Research Grant
[Cite as https://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP0343249]Researchers: Philip Laing Munday (Australian Research Fellowship)
Brief description Early life-history sex determination in reef fishes. In many fishes, gender is influenced by environmental conditions experienced after hatching. However, the timing, cues, and developmental pathways of sex determination are poorly understood. This research will establish how environmental conditions during the juvenile phase control patterns of sex determination in reef fishes and determine if sex differentiation is a response to local- or broad-scale environmental cues. An individual's gender has profound and significant consequences for all aspects of its biology and the mechanism of sex determination has important implications for population ecology. This project will test theory in evolutionary ecology and greatly benefit the management of reef fisheries.
Funding Amount $550,000
Funding Scheme Discovery Projects
- PURL : https://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP0343249
- ARC : DP0343249