Projects

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.

nameorganisationstate or country
Dr Regina CounihanGeorg-August Universität Göttingen QLD, Australia / Germany
NRW QLD, Australia
Georg-August Universität Göttingen Germany

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