The University of Western Australia

Professor Mark Tibbett

Professor/Director, CLR
School of Earth and Environment

Contact details

Address

School of Earth and Environment
The University of Western Australia (M087)
35 Stirling Highway
CRAWLEY WA 6009
Australia

Phone

6488 2635

Fax

6488 1050

Email

Mark.Tibbett@uwa.edu.au

Location

Room 2.240, Soil Science Building, Crawley campus

Qualifications

BSc Herts., MSc Aberd., PhD Leeds

Key research

Restoration ecology

Mycorrhizas in ecosystems

Forensic taphonomy

Nutrient cycling

Heavy metals in ecosystems

Soil Microbial Ecology

Soils and Archaeology

Publications

Peer Reviewed Publication

1.Tibbett, M. & Diaz, A. (2005). Are sulfurous soil amendments (So, Fe(II)SO4, Fe(III)SO4) an effective tool in the restoration of heathland and acidic grassland after four decades of rock phosphate fertilisation? Restoration Ecology. 13, 1 9.
2.Haslam R. & Tibbett M. (2004). Sampling and Analyzing Metals in Soils for Archaeological Prospection: A Critique. Geoarchaeology 19, 731-751
3.Tibbett, M. & Carter, D. O. (2004). Commentary on: Carter DO, Tibbett M. Taphonomic mycota: fungi with forensic potential. J Forensic Sci 2003;48:168-171.—Reply. Journal of Forensic Science. 49, 1135-1136.
4.Tibbett, M., Carter, D. O., Haslam, T, Major, R and Haslam, R. (2004). A laboratory incubation method for determing the rate of soft tissue decomposition in soil. Journal of Forensic Science 49, 560-565.
5.Smith, M & Tibbett, M. (2004) Nitrogen dynamics under Lolium perenne after a single application of different sewage sludge types from the same treatment stream. Bioresource Technology. 91, 233-241.
6.Tibbett, M. & Carter, D. O. (2003) Mushrooms and Taphomony: the fungi that mark woodland graves. Mycologist. 17, 30-34.
7.Green, I. D., Merrington G. & Tibbett, M. (2003). The transfer of cadmium and zinc from a sewage sludge amended agricultural soil through the soil-plant-aphid system to newly emerged adult seven-spotted-ladybirds (Coccinella septempunctata). Agriculture Ecosystems Environment. 99, 171-178.
8.Carter, D. & Tibbett, M. (2003). Taphonomic mycota: fungi with forensic potential. Journal of Forensic Science. 48, 1-4.
9.Tibbett, M. & Diaz, A (2002). Sulphurous soil amendments as a grassland habitat management tool. British Grassland Society 'Conservation Pays' Occasional Symposium Series (ed J Frame), pp.167-170. Anthony Row Ltd, Wiltshire, UK.
10.Tibbett, M. (2002). Considerations on the use of the p-nitrophenyl phosphomonoesterase assay in the study of the phosphorus nutrition of soil borne fungi. Microbiological Research. 157, 221-231.
11.Tibbett, M. & Sanders, F. E. (2002). Ectomycorrhizal symbiosis can enhance plant nutrition through improved access to discrete organic nutrient patches of high resource quality. Annals of Botany. 89, 783-789.
12.Tibbett, M., Sanders, F. E. & Cairney, J. W. G. (2002). Low-temperature-induced changes in trehalose, mannitol and arabitol associated with enhanced tolerance to freezing in ectomycorrhizal basidiomycetes (Hebeloma spp.). Mycorrhiza 12, 249-255.
13.Cox, M. J., Earwood C., Gareth Jones, E. B., Jones, J., Robinson, M., Straker, V., Tibbett, M., & West, S. (2001). An assessment of the impact of trees upon archaeology within a relict wetland. Journal of Archaeological Science. 28, 1069-1084.
14.Haslam, R. & Tibbett, M. (2001). Soil metal analysis: improving the archaeological resolution. In: Proceedings of the First International Conference on Soils and Archaeology (Ed. G. Füleky) pp. 51-53. Környezetkíméló Agrokémiáért Alapítvány, Gödölló, Hungary.
15.Smith, M. & Tibbett, M. (2001). Nitrogen nutrition of rye grass under low application rates of sewage sludge. In: Recycling and Reuse of Sewage Sludge. (Eds. R. K. Dhir, M. C. Limbachiya & M. J. McCarthy) pp. 287-292. Thomas Telford, London.
16.Green, I. D. and Tibbett, M. (2001). Implications of the recycling of sewage sludge to the agro-ecosystem: zinc transfer in the soil-plant-arthropod system. In: Recycling and Reuse of Sewage Sludge (Eds. R. K. Dhir, M. C. Limbachiya & M. J. McCarthy). pp. 217-226, Thomas Telford, London.
17.Tibbett, M., Smith, H. and Haslam, R. (2001). Learning by joining the dots: the analysis and mapping of biophile elements for teaching archaeological site assessment. In Proceedings of the First International Conference on Soils and Archaeology (Ed. G. Füleky) pp. 166-168. Környezetkíméló Agrokémiáért Alapítvány, Gödölló, Hungary.
18.Haslam, R. & Tibbett, M. (2001). The influence of aggregate size fraction on a metal assay at Merrivale, UK. In: Proceedings of the First International Conference on Soils and Archaeology (Ed. G. Füleky) pp. 43-47. Környezetkíméló Agrokémiáért Alapítvány, Gödölló, Hungary.
19.Carter, D. & Tibbett, M. (2001). The effect of temperature on the decomposition of soft tissue in soil. In: Proceedings of the First International Conference on Soils and Archaeology (Ed. G. Füleky) 57-60. Környezetkíméló Agrokémiáért Alapítvány, Gödölló, Hungary.
20.Tibbett, M., Dowell, M. & Hartley, S. (2000). Comparative growth of ectomycorrhizal fungi (Hebeloma spp.) on organic and inorganic nitrogen. Journal of Basic Microbiology 40, 393-395
21.Tibbett, M., Sanders, F. E., Grantham, K. & Cairney, J. W. G (2000). Some potential inaccuracies of the p-nitrophenyl phosphomonoesterase assay in the study of the phosphorus nutrition of soil borne fungi. Biology and Fertility of Soils. 31, 92-96.
22.Tibbett, M. (2000). Rapid recycling of organically derived nutrients by mycorrhizal fungi. In: Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Soil Dynamics (Eds. T.W. Riley & J. M. A. Desbiolles) pp. 161-167. Profile Communications, Kent Town, South Australia.
23.Tibbett, M. & Killham K. (2000). Biodegradation of light crude oil in arable soils from southern Shetland, UK. In: Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Soil Dynamics (Eds. T.W. Riley & J. M. A. Desbiolles) pp. 171-184. Profile Communications, Kent Town, South Australia.
24.Tibbett, M. (2000). Roots, foraging and the exploitation of soil nutrient patches: the role of mycorrhizal symbiosis. Functional Ecology. 14, 397-399.
25.Tibbett, M., Sanders, F. E., Cairney, J. W. G. & Leake, J. R. (1999). Temperature regulation of extracellular proteases in ectomycorrhizal fungi (Hebeloma spp.) grown in axenic culture. Mycological Research. 102, 707-714.
26.Tibbett, M., Sanders, F. E. & Cairney, J. W. G. (1999). Long-term storage of ectomycorrhizal basidiomycetes (Hebeloma spp.) at low temperature. Journal of Basic Microbiology. 39, 381-384.
27.Tibbett, M., Sanders, F. E. & Cairney, J. W. G. (1998). The effect of temperature and inorganic phosphorus supply on acid phosphatase production and growth in arctic and temperate strains of the ectomycorrhizal Hebeloma spp. in axenic culture. Mycological Research. 102, 129-135.
28.Tibbett, M., Sanders, F. E., Minto, S. J., Dowell, M. & Cairney, J. W. G. (1998). Utilisation of organic nitrogen by ectomycorrhizal fungi (Hebeloma spp.) of arctic and temperate origin. Mycological Research. 102, 1525-1532.

