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

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.
How climate change impacts fish populations

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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