

  • macrophyte 100%
  • river 40%
  • carbon 37%
  • productivity 28%
  • measuring 27%

• Monitoring the effects of urbanisation and natural breaching on the health of small South Coast Estuaries.

  MAHER, B.

  1/07/01 → 5/03/03

  Project: Other

• Mapping possums dispersal across buffers with genetic markers

  Sarre, S.

  1/06/01 → 30/11/01

  Project: Other

• Evolution and mechanisms of sex determination in reptiles.

  Sarre, S. & Georges, A.

  15/05/01 → 15/05/02

  Project: Other

• The Status of Murray cod in the Murray-Darling Basin

  KEARNEY, B.

  1/03/01 → 30/05/01

  Project: Other

• Protocols for determining the chemical forms of toxicologically important trace elements in environmental materials (waters, biological tissues, sediments, soils and air)

  MAHER, B.

  1/03/01 → 30/06/03

  Project: Other

• Development of improved methods for assessing the risks posed by metal-contaminated sediments in NSW

  Batley, G. & Maher, B.

  28/02/01 → 31/05/04

  Project: Other

• Sustainable harvest of the long-necked turtle Chelodina rugosa in Arnhem Land - Modelling the impact of harvest.

  Georges, A., Hall, R. & Whithead, P.

  14/02/01 → 14/02/02

  Project: Other

• Monitor South Coast ICOLLS to determine sustainable nutrient, organic carbon and suspended solids loads.

  MAHER, B.

  1/07/00 → 31/03/03

  Project: Other

• Integrated measurement of the chemical forms of essential and toxicologically important trace elements in nutritional supplements, food, biological tissues and fluids

  MAHER, B.

  1/01/00 → 31/12/02

  Project: Other

  • spectrometers 100%
  • trace elements 90%
  • dietary supplements 79%
  • liquids 62%
  • drugs 60%

• Assessing Australia's future resource requirements to the year 2020 and beyond: Strategic Options for Fisheries.

  KEARNEY, B.

  1/10/99 → 31/12/02

  Project: Other

• AUSRIVAS Physical and Chemical Assessment Module

  THOMS, M., MAHER, B. & NORRIS, R.

  1/08/99 → 31/07/00

  Project: Other

• A coordinated commercial fishing industry approach to the use of Marine Protected Areas.

  KEARNEY, B.

  Fisheries Research Development Corporation

  1/05/99 → 30/04/01

  Project: Other

• Mating system of the threatened pig-nosed turtle of Northern Australia, with special emphasis on multiple paternity.

  Georges, A. & Fitzsimmons, N.

  1/01/99 → 30/06/01

  Project: Other