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Algal subsidies enhance invertebrate prey for threatened shorebirds: A novel conservation tool on ocean beaches?

scientific article published in 2017

Applying systematic conservation planning to improve the allocation of restoration actions at multiple spatial scales

scientific article published on 05 April 2021

Artificial Intelligence Meets Citizen Science to Supercharge Ecological Monitoring

scientific article published on 09 October 2020

Artificial intelligence and automated monitoring for assisting conservation of marine ecosystems: A perspective

scientific article published in 2022

Artificial tidal lakes: Built for humans, home for fish

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Assessing temporal and spatial trends in estuarine nutrient dynamics using a multi-species stable isotope approach

scientific article published in 2016

Australian vegetated coastal ecosystems as global hotspots for climate change mitigation

scientific article published on 02 October 2019

Author Correction: The future of Blue Carbon science

scientific article published on 08 November 2019

Being Well-Connected Pays in a Disturbed World: Enhanced Herbivory in Better-Linked Habitats

scientific article published in 2020

Both size and gender of mud crabs influence the outcomes of interference interactions

scientific article published in 2012

COVID-19 recovery can benefit biodiversity

scientific article published on 01 May 2020

Can export of organic matter from estuaries support zooplankton in nearshore, marine plumes?

scientific article published in 2008

Can we manage coastal ecosystems to sequester more blue carbon?

scientific article published in 2017

Carbon Exchange Among Tropical Coastal Ecosystems

Carbon sequestration by Australian tidal marshes

scientific article

Causes of sulfur isotope variability in the seagrass, Zostera capricorni

article published in 2004

China's Belt and Road Initiative: Conservation opportunities for threatened marine species and habitats

scientific article published in 2020

Climate Change Implications for Tidal Marshes and Food Web Linkages to Estuarine and Coastal Nekton

scientific article published in 2021

Climate crisis and flying: social media analysis traces the rise of “flightshame”

scientific article published on 30 November 2020

Climate drives the geography of marine consumption by changing predator communities

scientific article published on 26 October 2020

Combined effects of urbanization and connectivity on iconic coastal fishes

scientific article published in 2016

Combining process indices from network analysis with structural population measures to indicate response of estuarine trophodynamics to pulse organic enrichment

scientific article published in 2012

Combining stable isotope enrichment, compartmental modelling and ecological network analysis for quantitative measurement of food web dynamics

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Community structure and dietary pathways for invertebrates on intertidal coral reef flats

Conceptualizing ecosystem degradation using mangrove forests as a model system

scientific article published in 2021

Conservation Benefits of Marine Reserves are Undiminished Near Coastal Rivers and Cities

article published in 2014

Conservation gone to the dogs: when canids rule the beach in small coastal reserves

Contaminants in water, sediment and fish biomonitor species from natural and artificial estuarine habitats along the urbanized Gold Coast, Queensland

scientific article published on 27 October 2011

Coupling between Marine Plankton and Freshwater Flow in the Plumes off a Small Estuary

article published in 2008

Deep learning for automated analysis of fish abundance: the benefits of training across multiple habitats

scientific article published on 12 October 2020

Dependency of Queensland and the Great Barrier Reef's tropical fisheries on reef-associated fish

scientific article published on 20 October 2020

Development and long term dynamics of a fouling assemblage of sessile marine invertebrates

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Differences in composition of small, motile invertebrate assemblages from seagrass and unvegetated habitats in a southern Australian estuary

Differences in trophodynamics of commercially important fish between artificial waterways and natural coastal wetlands

scientific article published in 2003

Distinguishing between sea turtle foraging areas using stable isotopes from commensal barnacle shells

scientific article published on 25 April 2019

Disturbance type determines how connectivity shapes ecosystem resilience

scientific article published on 13 January 2021

Diverse land uses and high coastal urbanisation do not always result in harmful environmental pollutants in fisheries species

scientific article published on 22 July 2020

Donor-Control of Scavenging Food Webs at the Land-Ocean Interface

scientific article

Dual indicators link geochemistry to microbiota in blue carbon soils

scientific article published in 2023

Ecosystem services in connected catchment to coast ecosystems: Monitoring to detect emerging trends

scientific article published in 2023

Ecosystem type drives tea litter decomposition and associated prokaryotic microbiome communities in freshwater and coastal wetlands at a continental scale

scientific article

Edge effects in patchy seagrass landscapes: The role of predation in determining fish distribution

scientific article published in 2011

Edge patterns in aquatic invertebrates explained by predictive models

Edging along a Warming Coast: A Range Extension for a Common Sandy Beach Crab

scientific article

Effects of acid treatment on carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios in ecological samples: a review and synthesis

