By Professor Adriana Verges

Book Chapters

Zarco-Perello S; Verges A; Azzurro E; Santana-Garcon J; Bariche M; Bennett S; Nakamura Y, 2025, 'Rabbitfishes in Temperate Ecosystems, Range-Extensions and their Socio-Ecological Impacts', in Biology of Rabbitfishes, pp. 170 - 195, http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781003269403-8

Jongen R; Marzinelli EM; Bugnot AB; Ferguson A; Fraser MW; Glasby TM; Jackson EL; Martin BC; Sherman CDH; Sinclair EA; Trevathan-Tackett SM; Vergés A; Waycott M; Wright JT; Kendrick GA; Gribben PE, 2024, 'Integrating Belowground Interactions into Seagrass Restoration Strategies', in Oceanography and Marine Biology, CRC Press, pp. 192 - 214, http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781003477518-4

Langley M; Garthwin R; Poore AGB; Vergés A, 2022, 'Endangered Posidonia australis Seagrass Meadows in Australia', in Imperiled the Encyclopedia of Conservation Volume 1 3, pp. 640 - 643, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-821139-7.00095-7

Verges A; Steinberg PD; Marzinelli EM; Campbell AH, 2020, 'Operation Crayweed', in Sustaining Seas: Oceanic Space and the Politics of Care, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Wernberg T; Coleman MA; Babcock RC; Bell SY; Bolton JJ; Connell SD; Hurd CL; Johnson CR; Marzinelli EM; Shears NT; Steinberg PD; Thomsen MS; Vanderklift MA; Vergés A; Wright JT, 2019, 'Biology and ecology of the globally significant kelp Ecklonia Radiata', in Oceanography and Marine Biology, Taylor & Francis, pp. 265 - 324, http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/24721

Connell SD; Vergés A; Nagelkerken I; Russell BD; Shears N; Wernberg T; Coleman MA, 2019, 'The Past and Future Ecologies of Australasian Kelp Forests', in Hawkins SJ; Bohn K; Firth LB; Williams GA (ed.), Interactions in the Marine Benthos Global Patterns and Processes, pp. 414 - 430, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781108235792.017

Campbell A; Verges A; Harder T; Steinberg PD, 2012, 'Causes and ecological consequences of a climate-mediated disease.', in Lunney D; Hutchings P (ed.), Wildlife and Climate Change: towards robust conservation strategies for Australian fauna, Royal Zoological Society of NSW, Mosman, NSW, pp. 52 - 58

Wernberg T; Dan S; Verges A; Campbell AH; Bayden R; Melinda C; Scott L; Steinberg PD; Craig J; Gary K; Sean C, 2012, 'Macroalgae and temperate rocky reefs.', in Poloczanska ES; Hobday AJ; Richardson AJ (ed.), A Marine Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Report Card for Australia 2012, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Ecosciences Precinct, Brisbane, Qld

Journal articles

Eger AM; Eddy N; McHugh TA; Arafeh-Dalmau N; Wernberg T; Krumhansl K; Verbeek J; Branigan S; Kuwae T; Caselle JE; Ospina AG; Vergés A, 2024, 'State of the world's kelp forests', One Earth, 7, pp. 1927 - 1931, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2024.10.008

Eger AM; Blain CO; Brown AL; Chan SSW; Miller KI; Vergés A, 2024, 'Kelp forests versus urchin barrens: A comparison of ecosystem functions and services provided by two alternative stable marine habitats', Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, 291, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.1539

McKibbin O; Vergés A; Pottier P; Mayer Pinto M, 2024, 'Marine infrastructure support fewer producers and more filter feeders than natural habitats: a review and meta-analysis', Environmental Research Letters, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad7ee1

Garthwin RG; Poore AGB; Ferretto G; Wright JT; Vergés A, 2024, 'Seagrass Tolerance to Simulated Herbivory Along a Latitudinal Gradient: Predicting the Potential Effects of Tropicalisation', Ecology and Evolution, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.70561

Golo R; Santamaría J; Vergés A; Cebrian E, 2024, 'The role of species thermal plasticity for alien species invasibility in a changing climate: A case study of Lophocladia trichoclados', Marine Environmental Research, 200, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2024.106642

