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List of works by Thomas A. Schlacher

A test of the seamount oasis hypothesis: seamounts support higher epibenthic megafaunal biomass than adjacent slopes

scientific article published on 10 May 2010

A trophic cascade in a macrophyte-based food web at the land–water ecotone

scientific article published in 2006

Algal subsidies enhance invertebrate prey for threatened shorebirds: A novel conservation tool on ocean beaches?

scientific article published in 2017

Applying systematic conservation planning to improve the allocation of restoration actions at multiple spatial scales

scientific article published on 05 April 2021

Attraction versus production in restoration: spatial and habitat effects of shellfish reefs for fish in coastal seascapes

scientific article published on 16 April 2021

Beach disturbance caused by off-road vehicles (ORVs) on sandy shores: relationship with traffic volumes and a new method to quantify impacts using image-based data acquisition and analysis

scientific article

Being Well-Connected Pays in a Disturbed World: Enhanced Herbivory in Better-Linked Habitats

scientific article published in 2020

Can export of organic matter from estuaries support zooplankton in nearshore, marine plumes?

scientific article published in 2008

CenSeam, an International Program on Seamounts within the Census of Marine Life: achievements and lessons learned

scientific article

Climate drives the geography of marine consumption by changing predator communities

scientific article published on 26 October 2020

Climate-change impacts on sandy-beach biota: crossing a line in the sand

scientific article

Combined effects of urbanization and connectivity on iconic coastal fishes

scientific article published in 2016

Connectivity Shapes Functional Diversity and Maintains Complementarity in Surf Zones on Exposed Coasts

scientific article published in 2022

Conservation Benefits of Marine Reserves are Undiminished Near Coastal Rivers and Cities

article published in 2014

Conservation gone to the dogs: when canids rule the beach in small coastal reserves

Coupling between Marine Plankton and Freshwater Flow in the Plumes off a Small Estuary

article published in 2008

Data Analysis Considerations

Disturbance type determines how connectivity shapes ecosystem resilience

scientific article published on 13 January 2021

Diverse land uses and high coastal urbanisation do not always result in harmful environmental pollutants in fisheries species

scientific article published on 22 July 2020

Dogs suppress a pivotal function in the food webs of sandy beaches

scientific article published in 2022

Donor-Control of Scavenging Food Webs at the Land-Ocean Interface

scientific article

Drone-Based Assessment of Marine Megafauna off Wave-Exposed Sandy Beaches

scientific article published in 2023

Ecological and Cultural Understanding as a Basis for Management of a Globally Significant Island Landscape

scientific article published in 2022

Ecological research questions to inform policy and the management of sandy beaches

scientific article published in 2017

Edging along a Warming Coast: A Range Extension for a Common Sandy Beach Crab

scientific article

Effects of acid treatment on carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios in ecological samples: a review and synthesis

article

Effects of seascape connectivity on reserve performance along exposed coastlines

scientific article published on 18 December 2018

Enhancing the performance of marine reserves in estuaries: Just add water

Environmental Impacts of the Deep-Water Oil and Gas Industry: A Review to Guide Management Strategies

article

Environmental control of community organisation on ocean-exposed sandy beaches

scientific article published in 2013

Epitheliocystis in fish: An emerging aquaculture disease with a global impact.

scientific article

Estimating animal populations and body sizes from burrows: Marine ecologists have their heads buried in the sand

article

Estuarine fish health assessment: evidence of wastewater impacts based on nitrogen isotopes and histopathology

scientific article published on 20 September 2007

Fish track wastewater pollution to estuaries

scientific article published on 11 May 2005

Flood discharges of a small river into open coastal waters: Plume traits and material fate

scientific article published in 2006

Functional changes in reef systems in warmer seas: Asymmetrical effects of altered grazing by a widespread crustacean mesograzer

article

Functional plasticity in vertebrate scavenger assemblages in the presence of introduced competitors

scientific article published on 06 July 2018

Functional replacement across species pools of vertebrate scavengers separated at a continental scale maintains an ecosystem function

article

Give Beach Ecosystems Their Day in the Sun

scientific article published in Science

Golden opportunities: A horizon scan to expand sandy beach ecology

scientific article published in 2015

Habitat proximity exerts opposing effects on key ecological functions

scientific article published on 10 July 2018

Habitat selection in birds feeding on ocean shores: landscape effects are important in the choice of foraging sites by oystercatchers

