By Professor Emma Johnston

Journal articles

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

Lee KM; Beal AM; Johnston E, 2006, 'A new predatory flatworm (Platyhelminthes, Polycladida) from Botany Bay, New South Wales, Australia', Journal of Natural History, 39, pp. 3987 - 3995

Piola RF; Johnston E, 2006, 'Differential resistance to extended copper exposure in four introduced bryozoans', Marine Ecology Progress Series, 311, pp. 103 - 114

Piola RF; Johnston E, 2006, 'Differential tolerance to metals among populations of the introduced bryozoan Bugula neritina', Marine Biology, 148, pp. 997 - 1010

Roberts DA; Poore AG; Johnston E, 2006, 'Ecological consequences of copper contamination in macroalgae: Effects on epifauna and associated herbivores', Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 25, pp. 2470 - 2479

Perrett LA; Johnston E; Poore AG, 2006, 'Impact by association: direct and indirect effects of copper exposure on mobile invertebrate fauna', Marine Ecology Progress Series, 326, pp. 195 - 205

Clark GF; Johnston E, 2005, 'Manipulating larval supply in the field: a controlled study of marine invasibility', Marine Ecology Progress Series, 298, pp. 9 - 19

Johnston E; Keough M, 2005, 'Reduction of pollution impacts through the control of toxicant release rate must be site- and season-specific', Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 320, pp. 9 - 33, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2004.12.024

Irving A; Connell S; Johnston E; Pile A; Gillanders B, 2005, 'The response of encrusting coralline algae to canopy loss: an independent test of predictions on an Antarctic coast', Marine Biology, 147, pp. 1075 - 1083

Johnston E; Keough M, 2003, 'Competition modifies the response of organisms to toxic disturbance', Marine Ecology Progress Series, 251, pp. 15 - 26

Johnston E; Keough M, 2003, 'Pulse Disturbances to the Colonization of Hard-substrates and in situ Determination of Copper using Diffusive Gradients in Thin-films (DGT): Quantifying Dose and Response in the Field', Biofouling, 19, pp. 335 - 345

Johnston E; Keough M, 2002, 'Direct and indirect effects of repeated pollution events on marine-hard substrate assemblages', Ecological Applications, 12, pp. 1212 - 1228

Johnston E; Keough M, 2002, 'Maintenance of species dominance through pulse disturbances to a sessile marine invertebrate assemblage in Port Shelter, Hong Kong', Marine Ecology Progress Series, 226, pp. 103 - 114

Johnston E; Keough M, 2000, 'Field assessment of effects of timing and frequency of copper pulses on settlement of sessile marine invertebrates', Marine Biology, 137, pp. 1017 - 1029

Johnston E; Webb AJ, 2000, 'Novel techniques for field assessment of copper toxicity on fouling assemblages', Biofouling, 15, pp. 165 - 173

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