Conservation for coastal organisms depends on scientific realism, not community 'monitoring'

Disturbance by trawling changes temporal and spatial structure of benthic soft-sediment assemblages in Gullmarsfjorden, Sweden

Do you start at the top or the bottom when sampling intertidal rock-pools?

Effects of shrimp-trawling on abundance of benthic macro-fauna in a Swedish Fjord

Plenary address

Problems and practical solutions for quantitative assessment of biodiversity of invertebrates in coastal habitats. The Other 99 %

Social and ecological concepts of rarity and threatenedness of marine invertebrates

The ecology of Sydney Harbour

The need for a practical scientific protocol to measure successful restoration

Urban disturbances as large-scale experiments needing design and analysis

Coastal ecology: The science for sustainable development

Interactions among intertidal algae and their grazers: relevant hypotheses and experimental designs

Marine ecology and applied projects: opportunities for better problem-solving training for postgraduate students

Our coastal ecology is on the rocks

Pro-active ecological measurements for better environmental outcomes of management of stormwater: it’s time to abandon non-productive monitoring and regulation

Quantitative fisheries for managers: decisions, forecasts & uncertainty

Using science for management

Estudios a largo plazo de organismos costeros y como diseñarlos y interpretarlos

Experimental ecology is the science for management of sustainable development

Managing, protecting, restoring and enhancing coastal environments are crucially dependent on real marine ecological science

Rock-pools, islands and processes of change: the need for long-term and repeated experiments

Sea level rise and the consequences for diversity of assemblages on rocky shores

Variación temporal y espacial y problemas de detectando cambios en el ambiente costero

Design and analysis of ecological experiments to test environmental managerial decisions

Ecological restoration deserves better science: measuring ecological change in response to restoration

Ecological underpinning for a sustainability framework

Environmental issues in building artificial reefs for surfing

Issues regarding the assessment of fish stocks in New South Wales

Long-term studies are not just longer short-term studies

Long-term studies are not just longer short-term studies

Modern roles for ecological research in environmental decision-making

Role of science in society

Establishing the true environmental impact of a spill

Our coastal environments are on the rocks: research needs for sustainable coastal management

Power, Precaution, Type II Error and Sampling Design in Assessment of Environmental Impacts.

Reducing risks and costs: the appropriate science for impacts of oil spills

Australian Perspective of Science Issues

Bio-physical interactions in the sea

Coastal Challenges - walls with holes?

Ecological research and environmental management

Ecological research for and with environmental management

Experimental analyses of biodiversity in coastal habitats: issues, practicalities and interpretations

Patterns of spatial variability of marine invertebrates in New South Wales

Problems and successes of clear experimental and sampling designs for environmental and ecological studies

Recent issues in quantitative intertidal ecology: analyses of indirect effects, preferences for habitat and spatial scales of impacts and biodiversity

Review of environmental effects of urbanization when viewed from land or water

Spawning new ideas about the reproduction of marine invertebrates

The ecology necessary to sustain Sydney Harbour

The interactions between ecological science and environmental management: better science will get better management

Climatic change, coastal habitats and policies for conservation of biodiversity : case histories from South-East Australia

Ecology: looking backwards in case that is where we are going

Experimental analyses of small-scale associations with features of habitat by juvenile intertidal gastropods: looking at the difficult part of their life-history

Molluscan habitat produced by intertidal seawalls in Sydney harbour

The scientific analysis of whether or not restoration is working

Understanding ecological processes

Ecological Science: Progress or Illusion?

Effects of building seawalls on intertidal biodiversity in Sydney Harbour

Environmental impacts and their detection in relation to the aquaculture industry

Macro-algal growth and nutrients in degraded wetlands in the Sydney Olympic Park

Sampling to detect any influence of protecting pieces of habitat

Scaling up: Estimating numbers of species from probability of finding species in samples

Temporal variation and temporal change in the development of assemblages of invertebrates in artificial habitats on rocky substrata

Ecological impacts of estuary management with respect to constructing seawalls at the entrance to Tuggerah Lake.

