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Overview

Thomas Brey is affiliated with the University of Bremen in Germany and focuses primarily on Environmental Science, with significant contributions to Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans various subfields, including Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Atmospheric Science, and Ocean Engineering.

Their work covers a broad set of main topics related to marine and environmental studies, including:

  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies

Thomas Brey has contributed to various publication venues, frequently publishing in:

  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Earth system science data
  • Global Change Biology
  • Marine Policy
  • Royal Society Open Science

The recent papers attributed to Thomas Brey illustrate an emphasis on marine ecosystems and conservation, including:

  • Climate change disrupts core habitats of marine species, 2023, Global Change Biology
  • Planning marine protected areas under the CCAMLR regime - The case of the Weddell Sea (Antarctica), 2020, Marine Policy
  • Frozen verses: Antarctic minke whales (Balaenoptera bonaerensis) call predominantly during austral winter, 2020, Royal Society Open Science
  • Long-term changes in ecological functioning of temperate shelf sea benthic communities, 2020, Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science
  • An integrated compilation of data sources for the development of a marine protected area in the Weddell Sea, 2020, Earth system science data

Frequent collaborators in their research include Katharina Teschke, Jennifer Dannheim, Hendrik Pehlke, Rebecca Konijnenberg, and Dieter Piepenburg. Collaborations often reflect interdisciplinary approaches to marine conservation and ecology.

Best Publications

  • CONSUMER–RESOURCE BODY-SIZE RELATIONSHIPS IN NATURAL FOOD WEBS

    Ulrich Brose;Tomas Jonsson;Eric L. Berlow;Eric L. Berlow;Philip Warren

  • Food web structure of the benthic community at the Porcupine Abyssal Plain (NE Atlantic): a stable isotope analysis

    K. Iken;Thomas Brey;Ulrich Wand;J. Voigt

  • Stable isotope food web studies: a case for standardized sample treatment

    Ute Jacob;Katja Mintenbeck;Thomas Brey;Rainer Knust

  • Population dynamics in benthic invertebrates. A virtual handbook

    Thomas Brey

  • Do Antarctic benthic invertebrates show an extended level of eurybathy

    Thomas Brey;C. Dahm;M. Gorny;Michael Klages

  • Estimating productivity of macrobenthic invertebrates from biomass and mean individual weight

    Thomas Brey

  • Population dynamics of marine benthic invertebrates in Antarctic and subantarctic environments: are there unique adaptations?

    Thomas Brey;Andrew Clarke

  • Ecological Networks in a Changing Climate

    Guy Woodward;Jonathan P. Benstead;Oliver S. Beveridge;Julia Blanchard

  • A compilation of biometric conversion factors for benthic invertebrates of the Baltic Sea

    H. Rumohr;T. Brey;S. Ankar

  • Energy content of macrobenthic invertebrates: general conversion factors from weight to energy

    Thomas Brey;Heye Rumohr;Sven Ankar

  • A compilation of biometric conversion factors for benthis invertebrates of the Baltic Sea

    Heye Rumohr;Thomas Brey;Sven Ankar

  • Bivalve models of aging and the determination of molluscan lifespans

    Doris Abele;Thomas Brey;Eva Philipp

  • Growth and production of Sterechinus neumayeri (Echinoidea: Echinodermata) in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica

    Thomas Brey;J. Pearse;L. Basch;J. Mcclintock

  • Body composition in aquatic organisms — A global data bank of relationships between mass, elemental composition and energy content

    Thomas Brey;Corinna Müller-Wiegmann;Zora M.C. Zittier;Wilhelm Hagen

  • The Role of Body Size in Complex Food Webs: A Cold Case

    Ute Jacob;Aaron Thierry;Ulrich Brose;Wolf E. Arntz

  • How to account for the lipid effect on carbon stable‐isotope ratio (δ13C): sample treatment effects and model bias

    Katja Mintenbeck;Thomas Brey;Ute Jacob;Rainer Knust

  • Changes in the structure of a shallow sandy-beach community in Peru during an El Nino event

    Wolf Arntz;Thomas Brey;J. Tarazona;A. Robles

  • Growth and metabolism in the Antarctic brachiopod Liothyrella uva

    Lloyd S. Peck;Simon Brockington;Thomas Brey

  • Growth Performance and Mortality in Aquatic Macrobenthic Invertebrates

    Thomas Brey

  • BODY SIZES OF CONSUMERS AND THEIR RESOURCES

    Ulrich Brose;Lara Cushing;Eric L. Berlow;Tomas Jonsson

Frequent Co-Authors

Wolf Arntz
Wolf Arntz Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Doris Abele
Doris Abele Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Hans-Otto Pörtner
Hans-Otto Pörtner Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Julian Gutt
Julian Gutt Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Gernot Nehrke
Gernot Nehrke Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Bernd R. Schöne
Bernd R. Schöne Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Antje Boetius
Antje Boetius Max Planck Society
Karen Helen Wiltshire
Karen Helen Wiltshire Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Michael Klages
Michael Klages Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Haakon Hop
Haakon Hop Norwegian Polar Institute

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