Coastal Wetlands

Feature publications 
The role of vegetated coastal wetlands for marine megafauna conservation
Sievers et al. 2019 Trends in Ecology and Evolution
Habitat loss is accelerating a global extinction crisis. Conservation requires understanding links between species and habitats. Emerging research is revealing important associations between vegetated coastal wetlands and marine megafauna, such as cetaceans, sea turtles, and sharks. But these links have not been reviewed and the importance of these globally declining habitats is undervalued.
Oil spill from the Era: mangroves taking eons to recover
Connolly et al. 2020 Marine Pollution Bulletin
​Mangroves are highly susceptible to oil exposure. Depending on the severity, oil exposure can result in initial defoliation and eventual recovery through to mass mortality and complete loss of habitat. Some aspects of the impact of oil on mangroves and their recovery are well studied, but the focus has been on short-term responses, and the understanding of the longer-term trajectory of mangrove recovery from oiling is very limited.
Mangroves give cause for conservation optimism, for now
Friess et al. 2020 Current Biology
Mangrove forests are found along the shorelines of more than 100 countries, and provide a wide range of ecosystem services that support the livelihoods and wellbeing of tens of millions of people. Despite their importance, loss of global mangrove area has been so substantial that twelve years ago academics warned of “a world without mangroves”. This seminal work highlighted the large historical loss of mangroves, suggesting that they had declined faster than almost any other ecosystem, including coral reefs and tropical rainforests. 

Coastal wetlands publication 

Rod Connolly's publications relating to coastal wetlands
2024
  • Connolly RM, Herrera C, Rasmussen J, Buelow CA, Sievers M, Jinks KI, Brown CJ, Lopez-Marcano S, Sherman CDH, Martínez-Baena F, Martin B, Baring R, Reeves SE (2024) Estimating enhanced fish production on restored shellfish reefs using automated data collection from underwater videos. Journal of Applied Ecology 61:633-646 ​PDF
  • Sievers M , Rasmussen JA, Nielsen B, Steinfurth RC, Flindt MR, Melvin SD, Connolly RM (2024) Restored seagrass rapidly provides high quality habitat for mobile animals. Restoration Ecology PDF
  • Rasmussen JA, Bennett WW, Melvin SD, Sievers M, McAneney CA, Leaning A, Connolly RM (2024) Stuck in the mangrove mud: the risk of trace element exposure to shore crabs in restored urban mangroves. Science of the Total Environment 955:177064 PDF
  • Giffin AL, Tulloch VJD, Andradi-Brown DA, Connolly RM, Malani-Tagicakibau U, Areki F, Brown CJ (2024) Incorporating cyclone risk in the design of marine protected and conserved areas as an ecosystem-based adaptation approach. Conservation Biology (online Nov 2024)
  • Gilby BL, Goodridge-Gaines LA, Henderson CJ, Borland HP, Coates-Marnane J, Connolly RM, Maxwell PS, Mosman JD, Olds AD, Perry HJ, Saeck E, Tsoi WY (2024) Optimising landscape-scale coastal monitoring and reporting through predicted versus observed animal abundance models. ICES Journal of Marine Science PDF
  • ​Carruthers TJB, Jones B, Terrell MK, Scheibly JF, Player BJ, Black VA, Ehrenwerth JR, Biber PD, Connolly RM, Crooks S, Curole JP, Darnell KM, Dausman AD, DeJong AL, Doyle SM, Esposito CR, Friess DA, Fourqurean JW, Georgiou IY, Grimsditch GD, He S, Hillmann ER, Holm GO, Howard J, Jung H, Jupiter SD,  Kiskaddon E, Krauss KW, Lavery PS, Liu B, Lovelock CE, Mack SK, Macreadie PI, McGlathery KJ, Megonigal JP, Roberts BJ, Settelmyer S, Staver LW, Stevens HJ, Sutton-Grier AE, Villa JA, White JR, Waycott M (2024) Identifying and filling critical knowledge gaps can optimize financial viability of blue carbon projects in tidal wetlands. Frontiers in Environmental Science 12:1421850 PDF
  • ​Trevathan-Tackett SM, Kepfer-Rojas S, Malerba M, Macreadie PI, Djukic I, Zhao J, Young EB, York PH, Yeh SC, Xiong Y, Winters G, Whitlock D, Weaver CA, Watson A, Visby I, Tylkowski J, Trethowan A, Tiegs S, Taylor B, Szpikowski J, Szpikowska G, Strickland VL, Stivrins N, AI Sousa, Sinutok S, Scheffel WA, Santos R, Sanderman J, Sánchez-Carrillo S, Sanchez Cabeza JA, Rymer KG, Ruiz-Fernandez AC, Robroek BJM, Roberts T, Ricart AM, Reynolds LK, Rachlewicz G, Prathep A, Pinsonneault AJ, Pendall E, Payne R, Ozola I, Onufrock C, Ola A, Oberbauer SF, Numbere AO, Novak AB, Norkko J, Norkko A, Mozdzer T, Morgan P, Montemayor DI, Martin CW, Malone SL, Major M, Majewski M, Lundquist CJ, Lovelock CE, Liu S, Lin HJ, Lillebo A, Li J, Kominoski JS, Khuroo AA, Kelleway J, Jinks KI, Jerónimo D, Janousek C, Jackson EL, Iribarne O, Hanley T, Hamid M, Gupta A, Guariento RD, Grudzinska I, Gripp AR, González Sagrario MA, Garrison LM, Gagnon K, Gacia E, Fusi M, Farrington L, Farmer J, Esteves FA, Escapa M, Domańska M, Dias ATC, de los Santos CB, Daffonchio D, Czyryca PM, Connolly RM, Cobb A, Chudzińska M, Christiaen B, Chifflard P, Castelar S, Carneiro LS, Cardoso-Mohedano JG, Camden M, Caliman A, Bulmer RH, Bowen J, Boström C, Bernal S, Berges JA, Benavides JC, Barry SC, Alatalo JM, Al-Haj AN, Adame F (2024) Climate effects on belowground tea litter decomposition depend on ecosystem and organic matter types in global wetlands. Environmental Science and Technology PDF
  • Brown CJ, Campbell MD, Collier CJ, Turschwell MP, Saunders MI, Connolly RM (2024) Speeding up recovery of coastal habitats through management interventions that address constraints on dispersal and recruitment. Proceedings Royal Society B 291:20241065 PDF
