Dr Matthew Tighe
Lecturer, School of Environmental and Rural Sciences
Qualifications
BNatRes Hons (UNE), PhD (UNE), Grad Cert Statistics (UNE)
Contact
| Email: | matthew.tighe@une.edu.au |
| Room: | Agronomy (W23) 243 |
| Phone: | 02 6773 2180 (or +61 2 6773 2180 overseas) |
Affiliations
Member - Australian Soil Science Society Inc.
Research interests
I have a background in ecosystem management and soil chemistry. I am interested in the links between the spatial variation of chemical patterns and underlying environmental processes that generate these patterns. I believe understanding these links inform us as to function and dysfunction in both natural and production systems. My specific research interests include:
- Fate and behavior of trace elements and nutrients in soils
- Plant/soil interactions
- Environmental tomography
- Environmental forensics
- Appropriate use of statistics in environmental research.
Student research opportunities
These include research in the areas of X-ray tomography of contaminated plant/soil systems, analytical methodologies for environmental soil chemistry and environmental forensics, and modelling of agro-ecological system behaviours. Contact me for further details.
Selected Papers
McLaren, T., Guppy, C., Tighe, M., Forster, N., Grave, P., Lisle, L., Bennett, J. (accepted) Rapid, non-destructive total elemental analysis of Vertisol soils using portable X-ray fluorescence (PXRF). Soil Science Society of America Journal.
McLaren, T. Guppy, C., Tighe, M. (accepted) A rapid and non-destructive plant nutrient analysis using portable X-ray fluorescence (PXRF). Soil Science Society of America Journal.
Flavel, R.J., Guppy, C.N., Watt, M., McNeill, A., Tighe, M., Young, I.M. (2012) Non-destructive quantification of cereal roots in soil using high resolution x-ray tomography. Journal of Experimental Botany. doi:10.1093/jxb/err421
Tighe, M.,Muñoz-Robles, C.A., Reid N.C., Wilson, B., Briggs, S.V. (2012) Hydrological thresholds of soil surface properties identified using conditional inference tree analysis. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. doi: 10.1002/esp.3191
Muñoz-Robles, C.A., Tighe, M., Reid N.C., Frazier, P., Briggs, S.V., Wilson, B. (2012) A two-step up-scaling method for mapping runoff and sediment production on hillslopes in semi-arid landscapes. Ecohydrology. doi: 10.1002/eco.283
Maestre, F.T., Quero, J.L., Gotelli, N.J., Escudero, A., Ochoa, V., Delgado-Baquerizo, M., García-Gómez, M., Bowker, M.A., Soliveres, S., Escolar, C., García-Palacios, P., Berdugo, M., Valencia, E., Gozalo, B., Gallardo, A., Aguilera, L., Arredondo, T., Blones, J., Boeken, B., Bran, D., Conceição, A.A., Cabrera, O., Chaieb, M., Derak, M., Eldridge, D.J., Espinosa, C.I., Florentino, A., Gaitán, J., Gatica, M.G., Ghiloufi, W., Gómez-González, S., Gutiérrez, J.R., Hernández, R.M., Huang, X., Huber-Sannwald, E., Jankju, M., Miriti, M., Monerris, J., Mau, R.L., Morici, E., Naseri, K., Ospina, A., Polo, V., Prina, A., Pucheta, E., Ramírez-Collantes, D.A., Romão, R., Tighe, M., Torres-Díaz, C., Val, J., Veiga, J.P., Wang, D., Zaady, E.(2012) Plant species richness and ecosystem multifunctionality in global drylands. Science, 335. 214- 218.
Muñoz-Robles, C.A., Frazier, P., Tighe, M., Reid N.C., Briggs, S.V., Wilson, B. (2012) Assessing ground cover at patch and hillslope scale in semi-arid woody vegetation and pasture using fused Quickbird data. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 14. 94-102.
Soliveres, S., Eldridge, D.J., Maestre, F.T., Bowker, M.A., Tighe, M., Escudero, A. (2011) Microhabitat amelioration and reduced competition among understorey plants as drivers of facilitation across environmental gradients: Towards a unifying framework. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, 13(4). 247-258.
Muñoz-Robles, C.A., Reid, N.C., Tighe, M., Briggs, S.V., Wilson, B. (2011) Soil hydrological and erosional responses in areas of woody encroachment, pasture and woodland in semi-arid Australia. Journal of Arid Environments, 75. 936-945.
Muñoz-Robles, C.A., Reid, N.C., Tighe, M., Briggs, S.V., Wilson, B. (2011) Soil hydrological and erosional responses in patches and inter-patches in vegetation states in semi-arid Australia. Geoderma, 160. 524-534.
Muñoz-Robles, C.A., Reid, N.C., Frazier, P., Tighe, M., Briggs, S.V., Wilson, B. (2010) Factors related to gully erosion in semi-arid woodland subject to woody encroachment in south-eastern Australia. Catena, 83. 148-157.
Wilson S.C., Lockwood P.V., Ashley P.M. and Tighe, M. (2010) The chemistry and behaviour of antimony in the soil environment, with comparisons to arsenic: A critical review. Environmental Pollution, 158. 1169-1181.
McHenry M.T., Wilson B.R., Lockwood P.V., Guppy C.N., Sindel B.M., Tighe M., Gowns I.O.,Lemon J.M. (2009). The impact of individual Callitris glaucophylla (White Cypress Pine) on soils and pastures on the North-Western Slopes of NSW. The Rangeland Journal, 31. 321-328.
Tighe, M., Reid R., Wilson B. and Briggs, S.V. (2009). Invasive native scrub and soil condition in semi-arid south-eastern Australia. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 132. 212-222.
Tighe M. and Lockwood P. (2007) The importance of non-crystalline hydroxide phases in sequential extractions to fractionate antimony in acid soils. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, 38 (11). 1487-1501.
Ashley P.M., Graham B.P., Tighe M. and Wolfenden B.J. (2007) Antimony and arsenic dispersion in the Macleay River catchment, New South Wales, Australia: a study of the environmental geochemical consequences. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 54. 83-103.
Ashley P.M., Craw D., Tighe M. and Wilson N. (2006) Magnitudes, spatial scales and processes of environmental antimony mobility from orogenic gold-antimony mineral deposits, Australasia. Environmental Geology, 51( 4) 499-507.
Tighe M., Lockwood P. and Wilson S. (2005) Adsorption of Sb (V) by floodplain soils, amorphous iron (III) hydroxide, and humic acid. Journal of Environmental Monitoring, 7 (12). 1177 - 1185 .
Tighe M., Ashley P., Lockwood P. and Wilson S. (2005) Soil, water and pasture enrichment of arsenic and antimony in a coastal floodplain system. Science of the Total Environment, 347 (1-3). 175-186.
Tighe M., Lockwood P., Wilson S. and Lisle L. (2004) Comparison of digestion methods for ICP-OES analysis of a wide range of analytes in heavy metal contaminated soil samples with specific reference to arsenic and antimony. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, 35 (9-10): 1369-1385.