Australian Biological Resources Study
Issue 26
Australian Biological Resources Study, April 2002
ISSN 0814 B8880
The Participatory Programme budget for 2001/2002 was $1.798 million. Approximately $855,000 has been allocated to continuing projects which required funding from July 2001 to June 2002, with an additional $174,000 allocated towards the existing ABRS training schemes such as the postgraduate scholarship, bursaries and Australian Botanical Liaison Officer (ABLO).
Some $740,500 was available for new projects for 2001/2002 only. ABRS liaised with the taxonomic community and the Advisory Committee to develop a range of projects which were recommended to the Minister, and approved in September 2001. The Minister approved ABRS' establishment of a new postgraduate scholarship designated the Ebbe Nielsen Regional Scholarship in memory of Ebbe Nielsen (see Biologue 24), and allocated $28,500 for the first year of funding in 2001/2002. See below for more information on this award.
The list of projects awarded funding in 2001 (calendar year) was provided in Biologue issue 24 in June last year. The full list of all projects awarded funding for 2002 (up to 30 June) is provided below. The next issue of Biologue in October 2002 will provide the list of grant approved for 2002/2003.
* indicates new project (2001/2002 - one year only)
# continuing project (funding for Jan- Jun 2002 only)
* Investigator: Dr A García
Project Title: Preparation of sample treatments of Charophyta for Algae of Australia
Located: University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW
Amount: $35,000
# Investigators: Dr T Entwisle & Dr S Skinner
Project Title: Taxonomic revision of the order Oedogoniales (Chlorophyta) in Australia
Located: Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, NSW
Amount: $15,000
# Investigators: Assoc Prof GM Hallegraeff & Dr CS Bolch
Project Title: Molecular phylogeny and morpho-taxonomy of Australian gymnodinoid dinoflagellates
Located: University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS
Amount: $22,500
# Investigators: Dr JM Huisman & Assoc Prof WJ Woelkerling
Project Title: Revision of the Acrochaetiales and Bonnemaisoniales (Rhodophyta) in Australia
Located: Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA
Amount: $20,000
# Investigators: Dr GT Kraft
Project Title: The Marine Red Algae of Tropical and Subtropical Eastern Australia
Located: University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC
Amount: $10,000
# Investigators: Prof WG Vyverman, Dr KH Sabbe & Prof DG Mann
Project Title: Diversity, ecology and biogeography of Australian freshwater diatoms - a revision of the Eunotiophycidae and selected genera within the Bacillariophycidae
Located: University of Gent, United Kingdom
Amount: $7,500
* Investigators: Dr S Ahyong; Dr P Horwitz; Dr J Merrick; Dr C Austin, Dr L Evans.
Project Title: Australian Freshwater Crayfishes and Yabbies for Species Bank
Located: Dr Horwitz - Edith Cowan University, Perth WA. Dr Ahyong - Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW. Dr Merrick, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW. Dr Austin, Deakin University, Melbourne, VIC. Dr Evans, Curtin University, Perth, WA.
Amount: $6,000
* Investigators: Dr A Andersen, Dr R Kohout, Dr J Majer, Dr B Heterick, Dr D O'Dowd.
Project Title: Australian Ants for Species Bank
Located: Dr Andersen: CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems, Winnellie, NT. Dr Kohout, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, Qld. Dr Majer & Dr Heterick, Curtin University, Perth, WA. Dr O'Dowd, Monash University, VIC.
Amount: $6,000
# Investigators: Prof JS Ashe
Project Title: Aleocharine staphylinids (Coleoptera) of Australia
Located: Natural History Museum, University of Kansas, USA
Amount: $20,000
# Investigators: Dr BC Baehr & Dr RJ Raven
Project Title: Australian ant spiders (Araneae, Zodariidae, Storeninae): biodiversity of the Australian fauna, taxonomy, systematics and phylogeny of the Australian species
Located: Queensland Museum, Brisbane, QLD
Amount: $20,000
* Investigator: Dr BA Bain
Project Title: Pycnogonida (Sea Spiders): ABIF-Fauna Checklist and Bibliography
Located: Monash University, Melbourne, VIC
Amount: $3,600
* Investigator: Dr P Bock
Project Title: Moss animals and Lace Corals of Australia: A WWW information centre to bryozoan families and species.
