By Professor Adriana Verges

Journal articles

Butler C; Wang Y; Brown CJ; Vergés A; Ling S; Hurd CL; Bennett S, 2026, 'Contrasting patterns in kelp consumption across latitude by two barren forming sea urchin species', Scientific Reports, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-33714-z

Musrri CA; Wood G; Vergés A; Campbell AH; Coleman MA; Vadillo Gonzalez S; Steinberg PD; Marzinelli EM, 2026, 'From little things, big things grow: using applied nucleation to restore marine forests', Npj Ocean Sustainability, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s44183-026-00201-5

Butler C; Boada J; Schuster JM; Brown CJ; Hurd CL; Ling S; Vergés A; Bennett S, 2026, 'The thermal responses of barren-forming urchins: Common patterns and knowledge gaps', Ecosphere, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.70768

Webster C; Eger AM; Bell S; Santori C; Vitnell J; Marzinelli EM; Vergés A, 2026, 'More Than Seaweed: the Hidden Importance and Uncertain Future of Kelp Forests', Frontiers for Young Minds, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/frym.2026.1629049

Eger AM; Filbee-Dexter K; Fraschetti S; Vergés A, 2026, 'Where kelp forests meet people: an analysis of the spatial overlap among human population, global economies, and threats to kelp forest ecosystems', Annals of Botany, pp. mcag226, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcag226

Cvitanovic C; Ainsworth T; Breckwoldt A; Diedrich A; Fabinyi M; Lopes P; Norström A; Partelow S; Pecl G; Penca J; Renck V; Gupta AS; Strugnell JM; Verges A, 2026, 'Understanding and Managing Imposter Phenomenon Within the Marine Sciences: Insights From 314 Years of Cumulative Experience', Ocean and Society, 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.17645/oas.12838

Butler C; Hurd CL; Vergés A; Ling S; Bennett S, 2026, 'Comparative Thermal Performance of Kelp and Herbivores Across a Latitudinal Gradient in Ocean Temperature', Ecology and Evolution, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.73910

Musrri CA; Wood GV; Vergés A; O'Brien JK; Venhuizen R; Marzinelli EM; Daly J, 2026, 'Developing a cryopreservation protocol for the forest-forming seaweed Phyllospora comosa as a tool for restoration', Cryobiology, 123, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cryobiol.2026.105603

Ferretto G; Jung EMU; Gribben PE; Verduin J; Vergés A; Mayer-Pinto M; Dafforn KA; Gopakumar A; Marzinelli EM; Jongen R; Kendrick GA, 2026, 'Limitations of using repurposed dredged sediments and seabed capping for Posidonia australis restoration', Marine Pollution Bulletin, 227, pp. 119469, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2026.119469

Langley M; Vergés A; Maslen B; Lynch TP; Poore AGB, 2026, 'Remote underwater video and analysis with AI show differences between fish communities at chain moorings and at Environmentally Friendly Moorings', Marine & Freshwater Research, 77, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/mf25208

Musrri CA; Wood G; Vergés A; Britton D; Hurd CL; Marzinelli EM, 2026, 'Response of Early Life-Stages of Forest-Forming Seaweeds From Warm-Edge and Central Populations to Marine Heatwaves', Ecology and Evolution, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.72998

Coleman MA; Bay LK; Bairos-Novak KR; Fischer M; Bell-James J; Bishop MJ; Bugnot AB; Doropoulos C; Dwyer PG; Mayer-Pinto M; Morris RL; Rogers AA; Vergés A; Waltham NJ; Wood G; Adyel TM; Bustamante RH; Copeland C; Dafforn KA; Glamore W; Glasby TM; Layton C; Lovelock CE; Marzinelli EM; McDonald JI; Sinclair EA; Strain EMA; Taylor B; Trebilco R; Twomey AJ; Woehler EJ; Young MA; Saunders MI, 2026, 'Advancing coastal and marine ecological restoration in Australia', Australian Journal of Maritime and Ocean Affairs, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/18366503.2026.2672848

Langley M; McCosker E; Poore AGB; Vergés A, 2026, 'Balancing restoration and conservation: Source material selection for restoration of an endangered Australian seagrass, Posidonia australis', Biological Conservation, 313, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111621