  • ​​Taylor MD, Gaston TF, Raoult V, Hughes JM, Murphy J, Hewitt DE, Connolly RM, Ochwada-Doyle FA (2024) Recreational fishing expenditure as an indicator of coastal wetland habitat value. Environmental Science: Advances 3:1259-1270 ​PDF
  • Sievers M, Connolly RM, Finlayson KA, Kitchingman ME, Ostrowski A, Pearson RM, Turschwell MP, Adame MF, Bugnot AB, Ditria E, Hale R, Silliman BR, Swearer SE, Valdez SR, Brown CJ (2024) Enhanced but highly variable biodiversity outcomes from coastal restoration: a global synthesis. One Earth 7:623-634 PDF
  • Buelow CA, Connolly RM, Dunic JC, Griffiths L, Holgate B, Lee SL, Mackey BG, Maxwell PS, Pearson RM, Rajkaran A, Sievers M, Sousa AI, Tulloch VJD, Turschwell MP, Villarreal-Rosas J, Brown CJ (2024) Enabling conservation theories of change. Nature Sustainability 7:73-81 (see blog)​
  • ​Newberry B, Connolly RM, Melvin SD, Sievers M (2024). The utility of non-lethal morphometrics to evaluate fish condition. Austral Ecology 49:e13510 ​(link to publication)
  • Lekammudiyanse MU, Saunders MI, Flint N, Irving A, Aiken C, Clark DE, Berthelsen A, Hindmarsh B, Hooks R, Connolly RM, Sievers M, Rasheed MA, Smith TM, Glasby TM, Sherman CDH, Jackson EL (2024) Environmental drivers of flowering in the genus Zostera and spatio-temporal variability of Zostera muelleri flowering in Australasia. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 34:e4068​ ​PDF

2023​​
  • ​Sievers M, Brown CJ, McGowan J, Turschwell MP, Buelow CA, Holgate B, Pearson RM, Adame MF, Andradi-Brown DA, Arnell A, Mackey BG, zu Ermgassen PSE, Gosling J, McOwen CJ, Worthington TA, Connolly RM (2023) Co-occurrence of biodiversity, carbon storage, coastal protection, and fish and invertebrate production to inform global mangrove conservation planning. Science of the Total Environment 904:166357 PDF
  • ​Ostrowski A, Connolly RM, Brown CJ, Sievers M (2023) Stressor fluctuations alter mechanisms of seagrass community responses relative to static stressors. Science of the Total Environment 900:165865 PDF
  • ​​Tevathan-Tackett SM, Callahan DL, Connolly RM, Macreadie PI (2023) Dual indicators link geochemistry to microbiota in blue carbon soils. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 285:108307 PDF
  • Brown CJ, Saint Ange C, Connolly RM, Hasan S, Jackson S, McMahon JM, Smart JCR (2023) Ecosystem services in connected catchment to coast ecosystems: monitoring to detect emerging trends. Science of the Total Environment 869:161670 PDF
  • Borland HP, Gilby BL, Henderson CJ, Connolly RM, Gorissen B, Ortodossi NL, Rummell AJ, Nagelkerken I, Pittman SJ, Sheaves M, Olds AD (2023) Seafloor terrain shapes the three-dimensional nursery value of mangrove and seagrass habitats. Ecosystems 26:442-456 PDF

2022
  • Connolly RM, Jinks KI, Herrera C, Lopez-Marcano S (2022) Fish surveys on the move: adapting automated fish detection and classification frameworks for videos on a remotely operated vehicle in shallow marine waters. Frontiers in Marine Science 9:918504 PDF
  • Dahdouh-Guebas F, Friess DA, Lovelock CE, Connolly RM, Feller IC, Rogers K, Cannicci S (2022) Cross-cutting research themes for future mangrove forest research. Nature Plants 8:1131-1135 PDF
  • Kitchingman ME, Sievers M, Lopez-Marcano S, Connolly RM (2022) Fish use of restored mangroves matches that in natural mangroves regardless of forest age. Restoration Ecology PDF
  • Ostrowski A, Connolly RM, Brown CJ, Sievers M (2022) Fluctuating fortunes: stressor synchronicity and fluctuating intensity influence biological impacts. Ecology Letters 25:2611-2623 PDF
  • Sievers M, Brown CJ, Buelow CA, Hale R, Ostrowski A, Saunders MI, Silliman BR, Swearer SE, Turschwell MP, Valdez SR, Connolly RM (2022) Greater consideration of animals will enhance coastal restoration outcomes. Bioscience 72:1088-1098 PDF
  • Buelow CA, Connolly RM, Turschwell MP, Adame FA, Ahmadia GN, Andradi-Brown DA,  Bunting P, Canty SWJ, Dunic JC Friess DA, Lee SY, Lovelock CE, McClure EC, Pearson RM, Sievers M, Sousa AI, Worthington TA, Brown CJ (2022) Ambitious targets for mangrove and seagrass recovery. Current Biology 32:1641-1649 PDF
  • Hurtado-McCormick V, Tevathan-Tackett SM, Bowen JL, Connolly RM, Duarte CM, Macreadie PI (2022) Pathways for understanding blue carbon microbiomes with amplicon sequencing. Microorganisms 10:2121 PDF
  • Waltham NJ, Connolly RM (2022) Food webs supporting fisheries production in estuaries with expanding coastal urbanisation. Food Webs 33:00259 PDF
  • Ouyang X, Connolly RM, Lee SY (2022) Revised global estimates of resilience to sea level rise for tidal marshes. Environmental Challenges 9:100593 PDF
  • Flindt MR, Oncken NS, Kuusemae K, Lange T, Aaskoven N, Winter S, Sousa AI, Rasmussen EK, Canal-Verges P, Connolly RM, Kristensen E (2022) Sand-capping stabilizes muddy sediment and improves benthic light conditions in eutrophic estuaries: laboratory verification and the potential for recovery of eelgrass (Zostera marina). Journal of Sea Research 181:102177 PDF
  • Harada Y, Lee SY, Connolly RM, Fry B (2022) Compound-specific isotope analysis of amino acids reveals dependency on grazing rather than detritivory in mangrove food webs. Marine Ecology Progress Series 681:13-20 PDF
  • ​Borland HP, Gilby BL, Henderson CJ, Connolly RM, Gorissen B, Ortodossi NL, Rummell AJ, Pittman SJ, Sheaves M, Olds AD (2022) Dredging transforms the seafloor and enhances functional diversity in urban seascapes. Science of the Total Environment 831:154811 PDF
