RESEARCH PROJECTS 2005 - 2017 |
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100001
Status
Ongoing
Currently surveying Qld, NSW, Vic & SA. |
The Australian Crayfish Project
Robert B McCormack (rob@aabio.com.au)
Sponsored by AABio the Australian Crayfish Project is the overarching project with the aim of increasing the knowledge base on all our freshwater crayfish species and helping to protect and conserve these species and their fragile habitats. Many of the projects below are just offshoots of this project.
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100002
Status
Ongoing |
MS Paper
Newly Discovered Species of freshwater Crayfish Genus Euastacus (Decapoda: Parastacidae) from Central Eastern New South Wales, Australia.
Robert B McCormack (rob@aabio.com.au)
Dr Shane Ahyong (shane.ahyong@austmus.com.au) |
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100003
Completed |
The Freshwater Crayfish of NSW. Publication.
Robert B McCormack (rob@aabio.com.au)
The Freshwater Crayfish of NSW, Australia. Robert B McCormack 2008. Australian Aquatic Biological P/L, 138 pages, full colour book, ISBN 978-0-9805144-1-4 |
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100004
Completed |
MS Paper
A newly discovered species of the freshwater crayfish genus Euastacus (Decapoda: Parastacidae) from
central eastern New South Wales, Australia. Euastacus maccai
Robert B McCormack (rob@aabio.com.au)
Dr Jason Coughran (j.coughran@griffith.edu.au) (
McCormack, R.B. & Coughran, J. 2008. Euastacus maccai, a new freshwater crayfish from the Great Dividing Range, New South Wales. Fishes of Sahul, Vol 22, (4). |
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100005
Status
Ongoing |
The Field Guide to the Freshwater Crayfish of NSW.
Publication.
Robert B McCormack (rob@aabio.com.au) |
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100006
Completed |
Cherax destructor, Translocation and Distribution on
Eastern Drainage NSW
Robert B McCormack(rob@aabio.com.au)
Dr Jason Coughran (j.coughran@griffith.edu.au)
Coughran, J., McCormack, R.B., Daly, G. 2009. Translocation of the Yabby, Cherax destructor, into eastern drainages of New South Wales, Australia. Australian Zoologist. Vol 35 (1). |
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100007
Status
Ongoing |
Unidentified Euastacus species, Western Drainage Distribution NSW.
Robert B McCormack (rob@aabio.com.au)
Dr Shane Ahyong (shane.ahyong@austmus.com.au) |
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100008
Status
Ongoing
Due for publication 2011 |
Euastacus dharawalus, Population Distribution and
Conservation Status.
Robert B McCormack (rob@aabio.com.au)
Dr Jason Coughran (j.coughran@griffith.edu.au)
Dr James W Fetzner (FetznerJ@CarnegieMNH.Org) |
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100009
Completed |
Crayfish Research Project.
Greg Walter (s4100370@student.uq.edu.au ) Honours Student, University of Queensland, Supervisor:
Dr. Robbie Wilson. |
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100010
Status
Ongoing |
Microchip Euastacus. Research trials at
Southern Cross University.
Dr J Coughran ((j.coughran@griffith.edu.au) |
Supporter |
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100011
Completed |
Tenuibranchiurus Research Project
Kathryn Dawkins (k.dawkins@griffith.edu.au),
Griffith University, supervisors, Assoc Prof Clyde Wild, Prof. Jane Hughes & Dr James Furse (J.Furse@griffith.edu.au) |
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100012
Funding
Failure |
Protecting the Endemic Coastal Crayfish of the Myall and
Tuggerah Lakes. (Community Coastcare 2008 application)
Robert B McCormack (rob@aabio.com.au)
Dr Jason Coughran ((j.coughran@griffith.edu.au)
Dr James W Fetzner (FetznerJ@CarnegieMNH.Org)
Project Cancelled new project created N0. 100041 & 100048 |
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100013
Status
Ongoing |
Crayfish Tagging (Physical tags).
Robert B McCormack (rob@aabio.com.au)
Dr Jason Coughran ((j.coughran@griffith.edu.au) )
Southern Cross University.
