PUBLICATIONS

The Blue Carbon Lab has published over 100 peer-reviewed papers on the topics of blue carbon, seagrass resilience, microbial dynamics, wetland ecology and restoration. Follow the links below to access the pdfs or contact Professor Peter Macreadie to request a copy of the manuscript.

2022

Waldschläger, K., Brückner, M.Z.M., Carney, B., Hackney, C.R., Adyel, T.M. et al 2022. Learning from natural sediments to tackle microplastics challenges: A multidisciplinary perspective. Earth-Science Reviews, Volume 228, article no. 104021.
Hou, J., Shao, G., Adyel, T.M., Li, C., Liu, Z., Liu, S., Miao, L., 2022. Can the carbon metabolic activity of biofilm be regulated by the hydrodynamic conditions in urban rivers? Science of The Total Environment, Volume 832, article no. 155082.
Kelleway, J. J., Trevathan-Tackett, S. M., Baldock, J., & Critchley, L. P., 2022. Plant litter composition and stable isotope signatures vary during decomposition in blue carbon ecosystems. Biogeochemistry, 158(2), 147-165.
Ollivier, Q. R., Maher, D. T., Pitfield, C., & Macreadie, P. I., 2022. Net drawdown of greenhouse gases (CO2, CH4 and N2O) by a temperate Australian seagrass meadow. Estuaries and Coasts, 1-14.
Carnell, P.E., Palacios, M.M., Waryszak, P., Trevathan-Tackett, S.M., Masqué, P. and Macreadie, P.I., 2022. Blue carbon drawdown by restored mangrove forests improves with age. Journal of Environmental Management, 306, p.114301.
Adyel, T.M. and Macreadie, P.I., 2022. Plastics in blue carbon ecosystems: a call for global cooperation on climate change goals. The Lancet Planetary Health, 6(1), pp.e2-e3.
Bonetti, G., Limpert, K.E., Brodersen, K.E., Trevathan-Tackett, S.M., Carnell, P.E. and Macreadie, P.I., 2022. The combined effect of short-term hydrological and N-fertilization manipulation of wetlands on CO2, CH4, and N2O emissions. Environmental Pollution, 294, p.118637.

