Current projects
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| APSF 08/3 | Bioaccumulation and formation of arsenicals in tropical shallow reef organisms | B Maher | Department of Environmental Chemistry, University of Canberra | $45,000 | Jul 2008 - Jul 2011 |
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| APSF 08/4 | Nutrient cycling in Port Phillip Bay: The role of sedimentary protozoa in nitrification and denitrification | J Shimeta | School of Applied Sciences, RMIT University | $30,000 | Jul 2008 - Jul 2010 |
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| APSF 08/5 | Sexual conflict and sympatric speciation in the Pacific | N Tatarnic | School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales | $44,580 | Jul 2008 - Jul 2011 |
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| APSF 08/6 | Gene flow in Australian sexually-deceptive orchids | M Whitehead | School of Botany & Zoology, Australian National University | $30,000 | Jul 2008 - Jul 2010 |
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| APSF 08/7 | The role of natural sunscreens for the control of ultgraviolet radiation damage in reef fish | U Siebeck | School of Biomedical Science, University of Queensland | $28,500 | Jul 2008 - Jul 2010 |
| APSF 09/1 | Reproductive ecology of the eastern long-beaked echidna, Zaglossus bartoni | S Nicol | School of Zoology, University of Tasmania | $44,310 | Jul 2009 - Jul 2012 |
| APSF 09/2 | Diseased blue copepods in intermittent estuaries in southern Australia | P Jones | School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University | $14,962 | Jul 2009 - Jul 2010 |
| APSF 09/4 | Effects of native omnivores on invertebrate biodiversity and function: an experimental approach | H Gibb | Department of Zoology, La Trobe University | $43,100 | Jul 2009 - Jul 2012 |
| APSF 09/7 | Why so blue? Colour change in the chameleon grasshopper (Kosciuscola tristis) | M Herberstein | Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University | $11,780 | Jul 2009 - Jul 2011 |
| APSF 09/8 | Megaloastia: a most extraordinary jumping spider | P Taylor | Department of Brain, Behaviour and Evolution, Macquarie University | $44,901 | Jul 2009 - Jul 2012 |
| APSF 09/9 | The distribution, abundance and diversity of the Lapita Cultural Complex along the Great Barrier Reef coastline in the third millennium BP | M Felgate | Anthropology Department, University of Auckland | $40,000 | Jul 2009 - Jul 2012 |
| APSF 10/1 | Role and conservation of flying fox biodiversity for Fiji's rainforest health | S Petit | School of Natural and Built Environments, University of South Australia | $39,000 | Jul 2010 - Jul 2013 |
| APSF 10/3 | Detoxification of organic compounds by the Malpighian tubules of insects | S Linton | School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University | $18,018 | Jul 2010 - Jul 2012 |
| APSF 10/4 | Conservation of four rare, endemic and iconic Fijian tree species | G Keppel | Department of Environmental and Aquatic Sciences, Curtin University of Technology | $40,000 | Jul 2010 - Jul 2013 |
| APSF 10/5 | A dingo for the modern age? | M Crowther | School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney | $28,160 | Jul 2010 - Jul 2013 |
| APSF 10/6 | Gene flow, adaptation and speciation in Antarctic octopus: consequences of climate change | J Strugnell | Molecular Sciences, La Trobe University | $10,000 | Jul 2010 - Jul 2011 |
| APSF 10/7 | Native bees in the South Pacific - taxonomy, diversity, conservation and potential roles in agriculture | M Schwarz | Biological Sciences, Flinders University | $45,000 | Jul 2010 - Jul 2013 |
| APSF 10/8 | Comparative spatial analysis of species biodiversity and life history evolution in Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic birds | J Dale | Institute of Natural Sciences, Massey University | $30,000 | Jul 2010 - Jul 2013 |
| APSF 10/9 | Sex, symbiosis and "she-males". Probing the bizarre reproductive manipulations imposed by bacterial endosymbionts upon Australian butterflies | D Kemp | Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University | $41,187 | Jul 2010 - Jul 2013 |
| APSF 11/1 | Beyond barcoding: understanding biodiversity in diverse frontier for tropical biology | P Oliver | Department of Zoology, University of Melbourne | $41,845 | Jul 2011 - Jul 2014 |
| APSF 11/2 | Revisiting interactions between Jumping plantlice and eucalypts using a high-tech experimental approach | M Steinbauer | Department of Zoology, La Trobe University | $35,500 | Jul 2011 - Jul 2014 |
| APSF 11/3 | Does salinity constrain locomotor performance in free-ranging sharks? Functional morphology and behavioural ecology of sharks occurring along a salinity gradient. | A Gleiss | Centre for Fish and Fisheries, Murdoch University | $10,500 | Jul 2011 - Jul 2012 |
| APSF 11/4 | Conservation and management of an endangered marsupial, the sandhill dunnart, in a semi-arid environment | S Carthew | School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Adelaide | $30,300 | Jul 2011 - Jul 2014 |
| APSF 11/5 | Like father, like son: is male courtship performance heritable? | A Wignall | Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University | $15,870 | Jul 2011 - Jul 2013 |
| APSF 11/6 | Connectivity and conservation of seamount corals | K Miller | Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania | $25,370 | Jul 2011 - Jul 2013 |
| APSF 11/7 | Comparative transcriptome sequencing for identification of Australian pest fruit flies | K Raphael | School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales | $44,010 | Jul 2011 - Jul 2014 |
| APSF 11/8 | Why are there so few hybrids in the Green-eyed Treefrog hybrid zone? Resolving the role of behaviour versus genetics | C Hoskin | School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University | $27,800 | Jul 2011 - Jul 2013 |
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