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How climate change impacts fish populations
![A damselfish at the volcanic seep in New Zealand.](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/2018-11/news-damselfish.jpg?h=d4dcf2e0&itok=xD2CUkuk)
Honours project: Gain an understanding of how ocean acidification will affect the behaviour and physiology of fish species.
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Wildlife conservation, plant-animal interactions and restoration ecology
![Wildlife conservation biology](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/wildlife-conservation-biology-10836.jpg?h=fbf4b26c&itok=fqtfmssr)
Honours project: Work with scientists in terrestrial ecology and behaviour to providing research outcomes that facilitate the management, conservation and restoration of biodiversity.
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Environmental monitoring with drones: Remote sensing
![Scientists from the Unmanned Research Aircraft Facility](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-03/uraf-drone-56.jpg?h=2f83cd36&itok=Xsa5-yqM)
Honours project: Integrating / calibrating moderate resolution Landsat spectral data with extremely high resolution imaging.
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Do plants need to sleep?
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Honours project: There's evidence in some plants that lack of a dark period can inhibit growth - so do plants need sleep?
Conservation genetics & biodiversity of Western Australian sea snakes
Honours project: Explore the conservation genetics and biodiversity of Western Australian sea snakes.
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From land to sea - the visual evolution of elapid snakes
![Olive sea snake](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-02/news-sea-snake-olive-wide.jpg?h=34e71861&itok=3YsHvJBH)
Honours project: Conduct research into the evolution of venomous snakes and their transition from land to sea.
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Using metal-organic frameworks to understand catalysis
![Chris Sumby Catalysis Figure](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-04/catalysis-figure.jpg?h=6db1c67f&itok=adfWKZyJ)
Honours project: Insights into industrial catalysis and x-ray crystallography in metal-organic frameworks.
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Genome biology & mammal gene evolution
![Echidna research](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-03/echidna-2.jpg?h=faefdaa8&itok=D1wbqbYv)
Honours project: Examine the function and evolution of genes involved in sex determination and placentation in mammals.
Investigating the origin of mammal sex chromosomes
![Platypus image - Image courtesy of Matt Chan](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/2018-11/news-platypus.jpg?h=d4dcf2e0&itok=CK-lcN9J)
Honours project: Undertake a research project that investigates the origin of therian sex chromosomes
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