Hi there all, my name is Dr David Roberts from Australia and I am a fish ecologist doing some research on Aussie lungfish. Yeah thats right i get the lucky job of going out and catching and researching these treasures. See some photos attached. This is all done under the right Australian permits and you can google some of my research papers that I and some of my collaborators have written.
I am writing to the forum to seek any Aussie lungfish owners out there who might be interested in getting involved in a new research project we have up and running. The project aims to develop a non-destructive method to age wild lungfish. Non-destructive becasue they are protected, but also they dont have otoliths (ear bones) like other modern fishes so we have to come up with new ways to do it. What we are seeking is any owners who have a known age fish, that is you know its birth year, and would be willing to provide us with one scale from the fish. We can use this one scale to test a whole range of things but principally looking to use it to see if we can estiate its age from the scale patterns or chemistry. We can then hopefully apply these new techniques to wild fish and work out various critical population descriptons to aid in their future management. Your contribution will aid in the preservation of this species into the future. How cool.
Anyone who is interested please get in contact with me via PM or email (KuhliaDTR@gmail.com).
I hope there is some interest out there. If you want more information let me know.
David
I am writing to the forum to seek any Aussie lungfish owners out there who might be interested in getting involved in a new research project we have up and running. The project aims to develop a non-destructive method to age wild lungfish. Non-destructive becasue they are protected, but also they dont have otoliths (ear bones) like other modern fishes so we have to come up with new ways to do it. What we are seeking is any owners who have a known age fish, that is you know its birth year, and would be willing to provide us with one scale from the fish. We can use this one scale to test a whole range of things but principally looking to use it to see if we can estiate its age from the scale patterns or chemistry. We can then hopefully apply these new techniques to wild fish and work out various critical population descriptons to aid in their future management. Your contribution will aid in the preservation of this species into the future. How cool.
Anyone who is interested please get in contact with me via PM or email (KuhliaDTR@gmail.com).
I hope there is some interest out there. If you want more information let me know.
David