Dr Mads Thomsen

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Research

Recent Research Grants

  • Synergistic Impacts of Drift Algae, Invasive Species and Environmental Stressors on Seagrass Health and Ecological Interactions,  Edith Cowan University,  Grant - Industry Collaboration,  2008,  $17,778.
  • Determining Seagrass Distribution in the Swan-Canning River - Testing Methods,  Dept of Water WA,  Grant,  2008,  $10,194.

Recent Publications (within the last five years)

Journal Articles

  • Tuya, F., Vanderklift, M., Wernberg, T., Thomsen, M., (2011), Gradients in the number of species at reef-seagrass ecotones explained by gradients in abundance. PLoS ONE, 6(5), e20190, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020190.
  • Tuya, F., Vanderklift, M., Hyndes, G., Wernberg, T., Thomsen, M., Hanson, C., (2010), Proximity to rocky reefs alters the balance between positive and negative effects on seagrass fauna. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 405(April 29), 175-186, Germany, DOI: 10.3354/meps08516.
  • Thomsen, M., Wernberg, T., Altieri, A., Tuya, F., Gulbransen, D., Mcglathery, K., Holmer, M., Silliman, B., (2010), Habitat cascades: The conceptual context and global relevance of facilitation cascades via habitat formation and modification. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 50(2), 158-175, DOI: 10.1093/icb/icq042.
  • Thomsen, M., Wernberg, T., Tuya, F., Silliman, B., (2010), Ecological performance and possible origin of a ubiquitous but under-studied gastropod. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 87(4), 501-509, Amsterdam (The Netherlands), DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2010.02.014.
  • Wernberg, T., Tuya, F., Thomsen, M., Kendrick, G., (2010), Turban snails as habitat for foliose algae: contrasting geographical patterns in species richness. Marine and Freshwater Research, 61(11), 1237?1242, Australia.
  • Wernberg, T., Thomsen, M., Tuya, F., Kendrick, G., Staehr, P., Toohey, B., (2010), Decreasing resilience of kelp beds along a latitudinal temperature gradient: potential implications for a warmer future. Ecology Letters, 13(6), 685-694, United Kingdom, DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2010.01466.x.
  • Waters, J., Wernberg, T., Connell, S., Thomsen, M., Zuccarello, G., Kraft, G., Sanderson, C., West, J., Gurgel, C., (2010), Australia?s marine biogeography revisited: Back to the future?. Austral Ecology, 35(8), 988-992, Australia, DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2010.02114.x.
  • Tuya, F., Wernberg, T., Thomsen, M., (2009), Colonization of gastropods on subtidal reefs depends on density in adjacent habitats, not on disturbance regime. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 75(1), 27-33, England, DOI: 10.1093/mollus/eyn032.
  • Thomsen, M., Wernberg, T., Silliman, BR., Josephson, AB., (2009), Broad-scale patterns of abundance of non-indigenous soft-bottom invertebrates in Denmark. Helgoland Marine Research, 63(2), 159-167, Germany, DOI: 10.1007/s10152-008-0142-7.
  • Tuya, F., Wernberg, T., Thomsen, M., (2009), Habitat structure affect abundances of labrid fishes across temperate reefs in south-western Australia. Environmental Biology of Fish, 86(2), 311?319, Netherlands, DOI: 10.1007/s10641-009-9520-5.
  • Thomsen, M., Wernberg, T., Tuya, F., Silliman, BR., (2009), Evidence for impacts of non-indigenous macroalgae: a meta-analysis of experimental field studies. Journal of Phycology, 45(4), 812-819, United States, DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2009.00709.x.
  • Thomsen, M., Wernberg, T., Staehr, P., Silliman, B., Josephson, A., Krause-jensen, D., Riisgaard-petersen, N., (2008), Annual changes in abundance of non-indigenous marine benthos on a very large spatial scale. Aquatic Invasions, 3(2), 133-140.
  • Tuya, F., Wernberg, T., Thomsen, M., (2008), The spatial arrangement of reefs alters the ecological patterns of fauna between interspersed algal habitats. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 78(4), 774-782, The Netherlands.
  • Tuya, F., Wernberg, T., Thomsen, M., (2008), Testing the 'abundant centre' hypothesis on endemic reef fishes in south-western Australia. Marine Ecology - Progress Series, 372, , 225-230, Germany.
  • Thomsen, M., Mcglathery, KJ., (2007), Stress tolerance of the invasive macroalgae Codium fragile and Gracilaria vermiculophylla in a soft-bottom turbid lagoon. Biological Invasions, 9(5), 499-513, Netherlands.
  • Thomsen, M., Silliman, BR., Mcglathery, KJ., (2007), Spatial variation in recruitment of native and invasive sessile species onto oyster reefs in a temperate soft-bottom lagoon. Estaurine Coastal and Shelf Science, 72(1-2), 89-101, United Kingdom.
  • Thomsen, M., Wernberg, T., Staehr, P., Krause-jensen, D., Risgaard-petersen, N., Silliman, BR., (2007), Alien macroalgae in Denmark - a broad-scale national perspective. Marine Biology Research, 3(2), 61-72, DOI: 10.1080/17451000701213413.
  • Thomsen, M., Staehr, P., Nyberg, CD., Schwaerter, S., Krause-jensen, D., Silliman, BR., (2007), Gracilaria vermiculophylla (Ohmi) Papenfuss, 1967 (Rhodophyta, Gracilariaceae) in northern Europe, with emphasis on Danish conditions, and what to expect in the future. Aquatic Invasions, 2(2), 83-94, Russian Federation.