  • Borland HP, Gilby BL, Henderson CJ, Connolly RM, Gorissen B, Ortodossi NL, Rummell AJ, Pittman SJ, Sheaves M, Olds AD (2022) Dredging fundamentally reshapes the ecological significance of 3D terrain features for fish in estuarine seascapes. Landscape Ecology 37:1385-1400 PDF

2021
  • Turschwell MP, Connolly RM, Dunic JC, Sievers M, Buelow CA, Pearson RM, Tulloch VJD, Cote IM, Unsworth RKF, Collier CJ, Brown CJ (2021) Anthropogenic pressues and life-history predict trajectories of seagrass meadow extent at a global scale. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 118: e2110802118 PDF
  • ​Sievers M, Brown CJ, Buelow CA, Pearson RM, Turschwell MP, Adame MF, Griffiths L, Holgate B, Rayner TS, Tulloch VJD, Roy Chowdhury M, zu Ermgassen PSE, Lee SY, Lillebo AI, Mackey BG, Maxwell PS, Rajkaran A, Sousa AI, Connolly RM (2021) Global typologies of coastal wetland status to inform conservation and management. Ecological Indicators 131:108141 PDF
  • ​Yando ES, Sloey TM, Dahdouh-Guebas F, Rogers K, Abuchahla GMO, Cannicci S, Canty SWJ, Jennerjahn TC, Ogurcak DE, Adams JB, Connolly RM, Diele K, Lee SY, Rowntree JK, Sharma S, Cavanaugh KC, Cormier N, Feller IC, Fratini S, Ouyang X, Wee AKS, Friess DA (2021) Conceptualizing ecosystem degradation using mangrove forests as a model system. Biological Conservation 263:109355 ​​PDF
  • Dunic JC, Brown CJ, Connolly RM, Turschwell MP, Cote IM (2021) Long-term declines and recovery of meadow area across the world’s seagrass bioregions. Global Change Biology 27:4096-4109 ​PDF
  • ​Adame MF, Connolly RM, Turschwell MP, Lovelock CE, Fatoyinbo L, Lagomasino D, Goldberg LA, Holdorf J, Friess DA, Sasmito SD, Sanderman J, Sievers M, Buelow C, Kauffman BJ, Bryan-Brown D, Brown CJ (2021) Future carbon emissions from global mangrove forest loss. Global Change Biology PDF
  • ​Sheaves M, Mattone C, Connolly RM, Hernandez S, Nagelkerken I, Murray N, Ronan M, Waltham NJ, Bradley M (2021) Ecological constraint mapping: understanding outcome-limiting bottlenecks for improved environmental decision-making in marine and coastal environments. Frontiers in Marine Science 8:717448 ​PDF
  • Oncken NS, Croizeau T, Connolly RM, Flindt MR, Kristensen E (2021) Reworking activity of the thalassinidean shrimp Trypaea australiensis Dana 1852 (Decapoda: Pleocyemata: Callinaassidae) in an Australian estuary: a pilot study. Journal of Crustacean Biology  41:1-5 PDF
  • ​Osborne FE, Olds AD, Schlacher TA, Henderson CJ, Martin TSH, Connolly RM, Maxwell PS, Gilby BL (2021) Human modifications to estuaries correlate with the morphology and functional roles of coastal fish. Marine Environmental Research 170:105433 ​PDF
  • Kimball ME, Connolly RM, Alford SB, Colombano DD, James WR, Kenworthy MD, Norris GS, Ollerhead J, Ramsden S, Rehage JS, Sparks EL, Waltham NJ, Worthington TA, Taylor MD (2021) Novel applications of technology for advancing tidal marsh ecology. Estuaries and Coasts 44:1568-1578 PDF
  • Brown CJ, Adame MF, Buelow CA, Frassl MA, Lee SY, Mackey B, McClure EC, Pearson RM, Rajkaran A, Rayner TS, Sievers M, Saint-Ange C, Sousa AI, Tulloch VJD, Turschwell MP, Connolly RM (2021) Opportunities for improving recognition of coastal wetlands in global ecosystem assessment frameworks. Ecological Indicators 126:107694 PDF
  • King OC, Smith RA, Warne MSJ, van de Merwe JP, Connolly RM, Brown CJ (2021) Combined impacts of photosystem-II inhibiting herbicides and light availability on seagrass and marine microalgae: a review. Marine Ecology Progress Series 668:215-230 PDF
  • Gilby BL, Olds AD, Brown CJ, Connolly RM, Henderson CJ, Maxwell PS, Schlacher TA (2021) Applying systematic conservation planning to improve the allocation of restoration actions at multiple spatial scales. Restoration Ecology 29:13403 PDF
  • Pearson RM, Collier CJ, Brown CJ, Rasheed MA, Bourner J, Turschwell MP, Sievers M, Connolly RM (2021) Remote estimation of aquatic light environments using machine learning: a new management tool for submerged aquatic vegetation. Science of the Total Environment 782:146886 PDF
  • Pittman SJ, Yates KL, Bouchet PJ, Alvarest-Berastegui D, Andrefouet S, Bell SS, Berkstrom C, Bostrom C, Brown CJ, Connolly RM, Devillers R, Eggleston D, Gilby BL, Gullstrom M, Halpern BS, Hidalgo M, Holstein D, Hovel K, Huettmann F, Jackson EL, James WR, Kellner JB, Kot CY, Lecours V, Lepczyk C, Nagelkerken I, Nekson J, Olds AD, Santos RO, Scales KL, Schneider DC, Schilling HT, Simenstad C, Suthers IM, Treml EA, Wedding LM, Yates P, Young M (2021) Seascape ecology: identifying research priorities for an emerging ocean sustainability science. Marine Ecology Progress Series 663:1-29 PDF
  • Trevathan-Tackett SM, Kepfer-Rojas S, Engelen AH, York PH,, Ola A, Li J, Kelleway JJ, Jinks KI, Jackson E, Adame MF, Pendall E, Lovelock C, Connolly RM, Watson A, Visby I, Trethowan A, Taylor B, Roberts TNS, Petch J, Farrington L, Djukic I, Macreadie PI (2021) Ecosystem type drives tea litter decomposition and associated prokaryotic microbiome communities in freshwater and coastal wetlands at the continental scale. Science of the Total Environment 782:146819 PDF​
  • ​Ostrowski A, Connolly RM, Sievers M (2021) Evaluating multiple stressor research in coastal wetlands: a systematic review. Marine Environmental Research 164:105239 PDF
