By Dr Katherine Ann Dafforn

Journal articles

Macolino AC; Dafforn KA; Hedge LH; Poore AGB; Johnston EL, 2019, 'Fine-scale effects of boat moorings on soft sediment communities masked in large-scale comparisons', Frontiers in Marine Science, 6, pp. 101, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00101

Schaefer N; Dafforn KA; Johnston EL; Mayer-Pinto M, 2019, 'Size, depth and position affect the diversity and structure of rock pool communities in an urban estuary', Marine and Freshwater Research, 70, pp. 1034 - 1044, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MF18074

Birrer SC; Dafforn KA; Sun MY; Williams RBH; Potts J; Scanes P; Kelaher BP; Simpson SL; Kjelleberg S; Swarup S; Steinberg P; Johnston EL, 2019, 'Using meta-omics of contaminated sediments to monitor changes in pathways relevant to climate regulation', Environmental Microbiology, 21, pp. 389 - 401, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.14470

Lachnit T; Dafforn KA; Johnston EL; Steinberg P, 2019, 'Contrasting distributions of bacteriophages and eukaryotic viruses from contaminated coastal sediments', Environmental Microbiology, 21, pp. 1929 - 1941, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.14340

Heery EC; Dafforn KA; Smith JA; Ushiama S; Mayer-Pinto M, 2018, 'Not all artificial structures are created equal: Pilings linked to greater ecological and environmental change in sediment communities than seawalls', Marine Environmental Research, 142, pp. 286 - 294, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2018.08.012

Morris RL; Golding S; Dafforn KA; Coleman RA, 2018, 'Can coir increase native biodiversity and reduce colonisation of non-indigenous species in eco-engineered rock pools?', Ecological Engineering, 120, pp. 622 - 630, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2017.06.038

Waltham NJ; Dafforn KA, 2018, 'Ecological engineering in the coastal seascape', Ecological Engineering, 120, pp. 554 - 559, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2018.07.028

Bugnot AB; Mayer-Pinto M; Johnston EL; Schaefer N; Dafforn KA; Mayer Pinto M, 2018, 'Learning from nature to enhance Blue engineering of marine infrastructure', Ecological Engineering, 120, pp. 611 - 621, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2018.03.012

Lee AL; Dafforn KA; Hutchings PA; Johnston EL, 2018, 'Reproductive strategy and gamete development of an invasive fanworm, Sabella spallanzanii (Polychaeta: Sabellidae), a field study in Gulf St Vincent, South Australia', PLOS ONE, 13, pp. e0200027 - e0200027, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0200027

Marzinelli EM; Qiu Z; Dafforn KA; Johnston EL; Steinberg PD; Mayer-Pinto M, 2018, 'Coastal urbanisation affects microbial communities on a dominant marine holobiont', npj Biofilms and Microbiomes, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41522-017-0044-z

Strain EMA; Olabarria C; Mayer-Pinto M; Cumbo V; Morris RL; Bugnot AB; Dafforn KA; Heery E; Firth LB; Brooks PR; Bishop MJ; Mayer Pinto M, 2018, 'Eco-engineering urban infrastructure for marine and coastal biodiversity: Which interventions have the greatest ecological benefit?', Journal of Applied Ecology, 55, pp. 426 - 441, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12961

Mayer-Pinto M; Cole VJ; Johnston EL; Bugnot A; Hurst H; Airoldi L; Glasby TM; Dafforn KA; Mayer Pinto M, 2018, 'Functional and structural responses to marine urbanisation', Environmental Research Letters, 13, pp. 014009, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aa98a5

Mayer-Pinto M; Dafforn KA; Bugnot AB; Glasby TM; Johnston EL, 2018, 'Artificial structures alter kelp functioning across an urbanised estuary', Marine Environmental Research, 139, pp. 136 - 143, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2018.05.004

Tian C; Doblin MA; Dafforn KA; Johnston EL; Pei H; Hu W, 2018, 'Dinoflagellate cyst abundance is positively correlated to sediment organic carbon in Sydney Harbour and Botany Bay, NSW, Australia', Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 25, pp. 5808 - 5821, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-017-0886-1

Birrer SC; Dafforn KA; Simpson SL; Kelaher BP; Potts J; Scanes P; Johnston EL, 2018, 'Interactive effects of multiple stressors revealed by sequencing total (DNA) and active (RNA) components of experimental sediment microbial communities', Science of The Total Environment, 637-638, pp. 1383 - 1394, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.05.065