Eger A; Aguirre JD; Altamirano M; Arafeh-Dalmau N; Arroyo NL; Bauer-Civiello AM; Beas-Luna R; Bekkby T; Bellgrove A; Bennett S; Bernal B; Blain CO; Boada J; Branigan S; Bursic J; Cevallos B; Choi CG; Connell SD; Cornwall CE; Earp HS; Eddy N; Ennis LA; Falace A; Ferreira AM; Filbee-Dexter K; Forbes H; Francis P; Franco JN; Geisler KG; Giraldo-Ospina A; Gonzalez AV; Hingorani S; Hohman R; Iveša L; Kaleb S; Keane JP; Koch SJI; Krumhansl K; Ladah L; Lafont DJ; Layton C; Le DM; Lee LC; Ling SD; Lonhart SI; Malpica-Cruz L; Mangialajo L; McConnell A; McHugh TA; Micheli F; Miller KI; Monserrat M; Montes-Herrera J; Moreno B; Neufeld CJ; Orchard S; Peabody B; Peleg O; Pessarrodona A; Pocklington JB; Reeves SE; Ricart AM; Ross F; Schanz FR; Schreider M; Sedarat M; Smith SM; Starko S; Strain EMA; Tamburello L; Timmer B; Toft JE; Uribe RA; van den Burg SWK; Vásquez JA; Veenhof RJ; Wernberg T; Wood G; Zepeda-Domínguez JA; Vergès A, 2024, 'The Kelp Forest Challenge: A collaborative global movement to protect and restore 4 million hectares of kelp forests', Journal of Applied Phycology, 36, pp. 951 - 964, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10811-023-03103-y

Castro LC; Vergés A; Straub SC; Campbell AH; Coleman MA; Wernberg T; Steinberg P; Thomas T; Dworjanyn S; Cetina-Heredia P; Roughan M; Marzinelli EM, 2024, 'Effect of marine heatwaves and warming on kelp microbiota influence trophic interactions', Molecular Ecology, 33, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.17267

Griffin KJ; Johnston EL; Poore AGB; Vergés A; Clark GF, 2024, 'Reducing direct physical disturbance also mitigates hidden drivers of decline in a threatened seagrass meadow', Frontiers in Conservation Science, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcosc.2024.1463637

Wood GV; Filbee-Dexter K; Coleman MA; Valckenaere J; Aguirre JD; Bentley PM; Carnell P; Dawkins PD; Dykman LN; Earp HS; Ennis LB; Francis P; Franco JN; Hayford H; Lamb JB; Ling SD; Layton C; Lis E; Masters B; Miller N; Moore PJ; Neufeld C; Pocklington JB; Smale D; Stahl F; Starko S; Steel SC; Verbeek J; Vergés A; Wilding CM; Wernberg T, 2024, 'Upscaling marine forest restoration: challenges, solutions and recommendations from the Green Gravel Action Group', Frontiers in Marine Science, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1364263

Roberts CJ; Vergés A; Poore AGB, 2023, 'A new resource for monitoring reef ecosystems: The background of recreational diver photographs contains valuable habitat data', Journal of Applied Ecology, 60, pp. 2688 - 2698, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14518

Eger AM; Marzinelli EM; Beas-Luna R; Blain CO; Blamey LK; Byrnes JEK; Carnell PE; Choi CG; Hessing-Lewis M; Kim KY; Kumagai NH; Lorda J; Moore P; Nakamura Y; Pérez-Matus A; Pontier O; Smale D; Steinberg PD; Vergés A, 2023, 'Author Correction: The value of ecosystem services in global marine kelp forests (Nature Communications, (2023), 14, 1, (1894), 10.1038/s41467-023-37385-0)', Nature Communications, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-38666-4

Eger AM; Marzinelli EM; Beas-Luna R; Blain CO; Blamey LK; Byrnes JEK; Carnell PE; Choi CG; Hessing-Lewis M; Kim KY; Kumagai NH; Lorda J; Moore P; Nakamura Y; Pérez-Matus A; Pontier O; Smale D; Steinberg PD; Vergés A, 2023, 'The value of ecosystem services in global marine kelp forests', Nature Communications, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37385-0

Pecl GT; Kelly R; Lucas C; van Putten I; Badhe R; Champion C; Chen IC; Defeo O; Gaitan-Espitia JD; Evengård B; Fordham DA; Guo F; Henriques R; Henry S; Lenoir J; McGhie H; Mustonen T; Oliver S; Pettorelli N; Pinsky ML; Potts W; Santana-Garcon J; Sauer W; Stensgaard AS; Tingley MW; Verges A, 2023, 'Climate-driven ‘species-on-the-move’ provide tangible anchors to engage the public on climate change', People and Nature, 5, pp. 1384 - 1402, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10495

Sgarlatta MP; Karkarey R; Smith SM; Suthers IM; Poore AGB; Vergés A, 2023, 'Predation domes: In-situ field assays to measure predatory behaviours by fish', Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 14, pp. 2029 - 2035, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.14169