2021

Macreadie, P.I., Costa, M.D., Atwood, T.B., Friess, D.A., Kelleway, J.J., Kennedy, H., Lovelock, C.E., Serrano, O. and Duarte, C.M., 2021. Blue carbon as a natural climate solution. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, pp.1-14.
Taylor, A. and Macreadie, P.I., 2021. Transforming Australia’s approach to decommissioning research. The APPEA Journal, 61(2), pp.498-500.
Duarte de Paula Costa, M., Lovelock, C.E., Waltham, N.J., Moritsch, M.M., Butler, D., Power, T., Thomas, E. and Macreadie, P.I., 2022. Modelling blue carbon farming opportunities at different spatial scales. Journal of Environmental Management, 301, p.113813.
Adyel, T.M. and Macreadie, P.I., 2021. Australia’s plan to reduce plastic waste falls short. Science, 374(6564), pp.163-164.
Jänes, H., Macreadie, P.I., Rizzari, J., Ierodioconou, D., Reeves, S.E., Dwyer, P.G. and Carnell, P.E., 2021. The value of estuarine producers to fisheries: A case study of Richmond River Estuary. Ambio, pp.1-13.
Adyel, T.M. and Macreadie, P.I., 2021. World’s largest mangrove forest becoming plastic cesspit. Frontiers in Marine Science, p.1473.
Miao, L., Guo, S., Wu, J., Adyel, T.M., Liu, Z., Liu, S. and Hou, J., 2021. Polystyrene nanoplastics change the functional traits of biofilm communities in freshwater environment revealed by GeoChip 5.0. Journal of Hazardous Materials, p.127117.
Martinez‐Harms, M.J., Wilson, K.A., Costa, M.D., Possingham, H.P., Gelcich, S., Chauvenet, A., Pliscoff, P., Marquet, P.A. and Bryan, B.A., 2021. Conservation planning for people and nature in a Chilean biodiversity hotspot. People and Nature, 3(3), pp.686-699.
McLean, D., Bond, T., Harvey, E.S., Ierodiaconou, D., Cure, K., Taylor, M., Whitmarsh, S., Sih, T. and Macreadie, P.I., 2021. Importance of Australia’s offshore oil and gas infrastructure for fish. The APPEA Journal, 61(2), pp.429-437.
Bonetti, G., Trevathan-Tackett, S.M., Hebert, N., Carnell, P.E. and Macreadie, P.I., 2021. Microbial community dynamics behind major release of methane in constructed wetlands. Applied Soil Ecology, 167, p.104163.
Young, M.A., Serrano, O., Macreadie, P., Lovelock, C.E., Carnell, P. and Ierodiaconou, D., 2021. National scale predictions of contemporary and future blue carbon storage. Science of The Total Environment, p.149573.
Jänes, H., Carnell, P., Young, M., Ierodiaconou, D., Jenkins, G.P., Hamer, P., Zu Ermgassen, P.S., Gair, J.R. and Macreadie, P.I., 2021. Seagrass valuation from fish abundance, biomass and recreational catch. Ecological Indicators, 130, p.108097.
Khalid, Z.B., Siddique, M.N.I., Nayeem, A., Adyel, T.M., Ismail, S.B. and Ibrahim, M.Z., 2021. Biochar application as sustainable precursors for enhanced anaerobic digestion: A systematic review. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, p.105489.
Waryszak, P., Palacios, M.M., Carnell, P., Yilmaz, N., and Macreadie, P.I., 2021. Planted mangroves cap toxic petroleum-contaminated sediments. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 171, 112746.
Miao, L., Wang, C., Adyel, T.M., Zhao, J., Yan, N., Wu, J. and Hou, J., 2021. Periphytic biofilm formation on natural and artificial substrates: Comparison of microbial compositions, interactions and functions. Frontiers in Microbiology, 12, p.1917.
Liu, Z., Adyel, T.M., Miao, L., You, G., Liu, S. and Hou, J., 2021. Biofilm influenced metal accumulation onto plastic debris in different freshwaters. Environmental Pollution, 285, p.117646.
Tan, M.H., Loke, S., Croft, L.J., Gleason, F.H., Lange, L., Pilgaard, B. and Trevathan-Tackett, S.M., 2021. First Genome of Labyrinthula sp., an Opportunistic Seagrass Pathogen, Reveals Novel Insight into Marine Protist Phylogeny, Ecology and CAZyme Cell-Wall Degradation. Microbial Ecology, pp.1-14.
Scott, A.L., York, P.H., Macreadie, P.I. and Rasheed, M.A., 2021. Spatial and temporal variability of green turtle and dugong herbivory in seagrass meadows of the southern Great Barrier Reef (GBR). Marine Ecology Progress Series, 667, pp.225-231.
Duarte de Paula Costa, M., Lovelock, C.E., Waltham, N.J., Young, M., Adame, M.F., Bryant, C.V., Butler, D., Green, D., Rasheed, M.A., Salinas, C. and Serrano, O., 2021. Current and future carbon stocks in coastal wetlands within the Great Barrier Reef catchments. Global Change Biology.
Navarro, A., Young, M., Macreadie, P.I., Nicholson, E. and Ierodiaconou, D., 2021. Mangrove and Saltmarsh Distribution Mapping and Land Cover Change Assessment for South-Eastern Australia from 1991 to 2015. Remote Sensing, 13(8), p.1450.
