Simon Francis Thrush FRSNZ (born 10 November 1958) is a New Zealand marine scientist and current Director of the Institute of Marine Science at the University of Auckland.[1]
Simon Thrush | |
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Born | 10 November 1958 |
Alma mater | University of Otago University of East Anglia |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Marine Science |
Institutions | University of Auckland |
Thesis | Community ecology of the sublittoral macrobenthos of Lough Hyne (INE) (1985) |
Doctoral advisor | Colin R. Townsend |
Website | Professor Simon Francis Thrush |
He graduated from the University of Otago with a first class BSc in Zoology in 1980, and completed his PhD at the University of East Anglia in 1985.[2] He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand, and in 2010 was awarded the New Zealand Marine Sciences Life Time Achievement Award.[3]
Selected publications
edit- Ewa Siwicka; Simon Thrush; Judi E. Hewitt (30 October 2019). "Linking changes in species-trait relationships and ecosystem function using a network analysis of traits". Ecological Applications. 30 (1): e02010. doi:10.1002/EAP.2010. ISSN 1051-0761. PMID 31556174. Wikidata Q90297865.
- Casper Kraan; Simon Thrush; Carsten F. Dormann (8 July 2020). "Co-occurrence patterns and the large-scale spatial structure of benthic communities in seagrass meadows and bare sand". BMC Ecology. 20 (1): 37. doi:10.1186/S12898-020-00308-4. ISSN 1472-6785. PMC 7346362. PMID 32641016. Wikidata Q97526489.
- Johanna Gammal; Judi Hewitt; Joanna Norkko; Alf Norkko; Simon Thrush (20 August 2020). "Does the use of biological traits predict a smooth landscape of ecosystem functioning?". Ecology and Evolution. 10 (19): 10395–10407. doi:10.1002/ECE3.6696. ISSN 2045-7758. PMID 33072268. Wikidata Q100727527.
References
edit- ^ "Professor Simon Francis Thrush". University of Auckland. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
- ^ "Niwa scientist receives marine science award". One News (New Zealand). Retrieved 2 October 2014.
- ^ "Simon Thrush". Royal Society of New Zealand. Retrieved 2 October 2014.