By Professor Emma Johnston

Journal articles

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

Dafforn KA; Simspon S; Kelaher BP; Komyakova V; Wong CK; Clark GF; Johnston E; Simpson S, 2012, 'The challenge of choosing environmental indicators of anthropogenic impacts in estuaries.', Environmental Pollution, 163, pp. 207 - 217, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2011.12.029

Johnston E; Mckenzie LA; Brooks RC, 2012, 'Using clones and copper to resolve the genetic architecture of metal tolerance in a marine invader.', Ecology and Evolution, 2, pp. 1319 - 1329, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.241

Simberloff D; Alexander J; Allendorf F; Aronson J; Antunes PM; Bacher S; Bardgett R; Bertolino S; Bishop M; Blackburn TM; Blakeslee A; Blumenthal D; Bortolus A; Buckley R; Buckley Y; Byers J; M. R; Campbell F; Campbell K; Campbell M; Carlton JT; Cassey P; Catford J; Celesti-Grapow L; Chapman J; Clark P; Clewell A; Canning Clode J; Chang A; Chytrý M; Clout M; Cohen A; Cowan P; Cowie RH; Crall AW; Crooks J; Deveney M; Dixon K; Dobbs FC; Cameron Duffy D; Duncan R; Ehrlich PR; Eldredge L; Evenhuis N; Fausch KD; Feldhaar H; Firn J; Fowler A; Galil B; Garcia-Berthou E; Geller J; Genovesi P; Gerber E; Gherardi F; Gollasch S; Gordon D; Graham J; Gribben P; Griffen B; Grosholz ED; Hewitt C; Hierro JL; Hulme P; Hutchings P; Jarošík V; Johnson C; Johnson L; Johnston EL; Jones CG; Keller R; King CM; G. J. Knols B; Kollmann J; Kompas T; Kotanen PM; Kowarik I; Kühn I; Kumschick S; Leung B; Liebhold A; MacIsaac H; Mack R; G. McCullough D; McDonald R; Merritt DM; Meyerson L; Minchin D; Mooney HA; Morisette JT; Moyle P; Müller-Schärer H; Murray BR; Nehring S; Nelson W; Nentwig W; Novak SJ; Occhipinti A; Ojaveer H; Osborne B; Ostfeld RS, 2011, 'Non-natives: 141 scientists object', Nature, 475, pp. 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/475036a

Clark GF; Stark JS; Hill NA; Perrett LA; Johnston E, 2011, 'Algal canopy as a proxy for the disturbance history of understorey communities in East Antarctica.', Polar Biology, 34, pp. 781 - 790, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00300-010-0931-8

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

Johnston E; Marzinelli E; Wood CA; Speranza D; Bishop JDD, 2011, 'Bearing the burden of boat harbours: heavy contaminant and fouling loads in a native habitat-forming alga', Marine Pollution Bulletin, 62, pp. 2137 - 2144, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.07.009

Mckenzie LA; Brooks RC; Johnston E, 2011, 'Heritable pollution tolerance in a marine invader', Environmental Research, 111, pp. 926 - 932, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2010.12.007

Mckinley A; Dafforn KA; Taylor MD; Johnston E, 2011, 'High levels of sediment contamination have little influence on estuarine beach fish communities', PLoS One, 6, pp. Article no. e26353, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0026353

Hill NA; Johnston E; King CK; Simspon S, 2011, 'Physico-chemical changes in metal spiked sediments deployed in the field: Implications for the interpretation of in situ studies.', Chemosphere, 83, pp. 400 - 408, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.12.089

Mckinley A; Coleman M; Knott N; Clark GF; Taylor M; Ryan L; Johnston E, 2011, 'Putting marine sanctuaries into context: A comparison of estuary fish assemblages over multiple levels of protection and modification.', Aquatic Conservation - Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 21, pp. 636 - 648, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aqc.1223

Mckinley A; Miskiewiecz A; Taylor MD; Johnston E; Miskiewicz A, 2011, 'Strong links between metal contamination, habitat modification and estuarine larval fish distributions.', Environmental Pollution, 159, pp. 1499 - 1509, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2011.03.008

Clark GF; Johnston E, 2011, 'Temporal change in the diversity-invasibility relationship in the presence of a disturbance regime', Ecology Letters, 14, pp. 52 - 57

Piola RF; Dafforn KA; Johnston EL, 2010, 'The influence of antifouling practices on marine invasions (vol 332, pg 41, 2007)', BIOFOULING, 26, pp. 497 - 497, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08927010903322065

Burton GA; Johnston E, 2010, 'Assessing contaminated sediments in the context of multiple stressors', Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 29, pp. 2625 - 2643, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/etc.332

Pease CJ; Johnston E; Poore AG, 2010, 'Genetic variability in tolerance to copper contamination in a herbivorous marine invertebrate', Aquatic Toxicology, 99, pp. 10 - 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2010.03.014