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Effects of seascape connectivity on reserve performance along exposed coastlines

scientific article published on 18 December 2018

Effects of water exchange and abiotic factors on zooplankton and epibenthic fauna in shrimp ponds

Enhancing the performance of marine reserves in estuaries: Just add water

Estimating animal populations and body sizes from burrows: Marine ecologists have their heads buried in the sand

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Estuarine fish health assessment: evidence of wastewater impacts based on nitrogen isotopes and histopathology

scientific article published on 20 September 2007

Evaluating multiple stressor research in coastal wetlands: A systematic review

scientific article published on 25 December 2020

Feeding by fish visiting inundated subtropical saltmarsh

scholarly article by Anna Hollingsworth & Rod M. Connolly published August 2006 in Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Fine-scale movement and assimilation of carbon in saltmarsh and mangrove habitat by resident animals

scientific article published on 08 February 2005

Fine-scale movement and assimilation of carbon in saltmarsh and mangrove habitat by resident animals

scientific article published on 06 January 2005

Fine-scale spatial and temporal variations in diets of the pipefish Stigmatopora nigra within seagrass patches

scientific article published on 16 May 2011

Fish Biomass in Tropical Estuaries: Substantial Variation in Food Web Structure, Sources of Nutrition and Ecosystem-Supporting Processes

Fish assemblages as indicators of estuary ecosystem health

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Fish assemblages in seagrass beds are influenced by the proximity of mangrove forests

scholarly article by Jane E. Jelbart et al published 1 August 2006 in Marine Biology

Fish responses to experimental fragmentation of seagrass habitat

scientific article published on 12 January 2009

Fisheries rely on threatened salt marshes

scientific article published on 01 November 2020

Flood discharges of a small river into open coastal waters: Plume traits and material fate

scientific article published in 2006

Food sources of the sergestid crustacean, Acetes sibogae, in shrimp ponds

Food webs supporting fish over subtropical mudflats are based on transported organic matter not in situ microalgae

scientific article published in 2005

Functional changes in reef systems in warmer seas: Asymmetrical effects of altered grazing by a widespread crustacean mesograzer

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Functional plasticity in vertebrate scavenger assemblages in the presence of introduced competitors

scientific article published on 06 July 2018

Functional replacement across species pools of vertebrate scavengers separated at a continental scale maintains an ecosystem function

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Future carbon emissions from global mangrove forest loss

scientific article

Geographic Variation in Salt Marsh Structure and Function for Nekton: a Guide to Finding Commonality Across Multiple Scales

scientific article published on 14 January 2021

Global extent and distribution of artificial, residential waterways in estuaries

scientific article published in 2011

Global oxygen isoscapes for barnacle shells: Application for tracing movement in oceans

scientific article published on 26 November 2019

Global patterns in mangrove soil carbon stocks and losses

scholarly article by Trisha B. Atwood et al published 26 June 2017 in Nature Climate Change

Global trends in mangrove forest fragmentation

scientific article published on 28 April 2020

Golden opportunities: A horizon scan to expand sandy beach ecology

scientific article published in 2015

Habitat connectivity improves reserve performance

Habitat proximity exerts opposing effects on key ecological functions

scientific article published on 10 July 2018

Habitat selectivity of megalopae and juvenile mud crabs (Scylla serrata): implications for recruitment mechanism

scientific article published in 2009

High congruence of isotope sewage signals in multiple marine taxa

scientific article published on 18 April 2013

Highly Disturbed Populations of Seagrass Show Increased Resilience but Lower Genotypic Diversity.

scientific article published on 29 June 2018

Human Actions Alter Tidal Marsh Seascapes and the Provision of Ecosystem Services

scientific article published on 10 September 2020

Human threats to sandy beaches: A meta-analysis of ghost crabs illustrates global anthropogenic impacts

scholarly article by Thomas A. Schlacher published in February 2016

Identifying habitats at risk: simple models can reveal complex ecosystem dynamics

scientific article

Identifying knowledge gaps in seagrass research and management: An Australian perspective.

