How do riverine fish food webs adapt to recent pest fish invasions
Two species of invasive tilapia have recently invaded a large river system in northern Queensland that previously had no pest fish species. This project will explore whether fish stable isotope chemistry (indicator of diet) is reflective of abundant invertebrate taxa, what tilapia eat in this system and how food web dynamics differ when tilapia are present. This will utilize samples collected in 2020 and June 2021. The project will involve laboratory analyses (possibly stomach contents and stable isotope analyses).
Scholarship supervisor(s): Dr Kaitlyn O'Mara and Dr Ben Stewart-Koster.
$6,000, paid in instalments. These funds are not for research activities and are to support the student undertaking Honours.
GPA of 6 in their undergraduate program; enrolled full-time; study in consecutive trimesters and maintain a minimum GPA of 6.
This scholarship will be offered to commence in T1, 2024.
Email Dr Kaitlyn O'Mara: kaitlyn.omara@griffith.edu.au