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Journal articles
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
,2016, 'The urban marine environment of Singapore', Regional Studies in Marine Science, 8, pp. 331 - 339, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2016.01.011
,2016, 'Biofilms: An emergent form of bacterial life', Nature Reviews Microbiology, 14, pp. 563 - 575, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro.2016.94
,2016, 'Coastal connectivity and spatial subsidy from a microbial perspective', Ecology and Evolution, 6, pp. 6662 - 6671, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2408
,2016, 'Sex, Scavengers, and Chaperones: Transcriptome Secrets of Divergent Symbiodinium Thermal Tolerances', Molecular Biology and Evolution, 33, pp. 2201 - 2215, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msw119
,2016, 'Quantifying human impact on Earth's microbiome', Nature Microbiology, 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nmicrobiol.2016.145
,2016, 'Effect of interspecific competition on trait variation in Phaeobacter inhibens biofilms', Environmental Microbiology, 18, pp. 1635 - 1645, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.13253
,2016, 'Interspecific diversity reduces and functionally substitutes for intraspecific variation in biofilm communities', ISME Journal, 10, pp. 846 - 857, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2015.159
,2016, 'Coral community response to bleaching on a highly disturbed reef', Scientific Reports, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep20717
,2016, 'Does restoration of a habitat-forming seaweed restore associated faunal diversity?', Restoration Ecology, 24, pp. 81 - 90, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/rec.12292
,2016, 'Expanding our understanding of the seaweed holobiont: RNA Viruses of the Red Alga Delisea pulchra', Frontiers in Microbiology, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2015.01489
,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
,2015, 'A new molecular phylogeny of the Laurencia complex (Rhodophyta, Rhodomelaceae) and a review of key morphological characters result in a new genus, Coronaphycus, and a description of C. novus', Journal of Phycology, 51, pp. 929 - 942, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12333
,2015, 'Continental-scale variation in seaweed host-associated bacterial communities is a function of host condition, not geography', Environmental Microbiology, 17, pp. 4078 - 4088, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.12972
,2015, 'Chemical mediation of coral larval settlement by crustose coralline algae', Scientific Reports, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep10803
,2015, 'Coral settlement on a highly disturbed equatorial reef system', PLoS ONE, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0127874
,2015, 'Large-scale geographic variation in distribution and abundance of Australian deep-water kelp forests', PLoS ONE, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0118390
,2015, 'First record ofmulti-species synchronous coral spawning fromMalaysia', PeerJ, 2015, http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.777
,2015, 'Sea urchin larvae decipher the epiphytic bacterial community composition when selecting sites for attachment and metamorphosis', FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 91, pp. 1 - 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiu011
,2015, 'Spatial variability of microbial assemblages associated with a dominant habitat-forming seaweed', Frontiers in Microbiology, 6, pp. 230, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2015.00230
,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
,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
,2015, 'Feeding habits of range-shifting herbivores: tropical surgeonfishes in a temperate environment', Marine and Freshwater Research, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MF14208
,2014, 'Larval size and age affect colonization in a marine invertebrate', Journal of Experimental Biology, 217, pp. 3981 - 3987, http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.111781
,2014, 'The tropicalization of temperate marine ecosystems: climate-mediated changes in herbivory and community phase shifts', Proceedings. Biological sciences / The Royal Society, 281, pp. 20140846, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2014.0846
,2014, 'Restoring seaweeds: does the declining fucoid Phyllospora comosa support different biodiversity than other habitats?', Journal of Applied Phycology, 26, pp. 1089 - 1096, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10811-013-0158-5
,2014, 'Micro-fabricated polydimethyl siloxane (PDMS) surfaces regulate the development of marine microbial biofilm communities', Biofouling, 30, pp. 323 - 335, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08927014.2013.872778
,2014, 'Simple growth patterns can create complex trajectories for the ontogeny of constitutive chemical defences in seaweeds', PLoS ONE, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0086893