scientific article

Importance of Mangrove Carbon for Aquatic Food Webs in Wet–Dry Tropical Estuaries

scholarly article by Kátya G. Abrantes et al published 23 April 2014 in Estuaries and Coasts

Importance of estuarine mangroves to juvenile banana prawns

scholarly article by Marcus Sheaves et al published December 2012 in Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Incorporating surrogate species and seascape connectivity to improve marine conservation outcomes

scientific article

Integrating edge effects into studies of habitat fragmentation: a test using meiofauna in seagrass

scientific article published on 9 January 2009

Integrating outcomes of IUCN red list of ecosystems assessments for connected coastal wetlands

scientific article published in 2020

Interactive effects of multiple stressors vary with consumer interactions, stressor dynamics and magnitude

scientific article published on 27 April 2022

Invasive carnivores alter ecological function and enhance complementarity in scavenger assemblages on ocean beaches.

scientific article published in October 2015

Isotope enrichment in mangrove forests separates microphytobenthos and detritus as carbon sources for animals

scholarly article by Joanne M. Oakes et al published 21 December 2009 in Limnology and Oceanography

Key Ecological Function Peaks at the Land–Ocean Transition Zone When Vertebrate Scavengers Concentrate on Ocean Beaches

scientific article published in 2019

Landscape context and nutrients modify the effects of coastal urbanisation

scientific article published on 06 March 2020

Landscape context modifies the rate and distribution of predation around habitat restoration sites

scientific article published on 28 June 2019

Land–Ocean Coupling of Carbon and Nitrogen Fluxes on Sandy Beaches

Limited functional redundancy in vertebrate scavenger guilds fails to compensate for the loss of raptors from urbanized sandy beaches

scientific article published in 2014

Little shrimp left on the shelf: the roles that sea-level change, ocean currents and continental shelf width play in the genetic connectivity of a seagrass-associated species

Local-scale mapping of benthic habitats to assess representation in a marine protected area

article by Tim Stevens & Rod M. Connolly published 2005 in Marine and Freshwater Research

Low redundancy and complementarity shape ecosystem functioning in a low-diversity ecosystem

scientific article published on 24 December 2019

Mangrove-reef connectivity promotes the effectiveness of marine reserves across the western Pacific

scholarly article by Andrew D. Olds et al published 4 June 2013 in Global Ecology and Biogeography

Mangroves give cause for conservation optimism, for now

scientific article published on 01 February 2020

Marine and coastal ecosystem-based adaptation in Asia and Oceania: review of approaches and integration with marine spatial planning

scientific article published on 07 September 2020

Marine reserves help coastal ecosystems cope with extreme weather.

scientific article

Maximizing the benefits of oyster reef restoration for finfish and their fisheries

article by Ben L. Gilby et al published 25 June 2018 in Fish and Fisheries

Measuring carbon isotope ratios of microphytobenthos using compound-specific stable isotope analysis of phytol

scholarly article by Joanne M. Oakes et al published December 2005 in Limnology and Oceanography: Methods

Mechanism for the small-scale movement of carbon among estuarine habitats: organic matter transfer not crab movement

scientific article published on 7 February 2006

Mechanisms and ecological role of carbon transfer within coastal seascapes

scientific article

Metrics to assess ecological condition, change, and impacts in sandy beach ecosystems

scientific article

Modification of saltmarsh for mosquito control in Australia alters habitat use by nekton

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Monitoring nitrogen pollution in seasonally-pulsed coastal waters requires judicious choice of indicator species

scientific article

Monitoring the environment and human sentiment on the Great Barrier Reef: Assessing the potential of collective sensing

scientific article published on 02 August 2017

Movement of carbon among estuarine habitats and its assimilation by invertebrates

scientific article published on 7 July 2005

Multiple scavengers respond rapidly to pulsed carrion resources at the land–ocean interface

scientific article published in 2013

Novel Applications of Technology for Advancing Tidal Marsh Ecology

scientific article published in 2021

Nursery Function Drives Temporal Patterns in Fish Assemblage Structure in Four Tropical Estuaries

