Fabio Cortesi

Position: Honours Student (commenced February 2009)

Education:

• 2009. Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Marine Biology, School of Integrative Biology, University of Queensland.
• 2005 - 2008. University of Basel , Basel Switzerland : Faculty of science (Philosophisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät), Department of Biology, Biozentrum Basel

Research Interests: cleaning behavior, cleaning interactions, coral
reef ecology, parasitology

Research project :

• Honours Project: "Colour versus toxins: conspicuousness and palatability used as different warning systems in nudibranchs"
  
  Although there has been some research on colour displays and toxins in nudibranchs, little is known about their relevance towards possible predators. I will be investigating different warning systems in nudibranchs, the combination of conspicuousness and palatability in nudibranchs as a possible trade-off in predator warning systems, and whether these trade-offs are inherited or acquired as a consequence of predator pressure.

 

 

Contact details: fabio.cortesi@uqconnect.edu.au

 

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