By Professor Peter Steinberg

Book Chapters

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

Vergés A; Crawford M; Kajlich L; Marzinelli EM; Söderlund A; Steinberg PD; Turpin J; Wood G; Campbell AH, 2020, 'Operation Crayweed: Merging Art and Science to Restore Underwater Forests', in Sustaining Seas Oceanic Space and the Politics of Care, pp. 235 - 252

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

Morris RL; Heery EC; Loke LHL; Lau E; Strain EMA; Airoldi L; Alexander KA; Bishop MJ; Coleman RA; Cordell JR; Dong YW; Firth LB; Hawkins SJ; Heath T; Kokora M; Lee SY; Miller JK; Perkol-Finkel S; Rella A; Steinberg PD; Takeuchi I; Thompson RC; Todd PA; Toft JD; Leung KMY, 2019, 'Design options, implementation issues and evaluating success of ecologically engineered shorelines', in Oceanography and Marine Biology, Taylor & Francis, pp. 169 - 228, http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/24723

Harder T; Rice SA; Dobretsov S; Thomas T; Carré‐Mlouka A; Kjelleberg S; Steinberg PD; McDougald D, 2014, 'Bacterial Communication Systems', in Outstanding Marine Molecules, Wiley, pp. 171 - 188, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9783527681501.ch07

Holmström C; Steinberg P; Kjelleberg S, 2014, 'Bioprospecting novel antifoulants and anti-biofilm agents from microbes', in Microbial Diversity and Bioprospecting, pp. 405 - 412

Harder T; Rice SA; Dobretsov S; Thomas T; Carré-Mlouka A; Kjelleberg S; Steinberg PD; McDougald D, 2014, 'Bacterial communication systems', in Le Barre S; Kornprobst J-M (ed.), Outstanding Marine Molecules, Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 173 - 187, http://au.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-3527334653.html

Hay ME; Steinberg PD, 2012, 'The Chemical Ecology of Plant-Herbivore Interactions in Marine versus Terrestrial Communities', in Herbivores their Interactions with Secondary Plant Metabolites Ecological and Evolutionary Processes Second Edition, pp. 371 - 413, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-092545-5.50015-8

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

Matz C; Webb JS; Schupp PJ; Phang SY; Penesyan A; Egan S; Steinberg P; Kjelleberg S, 2011, 'Chemical defense in marine biofilm bacteria', in Environmental Chemistry New Techniques and Data, pp. 120 - 131

De Nys R; Girskov M; Kumar N; Kjelleberg S; Steinberg PD, 2006, 'Furanones', in Antifouling Compounds, Springer Publishing Company, Berlin, pp. 55 - 86

Holmstrom CG; Steinberg PD; Kjelleberg S, 2004, 'Bioprospecting Novel Antifoulants and Anti-Biofilm Agents', in Bull AT (ed.), Microbial Diversity and Bioprospecting, ASM Press, Washington, DC, pp. 405 - 412

Kjelleberg S; Steinberg PD, 2002, 'Defenses against bacterial colonization of marine plants', in Lindow SE; Hecht Poinar EI; Elliott VJ (ed.), Phyllosphere Microbiology, APS Press, St Paul, Minnesota, pp. 157 - 172

de Nys R; Steinberg P; Kjelleberg S, 2001, 'Chemical Mediation of Surface Colonization', in Marine Science, CRC Press, pp. 355 - 387, http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781420036602.ch10

Steinberg PD; De Nys R; Kjelleberg S, 2001, 'Chemical mediation of surface colonization', in McClintock JB; Baker BJ (ed.), Marine chemical ecology, CRC Press, Boca Raton, pp. 355 - 387

Rice SA; Givskov M; Steinberg PD; Kjelleberg S, 2000, 'Bacterial signals and antagonists: the interaction between bacteria and higher organisms', in Molecular Marine Microbiology, Horizon Scientific Press, Wymondham, (GB), pp. 41 - 60