Impacts of human development on intertidal molluscs.

Long-term wrestling with experimental marine ecology: thoughts, opinions and hopes

Methods for analysing and interpreting small-scale variation

Wetland Education and Training (WET) Program Coastal saltmarshes: recent techniques in their protection, creation and rehabilitation

Biodiversity on rocky shores: patterns and processes and climatic change

Critical changes to intertidal shorelines in urbanized estuaries: novel ways of improving altered habitat to maintain biodiversity

Long-term experimental ecology: integrating experimental analyses.

Re-engineering altered shorelines to increase intertidal biodiversity in urbanized estuaries.

Restoration of habitat in urbanised estuaries: practice and theory.

Urban saltmarshes: What are we achieving.

Comparison of permutation methods for tests of partial regression coefficients in a linear model

Conservation of coastal organisms depends on scientific realism, not community “monitoring”

Distance-based redundancy analysis: testing interaction terms for multivariate data

Effects of recreational fishing activities on assemblages living on rocky shores- a preliminary study

Linking species to ecosystems: Implication for coastal conservation

Living at the fringe of intertidal society: making the most of unpredictability

Methods for investigating spatial variation in the faunal assemblage in mats of Corallina

Methods for investigating spatial variation of macrofauna in corraline algae

Permutation tests for linear models

The diversity of organisms associated with mussel beds on pontoons

The ecology of the predatory moon snail Policeps sordidus in the mud/sandflats of New South Wales

The use of wax disks as a tool for measuring grazing of Australian intertidal gastropods

Variation in abundances of intertidal populations: consequences of extremities of environment

What makes marine organisms on artificial and natural substrata so different?

A new method of non-parametric multivariate analysis pf variance

Fisheries science and management

Implementing by-catch reduction devices into industry

Influence de le fermeture de rejets d’egouts sur les communautés benthiques de la côte est australienne

Modelling and management in fisheries

Rarity and endangered species

Tests for potential mechanisms by which Sabella spallanzanii affects the recruitment of other sessile marine invertebrates

The ecology of algal turfs on intertidal rocky shores and subtidal reefs around Sydney

The influence of rock reefs on the benthic macroinfaunal assemblages in surrounding soft sediments

Training fisheries professionals in quantitative methods: challenges & trade-offs

Uncertainty in natural resource management: Buzzword or basis for policy

Urban developments as novel habitats for marine organisms

What is structuring macrofaunal assemblages in coralline algal turf: habitat or environment?

Building artificial boulder fields: spatial and temporal patterns of colonization of new boulders

Changing patches of Pyura stolonifera: effects on the associated assemblages

Different spatial scales, different results

Does complexity of algal habitat influence macrofauna in coralline algal turf?

Ecology and biology of Photololigo etheridgei and their application to the management of squid fisheries

Experimental evaluation of the association of Ischnochiton with its habitat

How general are patterns of biodiversity of molluscs in coralline algal turf? A comparison between shores in Australia and Ireland

Interpreting changes due to urban impacts needs information at several spatial scales

Intertidal boulder fields form islands of habitat at many spatial scales

Knowledge of scale of scope of environmental impact must precede sensible attempts at restoration

Landing on one’s foot: responses to habitat by juvenile intertidal gastropods

Molluscs as important interactors influencing patterns of diversity in coastal habitats

New urban structures provide habitat for fauna and flora: improving the “value” of habitat on intertidal seawalls

Organisms associated with mussel beds on artificial surfaces

Public environmental perception of recreational boating in Sydney Harbour

Quantitative training in fisheries: interactive software for teaching stock assessment and modelling in fisheries science

Spatial genetic variation within and among urban and non-urban populations of the direct-developing gastropod, Bedeva hanleyi (Angas) in Port Hacking

Spatial scales of variation in intertidal assemblages in relation to human disturbances: examples from impacts of sewage