Located: C/- Deakin University, Melbourne, VIC
Amount: $25,000
# Investigator: Dr AA Calder
Project Title: Australian Cerambycine genera: overview and keys
Located: CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Canberra, ACT
Amount: $25,000
# Investigator: Dr LRG Cannon
Project Title: Taxonomy of the typhloplanid microturbellarians (Platyhelminthes) of Australia Located: Queensland Museum, Brisbane, QLD
Amount: $17,500
# Investigators: Dr TH Cribb & Dr MA Schneider
Project Title: Taxonomy of thelastomatoid nematodes of Australian cockroaches
Located: University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD
Amount: $11,000
# Investigator: Dr VE Davies
Project Title: New spiders (Araneae: Amaurobioidea) from Australian forests
Located: Queensland Museum, Brisbane, QLD
Amount: $5,000
* Investigators: Dr L Gershwin & Dr W Zeidler
Project Title: Systematics and biogeography of Australian pelagic coelenterates (Scyphomedusae, Cubomedusae, Hydromedusae, Siphonophora and Cternophora).
Located: University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA
Amount: $13,000
# Investigator: Dr B Halliday
Project Title: Generic overview of Australia non-psoroptid Astigamata (Acari)
Located: CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Canberra, ACT
Amount: $25,000
# Investigator: Dr RJ Hoare
Project Title: The Depressarilid Genera of Australia (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea)
Located: Landcare Research, New Zealand
Amount: $6,000
* Investigator: Dr D Hollis
Project Title: The jumping Plantlice (Psylloidea) of Australia
Located: Natural History Museum, London, UK/ CSIRO Division of Entomology
Amount: $26,000
# Investigator: Dr WF Humphreys
Project Title: Towards the documentation of the subterranean fresh-water fauna of inland Australia
Located: Western Australian Museum, Perth, WA
Amount: $7,500
* Investigator: Professor BGM Jamieson
Project Title: Oligochaeta (Earthworms and Enchytraeids): ABIF-Fauna Checklist and Bibliography
Located: unattached, Brisbane, QLD
Amount: $15,000
# Investigators: Dr JT Jennings & Assoc Prof AD Austin
Project Title: Evanioid wasps of Australia (Insecta: Hymenoptera): taxonomy, distribution and host relationships
Located: University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA
Amount: $7,000
# Investigator: Dr J Just
Project Title: Australia's Paramunnidae, marine Isopoda (Asellota, Janiroidea)
Located: Queensland Museum, Brisbane, QLD
Amount: $7,500
# Investigator: Mr RJ Kohout
Project Title: Towards a complete treatment of the Australian spiny ants, Polyrhachis (Formicidae: formicinae); revision of the subgenus Hagiomyrma Wheeler
Located: Queensland Museum, Brisbane, QLD
Amount: $500
# Investigator: Dr P Mather
Project Title: Taxonomy of the Ascidiacea
Located: C/- Queensland Museum, Brisbane, QLD
Amount: $17,500
* Investigators: Drs G Maynard, K Walker; T Houston.
Project Title: Australian Bees for Species Bank
Located: Dr Maynard - AQIS, Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Australia, Melbourne, VIC. Dr Walker - Museum of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC. Dr T Houston - Western Australian Museum, Perth.
Amount: $6,000
* Investigator: Dr Robert Mesibov
Project Title: Millipedes: ABIF-Fauna Checklist and Bibliography
Located: Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, TAS
Amount: $5,000
* Investigator: Dr P Middlefart
Project Title: Brachiopoda (Lamp Shells): ABIF-Fauna Checklist and Bibliography
Located: Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW
Amount: $1,000
* Investigator: Dr P Middlefart
Project Title: Mollusca: ABIF-Fauna Checklist and Bibliography Stage 4
Located: Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW
Amount: $35,000
* Investigator: Dr L Newman
Project Title: Fabulous Flatworms: Illustrated Electronic Guide & Identification Tool to Australasian Marine Flatworms
Located: Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW.
