By Associate Professor Mariana Mayer Pinto

Journal articles

Van den Brink PJ; Bracewell SA; Bush A; Chariton A; Choung CB; Compson ZG; Dafforn KA; Korbel K; Lapen DR; Mayer-Pinto M; Monk WA; O'Brien AL; Rideout NK; Schäfer RB; Sumon KA; Verdonschot RCM; Baird DJ, 2019, 'Towards a general framework for the assessment of interactive effects of multiple stressors on aquatic ecosystems: Results from the Making Aquatic Ecosystems Great Again (MAEGA) workshop', Science of the Total Environment, 684, pp. 722 - 726, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.02.455

Schaefer N; Dafforn KA; Johnston EL; Mayer-Pinto M, 2019, 'Size, depth and position affect the diversity and structure of rock pool communities in an urban estuary (vol 70, pg 1034, 2018)', MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH, 70, pp. 1045 - +, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MF18074_CO

Vergés A; McCosker E; Mayer-Pinto M; Coleman MA; Wernberg T; Ainsworth T; Steinberg PD, 2019, 'Tropicalisation of temperate reefs: Implications for ecosystem functions and management actions', Functional Ecology, 33, pp. 1000 - 1013, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13310

Schaefer N; Dafforn KA; Johnston EL; Mayer-Pinto M, 2019, 'Size, depth and position affect the diversity and structure of rock pool communities in an urban estuary', Marine and Freshwater Research, 70, pp. 1034 - 1044, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MF18074

Marzinelli EM; Qiu Z; Dafforn KA; Johnston EL; Steinberg PD; Mayer-Pinto M; Mayer Pinto M, 2018, 'Coastal urbanisation affects microbial communities on a dominant marine holobiont', Npj Biofilms and Microbiomes, 4, pp. 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41522-017-0044-z

Heery EC; Dafforn KA; Smith JA; Ushiama S; Mayer-Pinto M, 2018, 'Not all artificial structures are created equal: Pilings linked to greater ecological and environmental change in sediment communities than seawalls', Marine Environmental Research, 142, pp. 286 - 294, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2018.08.012

Bugnot AB; Mayer-Pinto M; Johnston EL; Schaefer N; Dafforn KA; Mayer Pinto M, 2018, 'Learning from nature to enhance Blue engineering of marine infrastructure', Ecological Engineering, 120, pp. 611 - 621, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2018.03.012

Mayer-Pinto M; Dafforn KA; Bugnot AB; Glasby TM; Johnston EL; Mayer Pinto M, 2018, 'Artificial structures alter kelp functioning across an urbanised estuary', Marine Environmental Research, 139, pp. 136 - 143, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2018.05.004

Strain EMA; Olabarria C; Mayer-Pinto M; Cumbo V; Morris RL; Bugnot AB; Dafforn KA; Heery E; Firth LB; Brooks PR; Bishop MJ; Mayer Pinto M, 2018, 'Eco-engineering urban infrastructure for marine and coastal biodiversity: Which interventions have the greatest ecological benefit?', Journal of Applied Ecology, 55, pp. 426 - 441, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12961

Mayer-Pinto M; Cole VJ; Johnston EL; Bugnot A; Hurst H; Airoldi L; Glasby TM; Dafforn KA; Mayer Pinto M, 2018, 'Functional and structural responses to marine urbanisation', Environmental Research Letters, 13, pp. 014009, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aa98a5

Mayer-Pinto M, 2017, 'Impacts of bleach on bryozoans: A framework to distinguish direct and indirect effects using chemical and physical manipulations', Science of the Total Environment, 599-600, pp. 58 - 67, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.04.201

Bishop MJ; Mayer-Pinto M; Airoldi L; Firth LB; Morris RL; Loke LHL; Hawkins SJ; Naylor LA; Coleman RA; Chee SY; Dafforn KA, 2017, 'Effects of ocean sprawl on ecological connectivity: impacts and solutions', Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 492, pp. 7 - 30, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2017.01.021

Heery EC; Bishop MJ; Critchley LP; Bugnot AB; Airoldi L; Mayer-Pinto M; Sheehan EV; Coleman RA; Loke LHL; Johnston EL; Komyakova V; Morris RL; Strain EMA; Naylor LA; Dafforn KA; Mayer Pinto M, 2017, 'Identifying the consequences of ocean sprawl for sedimentary habitats', Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 492, pp. 31 - 48, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2017.01.020