Spatial variation of species of microgastropods in two intertidal habitats

Surrogates for predicting molluscan diversities in shallow subtidal boulder fields

Temporal and spatial patterns of distribution of gastropods on natural and artificial structures

The ecology of kelp forests around Sydney

The impact of marinas on assemblages of fish in Sydney Harbour

The importance of analysing scales of spatial variation: a case study of intertidal and subtidal turfing algal assemblages

The influence of rocky reefs on assemblages of benthic macrofauna in nearby soft-sediments

The only future for sustainable development is experimental ecology

The replacement of natural rocky reefs by artificial structures: its effects on recruitment on suspension-feeding invertebrates

Uncertainty: buzzword or basis for policy?

Understanding patterns of dispersion of molluscs in intertidal boulder fields is necessary for their conservation

Benthic macrofaunal assemblages in shallow subtidal sandy bottoms

Biodiversity of marine invertebrates on rocky shores: how to sample and analyse data at relevant spatial scales

Can recruitment explain patterns of small-scale spatial variation in turfing algal assemblages?

City living: the ecology of organisms associated with mussel beds in urban areas

Commercial catches as an indicator of stock status in New South Wales estuarine fisheries: trigger points, uncertainty and interpretation

Comparison between intertidal assemblages on artificial and natural structures

Distribution of the marine gastropod, Batillaria australis (Batillariidae), within seagrass meadows in coastal lagoons in New South Wales.

Dredged material disposal impacts on a tropical soft-bottom benthic assemblage

Dredged material disposal impacts on a tropical soft-bottom benthic assemblage

Ecological impacts of built structures in the marine environment

Ecological restoration deserves better science: measuring ecological change in response to restoration

Habitats of Pyura stolonifera: changing their structure changes the associated assemblages

Non-significant? Methods of detecting ecological impacts in a variable environment

Patchy assemblages of rare and common marine invertebrates: dispersion-based species weightings in multivariate analyses of sample patterns

Recreational boating in Sydney Harbour: management, perceptions and science

Testing ecological hypotheses about the growth of sponges: the effect of orientation

Testing ecological hypotheses on the growth of sponges: the effect of orientation

The influence of rocky reefs on the structure of benthic macrofaunal assemblages in nearby soft sediments

The role of pre- versus post-recruitment processes in structuring patterns of small-scale spatial variability in turfing algal assemblages

What is the role of computer simulation in the ecologically sustainable development of Australian fisheries?

Benthic assemblages in sediments associated with intertidal boulder-fields

Dispersal of the estuarine gastropod, Batillaria australis, from fragments of microhabitat in Seagrass Meadows

Ecological research and the need for complex experimental designs

Maturity of Photololigo etheridgei and its application to the management of squid fisheries in New South Wales

Problems of measuring biodiversity in coastal habitats: what do the measurements mean?

Recreational boating as a contributing source of marine debris, and their fouling assemblages

Relationships between ecological research and environmental assessments

Soft-bottom benthic assemblages associated to intertidal boulder fields:testing for generality of patterns across time and space

Some effects of water on intertidal cohesive sediment stability.

The precautionary principle and the management of fisheries in Australia

"Preference" in ecological analyses: a much mis-used term!

Analysing potential impacts: complications about spatial scales.

Biology and ecology of Photololigo etheridgei and its application to the management of squid fisheries in NSW, Australia

City living: The ecology of organisms associated with mussel beds in urban areas

Diel and Tidal variations of soft-bottom benthic assemblages associated with boulder fields

Do large-scale patterns in abundance and composition of macro- and meiobenthos reflect managerial classifications of coastal lakes?

Effects of habitat structure on the development of intertidal epibenthic assemblages at different heights on a shore

Hierarchies, confusion and issues in analyses of spatial patterns in ecology

Intertidal seawalls as surrogate habitats for rocky intertidal shores

Research agendas for coastal ecological consequences of global warming.