29.Tibbett, M., Grantham, K., Sanders, F. E. & Cairney, J. W. G. (1998). Induction of cold active acid phosphomonoesterase activity at low temperature in psychrotrophic ectomycorrhizal Hebeloma spp. Mycological Research. 102, 1533-1539.
30.Tibbett, M., Chambers, S. M. & Cairney, J. W. G. (1998). Methods for determining phosphatase activities in ectomycorrhizal fungi. In: Mycorrhiza Manual (Ed. A. Varma) pp. 217-255. Springer-Verlag: Berlin.
31.Tibbett, M. & Sanders, F. E. (1998). Exploitation of discrete organic nutrient patches by ectomycorrhizal willow plants. In: Progress in Mycological Sciences: Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium of the Mycological Society of Japan (Eds. Y. Kitamoto et al.) p.76.
32.Tibbett, M., Sanders, F. E. & Cairney J. W. G. (1998). Survival growth and enzyme activities of ectomycorrhizal fungi at low temperature. In: Progress in Mycological Sciences: Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium of the Mycological Society of Japan (Eds. Y. Kitamoto et al.) p.77.
33.Tibbett, M. & Cairney, J. W. G. (1996). Production and activity of acid phosphatase at low temperature in Hebeloma crustuliniforme. In: Mycorrhizas in Integrated Systems: From Genes to Plant Development. (Eds. C. Azcon-Aguilar and J. M. Barea) pp. 384 - 387.
34.Smith, S. R., Tibbett, M. and Evans, T. E. (1992). Nitrate accumulation potential of sewage sludges applied to soil. Aspects of Applied Biology 30, (Nitrate and Farming Systems) 157-161.

Research profile

Research profile and publications