Dr Mat Venderklift

Adjunct Senior Lecturer - SONS

Telephone:  
Email: m.vanderklift@ecu.edu.au   
Campus: Joondalup  
Room: JO  

 

Staff Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Western Australia .
  • Bachelor of Applied Science, Rusden State College .
  • Master of Medical Science, Edith Cowan University .

Research

Recent Research Grants

  • Does the importance of food web connections between marine habitats change with protection from fishing?,  Australian Academy of Science,  Grant,  2007,  $5,220.
  • Evaluating the influence of trophic connections between marine habitats on the effectiveness of Marine Protected Areas.,  Australian Research Council,  Grant - Discovery,  2005,  $80,308.
  • Evaluating the influence of trophic connections between marine habitats on the effectiveness of Marine Protected Areas.,  Australian Research Council,  Grant - Discovery,  2004,  $89,132.

Recent Publications (within the last five years)

Book Chapters

  • Connell, S., Vanderklift, M., (2007), Negative Interactions: The Influence of Predators and Herbivores on Prey and Ecological Systems. Marine Ecology, 72-100, South Melbourne.

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.
  • Verges, A., Vanderklift, M., Doropoulos, C., Hyndes, G., (2011), Spatial patterns in herbivory on a coral reef are influenced by structural complexity but not by algal traits. PLoS ONE, 6(2), e17115, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017115.
  • Cook, K., Vanderklift, M., Poore, A., (2011), Strong effects of herbivorous amphipods on epiphyte biomass in a temperate seagrass meadow. Marine Ecology: Progress Series, 442(N/A), 263-269, Germany, DOI: 10.3354/meps09446.
  • Macarthur, L., Phillips, DL., Hyndes, G., Hanson, C., Vanderklift, M., (2011), Habitat surrounding patch reefs influences the diet and nutrition of the western rock lobster. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 436(N/A), 191-205, Germany, DOI: 10.3354/meps09256.
  • Cook, K., Vanderklift, M., (2011), Depletion of predatory fish by fishing in a temperate reef ecosystem leads to indirect effects on prey, but not to lower trophic levels. Marine Ecology: Progress Series, 432(N/A), 195-205, Germany, DOI: 10.3354/meps09155.
  • Vanderklift, M., Wernberg, T., (2010), Stable isotopes reveal a consistent consumer?diet relationship across hundreds of kilometres. Marine and Ecology Progress Series, 403(March 22), 53-61, Germany.
  • Wernberg, T., Vanderklift, M., (2010), Contribution of temporal and spatial components to morphological variation in the kelp Ecklonia (Laminariales). Journal of Phycology: an international journal of algal research, 46(1), 153?161, United States, DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2009.00772.x.
  • 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.
  • Vanderklift, M., Lavery, P., Waddington, K., (2009), Intensity of herbivory on kelp by fish and sea urchins differs between inshore and offshore reefs. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 376(2009), 203-211, Ohne, Germany, DOI: 10.3354/meps07811.
  • Crawley, K., Hyndes, G., Vanderklift, M., Revill, A., Nichols, P., (2009), Allochthonous brown algae are the primary food source for consumers in a temperate, coastal environment. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 376(2009), 33-44, Ohne, Germany, DOI: 10.3354/meps07810.
  • Vanderklift, M., Wernberg, T., (2008), Detached kelps from distant sources are a food subsidy for sea urchins. Oecologia, 157(2), 327-335.
  • Wernberg, T., White, M., Vanderklift, M., (2008), Population Structure of Turbinid Gastropods on Wave-Exposed Subtidal Reefs: Effects of Density, Body Size and Algae on Grazing Behaviour. Marine Ecology - Progress Series, 362, , 169-179, Germany.
  • Valentine, J., Heck, K., Blackmon, D., Goecker, M., Christian, J., Kroutil, R., Petersen, B., Vanderklift, M., Kirsch, K., Beck, M., (2008), Exploited Species Impacts on Trophic Linkages along Reef-Seagrass Interfaces in the Florida Keys. Ecological Applications, 18(6), 1501-1515, United States, DOI: 10.1890/07-1720.1.
  • Macarthur, LD., Hyndes, G., Babcock, R., Vanderklift, M., (2008), Nocturnally active western rock lobsters, Panulirus cygnus, forage close to shallow coastal reefs. Aquatic Biology, 4(2), 201-210, Germany, DOI: 10.3354/ab00107.
  • Crawley, K., Hyndes, G., Vanderklift, M., (2007), Variation among diets in discrimination of delta13C and delta15N in the amphipod Allorchestes compressa. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 349(2), 370-377, Netherlands.
  • Vanderklift, M., How, J., Wernberg, T., Macarthur, L., Heck, K., Valentine, J., (2007), Proximity to reef influences density of small predatory fishes, while type of seagrass influences intensity of their predation on crabs. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 340, , 235-243, Ohne - Germany.
  • Ince, R., Hyndes, G., Lavery, P., Vanderklift, M., (2007), Marine macrophytes directly enhance abundances of sandy beach fauna through provision of food and habitat. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 74(1-2), 77-86, The Netherlands.
  • Valentine, J., Heck, KJ., Blackmon, D., Goecker, M., Christian, J., Kroutil, R., Kirsch, K., Peterson, B., Beck, M., Vanderklift, M., (2007), Food web interactions along seagrass-coral reef boundaries: effects of piscivore reductions on cross-habitat energy exchange. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 333, , 37-50, Ohne - Germany.

Research Student Supervision

Adjunct Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy,  Habitat Use, Movements And Trophic Linkages Of Western Rock Lobster (panulirus Cygnus) Within The Jurien Bay Marine Park..