Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0209284

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0209284

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Do crayfish use the information carried by low-level electrical signals in the environment? Many vertebrates detect electric fields. Fish communicate electrically. No invertebrate has been shown to do so. We have evidence that crayfish change their behaviour following exposure to low-level, waterborne electrical signals. Crayfish behaviour is currently the preferred model for studying the neurobiology of social hierarchies in animals. Evidence that information is passing from either predators or conspecifics through an undescribed electrosensory channel would fundamentally change the direction of that research. Behaviour modification using electrical signals could also prove to be a valuable tool in crustacean aquaculture. This is a proposal to discover the nature and behavioural implications of crayfish electroreception.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2002

End Date: 31-12-2005

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $174,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Invertebrate Biology | Zoology | Aquaculture | Neurobiology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Aquaculture | Biological sciences |

Other Keywords

Aquaculture | Biological sciences | Invertebrate Biology | Neurobiology | Zoology

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