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Marine Biology
THE UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE
SA 5005
AUSTRALIA
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Sean D. Connell 

I forecast the ecological outcomes of management at local-regional-global scales by: 

  • Generating knowledge of human influences on producers (e.g. nutrient-pollution), their consumers (e.g. fishing), and synergies with climate (e.g. ocean acidification); as applied to subtidal habitat.
  • Reconciling conflicting perspectives across biogeographic boundaries (i.e. MacroEcology) and time (i.e. the past and the future environments). 
  • Collaboration with coastal mangers, to changed our perspective of Australian coastal policy, and recently assisted future efforts by recognizing pre-industrial environments and their CO2 and temperate driven future. 

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Selected Publications

"The maintenance & disruption of subtidal habitat"

INTRODUCTION

METHODS

RESULTS 
   Patterns of habitat: local through biogeographic scales

   Maintenance of natural patterns: causes

   Disruption by humans: causes & consequences

 Repair by humans:

  • Gorman & SD Connell in press Recovering subtidal forests in human-dominated landscapes.  J Applied Ecology.

DISCUSSION

      Acknowledgements

I thank those who shared their time with me; sea-by-day & swag-by-night.  It is reassuring that government has engaged us with their policy development.  I hope these efforts benefit our collective understanding and enjoyment of the land and sea. 

 

Contact Information:

Telephone+61 8 830 36125
Emailsean.connell@adelaide.edu.au
Fax+61 8 830 34364