Scales of variability that matter: mapping ecological function and invertebrate assemblages in urbanised temperate mangrove forests

The ecology and conservation of urban marine habitats

The effect of wharves and jetties on the assemblages living on intertidal seawalls in Sydney Harbour

The value of marinas and associated structures as habitat for fish

Using artificial structures and constructed boulder fields to test hypotheses about colonization of mobile animals to intertidal boulders

Artificial structures as habitats for associated assemblages of mussel beds

Boulder-fields as important habitats in highly urbanized estuaries

Detecting reproductive incompatibility within and among populations of broadcast spawning marine invertebrates

Effects of epibiota on fish associated with urban structures

Fertilisation assays to detect gametic incompatibility within and among populations of broadcast spawning marine invertebrates

Intertidal ecosystem engineers – Habitats for polycheates

Is urbanisation affecting fish life in Sydney Harbour, Australia?

Re-colonization processes in estuarine boulder-fields

Relationship between accumulated sediment and amphiod abundances within turfing macro-algae

Tests of relationships between benthos in urbanized mangrove forests and bio-dependent properties of sediments

Discussion of design and effectiveness of Marine Protected Areas

Diversity of intertidal molluscan grazers and biofilms: functional effects

Ecological status of the waterbird refuge

Ecology of the small kind: Ontogenetic shifts on the rocky shore

Green Crab Fishery - Impacts on crab populations and estuarine communities

Herbivore-Induced Resistance in Plants: A re-match.

The ecology of fish associated with artificial structures

Tritrophic interactions in the intertidal

Understanding the habitat requirements of two harvested gastropods

Comparing associations with habitat between species across intertidal and subtidal environments

Genetic structure in chiton species with different mode of development.

Habitat heterogeneity influences variability and diversity of benthic assemblages

Habitat structure and ecological interactions in an urbanised habitat: an example of whelks and engineering by oysters on artificial seawalls

Patterns of temporal and genetic variability in chiton species with different modes of development

Processes that determine distribution and abundance of intertidal organisms on seawalls in an urbanised estuary

The preferred habitat or the familiar habitat?

Using an artificial stimulus to switch on macroalgal defences

‘Intersystem’ associations with habitat for marine gastropods

(Spanish): Efectos del sustrato sobre la distribución de hidrozoos. Estudios experimentales.

(Spanish): Patrones de distribución de hidrozoos sobre Ecklonia radiata, estudios experimentales acerca de los factores responsables

Climatic change and dire consequences for intertidal assemblages: the interactions of climatic and ecological issues

Collaborative research projects to develop and assess methods for improving seawalls as intertidal habitat

Complex interactions in a rapidly changing world

Crab-tiling: An ecologically benign and sustainable fishery with an image problem

Critical changes to intertidal shorelines in urbanized estuaries: novel ways of improving altered habitat to maintain biodiversity

Ecological and fisheries effects of the Lundy No-Take Zone (Bristol Channel, UK). European Symposium on Marine Protected Areas as a Tool for Fisheries Management and Ecosystem Conservation

Food supply and foraging behaviour: Attacks by oystercatchers on aggregated prey

Human modification of habitat and its effect on kelp epifauna

Induction of chemical defences in response to browsing: Effects of artificial and natural browsing by introduced Rusa deer on the eucalypt Corymbia gummifera.

Linking functional diversity and non-random distribution of species to ecosystem functioning

Seaweeds fight back

Small-scale variation in environment and responses to climatic change

Testing the effects of substratum heterogeneity and complexity on the abundance and distribution of hydroids

The effects of changing diversity of species on temporal variability: an experimental test with intertidal assemblages of grazing gastropods and epilithic algae.

Conservation genetics in urban coastal habitats

The replacement of natural hard substrata by artificial structures: its effects on sponges and ascidians

Successful restoration needs more than hard work and good luck - it needs a strong scientific underpinning

Exotics in the Tropics: their presence and future

Sexual conflict is unlikely to cause gametic compatibility arm-races in broadcast spawning marine invertebrates

Native water rats: a neglected but significant species in aquatic communities?