Steinberg PD; Kendrick G, 1999, 'Kelp Forests', in Under Southern Seas, University of New South Wales Press, Kensington, pp. 60 - 71

De Nys R; Steinberg PD, 1999, 'Role of secondary metabolites from algae and seagrasses in biofouling control', in Recent Advances in Marine Biotechnology, Vol.3 Biofilms, Bioadhesion, Corrosion and Biofouling, Science Publishers, Enfield, New Hampshire

Shepherd SA; Steinberg P, 1992, 'Food preferences of three Australian abalone species with a review of the algal food of abalone', in Abalone of the World Biology, Fisheries and Culture, Wiley-Blackwell

HAY ME; STEINBERG PD, 1992, 'Chapter 10 The Chemical Ecology of Plant–Herbivore Interactions in Marine versus Terrestrial Communities', in Herbivores: Their Interactions with Secondary Plant Metabolites, Elsevier, pp. 371 - 413, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-08-092545-5.50015-8

Steinberg P, 1992, 'Geographical variation in brown algal chemical defenses against herbivores', in Ecological roles of marine natural products, Cornell Univ Pr, pp. 51 - 92

Journal articles

McGrath AH; Steinberg PD; Egan S; Kjelleberg S; Marzinelli EM, 2025, 'Disruption of host-associated and benthic microbiota affects reproductive output and settlement of a habitat-forming macroalga', Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, 292, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2025.0729

McGrath AH; Lema K; Egan S; Wood G; Gonzalez SV; Kjelleberg S; Steinberg PD; Marzinelli EM, 2024, 'Correction to: Disentangling direct vs indirect effects of microbiome manipulations in a habitat-forming marine holobiont (npj Biofilms and Microbiomes, (2024), 10, 1, (33), 10.1038/s41522-024-00503-x)', Npj Biofilms and Microbiomes, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41522-024-00515-7

McGrath AH; Lema K; Egan S; Wood G; Gonzalez SV; Kjelleberg S; Steinberg PD; Marzinelli EM, 2024, 'Disentangling direct vs indirect effects of microbiome manipulations in a habitat-forming marine holobiont', Npj Biofilms and Microbiomes, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41522-024-00503-x

McLellan SL; Chariton A; Codello A; McClary-Gutierrez JS; Schussman MK; Marzinelli EM; O’Neil JM; Schott EJ; Bowen JL; Vineis JH; Maignien L; Lemonnier C; Perennou M; Gibb KS; Zhou GJ; Leung KMY; Kirs M; Griffith JF; Steele JA; Swearer SE; O’Brien AL; Song D; Liang S; Li J; Airoldi L; Mancuso FP; Salomon PS; Silva-Lima AW; Pereira RC; Boehm AB; Lim EWX; Wuertz S; Fernández E; Teira E; Liao ML; Dong YW; Steinberg PD, 2024, 'Universal microbial indicators provide surveillance of sewage contamination in harbours worldwide', Nature Water, 2, pp. 1061 - 1070, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s44221-024-00315-5

Vozzo ML; Bishop MJ; Dafforn KA; Steinberg PD; Strain EMA; Pinto MM, 2024, 'From experiment to intervention: A case study of scaling up marine eco-engineering from research to application', Environmental Science and Policy, 158, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2024.103800

Marzinelli EM; Thomas T; Vadillo Gonzalez S; Egan S; Steinberg PD, 2024, 'Seaweeds as holobionts: Current state, challenges, and potential applications', Journal of Phycology, 60, pp. 785 - 796, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.13485

Mayer-Pinto M; Caley A; Knights AM; Airoldi L; Bishop MJ; Brooks P; Coutinho R; Crowe T; Mancuso P; Naval-Xavier LPD; Firth LB; Menezes R; de Messano LVR; Morris R; Ross DJ; Wong JXW; Steinberg P; Strain EMA, 2024, 'Complexity-functioning relationships differ across different environmental conditions', Journal of Environmental Management, 354, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120370

