BDBSA Project Metadata Detail

Survey/Project Number: 944          Total No. of Sites: 0
Survey/Project Name: Gobies in Lake Eyre Basin - Krystina Mossup PhD work
Abstract: This project aims to investigate the impacts of human disturbance on evolutionary processes that affect the long-term sustainability of native fish populations in the Lake Eyre Basin in the Far North region of South Australia. Specifically, we will examine the effects of aquatic pollution on the Desert Goby (Chlamydogobius eremius), a remarkable freshwater fish endemic to Central Australia. To achieve this, we will examine: 1. the effects of such environmental change on the behaviour and reproduction of individuals currently living in disturbed habitats 2. long-term effects across generations. Importantly, information from the protected Wabma Kadarbu Mound Springs Conservation Park will form a valuable contrast to more disturbed sites elsewhere in the Lake Eyre Basin region. Our investigations of chemical and visual communication of Goby in altered conditions will allow us important insights into how this species can adapt and survive the various human activities (such as pastoralism and water extraction) that impact waterbodies of the Lake Eyre Basin. By doing so, this project will deliver valuable knowledge of how human disturbance of the aquatic environment can impact the mechanisms of sexual selection and, thus the sustainability of native fish populations. Our research will also contribute crucial information on the state of the Desert Goby's vulnerable habitat, which supports a number of rare species.
 
Start Date: 01/10/2010      End Date: 31/01/2014
Survey Type: Fauna only
   
Study Area Description: Wabma Kadarbu CP and other areas within the Lake Eyre Basin
Objectives
         Vegetation: *** No vegetation survey objectives recorded
         Fauna: Refer to Abstract.
Methodology
         Vegetation: *** No vegetation methodology recorded
         Fauna: *** No vertebrate methodology recorded

Data Distribution Rules: Public Dataset
Project Basis: Fauna : Fauna species/population Study (ie trapping records over time period for species study). NOTE:NON Std Svy methodology may have been used.
Fauna : Distribution - Vegetation/Fauna species (ie ad-hoc opportunistic species records - not usually re-visited) NOTE:NON Std Svy methodology
Information Authority: Monash University