By Professor Alistair Poore

Journal articles

Musrri CA; Poore AGB; Hinojosa IA; Macaya EC; Pacheco AS; Pérez-Matus A; Pino-Olivares O; Riquelme-Pérez N; Stotz WB; Valdivia N; Villalobos V; Thiel M, 2019, 'Variation in consumer pressure along 2500 km in a major upwelling system: crab predators are more important at higher latitudes', Marine Biology, 166, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-019-3587-0

Callaghan CT; Poore AGB; Major RE; Rowley JJL; Cornwell WK, 2019, 'Optimizing future biodiversity sampling by citizen scientists', Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, 286, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.1487

Callaghan CT; Poore AGB; Major RE; Cornwell W; Wilshire J; Lyons M, 2019, 'How to build a biodiverse city: environmental determinants of bird diversity within and among 1,581 cities', EcoEvoRxiv, http://dx.doi.org/10.32942/osf.io/ur4fe

Callaghan CT; Rowley JJL; Cornwell WK; Poore AGB; Major RE, 2019, 'Improving big citizen science data: Moving beyond haphazard sampling', Plos Biology, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000357

Evans SM; Griffin KJ; Blick RAJ; Poore AGB; Vergés A, 2019, 'Correction: Seagrass on the brink: Decline of threatened seagrass Posidonia australis continues following protection(PLoS ONE ()13:4 (e0190370) Doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0190370)', Plos One, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0216107

Brandenburger CR; Sherwin WB; Creer SM; Buitenwerf R; Poore AGB; Frankham R; Finnerty PB; Moles AT, 2019, 'Rapid reshaping: The evolution of morphological changes in an introduced beach daisy', Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, 286, pp. 20181713, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.1713

Macolino AC; Dafforn KA; Hedge LH; Poore AGB; Johnston EL, 2019, 'Fine-scale effects of boat moorings on soft sediment communities masked in large-scale comparisons', Frontiers in Marine Science, 6, pp. 101, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00101

Ferretto G; Glasby TM; Housefield GP; Poore AGB; Statton J; Sinclair EA; Kendrick GA; Verges A, 2019, 'Threatened plant translocation case study: 'Posidonia australis' (Strapweed), Posidoniaceae', Australasian Plant Conservation: journal of the Australian Network for Plant Conservation, 28, pp. 24 - 26, http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/p.373794

Poore AGB; Gutow L; Lörz AN; Thiel M, 2018, 'Nest building by a small mesograzer limits blade size of the giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera', Marine Biology, 165, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-018-3444-6

Clark JS; Poore AGB; Doblin MA, 2018, 'Shaping up for stress: Physiological flexibility is key to survivorship in a habitat-forming macroalga', Journal of Plant Physiology, 231, pp. 346 - 355, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jplph.2018.10.005

Glasier JRN; Poore AGB; Eldridge DJ, 2018, 'Do mutualistic associations have broader host ranges than neutral or antagonistic associations? A test using myrmecophiles as model organisms', Insectes Sociaux, 65, pp. 639 - 648, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00040-018-0655-2

Vergés A; Doropoulos C; Czarnik R; McMahon K; Llonch N; Poore AGB, 2018, 'Latitudinal variation in seagrass herbivory: Global patterns and explanatory mechanisms', Global Ecology and Biogeography, 27, pp. 1068 - 1079, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb.12767

Ledet J; Byrne M; Poore AGB, 2018, 'Temperature effects on a marine herbivore depend strongly on diet across multiple generations', Oecologia, 187, pp. 483 - 494, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00442-018-4084-8

Graba-Landry A; Hoey AS; Matley JK; Sheppard-Brennand H; Poore AGB; Byrne M; Dworjanyn SA, 2018, 'Ocean warming has greater and more consistent negative effects than ocean acidification on the growth and health of subtropical macroalgae', Marine Ecology Progress Series, 595, pp. 55 - 69, http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps12552

Evans SM; Sinclair EA; Poore AGB; Bain KF; Vergés A, 2018, 'Assessing the effect of genetic diversity on the early establishment of the threatened seagrass Posidonia australis using a reciprocal-transplant experiment', Restoration Ecology, 26, pp. 570 - 580, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/rec.12595

Lanham BS; Vergés A; Hedge LH; Johnston EL; Poore AGB, 2018, 'Altered fish community and feeding behaviour in close proximity to boat moorings in an urban estuary', Marine Pollution Bulletin, 129, pp. 43 - 51, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.02.010

Evans SM; Griffin KJ; Blick RAJ; Poore AGB; Vergés A, 2018, 'Seagrass on the brink: Decline of threatened seagrass posidonia australis continues following protection', Plos One, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0190370

