Austin Humphries

MSc Louisiana State University

Marine Biology PhD

'phone +27 [0]46 603-8525
FAX +27 [0]46 622-8959
e-mail austin.humphries@gmail.com

Thesis title

Fishing down functional groups: herbivore and algal dynamics on coral reefs of Kenya. Supervisor: Professor Christopher McQuaid

Recent publications

McClanahan TR, Humphries AT (2012) Differential and slow life history responses of fishes to coral reef closures. Marine Ecology Progress Series 469: 121-131.   

Quan WM, Humphries AT, Shi LY, Chen YQ (2012) Oyster and associated benthic macrofaunal development on a created intertidal oyster (Crassostrea ariakensis) reef in the Yangtze River estuary, China. Journal of Shellfish Research 31(3):1-12.

Quan WM, Humphries AT, Shi LY, Chen YQ (2012) Determination of trophic transfer at a created intertidal oyster (Crassostrea ariakensis) reef in the Yangtze River estuary using stable isotope analyses. Estuaries and Coasts 35(1):109-120. 

Humphries AT, La Peyre MK, Decossas GA (2011) The effect of structural complexity, prey density, and "predator-free space" on prey survivorship at created oyster reef mesocosms. PLoS ONE 6(12): e28339. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028339.

Humphries AT, La Peyre MK, Kimball ME, Rozas LP (2011) Testing the effect of habitat structure and complexity on nekton assemblages using experimental oyster reefs. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 409(1):172-179.