Current projects

Carp recruitment dynamics

Carp are a major pest in the waterways of inland Australia. This project will look to employ cutting-edge otolith microchemistry techniques to reveal source locations and connectivity of carp in the Upper Murrumbidgee River catchment. 

Seeing the invisible

Ultra-violet light penetrates water, making UV light a potentially powerful source of light in aquatic environments. However, we do not see UV light, making this the invisible world to us. This project is developing the capacity to explore UV in aquatic environments to explore the ecological and behavioural implications.

Dietary ecology of primates

This study is employing meta-analysis techniques to explore if, across the dozens of studies that have investigated the diet choices of folivorous primates, they actively select the most nutritious foods within their environments. Furthermore, we will determine if habitat quality drives selectivity decisions in these animals.