By Professor Emma Johnston

Journal articles

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

Gall ML; Poore AGB; Johnston E, 2012, 'A biomonitor as a measure of ecologically-significant fraction of metals in an industrialised harbour.', Journal of Environmental Monitoring, 14, pp. 830 - 838, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c2em10880a

McKenzie LA; Brooks RC; Johnston E, 2012, 'A widespread contaminant enhances invasion success of a marine invader', Journal of Applied Ecology, 49, pp. 767 - 773, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2664.2012.02158.x

Sun MY; Dafforn KA; Brown MV; Johnston E, 2012, 'Bacterial communities are sensitive indicators of contaminant stress.', Marine Pollution Bulletin, 64, pp. 1029 - 1038, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.01.035

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

Birdsey E; Johnston E; Poore AGB, 2012, 'Diversity and cover of a sessile animal assemblage does not predict its associated mobile fauna.', Marine Biology, 159, pp. 551 - 560, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-011-1834-0

Edge K; Johnston E; Roach A; Ringwood A, 2012, 'Indicators of environmental stress: Cellular biomarkers and reproductive responses in the Sydney rock oyster (Saccostrea glomerata).', Ecotoxicology, 21, pp. 1415 - 1425, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10646-012-0895-2

Hedge ; O''Connor WA; Johnston E, 2012, 'Manipulating the intrinsic parameters of propagule pressure: implications for bio-invasion', Ecosphere, 3(6), pp. 1 - 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/ES11-000375.1

Hedge L; Johnston E, 2012, 'Propagule pressure determines recruitment from a commercial shipping pier.', Biofouling, 28, pp. 73 - 85, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08927014.2011.652622

Mckinley A; Taylor MD; Johnston E, 2012, 'Relationships between body burdens of trace metals (As, Cu, Fe, Hg, Mn, Se, and Zn) and the relative body size of small tooth flounder (Pseudorhombus jenynsii)', Science of the Total Environment, 423, pp. 84 - 94, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.02.007

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