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Ecosystem impact on fish extending their ranges to higher latitudes along the east coast of Australia

Coral reef fish

Honours project: Learn about how coral reef fishes are extending their ranges to higher latitudes along the east coast of Australia and what the consequences are for temperate fishes and ecosystems.

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How climate change impacts fish populations

A damselfish at the volcanic seep in New Zealand.

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

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

Honours project: Integrating / calibrating moderate resolution Landsat spectral data with extremely high resolution imaging.

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Environmental monitoring with drones: Vegetation

Faculty of Sciences drone image

Honours project: Use drones to measure vegetation biomass from dense point clouds; or detect and discriminate seagrasses.

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Environmental monitoring with drones: Mammals

Find a researcher image: Duck drone

Honours project: Use drones for thermal sensing of kangaroos and RGB mapping of fur seals.

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Environmental monitoring with drones: Fire

Drone research at University of Adelaide

Honours project: Use drones to model fire break design to manage fire while minimising ecological disturbances; or investigate spatial regrowth dynamics of Mallee after a fire.

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Chironomids in extreme environments

non biting midge

Honours project: Non-biting midges (Chironomidae) are very similar to mosquitoes, and are masters at survival.

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Morphological evolution and diversification of the elapid snake radiation

Honours project: Investigate the evolution and diversification of the elapid snake radiation using macroevolutionary analyses of 3D morphometric and ecological data.

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How ocean warming & acidification (or nuclear winter) changes wildlife

Ocean warming and impact on changes wildlife

Honours project: How does ocean warming and acidification affect wildlife?

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