Oil spill from the Era: Mangroves taking eons to recover

scientific article published on 12 February 2020

Optimising Land-Sea Management for Inshore Coral Reefs

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Optimising Seagrass Conservation for Ecological Functions

scientific article published on 04 February 2019

Oxygen Consumption and Sulfate Reduction in Vegetated Coastal Habitats: Effects of Physical Disturbance

scientific article

Patterns of small fish distributions in seagrass beds in a temperate Australian estuary

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Performance of non-native species within marine reserves

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Phenotypic plasticity promotes persistence following severe events: physiological and morphological responses of seagrass to flooding

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Predation by jellyfish on large and emergent zooplankton: Implications for benthic–pelagic coupling

article published in 2008

Predators help protect carbon stocks in blue carbon ecosystems

scholarly article by Trisha B. Atwood published in September 2015

Prioritising seascape connectivity in conservation using network analysis

scientific article published in 2016

Quantifying the conservation value of seascape connectivity: a global synthesis

scientific article published in 2015

RESOURCE DISTRIBUTION INFLUENCES POSITIVE EDGE EFFECTS IN A SEAGRASS FISH

scientific article published in 2009

Redistribution of sewage-nitrogen in estuarine food webs following sewage treatment upgrades

scientific article published on 12 January 2009

Regional drivers of clutch loss reveal important trade-offs for beach-nesting birds

scientific article published on 13 September 2016

Removal of seagrass canopy: effects on small fish and their prey

scientific article published in 1994

Resource distribution influences positive edge effects in a seagrass fish

scientific article published in July 2010

Resource type influences the effects of reserves and connectivity on ecological functions

scientific article published on 17 October 2015

Review of nekton patterns and ecological processes in seagrass landscapes

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Saltmarsh as habitat for fish and nektonic crustaceans: Challenges in sampling designs and methods

scholarly article by Rod M. Connolly published August 1999 in Austral Ecology

Saltmarsh grass supports fishery food webs in subtropical Australian estuaries

scientific article published on 19 March 2020

Sand-capping stabilizes muddy sediment and improves benthic light conditions in eutrophic estuaries: Laboratory verification and the potential for recovery of eelgrass (Zostera marina)

scientific article published in 2022

Science to Support Management of Receiving Waters in an Event-Driven Ecosystem: From Land to River to Sea

Seafloor Terrain Shapes the Three-dimensional Nursery Value of Mangrove and Seagrass Habitats

scientific article published in 2022

Seagrass Restoration Is Possible: Insights and Lessons From Australia and New Zealand

scientific article published on 14 August 2020

Seagrass patch size affects fish responses to edges

scientific article published on 28 July 2009

Seascape-scale trophic links for fish on inshore coral reefs

Seine nets and beam trawls compared by day and night for sampling fish and crustaceans in shallow seagrass habitat

article by Michaela A Guest et al published November 2003 in Fisheries Research

Setback distances as a conservation tool in wildlife-human interactions: testing their efficacy for birds affected by vehicles on open-coast sandy beaches

scientific article

Short-term response of estuarine sandflat trophodynamics to pulse anthropogenic physical disturbance: Support for the Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis

scientific article published in 2011

Some Like it Hot: The Ecology, Ecosystem Benefits and Restoration Potential of Oyster Reefs in Tropical Waters

scientific article published on 23 June 2022

Sources and fate of organic matter in constructed versus natural coastal waterways

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Spatial Restoration Ecology: Placing Restoration in a Landscape Context

scientific article published on 20 September 2018

Spatial analysis of carbon isotopes reveals seagrass contribution to fishery food web

article by Rod M. Connolly & Nathan J. Waltham published September 2015 in Ecosphere

Spatial analysis of stable isotope data to determine primary sources of nutrition for fish

scientific article

Spatially-explicit valuation of coastal wetlands for cyclone mitigation in Australia and China

scientific article published on 14 February 2018

Species traits and connectivity constrain stochastic community re-assembly

scientific article published on 31 October 2017

Stable isotope evidence for trophic subsidy of coastal benthic fisheries by river discharge plumes off small estuaries