scientific article published in 2013

High congruence of isotope sewage signals in multiple marine taxa

scientific article published on 18 April 2013

High-resolution seabed imagery as a tool for biodiversity conservation planning on continental margins

scientific article published in 2009

Human modifications to estuaries correlate with the morphology and functional roles of coastal fish

scientific article published in 2021

Human threats to sandy beaches: A meta-analysis of ghost crabs illustrates global anthropogenic impacts

scholarly article by Thomas A. Schlacher published in February 2016

Humans alter habitat selection of birds on ocean-exposed sandy beaches

scientific article published in 2012

Identifying Ecologically or Biologically Significant Areas (EBSA): A systematic method and its application to seamounts in the South Pacific Ocean

Identifying restoration hotspots that deliver multiple ecological benefits

scientific article published on 01 October 2019

Impacts of off-road vehicles (ORVs) on burrow architecture of ghost crabs (genus Ocypode) on sandy beaches

scientific article published on 22 April 2010

Impacts of off-road vehicles (ORVs) on macrobenthic assemblages on sandy beaches

scientific article published in June 2008

Invasive carnivores alter ecological function and enhance complementarity in scavenger assemblages on ocean beaches.

scientific article published in October 2015

Key Ecological Function Peaks at the Land–Ocean Transition Zone When Vertebrate Scavengers Concentrate on Ocean Beaches

scientific article published in 2019

Landscape context and nutrients modify the effects of coastal urbanisation

scientific article published on 06 March 2020

Landscape context modifies the rate and distribution of predation around habitat restoration sites

scientific article published on 28 June 2019

Landscape transformation alters functional diversity in coastal seascapes ⬇️

scholarly article

Land–Ocean Connectivity Through Subsidies of Terrestrially Derived Organic Matter to a Nearshore Marine Consumer

Land–Ocean Coupling of Carbon and Nitrogen Fluxes on Sandy Beaches

Limited functional redundancy in vertebrate scavenger guilds fails to compensate for the loss of raptors from urbanized sandy beaches

scientific article published in 2014

Limited habitat and conservation value of a young artificial reef

scientific article published on 03 January 2014

Linking ecosystem condition and landscape context in the conservation of ecosystem multifunctionality

scientific article published in 2020

Low redundancy and complementarity shape ecosystem functioning in a low-diversity ecosystem

scientific article published on 24 December 2019

Managing birds of conservation concern on sandy shores: How much room for future conservation actions is there?

scientific article published on 17 October 2018

Marine turtles are not fussy nesters: a novel test of small-scale nest site selection using structure from motion beach terrain information.

scientific article published on 04 January 2017

Maximizing the benefits of oyster reef restoration for finfish and their fisheries

article by Ben L. Gilby et al published 25 June 2018 in Fish and Fisheries

Metrics to assess ecological condition, change, and impacts in sandy beach ecosystems

scientific article

Monitoring human impacts on sandy shore ecosystems: a test of ghost crabs (Ocypode spp.) as biological indicators on an urban beach

scientific article

Monitoring nitrogen pollution in seasonally-pulsed coastal waters requires judicious choice of indicator species

scientific article

Multiple scavengers respond rapidly to pulsed carrion resources at the land–ocean interface

scientific article published in 2013

New metric of microhabitat complexity predicts species richness on a rocky shore

article

Niche segregation in sandy beach animals: an analysis with surface-active peracarid crustaceans on the Atlantic coast of Spain

article

Not all rotten fish stink: Microbial changes in decaying carcasses increase cytotoxicity and potential risks to animal scavengers

scholarly article

On some hypotheses of diversity of animal life at great depths on the sea floor

article by Craig R. McClain & Thomas A. Schlacher published 30 April 2015 in Marine Ecology

