Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0562517

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP0562517

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Ageing wild vertebrates from their DNA: an investigation using Humpback Whales as an example. The aim of this project is to estimate the age of individually identified humpback whales and the age structure of humpback whale populations using non-lethal, innovative molecular techniques. Populations of humpback whales in the Southern Hemisphere are slowly recovering from intensive whaling during the 20th century. This project is significant because it will provide the first comparative information on the age structure of these populations, resulting in improved estimation of recovery and population dynamics of long-lived vertebrates. The results of this project will revolutionise research on ageing in whales and dolphins, providing an important alternative to lethal scientific whaling.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 22-11-2005

End Date: 31-12-2008

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $288,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Marine And Estuarine Ecology (Incl. Marine Ichthyology) | Population And Ecological Genetics | Genetics | Cell Development (Incl. Cell Division And Apoptosis)

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Tourism not elsewhere classified | Other | Living resources (incl. impacts of fishing on non-target species) |

Other Keywords

Cell Development (Incl. Cell Division And Apoptosis) | Genetics | Living resources (incl. impacts of fishing on non-target species) | Marine And Estuarine Ecology (Incl. Marine Ichthyology) | Other | Population And Ecological Genetics | Tourism not elsewhere classified

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