Project number: 1987-060
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $0.00
Principal Investigator: Austin
Organisation: Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
Project start/end date: 27 Dec 1988 - 30 Dec 1988
Contact:
FRDC

Objectives

1. To examine electrophoretic and morphological variation within the genus SCylla throughout northern Australia.
2. To compare samples of Australian mud crabs with overseas material.
3. To examine mud crab type specimens in overseas museums.
4. To establish an electrophoretic facility at the QIT suitable for population genetic and taxonomic research relating to fisheries management.

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