Cui, L., Jiang, Z., Huang, X., Chen, Q., Wu, Y., Liu, S., Li, J., Macreadie, P.I. 2021. Eutrophication reduces seagrass contribution to coastal food webs. Ecosphere.
Mazarrasa, I., Lavery, P., Duarte, C.M., Lafratta, A., Lovelock, C.E., Macreadie, P.I., Samper‐Villarreal, J., Salinas, C., Sanders, C., Trevathan‐Tackett, S. and Young, M., 2021. Factors determining seagrass Blue Carbon across bioregions and geomorphologies. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, p.e2021GB006935.
Waryszak, P., Gavoille, A., Whitt, A.A., Kelvin, J. and Macreadie, P.I., 2021. Combining gray and green infrastructure to improve coastal resilience: lessons learnt from hybrid flood defenses. Coastal Engineering Journal, pp.1-16.
Moritsch, M.M., Young, M., Carnell, P., Macreadie, P.I., Lovelock, C., Nicholson, E., Raimondi, P.T., Wedding, L.M. and Ierodiaconou, D., 2021. Estimating blue carbon sequestration under coastal management scenarios. Science of The Total Environment, 777, p.145962.
Bonetti, G., Trevathan-Tackett, S.M., Carnell, P.E., Treby, S. and Macreadie, P.I., 2021. Local vegetation and hydroperiod influence spatial and temporal patterns of carbon and microbe response to wetland rehabilitation. Applied Soil Ecology, 163, p.103917.
Xiong, L., Xi, B., Wu, Y., Liu, S., Zhang, L., Huang, X. and Macreadie, P.I., 2021. Nutrient input estimation and reduction strategies related to land use and landscape pattern (LULP) in a near-eutrophic coastal bay with a small watershed in the South China sea. Ocean & Coastal Management, 206, p.105573.
Djukic, I., Kepfer-Rojas, S., Kappel Schmidy, I., Steenberg Larsen, K., Beier, C., Berg, B., Verheyen, K., Trevathan-Tackett, S.M., Macreadie, P.I., Bierbaumer, M., Patoine, G., Eisenhauer, N., Guerra, C.A., Maestre, F.T., Hagedorn, F., Oggioni, A., Bergami, C., Magagna, B., Kwon, T., and Shibata, H. 2021. The TeaComposition Initiative: Unleashing the power of international collaboration to understand litter decomposition. SOIL ORGANISMS, 93(1), pp.73-78.
Trevathan-Tackett, S.M., Kepfer-Rojas, S., Engelen, A.H., York, P.H., Ola, A., Li, J., Kelleway, J.J., Jinks, K.I., Jackson, E., Adame, M.F., Pendall, E., Lovelock, C.E., Connolly, R.M., Watson, A., Visby, I., Trethowan, A., Taylor, B., Roberts, T.N.B., Petch, J., Farrington, L., Djukic, I., and Macreadie, P.I. 2021. Ecosystem type drives tea litter decomposition and associated prokaryotic microbiome communities in freshwater and coastal wetlands at a continental scale. Science of The Total Environment, p.146819.
Todd, V.L., Susini, I., Williamson, L.D., Todd, I.B., McLean, D.L. and Macreadie, P.I., 2021. Characterizing the second wave of fish and invertebrate colonization of an offshore petroleum platform. ICES Journal of Marine Science.
Cziesielski, M.J., Duarte, C.M., Aalismail, N., Al-Hafedh, Y., Anton, A., Baalkhuyur, F., Baker, A.C., Balke, T., Baums, I.B., Berumen, M., Chalastani, V.I., Cornwall, B., Daffonchio, D., Diele, K., Farooq, E., Gattuso, J.-P., He, S., Lovelock, C.E., McLeod, E., Macreadie, P.I., Marba, N., Martin, C., Muniz-Barreto, M., Kadinijappali, K.P., Prihartato, P., Rabaoui, L., Saderne, V., Schmidt-Roach, S., Suggett, D.J., Sweet, M., Statton, J., Teicher, S., Trevathan-Tackett, S.M., Joydas, T.V., Yahya, R., and Aranda, M. 2021. Investing in Blue Natural Capital to secure a future for the Red Sea ecosystems. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7, p.1183.
Adyel, T.M., 2021. Enforce ban on plastic exports or it could backfire. Nature, 591(7848), pp.34-34.
Palacios, M.M., Trevathan-Tackett, S.M., Malerba, M.E., and Macreadie, P.I., 2021. Effects of a nutrient enrichment pulse on blue carbon ecosystems. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 165, 112024.
Bonetti, G., Trevathan-Tackett, S.M., Carnell, P.E. and Macreadie, P.I., 2021. The potential of viruses to influence the magnitude of greenhouse gas emissions in an inland wetland. Water Research, p.116875.
Limpert, K.E., Carnell, P.E. and Macreadie, P.I., 2021. Managing agricultural grazing to enhance the carbon sequestration capacity of freshwater wetlands. Wetlands Ecol Manage, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11273-020-09780-7
Malerba, M.E., Wright, N., and Macreadie, P.I., 2021. A Continental-Scale Assessment of Density, Size, Distribution and Historical Trends of Farm Dams Using Deep Learning Convolutional Neural Networks. Remote Sens, 13, 319. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13020319

