- Title
- Resilience of underwater marine forests
- Description
- A PhD project is available to undertake research to determine if population connectivity and thermal stress limits the ecological performance and capacity for biological adaptation of seaweed forests to environmental change and climate variability (e.g., marine heatwaves). The project can develop along (or across) three lines: 1) Population genetics of seaweeds, and the use novel genetic markers (SNPs) to characterise patterns of genetic diversity and structure in Australian seaweed forests. 2) Seaweed adaptation to environmental stress, and the use of unique breeding experiments to test adaptive responses of Australian seaweed forests to increasing temperatures and marine heatwaves. 3) Ecology and ecophysiology of seaweed forests, and combining laboratory and field experiments to test the performance of seaweed forests under different environmental conditions. This research is undertaken in collaboration with Dr Melinda Coleman (NSW DPI).
- Payment type
- Fortnightly Stipend
- Value
- $30000
- Value unit
- Per annum
- Basis of award
- Academic Achievement
- Eligibility
- Must be present in Perth to take up scholarship at the commencement date
- Nationality
- Australian Citizen, Australian Permanent Resident, International
- Study area
- Marine Sciences
- Commencement date
- 01/02/2021
- Applications open
- 01/09/2020
- Applications close
- 30/10/2020
- Tenable At
- UWA Only
- Currently available
- Yes
- Application status
- Closed
University information
CRICOS Code: 00126G