Archer M; Poore AGB; Horn AM; Bates H; Bonser S; Hunt M; Russell J; Archer NP; Bye DJ; Kehoe EJ, 2018, 'Thirty two years of continuous assessment reveal first year university biology students in Australia are rapidly abandoning beliefs in theistic involvement in human origins', Evolution Education and Outreach, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12052-018-0083-9

Gribben PE; Kimbro DL; Verges A; Gouhier TC; Burrel S; Garthwin RG; Cagigas ML; Tordoff Y; Poore AGB; Lastra Cagigas M, 2017, 'Positive and negative interactions control a facilitation cascade', Ecosphere, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2065

Sheppard-Brennand H; Dworjanyn SA; Poore AGB, 2017, 'Global patterns in the effects of predator declines on sea urchins', Ecography, 40, pp. 1029 - 1039, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ecog.02380

Poore AGB; Ahyong ST; Lowry JK; Sotka EE, 2017, 'Plant feeding promotes diversification in the Crustacea', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 114, pp. 8829 - 8834, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1706399114

Evans SM; Vergés A; Poore AGB, 2017, 'Genotypic diversity and short-term response to shading stress in a threatened seagrass: Does low diversity mean low resilience?', Frontiers in Plant Science, 8, pp. 1417, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2017.01417

Sotka EE; Bell T; Hughes LE; Lowry JK; Poore AGB, 2017, 'A molecular phylogeny of marine amphipods in the herbivorous family Ampithoidae', Zoologica Scripta, 46, pp. 85 - 95, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12190

Sheppard-Brennand H; Poore AGB; Dworjanyn SA, 2017, 'A waterborne pursuit-deterrent signal deployed by a sea Urchin', American Naturalist, 189, pp. 700 - 708, http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/691437

Poore AGB; Graham SE; Byrne M; Dworjanyn SA, 2016, 'Effects of ocean warming and lowered pH on algal growth and palatability to a grazing gastropod', Marine Biology, 163, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-016-2878-y

Stelling-Wood TP; Clark GF; Poore AGB, 2016, 'Responses of ghost crabs to habitat modification of urban sandy beaches', Marine Environmental Research, 116, pp. 32 - 40, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2016.02.009

Bain KF; Poore AGB, 2016, 'Use of near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy to quantify diet mixing in a generalist marine herbivore', Marine Biology, 163, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-016-2852-8

Foo SA; Dworjanyn SA; Poore AGB; Harianto J; Byrne M, 2016, 'Adaptive capacity of the sea urchin Heliocidaris erythrogramma to ocean change stressors: Responses from gamete performance to the juvenile', Marine Ecology Progress Series, 556, pp. 161 - 172, http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps11841

Hughes LE; Poore AGB, 2016, 'Biancolina japonica Ishimaru 1996: First record of this burrowing amphipod from Australia and a review of host use in the genus Biancolina (Amphipoda: Peracarida: Crustacea)', Marine Biodiversity Records, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41200-016-0040-7

Evans SM; Sinclair EA; Poore AGB; Bain KF; Vergés A, 2016, 'Genotypic richness predicts phenotypic variation in an endangered clonal plant', Peerj, 2016, pp. e1633, http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1633

Eldridge DJ; Poore AGB; Ruiz‐Colmenero M; Letnic M; Soliveres S, 2016, 'Ecosystem structure, function, and composition in rangelands are negatively affected by livestock grazing', Ecological Applications, 26, pp. 1273 - 1283, http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/15-1234

Cooke J; Lanfear R; Downing A; Gillings MR; Poore AGB; Goodwin ID; Waldron LS; Phillips A; Metti Y; Bulbert MW, 2015, 'The unusual occurrence of green algal balls of Chaetomorpha linum on a beach in Sydney, Australia', Botanica Marina, 58, pp. 401 - 407, http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/bot-2015-0061

Lanham BS; Gribben PE; Poore AG, 2015, 'Beyond the border: effects of an expanding algal habitat on the fauna of neighbouring habitats', Marine Environment Research, 106, pp. 10 - 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2015.02.006

Foo SA; Dworjanyn SA; Khatkar MS; Poore AGB; Byrne M, 2014, 'Increased temperature, but not acidification, enhances fertilization and development in a tropical urchin: Potential for adaptation to a tropicalized eastern Australia', Evolutionary Applications, 7, pp. 1226 - 1237, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eva.12218

Vergés A; Steinberg PD; Hay ME; Poore AGB; Campbell AH; Ballesteros E; Heck KL; Booth DJ; Coleman MA; Feary DA; Figueira W; Langlois T; Marzinelli EM; Mizerek T; Mumby PJ; Nakamura Y; Roughan M; van Sebille E; Gupta ASE; Smale DA; Tomas F; Wernberg T; Wilson SK, 2014, 'The tropicalization of temperate marine ecosystems: climate-mediated changes in herbivory and community phase shifts', Proceedings. Biological sciences / The Royal Society, 281, pp. 20140846, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2014.0846

