A5065692815- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Coastal and Marine Management
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
- Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
- Impact of Light on Environment and Health
- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
- Marine and fisheries research
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Marine animal studies overview
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
- Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
- Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
- Urban Green Space and Health
- Environmental Conservation and Management
- Coastal and Marine Dynamics
- Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
- Water Quality and Pollution Assessment
- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Environmental Quality and Pollution
UNSW Sydney
2016-2025
Environmental Earth Sciences
2015-2024
Ecologie & Evolution
2016-2024
Sydney Institute of Marine Science
2014-2023
Macquarie University
2023
The University of Melbourne
2021-2022
The University of Sydney
2010-2017
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis
2015
State Street (United States)
2015
University of California, Santa Barbara
2015
The growing number of artificial structures in estuarine, coastal and marine environments is causing "ocean sprawl". Artificial do not only modify ecosystems at the sites their placement, but may also produce larger-scale impacts through alteration ecological connectivity - movement organisms, materials energy between habitat units within seascapes. Despite awareness capacity ocean sprawl to influence connectivity, we lack a comprehensive understanding how near- off-shore environments, when...
Abstract Along urbanised coastlines, urban infrastructure is increasingly becoming the dominant habitat. These structures are often poor surrogates for natural habitats, and a diversity of eco‐engineering approaches have been trialled to enhance their biodiversity, with varying success. We undertook quantitative meta‐analysis qualitative review 109 studies compare efficacy common (e.g. increasing texture, crevices, pits, holes, elevations habitat‐forming taxa) in enhancing biodiversity key...
Extensive development and construction in marine coastal systems is driving a phenomenon known as “ocean sprawl”. Ocean sprawl removes or transforms habitats through the addition of artificial structures some most significant impacts are occurring sedimentary environments. Marine sediments have substantial social, ecological, economic value, they rich biodiversity, crucial to fisheries productivity, major sites nutrient transformation. Yet impact ocean on environments has largely been...
Abstract Temperate reefs from around the world are becoming tropicalised, as warm‐water species shift their distribution towards poles in response to warming. This is already causing profound shifts dominant foundation and associated ecological communities canopy seaweeds such kelp replaced by tropical species. Here, we argue that cascading consequences of tropicalisation for ecosystem properties functions warming temperate depend largely on taxa end up dominating seafloor. We put forward...
Summary Ecosystem functioning underpins the ecosystem services upon which humans rely. Critical functions, such as primary and secondary productivity, are, however, increasingly threatened by a range of anthropogenic stressors. Although extent threat contamination is large has been increasing, pollution one least‐studied stressors in ecology. We did systematic review critical synthesis effects contaminants on marine estuarine functioning. No other besides toxic chemicals were included this...
Urban areas have broad ecological footprints with complex impacts on natural systems. In coastal areas, growing populations are advancing their urban footprint into the ocean through construction of seawalls and other built infrastructure. While we some understanding how urbanisation might drive functional change in terrestrial ecosystems, systems been largely overlooked. This study is one first to directly assess changes diversity relate ecosystem properties functions (e.g. productivity,...
Urbanization is leading to biodiversity loss through habitat homogenization. The smooth, featureless surfaces of many marine urban structures support ecological communities, often lower biodiversity, distinct from the complex natural habitats they replace. Eco-engineering (design for co-benefits) seeks enhance and functions on structures. We assessed benefits retrofitting four types panels an intertidal seawall at patch (versus flat control panels) site unmodified seawalls reference rocky...
In the marine environment, greening of grey infrastructure (GGI) is a rapidly growing field that attempts to encourage native life colonize artificial structures enhance biodiversity, thereby promoting ecosystem functioning and hence service provision. By designing multifunctional sea defences, breakwaters, port complexes off-shore renewable energy installations, these can yield myriad environmental benefits, in particular, addressing UN SDG 14: Life below water. Whilst GGI has shown great...
Living shorelines aim to enhance the resilience of coastlines hazards while simultaneously delivering co-benefits such as carbon sequestration. Despite potential ecological and socio-economic benefits living over conventional engineered coastal protection structures, application is limited globally. Australia has a long diverse coastline that provides prime opportunities for using beaches dunes, vegetation, biogenic reefs, which may be either natural ('soft' approach) or with an structural...
So as to assess how emerging science and new tools can be applied study multiple stressors at a large (ecosystem) scale facilitate greater integration of approaches among different scientific disciplines, workshop was organised on 10–12 September 2014 the Sydney Institute Marine Sciences, Sydney, Australia. The present paper discusses limitations current risk-assessment scales better evaluated in ecological risk assessments inform development more efficient preventive management policies...
Sydney Harbour is a global hotspot for marine and estuarine diversity. Despite its social, economic biological value, the available knowledge has not previously been reviewed or synthesised. We systematically published literature consulted experts to establish our current understanding of Harbour’s natural systems, identify gaps, compare other major estuaries worldwide. Of 110 studies in review, 81 focussed on ecology biology, six chemistry, 10 geology 11 oceanography. Subtidal rocky reef...
Host-associated microbial communities play a fundamental role in the life of eukaryotic hosts. It is increasingly argued that hosts and their microbiota must be studied together as 'holobionts' to better understand effects environmental stressors on host functioning. Disruptions host-microbiota interactions by can negatively affect performance survival. Substantial ecological impacts are likely when affected habitat-forming species (e.g., trees, kelps) underpin local biodiversity. In marine...
Habitat complexity is widely considered an important determinant of biodiversity, and enhancing can play a key role in restoring degraded habitats. However, the effects habitat on ecosystem functioning - as opposed to biodiversity community structure are relatively poorly understood for artificial habitats, which dominate many coastlines. With Greening Grey Infrastructure (GGI) approaches, or eco-engineering, increasingly being applied around globe, it understand that modifying has both...
Kelps form extensive underwater forests that underpin valuable ecosystem goods and services in temperate polar rocky coastlines globally. Stressors such as ocean warming pollution are causing regional declines of kelp their associated worldwide. Kelp forest restoration is becoming a prominent management intervention, but we have little understanding what drives success at appropriate spatial scales. Though most guidelines stress the importance planning, stressor mitigation ecological...
Artificial light at night (ALAN) is a growing threat to coastal habitats, and likely exacerbate the impacts of other stressors. Kelp forests are dominant habitats on temperate reefs but declining due ocean warming overgrazing. We tested independent interactive effects ALAN (dark versus ALAN) (ambient warm) grazing rates gonad index sea urchin Centrostephanus rodgersii. Within these treatments, urchins were fed either ‘fresh’ kelp or ‘treated’ kelp. Treated ( Ecklonia radiata ) was exposed...