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APPLICATION FOR RESEARCH CLEARANCE (I)
1. Applicant Personal Particulars
Surname: Johanson
Other names: Kjell Arne
Title: Dr
Nationality: Norwegian
Date of Birth: 12th July, 1966
Highest academic qualification: Professor, PhD
Institutional Affiliation: Swedish Museum of Natural History
Mailing Address: Entomology Department, Box 50007, SE-10405
Stockholm
Country: Sweden
Permanent address: Övre Egilsvägen 77, S-15257 Södertälje, Sweden
Email address: kjell.arne.johanson@nrm.se
2. Title of proposed research project: Biogeographical studies of Gondwana
freshwater insects – the role of the East African region as a faunal link between
northern and southern Gondwana biogeographical regions.
3. Purpose of research PhD/ others (specify) (Delete the inapplicable): Short term:
Collect and identify caddisflies (Insecta: Trichoptera) from selected localities in
Tanzania (Eastern Arc). Produce updated species lists of caddisflies in Tanzania.
Establish research collaboration between University of Dar es Salaam and
Swedish Museum of Natural History. Long term: Biogeographical analyses of
Gondwanan caddisflies, establish a PhD studentship, intellectual and financial
collaboration with SIDA.
4. Research objectives: The project is planned as an initiative for extensive
exploration of the role of the Tanzanian eastern arc mountains as a link between
the southern (New Zealand, New Caledonia, Australia, Patagonia) and northern
(Madagascar, south Africa, Seychelles, India) Gondwana freshwater fauna
within a biogeographical perspective. A preliminary collecting program for
freshwater insects is planned carried out for about 3 months during a 12 months
period between September 2006 and September 2007.
5. Research methodology (brief description): The collected material is expected to be
sampled from a wide range of habitats, like rivers to small streams in open or
forested areas. Permanent water bodies are essential for obtaining material, and
maps and GPS will be frequently used, as will information from local people, in
order to detect and evaluate suitable habitats. Malaise traps will be set up across
smaller streams for 3-14 days before taken down and moved to a new site. Light
traps will be operated at riverbanks or along streams at different types of
localities.
See:
“http://www2.nrm.se/en/trichopteratraps.html”
for
visual
information about the traps and how they are operated.
All species involved in the study will be sequenced and morphologically analyzed
for availability for phylogenetic studies being the basis for subsequent
biogeographical analyses. The computer programs PAUP 4.0 and MrBayes will
be used for the phylogenetic analyses. The biogeographical analyses will be
performed with the software DIVA 1.0 and COMPONENT 2.0. Continuous
reporting of findings to collaborative partners will be carried out. The results
will hopefully form a fruitful basis for more extensive cooperation.
6. Regions in Tanzania where research will be conducted: (select from: Arusha, Coast,
Dar es Salaam, Dodoma, Iringa, Kagera, Kilimanjaro, Mara, Mbeya, Morogoro,
Mtwara, Mwanza, Rukwa, Ruvuma, Shinyanga, Singida, Tabora and Tanga).
7. Date research will commence: September 2006 — September 2007 at various
occations.
8. Estimated period of research: 12 months
9. (a) Financial sponsor (Name & Address): Swedish Museum of Natural History
(b) Research budget: 4000 USD
10. Contact address while in Tanzania: N/A (Dr. Bruno Nyundo at the University
of Dar es Salaam will conduct the field work in Tanzania). I will not be able to
perform sampling this time.
11. References (provide names and addresses of two referees, preferably one of whom
should be based in Tanzania):
Dr. Jasper Nathan Ijumba (University of Dar es Salaam, Department of Zoology
& Wildlife Conservation, P.O. Box 35064, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)
Dr. Geir E. E. Søli (University of Oslo, Museum of Zoology, Sarsgt. 1, N-0562
Oslo, Norway)
12. Name of other applicants (if any): Dr. Bruno Nyundo at the University of Dar es
Salaam (address as above)
13. Signature of applicant: ________________________________________________