Nagelkerken I; Allan BJM; Booth DJ; Donelson JM; Edgar GJ; Ravasi T; Rummer JL; Vergés A; Mellin C, 2023, 'The effects of climate change on the ecology of fishes', Plos Climate, 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000258

Ferretto G; Glasby TM; Poore AGB; Callaghan CT; Sinclair EA; Statton J; Kendrick GA; Vergés A, 2023, 'Optimizing the restoration of the threatened seagrass Posidonia australis: plant traits influence restoration success', Restoration Ecology, 31, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/rec.13893

Ferretto G; Vergés A; Poore AGB; Glasby TM; Griffin KJ, 2023, 'Habitat Provision and Erosion Are Influenced by Seagrass Meadow Complexity: A Seascape Perspective', Diversity, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d15020125

Santana-Garcon J; Bennett S; Marbà N; Vergés A; Arthur R; Alcoverro T, 2023, 'Tropicalization shifts herbivore pressure from seagrass to rocky reef communities', Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, 290, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.1744

Flores-Moreno H; Dalrymple RL; Cornwell WK; Popovic G; Nakagawa S; Atkinson J; Cooke J; Laffan SW; Bonser SP; Schwanz LE; Crean AJ; Eldridge DJ; Garratt M; Brooks RC; Vergés A; Poore AGB; Cohen DR; Clark GF; Sen Gupta A; Reich PB; Cornelissen JHC; Craine JM; Hemmings FA; Kattge J; Niinemets Ü; Peñuelas J; Moles AT, 2023, 'Is Australia weird? A cross-continental comparison of biological, geological and climatological features', Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2023.1073842

Marta IRD; Vergés A; Powell S; Smith SM; Poore AGB, 2023, 'Marine protected areas are linked to higher predation rates by fish in shallow urbanised reefs, but only in no-take reserves', Marine Ecology Progress Series, 721, pp. 135 - 150, http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps14421

Vergés A; Lanham BS; Kono M; Okumura S; Nakamura Y, 2022, 'Differences in fish herbivory among tropical and temperate seaweeds and annual patterns in kelp consumption influence the tropicalisation of temperate reefs', Scientific Reports, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-24666-9

Ferretto G; Vergés A; Poore AGB; Gribben PE; Glasby TM, 2022, 'Floating bags have the potential to minimise oyster farming impacts on Posidonia australis seagrass meadows', Aquaculture, 560, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2022.738594

Eger AM; Eddy N; Gleason M; Layton C; McHugh TA; Steinberg P; Vergés A, 2022, 'The Kelp Forest Alliance: A Global Community of Practice to Understand, Advise, and Motivate Kelp Forest Conservation and Restoration', Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin, 31, pp. 130 - 132, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lob.10528

Eger AM; Marzinelli EM; Christie H; Fagerli CW; Fujita D; Gonzalez AP; Hong SW; Kim JH; Lee LC; McHugh TA; Nishihara GN; Tatsumi M; Steinberg PD; Vergés A, 2022, 'Global kelp forest restoration: past lessons, present status, and future directions', Biological Reviews, 97, pp. 1449 - 1475, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/brv.12850

Tebbett SB; Sgarlatta MP; Pessarrodona A; Vergés A; Wernberg T; Bellwood DR, 2022, 'How to quantify algal turf sediments and particulates on tropical and temperate reefs: An overview', Marine Environmental Research, 179, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2022.105673

Evans SM; Griffin KJ; Blick RAJ; Poore AGB; Verges A, 2022, 'Erratum: Correction: Seagrass on the brink: Decline of threatened seagrass Posidonia australis continues following protection (PLoS ONE (2019) 14:4 (e0216107) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0216107)', Plos One, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0271005

McCosker E; Stuart-Smith RD; Edgar GJ; Steinberg PD; Vergés A, 2022, 'Sea temperature and habitat effects on juvenile reef fishes along a tropicalizing coastline', Diversity and Distributions, 28, pp. 1154 - 1170, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13484

Wood G; Steinberg PD; Campbell AH; Vergés A; Coleman MA; Marzinelli EM, 2022, 'Host genetics, phenotype and geography structure the microbiome of a foundational seaweed', Molecular Ecology, 31, pp. 2189 - 2206, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.16378

