Public Presentations
This page contains the list of some of the more recent presentations to conferences given by staff and students of the Centre for Research on Ecological Impacts of Coastal Cities.
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Keynote and Invited Oral Presentations
1998
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
1999
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
2000
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
2001
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
2002
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
2003
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
2004
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
2005
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
2006
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
2007
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.
Other Oral Presentations
1998
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?
1999
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?
2000
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
2001
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?
2002
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
2003
"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
2004
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
2005
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
2006
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
2007
(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.
Posters
1998
Conservation genetics in urban coastal habitats
The replacement of natural hard substrata by artificial structures: its effects on sponges and ascidians
1999
Successful restoration needs more than hard work and good luck - it needs a strong scientific underpinning
2001
Exotics in the Tropics: their presence and future
2005
Sexual conflict is unlikely to cause gametic compatibility arm-races in broadcast spawning marine invertebrates
2006
Native water rats: a neglected but significant species in aquatic communities?
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