Mckinley A; Johnston E, 2010, 'Impacts of contaminant sources on marine fish abundance and species richness: A review and meta-analysis of evidence from the field', Marine Ecology Progress Series, 420, pp. 175 - 191, http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps08856

Roberts DA; Johnston E; Knott NA, 2010, 'Impacts of desalination plant discharges on the marine environment: A critical review of published studies', Water Research, 44, pp. 5117 - 5128, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2010.04.036

Piola RF; Johnston E, 2009, 'Comparing differential tolerance of native and non-indigenous marine species to metal pollution using novel assay techniques', Environmental Pollution, 157, pp. 2853 - 2864

Johnston E; Roberts DA, 2009, 'Contaminants reduce the richness and evenness of marine communities: A review and meta-analysis', Environmental Pollution, 157, pp. 1745 - 1752

Hill NA; King CK; Perrett LA; Johnston E, 2009, 'Contaminated suspended sediments toxic to an antarctic filter feeder: Aqueous- and particulate-phase effects', Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 28, pp. 409 - 417

Knott NA; Aulbury J; Brown T; Johnston E, 2009, 'Contemporary ecological threats from historical pollution sources: Impacts of large-scale resuspension of contaminated sediments on sessile invertebrate recruitment', Journal of Applied Ecology, 46, pp. 770 - 781

Hedge L; Knott NA; Johnston E, 2009, 'Dredging related metal bioaccumulation in oysters', Marine Pollution Bulletin, 58, pp. 832 - 840

Hyne RV; Sanchez-Bayo F; Bryan AD; Johnston E; Mann RM, 2009, 'Fatty acid composition of the estuarine amphipod, Melita plumulosa (Zeidler): link between diet and fecundity', Environmental Toxicology, 28, pp. 123 - 132

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

Kingsford R; Watson J; Lundquist C; Venter O; Hughes L; Johnston E; Atherton J; Gawel M; Keith D; MacKey B; Morley C; Possingham H; Raynor B; Recher H; Wilson K, 2009, 'Major conservation policy issues for biodiversity in oceania', Conservation Biology, 23, pp. 834 - 840

Clark GF; Johnston E, 2009, 'Propagule pressure and disturbance interact to overcome biotic resistance of marine invertebrate communities', Oikos, 118, pp. 1679 - 1686

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

Roberts DA; Johnston E; Poore AG, 2008, 'Biomonitors and the assessment of ecological impacts: Distribution of herbivorous epifauna in contaminated macroalgal beds', Environmental Pollution, 156, pp. 489 - 503

Johnston E; Lee KM, 2008, 'Brooding behaviour and reproductive success in two species of free-living simultaneous hermaphrodites', Marine Biology, 155, pp. 555 - 561

Roberts DA; Johnston E; Poore AG, 2008, 'Contamination of marine biogenic habitats and effects upon associated epifauna', Marine Pollution Bulletin, 56, pp. 1057 - 1065, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.03.003

Dafforn KA; Glasby T; Johnston E, 2008, 'Differential effects of tributyltin and copper antifoulants on recruitment of non-indigenous species', Biofouling, 24, pp. 23 - 33, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08927010701730329

Roberts DA; Johnston E; Muller S; Poore AG, 2008, 'Field and laboratory simulations of storm water pulses: Behavioural avoidance by marine epifauna', Environmental Pollution, 152, pp. 153 - 162, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2007.05.005

Piola RF; Johnston E, 2008, 'Pollution reduces native diversity and increases invader dominance in marine hard-substrate communities', Diversity and Distributions, 14, pp. 329 - 342, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1472-4642.2007.00430.x

Piola RF; Johnston E, 2008, 'The potential for translocation of marine species via small-scale disruptions to antifouling surfaces', Biofouling, 24, pp. 145 - 155

Johnston E; Connell S; Irving A; Pile A; Gillanders B, 2007, 'Antarctic patterns of shallow subtidal habitat and inhabitants in Wilke`s Land', Polar Biology, 30, pp. 781 - 788

Hollows C; Johnston E; Marshall D, 2007, 'Copper reduces fertilisation success and exacerbates Allee effects in the field', Marine Ecology Progress Series, 333, pp. 51 - 60

Lee KM; Johnston E, 2007, 'Low levels of copper reduce the reproductive success of a mobile invertebrate predator', Marine Environmental Research, 64, pp. 336 - 346, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2007.02.004

Roberts DA; Poore AG; Johnston E, 2007, 'MBACI sampling of an episodic disturbance: Stormwater effects on algal epifauna', Marine Environmental Research, 64, pp. 514 - 523, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2007.04.005

Johnston E; Clark GF, 2007, 'Recipient environment more important than community composition in determining the success of an experimental sponge transport', Restoration Ecology, 15, pp. 638 - 651

Roberts DA; Poore AG; Johnston E, 2007, 'Sydney Harbour's seaweeds: a deadly diet for sea creatures', Australasian Science, August 2007, pp. 36 - 38

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