Bosch NE; McLean M; Zarco-Perello S; Bennett S; Stuart-Smith RD; Vergés A; Pessarrodona A; Tuya F; Langlois T; Spencer C; Bell S; Saunders BJ; Harvey ES; Wernberg T, 2022, 'Persistent thermally driven shift in the functional trait structure of herbivorous fishes: Evidence of top-down control on the rebound potential of temperate seaweed forests?', Global Change Biology, 28, pp. 2296 - 2311, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16070

Roberts CJ; Vergés A; Callaghan CT; Poore AGB, 2022, 'Many cameras make light work: opportunistic photographs of rare species in iNaturalist complement structured surveys of reef fish to better understand species richness', Biodiversity and Conservation, 31, pp. 1407 - 1425, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10531-022-02398-6

Pessarrodona A; Vergés A; Bosch NE; Bell S; Smith S; Sgarlatta MP; Wernberg T, 2022, 'Tropicalization unlocks novel trophic pathways and enhances secondary productivity in temperate reefs', Functional Ecology, 36, pp. 659 - 673, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13990

Straub SC; Wernberg T; Marzinelli EM; Vergés A; Kelaher BP; Coleman MA, 2022, 'Persistence of seaweed forests in the anthropocene will depend on warming and marine heatwave profiles', Journal of Phycology, 58, pp. 22 - 35, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.13222

Bennett S; Alcoverro T; Kletou D; Antoniou C; Boada J; Buñuel X; Cucala L; Jorda G; Kleitou P; Roca G; Santana-Garcon J; Savva I; Vergés A; Marbà N, 2022, 'Resilience of seagrass populations to thermal stress does not reflect regional differences in ocean climate', New Phytologist, 233, pp. 1657 - 1666, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nph.17885

Eger AM; Earp HS; Friedman K; Gatt Y; Hagger V; Hancock B; Kaewsrikhaw R; Mcleod E; Moore AM; Niner HJ; Razafinaivo F; Sousa AI; Stankovic M; Worthington TA; Bayraktarov E; Saunders M; Vergés A; Reeves S, 2022, 'The need, opportunities, and challenges for creating a standardized framework for marine restoration monitoring and reporting', Biological Conservation, 266, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109429

Bolt MH; Callaghan CT; Poore AGB; Vergés A; Roberts CJ, 2022, 'Using the background of fish photographs to quantify habitat composition in marine ecosystems', Marine Ecology Progress Series, 688, pp. 167 - 172, http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps14027

Sen Gupta A; Stellema A; Pontes GM; Taschetto AS; Vergés A; Rossi V, 2021, 'Future changes to the upper ocean Western Boundary Currents across two generations of climate models', Scientific Reports, 11, pp. 9538, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-88934-w

Ferretto G; Glasby TM; Poore AGB; Callaghan CT; Housefield GP; Langley M; Sinclair EA; Statton J; Kendrick GA; Vergés A, 2021, 'Naturally-detached fragments of the endangered seagrass Posidonia australis collected by citizen scientists can be used to successfully restore fragmented meadows', Biological Conservation, 262, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109308

Smith SM; Malcolm HA; Marzinelli EM; Schultz AL; Steinberg PD; Vergés A, 2021, 'Tropicalization and kelp loss shift trophic composition and lead to more winners than losers in fish communities', Global Change Biology, 27, pp. 2537 - 2548, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15592

Wood G; Marzinelli EM; Campbell AH; Steinberg PD; Vergés A; Coleman MA, 2021, 'Genomic vulnerability of a dominant seaweed points to future-proofing pathways for Australia's underwater forests', Global Change Biology, 27, pp. 2200 - 2212, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15534

Sinclair EA; Sherman CDH; Statton J; Copeland C; Matthews A; Waycott M; van Dijk KJ; Vergés A; Kajlich L; McLeod IM; Kendrick GA, 2021, 'Advances in approaches to seagrass restoration in Australia', Ecological Management and Restoration, 22, pp. 10 - 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/emr.12452

Vanderklift MA; Pillans RD; Hutton M; De Wever L; Kendrick GA; Zavala-Perez A; Vergés A; Garthwin R; Oades D; McCarthy P; George K; Sampi T; George D; Sampi C; Edgar Z; Dougal K; Howard A, 2021, 'High rates of herbivory in remote northwest Australian seagrass meadows by rabbitfish and green turtles', Marine Ecology Progress Series, 665, pp. 63 - 73, http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps13657

Callaghan CT; Poore AGB; Mesaglio T; Moles AT; Nakagawa S; Roberts C; Rowley JJL; Vergés A; Wilshire JH; Cornwell WK, 2021, 'Three Frontiers for the Future of Biodiversity Research Using Citizen Science Data', BioScience, 71, pp. 55 - 63, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biaa131

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