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Adjunct - SONS

Staff Qualifications

• Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Western Australia .

Research

Recent Research Grants

• Scholarship (Singh)-WAMSI Reef-Seagrass Connectivity - Role of Wrack in Marine Foodwebs-Project 7,  Western Australian Marine Science Institution,  Scholarship,  2009,  $12,000.
• Interactions Between Halophila Ovalis and Caulerpa Racemosa in the Swan River,  Ernest Hodgkin Trust,  Scholarship,  2009,  $2,400.
• Transport and the Importance of Seaweed Wrack - Project 6,  Western Australian Marine Science Institution,  Scholarship,  2009,  $12,000.
• Transport and the Importance of Seaweed Wrack - Project 6,  Western Australian Marine Science Institution,  Scholarship,  2008,  $6,000.
• 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)

Book Chapters

• Wernberg, T., Campbell, A., Coleman, M., Connell, S., Moore, P., Kendrick, G., Russell, B., Smale, D., Steinberg, P., (2009), Macroalgae and Temperate Rocky Reefs. A Marine Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Report Card for Australia 2009, 05/09(n/a), 1-13, Hobart.

Journal Articles

• Smale, DA., Kendrick, GA., Wernberg, T., (2011), Subtidal macroalgal richness, diversity and turnover, at multiple spatial scales, along the southwestern Australian coastline. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 91(2), 224-231, Amsterdam (The Netherlands), DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2010.10.022.
• 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.
• Wernberg, T., Russell, BD., Moore, P., Ling, SD., Smale, DA., Campbell, A., Coleman, MA., Steinberg, PD., Kendrick, GA., Connell, SD., (2011), Impacts of climate change in a global hotspot for temperate marine biodiversity and ocean warming. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 400(1-2), 7-16, Netherlands, DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2011.02.021.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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., 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.
• 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.
• Smale, D., Kendrick, G., Wernberg, T., (2010), Assemblage turnover and taxonomic sufficiency of subtidal macroalgae at multiple spatial scales. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 384(1-2), 76-86, Netherlands, DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2009.11.013.
• 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.
• 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.
• Smale, DA., Wernberg, T., (2009), Satellite-derived SST Data as a Proxy for Water Temperature in Nearshore Benthic Ecology. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 387, , 27-37, Ohne, Germany, DOI: 10.3354/meps08132.
• Staehr, PA., Wernberg, T., (2009), Physiological responses of Ecklonia radiata (Laminariales) to a latitudinal gradient in ocean temperature. Journal of Phycology, 45(1), 91-99, United States, DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2008.00635.x.
• Wernberg, T., (2009), Spatial variation in juvenile and adult Ecklonia radiata (Laminariales) sporophytes. Aquatic Botany, 90(1), 93-95, Netherlands, DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2008.05.009.
• 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., (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.
• Vanderklift, M., Wernberg, T., (2008), Detached kelps from distant sources are a food subsidy for sea urchins. Oecologia, 157(2), 327-335.
• Wernberg, T., Connell, S., (2008), Physical Disturbance and Subtidal Habitat Structure on Open Rocky Coasts: Effects of Wave Exposure, Extent and Intensity. Journal of Sea Research, 59(4), 237-248.
• 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.
• Wernberg, T., Goldberg, N., (2008), Short-term temporal dynamics of algal species in a subtidal kelp bed in relation to changes in environmental conditions and canopy biomass. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 76(2), 265-272, The Netherlands.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.