,2014, 'Corals like it waxed: Paraffin-based antifouling technology enhances coral spat survival', PLoS ONE, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0087545
,2014, 'Towards Restoration of Missing Underwater Forests', PLoS ONE, 9, pp. e84106 - e84106, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0084106
,2014, 'Genetic diversity in threatened Posidonia australis seagrass meadows', Conservation Genetics, 15, pp. 717 - 728, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10592-014-0573-4
,2014, 'Demographic consequences of disease in a habitat-forming seaweed and impacts on interactions between natural enemies', Ecology, 95, pp. 142 - 152, http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/13-0213.1
,2013, 'Diet-induced alterations of host cholesterol metabolism are likely to affect the gut microbiota composition in hamsters', Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 79, pp. 553 - 558, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.02710-12
,2013, 'Predation response of Vibrio fischeri biofilms to bacterivorous protists', Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 79, pp. 553 - 558, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.02710-12
,2013, 'The seaweed holobiont: understanding seaweed–bacteria interactions.', FEMS Microbiology Reviews, 37, pp. 462 - 476, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1574-6976.12011
,2012, 'Chemical Mediation of Ternary Interactions Between Marine Holobionts and Their Environment as Exemplified by the Red Alga Delisea pulchra', Journal of Chemical Ecology, 38, pp. 442 - 450, http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84861347617&partnerID=40&md5=bc86c40247f5194277a620026bbc956e
,2012, 'Community structure and functional gene profile of bacteria on healthy and diseased thalli of the red seaweed Delisea pulchra.', PLoS One, 7, pp. e50854, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0050854
,2012, 'Dissolved histamine: A potential habitat marker promoting settlement and metamorphosis in sea urchin larvae', Marine Biology, 159, pp. 915 - 925, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-011-1869-2
,2012, 'Evolution from Bacteria to Mammalia of selected marker genes involved in energy metabolism and stress responses: Bioinformatic approach and applications in coral reef ecology', Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 163, pp. S29 - S29, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpa.2012.05.087
,2012, 'Fitness benefits of size-dependent diet switching in a marine herbivore', Marine Biology, 159, pp. 1001 - 1010, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-012-1880-2
,2012, 'Minimal increase in genetic diversity enhances predation resistance', Molecular Ecology, 21, pp. 1741 - 1753, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05415.x
,2012, 'Monitoring of benthic reference sites: Using an autonomous underwater vehicle', IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, 19, pp. 73 - 84, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MRA.2011.2181772
,2012, 'Should we stay or should we go: mechanisms and ecological consequences for biofilm dispersal', Nature Reviews Microbiology, 10, pp. 39 - 50, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro2695
,2011, 'Bacterial community assembly based on functional genes rather than species', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 108, pp. 14288 - 14293, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1101591108
,2011, 'Climate change and disease: Bleaching of a chemically defended seaweed', Global Change Biology, 17, pp. 2958 - 2970, http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79960976699&partnerID=40&md5=27c159a2e7f6f717b50f094b4c34e997
,2011, 'Composition, uniqueness and variability of the epiphytic bacterial community of the green alga Ulva australis', ISME Journal, 5, pp. 590 - 600, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2010.164
,2011, 'Genomes and virulence factors of novel bacterial pathogens causing bleaching disease in the marine red alga Delisea pulchra', PLoS ONE, 6, pp. e27387, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0027387
,2011, 'Impacts of climate change in a global hotspot for temperate marine biodiversity and ocean warming', Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 400, pp. 7 - 16
,2011, 'Induction of larval metamorphosis of the coral Acropora millepora by tetrabromopyrrole isolated from a Pseudoalteromonas bacterium', PLoS ONE, 6, http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79955706712&partnerID=40&md5=f4296a64d2ef8c5add855f47ab61e94b
,2011, 'Interfaces between bacterial and eukaryotic "neuroecology"', Integrative and Comparative Biology, 51, pp. 794 - 806, http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-80054928527&partnerID=40&md5=692dd6af046bb5e0b93e51361d4a8e36
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