Bishop MJ; Mayer-Pinto M; Airoldi L; Firth LB; Morris RL; Loke LHL; Hawkins SJ; Naylor LA; Coleman RA; Chee SY; Dafforn KA, 2017, 'Effects of ocean sprawl on ecological connectivity: impacts and solutions', Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 492, pp. 7 - 30, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2017.01.021

Dafforn K, 2017, 'Ecotoxicology: Pollutants plumb the depths', Nature Ecology and Evolution, 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41559-017-0075

Dafforn KA, 2017, 'Eco-engineering and management strategies for marine infrastructure to reduce establishment and dispersal of non-indigenous species', Management of Biological Invasions, 8, pp. 153 - 161, http://dx.doi.org/10.3391/mbi.2017.8.2.03

Lavender JT; Dafforn KA; Bishop MJ; Johnston EL, 2017, 'An empirical examination of consumer effects across twenty degrees of latitude', Ecology, 98, pp. 2391 - 2400, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecy.1926

Mayer-Pinto M; Johnston EL; Bugnot AB; Glasby TM; Airoldi L; Mitchell A; Dafforn KA, 2017, 'Building ‘blue’: An eco-engineering framework for foreshore developments', Journal of Environmental Management, 189, pp. 109 - 114, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.12.039

Bolton D; Mayer-Pinto M; Clark GF; Dafforn KA; Brassil WA; Becker A; Johnston EL, 2017, 'Coastal urban lighting has ecological consequences for multiple trophic levels under the sea', Science of The Total Environment, 576, pp. 1 - 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.10.037

Heery EC; Bishop MJ; Critchley LP; Bugnot AB; Airoldi L; Mayer-Pinto M; Sheehan EV; Coleman RA; Loke LHL; Johnston EL; Komyakova V; Morris RL; Strain EMA; Naylor LA; Dafforn KA, 2017, 'Identifying the consequences of ocean sprawl for sedimentary habitats', Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 492, pp. 31 - 48, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2017.01.020

Sutherland MD; Dafforn KA; Scanes P; Potts J; Simpson SL; Sim VXY; Johnston EL, 2017, 'Links between contaminant hotspots in low flow estuarine systems and altered sediment biogeochemical processes', Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 198, pp. 497 - 507, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2016.08.029

Lawes JC; Dafforn KA; Clark GF; Brown MV; Johnston EL, 2017, 'Multiple stressors in sediments impact adjacent hard substrate habitats and across biological domains', Science of The Total Environment, 592, pp. 295 - 305, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.03.083

Lavender JT; Dafforn KA; Bishop MJ; Johnston EL, 2017, 'Small-scale habitat complexity of artificial turf influences the development of associated invertebrate assemblages', Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 492, pp. 105 - 112, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2017.01.025

Hedge LH; Dafforn KA; Simpson SL; Johnston EL, 2017, 'Uncovering hidden heterogeneity: Geo-statistical models illuminate the fine scale effects of boating infrastructure on sediment characteristics and contaminants', Marine Pollution Bulletin, 119, pp. 143 - 150, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.04.044

Dafforn KA; Johnston EL; Ferguson A; Humphrey CL; Monk W; Nichols SJ; Simpson SL; Tulbure MG; Baird DJ, 2016, 'Big data opportunities and challenges for assessing multiple stressors across scales in aquatic ecosystems', Marine and Freshwater Research, 67, pp. 393 - 413, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/mf15108

Baird DJ; Van den Brink PJ; Chariton AA; Dafforn KA; Johnston EL, 2016, 'New diagnostics for multiply stressed marine and freshwater ecosystems: integrating models, ecoinformatics and big data', Marine and Freshwater Research, 67, pp. 391 - 392, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/mf15330

Edge KJ; Johnston EL; Dafforn KA; Simpson SL; Kutti T; Bannister RJ, 2016, 'Sub-lethal effects of water-based drilling muds on the deep-water sponge Geodia barretti', Environmental Pollution, 212, pp. 525 - 534, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2016.02.047

Tan EL-Y; Mayer-Pinto M; Johnston EL; Dafforn KA, 2015, 'Differences in Intertidal Microbial Assemblages on Urban Structures and Natural Rocky Reef', Frontiers in Microbiology, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2015.01276

Dafforn KA; Mayer-Pinto M; Morris RL; Waltham NJ, 2015, 'Application of management tools to integrate ecological principles with the design of marine infrastructure', Journal of Environmental Management, 158, pp. 61 - 73, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2015.05.001

