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7069
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550

Overview

Tim M. Glasby is affiliated with the New South Wales Department of Primary Industries in Australia and has an extensive research background primarily focused on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work explores various aspects of marine and coastal environments, with a strong concentration in Oceanography and Ecology.

Glasby's research covers topics including:

  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Coastal and Marine Management
  • Coastal and Marine Dynamics
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology

The scientist has published across a range of journals, with frequent appearances in:

  • Estuaries and Coasts
  • Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Restoration Ecology

Some of Glasby's recent papers include:

  • "Latitudinal patterns of species diversity on South American rocky shores: Local processes lead to contrasting trends in regional and local species diversity" (2020, Journal of Biogeography)
  • "Naturally-detached fragments of the endangered seagrass Posidonia australis collected by citizen scientists can be used to successfully restore fragmented meadows" (2021, Biological Conservation)
  • "Interpreting Long-Term Patterns of Seagrasses Abundance: How Seagrass Variability Is Dependent on Genus and Estuary Type" (2021, Estuaries and Coasts)
  • "Unusual but consistent latitudinal patterns in macroalgal habitats and their invertebrate communities across two countries" (2020, Diversity and Distributions)
  • "Random Forest Classification Method for Predicting Intertidal Wetland Migration Under Sea Level Rise" (2022, Frontiers in Environmental Science)

Collaborative work is a key feature of Glasby's career. Frequent co-authors have included:

  • Greg J. West
  • Daniel S. Swadling
  • Peter T. Gibson
  • Paul E. Gribben
  • Giulia Ferretto

Their research interests span across multiple subfields, notably:

  • Oceanography
  • Ecology
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Earth-Surface Processes
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

Tim M. Glasby's work demonstrates a multidisciplinary approach to understanding marine and coastal ecosystems, addressing both biological and environmental science dimensions within their published research.

Best Publications

  • Nonindigenous biota on artificial structures: could habitat creation facilitate biological invasions?

    Tim M. Glasby;Tim M. Glasby;Sean D. Connell;Sean D. Connell;Michael G. Holloway;Chad L. Hewitt

  • Marine urbanization: an ecological framework for designing multifunctional artificial structures

    Katherine A Dafforn;Tim M Glasby;Laura Airoldi;Laura Airoldi;Natalie K Rivero

  • Unravelling complexity in seagrass systems for management: Australia as a microcosm

    Kieryn Kilminster;Kathryn McMahon;Michelle Waycott;Gary A. Kendrick

  • Do urban structures influence local abundance and diversity of subtidal epibiota? A case study from Sydney Harbour, Australia

    S.D Connell;T.M Glasby

  • Orientation and position of substrata have large effects on epibiotic assemblages

    TM Glasby;SD Connell

  • Sampling to differentiate between pulse and press perturbations.

    T. M. Glasby;A. J. Underwood

  • Urban structures as marine habitats

    T. M. Glasby;S. D. Connell

  • Analysing data from post-impact studies using asymmetrical analyses of variance: A case study of epibiota on marinas

    T. M. Glasby

  • Surface composition and orientation interact to affect subtidal epibiota.

    T.M Glasby

  • Differences Between Subtidal Epibiota on Pier Pilings and Rocky Reefs at Marinas in Sydney, Australia

    T.M. Glasby

  • Effects of shading on subtidal epibiotic assemblages

    T.M Glasby

  • Shallow moving structures promote marine invader dominance.

    K. A. Dafforn;E. L. Johnston;T. M. Glasby

  • Epibiota on vertical and on horizontal surfaces on natural reefs and on artificial structures

    N.A. Knott;A.J. Underwood;M.G. Chapman;T.M. Glasby

  • Comparing the Invasibility of Experimental “Reefs” with Field Observations of Natural Reefs and Artificial Structures

    Katherine A. Dafforn;Tim M. Glasby;Emma L. Johnston

  • Modelling coastal connectivity in a Western Boundary Current: Seasonal and inter-annual variability

    Moninya Roughan;Helen S. Macdonald;Mark E. Baird;Tim M. Glasby

  • Interactive effects of shading and proximity to the seafloor on the development of subtidal epibiotic assemblages

    T. M. Glasby

  • Links between estuarine condition and spatial distributions of marine invaders

    Katherine A. Dafforn;Tim M. Glasby;Emma L. Johnston

  • Positive versus negative effects of an invasive ecosystem engineer on different components of a marine ecosystem

    Paul E. Gribben;James E. Byers;Jeffrey T. Wright;Tim M. Glasby

  • Development of sessile marine assemblages on fixed versus moving substrata

    T. M. Glasby

  • Functional and structural responses to marine urbanisation

    M. Mayer-Pinto;V. J. Cole;Emma L. Johnston;A. Bugnot

  • Mapping the habitats of NSW estuaries.

    R. G. Creese;T. M. Glasby;G. West;C. Gallen

Frequent Co-Authors

Emma L. Johnston
Emma L. Johnston University of New South Wales
Katherine A. Dafforn
Katherine A. Dafforn Macquarie University
Paul E. Gribben
Paul E. Gribben University of New South Wales
Laura Airoldi
Laura Airoldi University of Padua
Sean D. Connell
Sean D. Connell University of Adelaide
A.J. Underwood
A.J. Underwood University of Sydney
Gary A. Kendrick
Gary A. Kendrick University of Western Australia
Melanie J. Bishop
Melanie J. Bishop Macquarie University
Adriana Vergés
Adriana Vergés University of New South Wales
Alistair G. B. Poore
Alistair G. B. Poore University of New South Wales

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