Faster, higher and stronger? The pros and cons of molecular faunal data for assessing ecosystem condition
Dafforn KA; Baird DJ; Chariton AA; Sun MY; Brown M; Simpson SL; Kelaher BP; Johnston EL (2014) Faster, higher and stronger? The pros and cons of molecular faunal data for assessing ecosystem condition. Advances in Ecological Research 51: 1-41. Abstract Ecological observation of global change processes is dependent on matching the scale and quality of […]
What does impacted look like? High diversity and abundance of epibiota in modified estuaries
Clark GF; Kelaher BP; Dafforn KA; Coleman MA; Knott NA; Marzinelli EM; Johnston EL (2015) What does impacted look like? High diversity and abundance of epibiota in modified estuaries, Environmental Pollution. 196: 12-20. Abstract Ecosystems modified by human activities are generally predicted to be biologically impoverished. However, much pollution impact theory stems from laboratory or […]
Mesopredators: A confounding variable in consumer exclusion studies
James T. Lavender, Katherine A. Dafforn and Emma L. Johnston (2014) Mesopredators: A confounding variable in consumer exclusion studies. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 456:26-33. Abstract Large consumers are important in determining community structure and have been extensively researched. The impact of predation on hard-substrate marine invertebrate communities tends to be mixed. Numerous […]
