COUNIHAN BIOGEOGRAPH
project name: Marine life history strategies and biogeography: comparative study of the importance of benthic marine invertebrate early life history strategies
initiating country: The European Union
Framework Programme: FP6 programme area: MC – Marie Curie Actions contract type: MCIIF – Marie Curie Incoming International Fellowship
contract/proposal/call number: 2876
status: completed
duration: 12 months
Keywords
Fields of Research:
Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology)
keywords: Biogeography; Evolutionary biology; Marine ecosystems and processes
Project Budget
total budget: € 82
Participants
Note that the follow people may not represent the full extent of the consortium. FEAST has tried to identify the Australian participants, and their collaborators (or coordinator), within the project. Also note that Australian participation may not necessarily be on a formal level.
Further information
summary:
The ability to effectively protect marine biodiversity is dependent upon an understanding of the connectivity between marine regions and appreciation of the mechanisms driving speciation. Larval biology, which differs significantly between marine inverteb