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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP0987620
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Sea Snake Diversification: Why Are Certain Taxa And Regions Species-Rich? By generating new knowledge of ecologically and medically important Australasian organisms, this project will benefit biodiversity management, snakebite therapy and pharmaceutical research. Sea snakes reach peak diversity in the Indo-Australian hotspot and are threatened by habitat degradation, fisheries bycatch and rising sea temperatures. Sea snake conservation and marine reserve management strategies will directly benefit from a better understanding of local endemism, species boundaries and possible cryptic species. Sea snakes are highly venomous and pose a significant health risk in fishing communities; venom variation has a strong phylogenetic component and is of vital importance in antivenom preparation and bioprospecting.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 2009
End Date: 12-2013
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $289,943.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Conservation And Biodiversity | Biogeography | Animal Systematics, Taxonomy And Phylogeny | Evolutionary Biology
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Climate change | Integrated (ecosystem) assessment and management | Biological sciences |
