By Dr Laura Parker

Journal articles

Parker LM; Scanes E; O'Connor WA; Dove M; Vengatesen T; Roberts S; Ross PM, 2025, 'Transgenerational plasticity responses differ across genetically distinct families in the Sydney rock oyster, Saccostrea glomerata', Marine Environmental Research, 212, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2025.107540

Dove MC; Parker LM; Zammit A; Farrell H; Ajani P; Murray S; Benkendorff K; MacFarlane GR; O’Connor WA, 2025, 'The ‘canary of the estuary’, the contribution of Sydney rock oyster aquaculture to understanding and protecting Australian estuarine health', Marine and Freshwater Research, 76, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MF25018

Gibbs MC; Rotolo-Ross RS; Parker LM; Scanes E; Gibbs J; Ross PM, 2025, 'Indigenous Ecological Knowledge of marine and freshwater organisms and ecosystems on Sea Country: from past absences to future inclusion', Marine and Freshwater Research, 76, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MF24247

Dang X; Zhang Y; Dupont S; Gaitán-Espitia JD; He YQ; Wang HH; Ellis RP; Guo X; Parker L; Zhang RC; Chung SC; Yu Z; Thiyagarajan V, 2025, 'Low pH Means More Female Offspring: A Multigenerational Plasticity in the Sex Ratio of Marine Bivalves', Environmental Science and Technology, 59, pp. 1308 - 1321, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.4c07808

Ross PM; Pine C; Scanes E; Byrne M; O'Connor WA; Gibbs M; Parker LM, 2024, 'Meta-analyses reveal climate change impacts on an ecologically and economically significant oyster in Australia', Iscience, 27, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2024.110673

Leong RC; Bugnot AB; Ross PM; Erickson KR; Gibbs MC; Marzinelli EM; O'Connor WA; Parker LM; Poore AGB; Scanes E; Gribben PE, 2024, 'Recruitment of a threatened foundation oyster species varies with large and small spatial scales', Ecological Applications, 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/eap.2968

Gibbs MC; Parker LM; Scanes E; Ross PM, 2024, 'Recognising the importance of shellfish to First Nations peoples, Indigenous and Traditional Ecological Knowledge in aquaculture and coastal management in Australia', Marine and Freshwater Research, 75, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MF23193

Scanes E; O’Connor WA; Seymour JR; Siboni N; Parker LM; Ross PM, 2024, 'Emerging diseases in Australian oysters and the challenges of climate change and uncertain futures', Australian Zoologist, 44, pp. 185 - 193, http://dx.doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2023.015

Parker LM; Scanes E; O'Connor WA; Dove M; Elizur A; Pörtner HO; Ross PM, 2024, 'Resilience against the impacts of climate change in an ecologically and economically significant native oyster', Marine Pollution Bulletin, 198, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115788

Gibbs M; Ross P; Scanes E; Gibbs J; Rotolo-Ross R; Parker L, 2023, 'Extending conservation of coastal and oyster reef restoration for First Nations cultural revitalization', Conservation Biology, 37, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cobi.14158

Stelling-Wood TP; Gribben PE; Birch G; Bishop MJ; Blount C; Booth DJ; Brown C; Bruce E; Bugnot AB; Byrne M; Creese RG; Dafforn KA; Dahlenburg J; Doblin MA; Fellowes TE; Fowler AM; Gibbs MC; Glamore W; Glasby TM; Hay AC; Kelaher B; Knott NA; Larkum AWD; Parker LM; Marzinelli EM; Mayer-Pinto M; Morgan B; Murray SA; Rees MJ; Ross PM; Roughan M; Saintilan N; Scanes E; Seymour JR; Schaefer N; Suthers IM; Taylor MD; Williamson JE; Vila Concejo A; Whittington RJ; Figueira WF, 2023, 'A deep dive into the ecology of Gamay (Botany Bay, Australia): Current knowledge and future priorities for this highly modified coastal waterway', Marine and Freshwater Research, 74, pp. 1003 - 1025, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MF22268

Scanes E; Ross PM; Seymour JR; Siboni N; Dove MC; O'Connor WA; Dittes C; Parker LM, 2023, 'Transgenerational transfer of the microbiome is altered by ocean acidification in oyster larvae', Aquaculture, 565, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2022.739153

Abramov T; Suwansa-ard S; da Silva PM; Wang T; Dove M; O’Connor W; Parker L; Russell FD; Lovejoy DA; Cummins SF; Elizur A, 2023, 'A novel role for Teneurin C-terminal Associated Peptide (TCAP) in the regulation of cardiac activity in the Sydney rock oyster, Saccostrea glomerata', Frontiers in Endocrinology, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2023.1020368

Unzueta-Martínez A; Scanes E; Parker LM; Ross PM; O’Connor W; Bowen JL, 2022, 'Microbiomes of the Sydney Rock Oyster are acquired through both vertical and horizontal transmission', Animal Microbiome, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s42523-022-00186-9