Mayer-Pinto M; Johnston EL; Bugnot AB; Glasby TM; Airoldi L; Mitchell A; Dafforn KA; Mayer Pinto M, 2017, 'Building ‘blue’: An eco-engineering framework for foreshore developments', Journal of Environmental Management, 189, pp. 109 - 114, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.12.039

Bolton D; Mayer-Pinto M; Clark GF; Dafforn KA; Brassil WA; Becker A; Johnston EL; Mayer Pinto M, 2017, 'Coastal urban lighting has ecological consequences for multiple trophic levels under the sea', Science of the Total Environment, 576, pp. 1 - 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.10.037

Browne MA; Brooks PR; Clough R; Fisher AS; Mayer Pinto M; Crowe TP, 2016, 'Simulating regimes of chemical disturbance and testing impacts in the ecosystem using a novel programmable dosing system', Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 7, pp. 609 - 618, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.12521

Van Den Brink PJ; Choung CB; Landis W; Mayer-Pinto M; Pettigrove V; Scanes P; Smith R; Stauber J, 2016, 'New approaches to the ecological risk assessment of multiple stressors', Marine and Freshwater Research, 67, pp. 429 - 439, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MF15111

Mayer-Pinto M; Matias MG; Coleman RA, 2016, 'The interplay between habitat structure and chemical contaminants on biotic responses of benthic organisms', Peerj, 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1985

Dafforn KA; Mayer-Pinto M; Morris RL; Waltham NJ, 2015, 'Application of management tools to integrate ecological principles with the design of marine infrastructure', Journal of Environmental Management, 158, pp. 61 - 73, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2015.05.001

Dafforn KA; Glasby TM; Airoldi L; Rivero NK; Pinto MM; Johnston EL, 2015, 'The authors' reply', Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 13, pp. 129 - 130, http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/15.WB.004

Dafforn KA; Glasby TM; Airoldi L; Rivero NK; Mayer-Pinto M; Johnston EL; Mayer Pinto M, 2015, 'Marine urbanization: An ecological framework for designing multifunctional artificial structures', Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 13, pp. 82 - 90, http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/140050

Mayer-Pinto M; Ignacio BL, 2015, 'Effects of chemical disturbances on intertidal benthic assemblages', Science of the Total Environment, 506-507, pp. 10 - 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.10.095

Johnston EL; Mayer-Pinto M; Crowe TP; Mayer Pinto M, 2015, 'Chemical contaminant effects on marine ecosystem functioning', Journal of Applied Ecology, 52, pp. 140 - 149, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12355

Tan ELY; Mayer-Pinto M; Johnston EL; Dafforn KA; Mayer Pinto M, 2015, 'Differences in intertidal microbial assemblages on urban structures and natural rocky reef', Frontiers in Microbiology, 6, pp. 1276, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2015.01276

Mayer-Pinto M; Johnston EL; Hutchings PA; Marzinelli EM; Ahyong ST; Birch G; Booth DJ; Creese RG; Doblin MA; Figueira W; Gribben PE; Pritchard T; Roughan M; Steinberg PD; Hedge LH; Mayer Pinto M, 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

Johnston EL; Mayer-Pinto M; Hutchings PA; Marzinelli EM; Ahyong ST; Birch G; Booth DJ; Creese RG; Doblin MA; Figueira W; Gribben PE; Pritchard T; Roughan M; Steinberg PD; Hedge LH; Mayer Pinto M, 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

Mayer-Pinto M; Underwood AJ; Marzinelli EM, 2015, 'The matrix influences direct and indirect effects of an anthropogenic disturbance on marine organisms', Environmental Research, 136, pp. 15 - 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2014.10.006

Johnston EL; Hedge LH; Mayer-Pinto M, 2015, 'The urgent global need to understand port and harbour ecosystems', Marine and Freshwater Research, 66, pp. i - ii, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MFv66n12_ED

Dafforn KA; Glasby TM; Airoldi L; Rivero NK; Mayer Pinto M; Johnston EL, 2015, 'Clarification on the applicability of systematic reviews. Reply.', Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 13, pp. 129 - 130, http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/15.WB.004

Mayer-Pinto M; Ignacio BL; Széchy MTM; Viana MS; Curbelo-Fernandez MP; Lavrado HP; Junqueira AOR; Vilanova E; Silva SHG, 2012, 'How Much Is Too Little to Detect Impacts? A Case Study of a Nuclear Power Plant', Plos One, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0047871

Marzinelli EM; Burrows M; Jackson AC; Mayer-Pinto M, 2012, 'Positive and negative effects of habitat-forming algae on survival, growth and intra-specific competition of limpets', PLoS ONE, 7, pp. e51601, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0051601

