Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0558681

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0558681

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Aquatic eye design: sharks and rays as models of underwater colour and luminance vision. Sharks are usually assumed to be colour blind. We have discovered that they may in fact see colour very well and that the eyes of different species are adapted to their particular lifestyles. Our research will help to raise the profile of sharks and portray them as animals with advanced sensory systems and complex visual behaviours rather than just dangerous killing machines. Studying the vision of sharks may also help to reduce the number (currently >50,000) that are killed each year as bycatch by Australian long-line fisheries and make a valuable contribution to one of Australia's National Research Priorities (an Environmentally Sustainable Australia) for managing and conserving our biodiversity.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-07-2005

End Date: 30-06-2010

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $550,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Marine And Estuarine Ecology (Incl. Marine Ichthyology) | Zoology | Conservation And Biodiversity | Neurobiology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Living resources (incl. impacts of fishing on non-target species) | Behavioural and cognitive sciences | Biological sciences |

Other Keywords

Behavioural and cognitive sciences | Biological sciences | Conservation And Biodiversity | Living resources (incl. impacts of fishing on non-target species) | Marine And Estuarine Ecology (Incl. Marine Ichthyology) | Neurobiology | Zoology

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