Murray Darling Freshwater Research Centre



Fish behaviour in turbidity

Full Title

Effect of turbidity on fish foraging behaviour

Supervisor 

Rick Stoffels and Peter Pridmore (La Trobe University)

Project Team

Simon Maffei

Funding Body

La Trobe University

Duration

Completed December 2008

Outcomes 

Honours

Summary

Our knowledge of how turbidity influences fish behavioour is very poor. Simon will use experiments to determine how multiple levels of turbidity influence the foraging rate of gudgeons.