Mayer-Pinto M; Coleman RA; Underwood AJ; Tolhurst TJ, 2011, 'Effects of zinc on microalgal biofilms in intertidal and subtidal habitats.', Biofouling, 27, pp. 721 - 727, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08927014.2011.600448

Mayer-Pinto M; Underwood AJ; Tolhurst T; Coleman RA, 2010, 'Effects of metals on aquatic assemblages: What do we really know?', Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 391, pp. 1 - 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2010.06.013

Vilanova EP; Mayer Pinto M; Curbelo-Fernandez MP; Silva SHG, 2004, 'The impact of a nuclear power plant discharge on the sponge community of a tropical bay (SE Brazil)', Bollettino dei musei e degli istituti biologici dell'Universita di Genova, 68, pp. 647 - 654

Mayer-Pinto M; Junqueira AOR, 2003, 'Effects of organic pollution on the initial development of fouling communities in a tropical bay, Brazil', Marine Pollution Bulletin, 46, pp. 1495 - 1503, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0025-326X(03)00249-2

Reports

Stelling-Wood TP; Gribben P; Adam P; Birch G; Bishop M; Blount C; Booth D; Brown C; Bruce E; Bugnot A; Byrne M; Creese R; Dafforn K; Dahlenburg J; Doblin M; Fellowes T; Fowler A; Gibbs M; Glamore W; Glasby T; Hay A; Kelaher B; Knott N; Larkum A; Parker L; Marzinelli E; Mayer Pinto M; Morgan B; Murray S; Rees M; Ross P; Roughan M; Saintlan N; Scanes E; Seymour J; Schaefer N; Suthers I; Taylor M; Williamson J; Vila Concejo A; Whittington R; Figueira W, 2022, Science of Gamay: A systematic review of current knowledge of Botany Bay 2022, The Sydney Institute of Marine Science, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, https://sims.org.au/research/flagship-programs/the-gamay-initiative/project1/

Preprints

Caley A; Marzinelli EM; Mayer Pinto M, 2025, Effects of Artificial Light at Night and Warming on Seaweed-Associated Microbial Communities, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5287830

Mayer-Pinto M; Jones TM; Swearer SE; Robert KA; Bolton D; Aulsebrook AE; Dafforn KA; Dickerson AL; Dimovski AM; Hubbard N; McLay LK; Pendoley K; Poore AGB; Thums M; Willmott NJ; Yokochi K; Fobert EK, 2022, Light pollution: A landscape-scale issue requiring cross-realm consideration, http://dx.doi.org/10.14324/111.444/000103.v2

Mayer-Pinto M; Jones TM; Swearer SE; Robert KA; Bolton D; Aulsebrook AE; Dafforn KA; Dickerson AL; Dimovski AM; Hubbard N; McLay LK; Pendoley K; Poore AGB; Thums M; Willmott NJ; Yokochi K; Fobert EK, 2022, Light pollution: a landscape-scale issue requiring cross-realm consideration, http://dx.doi.org/10.14324/111.444/ucloe.000036

Eger A; Verges A; Choi C; Christie H; Coleman M; Fagerli C; Fujita D; Hasegawa M; Kim J; Mayer-Pinto M, 2020, Financial and institutional support are important for large-scale kelp forest restoration, http://dx.doi.org/10.32942/osf.io/5enhy

Mayer Pinto M; Matias MG; Coleman RA, 2016, The interplay between habitat structure and chemical contaminants on biotic responses of benthic organisms, http://dx.doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.1783

Mayer Pinto M; Matias MG; Coleman RA, 2016, The interplay between habitat structure and chemical contaminants on biotic responses of benthic organisms, http://dx.doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.1783v1

Other

Batsakis A (ed.), 2020, Turn off the porch light: 6 easy ways to stop light pollution from harming our wildlife, http://dx.doi.org/10.64628/aa.ncydkkawc

Hopkin M; Kumar A (ed.), 2018, Future ‘ocean cities’ need green engineering above and below the waterline, http://dx.doi.org/10.64628/aa.qnfaerwvh

Whitmore J; Peck J (ed.), 2016, Bright city lights are keeping ocean predators awake and hungry, http://dx.doi.org/10.64628/aa.r3ttaavqk

Whitmore J (ed.), 2016, Our oceans are out of balance – can we learn some tips from feng shui?, http://dx.doi.org/10.64628/aa.psxtaavsk

Whitmore J; Hopkin M (ed.), 2015, Concrete coastlines: it’s time to tackle our marine ‘urban sprawl’, http://dx.doi.org/10.64628/aa.ttty349sm

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