Amount: $50,000
# Investigator: Dr L Newman
Project Title: Taxonomy of polyclad flatworms (pseudocerotidae & Euryleptidae) from Australian waters.
Located: Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW.
Amount: $2,014
# Investigators: Prof R Pearson & Dr R Sluys
Project Title: Biodiversity, biogeography, and phylogeny of Australian aquatic planarians (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Paludicola)
Located: James Cook University, Townsville, QLD
Amount: $20,000
* Investigator: Dr U Scheller and P Greenslade
Project Title: Pauropoda (Pauropods) and Symphyla ('False Centipedes'): ABIF-Fauna Checklist and Bibliography
Located: Dr Scheller, unattached, Germany, Dr Greenslade, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT.
Amount: $2,500
* Investigators: Dr P Unmack, Dr R Wager & Dr H Larson
Project Title: Australian Desert Fishes for Species Bank
Located: Dr Unmack - Arizona State University, USA, Dr Wager - Qld Department of Primary Industry, Brisbane QLD, Dr Larson - Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery, Darwin, NT.
Amount: $10,000
* Investigator: Dr C Wallace
Project Title: Anthozoa (Corals and Sea Anemones): ABIF-Fauna Checklist and Bibliography
Located: Museum of Tropical Queensland, Townsville, QLD
Amount: $17,800
# Investigators: Dr G Worheide & Dr J Hooper
Project Title: Australian calcereous sponges (Porifera: Calcarea): biodiversity of the Great Barrier Reef fauna, taxonomy and systematics of Australian species
Located: Queensland Museum, Brisbane, QLD
Amount: $15,000
# Investigators: Dr DK Yeates & Prof ME Irwin
Project Title: Expeditions to inform systematic research on Australian Stiletto Flies (Diptera: Therevidae)
Located: University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD
Amount: $5,000
* Investigators: Dr C Cargill, Dr N Klazenga
Project Title: Taxonomic accounts of selected families, genera and species of Australian mosses
Located: National Herbarium of Victoria
Amount: $35,000
# Investigators: Dr AW Claridge, Prof JM Trappe & Dr MA Castellano
Project Title: Taxonomy and biogeography of Australia sequestrate fungi in the Pezizales, Elaphomycetales, Boletales and Hysterangiales
Located: NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service, Queanbeyan, NSW
Amount: $3,000
* Investigators: Under Tender
Project Title: Truffle Fungi of Australia, part 1 of the sequestrate Cortinariaceae
Located: TBA after completion of open tender
Budget: $40,000
* Organisation: Fungal Diversity Press, Hong Kong
Project Title: Mycena in South-eastern Australia
Located: C/- University of Hong Kong
Amount: $10,000
# Investigator: Dr T Lebel
Project Title: A taxonomic and systematic revision of the sequestrate Russulales of Australia and their allies, based on morphological and molecular characters
Located: Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, VIC
Amount: $5,000
# Investigators: Dr TW May & Mr SH Lewis
Project Title: Interactive key and synopsis to the genera of macrofungi in Australia
Located: Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, VIC
Amount: $25,000
* Investigator: Dr A Wood
Project Title: Macrofungi: Part 1, treatment for Galerina for Fungi of Australia
Located: University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Amount: $5,000
* Investigator: Dr G Kantvilas
Project Title: Taxonomic revision of selected, environmentally sensitive lichen families in Australia
Located: Tasmanian Herbarium, Hobart, TAS
Amount: $15,000
# Investigators: Dr RD Adlard & Dr M Peirce
Project Title: Characterisation of blood-borne protozoan parasites of Australian birds
Located: Queensland Museum, Brisbane, QLD
Amount: $4,000
* Investigator: Assoc Prof AD Albani
Project Title: Foraminifera Protozoa: Checklist, Bibliography and Associated Data
Located: University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Amount: $15,000
* Investigator: Prof D Patterson
Project Title: Free-living Protozoa: ABIF Checklist and Bibliography
Located: University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW
Amount: $50,000
# Investigator: Dr RJ Bayer
Project Title: Systematics of Australian Polygalaceae and Xanthophyllaceae
Located: CSIRO, Division of Plant Industry, Canberra, ACT
Amount: $9,250
# Investigators: Dr JA Chappill & Dr MD Crisp
Project Title: Taxonomic revision and phylogenetic analysis of Aotus, Phyllota, Otion ined., Urodon, Eutaxia, Euchilopsis and Latrobea (Leguminosae, Mirbelieae)