Abramov T; Suwansa-ard S; da Silva PM; Wang T; Dove M; O’Connor W; Parker L; Lovejoy DA; Cummins SF; Elizur A, 2022, 'Teneurin and TCAP Phylogeny and Physiology: Molecular Analysis, Immune Activity, and Transcriptomic Analysis of the Stress Response in the Sydney Rock Oyster (Saccostrea glomerata) Hemocytes', Frontiers in Endocrinology, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2022.891714

Cole VJ; Parker LM; Scanes E; Wright J; Barnett L; Ross PM, 2021, 'Climate change alters shellfish reef communities: A temperate mesocosm experiment', Marine Pollution Bulletin, 173, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.113113

Scanes E; Parker LM; Seymour JR; Siboni N; Dove MC; O’Connor WA; Ross PM, 2021, 'Microbiomes of an oyster are shaped by metabolism and environment', Scientific Reports, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-00590-2

Gibbs MC; Parker LM; Scanes E; Byrne M; O'Connor WA; Ross PM, 2021, 'Adult exposure to ocean acidification and warming leads to limited beneficial responses for oyster larvae', ICES Journal of Marine Science, 78, pp. 2017 - 2030, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsab071

Gibbs MC; Parker LM; Scanes E; Byrne M; O'Connor WA; Ross PM, 2021, 'Adult exposure to ocean acidification and warming remains beneficial for oyster larvae following starvation', ICES Journal of Marine Science, 78, pp. 1587 - 1598, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsab066

Scanes E; Parker LM; Seymour JR; Siboni N; King WL; Wegner KM; Dove MC; O'Connor WA; Ross PM, 2021, 'Microbiome response differs among selected lines of Sydney rock oysters to ocean warming and acidification', FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 97, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiab099

Gibbs MC; Parker LM; Scanes E; Byrne M; O'Connor WA; Ross PM, 2021, 'Energetic lipid responses of larval oysters to ocean acidification', Marine Pollution Bulletin, 168, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112441

Parker LM; Scanes E; O'Connor WA; Ross PM, 2021, 'Transgenerational plasticity responses of oysters to ocean acidification differ with habitat.', J Exp Biol, 224, http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.239269

Davies SW; Putnam HM; Ainsworth T; Baum JK; Bove CB; Crosby SC; Cote IM; Duplouy A; Fulweiler RW; Griffin AJ; Hanley TC; Hill T; Humanes A; Mangubhai S; Metaxas A; Parker LM; Rivera HE; Silbiger NJ; Smith NS; Spalding AK; Traylor-Knowles N; Weigel BL; Wright RM; Bates AE, 2021, 'Promoting inclusive metrics of success and impact to dismantle a discriminatory reward system in science', Plos Biology, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001282

Parker LM; Scanes E; O’Connor WA; Ross PM, 2021, 'Transgenerational plasticity responses of oysters to ocean acidification differ with habitat', Journal of Experimental Biology, 224, http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.239269

Scanes E; Parker LM; Seymour JR; Siboni N; King WL; Danckert NP; Wegner KM; Dove MC; O'Connor WA; Ross PM, 2021, 'Climate change alters the haemolymph microbiome of oysters', Marine Pollution Bulletin, 164, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.111991

Gibbs M; Scanes E; Parker L; Byrne M; O'Connor W; Virtue P; Ross P, 2020, 'Larval energetics of the Sydney rock oyster Saccostrea glomerata and Pacific oyster Magallana gigas', Marine Ecology Progress Series, 656, pp. 51 - 64, http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps13538

Scanes E; Parker LM; O'Connor WA; Dove MC; Ross PM, 2020, 'Heatwaves alter survival of the Sydney rock oyster, Saccostrea glomerata', Marine Pollution Bulletin, 158, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111389

Hurd CL; Beardall J; Comeau S; Cornwall CE; Havenhand JN; Munday PL; Parker LM; Raven JA; McGraw CM, 2020, 'Ocean acidification as a multiple driver: How interactions between changing seawater carbonate parameters affect marine life', Marine and Freshwater Research, 71, pp. 263 - 274, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MF19267

Pereira RRC; Scanes E; Parker LM; Byrne M; Cole VJ; Ross PM, 2019, 'Restoring the flat oyster Ostrea angasi in the face of a changing climate', Marine Ecology Progress Series, 625, pp. 27 - 39, http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps13047

Scanes E; Parker LM; O'Connor WA; Gibbs MC; Ross PM, 2018, 'Copper and ocean acidification interact to lower maternal investment, but have little effect on adult physiology of the Sydney rock oyster Saccostrea glomerata', Aquatic Toxicology, 203, pp. 51 - 60, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2018.07.020

Wright JM; O’Connor WA; Parker LM; Ross PM, 2018, 'Predation by the endemic whelk Tenguella marginalba (Blainville, 1832) on the invasive Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793)', Molluscan Research, 38, pp. 130 - 136, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13235818.2017.1420397

Stapp LS; Parker LM; O'Connor WA; Bock C; Ross PM; Pörtner HO; Lannig G, 2018, 'Sensitivity to ocean acidification differs between populations of the Sydney rock oyster: Role of filtration and ion-regulatory capacities', Marine Environmental Research, 135, pp. 103 - 113, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2017.12.017

