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Todd Minchinton
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Senior Lecturer |
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35.G09 |
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+61 2 4221 5188 |
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tminch@uow.edu.au |
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+61 (2) 4221 3675 |
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+61 (2) 4221 4135 |
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Research Interests
Population and community ecology of benthic invertebrates,
insects, and plants in coastal terrestrial, marine,
and estuarine habitats (rocky reefs, seagrass beds,
mangroves, marshes, beaches, dunes, etc.)
Importance of dispersal, habitat selection, and
colonisation (i.e., recruitment) to the structure
and dynamics of populations and communities
Influence of natural and anthropogenic disturbance
on recruitment, population dynamics, and species
diversity
Predicting how humans will destroy the planet and
developing conservation strategies to avoid this
Representative Publications
Minchinton, T.E. and M.D. Bertness
(2003) Disturbance-mediated competition and the spread
of Phragmites australis in a coastal marsh. Ecological
Applications 13:1400–1416.
Raimondi, P.T., C.M Wilson, R.F. Ambrose, J.M.
Engle and T.E. Minchinton (2002)
Continued declines of black abalone along the coast
of California: are mass mortalities related to El
Niño events. Marine Ecology Progress Series
242:143–152.
Minchinton, T.E. (2002) Precipitation
during El Niño correlates with increasing
spread of Phragmites australis in New England, USA,
coastal marshes. Marine Ecology Progress Series 242:305–309.
Minchinton, T.E. (2001) Canopy
and substratum heterogeneity influence recruitment
of the mangrove Avicennia marina. Journal of Ecology
89:888–902.
Minchinton, T.E. and M. Dalby-Ball
(2001) Frugivory by insects on mangrove propagules:
effects on the early life history of Avicennia marina.
Oecologia 129:243–252.
Minchinton, T.E. (1997) Life on
the edge: conspecific attraction and recruitment
of populations to disturbed habitats. Oecologia 11:45–52.
Searchable Publication List
Current Students
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Eszter Hidas,
PhD Student
Determinants of regional species
diversity on temperate rocky shores
(co-supervised with David Ayre)
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Suggested Topics for Future Students
I am open to all projects, so students should contact
me to discuss their ideas.
Processes controlling local and regional species
diversity
Importance of recruitment for population dynamics
and species diversity
Importance of species diversity to the invasibility,
stability, and productivity of ecosystems
Invasive species in coastal salt marshes
Seed dispersal and recruitment
Abbreviated CV
Senior
Lecturer, University of Wollongong, Australia,
2005– present
Lecturer, University of Wollongong, Australia, 2003 – 2004
Lecturer, University of Adelaide, Australia, 2001 – 2003
Postdoctoral Scholar, University of California
at Santa Cruz, USA, 1999 – 2001
Postdoctoral Scholar, Brown University, USA, 1996 – 1998
Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Wollongong,
Australia, 1995 – 1996
PhD, Marine Ecology, University of Sydney, Australia,
1996
MSc, Biological Oceanography, Dalhousie University,
Canada, 1990
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