Located: University of Western Australia
Amount: $10,000
* Investigator: Dr Rogier de Kok
Project Title: Completion of Interactive key - Pea-Flowered Legumes
Located: CSIRO, Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Canberra, ACT
Budget: $50,000
# Investigators: Dr MF Duretto & Prof PY Ladiges
Project Title: A systematic and biogeographic analysis of Phebalium (Rutaceae) and its allies based on morphology and molecules
Located: University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC
Amount: $3,500
# Investigator: Mr JA Jeanes
Project Title: A taxonomic revision of the genus Thelymitra J.R. Forst. Et G. Forst. (Orchidaceae) in Australia
Located: Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, VIC
Amount: $16,000
# Investigators: Dr CJ Quinn & Dr PG Wilson
Project Title: Generic concepts in the Baekea complex
Located: University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW
Amount: $15,000
* Investigator: Mr B Symon
Project Title: Panicoid Grasses
Located: Queensland Herbarium, Brisbane, QLD
Budget: $40,000
# Investigators: Dr IR Thompson & Dr NG Walsh
Project Title: A taxonomic review of Senecio (Asteraceae) and a treatment of taxa in tribes Senecioneae, Anthemideae and Lactuceae for Flora of Australia
Located: University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC
Amount: $20,000
* Investigator: Mr PG Wilson
Project Title: Flora of Australia treatment of Bracteantha (Daisies)
Located: Western Australian Herbarium, Perth, WA
Budget: $25,000
* Investigator: Dr N Walsh & Dr J Jeanes
Project Title: Flora of Australia treatment of Ranunculaceae
Located: National Herbarium of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
Budget: $15,000
* Organisation: ACIL Consulting Pty Ltd
Project Title: Development of Integrated Research Strategies for Algae, Protista and Fungi
Located: Sydney, NSW
Total Budget: $150,612
What's the best strategy?ACIL Consulting is assisting the Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS) to conduct a review of current research into algae, fungi and protista, with a focus on microorganisms in order to develop strategies for formulating and disseminating new research. The aim of the project is to develop a ten year workplan for nationally integrated research strategies to advance knowledge of algae, protista and fungi, in particular microorganisms. Information about their taxonomy is essential for the conservation and sustainable use of Australia's biodiversity. Whilst there is a large amount of useful information on higher order Australian plants and animals, the same cannot be said for the vastly more diverse and numerous lower plants, animals and other organisms, partly because they are less - or not - visible. Nonetheless, there is a critical need to identify and classify these key micro-elements of biodiversity because of their significance for the environment and the economic activity which ultimately depends on them. In order to achieve the best outcome from limited resources it is essential that (i) research should be concentrated on areas that are hoped to have the greatest payoff, (ii) new information should be disseminated promptly and effectively to meet the needs of all stakeholders and (iii) new partnerships be built with stakeholders - industry, science and the community. This raises questions of where, why, who decides and how? What will this project achieve?The project is being conducted by ACIL Consulting which has broadly based expertise in the organization of research, the development of research strategies and the identification of strategic partners. The project will cover:
Key DatesThe project commenced on 11 February 2002 and concludes on 31 August 2002 with the submission of a final report. The key milestones are set out in the following table.
What we will want from you
We would be most appreciative of your views, comments and suggestions. Steering CommitteeThe members of the Steering Committee are: Dr David Morrison Dr Timothy Entwisle Dr John Pitt Professor Ronald Quinn Mr Ian Cresswell How you can inputThe consultants will be seeking input from interested stakeholders during the month of May. However you may wish to register your interests or initial comments now. You can do so by letter or e-mail. You should address your comments to Alan Smart or Ian Wearing at any of the following:
Information on the project and its progress will be available at http://www.acilconsulting.com.au |