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Dr Alice Twomey

Lovelock Lab
Honorary Fellow
School of the Environment
a.twomey@uq.edu.au

Publications

Journal Articles (16)
Conference Paper (1)
Research Report (1)
Thesis (1)
Data Collections (4)

Journal Articles

Bennion, Vicki, Twomey, Alice J., Hill, Jack W., Pearse, Alex L., Kwan, Valerie, de Oliveira, Mayara and Lovelock, Catherine E. (2025). Trajectories in soil surface elevation during tidal restoration of heterogeneous coastal wetlands. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 324 109455, 1-16. doi: 10.1016/j.ecss.2025.109455
Twomey, Alice J., Erickson, Katherine, Bishop, Melanie J., Boody, Kris, Callaghan, David P., Cannard, Toni, Lovelock, Catherine E., Mayer-Pinto, Mariana, Morris, Rebecca L., Pomeroy, Andrew W.M., Saunders, Megan I., Steven, Andy, Waltham, Nathan J. and Bugnot, Ana (2025). Interdisciplinary solutions to enable nature-based solutions for coastal protection achieve ecological and engineering outcomes. Environmental Science and Policy, 171 104157, 104157-171. doi: 10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104157
Twomey, Alice J., Hyman, Jayden, Indraswari, Karlina, Kotz, Maximilian, Morgans, Courtney L. and Bairos-Novak, Kevin R. (2025). From silos to solutions: navigating transdisciplinary conservation research for early career researchers. Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation, 23 (1), 26-31. doi: 10.1016/j.pecon.2024.12.002
Twomey, Alice J. and Lovelock, Catherine E. (2025). Variation in mangrove geometric traits among genera and climate zones. Estuaries and Coasts, 48 (2) 55, 1-12. doi: 10.1007/s12237-025-01487-3
Lovelock, Catherine E., Bennion, Vicki, de Oliveira, Mayara, Hagger, Valerie, Hill, Jack W., Kwan, Valerie, Pearse, Alex L., Rossini, Renee A. and Twomey, Alice J. (2024). Mangrove ecology guiding the use of mangroves as nature‐based solutions. Journal of Ecology, 112 (11), 2510-2521. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.14383
Twomey, Alice J., Baker, Alex, Waltham, Nathan and Lovelock, Catherine E. (2024). Calculating carbon: The value of information in precision for blue carbon restoration projects. Journal of Environmental Management, 370 122657, 122657. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.122657
Bennion, Vicki, Dwyer, John M., Twomey, Alice J. and Lovelock, Catherine E. (2024). Decadal trends in surface elevation and tree growth in coastal wetlands of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. Estuaries and Coasts, 47 (7), 1955-1971. doi: 10.1007/s12237-024-01325-y
Saunders, Megan I., Cannard, Toni, Fischer, Mibu, Sheppard, Marian, Twomey, Alice, Morris, Rebecca, Bishop, Melanie J., Mayer-Pinto, Mariana, Malcolm, Fiona, Vozzo, Maria, Steven, Andy, Swearer, Stephen E., Lovelock, Catherine E., Pomeroy, Andrew W. M., McLeod, Ian and Waltham, Nathan J. (2024). A roadmap to coastal and marine ecological restoration in Australia. Environmental Science and Policy, 159 103808, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.envsci.2024.103808
Twomey, Alice and Lovelock, Catherine (2024). Global spatial dataset of mangrove genus distribution in seaward and riverine margins. Scientific Data, 11 (1) 306, 306. doi: 10.1038/s41597-024-03134-1
Twomey, Alice J., Nunez, Karinna, Carr, Joel A., Crooks, Steve, Friess, Daniel A., Glamore, William, Orr, Michelle, Reef, Ruth, Rogers, Kerrylee, Waltham, Nathan J. and Lovelock, Catherine E. (2024). Planning hydrological restoration of coastal wetlands: key model considerations and solutions. Science of The Total Environment, 915 169881, 169881. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.169881
Okoffo, Elvis D., Tan, Emmeline, Grinham, Alistair, Gaddam, Sai Meghna Reddy, Yip, Josie Yee Hang, Twomey, Alice J., Thomas, Kevin V. and Bostock, Helen (2024). Plastic pollution in Moreton Bay sediments, Southeast Queensland, Australia. Science of The Total Environment, 920 170987, 170987. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170987
Twomey, Alice J., Staples, Timothy L., Remmerswaal, Amelia, Wuppukondur, Ananth and Lovelock, Catherine (2023). Mangrove ghost forests provide opportunities for seagrass. Frontiers in Climate, 5 1284829. doi: 10.3389/fclim.2023.1284829
Twomey, Alice J., Callaghan, David P., O'Brien, Katherine R. and Saunders, Megan I. (2022). Contextualising shoreline protection by seagrass using lessons from submerged breakwaters. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 276 108011, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.ecss.2022.108011
Ward-Paige, C.A., White, E.R., Madin, E.M.P., Osgood, G.J., Bailes, L.K., Bateman, R.L., Belonje, E., Burns, K.V., Cullain, N., Darbyshire-Jenkins, P., de Waegh, R.S., Eger, A.M., Fola-Matthews, L., Ford, B.M., Gonson, C., Honeyman, C.J., House, J.E., Jacobs, E., Jordan, L.K., Levenson, J.J., Lucchini, K., Martí-Puig, P., McGuire, L.A.H., Meneses, C., Montoya-Maya, P.H., Noonan, R.A., Ruiz-Ruiz, P.A., Ruy, P.E., Saputra, R.A. ... Yamb, L. (2022). A framework for mapping and monitoring human-ocean interactions in near real-time during COVID-19 and beyond. Marine Policy, 140 105054, 105054. doi: 10.1016/j.marpol.2022.105054
Twomey, Alice J., Saunders, Megan I., Callaghan, David P., Bouma, Tjeerd J., Han, Qiuying and O'Brien, Katherine R. (2021). Lateral sediment erosion with and without the non-dense root-mat forming seagrass Enhalus acoroides. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 253 107316, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.ecss.2021.107316
Twomey, Alice J., O'Brien, Katherine R., Callaghan, David P. and Saunders, Megan I. (2020). Synthesising wave attenuation for seagrass: drag coefficient as a unifying indicator. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 160 111661, 111661. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111661

