The project is aimed at revealing the capacity for adaptation to higher temperatures in species of major importance to aquaculture in south east Asia including Pangasionodon hypophthalmus, Monopterus albus, Channa striatus and to study the ability of local species of water plants (aerenchyma) that might be introduced to remove these toxins from the water column in a cheep and environmentally friendly fashion. This will be achieved with the following approaches:

 1)  Study the effects of temperature on the oxygen delivery cascade:
2)  Study the capacity for acclimation and adaptation to elevated temperatures.
3)  Characterise the circulatory system of the chosen species.
4)  Study the effects of temperature on digestion and growth.
5)  Study the interactions between temperature and exposure to metabolic wastes.
6)  Identification of plant species that stimulate waste product removal from aquaculture ponds.