Wright JM; Parker LM; O’Connor WA; Scanes E; Ross PM, 2018, 'Ocean acidification affects both the predator and prey to alter interactions between the oyster Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793) and the whelk Tenguella marginalba (Blainville, 1832)', Marine Biology, 165, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-018-3302-6

Parker LM; O’Connor WA; Byrne M; Dove M; Coleman RA; Pörtner HO; Scanes E; Virtue P; Gibbs M; Ross PM, 2018, 'Ocean acidification but not warming alters sex determination in the Sydney rock oyster, saccostrea glomerata', Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, 285, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.2869

Goncalves P; Jones DB; Thompson EL; Parker LM; Ross PM; Raftos DA, 2017, 'Transcriptomic profiling of adaptive responses to ocean acidification', Molecular Ecology, 26, pp. 5974 - 5988, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.14333

Scanes E; Parker LM; O'Connor WA; Stapp LS; Ross PM, 2017, 'Intertidal oysters reach their physiological limit in a future high-CO2 world', Journal of Experimental Biology, 220, pp. 765 - 774, http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.151365

Parker LM; O’Connor WA; Byrne M; Coleman RA; Virtue P; Dove M; Gibbs M; Spohr L; Scanes E; Ross PM, 2017, 'Adult exposure to ocean acidification is maladaptive for larvae of the Sydney rock oyster Saccostrea glomerata in the presence of multiple stressors', Biology Letters, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2016.0798

Parker LM; Scanes E; O'Connor WA; Coleman RA; Byrne M; Pörtner HO; Ross PM, 2017, 'Ocean acidification narrows the acute thermal and salinity tolerance of the Sydney rock oyster Saccostrea glomerata', Marine Pollution Bulletin, 122, pp. 263 - 271, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.06.052

Scanes E; Johnston EL; Cole VJ; O’Connor WA; Parker LM; Ross PM, 2016, 'Quantifying abundance and distribution of native and invasive oysters in an urbanised estuary', Aquatic Invasions, 11, pp. 425 - 436, http://dx.doi.org/10.3391/ai.2016.11.4.07

Goncalves P; Anderson K; Thompson EL; Melwani A; Parker LM; Ross PM; Raftos DA, 2016, 'Rapid transcriptional acclimation following transgenerational exposure of oysters to ocean acidification', Molecular Ecology, 25, pp. 4836 - 4849, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.13808

Cole VJ; Parker LM; O’Connor SJ; O’Connor WA; Scanes E; Byrne M; Ross PM, 2016, 'Effects of multiple climate change stressors: ocean acidification interacts with warming, hyposalinity, and low food supply on the larvae of the brooding flat oyster Ostrea angasi', Marine Biology, 163, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-016-2880-4

Ross PM; Parker L; Byrne M, 2016, 'Transgenerational responses of molluscs and echinoderms to changing ocean conditions', ICES Journal of Marine Science, 73, pp. 537 - 549, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsv254

Thompson EL; Parker L; Amaral V; Bishop MJ; O'Connor WA; Raftos DA, 2016, 'Wild populations of Sydney rock oysters differ in their proteomic responses to elevated carbon dioxide', Marine and Freshwater Research, 67, pp. 1964 - 1972, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MF15320

Parker LM; O'Connor WA; Raftos DA; Pörtner HO; Ross PM, 2015, 'Persistence of positive carryover effects in the oyster, Saccostrea glomerata, following transgenerational exposure to ocean acidification', Plos One, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0132276

Thompson EL; O'Connor W; Parker L; Ross P; Raftos DA, 2015, 'Differential proteomic responses of selectively bred and wild-type Sydney rock oyster populations exposed to elevated CO2', Molecular Ecology, 24, pp. 1248 - 1262, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.13111

Wright JM; Parker LM; O'Connor WA; Williams M; Kube P; Ross PM, 2014, 'Populations of pacific oysters crassostrea gigas respond variably to elevated CO2 and predation by Morula marginalba', Biological Bulletin, 226, pp. 269 - 281, http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/BBLv226n3p269

Scanes E; Parker LM; O'Connor WA; Ross PM, 2014, 'Mixed effects of elevated pCO2 on fertilisation, larval and juvenile development and adult responses in the mobile subtidal scallop Mimachlamys asperrima (Lamarck, 1819)', Plos One, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0093649

Gazeau F; Parker LM; Comeau S; Gattuso JP; O'Connor WA; Martin S; Pörtner HO; Ross PM, 2013, 'Impacts of ocean acidification on marine shelled molluscs', Marine Biology, 160, pp. 2207 - 2245, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-013-2219-3

Parker LM; Ross PM; O'Connor WA; Pörtner HO; Scanes E; Wright JM, 2013, 'Predicting the response of molluscs to the impact of ocean acidification', Biology, 2, pp. 651 - 692, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biology2020651

Parker LM; Ross PM; O'Connor WA; Borysko L; Raftos DA; Pörtner HO, 2012, 'Adult exposure influences offspring response to ocean acidification in oysters', Global Change Biology, 18, pp. 82 - 92, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02520.x

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