2020

Trevathan-Tackett, S.M., Brodersen, K.E. and Macreadie, P.I., 2020. Effects of elevated temperature on microbial breakdown of seagrass leaf and tea litter biomass. Biogeochemistry, pp.1-15
Liu, S., Trevathan-Tackett, S.M., Ewers Lewis, C.J., Huang, X. and Macreadie, P.I., 2020. Macroalgal blooms trigger the breakdown of seagrass blue carbon. Environmental Science & Technology. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c03720
Whalen, M.A., Whippo, R.D., Stachowicz, J.J., York, P.H., Aiello, E., Alcoverro, T., Altieri, A.H., Benedetti-Cecchi, L., Bertolini, C., Bresch, M. and Bulleri, F. et al. 2020. Climate drives the geography of marine consumption by changing predator communities. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2005255117
Tan Y. M., Dalby O., Kendrick G. A., Statton J., Sinclair E. A., Fraser M. W., Macreadie P. I., Gillies C., Coleman R., Waycott M., van Dijk K-J., Vergés, A., Ross J. D., Campbell M. L., Matheson F. E., Jackson E. L., Irving A. D., Govers L. L., Connolly R. M., McLeod I. M., Rasheed M. A., Kirkman H., Flindt M. R., Lange T., Miller A. D. and Sherman C. D. H. 2020. Seagrass restoration is possible: Insights and lessons from Australia and New Zealand. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7, p.617.
Carnell, P.E. and Keough, M.J., 2020. More severe disturbance regimes drive the shift of a kelp forest to a sea urchin barren in south-eastern Australia. Scientific reports, 10(1), pp.1-11
McLean, D.L., Parsons, M.J., Gates, A.R., Benfield, M.C., Bond, T., Booth, D.J., Bunce, M., Fowler, A.M., Harvey, E.S., Macreadie, P.I. and Pattiaratchi, C.B., 2020. Enhancing the scientific value of industry remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) in our oceans. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7, p.220.
Liu S, Deng Y, Yiang Z, Wu Y, Huang X, Macreadie PI. 2020. Nutrient loading diminishes the dissolved organic carbon drawdown capacity of seagrass ecosystems. Science of the Total Environment, 740, 140185
Gulliver, A., Carnell, P.E., Trevathan-Tackett, S.M., Duarte de Paula Costa, M., Masqué, P. and Macreadie, P.I., 2020. Estimating the Potential Blue Carbon Gains From Tidal Marsh Rehabilitation: A Case Study From South Eastern Australia. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7, p.403.
Kelleway, J.J., Serrano, O., Baldock, J.A., Burgess, R., Cannard, T., Lavery, P.S., Lovelock, C.E., Macreadie, P.I., Masqué, P., Newnham, M. and Saintilan, N., 2020. A national approach to greenhouse gas abatement through blue carbon management. Global Environmental Change, 63, p.102083.
Whitt, A.A., Coleman, R., Lovelock, C.E., Gillies, C., Ierodiaconou, D., Liyanapathirana, M. and Macreadie, P.I., 2020. March of the mangroves: Drivers of encroachment into southern temperate saltmarsh. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, p.106776.
Todd, V.L., Lazar, L., Williamson, L.D., Peters, I.T., Hoover, A.L., Cox, S.E., Todd, I., Macreadie, P.I. and McLean, D.L., 2020. Underwater visual records of marine megafauna around offshore anthropogenic structures. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7, p.230.
Trevathan-Tackett SM, Jeffries TC, Macreadie PI, Manojlovic B, Ralph P. 2020. Long-term decomposition captures key steps in microbial breakdown of seagrass litter. Science of the Total Environment 705: 135806.
Jänes, H., Macreadie, P.I., Zu Ermgassen, P.S., Gair, J.R., Treby, S., Reeves, S., Nicholson, E., Ierodiaconou, D. and Carnell, P., 2020. Quantifying fisheries enhancement from coastal vegetated ecosystems. Ecosystem Services, 43, p.101105.
Ewers Lewis, C. J., Young, M. A., Ierodiaconou, D., Baldock, J. A., Hawke, B., Sanderman, J., Carnell, P. E., and Macreadie, P. I. 2020 Drivers and modelling of blue carbon stock variability in sediments of southeastern Australia. Biogeosciences, 17, 2041–2059
Ricart AM, PH York, C Bryant, M Rasheed, D Ierodiaconou, P Macreadie. 2020. High variability of Blue Carbon storage in seagrass meadows at the estuary scale. Sci Rep 10, 5865.
Navarro A, M Young, B Allan, P Carnell, P Macreadie and D Ierodiaconou. 2020. The application of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to estimate above-ground biomass of mangrove ecosystems. Remote Sensing of Environment. 242, p.111747.
Trevathan-Tackett SM, Allnutt TR, Sherman CDH, Richardson ME, Crowley TM, Macreadie PI. 2020. Spatial variation of bacterial and fungal communities of estuarine seagrass leaf microbiomes. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 84:59-74.
Carnell PC, Ierodiaconou D, Atwood T, Macreadie PI. 2020. Overgrazing of seagrass by sea urchins diminish blue carbon stocks. Ecosystems. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-020-00479-7
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.
York, P.H., Macreadie, P.I. and Rasheed, M.A., 2020. Correction to ‘Blue Carbon stocks of Great Barrier Reef deep-water seagrasses’. Biology Letters, 16(1), p.20190784.
Cragg, S.M., Friess, D.A., Gillis, L.G., Trevathan-Tackett, S.M., Terrett, O.M., Watts, J.E., Distel, D.L. and Dupree, P .2020. Vascular plants are globally significant contributors to marine carbon fluxes and sinks. Annual Review of Marine Science 12: 469-497.