Garthwin RG; Poore AGB; Vergés A, 2014, 'Seagrass tolerance to herbivory under increased ocean temperatures', Marine Pollution Bulletin, 83, pp. 475 - 482, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.08.010

Poore AGB; Gutow L; Pantoja JF; Tala F; Jofré Madariaga D; Thiel M, 2014, 'Major consequences of minor damage: Impacts of small grazers on fast-growing kelps', Oecologia, 174, pp. 789 - 801, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00442-013-2795-4

Evans SM; Sinclair EA; Poore AGB; Steinberg PD; Kendrick GA; Vergés A, 2014, 'Genetic diversity in threatened Posidonia australis seagrass meadows', Conservation Genetics, 15, pp. 717 - 728, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10592-014-0573-4

Poore AGB; Graba-Landry A; Favret M; Sheppard Brennand H; Byrne M; Dworjanyn SA, 2013, 'Direct and indirect effects of ocean acidification and warming on a marine plant-herbivore interaction', Oecologia, 173, pp. 1113 - 1124, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00442-013-2683-y

Bain KF; Vergés A; Poore AGB, 2013, 'Using near infra red reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) to quantify tissue composition in the seagrass Posidonia australis', Aquatic Botany, 111, pp. 66 - 70, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2013.05.012

Clark JS; Poore AGB; Ralph PJ; Doblin MA, 2013, 'Potential for adaptation in response to thermal stress in an intertidal macroalga', Journal of Phycology, 49, pp. 630 - 639, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12067

Moles AT; Peco B; Wallis IR; Foley WJ; Poore AGB; Seabloom EW; Vesk PA; Bisigato AJ; Cella-pizarro L; Clark CJ; Cohen PS; Cornwell WK; Edwards W; Ejrnaes R; Gonzales-Ojeda T; Graae BJ; Hay G; Lumbwe FC; Magana-rodriguez ; Moore BD; Peri PL; Poulsen JR; Stegen JC; Veldtman R; von Zeipel H; Andrew NR; Boulter SL; Borer ET; Cornelissen JHC; Farji-Brener AG; De Gabriel J; Jurado E; Kyhn LA; Low B; Mulder CPH; Reardon-smith KM; Rodriguez-Velazquez J; De Fortier A; Zheng Z; Blendinger PG; Enquist BJ; Facelli JM; Knight T; Majer JD; Martinez-Ramos M; Mcquillan P; Hui FKC, 2013, 'Correlations between physical and chemical defences in plants: Tradeoffs, syndromes, or just many different ways to skin a herbivorous cat?', New Phytologist, 198, pp. 252 - 263, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nph.12116

Gall ML; Poore AGB; Johnston E, 2012, 'A biomonitor as a measure of ecologically-significant fraction of metals in an industrialised harbour.', Journal of Environmental Monitoring, 14, pp. 830 - 838, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c2em10880a

Foo SA; Dworjanyn SA; Poore AGB; Byrne M, 2012, 'Adaptive capacity of the habitat modifying sea urchin Centrostephanus rodgersii to ocean warming and ocean acidification: performance of early embryos', PLoS ONE, 7, pp. e42497, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0042497

Birdsey E; Johnston E; Poore AGB, 2012, 'Diversity and cover of a sessile animal assemblage does not predict its associated mobile fauna.', Marine Biology, 159, pp. 551 - 560, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-011-1834-0

Poore AGB; Campbell AH; Coleman RA; Edgar G; Jormalainen V; Reynolds P; Sotka E; Stachowicz J; Taylor R; Vanderklift M; Duffy J, 2012, 'Global patterns in the impact of marine herbivores on benthic primary producers', Ecology Letters, 15, pp. 912 - 922, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-0248.2012.01804.x

Hay KB; Poore AGB; Lovelock CE, 2011, 'The effects of nutrient availability on tolerance to herbivory in a brown seaweed', Journal of Ecology, 99, pp. 1540 - 1550, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2745.2011.01874.x

Hellyer C; Harasti D; Poore AGB, 2011, 'Manipulating artificial habitats to benefit seahorses in Sydney Harbour, Australia', Aquatic Conservation - Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 21, pp. 582 - 589, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aqc.1217

Cook K; Vanderklift M; Poore AGB, 2011, 'Strong effects of herbivorous amphipods on epiphyte biomass in a temperate seagrass meadow', Marine Ecology - Progress Series, 442, pp. 263 - 269, http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps09446

Hay K; Poore AGB; Lovelock CE, 2011, 'Tolerance to herbivory in a brown seaweed and the effects of nutrient availability', Journal of Ecology, 99, pp. 1540 - 1550

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