Optimising Land-Sea Management for Inshore Coral Reefs

scientific article

Optimising Seagrass Conservation for Ecological Functions

scientific article published on 04 February 2019

Optimizing conservation benefits for threatened beach fauna following severe natural disturbances

scientific article published on 25 August 2018

Origin and trophic importance of detritus-evidence from stable isotopes in the benthos of a small, temperate estuary

scientific article

Paradigms in seamount ecology: fact, fiction and future

scientific article published in 2010

Physical damage to coastal dunes and ecological impacts caused by vehicle tracks associated with beach camping on sandy shores: a case study from Fraser Island, Australia

scientific article published in 2008

Predicting global habitat suitability for stony corals on seamounts

Prioritising seascape connectivity in conservation using network analysis

scientific article published in 2016

Pro-environmental beach driving is uncommon and ineffective in reducing disturbance to beach-dwelling birds.

scientific article

Quantifying the conservation value of seascape connectivity: a global synthesis

scientific article published in 2015

Re-framing values for a World Heritage future: what type of icon will K'gari-Fraser Island become?

Regional drivers of clutch loss reveal important trade-offs for beach-nesting birds

scientific article published on 13 September 2016

Resource type influences the effects of reserves and connectivity on ecological functions

scientific article published on 17 October 2015

Saltmarsh grass supports fishery food webs in subtropical Australian estuaries

scientific article published on 19 March 2020

Sandy beach ecosystems: key features, sampling issues, management challenges and climate change impacts

scholarly article by Thomas A. Schlacher et al published July 2008 in Marine Ecology

Sandy beaches at the brink

scientific article published in 2007

Science priorities for seamounts: research links to conservation and management

scientific article (publication date: 2012)

Seamount benthos in a cobalt-rich crust region of the central Pacific: conservation challenges for future seabed mining

scientific article published in 2013

Seamount science scales undersea mountains: new research and outlook

scientific article published in 2010

Seascape context modifies how fish respond to restored oyster reef structures

scholarly article

Setback distances as a conservation tool in wildlife-human interactions: testing their efficacy for birds affected by vehicles on open-coast sandy beaches

scientific article

Sewage impacts coral reefs at multiple levels of ecological organization.

scientific article

Spatial Restoration Ecology: Placing Restoration in a Landscape Context

scientific article published on 20 September 2018

Species traits and connectivity constrain stochastic community re-assembly

scientific article published on 31 October 2017

Squat lobster assemblages on seamounts differ from some, but not all, deep-sea habitats of comparable depth

scientific article published in 2010

Stable isotope evidence for trophic subsidy of coastal benthic fisheries by river discharge plumes off small estuaries

article

Storm effects on intertidal invertebrates: increased beta diversity of few individuals and species

scientific article

Structure of recent and fossil mysid statoliths (Crustacea, Mysidacea)

scientific article published on 01 January 1993

Subsistence harvesting by a small community does not substantially compromise coral reef fish assemblages ⬇️

scientific article published in 2017

The Early Shorebird Will Catch Fewer Invertebrates on Trampled Sandy Beaches

scientific article

The Mouths of Estuaries Are Key Transition Zones that Concentrate the Ecological Effects of Predators

scientific article published in 2020

The ecology of fish in the surf zones of ocean beaches: A global review

The ecology of seamounts: structure, function, and human impacts.

scientific article

The effects of beach nourishment on benthic invertebrates in eastern Australia: impacts and variable recovery.

scientific article

The fox and the beach: Coastal landscape topography and urbanisation predict the distribution of carnivores at the edge of the sea

scientific article published on 07 May 2020

The influence of seafloor terrain on fish and fisheries: A global synthesis

scientific article published on 27 February 2021

The role of inputs of marine wrack and carrion in sandy‐beach ecosystems: a global review

scientific article published in 2022

The status of sandy beach science: Past trends, progress, and possible futures

scholarly article by Ronel Nel published in October 2014

Threats to sandy beach ecosystems: A review

article

Tidal and longitudinal variation of faecal indicator bacteria in an estuarine creek in south-east Queensland, Australia

scientific article published on 9 January 2006

Trophic ecology of ghost crabs with diverse tastes: Unwilling vegetarians

scholarly article

Umbrellas can work under water: Using threatened species as indicator and management surrogates can improve coastal conservation

scientific article published in 2017

Urbanisation alters processing of marine carrion on sandy beaches

Urbanisation and Fishing Alter the Body Size and Functional Traits of a Key Fisheries Species

scientific article published on 21 May 2020

Urbanisation supplements ecosystem functioning in disturbed estuaries

scholarly article published on 8 June 2018

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