Description:
This study’s objectives are:
(1) to monitor the growth, survival and diet of stocked prawns in the prevalent habitat types of the ICOLL
(2) to asses the mortality due to predation that stocked eastern king prawns encounter in different habitats within target ICOLLs & to examine whether stocked individuals are more susceptible to predation than their wild con-specifics ;
(3) to evaluate the relative intraspecific competition that wild and stocked eastern king prawns experience in coexistence &
(4) to model the putative ecological impacts of eastern king prawn re-stocking on other components of the ICOLL environment (eg: phytoplankton and zooplankton abundance, chlorophyll and dissolved oxygen levels, temperature, turbidity and salinity)
For more details about the project read the Project Background
NRM Focus (CAP Focus area):
• Coast & Marine (Coasts & Estuary Management, Biodiversity, Research)
Site Investigation Options: Students can assist researchers from University of NSW with fieldwork and learn more about the project.
Target Audience: Stage 5 and 6 students, Science and Geography
Host organisation(s): University of NSW
Contact Information: Faith Ochwada
Email: faith.ochwada@student.unsw.edu.au and mattytaylor@unsw.edu.au