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van Haren, H., Compton, T.J., (2013) Diel vertical migration in deep sea plankton is finely tuned to latitudinal and seasonal day length. Public Library of Science One 8(5).doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0064435

Compton, T.J., Sander Holthuijsen, Anita Koolhaas, Anne Dekinga, Job ten Horn, Jeremy Smith, Ysbrand Galama, Maarten Brugge, Daphne van der Waal, Jaap van der Meer, Henk W. van der Veer and Theunis Piersma (2013), Distribution patterns of marine macrobenthos from west to east across the Dutch Wadden Sea. For Special Issue in Journal of Sea Research.http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2013.02.002

Compton, T.J., Bowden, D.A., Roland Pitcher, C., Hewitt, J.E., Ellis, N., (2013). Biophysical patterns in benthic assemblage composition across contrasting continental margins off New Zealand. J Biogeogr, 40, 75-89., doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02761.x

Rodil, I.F., Compton, T.J., and Lastra, M. (2012) Predictive modelling of macrofauna species distribution over a sandy beach morphodynamic gradient. Public Library of Science One 7(6): e39609. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0039609

Górski, K., Buijse, A.D., Winter, H.V., de Leeuw, J.J., Compton, T.J., Vekhov, D.A., Zolotarev, D.V., Verreth, J.A.J., Nagelkerke, L.A.J. (2012) The effects of hydro-geomorphology on fish abundance and distribution in a large-scale temperate floodplain. River Research and Applications. doi: 10.1002/rra.2610

T.J. Compton, Morrison, M.M., Leathwick, J.R., and Carbines, G.(2012) Ontogenetic habitat associations of a demersal fish species (Pagrus auratus) identified using boosted regression trees. Marine Ecology-Progress Series, 462, 219-230

Compton, T.J, de Winton, M., Leathwick, J.R and Wadhwa, S.(2012) Indirect measures of lake accessibility and usage predict invasive macrophyte spread across the inland lakes of New Zealand, Freshwater Biology, 57 (5), 938-948, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2012.02754.x

Rijkenberg, M.J.A., Langlois, R.J., Mills, M.M., Patey, M.D., Hill, P.G., Nielsdottir, M.C., Compton, T.J., LaRoche, J., Achterberg,  E.P.,(2011) Environmental forcings of nitrogen fixation in the eastern (sub-) tropical North Atlantic Ocean. Public Library of Science One, 6(12): e28989. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0028989

Compton TJ, Kraan C, Rijkenberg MJA, Troost TA, Rogers DI, Leyrer J, Pearson G, and Piersma T (2011) Sampling bivalves on tidal flats: possibility of missing rare species, versus smoothing of environmental variation. Marine Ecology-Progress Series 440: 285-28

Tracey, D.M., Rowden, A.A., MacKay, K., Compton, T.J. (2011), Distribution of habitat-forming scleractinian corals in the New Zealand region. Marine Ecology-Progress Series 430: 1- 22, Feature article

Compton, T. J., Inglis, G., Leathwick, J.R. (2010). Thermogeography influences the invasion potential of Carcinus maenas, Diversity and Distributions, 16, 243–255

Compton, T. J., Troost, T.A., Drent J., Kraan, C., Bocher, P., Leyrer, J., Dekinga, A., Piersma, T. (2009). Habitat use of burrowing bivalves: repeatable sediment associations across six European tidal flat systems. Marine Ecology-Progress Series 382: 87 – 98

Compton, T.J., Troost, T.A., van der Meer, J., Kraan, C., Honkoop, P.J.C., Rogers, D.I., Pearson, G.B., de Goeij, P., Bocher, P., Lavaleye M.S.S., Leyrer, J., Yates, M.G., Dekinga, A., Piersma, T. (2008). Distributional overlap rather than habitat differentiation characterizes co-occurrence of bivalves in intertidal soft sediment systems worldwide. Marine Ecology-Progress Series 373: 25 – 35

Compton, T. J., Storey, A. W., Veltheim, I., Pearson, G.B., Piersma, T. (2008). The relative size of bivalve gill and palp ratios predict stable carbon isotope signatures of diet. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 361: 104 – 110

Compton, T.J., Rijkenberg, M.J.A., Drent, J., Piersma, T. (2007). Thermal tolerance ranges and climate variability: A comparison between bivalves from differing climates. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 352: 200 – 211

Compton, T.J., Drent, J., Kentie, R., Pearson, G.B., van der Meer, J., Piersma, T. (2007). Overlap in the feeding morphology of bivalves from a species-rich and a species-poor intertidal flat. Marine Ecology-Progress Series 348: 213 – 220

KEYWORDS

Synoptic Intertidal Benthic Surveys SIBES, Wadden Sea, benthos, macrobenthos, migratory shorebirds, tidal flats, Roebuck Bay