  • Waltham NJ, Alcott C, Barbeau MA, Cebrian J, Connolly RM, Deegan LA, Dodds K, Goodridge-Gaines LA, Gilby BL, Henderson CJ, McLuckie CM, Minello TJ, Norris GS, Ollerhead J, Pahl J, Reinhardt JF, Rezek RJ, Simenstad CA, Smith JAM, Sparks EL, Staver LW, Ziegler SL, Weinstein MP (2021) Tidal marsh restoration optimism in a changing climate and urbanizing seascape. Estuaries and Coasts 44:1681-1690 ​PDF
  • Gilby BL, Weinstein MP, Baker R, Cebrian J, Alford SB, Chelsky A, Colombano D, Connolly RM, Currin CA, Feller IC, Frank A, Goeke JA, Goodridge-Gaines LA, Hardcastle FE, Henderson CJ, Martin CW, McDonald AE, Morrison BH, Olds AD, Rehage JS, Waltham NJ, Zeigler SL (2021) Human actions alter tidal marsh seascapes and the provision of ecosystem services. Estuaries and Coasts 44:1628-1636 PDF
  • ​Ziegler SL, Baker R, Crosby SC, Barbeau MA, Cebrian J, Colombano DD, Connolly RM, Deegan LA, Gilby BL, Mallick D, Martin CW, Nelson JA, Reinhardt JF, Simenstad C, Waltham NJ, Worthington TA, Rozas LP (2021) Geographic variation in salt marsh structure and function for nekton: a guide to finding commonality across multiple scales. Estuaries and Coasts 44:1497-1507 PDF
  • Colombano DD, Litvin SY, Ziegler SL, Alford SB, Baker R, Barbeau MA, Cebrian J, Connolly RM, Currin CA, Deegan L, Lesser JS, Martin CW, McDonald AE, McLuckie C, Morrison BH, Pahl JW, Risse LM, Smith JAM, Staver LW, Turner RE, Waltham NJ (2021) Climate change implications for tidal marshes and food web linkages to estuarine and coastal nekton. Estuaries and Coasts 44:1637-1648 ​PDF
  • Jones TR, Henderson CJ, Olds AD, Connolly RM, Schlacher TA, Hourigan BJ, Goodridge-Gaines LA, Gilby BL (2021) The mouths of estuaries are key transition zones that concentrate the ecological effects of predators. Estuaries and Coasts 44:1557-1567 PDF

2020
  • ​Connolly RM, Connolly FN, Hayes MA (2020) Oil spill from the Era: mangroves taking eons to recover. Marine Pollution Bulletin 153: 110965 PDF
  • Giffin AL, Brown CJ, Nalau J, Mackey BG, Connolly RM (2020) Marine and coastal ecosystem-based adaptation in Asia and Oceania: review of approaches and integration with marine spatial planning. Pacific Conservation Biology 27:104-117 PDF
  • Jinks KI, Brown CJ, Schlacher TA, Olds AD, Engelhard SL, Pearson RM, Connolly RM (2020) Being well-connected pays in a disturbed world: enhanced herbivory in better linked habitats. Diversity 12:424 PDF
  • Baker R, Taylor MD, Able KW, Beck MW, Cebrian J, Colombano DD, Connolly RM, Currin C, Deegan LA, Feller IC, Gilby BL, Kimball ME, Minello TJ, Rozas LP, Simenstad C, Turner RE, Waltham NJ, Weinstein MP, Ziegler SL, zu Ermagassen PSE, Alcott C, Alford SB, Barbeau M, Crosby SC, Dodds K, Frank A, Goeke J, Goodridge-Gaines LA, Hardcastle FE, Henderson CJ, James WR, Kenworthy MD, Lesser J, Mallick D, Martin CW, McDonald AE, McLuckie C, Morrison BH, Nelson JA, Norris GS, Ollerhead J, Pahl JW, Ramsden S, Rehage JS, Reinhardt JF, Rezek RJ, Risse LM, Smith JAM, Sparks EL, Staver LW (2020) Fisheries rely on threatened salt marshes. Science 370 (Issue 6517) 670-671 PDF
  • Harada Y, Connolly RM, Fry B, Maher DT, Sippo JZ, Jeffrey LC, Bourke AJ, Lee SY (2020) Stable isotopes track the ecological and biogeochemical legacy of mass mangrove dieback in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia. Biogeosciences 17:5599-5613 PDF
  • Ditria EM, Sievers M, Lopez-Marcano S, Jinks EL, Connolly RM (2020) Deep learning for automated analysis of fish abundance: the benefits of training across multiple habitats. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 192:698 PDF
  • Whalen MA, Whippo RDB, Stachowicz JJ, York PH, Aiello E, Alcoverra T, Altieri AH, Bertolini C, Benedetti-Cecchi L, Bresch M, Bulleri F, Carnell PE, Cimon S, Connolly RM, Cusson M, Diskin MS, D’Souza E, Flores AAV, Fodrie FJ, Galloway AWE, Gaskins LC, Graham OJ, Hanley TC, Henderson CJ, Hereu CM, Hessing-Lewis M, Hovel KA, Hughes BB, Hughes AR, Hultgren KM, Janes H, Janiak DS, Johnston LN, Jorgensen P, Kelaher BP, Kruschel C, Lanham BS, Lee KS, Lefcheck JS, Lozano-Alvarez E, Macreadie PI, Monteith ZL, O’Connor NE, Olds AD, O’Leary JK, Patrick CJ, Pino O, Poore AGB, Rasheed MA, Raymond WW, Reiss K, Rhoades OK, Robinson MT, Ross PG, Rossi F, Schlacher TA, Seemann J, Silliman BR, Smee DL, Thiel M, Unsworth RKF, van Tussenbroek BI, Verges A, Yeager ME, Yednock BK, Ziegler SL, Duffy JE (2020). Climate drives the geography of marine consumption by changing predator communities. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 117: 28160-28166 PDF
  • Sievers M, Roy Chowdhury M, Adame MF, Bhadury P, Bhargava R, Buelow C, Friess DA, Ghosh A, Hayes MA, McClure E, Pearson RM, Turschwell MP, Worthington TA, Connolly RM (2020) Indian Sundarbans mangrove forest considered Endangered under Red List of Ecosystems, but there is cause for optimism. Biological Conservation 251: 108751 PDF
  • ​Hayes MA, McClure EC, York PH, Jinks KI, Rasheed MA, Sheaves M, Connolly RM (2020) The differential importance of deep and shallow seagrass to nekton of the Great Barrier Reef. Diversity 12:292 PDF
  • Gilby BL, Olds AD, Hardcastle FE, Henderson CJ, Connolly RM, Martin TSH, Maxwell PS, Goodridge-Gaines LA, Jones TR, Underwood A, Schlacher TA (2020) Diverse land uses and high coastal urbanisation do not always result in harmful environmental pollutants in fisheries species. Marine Pollution Bulletin 159:111487 PDF
  • Tan YM, Dalby O, Kendrick GA, Statton J, Sinclair EA, Fraser MW, Macreadie PI, Gillies C, Coleman RA, Waycott M, van Dijk K, Verges A, Ross JD, Campbell ML, Matheson FE, Jackson EL, Irving AD, Govers LL, Connolly RM, McLeod I, Rasheed MA, Kirkman H, Flindt MR, Langes T, Miller A, Sherman CD (2020) Seagrass restoration is possible: insights and lessons from Australia and New Zealand. Frontiers in Marine Science 7:617 PDF