2019

Huang B, Young M,Carnell P, Conron S, Ierodiaconou D, Macreadie PI, and Nicholson E. 2019. Quantifying welfare gains of coastal and estuarine ecosystem rehabilitation for recreational fisheries. Science of the Total Environment. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134680
Zhao C, Liu S, Jiang Z, Wu Y, Cui L, Huang X, Macreadie PI. 2019. Nitrogen purification potential limited by nitrite reduction process in coastal eutrophic wetlands. Science of the Total Environment 694: 133702
Ollivier QR, Maher DT, Pitfield C, Macreadie PI. 2019. Winter emissions of CO2, CH4 and N2O from temperate agricultural dams: fluxes, sources and processes. Ecosphere. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2914
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
Trevathan-Tackett S, Sherman C, Huggett MJ, Campbell AH, Laverock B, Hurtado-McCormick V, Seymour J, Firl A, Messer L, Ainsworth T, Negandi K, Daffonchio D, Egan S, Engelen AH, Fusi M, Thomas T, Vann L, Hernandez-Agreda A, Gan HM, Marzinelli EM, Steinberg PD, Hardtke L, Macreadie PI. 2019. A horizon scan of priorities for coastal microbiome research. Nature Ecology and Evolution. doi: 10.1038/s41559-019-0999-7
Serrano O, Lovelock CE, Atwood T, Macreadie PI, Canto R, Phinn S, Arias-Ortiz A, Bai Le, Baldock J, Bedulli C, Carnell P, Connolly RM, Donaldson P, Esteban A, Ewers Lewis CJ, Eyre BD, Hayes MA, Horwitz P, Hutley LB, Kavazos CRJ, Kelleway JJ, Kendrick GA, Kilminster K, Lafratta A, Yip Lee S, Lavery PS, Maher DT, Marba N, Masque P, Mateo MA, Mount R, Ralph PJ, Roelfsema C, Rozaimi M, Ruhon R, Salinas C, Samper-Villarreal J, Sanderman J, Sanders C, Santos I, Sharples C, Steven ADL, Cannard T, Trevathan-Tackett SM, Duarte CM. 2019. Australian vegetated coastal ecosystems as global hotspots for climate change mitigation. Nature Communications. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12176-8
Macreadie PI, Anton A, Raven JA, Beaumont N, Connolly RM, Friess DA, Kelleway JJ, Kennedy H, Kuwae T, Lavery PS, Lovelock CE, Smale DA, Apostolaki ET, Atwood TB, Baldock J, Bianchi TS, Chmura GL, Eyre BD, Fourqurean JW, Hall-Spencer JM, Huxham M, Hendriks IE, Krause-Jensen D, Laffoley JM, Luisetti T, Marbà N, Masque P, McGlathery KJ, Megonigal PJ, Murdiyaso D, Russell BD, Santos R, Serrano O, Silliman BR, Watanabe K, Duarte CM. 2019. The Future of Blue Carbon Science. Nature Communications 10, Article number: 3998 (2019)
Bonetti G, Trevathan-Tackett S, Carnell P, Macreadie PI. 2019. Implication of viral infections for greenhouse gas dynamics in Freshwater Wetlands: Challenges and Perspectives. Frontiers in Microbiology > https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.01962
Macreadie PI, Atwood T, Seymour JR, Schmitz-Fontes ML, Sanderman J, Nielsen DA, Connolly RM. 2019. Vulnerability of seagrass blue carbon to microbial attack following exposure to warming and oxygen. Science of the Total Environment: 86, 264-275.
Duffy JE, Benedetti-Cecchi, L, Trinanes JA, Muller-Karger FE, Ambo-Rappe R, Boström C, Buschmann AH, Byrnes J, Coles RG, Creed J, Cullen-Unsworth L, Diaz-Pulido G, Duarte CM, Edgar GJ, Fortes MD, Goni GJ, Hu C, Huang X, Hurd CL, Konar B, Krause-Jensen D, Krumhansl K, Macreadie PI, Marsh H, McKenzie LJ, Mieszkowska N, Miloslavich P, Montes E, Nakaoka M, Norderhaug KM, Nordlund LM, Orth RJ, Prathep A, Putman NF, Samper-Villarreal J, Serrao EA, Short F, Pinto IS, Steinberg PD, Stuart-Smith R, Unsworth RKF, van Keulen M, Van Tussenbroek BI, Wan M, Waycott M, Weatherdon LV, Wernberg T, Yaakub SM. 2019. Toward a coordinated global observing system for seagrasses and marine macroalgae. Frontiers in Marine Science. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00317
Geraldi, N.R., Ortega, A., Serrano, O., Macreadie, P.I., Lovelock, C., Krause-Jensen, D., Kennedy, H.A., Lavery, P.S., Pace, M.L., Kaal, J. and Duarte, C.M., 2019. Fingerprinting blue carbon: Rationale and tools to determine the source of organic carbon in marine depositional environments. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6, p.263.
Levin LA, Bett BJ, Gates, AR, Heimbach P, Howe BM, Janssen F, McCurdy HA, Snelgrove P, Stocks KI, Bailey D, Baumann-Pickering S, Beaverson C, Benfield MC, Booth DJ, Carreiro-Silva M, Colaco A, Eble MC, Fowler AM, Gjerde KM, Jones DOB, Katsumata K, Kelley D, LeBRis N, Leonardi FL, Macreadie PI, McLean D, Meitz F, Morato T, Netburn A, Pawlowski J, Smith CR, Sun S, Uchinda H, Vardaro MF, Venkatesan R, Weller RA. (2019) Global Observing Needs of the Deep Ocean. Frontiers in Marine Science. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00241
Todd VLG, Williamson LD, Cox SE, Macreadie PI (2019) Characterising the first-wave of fish and invertebrate colonisation on a new offshore petroleum platform. ICES Journal of Marine Science, fsz077, https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsz077
Ewers Lewis C, Baldock J, Hawke B, Gadd P, Zawazki A, Heijnis H, Jacobsen G, Rogers K, Macreadie P. (2019) Impacts of land reclamation on tidal marsh ‘Blue Carbon’ stocks. Science of the Total Environment. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.03.345
Saderne V, Geraldi NR, Macreadie PI, Maher DT, Middelburg JJ, Serrano O, Almahasheer H, Arias-Ortiz A, Cusack M, Eyre BD, Fourqurean J, Kennedy H, Krause-Jensen D, Kuwae T, Lavery P, Lovelock CE, Marba N, Masqué P, Mateo MA, Mazarrasa I, McGlathery KJ, Oreska MPJ, Sanders CJ, Santos IR, Smoak JM, Tanaya T, Watanabe K and C. M. Duarte (2019) Role of carbonate burial in “Blue Carbon” budgets. Nature Communications 10, Article number: 1106
Carnell & Keough 2019. Reconstructing historical marine populations reveals major decline of a kelp forest ecosystem in Australia. Estuaries and Coasts. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-019-00525-1
Brodersen K*, Trevathan-Tackett S*, Nielsen D, Connolly R, Lovelock C, Atwood T & Macreadie P. (2019) Oxygen consumption and sulphate reduction in vegetated coastal habitats: effects of physical disturbance Frontiers in Marine Science | https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00014 *joint first authors