Conference Paper

Twomey, Alice, O'Brien, Katherine, Callaghan, David and Saunders, Megan (2023). Wave drag coefficient useful for nature: seagrass-based coastal protection design in estuaries. 37th Conference on Coastal Engineering, Sydney, NSW Australia, 4-9 December 2022. Reston, VA USA: American Society of Civil Engineers. doi: 10.9753/icce.v37.management.57

Research Report

Roelfsema, Chris, Gonchond, Delphine, Hammerman, Nic, Gutierrez Isaza, Nataly, Byrne, Ilha, Kalkowski-Pope, Sophie, Barrenger, Trevor, Stetner, Douglas, Salmond, Jodi, van den Berg, Cedric, McVeigh, Rachel, Twomey, Alice, Kim, Catherine, Johnson, Karen and Loder, Jennifer (2022). Ecological Assessment of the Flora and Fauna of Mooloolaba Reefs, Queensland: Final Report. Brisbane, Australia: UniDive; The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/ff22f0f

Thesis

Twomey, Alice Jessie (2021). Seagrass and coastal protection: separating myths from facts. PhD Thesis, Schools of Civil Engineering and Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/1974eee

Data Collections

Alice J Twomey and Catherline E Lovelock (2025). Mangrove geometric traits among genera and climate zones. PANGAEA. (Dataset) doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.973520
Alice J. Twomey, Amelia Remmerswaal and Catherine E. Lovelock (2023). Seagrass presence and absence in mangrove ghost forests in Moreton Bay, Australia. PANGAEA. (Dataset) doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.963902
Alice J. Twomey and Catherine E. Lovelock (2023). Global spatial dataset of mangrove genus distribution in seaward and riverine margins. PANGAEA. (Dataset) doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.942481
Twomey, Alice (2020). Data for: Synthesising wave attenuation for seagrass: drag coefficient as a unifying indicator. Mendeley Data. (Dataset) doi: 10.17632/y3bmjfh2tx.1
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