  • Lopez-Marcano S, Brown CJ, Sievers M, Connolly RM (2020) The slow rise of technology: computer vision techniques in fish population connectivity. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems (online July 2020) PDF
  • Ditria EM, Lopez-Marcano S, Sievers M, Jinks EL, Brown CJ, Connolly RM (2020) Automating the analysis of fish abundance using object detection: optimizing animal ecology with deep learning. Frontiers in Marine Science 7:429 PDF
  • Turschwell MP, Tulloch VJD, Sievers M, Pearson RM, Andradi-Brown DA, Ahmadia GN, Connolly RM, Bryan-Brown D, Lopez-Marcano S, MF Adame, Brown CJ (2020) Multi-scale estimation of the effects of pressures and drivers on mangrove forest loss globally. Biological Conservation 247:108637 PDF
  • Sievers M, Pearson RM, Turschwell MP, Bishop MJ, Bland L, Brown CJ, Tulloch VJD, Haig JA, Olds AD, Maxwell PS, Connolly RM (2020) Integrating outcomes of IUCN Red List of Ecosystems assessments for connected coastal wetlands. Ecological Indicators 116:106489 PDF
  • Gilby BL, Olds AD, Hardcastle FE, Henderson CJ, Connolly RM, Martin TSH, Jones TR, Maxwell PS, Schlacher TA (2020) Urbanisation and fishing alter the body size and functional traits of a key fisheries species. Estuaries and Coasts 43:2170-2181 PDF
  • Bryan-Brown DN, Connolly RM, Richards DR, Adame MF, Friess DA, Brown CJ (2020) Global trends in mangrove forest fragmentation. Scientific Reports 10:7117 PDF
  • Griffiths LL, Melvin SD, Connolly RM, Pearson RM, Brown CJ (2020) Metabolomic indicators of low-light stress in seagrass. Ecological Indicators 114:106316 PDF
  • Tulloch VJD, Turschwell MP, Giffin AL, Halpern B, Connolly RM, Griffiths L, Frazer M, Brown CJ (2020) Linking threat maps with management to guide conservation investment. Biological Conservation 245:108527 PDF
  • Jinks KI, Rasheed MA, Brown CJ, Olds AD, Schlacher TA, Sheaves M, York PH, Connolly RM (2020) Saltmarsh grass supports fishery food webs in subtropical Australian estuaries. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 238:106719 PDF
  • Yabsley NA, Gilby BL, Schlacher TA, Henderson CJ, Connolly RM, Maxwell PS, Olds AD (2020) Landscape context and nutrients modify the effects of coastal urbanisation. Marine Environmental Research 158:104936 PDF
  • Goodridge-Gaines LA, Olds AD, Henderson CJ, Connolly RM, Schlacher TA, Jones TR, Gilby BL (2020) Linking ecosystem condition and landscape context in the conservation of ecosystem multifunctionality. Biological Conservation 243:108479 PDF
  • Waltham NJ, Elliott M, Lee SY, Lovelock C, Duarte CM, Buelow C, Simenstad C, Nagelkerken I, Claassens L, Wen CCK, Barletta M, Connolly RM, Gillies C, Mitsch WJ, Ogburn MB, Purandare J, Possingham H, Sheaves M (2020) UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030: what chance for success in restoring coastal ecosystems? Frontiers in Marine Science 7:71 PDF
  • Turschwell MP, Brown CJ, Pearson RM, Connolly RM (2020) China’s Belt and Road Initiative: conservation implications for threatened marine species and habitats. Marine Policy 112 103791 PDF
  • Friess DA, Yando ES, Abuchahla GMO, Adams JB, Cannicci S, Canty SWJ, Cavanaugh KC, Connolly RM, Cormier N, Dahdouh-Guebas F, Diele K, Feller IC, Fratini S, Jennerjahn TC, Lee SY, Ogurcak DE, Ouyang X, Rogers K, Rowntree JK, Sharma S, Sloey TM, Wee AKS (2020) Mangroves give cause for conservation optimism, for now. Current Biology 30:R153-154 PDF
  • Harada Y, Fry B, Lee SY, Maher DT, Sippo JZ, Connolly RM (2020) Stable isotopes indicate ecosystem restructuring following climate-driven mangrove dieback. Limnology and Oceanography 65:1251-1263 PDF
  • Henderson CJ, Gilby BL, Schlacher TA, Connolly RM, Sheaves M, Maxwell PS, Flint N, Borland HP, Martin TSH, Olds AD (2020) Low redundancy and complementarity shape ecosystem functioning in low-diversity ecosystems. Journal of Animal Ecology 89:784-794 doi:10.1111/1365-2656.13148 PDF
  • Wendlander NS, Lange T, Connolly RM, Kristensen E, Pearson RM, Valdemarsen T, Flindt MR (2020) Assessing methods for restoring seagrass (Zostera muelleri) in Australia’s subtropical waters. Marine and Freshwater Research 71:996-1005 PDF
  • Griffiths LL, Connolly RM, Brown CJ (2020) Critical gaps in seagrass protection reveal the need to address multiple pressures and cumulative impacts. Ocean and Coastal Management 183:104946 doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2019.104946 PDF
  • Henderson CJ, Gilby BL, Schlacher TA, Connolly RM, Sheaves M, Maxwell PS, Flint N, Borland HP, Martin TSH, Gorissen B, Olds AD (2020) Landscape transformation alters functional diversity in coastal seascapes. Ecography 43:138-148 doi: 10.1111/ecog.04504 PDF
  • Schlacher TA, Gilby BL, Olds AD, Henderson CJ, Connolly RM, Peterson CH, Voss CM, Maslo B, Weston MA, Bishop MJ, Rowden A (2020) Key ecological function peaks at the land-ocean transition zone when vertebrate scavengers concentrate on ocean beaches. Ecosystems 23:906-916 PDF

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  • Jinks KI, Brown CJ, Rasheed MA, Scott AL, Sheaves M, York PH, Connolly RM (2019) Habitat complexity influences the structure of food webs in Great Barrier Reef seagrass meadows. Ecosphere 10:e02928 PDF