2018

Sommer B, Fowler AM, Macreadie PI, Palandro DA, Aziz AC & Booth DJ (2018). Decommissioning of offshore oil and gas structures–Environmental opportunities and challenges. Science of The Total Environment. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.12.193
York PH, Macreadie PI, Rasheed MA (2018) Blue Carbon stocks of Great Barrier Reef deep-water seagrasses. Biology Letters. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2018.0529
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
Macreadie PI, Hardy SS (2018) Response of seagrass ‘Blue Carbon’ stocks to warming. Diversity | https://doi.org/10.3390/d10040115
Liu S, Trevathan-Tackett SM, Ewers Lewis CJ, Ollivier QR, Jiang Z, Huang X, Macreadie PI (2018) Beach-cast seagrass wrack contributes substantially to global greenhouse gas emissions. Journal of Environmental Management 231: 329-335
Todd VLG, Lavallin EW, Macredie P (2018) Quantitative analysis of fish and invertebrate assemblage dynamics in association with a North Sea oil and gas installation complex. Marine Environmental Research | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2018.09.018
Young MA, Macreadie PI, Duncan C, Carnell PR, Nicholson E, Serrano, Duarte CM, Schiell G, Baldrock J, Ierodiaconou (2018) Optimal soil carbon sampling designs to achieve cost-effectiveness: a case study in blue carbon ecosystems. Biology Letters | DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2018.0416
Thomson ACG, Trevathan-Tackett SM, Maher DT, Ralph PJ, Macreadie PI (2018) Bioturbator-stimulated loss of seagrass blue carbon stocks via microbial priming. Limnology and Oceanography. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11044
Trevathan-Tackett S, Treby S, Gleason F. H. Macreadie P, Loke S (2018) Cryopreservation methods are effective for long-term storage of Labyrinthula cultures. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 130: 65-70
Atwood, T. B., Madin E., Harborne A., Hammill E., Luiz O., Ollivier Q., Roelfsema C, Macreadie P, & Lovelock C. (2018). Predators shape sedimentary organic carbon storage in a coral reef ecosystem. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 6: https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2018.00110
Yu, S., Liu, S., Jiang, K., Zhang, J., Jiang, Z., Wu, Y., … & Trevathan-Tackett, S. M. (2018). Population genetic structure of the threatened tropical seagrass Enhalus acoroides in Hainan Island, China. Aquatic Botany. 150: 64-70.
Fowler AM, Jørgensen A, Svenden JC, Macreadie PI, Jones DO, Boon AR, Booth DJ, Brabant R, Callahan E, Claisse JT, Dahlgren TG, Degraer S, Dokken QR, Gill AB, Johns DG, Leewis RJ, Lindeboom HJ, Linden O, May R, Murk AJ, Ottersen G, Schroeder DM, Shastri SM, Teilmann J, Todd V, Van Hoey G, Vanaverbeke J, Coolen JWP (2018) Environmental benefits of leaving offshore infrastructure in the ocean. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.1827
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 | https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14319
Rogers K, Macreadie P, Kelleway J, Saintilan N (2018) Blue carbon in coastal landscapes: a spatial framework for assessment of stocks and additionality. Sustainability Science |doi: 10.1007/s11625-018-0575-0
Conolly R, Smith T, Maxwell P, Olds A, Macreadie P, Sherman C (2018) Highly disturbed populations of seagrass show increased resilience but lower genotypic diversity. Frontiers in Plant Science | doi: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00894
Seitz R, Ewers-Lewis C (2018). Loss of seagrass results in changes to benthic infaunal community structure and decreased secondary production. Bulletin of Marine Science 94: 1273-1292
Sanderman J, Hengl T, Fiske G, Solvik K, Adame M, Benson L, Bukoski J, Carnell P, Cifuentes-Jara M, Donato D, Duncan C, Eid E, zu Ermgassen P, Ewers Lewis C, Glass L, Gress S, Sunny J, Jones T, Macreadie P, Nsombo E, Rahman M, Sanders C, Spalding M, Landis E (2018) A global map of mangrove forest soil carbon at 30 m spatial resolution. Environmental Research Letters 13: 055002
Macreadie PI, McLean DL, Thomson PG, Partridge JC, Jones DOB, Gates AR, Benfield MC, Collins SP, Booth DJ, Smith LL, Techera E, Skropeta D, Horton T, Pattiaratchi C, Bodd T, Fowler AM (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
Yunchao W, Zhang J, Liu S, Jiang Z, Arbi I, Huang X, Macreadie PI (2018) Nitrogen deposition in precipitation to a monsoon-affected eutrophic embayment: fluxes, sources, and processes. Atmospheric Environment 182: 75-86.
Ollivier QR, Hammill E, Booth DJ, Hinchcliffe C, Madin EP, Harbourne AR, Lovelock CE, Macreadie PI, Luiz OJ, Atwood TB (2018) Benthic meiofaunal community response to the cascading effects of herbivory within an algal halo system of the Great Barrier Reef. Plos One 13: e0193932
Djukic I, and 150 others including Trevathan-Tackett S & Macreadie PI (2018) Early stage litter decomposition across biomes. Science of the Total Environment 628: 1369-1394
Scott AL, York PH, Duncan C, Macreadie PI, Connolly RM, Ellis MT, Jarvis JC, Jinks KI, March H, Rasheed MA (2018) The role of herbivory in structuring tropical seagrass ecosystem service delivery. Frontiers in Plant Science 9: 127
Hays GC, Alcoverro T, Christianen MJA, Duarte CM, Hamman M, Macreadie PI, Marsh H, Rasheed MA, Thums M, Unsworth RKF, York PH, Esteban N (2018) New tools to identify the location of seagrass meadows: marine grazers as habitat indicators. Frontiers in Marine Science 5: 9
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
Macreadie PI, Jarvis J, Trevathan-Tackett SM, Bellgrove A (2017) Seagrasses and Macroalgae: Importance, vulnerability and impacts. P729-770. In: Climate Change Impacts on Fisheries and Aquaculture: A Global Analysis. Eds. Phillips BF, Pérez-Ramírez, M. Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN: 978-1-119-15404-4.
Trevathan-Tackett SM, Sullivan BK, Robinson K, Lilje O, Macreadie PI, Gleason FH (2018) Pathogenic Labyrinthula associated with Australian seagrasses: Considerations for seagrass wasting disease in the southern hemisphere. Microbiological Research 206:74-81
Trevathan-Tackett SM, Wessel C, Cebrian J, Ralph P, Masque P, Macreadie PI (2018) Effects of small-scale, shading-induced seagrass loss on blue carbon storage: Implications for management of degraded seagrass ecosystems. Journal of Applied Ecology 55: 1351-1359
Macreadie PI, Ewers Lewis C, Whitt A, Ollivier Q, Trevathan-Tackett S, Carnell P, Thomson A, Serrano O (2017) Comment on ‘Geoenginneering with seagrasses: is credit due where credit is given? Environmental Research Letters 13(2)
Kennedy DM, Konlechner T, Zavadil E, Mariani M, Wong V, Ierodiaconou D, Macreadie PI (2017) Invasive cordgrass (Spartina spp.) in south-eastern Australia induces island formation, salt marsh development, and carbon storage. Geographical Research 56: 80-91.
Smith TM, York PH, Broitman BR, Theil M, Hays GC, van Sebille E, Putman NF, Macreadie PI, Sherman DH (2017) Rare long distance dispersal of a marine angiosperm across the Pacific Ocean. Global Ecology and Biogeography 27: 487-496
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
Connolly RM, Jackson EL, Macreadie PI, Maxwell PS, O’Brien KR (2018) Seagrass Dynamics and Resilience. In: Seagrasses of Australia. Eds. Larkum AWD, Ralph PJ, Kendrick G. Springer.
Seymour JR, Laverock B, Nielsen DA, Trevathan-Tackett SM, Macreadie PI (2018) The Microbiology of Seagrasses. In: Seagrasses of Australia. Eds. Larkum AWD, Ralph PJ, Kendrick G. Springer.
Macreadie PI, Sullivan B, Evans SM, Smith TM (2018) Biogeography of seagrasses of NSW, Victoria, Tasmania and temperate Queensland. In: Seagrasses of Australia. Eds. Larkum AWD, Ralph PJ, Kendrick G. Springer.