Eger AM; Baum JK; Campbell T; Gil BC; Earp HS; Falace A; Freiwald J; Hamilton S; Lonhart SI; Rootsaert K; Rush MÅ; Schuster J; Timmer B; Vergés A, 2026, 'Creating a global kelp forest conservation fundraising target: A 14-billion-dollar investment to “help the kelp”', Biological Conservation, 313, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111573

Eger AM; Verges A; MehtaFalkland Islands A; Pessarrodona A; Mora-Soto A; Bernal-Ibáñez A; Smorygo A; Niese AM; Savard-Drouin A; Carlson AK; Put A; Falace A; Power AM; Asbjornsson AO; Schrofner-Brunner B; Moreno B; Reis B; Solovyev B; Turner B; Timmer B; Cevallos B; Lavoie C; Olguín-Jacobson C; Pantano C; Choi CG; Lagger C; Piñeiro-Corbeira C; Harbison C; Gonzalez-Aragon D; Okamoto D; Bayley DTI; Claar DC; Jacinto D; Dolinar D; Bubnova E; Fica-Rojas E; Ryder FJ; Micheli F; Dickinson F; Juanes F; Arenas F; Wood G; Nishihara GN; Grebe GS; Moye GT; Earp HS; McNeill GD; Christie H; Stent HRT; Hayford H; Forbes H; Gestoso I; Aguirre JD; Twigg I; Pocklington JB; Freiwald J; Kübler J; Landschoff J; Padilla-Vallejos J; Schuster JM; Leclerc JC; Whitty JM; Smith J; Garcia-Pantoja JA; Franco JN; Magnússon JT; Torre J; Avila-Peltroche J; Sandoval-Gil JM; Baum JK; Mayer J; Lorda J; Meyer K; MacGregor K; Schoenrock-Rossiter K; Gawne KE; Miller KI; Norderhaug MK; Lightbody K; Gamfeldt L; Dykman LN; Ennis LB; Wilkes LN; Gunnarsdóttir L; Kandjengo L; Dunga LAV; Reshitnyk LY; Ivesa L; Malpica-Cruz L; Roy-Musor MR; Vivanco-Bercovich M; Lee LC; Palacios M; Wolf M; Sedarat M; Zwerschke N; Kumagai NH; Bax N; Zembsch N; Mieszkowska N, 2026, 'Global patterns and regional insights into kelp forest protection, restoration, and stewardship', Journal of Applied Phycology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10811-026-03917-6

Roberts CJ; Vergés A; Bar S; Sharma T; Poore AGB, 2026, 'Trawling for photographic bycatch: using computer vision to detect habitat-forming kelp in citizen science fish photographs', Marine Ecology Progress Series, 776, http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps15009

Dafforn KA; Clark GF; Poore AGB; Verges A, 2026, 'Emma Johnston (1973-2025) Obituary', NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION, 10, pp. 622 - 623, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41559-026-03018-0

Eger AM; Colegrove C; Dallison T; Brannigan D; Koehler L; McHugh TA; Monfared M; Perera NS; Palmer C; Polidoro B; van Eijk P; Worthington TA; Vergés A, 2025, 'Protect and restore: integrating marine management to secure the future of coastal ecosystems', Npj Ocean Sustainability, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s44183-025-00168-9

Unsworth RKF; Sweet M; Govers LL; von der Heyden S; Vergés A; Friess DA; Jones BLH; Monfared MAA; Steinfurth RC; Fariñas-Franco JM; Cullen-Unsworth LC; Banke TL; Tomas F; Lusk BW; Mendzil AF; Debney AJ; Sanderson WG; Thomsen E; Preston J; Lacey EA; Boerder K; Walton R; Vadi T; Brand J; Paul M, 2025, 'Rethinking marine restoration permitting to urgently advance efforts', Cell Reports Sustainability, 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.crsus.2025.100526

Nguyen J; Ling SD; Keane JP; Vergés A, 2025, 'Size-specific predation on an overgrazing sea urchin reveals dominant role of large predatory fish', Marine Ecology Progress Series, 770, pp. 83 - 98, http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps14952

