Grant Award View - GA91844-V3
Saving the spinys: urgent actions to conserve the Euastacus freshwater...
This collaborative project will inform the conservation of all 22 priority Euastacus species impacted by the bushfires. Key objectives are to:
1. Determine the extent of range limits, identify critical remnant populations and threats to those populations;
2. Resolve taxonomic status of the undescribed priority species and identify evolutionarily significant units within species, develop genomic markers and eDNA to support range mapping;
3. Explore feasibility of conservation translocations (including ex situ production); and
4. Undertake a Species Expert Assessment Plan to inform EPBC assessment and guide recovery actions.
The project will comprehensively, efficiently and consistently determine the best way forward to conserve each species.