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100014
Completed |
Norfolk Island Freshwater Crayfish Research Project
Robert B McCormack (rob@aabio.com.au)
Norfolk Island Freshwater Aquatic Survey. Robert B McCormack & Jason Coughran. Australian Aquatic Biological P/L 2009. Full Report available, follow link in "More Info".. |
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100015
Status
Ongoing |
Lord Howe Island Freshwater Crayfish Project
Robert B McCormack (rob@aabio.com.au) |
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100016
Paper being finalised
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Euastacus diversus, Rediscovered and Redescribed.
Robert B McCormack(rob@aabio.com.au)
Dr Jason Coughran (j.coughran@griffith.edu.au)
Dr James W Fetzner (FetznerJ@CarnegieMNH.Org)
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100017
Status
in prep
Due for publication 2011 |
Publication Project
"The Spiny Crayfish of Australia"
A Guide to Australias Euastacus Freshwater Crayfish
Robert B McCormack (rob@aabio.com.au).
Commercial publication CSIRO publishing
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100018
Status
In Preparation
Due for publication 2011 |
The Freshwater Crayfish of Queensland Australia.
Publication.
Robert B McCormack (rob@aabio.com.au) |
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100019
Status
Ongoing |
The Field Guide to the Freshwater Crayfish of Queensland
Australia. Publication
Robert B McCormack (rob@aabio.com.au) |
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100020
Status
Ongoing |
The Freshwater Crayfish of the Sydney Region.
Publication.
Robert B McCormack (rob@aabio.com.au) |
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100021
Completed |
Reproduction of the Powerful Crayfish, Euastacus valentulus
Riley Alderson (r.alderson.10@scu.edu.au)
Southern Cross University
Supervisor Dr Jason Coughran (jc@aabio.com.au) |
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100022
Completed
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An anaesthesia protocol for freshwater crustaceans.
Daniel Melville, Southern Cross University,
Supervisor Dr Jason Coughran (jc@aabio.com.au |
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100023
Completed
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A study to determine the existence of Cherax rotundus
in the Severn area, southern Queensland
Andrew O’Brien, Southern Cross University
Supervisor Dr Jason Coughran (jc@aabio.com.au) |
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100024
Completed
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On the existence of Cherax rotundus in the Severn area, south-eastern Queensland.
Robert B McCormack (rob@aabio.com.au)
Dr Jason Coughran (jc@aabio.com.au)
Andrew O’Brien
O'Brien, A., Coughran, J. and McCormack, R. 2009. On the existence of Cherax rotundus in the Severn area, south-eastern Queensland. Queensland Naturalist 47(4-6): 41-51. |
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100025
Status
Ongoing |
The Freshwater Crayfish of the Islands of Australia.
Publication
Robert B McCormack (rob@aabio.com.au) |
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100026
Status
Ongoing
Due for publication Dec 2012
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The Freshwater Crayfish of Victoria, Australia.
Publication
Robert B McCormack (rob@aabio.com.au) |
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100027
Status
Ongoing |
The Field Guide to the Freshwater Crayfish of Victoria,
Australia. Publication
Robert B McCormack (rob@aabio.com.au) |
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100028
Funding
Failure |
Foxground/Kangaroo Valley. Biological surveys of the Kangaroo
Valley region NSW
Robert B McCormack (rob@aabio.com.au)
Project cancelled |
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100029
Completed |
Cowarra Dam Project. Port Macquarie-Hastings Council.
Robert B McCormack (info@aabio.com.au) |
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100030
Completed
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Euastacus jagara Distribution into Western Queensland.
Scientific Paper
Robert B McCormack (rob@aabio.com.au)
Dr Jason Coughran (jc@aabio.com.au) .
McCormack, R. B., J. Coughran, J. M. Furse & P. Van-der-Werf, 2010 (in press). Conservation Of Imperiled Crayfish - Euastacus jagara (Decapoda: Parastacidae), a highland crayfish from the Main Range, South-Eastern Queensland, Australia. Journal of Crustacean Biology. 30(3). |
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100031
Project ongoing |
Baseline mapping of rare and endemic crayfish species and habitat in the Central, Hunter, Mid North & North Coast region of NSW Research project.Robert B McCormack (rob@aabio.com.au)
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100032
Status
Ongoing |
Euastacus australasiensis - aspects of biology, ecology and distribution.