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Stable isotopes as tracers of residency for fish on inshore coral reefs

scientific article published in 2015

Stable isotopes indicate ecosystem restructuring following climate‐driven mangrove dieback

scientific article published on 10 December 2019

Stable isotopes track the ecological and biogeochemical legacy of mass mangrove forest dieback in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia

scientific article published on 18 November 2020

Structural equation modelling reveals factors regulating surface sediment organic carbon content and CO2 efflux in a subtropical mangrove

scientific article published on 8 November 2016

Subsistence harvesting by a small community does not substantially compromise coral reef fish assemblages

scientific article published in 2017

Sulfur stable isotopes separate producers in marine food-web analysis

scientific article published on 31 October 2003

Supporting urban ecosystem services across terrestrial, marine and freshwater realms

Sympatric seagrass shrimp show similar structure and selection along the seashore: a comparison of two crypticPhycomenes zostericolalineages

scientific article published in 2012

Synergistic effects of reserves and connectivity on ecological resilience

scientific article published in 2012

Testing the utility of abiotic surrogates for marine habitat mapping at scales relevant to management

The Early Shorebird Will Catch Fewer Invertebrates on Trampled Sandy Beaches

scientific article

The Mouths of Estuaries Are Key Transition Zones that Concentrate the Ecological Effects of Predators

scientific article published in 2020

The Role of Herbivory in Structuring Tropical Seagrass Ecosystem Service Delivery

scientific article published on 12 February 2018

The Role of Vegetated Coastal Wetlands for Marine Megafauna Conservation

scientific article published on 21 May 2019

The ecology of fish in the surf zones of ocean beaches: A global review

The fox and the beach: Coastal landscape topography and urbanisation predict the distribution of carnivores at the edge of the sea

scientific article published on 07 May 2020

The future of Blue Carbon science

scientific article published on 05 September 2019

The global fish and invertebrate abundance value of mangroves

The influence of seafloor terrain on fish and fisheries: A global synthesis

scientific article published on 27 February 2021

The role of root decomposition in global mangrove and saltmarsh carbon budgets

scholarly article by Xiaoguang Ouyang et al published March 2017 in Earth-Science Reviews

The role of seagrass as preferred habitat for juvenile sillaginodes punctata (cuv. & val.) (sillaginidae, pisces): habitat selection or feeding?

scientific article published in 1994

The seascape nursery: a novel spatial approach to identify and manage nurseries for coastal marine fauna

The slow rise of technology: Computer vision techniques in fish population connectivity

scientific article published on 05 October 2020

Tidal Marsh Restoration Optimism in a Changing Climate and Urbanizing Seascape

scientific article published on 22 January 2021

Trophic strategies of garfish, Arrhamphus sclerolepis, in natural coastal wetlands and artificial urban waterways

scientific article published in 2005

True Value of Estuarine and Coastal Nurseries for Fish: Incorporating Complexity and Dynamics

article by Marcus Sheaves et al published 13 June 2014 in Estuaries and Coasts

Twitter conversations reveal issue salience of aviation in the broader context of climate change

scientific article published in 2022

UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021–2030—What Chance for Success in Restoring Coastal Ecosystems?

scientific article

Umbrellas can work under water: Using threatened species as indicator and management surrogates can improve coastal conservation

scientific article published in 2017

Uncertainties in forecasts of ecosystem persistence under climate change

Urbanisation alters processing of marine carrion on sandy beaches

Urbanisation and Fishing Alter the Body Size and Functional Traits of a Key Fisheries Species

scientific article published on 21 May 2020

Use of flathead mullet (Mugil cephalus) in coastal biomonitor studies: review and recommendations for future studies

scientific article published on 16 February 2013

Using growth rates to estimate age of the sea turtle barnacle Chelonibia testudinaria

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Using isotope labeling to partition sources of CO2 efflux in newly established mangrove seedlings

scholarly article by Xiaoguang Ouyang et al published 7 September 2017 in Limnology and Oceanography

Vertical movement of mud crab megalopae (Scylla serrata) in response to light: Doing it differently down under

scientific article published in 2007

Vulnerability of seagrass blue carbon to microbial attack following exposure to warming and oxygen

scientific article published on 02 June 2019

Within and among-site variability in δ and δ for three estuarine producers, Sporobolus virginicus, Zostera capricorni, and epiphytes of Z. capricorni

Zooplankton and epibenthic fauna in shrimp ponds: factors influencing assemblage dynamics

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