Dindar Z; Erler DV; Gardner SG; Malcolm HA; Sutherland M; Vergés A, 2025, 'Ascidians increase in abundance on tropicalized reefs and may enhance benthic nitrous oxide production', Limnology and Oceanography, 70, pp. 2618 - 2631, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lno.70154

Eger AM; Eddy N; McHugh TA; Arafeh-Dalmau N; Wernberg T; Krumhansl K; Verbeek J; Branigan S; Kuwae T; Caselle JE; Ospina AG; Vergés A, 2024, 'State of the world's kelp forests', One Earth, 7, pp. 1927 - 1931, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2024.10.008

Eger AM; Blain CO; Brown AL; Chan SSW; Miller KI; Vergés A, 2024, 'Kelp forests versus urchin barrens: A comparison of ecosystem functions and services provided by two alternative stable marine habitats', Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, 291, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.1539

McKibbin O; Vergés A; Pottier P; Mayer Pinto M, 2024, 'Marine infrastructure support fewer producers and more filter feeders than natural habitats: a review and meta-analysis', Environmental Research Letters, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad7ee1

Garthwin RG; Poore AGB; Ferretto G; Wright JT; Vergés A, 2024, 'Seagrass Tolerance to Simulated Herbivory Along a Latitudinal Gradient: Predicting the Potential Effects of Tropicalisation', Ecology and Evolution, 14, pp. e70561, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.70561

Golo R; Santamaría J; Vergés A; Cebrian E, 2024, 'The role of species thermal plasticity for alien species invasibility in a changing climate: A case study of Lophocladia trichoclados', Marine Environmental Research, 200, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2024.106642

Eger A; Aguirre JD; Altamirano M; Arafeh‑Dalmau N; Arroyo NL; Bauer‑Civiello AM; Beas‑Luna R; Bekkby T; Bellgrove A; Bennett S; Bernal B; Blain CO; Boada J; Branigan S; Bursic J; Cevallos B; Choi CG; Connell SD; Cornwall CE; Earp HS; Eddy N; Ennis L; Falace A; Ferreira AM; Filbee‑Dexter K; Forbes H; Francis P; Franco JN; Geisler KG; Giraldo‑Ospina A; Gonzalez AV; Hingorani S; Hohman R; Iveša L; Kaleb S; Keane JP; Koch SJI; Krumhansl K; Ladah L; Lafont DJ; Layton C; Le DM; Lee LC; Ling SD; Lonhart SI; Malpica‑Cruz L; Mangialajo L; McConnell A; McHugh TA; Micheli F; Miller KI; Monserrat M; Montes‑Herrera J; Moreno B; Neufeld CJ; Orchard S; Peabody B; Peleg O; Pessarrodona A; Pocklington JB; Reeves SE; Ricart AM; Ross F; Schanz FR; Schreider M; Sedarat M; Smith SM; Starko S; Strain EMA; Tamburello L; Timmer B; Toft JE; Uribe RA; van den Burg SWK; Vásquez JA; Veenhof RJ; Wernberg T; Wood G; Zepeda‑Dominguez JA; Vergès A, 2024, 'Correction to: The Kelp Forest Challenge: A collaborative global movement to protect and restore 4 million hectares of kelp forests (Journal of Applied Phycology, (2024), 36, 2, (951-964), 10.1007/s10811-023-03103-y)', Journal of Applied Phycology, 36, pp. 965 - 967, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10811-024-03252-8

Eger A; Aguirre JD; Altamirano M; Arafeh-Dalmau N; Arroyo NL; Bauer-Civiello AM; Beas-Luna R; Bekkby T; Bellgrove A; Bennett S; Bernal B; Blain CO; Boada J; Branigan S; Bursic J; Cevallos B; Choi CG; Connell SD; Cornwall CE; Earp HS; Eddy N; Ennis LA; Falace A; Ferreira AM; Filbee-Dexter K; Forbes H; Francis P; Franco JN; Geisler KG; Giraldo-Ospina A; Gonzalez AV; Hingorani S; Hohman R; Iveša L; Kaleb S; Keane JP; Koch SJI; Krumhansl K; Ladah L; Lafont DJ; Layton C; Le DM; Lee LC; Ling SD; Lonhart SI; Malpica-Cruz L; Mangialajo L; McConnell A; McHugh TA; Micheli F; Miller KI; Monserrat M; Montes-Herrera J; Moreno B; Neufeld CJ; Orchard S; Peabody B; Peleg O; Pessarrodona A; Pocklington JB; Reeves SE; Ricart AM; Ross F; Schanz FR; Schreider M; Sedarat M; Smith SM; Starko S; Strain EMA; Tamburello L; Timmer B; Toft JE; Uribe RA; van den Burg SWK; Vásquez JA; Veenhof RJ; Wernberg T; Wood G; Zepeda-Domínguez JA; Vergès A, 2024, 'The Kelp Forest Challenge: A collaborative global movement to protect and restore 4 million hectares of kelp forests', Journal of Applied Phycology, 36, pp. 951 - 964, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10811-023-03103-y

Castro LC; Vergés A; Straub SC; Campbell AH; Coleman MA; Wernberg T; Steinberg P; Thomas T; Dworjanyn S; Cetina-Heredia P; Roughan M; Marzinelli EM, 2024, 'Effect of marine heatwaves and warming on kelp microbiota influence trophic interactions', Molecular Ecology, 33, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.17267

Griffin KJ; Johnston EL; Poore AGB; Vergés A; Clark GF, 2024, 'Reducing direct physical disturbance also mitigates hidden drivers of decline in a threatened seagrass meadow', Frontiers in Conservation Science, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcosc.2024.1463637

Wood GV; Filbee-Dexter K; Coleman MA; Valckenaere J; Aguirre JD; Bentley PM; Carnell P; Dawkins PD; Dykman LN; Earp HS; Ennis LB; Francis P; Franco JN; Hayford H; Lamb JB; Ling SD; Layton C; Lis E; Masters B; Miller N; Moore PJ; Neufeld C; Pocklington JB; Smale D; Stahl F; Starko S; Steel SC; Verbeek J; Vergés A; Wilding CM; Wernberg T, 2024, 'Upscaling marine forest restoration: challenges, solutions and recommendations from the Green Gravel Action Group', Frontiers in Marine Science, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1364263

Roberts CJ; Vergés A; Poore AGB, 2023, 'A new resource for monitoring reef ecosystems: The background of recreational diver photographs contains valuable habitat data', Journal of Applied Ecology, 60, pp. 2688 - 2698, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14518

Eger AM; Marzinelli EM; Beas-Luna R; Blain CO; Blamey LK; Byrnes JEK; Carnell PE; Choi CG; Hessing-Lewis M; Kim KY; Kumagai NH; Lorda J; Moore P; Nakamura Y; Pérez-Matus A; Pontier O; Smale D; Steinberg PD; Vergés A, 2023, 'Author Correction: The value of ecosystem services in global marine kelp forests (Nature Communications, (2023), 14, 1, (1894), 10.1038/s41467-023-37385-0)', Nature Communications, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-38666-4

Eger AM; Marzinelli EM; Beas-Luna R; Blain CO; Blamey LK; Byrnes JEK; Carnell PE; Choi CG; Hessing-Lewis M; Kim KY; Kumagai NH; Lorda J; Moore P; Nakamura Y; Pérez-Matus A; Pontier O; Smale D; Steinberg PD; Vergés A, 2023, 'The value of ecosystem services in global marine kelp forests', Nature Communications, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37385-0

Pecl GT; Kelly R; Lucas C; van Putten I; Badhe R; Champion C; Chen IC; Defeo O; Gaitan-Espitia JD; Evengård B; Fordham DA; Guo F; Henriques R; Henry S; Lenoir J; McGhie H; Mustonen T; Oliver S; Pettorelli N; Pinsky ML; Potts W; Santana-Garcon J; Sauer W; Stensgaard AS; Tingley MW; Verges A, 2023, 'Climate-driven ‘species-on-the-move’ provide tangible anchors to engage the public on climate change', People and Nature, 5, pp. 1384 - 1402, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10495

Sgarlatta MP; Karkarey R; Smith SM; Suthers IM; Poore AGB; Vergés A, 2023, 'Predation domes: In-situ field assays to measure predatory behaviours by fish', Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 14, pp. 2029 - 2035, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.14169

Nagelkerken I; Allan BJM; Booth DJ; Donelson JM; Edgar GJ; Ravasi T; Rummer JL; Vergés A; Mellin C, 2023, 'The effects of climate change on the ecology of fishes', Plos Climate, 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000258

Ferretto G; Glasby TM; Poore AGB; Callaghan CT; Sinclair EA; Statton J; Kendrick GA; Vergés A, 2023, 'Optimizing the restoration of the threatened seagrass Posidonia australis: plant traits influence restoration success', Restoration Ecology, 31, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/rec.13893

Ferretto G; Vergés A; Poore AGB; Glasby TM; Griffin KJ, 2023, 'Habitat Provision and Erosion Are Influenced by Seagrass Meadow Complexity: A Seascape Perspective', Diversity, 15, pp. 125, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d15020125

Santana-Garcon J; Bennett S; Marbà N; Vergés A; Arthur R; Alcoverro T, 2023, 'Tropicalization shifts herbivore pressure from seagrass to rocky reef communities', Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, 290, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.1744

Flores-Moreno H; Dalrymple RL; Cornwell WK; Popovic G; Nakagawa S; Atkinson J; Cooke J; Laffan SW; Bonser SP; Schwanz LE; Crean AJ; Eldridge DJ; Garratt M; Brooks RC; Vergés A; Poore AGB; Cohen DR; Clark GF; Sen Gupta A; Reich PB; Cornelissen JHC; Craine JM; Hemmings FA; Kattge J; Niinemets Ü; Peñuelas J; Moles AT, 2023, 'Is Australia weird? A cross-continental comparison of biological, geological and climatological features', Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2023.1073842

Marta IRD; Vergés A; Powell S; Smith SM; Poore AGB, 2023, 'Marine protected areas are linked to higher predation rates by fish in shallow urbanised reefs, but only in no-take reserves', Marine Ecology Progress Series, 721, pp. 135 - 150, http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps14421

Vergés A; Lanham BS; Kono M; Okumura S; Nakamura Y, 2022, 'Differences in fish herbivory among tropical and temperate seaweeds and annual patterns in kelp consumption influence the tropicalisation of temperate reefs', Scientific Reports, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-24666-9

Ferretto G; Vergés A; Poore AGB; Gribben PE; Glasby TM, 2022, 'Floating bags have the potential to minimise oyster farming impacts on Posidonia australis seagrass meadows', Aquaculture, 560, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2022.738594

Eger AM; Eddy N; Gleason M; Layton C; McHugh TA; Steinberg P; Vergés A, 2022, 'The Kelp Forest Alliance: A Global Community of Practice to Understand, Advise, and Motivate Kelp Forest Conservation and Restoration', Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin, 31, pp. 130 - 132, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lob.10528

Eger AM; Marzinelli EM; Christie H; Fagerli CW; Fujita D; Gonzalez AP; Hong SW; Kim JH; Lee LC; McHugh TA; Nishihara GN; Tatsumi M; Steinberg PD; Vergés A, 2022, 'Global kelp forest restoration: past lessons, present status, and future directions', Biological Reviews, 97, pp. 1449 - 1475, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/brv.12850

Tebbett SB; Sgarlatta MP; Pessarrodona A; Vergés A; Wernberg T; Bellwood DR, 2022, 'How to quantify algal turf sediments and particulates on tropical and temperate reefs: An overview', Marine Environmental Research, 179, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2022.105673

Evans SM; Griffin KJ; Blick RAJ; Poore AGB; Verges A, 2022, 'Erratum: Correction: Seagrass on the brink: Decline of threatened seagrass Posidonia australis continues following protection (PLoS ONE (2019) 14:4 (e0216107) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0216107)', Plos One, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0271005

McCosker E; Stuart-Smith RD; Edgar GJ; Steinberg PD; Vergés A, 2022, 'Sea temperature and habitat effects on juvenile reef fishes along a tropicalizing coastline', Diversity and Distributions, 28, pp. 1154 - 1170, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13484

Wood G; Steinberg PD; Campbell AH; Vergés A; Coleman MA; Marzinelli EM, 2022, 'Host genetics, phenotype and geography structure the microbiome of a foundational seaweed', Molecular Ecology, 31, pp. 2189 - 2206, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.16378

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