Scientific Paper
Robert B McCormack (rob@aabio.com.au)
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100033
Status
Ongoing
due completion 2012
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Euastacus yigara aspects of biology, ecology and distribution
Robert B McCormack (rob@aabio.com.au)
Paul Van der Werf (paul.vanderwerf@gmail.com)
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100034
Completed |
Genetic resources of crustaceans in the Murray Darling Basin
Robert B McCormack (rob@aabio.com.au)
Dr Jason Coughran (jc@aabio.com.au)
Contribution on crustaceans for the collaborative report,
Moore, A., Ingram, B.A., Friend, S., King Ho, H., Robinson,
N., McCormack, R., Coughran, J. and B. Hayes (2010)
Management of genetic resources for fish and crustaceans in
the Murray-Darling Basin. Bureau of Rural Sciences,
Canberra.ISBN: 9781921192364. Available online
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100035
Status
Ongoing
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Euastacus guwinus aspects of biology, ecology, distribution and conservation.
Robert B McCormack (rob@aabio.com.au)
Dr Shane Ahyong (shane.ahyong@austmus.com.au) |
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100036
Status
near completed |
Capturing Primary Burrowing Crayfish Species via Mist Net, Bird Net & Snares.
Scientific Paper
Robert B McCormack (rob@aabio.com.au)
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100037
Completed
Paper in press |
The Setose Yabby Cherax setosus, with notes on its ecology, biology and distribution.
Scientific paper
Robert B McCormack (rob@aabio.com.au)
Dr Jason Coughran (jc@aabio.com.au)
McCormack, R.B. & Coughran, J. (in prep). The Setose Yabby, Cherax setosus – aspects of biology, ecology and distribution. |
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100038
Status
Ongoing NSW, Qld, Vic & SA |
The Australian Aquatic Biodiversity Survey
Major Project - 10 year plus duration
Robert B McCormack (rob@aabio.com.au)
Paul Van der Werf (paulv@aabio.com.au) |
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100039
Status
ongoig |
The Freshwater Fauna of SA
Scientific Paper & Publications
Robert B McCormack (rob@aabio.com.au)
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100040
Paper being finalised
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Cherax n sp a new species of freshwater crayfish from the Murray Drainage Basin, Australia.
Scientific Paper
Robert B McCormack (rob@aabio.com.au)
Tarmo Raadik ( tarmo.raadik@dse.vic.gov.au ) |
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100041
Paper being finalised
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Gramastacus n. sp. (Decapoda: Parastacidae): A new species of freshwater crayfish from coastal New South Wales, Australia.
Scientific Paper
Robert B McCormack (rob@aabio.com.au)
PierreHorwitz (p.horwitz@ecu.edu.au )
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100042
Completed |
Aquatic Biological Survey & Report. State Forest – Brown Mountain near Bonang, Victoria.
Robert B McCormack (rob@aabio.com.au)
Final Report submitted Bleyer Lawyers 7th December 2009 |
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100043
Paper being finalised |
Identification of the freshwater crayfish genus Cherax Erichson (Decapoda: Parastacidae) of New South Wales, Australia.
Robert B McCormack (rob@aabio.com.au) |
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100044
Status
ongoing
Due for publication 2012 |
Identification of the freshwater crayfish genus Cherax Erichson (Decapoda: Parastacidae) of Queensland, Australia.
Robert B McCormack (rob@aabio.com.au)
Peter Davie (Peter.Davie@qm.qld.gov.au)
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100045
Paper in press |
The Setose Yabby Cherax setosus (Riek 1951)
Redescription
Robert B McCormack (rob@aabio.com.au)
Dr Jason Coughran (j.coughran@grffith.edu.au)
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100046
Paper being finalised |
A new Euastacus crayfish from the highlands of eastern Victoria, Australia.