  • Maxwell PS, Connolly RM, Roelfsema CM, Burfeind DD, Udy J, O’Brien K, Saunders M, Barnes R, Olds AD, Hendersen CJ, Gilby BL (2019) Seagrasses of Moreton Bay Quandamooka: diversity, ecology and resilience. In: Tibbetts I, Rothlisberg P, Neil D, Homburg T, Brewer D, Arthington A (eds) Moreton Bay Quandamooka & catchment: past, present, and future. The Moreton Bay Foundation, Brisbane, Australia PDF
  • Serrano O, Lovelock CE, Atwood TB, Macreadie PI, Canto R, Phinn S, Arias-Ortiz A, Bai L, 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, Lee SY, 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, Duarte CM (2019) Australian vegetated coastal ecosystems as global hotspots for climate change mitigation. Nature Communications 10:4313 PDF
  • Gilby BL, Olds AD, Rissik D, Henderson CJ, Connolly RM, Stevens T, Schlacher TA (2019) Performance of marine reserves for fish and associated ecological functions in the Moreton Bay Marine Park. In: Tibbetts I, Rothlisberg P, Neil D, Homburg T, Brewer D, Arthington A (eds) Moreton Bay Quandamooka & catchment: past, present, and future. The Moreton Bay Foundation, Brisbane, Australia PDF
  • 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 D, Luisetti T, Marba N, Masque P, McGlathery KJ, Megonigal PJ, Murdiyarso D, Russell BD, Samacreadie_et_al_2019_future_of_blue_carbon_nat_comms.pdfntos R, Serrano O, Silliman BR, Watanabe K, Duarte CM (2019) The future of blue carbon science. Nature Communications 10:3998 PDF
  • Olds AD, Gilby BL, Connolly RM, Tibbetts IR, Henderson CJ, Stevens T, Thackwray SK, Schlacher TA (2019) Fishes of Moreton Bay: ecology, human impacts, and conservationIn: Tibbetts I, Rothlisberg P, Neil D, Homburg T, Brewer D, Arthington A (eds) Moreton Bay Quandamooka & catchment: past, present, and future. The Moreton Bay Foundation, Brisbane, Australia PDF
  • Duncan CK, Gilby BL, Olds AD, Connolly RM, Ortodossi NL, Henderson CJ, Schlacher TA (2019) Landscape context modifies the rate and distribution of predation around habitat restoration sites. Biological Conservation 237:97-104  PDF
  • Seivers M, Brown CJ, Tulloch VJD, Pearson RM, Haig JA, Turschwell MP, Connolly RM (2019) The role of vegetated coastal wetlands for marine megafauna conservation. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 34:807-817 PDF
  • Henderson CJ, Stevens T, Lee SY, Gilby BL, Schlacher TA, Connolly RM, Warnken J, Maxwell PS, Olds AD (2019) Optimizing seagrass conservation for ecological functions. Ecosystems 22: 1368–1380 PDF
  • Henderson CJ, Gilby BL, Schlacher TA, Connolly RM, Sheaves M, Flint N, Borland HP, Olds AD (2019) Contrasting effects of mangroves and armoured shorelines on fish assemblages in tropical estuarine seascapes. ICES Journal of Marine Science 76:1052-1061 PDF
  • Brown CJ, Broadley A, Adame MF, Branch TA, Turschwell M, Connolly RM (2019) The assessment of fishery status depends on fish habitats. Fish and Fisheries 20:1-14 PDF
  • Brook TW, Gilby BL, Olds AD, Connolly RM, Henderson CJ, Schlacher TA (2018) The effects of shoreline armouring on estuarine fish are contingent upon the broader urbanisation context. Marine Ecology Progress Series 605:195-206 PDF
  • Pitt KA, Lee SY, Connolly RM, Bui TH, Doriean N (2018) Sources and fate of organic matter in constructed versus natural coastal waterways. Marine Pollution Bulletin 135:505-513 PDF
  • Connolly RM, Jackson EL, Macreadie PI, Maxwell PS, O’Brien KR (2018) Seagrass dynamics and resilience. In: Larkum AWD, Kendrick GA, Ralph PJ. Seagrasses of Australia. Chapter 7. pp 197-212. Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-71352-6 PDF
  • Martin TSH, Olds AD, Olalde ABH, Berkstrom C, Gilby BL, Schlacher TA, Butler IR, Yabsley NA, Zann M, Connolly RM (2018). Habitat proximity exerts opposing effects on key ecological functions. Landscape Ecology 33:1273-1286 PDF
  • Bingham EL, Gilby BL, Olds AD, Weston MA, Connolly RM, Henderson CJ, Maslo B, Peterson CF, Voss CM, Schlacher TA (2018) Functional plasticity in vertebrate scavenger assemblages in the presence of introduced competitors. Oecologia 188:583-593 PDF
  • Connolly RM, Smith TM, Maxwell PS, Olds AD, Macreadie PI, Sherman CD (2018) Highly disturbed populations of seagrass show increased resilience but lower genotypic diversity. Frontiers in Plant Science 9:894 doi: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00894 PDF
  • Olds AD, Frohloff BA, Gilby BL, Connolly RM, Yabsley NA, Maxwell PS, Henderson CJ, Schlacher TA (2018) Urbanisation supplements ecosystem functioning in disturbed estuaries. Ecography 41:2104-2113 PDF
  • Scott AL, York PH, Duncan C, Macreadie PI, Connolly RM, Ellis MT, Jarvis JC, Jinks KI, Marsh H, Rasheed MA (2018) The role of herbivory in structuring tropical seagrass ecosystem service delivery. Frontiers in Plant Science 9:127 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00127 PDF
  • Ouyang X, Lee SY, Connolly RM, Kainz MJ (2018) Spatially-explicit evaluation of coastal wetlands for cyclone mitigation in Australian and China. Scientific Reports 8:3035 DOI:10.1038/s41598-018-21217-z PDF
  • Gilby BL, Olds AD, Connolly RM, Maxwell PS, Schlacher TA (2018) Seagrass meadows shape fish assemblages across estuarine seascapes. Marine Ecology Progress Series 588:179-189 PDF
  • Bryan-Brown DN, Brown CJ, Hughes JM, Connolly RM (2017) Patterns and trends in marine population connectivity research. Marine Ecology Progress Series 585:243-256 PDF
  • Kristensen E, Connolly RM, Otero XL, Marchand C, Ferreira TO, Rivera-Monroy VH (2017) Biogeochemical cycles: global approaches and perspectives. In: Rivera-Monroy VH, Lee SY, Kristensen E, Twilley RR. Mangrove Ecosystems: A Global Biogeographic Perspective. pp 163-209. Springer, Cham ISBN 978-3-319-62206-4 PDF
