Centre for Integrative Ecology
Deakin University, Burwood campus
221 Burwood Hwy, VIC 3125
Peter’s research focuses on understanding and responding to the impacts of global change in aquatic ecosystems (primarily marine, but also freshwater), and addressing all biotic components – from microbes, to plants, to fish, to megafauna. Most of his research effort is presently directed towards capitalising on ‘blue carbon’, which refers to the powerful ability of coastal vegetated ecosystems to sequester carbon, and thereby help mitigate climate change.
His approach is multi-disciplinary, spanning the fields of chemistry, ecology, microbiology, economics, molecular biology, and policy.
Wetland, blue carbon, seagrass, mangrove, ecosystem services, carbon offset, restoration, carbon sinks, Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)
Career Highlights
Boards & Committees (current)
Limpert KE, Carnell PE, Trevathan-Tackett SM, Macreadie PI (2020) Reducing emissions from degraded floodplain wetlands. Frontiers in Environmental Science| https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2020.00008
Treby S, Carnell PE, Trevathan-Tackett SM, Bonetti G, Macreadie PI (2020) Assessing passive rehabilitation for carbon gains in rain-filled agricultural wetlands. Journal of Environmental Management 256: 109971.
Macreadie PI et al. (2019) The future of Blue Carbon science. Nature communications 10: 3998
Jänes H, Macreadie PI, Nicholson E, Ierodioconou D, Reeves S, Taylor M, Carnell PE. 2019. Stable isotopes infer the value of Australia’s coastal vegetated ecosystems from fisheries. Fish and Fisheries. https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12416
Ollivier QR, Maher DT, Pitfield C, Macreadie PI (2018) Punching above their weight: Large release of greenhouse gases from small agricultural dams. Global Change Biology. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.14477
Carnell PE, Windecker SM, Brenker M, Baldock J, Maque P, Brunt K, Macreadie PI (2018) Carbon stocks, sequestration, and emission of wetlands in south eastern Australia. Global Change Biology doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14319
Macreadie PI et al. (2018) Eyes in the sea: unlocking the mysteries of the ocean using industrial, remotely operated vehicles (ROVs). Science of the Total Environment 634: 1077-1091
Trevathan-Tackett SM, Thomson ACG, Ralph P, Macreadie PI (2018) Fresh carbon inputs to seagrass sediments induce variable microbial priming responses. Science of the Total Environment 621:633-669
Pearse AL, Barton JL, Lester RE, Zawadski A, Macreadie PI (2017) Soil organic carbon variability in Australian temperate freshwater wetlands. Limnology and Oceanography 63: S254-S266
Push to protect Blue Carbon sites (ABC 730 video report)
If we want to control greenhouse gases then we need to think ‘blue carbon’ (Australia’s Science Channel)
The fight to save the ‘armpits of the coast’ to store carbon (ABC news)
Huge blue carbon sink discovered in Great Barrier Reef could be warding off climate change (Newsweek)
Mandatory offshore rig removal needs a rethink, scientists say (BBC news)
Victoria’s inland wetlands store $6 billion in carbon stocks (SBS news)
What to do with decommissioned oil & gas structures? (ABC news)
Scientists hope wetland carbon storage experiment is everyone’s cup of tea (The Guardian)