Zoology research projects
-
Entomology research projects
0 Research Projects | Updated 2 years ago
The Western Australian Museum is currently undertaking two research projects relating to entomology and insects:
- Systematics and biology of Australian native bees
- Life-histories and ecology of earth-borer beetles (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae, Bolboceratini.)
-
Arachnid and myriapod projects
0 Research Projects | Updated 2 years ago
The Western Australian Museum is currently undertaking five projects relating to arachnid and myriapod research:
- Systematics of various spider families (e.g. Oonopidae, Lycosidae, Araneidae, Archaeidae, Salticidae, Selenopidae, and various trap-door spiders)
- Systematics of pseudoscorpions
- Systematics of schizomids
- Systematics of millipedes
- Systematics of subterranean fauna.
-
Biogeography research projects
0 Research Projects | Updated 2 years ago
The Western Australian Museum is currently undertaking four research projects relating to biogeography:
- Herpertofaunal Assemblage of Bold Park
- Reptile diversity in the Houtman Abrolhos Archipelago
- Vertebrate biodiversity in Perth’s urban bushlands
- Impact of isolation on evolutionary patterns in vertebrates of tropical Western Australia.
-
Subterranean Biology research projects
0 Research Projects | Updated 2 years ago
The Western Australian Museum is currently undertaking two research projects relating to Subterranean Biology:
- Anchialine systems of NW Shelf coast and Christmas Island
- Subterranean biology of Yilgarn calcretes.
-
Ornithology (Birds) research projects
0 Research Projects | Updated 2 years ago
The Western Australian Museum is currently undertaking nine research projects relating to ornithology:
- Birds of the Pilbara region
- Field guide to the birds of Western Australia
- A guide to the birds of the Perth region
- Cockatoo research program (on three endangered black cockatoos of WA)
- Seabirds of the eastern Indian Ocean
Birds of the Ord River region - Avifauna of Kimberley islands
- Birds of Christmas and Cocos Keeling islands
- Avifauna of eastern Indonesia.
-
OZCAM
0 Research Projects | Updated 1 years ago
The Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) is an online distributed network of Australian faunal databases that contain information about the faunal collections held in Australian museums and other institutions, such as CSIRO. The Western Australian Museum supplies information to OZCAM. www.ozcam.org.au
-
Tight Entrance Cave
0 Research Projects | Updated 2 years ago
This project is the study of the demise of Australia's Megafauna and the part played by early man. Project in conjunction with Flinders University and headed by Dr. Gavin Prideaux of FU. WA Museum to film and photograph the cave dig for use in the new museum as well as for promotional /media use from possible Nature paper.
-
Documentary Unit
0 Research Projects | Updated 2 years ago
The documentary unit was a Western Australian Museum service run by Clay Bryce within the Aquatic Zoology department. It focused on development of digital media (documentaries, information programs, shorts), which popularised the science of the department and the Museum as a whole for both domestic and international markets. To date over 13 programs have been produced including a 90 minute co-production feature, 60 minute documentaries and shorter programs. Some of the documentaries produced by this unit can be viewed on the video page of this website.
-
Marine Futures Biodiversity Project
0 Research Projects | Updated 2 years ago
The Aquatic Zoology department is currently participating in a research project designed to document the invertebrates and fishes collected by trawling in soft bottom habitats at selected sites along the south Western Australian coastline.
The project was funding via the Natural Heritage Trust to the WA Marine Futures project, University of Western Australia. The partnerships included the University of Western Australia (UWA), the Western Australian Museum, WA Fisheries and many community organisations.
-
Kimberley Woodside Collection Project (Woodside 4)
0 Research Projects | Updated 1 years ago
The Aquatic Zoology department is currently undertaking a research project that is jointly funded between the Western Australian Museum and Woodside Energy Limited.
This study consists of statistically analysing major data sets to compare various marine faunal groups with habitats of the Kimberley coastal region and documenting their relationships. This project consists of four components:
-
CReefs Project
0 Research Projects | Updated 2 years ago
The Aquatic Zoology department is currently participating in a research project with the aim of sampling coral reef biodiversity at three key Australian reef sites: the Great Barrier Reef’s Heron and Lizard Islands and Ningaloo Reef in Western Australia.
-
Non-marine Molluscs of Western Australia Project (Commercial)
0 Research Projects | Updated 2 years ago
The Aquatic Zoology department is currently undertaking a continual research study where regular contracts with mining companies and environmental consultancies for Environmental Impact Assessment Surveys result in numerous terrestrial mollusc sampled added into the Museum collections. Data and samples, sometimes of previously unknown species, builds on our knowledge of species’ distributional ranges, ecology and biology and provides the basis for future taxonomic research.
-
Western Australian Museum Bioresources Library (WAMBL) Project
0 Research Projects | Updated 2 years ago
The Aquatic Zoology department is currently undertaking a research project to establish the first bioresources library in WA, which will be one of only three marine bioresources libraries in Australia. The aim of this library is to facilitate access to Western Australian marine biodiversity for biodiscovery. This project is funded by the Western Australian Marine Science Institute (WAMSI) in research Node 5 (Marine biodiscovery, biotechnology and aquaculture: the blue farm). This is a collaborative project between WAM and AIMS.
-
R.V. Southern Surveyor “Voyage of Discovery” Project
0 Research Projects | Updated 2 years ago
The Aquatic Zoology department is currently participating in a research project funded by CSIRO Tasmania with the collaboration of various scientific institutions including the Western Australian Museum.
One of the purposes of this project was to document the benthic (the ecological region at the lowest level of a body of water) faunal biodiversity in Commonwealth waters. The Western Australian Museum participated in surveying waters off the Western Australian coastline. Two voyages were undertaken:
-
Developing long-term indicators for the sub-tidal embayment communities of Cockburn Sound Project
0 Research Projects | Updated 2 years ago
The Aquatic Zoology department is currently undertaking a research project with the aim of describing the invertebrates and fishes collected by trawling in Cockburn Sound and Owen Anchorage. A list of stations and their latitude and longitude was lodged with the Shared Land Information Platform (SLIP).
-
Whale research - Aerial Survey off Shark Bay, 2008
0 Research Projects | Updated 1 years ago
-
Atlas of Living Australia
0 Research Projects | Updated 1 years ago
The Western Australian Museum is a partner in the Atlas of Living Australia project, a collaborative, national project focused on making information about Australia’s biodiversity more accessible and useable online.
About the Atlas of Living Australia
The Atlas of Living Australia is building a better picture of Australia’s animals, plants, fungi and micro-organisms for research, taxonomy, management, education and other uses.