Dr. Tilmann Harder
- Position: -
- Room: 501, Biological Sciences
- Phone: (+61 2) 9385 3690
- Fax: (+61 2) 9385 1483
- email: t.harder@unsw.edu.au
Professional Experience
- Junior Professor, Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM), Oldenburg, Germany
- Research Associate, RandD Corp. Ltd., Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, SAR Hong Kong.
- Research Associate, Research & Development Corp. Ltd., Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, SAR Hong Kong, China.
- Visiting Scholar, Department of Biology, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
Research Contribution
Active Research Projects
Publications
- Harder, T., and Yee, L.H. (2009)
- Bacterial adhesion and marine fouling
- edited by C. Hellio and D. Yebra, 113-131. Oxford: Woodhead Publishing Ltd
- Lam, C., Stang, A. and Harder, T. (2008)
- Planktonic bacteria and fungi are selectively eliminated by exposure to marine macroalgae in close proximity
- FEMS Microbiol Ecol. 63: 283-291
- Dubber, D. and Harder, T. (2008)
- Extracts of Ceramium rubrum, Mastocarpus stellatus and Laminaria digitata inhibit growth of marine and fish pathogenic bacteria at ecologically realistic concentrations
- Aquaculture. 274: 196-200
- Esser, F., Winterberg, M., Sebesvari, Z., and Harder, T. (2008)
- Effect of halogenated metabolites from infaunal polychaetes on larval settlement of the spionid polychaete Streblospio benedicti.
- Mar Ecol Prog Ser. 355: 161-172
- Lam, C., Grage, A., Schulz, D., Schulte, A., Harder, T. (2008)
- Extracts of North Sea macroalgae reveal specific activity patterns against attachment and proliferation of benthic diatoms: a laboratory study.
- Biofouling. 24: 59-66
- Harder, T. (2008)
- Marine Epibiosis: Concepts, Ecological Consequences and Host Defence
- Marine and Industrial Biofouling, Heidelberg, Springer, 219-231
- Lam, C. and Harder, T. (2007)
- Waterborne metabolites of marine macroalgae affect quantity and quality of bacterioplankton in close proximity
- J Phycol. 43:874-881
- Dahms, H.U., Harder, T. & Qian, P.Y. (2007)
- Selective attraction and reproductive performance of a harpacticoid copepod in a response to biofilms
- Journal of Expiermental Marine Biology and Ecology, 341: 228-238
- Qian, P.Y., Lau, S.C.K., Dahms, H.U., Dobretsov, S. & Harder, T. (2007)
- Marine biofilms as mediators of colonization by marine macroorganisms: Implications for antifouling and aquaculture.
- Marine Biotechnology, 9: 399-410
- Dobretsov S, Dahms HU, Harder T, Qian PY (2006)
- Allelochemical defense of the macroalga Caulerpa racemosa against epibiosis: evidence of field and laboratory assays.
- Mar Ecol Prog Ser 318: 165-175
- Rittschof, D., Schmidt, G. & Harder, T. (2006)
- Evidence that 3-decanol in hermit crab blood signals shell availability to conspecifics.
- Integrative and Comparative Biology, 46: E241-E241
- Harder, T., Lau, S.C.K., Tam, W.Y. and Qian, P.Y. (2004)
- A bacterial culture-independent method to investigate chemically-mediated control of bacterial epibiosis in marine invertebrates by using TRFLP analysis and natural bacterial populations.
- FEMS Microb. Ecol. 47: 93-99
- Dahms, H.U., Harder, T. & Qian, P.Y. (2004)
- Effect of meiofauna on macrofauna recruitment: settlement inhibition of the polychaete Hydroides elegans by the harpacticoil copepod Tisbe japonica.
- Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 311: 47-61
- Harder, T., Dobretsov, S. & Qian, P.Y. (2004)
- Waterborne polar macromolecules act as algal antifoulants in the seaweed Ulva reticulata.
- Marine Ecology-Progress Series, 274: 133-141
- Harder T, Lau S C K, Dobretsov S, Fang T K, Qian P Y (2003)
- A distinctive epibiotic bacterial community on the soft coral Dendronephthya sp. and antibacterial activity of coral tissue extracts suggest a chemical mechanism against bacterial epibiosis
- FEMS Microb Ecol 43: 337-347
- Lau, S.C.K., Harder, T. and Qian, P.Y. (2003)
- Induction of larval settlement in the serpulid polychaete Hydroides elegans (Haswell): Role of bacterial extracellular polymers.
- Biofouling. 19: 197-204
- Lam, C., Harder, T. & Qian, P.Y. (2003)
- Induction of larval settlement in the polychaete Hydroides elegans by surface-associated settlement cues of marine benthic diatoms.
- Marine Ecology-Progress Series, 263: 83-92
- Thiyagarajan, V., Harder, T., & Qian, P.Y. (2003)
- Combined effects of temperature and salinity on larval development and attachment of the subtidal barnacle Balanus trigonus Darwin.
- Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 287: 223-236
- Thiyagarajan, V., Harder, T. & Qian, P.Y. (2003)
- Effects of TAG/DNA ratio and age of cyprids on post-metamophic growth and survival of the barnacle Balanus amphitrite.
- Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 83: 83-88
- Thiyagarajan, V., Harder, T., Qiu, J.W. & Qian, P.Y. (2003)
- Energy content at metamorphosis and growth rate of the early juvenile barnacle Balanus amphitrite.
- Marine Biology, 143: 543-554