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Scientific Collaborations Sought
In
the interests of expanding the variety of elasmobranchs studied and exchange
of research techniques, the ReefQuest Centre for Shark Research welcomes
scientific collaborations with other researchers or institutions conducting
work on sharks or batoids. We are particularly interested in opportunities
to study deep-sea sharks and collaborating with the fisheries research
departments of developing nations.
We offer shared use of our research equipment, including:
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We offer a wide range of laboratory and field skills, including
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We also offer scientific expertise in the following fields
- phylogenetics
- taxonomy
- comparative hard and soft tissue anatomy
- functional morphology
- physiology
- sensory biology
- life history
- reproductive biology
- behavioral ecology
- zoogeography
- population biology
- conservation
- aquarium husbandry
We are also interested in collaborating with universities, museums, aquaria, and conservation organizations on development of public education programs and materials; we offer:
- research assistance
- popular science writing
- scientific illustration
- photographs
- video clips
- fossil and extant specimens
- research equipment for display
- museum display design
- website lay-out and development
If any of the above would be of use to your research or organization and formal collaboration is an option, please contact us at:
