By Professor Emma Johnston

Journal articles

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

Mayer-Pinto M; Johnston EL; Bugnot AB; Glasby TM; Airoldi L; Mitchell A; Dafforn KA; Mayer Pinto M, 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

Clark GF; Stark JS; Palmer AS; Riddle MJ; Johnston EL, 2017, 'The Roles of Sea-Ice, Light and Sedimentation in Structuring Shallow Antarctic Benthic Communities (vol 12, e0168391, 2017)', PLOS ONE, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0173939

Bolton D; Mayer-Pinto M; Clark GF; Dafforn KA; Brassil WA; Becker A; Johnston EL; Mayer Pinto M, 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

Clark GF; Stark JS; Palmer AS; Riddle MJ; Johnston EL, 2017, 'The roles of sea-ice, light and sedimentation in structuring shallow antarctic benthic communities', PLoS ONE, 12, pp. e0168391, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0168391

Clark GF; Stark JS; Johnston EL, 2017, 'Tolerance rather than competition leads to spatial dominance of an Antarctic bryozoan', Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 486, pp. 222 - 229, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2016.10.008

Johnston EL, 2017, 'Why speak?', Journal of Science Communication, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.22323/2.16010302

Banks J; Hedge LH; Hoisington C; Strain EM; Steinberg PD; Johnston EL, 2016, 'Sydney Harbour: Beautiful, diverse, valuable and pressured', Regional Studies in Marine Science, 8, pp. 353 - 361, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2016.04.007

Domínguez-Tejo E; Metternicht G; Johnston E; Hedge L, 2016, 'Marine Spatial Planning advancing the Ecosystem-Based Approach to coastal zone management: A review', Marine Policy, 72, pp. 115 - 130, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2016.06.023

Scanes E; Johnston EL; Cole VJ; O’Connor WA; Parker LM; Ross PM, 2016, 'Quantifying abundance and distribution of native and invasive oysters in an urbanised estuary', Aquatic Invasions, 11, pp. 425 - 436, http://dx.doi.org/10.3391/ai.2016.11.4.07

Ushiama S; Smith JA; Suthers IM; Lowry M; Johnston EL, 2016, 'The effects of substratum material and surface orientation on the developing epibenthic community on a designed artificial reef', Biofouling, 32, pp. 1049 - 1060, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08927014.2016.1224860

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

Lawes JC; Neilan BA; Brown MV; Clark GF; Johnston EL, 2016, 'Elevated nutrients change bacterial community composition and connectivity: high throughput sequencing of young marine biofilms', Biofouling, 32, pp. 57 - 69, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08927014.2015.1126581

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

Banks JL; Hutchings P; Curley B; Hedge L; Creese B; Johnston E, 2016, 'Biodiversity conservation in Sydney Harbour', Pacific Conservation Biology, 22, pp. 98 - 109, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/PC15048

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

Treloar G; Gunn J; Moltmann T; Dittmann S; Fletcher R; Hone P; Lee K; Minty L; Minchin S; Schiller A; Steinberg P; Lyons J; Babanin A; Doherty P; England M; Foster C; Johnston E; Steven A; Llewellyn L; Oliver J; Gupta AS; Sloyan B; Smith D; Smith T; Walshe T, 2016, 'The National Marine Science Plan: informing Australia’s future ocean policy', Australian Journal of Maritime and Ocean Affairs, 8, pp. 43 - 51, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/18366503.2016.1173631

Lawes JC; Clark GF; Johnston EL, 2016, 'Contaminant cocktails: Interactive effects of fertiliser and copper paint on marine invertebrate recruitment and mortality', Marine Pollution Bulletin, 102, pp. 148 - 159, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.11.040

Clark GF; Marzinelli EM; Fogwill CJ; Turney CSM; Johnston EL, 2015, 'Effects of sea-ice cover on marine benthic communities: a natural experiment in Commonwealth Bay, East Antarctica', Polar Biology, 38, pp. 1213 - 1222, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00300-015-1688-x

Byers JE; Smith RS; Pringle JM; Clark GF; Gribben PE; Hewitt CL; Inglis GJ; Johnston EL; Ruiz GM; Stachowicz JJ; Bishop MJ, 2015, 'Invasion Expansion: Time since introduction best predicts global ranges of marine invaders', Scientific Reports, 5, pp. 12436, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep12436

Ybarra ML; Mitchell KJ, 2015, 'It's More Than Just "Sext"-A Brief Discussion on Sexting Activity Among Teens Reply', JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENT HEALTH, 57, pp. 129 - 129, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2015.04.014

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

Clark GF; Raymond B; Riddle MJ; Stark JS; Johnston EL, 2015, 'Vulnerability of Antarctic shallow invertebrate-dominated ecosystems', Austral Ecology, 40, pp. 482 - 491, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aec.12237

Gillies CL; Fitzsimons JA; Branigan S; Hale L; Hancock B; Creighton C; Alleway H; Bishop MJ; Brown S; Chamberlain D; Cleveland B; Crawford C; Crawford M; Diggles B; Ford JR; Hamer P; Hart A; Johnston E; Mcdonald T; Mcleod I; Pinner B; Russell K; Winstanley R, 2015, 'Scaling-up marine restoration efforts in Australia', Ecological Management and Restoration, 16, pp. 84 - 85, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/emr.12159

Dafforn KA; Glasby TM; Airoldi L; Rivero NK; Pinto MM; Johnston EL, 2015, 'The authors' 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; Mayer Pinto M, 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

Johnston EL; Mayer-Pinto M; Crowe TP; Mayer Pinto M, 2015, 'Chemical contaminant effects on marine ecosystem functioning', Journal of Applied Ecology, 52, pp. 140 - 149, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12355

Tan ELY; Mayer-Pinto M; Johnston EL; Dafforn KA; Mayer Pinto M, 2015, 'Differences in intertidal microbial assemblages on urban structures and natural rocky reef', Frontiers in Microbiology, 6, pp. 1276, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2015.01276

Mayer-Pinto M; Johnston EL; Hutchings PA; Marzinelli EM; Ahyong ST; Birch G; Booth DJ; Creese RG; Doblin MA; Figueira W; Gribben PE; Pritchard T; Roughan M; Steinberg PD; Hedge LH; Mayer Pinto M, 2015, 'Sydney Harbour: A review of anthropogenic impacts on the biodiversity and ecosystem function of one of the world's largest natural harbours', Marine and Freshwater Research, 66, pp. 1088 - 1105, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MF15157

Johnston EL; Mayer-Pinto M; Hutchings PA; Marzinelli EM; Ahyong ST; Birch G; Booth DJ; Creese RG; Doblin MA; Figueira W; Gribben PE; Pritchard T; Roughan M; Steinberg PD; Hedge LH; Mayer Pinto M, 2015, 'Sydney Harbour: What we do and do not know about a highly diverse estuary', Marine and Freshwater Research, 66, pp. 1073 - 1087, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MF15159

Johnston EL; Hedge LH; Mayer-Pinto M, 2015, 'The urgent global need to understand port and harbour ecosystems', Marine and Freshwater Research, 66, pp. i - ii, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MFv66n12_ED

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; 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

Hook SE; Johnston EL; Nair S; Roach AC; Moncuquet P; Twine NA; Raftos DA, 2014, 'Next generation sequence analysis of the transcriptome of Sydney rock oysters (Saccostrea glomerata) exposed to a range of environmental stressors', Marine Genomics, 18, pp. 109 - 111, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.margen.2014.08.003

Smith RS; Johnston EL; Clark GF, 2014, 'The role of habitat complexity in community development is mediated by resource availability', PLoS ONE, 9, pp. e102920, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0102920

Hedge LH; Johnston EL, 2014, 'Colonisation of the non-indigenous pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas determined by predation, size and initial settlement densities', PLoS ONE, 9, pp. e90621, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0090621

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

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

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

Hedge LH; Leung B; O'Connor WA; Johnston EL, 2014, 'The interacting effects of diversity and propagule pressure on early colonization and population size', Journal of Animal Ecology, 83, pp. 168 - 175, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.12125

Clark GF; Stark JS; Johnston EL; Runcie JW; Goldsworthy PM; Raymond B; Riddle MJ, 2013, 'Light-driven tipping points in polar ecosystems', Global Change Biology, 19, pp. 3749 - 3761, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12337

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, 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

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

Durrant HMS; Clark GF; Dworjanyn SA; Byrne M; Johnston EL, 2013, 'Seasonal variation in the effects of ocean warming and acidification on a native bryozoan, Celleporaria nodulosa', Marine Biology, 160, pp. 1903 - 1911, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-012-2008-4

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

Ritchie EG; Bradshaw CJA; Dickman CR; Hobbs R; Johnson CN; Johnston EL; Laurance WF; Lindenmayer D; Mccarthy MA; Nimmo DG; Possingham HH; Pressey RL; Watson DM; Woinarski J, 2013, 'Continental-Scale Governance and the Hastening of Loss of Australia's Biodiversity', Conservation Biology, 27, pp. 1133 - 1135, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12189

Hill NA; Simpson SL; Johnston E, 2013, 'Beyond the bed: Effects of metal contamination on recruitment to bedded sediments and overlying substrata', Environmental Pollution, 173, pp. 182 - 191, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2012.09.029

Clark GF; Johnston E; Leung B, 2013, 'Intrinsic time dependence in the diversity-invasibility relationship', Ecology, 94, pp. 25 - 31, http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/12-0592.1

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