Sim VXY; Dafforn KA; Simpson SL; Kelaher BP; Johnston EL, 2015, 'Sediment contaminants and infauna associated with recreational boating structures in a multi-use marine park', Plos One, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0130537

Edge KJ; Dafforn KA; Simpson SL; Ringwood AH; Johnston EL, 2015, 'Resuspended contaminated sediments cause sublethal stress to oysters: A biomarker differentiates total suspended solids and contaminant effects', Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 34, pp. 1345 - 1353, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/etc.2929

Dafforn KA; Glasby TM; Airoldi L; Rivero NK; Mayer Pinto M; Johnston EL, 2015, 'Clarification on the applicability of systematic reviews. Reply.', Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 13, pp. 129 - 130, http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/15.WB.004

Dafforn KA; Glasby TM; Airoldi L; Rivero NK; Mayer-Pinto M; Johnston EL, 2015, 'Marine urbanization: an ecological framework for designing multifunctional artificial structures', Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 13, pp. 82 - 90, http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/140050

Dafforn KA; Glasby TM; Airoldi L; Rivero NK; Pinto MM; Johnston EL, 2015, 'The authors' reply', Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 13, pp. 120 - 130, http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/15.wb.004

Clark GF; Kelaher BP; Dafforn KA; Coleman MA; Knott NA; Marzinelli EM; Johnston EL, 2015, 'What does impacted look like? High diversity and abundance of epibiota in modified estuaries', Environmental Pollution, 196, pp. 12 - 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2014.09.017

Dafforn KA; Baird DJ; Chariton AA; Sun MY; Brown MV; Simpson SL; Kelaher BP; Johnston EL, 2014, 'Faster, Higher and Stronger? The Pros and Cons of Molecular Faunal Data for Assessing Ecosystem Condition', ADVANCES IN ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH, VOL 51: BIG DATA IN ECOLOGY, 51, pp. 1 - 40, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-099970-8.00003-8

Edge KJ; Dafforn KA; Simpson SL; Roach AC; Johnston EL, 2014, 'A biomarker of contaminant exposure is effective in large scale assessment of ten estuaries', Chemosphere, 100, pp. 16 - 26, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.01.001

Lavender JT; Dafforn KA; Johnston EL, 2014, 'Meso-predators: A confounding variable in consumer exclusion studies', Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 456, pp. 26 - 33, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2014.03.008

Dafforn KA; Kelaher BP; Simpson SL; Coleman MA; Hutchings PA; Clark GF; Knott NA; Doblin MA; Johnston EL, 2013, 'Polychaete Richness and Abundance Enhanced in Anthropogenically Modified Estuaries Despite High Concentrations of Toxic Contaminants', PLoS ONE, 8, pp. e77018 - e77018, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0077018

Sun MY; Dafforn KA; Johnston EL; Brown MV, 2013, 'Core sediment bacteria drive community response to anthropogenic contamination over multiple environmental gradients', Environmental Microbiology, 15, pp. 2517 - 2531, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.12133

Gall ML; Holmes SP; Dafforn KA; Johnston EL, 2013, 'Differential tolerance to copper, but no evidence of population-level genetic differences in a widely-dispersing native barnacle', Ecotoxicology, 22, pp. 929 - 937, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10646-013-1063-z

Rivero NK; Dafforn KA; Coleman MA; Johnston EL, 2013, 'Environmental and ecological changes associated with a marina', Biofouling, 29, pp. 803 - 815, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08927014.2013.805751

Dafforn KA; Glasby T; Johnston E, 2012, 'Comparing the invasibility of experimental "reefs" with field observations of natural reefs and artificial structures', PLoS One, 7, pp. Article number e38124, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0038124

Dafforn KA; Lewis JA; Johnston E, 2011, 'Antifouling strategies: History and regulation, ecological impacts and mitigation', Marine Pollution Bulletin, 62, pp. 453 - 465, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.01.012

, 2010, 'Corrigendum', Biofouling, 26, pp. 497 - 497, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08927010903322065

Dafforn KA; Glasby T; Johnston E, 2009, 'Links between estuarine condition and spatial distributions of marine invaders', Diversity and Distributions, 15, pp. 807 - 821

Dafforn KA; Johnston E; Glasby T, 2009, 'Shallow moving structures promote marine invader dominance', Biofouling, 25, pp. 277 - 287

Piola RF; Dafforn KA; Johnston E, 2009, 'The influence of antifouling practices on marine invasions', Biofouling, 25, pp. 633 - 644

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