  • Gilby BL, Olds AD, Connolly RM, Yabsley NA, Maxwell PS, Tibbetts IR, Schoeman DS, Schlacher TA (2017) Umbrellas can work under water: using threatened species as indicator and management surrogates can improve coastal conservation. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 199:132-140 PDF
  • Davis JP, Pitt KA, Olds AD, Harborne AR, Connolly RM (2017) Seagrass corridors and tidal state modify how fish use habitats on intertidal coral reef flats. Marine Ecology Progress Series 581:135-147 PDF
  • Ouyang X, Lee SY, Connolly RM (2017) Using isotope labelling to partition sources of CO2 efflux in newly established mangrove seedlings. Limnology and Oceanography 63:731-740 PDF
  • Gorman D, Turra A, Connolly RM, Olds AD, Schlacher TA (2017) Monitoring nitrogen pollution in seasonally-pulsed coastal waters requires judicious choice of indicator species. Marine Pollution Bulletin 122:149-155 PDF
  • Gilby BL, Olds AD, Yabsley NA, Connolly RM, Maxwell PS, Schlacher TA (2017) Enhancing the performance of marine reserves in estuaries: just add water. Biological Conservation 210:1-7 PDF
  • Macreadie PI, Ollivier Q, Kelleway JJ, Serrano O, Carnell P, Ewers Lewis CJ, Atwood TB, Sanderman J, Baldcock J, Connolly RM, Duarte CM, Lavery P, Steven ADL, Lovelock CE (2017) Carbon sequestration by Australian tidal marshes. Scientific Reports 7:44071 (doi: 10.1038/srep44071) PDF
  • Henderson CJ, Olds AD, Lee SY, Gilby BL, Maxwell PS, Connolly RM, Stevens T (2017) Marine reserves and seascape context shape fish assemblages in seagrass ecosystems. Marine Ecology Progress Series 566:135-144 PDF
  • Engelhard SL, Huijbers CM, Stewart-Koster B, Olds AD, Schlacher TA, Connolly RM (2017) Prioritising seascape connectivity in conservation using network analysis. Journal of Applied Ecology 54:1130-1141 PDF
  • Sheaves M, Baker R, Abrantes KG, Connolly RM (2017) Fish biomass in tropical estuaries: substantial variation in food web structure, sources of nutrition, and ecosystem-supporting processes. Estuaries and Coasts 40:580-593 PDF
  • York PH, Smith TM, Coles RG, McKenna SA, Connolly RM, Irving AD, Jackson EL, McMahon K, Runcie JW, Sherman CDH, Sullivan BK, Trevathan-Tackett SM, Brodersen KE, Carter AB, Ewers CJ, Lavery PS, Roelfsema CM, Sinclair EA, Strydom S, Tanner JE, van Dijk K, Warry FY, Waycott M, Whitehead S (2017) Identifying knowledge gaps in seagrass research and management: an Australian perspective. Marine Evironmental Research 127:163-172 PDF
  • Ouyang X, Lee SY, Connolly RM (2017) Structural equation modelling reveals factors regulating surface sediment organic carbon content and CO2 efflux in a subtropical mangrove. Science of the Total Environment 578:513-522 PDF
  • Ouyang X, Lee SY, Connolly RM (2017) The role of root decomposition in global mangrove and saltmarsh carbon budgets. Earth Science Reviews 166:53-63 PDF
  • van de Merwe JP, Lee SY, Connolly RM, Pitt KA, Steven ADL (2016) Assessing temporal and spatial trends in estuarine nutrient dynamics using a multi-species stable isotope approach. Ecological Indicators 67:338-345 PDF
  • Yabsley NA, Olds AD, Connolly RM, Martin TSH, Gilby BL, Maxwell PS, Huijbers CM, Schoeman DS, Schlacher TA (2016) Resource type influences the effects of reserves and connectivity on ecological functions. Journal of Animal Ecology 85:437-444 PDF
  • Olds AD, Connolly RM, Pitt KA, Pittman SJ, Maxwell PS, Huijbers CM, Moore BR, Albert S, Rissik D, Babcock RC, Schlacher TA (2016) Quantifying the conservation value of seascape connectivity: a global synthesis. Global Ecology and Biogeography 25:1-13 PDF
  • 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 PDF
  • Connolly RM, Waltham NJ (2015) Spatial analysis of carbon isotopes reveals seagrass contribution to fishery food web. Ecosphere 6 art148 (doi: 10.1890/ES14-00243.1) PDF
  • Huijbers CM, Connolly RM, Pitt KA, Schoeman DS, Schlacher TA, Burfeind DD, Steele C, Olds AD, Maxwell PS, Babcock RC, Rissik D (2015)  Conservation benefits of marine reserves are undiminished near coastal rivers and cities. Conservation Letters 8:312-319 PDF
  • Martin TSH, Olds AD, Pitt KA, Johnston AB, Butler IR, Maxwell PS, Connolly RM (2015) Effective protection of fish on inshore coral reefs depends on the scale of mangrove-reef connectivity. Marine Ecology Progress Series 527:157-165 PDF
  • Nagelkerken I, Sheaves M, Baker R, Connolly RM (2015) The seascape nursery: a novel spatial approach to identify and manage nurseries for coastal marine fauna. Fish and Fisheries 16:362-371 PDF
  • Maxwell PS, Pitt KA, Olds AD, Rissik D, Connolly RM (2015) Identifying habitats at risk: simple models can reveal complex ecosystem dynamics. Ecological Applications 25:573-587 PDF
  • Sheaves M, Baker R, Nagelkerken I, Connolly RM (2015) True value of estuarine and coastal nurseries for fish: incorporating complexity and dynamics. Estuaries and Coasts 38:401-414 PDF
  • Abrantes KG, Johnston R, Connolly RM, Sheaves M (2015) Importance of mangrove carbon for aquatic food webs in wet-dry tropical estuaries. Estuaries and Coasts 38:383-399 PDF
  • Davis JP, Pitt KA, Fry B, Olds AD, Connolly RM (2014) Seascape-scale trophic links for fish on inshore coral reefs. Coral Reefs 33:897-907 PDF
  • Ebrahim A, Olds AD, Maxwell PS, Pitt KA, Burfeind DD, Connolly RM (2014) Herbivory in a subtropical seagrass ecosystem: separating the functional roles of different grazers. Marine Ecology Progress Series 511:83-91 PDF