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

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

Guest J; Baria-Rodriguez MV; Toh TC; dela Cruz D; Vicentuan K; Gomez E; Villanueva R; Steinberg P; Edwards A, 2023, 'Live slow, die old: larval propagation of slow-growing, stress-tolerant corals for reef restoration', Coral Reefs, 42, pp. 1365 - 1377, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00338-023-02440-1

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

Vadillo Gonzalez S; Vranken S; Coleman MA; Wernberg T; Steinberg PD; Marzinelli EM, 2023, 'Host genotype and microbiome associations in co-occurring clonal and non-clonal kelp, Ecklonia radiata', Molecular Ecology, 32, pp. 4584 - 4598, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.17056

Doane MP; Ostrowski M; Brown M; Bramucci A; Bodrossy L; van de Kamp J; Bissett A; Steinberg P; Doblin MA; Seymour J, 2023, 'Defining marine bacterioplankton community assembly rules by contrasting the importance of environmental determinants and biotic interactions', Environmental Microbiology, 25, pp. 1084 - 1098, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.16341

Vadillo Gonzalez S; Wood G; Tiong HYR; Lema KA; Mayer-Pinto M; Lauro FM; Kjelleberg S; Bulleri F; Steinberg PD; Marzinelli EM, 2023, 'Effect of seaweed canopy disturbance on understory microbial communities on rocky shores', Frontiers in Marine Science, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1264797

Vadillo Gonzalez S; Hurd CL; Britton D; Bennett E; Steinberg PD; Marzinelli EM, 2023, 'Effects of temperature and microbial disruption on juvenile kelp Ecklonia radiata and its associated bacterial community', Frontiers in Marine Science, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1332501

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

Pettersen AK; Coleman MA; Latombe G; Gonzalez S; Williams NLR; Seymour JR; Campbell AH; Thomas T; Ferrari R; Stuart-Smith RD; Edgar GJ; Steinberg PD; Marzinelli E, 2022, 'Spatial compositional turnover varies with trophic level and body size in marine assemblages of micro- and macroorganisms', Global Ecology and Biogeography, 31, pp. 1556 - 1570, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb.13530

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

Pettersen AK; Marzinelli EM; Steinberg PD; Coleman MA, 2022, 'Impact of marine protected areas on temporal stability of fish species diversity', Conservation Biology, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13815

Vadillo Gonzalez S; Clark GF; Johnston EL; Turney CSM; Fogwill CJ; Steinberg PD; Marzinelli EM, 2022, 'Spatial variation in microbial communities associated with sea-ice algae in Commonwealth Bay, East Antarctica', Microbiology United Kingdom, 168, http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.001176

Birrer SC; Wemheuer F; Dafforn KA; Gribben PE; Steinberg PD; Simpson SL; Potts J; Scanes P; Doblin MA; Johnston EL, 2021, 'Legacy Metal Contaminants and Excess Nutrients in Low Flow Estuarine Embayments Alter Composition and Function of Benthic Bacterial Communities', Frontiers in Microbiology, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.661177

Ferrari J; Goncalves P; Campbell AH; Sudatti DB; Wood GV; Thomas T; Pereira RC; Steinberg PD; Marzinelli EM, 2021, 'Molecular analysis of a fungal disease in the habitat-forming brown macroalga Phyllospora comosa (Fucales) along a latitudinal gradient', Journal of Phycology, 57, pp. 1504 - 1516, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.13180

Phelps CM; McMahon K; Bissett A; Bernasconi R; Steinberg PD; Thomas T; Marzinelli EM; Huggett MJ, 2021, 'The surface bacterial community of an Australian kelp shows cross-continental variation and relative stability within regions', FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 97, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiab089

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

Threlfall CG; Marzinelli EM; Ossola A; Bugnot AB; Bishop MJ; Lowe EC; Imberger SJ; Myers S; Steinberg PD; Dafforn KA, 2021, 'Toward cross-realm management of coastal urban ecosystems', Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 19, pp. 225 - 233, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/fee.2323

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