Robert B McCormack (rob@aabio.com.au)
Dr Jason Coughran (j.coughran@griffith.edu.au)
Dr James W Fetzner (FetznerJ@CarnegieMNH.Org)
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100047
Status
ongoing
Due for publication 2011 |
Translocation of the Yabby, Cherax destructor, into coastal drainages of the Central & Mid North Coast of New South Wales, Australia.
Robert B McCormack (rob@aabio.com.au) |
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100048
Status
ongoing
Due for publication 2010 |
CONSERVATION OF THE ENDANGERED NORTHERN SWAMP YABBY – CRAMASTACUS (DECAPODA: PARASTACIDAE), A LOWLAND FRESHWATER CRAYFISH FROM THE CENTRAL AND MID NORTH COASTS, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA
Robert B McCormack (rob@aabio.com.au) |
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100049
Status
ongoing
Due for publication 2010
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The Search for Cherax sp with notes on its ecology, biology and distribution.
Robert B McCormack (rob@aabio.com.au)
Tarmo Raadik ( tarmo.raadik@dse.vic.gov.au ) |
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100050
Status
ongoing |
The Distribution parameters for eight Euastacus species along the Liverpool Range & adjoining Mount Royal Spur, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
Robert B McCormack (rob@aabio.com.au)
Dr Shane Ahyong (shane.ahyong@austmus.com.au) |
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100051
Status
ongoing
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The Search for a new species of Gramastacus crayfish – Murray River Catchment NSW & Victoria, with notes on its ecology, biology and distribution. Robert B McCormack (rob@aabio.com.au)
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100052
Completed
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A new freshwater crayfish genus Euastacus (Decapoda: Parastacidae) from the Nymboida River, NSW, Australia
Dr Jason Coughran (j.coughran@grffith.edu.au)
Robert B McCormack (rob@aabio.com.au)
Coughran J, McCormack RB (2011) Euastacus morgani sp. n., a new spiny crayfish (Crustacea, Decapoda, Parastacidae) from the higland rainforests of eastern New South Wales, Australia. ZooKeys 85: 17-26. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.85.1237 |
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100053
Status ongoing |
Euastacus n sp2., a new species of freshwater crayfish (Decapoda: Parastacidae) from East Gippsland, Victoria.
Robert B McCormack (rob@aabio.com.au)
Dr James W Fetzner (FetznerJ@CarnegieMNH.Org) |
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100054
Status
ongoing |
Euastacus bindal aspects of biology, ecology, distribution and conservation
Robert B McCormack (rob@aabio.com.au)
Paul Van der Werf (paul.vanderwerf@gmail.com)
Dean Jerry (dean.jerry@jcu.edu.au) |
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100055
Status
ongoing |
CONSERVATION OF IMPERILED CRAYFISH — EUASTACUS GAMILAROI (DECAPODA: PARASTACIDAE), A HIGHLAND CRAYFISH FROM THE GREAT DIVIDING RANGE, EASTERN NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA
Robert B McCormack (rob@aabio.com.au)
Dr Shane Ahyong (shane.ahyong@austmus.com.au) |
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100056
Status
ongoing |
Aquatic Biodiversity Survey and Baseline Mapping of Freshwater Crayfish & Aquatic Species of the Gosford LGA.
Robert B McCormack (rob@aabio.com.au)
Michael Ebert (michael.ebert@gosford.nsw.gov.au)
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100057
Paper being finalised |
Cherax n. sp., a new species of freshwater crayfish (Decapoda: Parastacidae) from Cape York, Queensland, Australia.
Robert B McCormack (rob@aabio.com.au) |
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100058
Status
ongoing |
Euastacus n sp5., a new species of freshwater crayfish (Decapoda: Parastacidae) from East Gippsland, Victoria.
Robert B McCormack (rob@aabio.com.au)
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100059
Status
ongoing |
Euastacus maidae aspects of biology, ecology, distribution and conservation
Robert B McCormack (rob@aabio.com.au)
Paul Van der Werf (paul.vanderwerf@gmail.com)
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100060
Status
ongoing
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Euastacus clarkae aspects of biology, ecology, distribution and conservation
Robert B McCormack (rob@aabio.com.au)
Dr Shane Ahyong (shane.ahyong@austmus.com.au) |
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