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40
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6274
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6124
National Ranking
71

Overview

Andrew M. Lohrer is affiliated with the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research in New Zealand. Their scholarly work spans multiple areas within environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a particular focus on oceanography, ecology, and global and planetary change.

Their research extensively covers marine biology and ecology, coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, marine bivalve and aquaculture studies, marine and coastal plant biology, marine and fisheries research, marine and coastal ecosystems, as well as coral and marine ecosystems studies.

Lohrer's publications appear frequently in several scientific journals, including:

  • New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research
  • Ecological Applications
  • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science
  • Estuaries and Coasts
  • Ocean & Coastal Management

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Lohrer include:

  • Cumulative stressors reduce the self-regulating capacity of coastal ecosystems, 2020, Ecological Applications
  • Macrofauna communities across a seascape of seagrass meadows: environmental drivers, biodiversity patterns and conservation implications, 2021, Biodiversity and Conservation
  • Denitrification and the Role of Macrofauna Across Estuarine Gradients in Nutrient and Sediment Loading, 2020, Estuaries and Coasts
  • Combined species occurrence and density predictions to improve marine spatial management, 2021, Ocean & Coastal Management
  • Informing the management of multiple stressors on estuarine ecosystems using an expert-based Bayesian Network model, 2021, Journal of Environmental Management

The scientist collaborates regularly with other researchers, with frequent co-authors including Emily J. Douglas, Judi E. Hewitt, F Stephenson, Simon F. Thrush, and Orlando Lam-Gordillo.

Best Publications

  • Bioturbators enhance ecosystem function through complex biogeochemical interactions

    Andrew M. Lohrer;Simon F. Thrush;Max M. Gibbs

  • Muddy waters: elevating sediment input to coastal and estuarine habitats

    SF Thrush;JE Hewitt;VJ Cummings;JI Ellis

  • Forecasting the limits of resilience: integrating empirical research with theory.

    Simon F. Thrush;Judi E. Hewitt;Paul K. Dayton;Giovanni Coco

  • THE EFFECTS OF HABITAT LOSS, FRAGMENTATION, AND COMMUNITY HOMOGENIZATION ON RESILIENCE IN ESTUARIES

    Simon F. Thrush;Jane Halliday;Judi E. Hewitt;Andrew M. Lohrer

  • Interactions among aliens: apparent replacement of one exotic species by another.

    Andrew M. Lohrer;Robert B. Whitlatch

  • Terrestrially derived sediment: response of marine macrobenthic communities to thin terrigenous deposits

    Andrew M. Lohrer;Simon F. Thrush;Judi E. Hewitt;Katrin Berkenbusch

  • Structural complexity and vertical zonation of intertidal crabs, with focus on habitat requirements of the invasive asian shore crab, Hemigrapsus sanguineus (de Haan)

    Andrew M Lohrer;Yasuo Fukui;Keiji Wada;Robert B Whitlatch

  • The Challenge of Implementing the Marine Ecosystem Service Concept

    Michael Townsend;Kate Davies;Nicholas Hanley;Judi E. Hewitt;Judi E. Hewitt

  • Rapid reworking of subtidal sediments by burrowing spatangoid urchins

    Andrew M. Lohrer;Simon F. Thrush;Louise Hunt;Nicole Hancock

  • Scale-dependent benthic recolonization dynamics: life stage-based dispersal and demographic consequences

    Robert B. Whitlatch;Andrew M. Lohrer;Simon F. Thrush;Rick Pridmore

  • Relative impacts of two exotic brachyuran species on blue mussel populations in Long Island Sound

    Andrew M. Lohrer;Robert B. Whitlatch

  • Density dependent effects of an infaunal suspension-feeding bivalve (Austrovenus stutchburyi) on sandflat nutrient fluxes and microphytobenthic productivity

    Dean R. Sandwell;Conrad A. Pilditch;Andrew M. Lohrer

  • Changes in Ecosystem Function Across Sedimentary Gradients in Estuaries

    Daniel Robert Pratt;Daniel Robert Pratt;Andrew M. Lohrer;Conrad A. Pilditch;Simon F. Thrush

  • Context-Specific Bioturbation Mediates Changes to Ecosystem Functioning

    Hazel Rosemary Needham;Hazel Rosemary Needham;Conrad A. Pilditch;Andrew M. Lohrer;Simon F. Thrush

  • Ecosystem Services Transcend Boundaries: Estuaries Provide Resource Subsidies and Influence Functional Diversity in Coastal Benthic Communities

    Candida Savage;Simon F. Thrush;Andrew M. Lohrer;Judi E. Hewitt

  • Assessing far-field effects of terrigenous sediment loading in the coastal marine environment

    Andrew M. Lohrer;Judi E. Hewitt;Simon F. Thrush

  • A latent threat to biodiversity: consequences of small-scale heterogeneity loss

    Judi Hewitt;Simon Thrush;Andrew Lohrer;Michael Townsend

  • Ecosystem functioning in a disturbance-recovery context: contribution of macrofauna to primary production and nutrient release on intertidal sandflats.

    A.M. Lohrer;N.J. Halliday;S.F. Thrush;J.E. Hewitt

  • Dredging-induced nutrient release from sediments to the water column in a southeastern saltmarsh tidal creek

    Andrew M. Lohrer;Andrew M. Lohrer;Jennifer Jarrell Wetz;Jennifer Jarrell Wetz

  • Sedimentary environment influences the effect of an infaunal suspension feeding bivalve on estuarine ecosystem function.

    Hannah F. E. Jones;Conrad A. Pilditch;Denise A. Bruesewitz;Andrew M. Lohrer

Frequent Co-Authors

Simon F. Thrush
Simon F. Thrush University of Auckland
Judi E. Hewitt
Judi E. Hewitt University of Auckland
Conrad A. Pilditch
Conrad A. Pilditch University of Auckland
Carolyn J. Lundquist
Carolyn J. Lundquist National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
Vonda J. Cummings
Vonda J. Cummings National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
Robert B. Whitlatch
Robert B. Whitlatch University of Connecticut
Alf Norkko
Alf Norkko University of Helsinki
Joanne Ellis
Joanne Ellis University of Waikato
David S. Wethey
David S. Wethey University of South Carolina
Louis A. Schipper
Louis A. Schipper University of Waikato

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