PhD (Griffith University), MSc (UQ), BSc (UQ), Pg Cert LTHE (Plymouth)
Lecturer, Griffith School of Environment
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
Current Teaching
- 2804ENV Coastal Environments
- 2802ENV Marine Vertebrates
- 3801ENV Estuarine Ecology
- 3803ENV Marine Biology
Selected Publications
- 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.