2017

Macreadie PI, Serrano O, Maher D, Duarte C, Beardall J (2017) Addressing calcium carbonate cycling in blue carbon accounting. Limnology and Oceanography Letters 2:195-201
Macreadie PI, Serrano O, Duarte CM, Beardall J, Maher D (2017). Commentary: Evaluating the role of seagrass in Cenozoic CO2 variation. Frontiers in Environmental Science 5: 55
Kelleway JJ, Saintilan N, Macreadie PI, Baldock JA, Ralph PJ (2017). Sediment and carbon accumulation vary among vegetation assemblages in a coastal salt marsh. Biogeosciences 14:3763–3779
York PH, Smith TM, Coles RG, McKenna SA, Connolly RM, Irving AD, Jackson EL, McMahon K, Runcie JW, Sherman CD, Sullivan BK, Trevathan-Tackett S, Ewers C, et al. (2017) Identifying knowledge gaps in seagrass research and management: an Australian perspective. Marine environmental research 127: 163-72
Kelleway JJ, Saintilan N, Macreadie PI, Baldock JA, Heijnis H, Zawadzki A, Gadd P, Jacobsen G, Ralph PJ (2017) Geochemical analyses reveal the importance of environmental history for blue carbon sequestration. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 122:1789-1805
Atwood TB, Connolly RM, Almahasheer H, Carnell P, Duarte CM, Ewers C, Irigoien X, Kelleway J, Lavery PS, Macreadie PI, Serrano O, Sanders C, Santos I, Steven A, Lovelock CE (2017). Global patterns in mangrove soil carbon stocks and losses. Nature Climate Change 7: 523-528.
Trevathan-Tackett CM, Macreadie PI, Sanderman J, Baldock J, Howes J, Ralph P (2017). A global assessment of the quemical recalcitrance of seagrass tissues: Implications for long-term carbon sequestration. Frontiers in Plant Science 8: 925
Liu S, Jiang Z, Zhang, J, Wu Y, Huang X, Macreadie PI (2017) Sediment microbes mediate the impact of nutrient loading on blue carbon sequestration by mixed seagrass meadows. Science of The Total Environment 599:1479-1484
Lovelock CE, Atwood T, Baldock J, Duarte CM, Hickey S, Lavery PS, Masque P, Macreadie PI, Ricart AM, Serrano O, Steven A (2017). Assessing the risk of carbon dioxide emissions from blue carbon ecosystems. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 15:257-265
Macreadie PI, Nielsen DA, Kelleway JJ, Atwood T, Seymour J, Petrou K, Connolly RM, Thomson ACG, Trevathan-Tackett S, Ralph P (2017). Can we manage coastal ecosystems to sequester more blue carbon? Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 15: 206-213.
Liu S, Jiang Z, Wu Y, Zhang J, Arbi I, Ye F, Huang X, Macreadie PI (2017). Effects of nutrient load on microbial activities within a seagrass-dominated ecosystem: implications of changes in seagrass blue carbon. Marine Pollution Bulletin 117: 214-221
Ewers CJ, Carnell PE, Sanderman J, Baldock JA, Macreadie PI (2017). Variability and vulnerability of coastal ‘blue carbon’ stocks: A case study from southeast Australia. Ecosystems 21: 263-279
Trevathan-Tackett S, Seymour J, Nielsen D, Macreadie PI, Thomas J, Sanderman J, Baldock J, Howes J, Steven A, Ralph P (2017). Sediment anoxia limits microbial-driven seagrass reminersalization under warming conditions. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 93: 6
Sanderman J, Farrell M, Macreadie PI, Hayes M, McGowan J, Baldock J (2017). Is demineralization with dilute hydrofluoric acid a viable method for isolating mineral stabilized soil organic matter? Geoderma 304: 4-11
Kelleway J, Serrano O, Baldock J, Cannard T, Lavery P, Lovelock CE, Macreadie P, Masque P, Saintilan N, Steven ADL (2017) Technical review of opportunities for including blue carbon in the Australian Government’s Emission Reduction Fund. CSIRO, Australia.
Macreadie PI, Ollivier Q, Kelleway JJ, Serrano O, Carnell P, Ewers C, Atwood T, Sanderman J, Baldock J, Connolly RM, Duarte CM, Lavery P, Steven A, Lovelock CE (2017) Carbon sequestration by Australian tidal marshes. Scientific Reports 7: 44071
Skilbeck CG, Trevathan-Tackett S, Apichanangkool P, Macreadie PI (2017). Sediment sampling in estuaries – site selection and sampling techniques. Eds. Weckstrom, K., Gell, P., Saunders, K & Skilbeck, G. In: Applications of Paleoenvironmental techniques to Estuarine systems. Developments in Paleoenvironmental Research series, volume 20. Springer. ISBN: 978-94-024-0988-8

Macreadie PI, Trevathan-Tackett SM, Baldock JA, Kelleway JJ (2017) Converting beach-cast wrack into biochar: a climate-friendly solution to a coastal problem. Science of the Total Environment 574: 90-94

2016

Pernice M, Sinutok S, Sablok G, Commault AS, Schliep M, Macreadie PI, Rasheed MA, Ralph PJ (2016) Molecular physiology reveals ammonium uptake and related gene expression in the seagrass Zostera muelleri. Marine Environmental Research in press
Smith TM, York PH, Macreadie PI, Keough MJ, Ross J, Sherman CDH (2016) Spatial variation in reproductive effort of a southern Australian seagrass. Marine Environmental Research 120: 214-224
Sherman CDH, York PH, Smith TM, Macreadie PI (2016) Fine-scale patterns of genetic variation in a widespread clonal seagrass species. Marine Biology 163: 1-11
Kelleway JJ, Saintilan N, Macreadie PI, Ralph PJ (2016) Sedimentary factors are key predictors of carbon storage in SE Australian saltmarshes. Ecosystems 19: 865-880
Serrano O, Lavery PS, Duarte CM, Kendrick GA, Calafat A, York P, Steven A, Macreadie PI (2016) Can mud (silt and clay) concentration be used to predict soil organic carbon content within seagrass ecosystems? Biogeosciences 13: 4915-4926
Thomson ACG, York PH, Smith TM, Sherman CDH, Booth DJ, Keough MJ, Ross DJ, Macreadie PI. (2016) Response to “Comment on Seagrass Viviparous Propagules as a Potential Long-Distance Dispersal Mechanism. Estuaries and Coasts 38: 927-940
Smith TM, York PH, Macreadie PI, Keough MJ, Ross DJ, Sherman CDH (2016) Recovery pathways from small scale disturbance in a temperate Australian estuary. Marine Ecology Progress Series 542: 97-108

