Griffith University

Lecturer

Contact details for Dr Tim Stevens

Research expertise

• Design and evaluation of marine protected areas
• Benthic and continental shelf ecology
• Marine conservation ecology
• Marine habitat classification and mapping

Publications

• Schlacher T, Holzheimer A, Stevens T, Rissik D (2011) Impacts of the ‘Pacific Adventurer’ Oil Spill on the Macrobenthos of Subtropical Sandy Beaches. Estuaries and Coasts 34: 937-949.
• Sheehan EV, Stevens TF, Attrill MJ (2010) A Quantitative, Non-Destructive Methodology for Habitat Characterisation and Benthic Monitoring at Offshore Renewable Energy Developments. PLoS ONE 5:e14461.
• Shelley RU, Widdicombe S, Woodward EMS, Stevens TF, McNeill CL and Kendall MA (2008) An investigation of the impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning of soft sediments by the non-native polychaete Sternaspis scutata (Polychaeta: Sternaspidae). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 366: 146 - 150.
• Stevens TF and Connolly RM (2005) Local-scale mapping of benthic habitats to assess representation in a marine protected area. Marine and Freshwater Research 56: 111 – 123.
• Stevens TF (2005) Scales of similarity in soft sediment epibenthic assemblages: implications for marine protected area design. Marine Biology 146: 345 – 354.
• Stevens TF and Connolly RM (2004) Testing the utility of abiotic surrogates for marine habitat mapping at scales relevant to management. Biological Conservation 119: 351 – 362.
• Stevens TF and Connolly RM (2003) Shallow water crinoids are on soft sediments too: evidence from a video survey of a subtropical estuary. Bulletin of Marine Science 73: 593 – 604.
• Stevens TF (2002) Rigour and Representation in Marine Protected Area Design. Coastal Management 30: 237-248.

Current supervised PhD project:

• Ben Gilby - The ecology and distribution of Moreton Bay’s deepwater algal reefs