Botanic Gardens Trust, Sydney, Australia

Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water NSW

Tim Entwisle

Position

Executive Director

Branch

Executive

Email

tim.entwisle@rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au

Phone

+61-2-9231 8112

Fax

+61-2-9251 4403

Research interests

Australian freshwater algae - systematics and ecology of non-marine algae in Australia

Keywords

Algae, Systematics, Ecology, Phylogeny, Conservation, Freshwater, Terrestrial

Current research projects

  • Systematics and biogeography of freshwater red algae (with Morgan Vis; The University of Ohio)
  • Taxonomy of freshwater macroalgae in New South Wales and monitoring methods for cryptogams (with Stephen Skinner)
  • Ecology of macroalgae and bryophytes in rocky streams in the Sydney region (PhD study with Lucy Nairn and Barbara Downes, The University of Melbourne)
  • Historical changes in microalgal communities in the Sydney area (Masters (Hons) with  Jenny Nelson and Sally Bergin; The University of Western Sydney)
  • Filamentous algae and heavy metal pollution (Masters with Imogen Edmonds and Andrew Boulton; The University of New England)
  • Taxonomic revision of Oedogonium (Chlorophyta) in Australia (with Stephen Skinner)
  • Interactive key to genera of freshwater algae in Australia (with Nick Yee and Hannah McPherson)
  • Census of freshwater algae in Australia on-line (with Nick Yee)

Key publications

  • Entwisle, T.J. (1987). An evaluation of taxonomic characters in the subsection Sessiles, section Corniculatae, of Vaucheria  (Vaucheriaceae, Chrysophyta). Phycologia 26, 297-321.
  • Entwisle, T.J. (1988). A monograph of Vaucheria (Vaucheriaceae, Chrysophyta) in south-eastern mainland Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 1, 1-77.
  • Entwisle, T.J. (1989). The Phenology of the Cladophora-Stigeoclonium association in two urban creeks of Melbourne. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 40, 471-89.
  • Walsh, N.G., and Entwisle, T.J. (Eds) (1996). ‘Flora of Victoria, vol. 3.’ (Inkata Press: Melbourne.)
  • Entwisle, T.J., and Foard, H.J. (1997). Batrachospermum  (Batrachospermales,  Rhodophyta) in Australia and New Zealand: New Taxa and Emended Circumscriptions in sections Aristata, Batrachospermum, Turfosa and Virescentia. Australian Systematic Botany 10, 331-80.
  • Entwisle, T.J., Sonneman, J., and Lewis, S.H. (1997). ‘Freshwater Algae in Australia: a Guide to Conspicuous Genera.’ (Sainty & Associates: Potts Point.)
  • Entwisle, T.J., and Huisman, J.M. (1998). Algal systematics in Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 11, 203-14.
  • Entwisle, T.J., Vis, M.L., and Foard, H.J. (2000). Biogeography of Psilosiphon (Batrachospermales, Rhodophyta) in Australia and New Zealand. Cryptogamie Algologie 21, 133-148.
  • Vis, M.L., and Entwisle, T.J. (2000). Insights into Batrachospermales (Rhodophyta) phylogeny from rbcL sequence data of Australian taxa. Journal of Phycology 36 , 1175-1182.
  • Entwisle, T.J. & Skinner, S. (2001). Non-marine algae of Australia: 4. Floristic survey of some colonial green macroalgae (Chlorophyta). Telopea 9: 725-739.

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Tim is a regular contributor to the ABC Sydney radio and website, e.g. 'Passion for Plants', and a frequent guest on many Sydney media. He writes for a variety of science, nature and garden magazines, and posts occasional stories about the botanic gardens and quirky plant stories on his blog, Talking Plants.
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