2015

Macreadie PI, Rolph T, Boyd R, Schröder-Adams C, Skilbeck CG (2015) ENSO and coastal development enhance coastal burial of terrestrial carbon. Plos One 10(12): e0145136
Kelleway JJ, Saintilan N, Macreadie PI, Skilbeck CG, Zawadzki A, Ralph P (2015) Seventy years of continuous encroachment substantially increases ‘blue carbon’ capacity as mangroves replace intertidal saltmarshes. Global Change Biology 22: 1097-109
Atwood TB, Connolly RM, Ritchie EG, Lovelock CE, Heithaus MR, Hays GC, Fourqurean JW, Macreadie PI (2015) Predators help protect carbon stocks in blue carbon ecosystems. Nature Climate Change 5: 1038-1045
Macreadie PI, Trevathan-Tackett SM, Skilbeck CG, Sanderman J, Curlevski N, Jacobsen G, Seymour JR (2015) Losses and recovery of organic carbon from a seagrass ecosystem following disturbance. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 282: 1-6
Ricart AM, York P, Rasheed MA, Pérez M, Romero J, Bryant CV, Macreadie PI (2015) Variability of sedimentary organic carbon in patchy seagrass landscapes. Marine Pollution Bulletin 100: 476-482
Fowler AM, Macreadie PI, Booth DJ (2015). Renewables-to-reefs: participatory multicriteria decision analysis is required to optimize wind farm decommissioning. Marine Pollution Bulletin 98(1): 368-371
Hill R, Bellgrove A, Macreadie PI, Petrou K, Beardall J, Steven A, Ralph PJ (2015) Can macroalgae contribute to blue carbon? An Australian perspective.Limnology and Oceanography 60: 1689-1706.
Trevathan-Tackett SM, Kelleway J, Macreadie PI, Beardall J, Ralph P, Bellgrove A (2015). Comparison of marine macrophytes for their contributions to blue carbon sequestration. Ecology 96: 3043-3057.
Madin E, Macreadie PI (2015). Incorporating carbon footprints into seafood sustainability certification and eco-labels. Marine Policy 57:178-181.
Fowler AM, Macreadie PI, Bishop D, Booth DJ (2015). Using otolith microchemistry and shape to assess the habitat value of oil structures for reef fish. Marine Environmental Research 106:103-113.
Macreadie PI, Rolph TC, Schröder-Adams C, Boyd R, Skilbeck CG (2015). Holocene record of Tuggerah Lake estuary development on the Australian east coast: sedimentary responses to sea-level fluctuations, climate variability, and human activity. GeoResJ 5:57-73.
Thomson ACG, York PH, Smith TM, Sherman CDH, Booth DJ, Keough MJ, Ross DJ, and Macreadie PI. (2015) Seagrass viviparous propagules as a potential long-distance dispersal mechanism. Estuaries and Coasts 38:927-940.
Fowler AM, Macreadie PI, Booth DJ (2014) Should we ‘reef’ obsolete oil platforms? PNAS 112:E102

2014

Macreadie PI, York PH, Sherman CDH, Keough MJ, Ross DJ, Ricart AM, and Smith TM (2014) No detectable impact of small-scale disturbances on seagrass ‘blue carbon’. Marine Biology 161:2939-2944.
Macreadie PI, Baird ME, Trevathan-Tackett SM, Larkum AWD, Ralph PJ (2014) Quantifying and modelling the carbon sequestration capacity of seagrass meadows – a critical appraisal. Marine Pollution Bulletin 83:430-439.
Trevathan-Tackett S, Macreadie PI, Ralph PJ, Seymour JS (2014). Detachment and flow cytometric quantification of seagrass-associated bacteria. Journal of Microbiological Methods 102:23-25.
Macreadie PI, York PH, Sherman CDH (2014). Resilience of Zostera muelleri seagrass to small-scale disturbances: the relative importance of asexual vs. sexual recovery. Ecology and Evolution 4:450-461.
Macreadie PI, Schliep MT, Rasheed MA, Chartrand K, and Ralph PJ (2014). Molecular indicators of chronic seagrass stress: A new era in the management of seagrass ecosystems? Ecological Indicators 38:279-281.
Fowler AM, Macreadie PI, Jones DOB, and Booth DJ (2104). A multi-criteria decision approach to decommissioning of offshore oil and gas infrastructure. Ocean & Coastal Management 87:20-29.
Macreadie PI, Kimbro DL, Fourgerit V, Leto J, Hughes AR (2014). Effects of Pinna clams on benthic macrofauna and the possible implications of their removal from seagrass ecosystems. Journal of Molluscan Studies 80:102-106.
Pradella N, Fowler AM, Booth DJ, and Macreadie PI (2014). Fish assemblages associated with oil industry structures on the continental shelf of northwestern Australia. Journal of Fish Biology 84:247-255.

< 2013

York PH, Gruber RK, Hill R, Ralph PJ, Booth DJ, Macreadie PI (2013) The effect of multiple stressors on health of the temperate seagrass Zostera muelleri: lack of interactive effects of light and temperature. Plos One 8(10): e76377
Macreadie PI, Hughes AR, Kimbro DL (2013) Loss of ‘blue carbon’ from coastal salt marshes following habitat disturbance. Plos One 8(7): e69244.
Smith TM, York PH, Stanley AM, Macreadie PI, Keough MJ, Ross DJ, Sherman CDH (2013) Microsatellite primer development for the seagrass Zostera nigricaulis (Zosteraceae). Conservation Genetic Resources 5:607-610.
Geraldi NR and Macreadie PI (2013) Restricting prey dispersal can overestimate the importance of predation in trophic cascades. Plos One 8(2): e55100.
Macreadie PI, Geraldi NR, Peterson CH (2012) Preference for feeding at habitat edges declines among juvenile blue crabs as oyster reef patchiness increases and predation risk grows. Marine Ecology Progress Series 466: 145-153.
Macreadie PI, Fowler AM, Booth DJ (2012) Rigs-to-reefs policy: can science trump public sentiment? Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 4: 179-180.
Sherman CDH, Stanley AM, Keough MJ, Gardner MG, Macreadie PI (2012) Development of twenty-four novel microsatellite markers for the seagrass, Zostera muelleri, from Australia. Conservation Genetics Resources 4: 689-693.
Macreadie PI, Allen K, Kelaher BP, Ralph PJ, Skilbeck CG (2012) Paleoreconstruction of estuarine sediments reveal human-induced weakening of coastal carbon sinks. Global Change Biology 18: 891-901.

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