  • Olds AD, Pitt KA, Maxwell PS, Babcock RC, Rissik D, Connolly RM (2014) Marine reserves help coastal ecosystems cope with extreme weather. Global Change Biology 20:3050-3058. doi: 10.1111/gcb.12606 PDF
  • Duggan M, Connolly RM, Whittle M, Curwen G, Burford MA (2014) Effects of freshwater flow extremes on intertidal biota of a wet-dry tropical estuary. Marine Ecology Progress Series 502:11-23 PDF
  • Olds AD, Connolly RM, Pitt KA, Maxwell PS, Aswani S, Albert S (2014) Incorporating surrogate species and seascape connectivity to improve marine conservation outcomes. Conservation Biology 28:982-991 PDF
  • Hyndes G, Nagelkerken I, McLeod R, Connolly RM, Lavery P, Vanderklift M (2014) Mechanisms and ecological role of carbon transfer within coastal seascapes. Biological Reviews 89:232-254 PDF
  • Gibbes B, Grinham A, Neil D, Olds A, Maxwell P, Connolly RM, Weber T, Udy N, Udy J (2014). Moreton Bay and its estuaries: a subtropical system under pressure from rapid population growth. In: Wolanski E. Estuaries of Australia in 2050 and beyond. Estuaries of the World. pp 203-222. Springer, Dordrecht ISBN 978-94-007-7018-8 PDF
  • Maxwell PS, Pitt KA, Burfeind DD, Olds AD, Babcock RC, Connolly RM (2014) Phenotypic plasticity promotes persistence following severe events: physiological and morphological responses of seagrass to flooding. Journal of Ecology 102:54-64 PDF
  • Waltham NJ, Connolly RM (2013) Artificial tidal lakes: built for humans, home for fish. Ecological Engineering 60:414-420 PDF
  • Sheaves M, Johnston R, Johnson A, Baker R, Connolly RM (2013) Nursery function drives temporal patterns in fish assemblage structure in four tropical estuaries. Estuaries and Coasts 36:893-905 PDF
  • Olds AD, Albert S, Maxwell PS, Pitt KA, Connolly RM (2013) Mangrove-reef connectivity promotes the effectiveness of marine reserves across the western Pacific. Global Ecology and Biogeography 22:1040-1049 PDF
  • Leigh C, Burford MA, Connolly RM, Olley JM, Saeck E, Sheldon F, Smart JCR, Bunn SE (2013). Science to support management of receiving waters in an event-driven ecosystem: from land to river to sea. Water 5:780-797 (doi: 10.3390/w5020780) PDF
  • Haig JA, Connolly RM, Hughes, JM (2013) Sympatric seagrass shrimp show similar structure and selection along the seashore: a comparison of two cryptic Phycomenes zostericola lineages. Marine Ecology 34:30-42 PDF
  • Olds AD, Pitt KA, Maxwell PS, Connolly RM (2012) Synergistic effects of reserves and connectivity on ecological resilience. Journal of Applied Ecology 49:1195-1203 PDF
  • Connolly RM (2012) Seagrass. In: A marine climate change impacts and adaptation report card for Australia (Eds. ES Poloczanska, AJ Hobday, AJ Richardson) ISBN: 978-0-643-10928-5. http://www.oceanclimatechange.org.au PDF
  • Sheaves M, Johnston R, Connolly RM, Baker R (2012) Importance of estuarine mangroves to juvenile banana prawns. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 114:208-219 PDF
  • Sheaves M, Johnston R, Connolly RM (2012) Fish assemblages as indicators of estuary ecosystem health. Wetland Ecology and Management 20:477-490 PDF
  • Beattie CL, Pitt KA, Connolly RM (2012) Both size and gender of mud crabs influence the outcomes of interference interactions. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 434:1-6 PDF
  • Olds AD, Connolly RM, Pitt KA, Maxwell PS (2012) Primacy of seascape connectivity effects in structuring coral reef fish assemblages. Marine Ecology Progress Series 462:191-203 PDF
  • Lee KM, Lee SY, Connolly RM (2012) Combining process indices from network analysis with structural population measures to indicate response of estuarine trophodynamics to pulse organic enrichment. Ecological Indicators 18:652-658 PDF
  • Waltham NJ, Teasdale PR, Connolly RM (2011) Contaminants in water, sediment and fish biomonitor species from natural and artificial estuarine habitats along the urbanised Gold Coast, Queensland. Journal of Environmental Monitoring 13:3409-3419 PDF
  • Waltham NJ, Connolly RM (2011) Global extent and distribution of artificial, residential waterways in estuaries. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 94:192-197 PDF
  • Bouillon S, Connolly RM, Gillikin D (2011) Use of stable isotopes to understand food webs and ecological processes.  In: Wolanski E, McClusky DS Treatise on estuarine and coastal science. Vol 7, pp 143-173. Academic Press, Waltham. PDF
  • Smith TM, Hindell JS, Jenkins GP, Connolly RM, Keough MJ (2011) Fine-scale spatial and temporal variations in diets of the pipefish Stigmatopora nigra within seagrass patches. Journal of Fish Biology 78:1824-1832 PDF
  • Lee KM, Lee SY, Connolly RM (2011) Short-term response of estuarine sandflat trophodynamics to pulse anthropogenic physical disturbance: support for the Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 92:639-648 PDF
  • Smith TM, Hindell JS, Jenkins GP, Connolly RM, Keough MJ (2011) Edge effects in patchy seagrass landscapes: the role of predation in determining fish distribution. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 399:8-16 PDF
  • Lee KM, Lee SY, Connolly RM (2011) Combining stable isotope enrichment, compartmental modelling and ecological network analysis for quantitative measurement of food web dynamics. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 2:56-65 PDF
  • Haig JA, Connolly RM, Hughes, JM (2010) Little shrimp left on the shelf: the roles that sea level change, ocean currents and continental shelf width play in the genetic connectivity of a seagrass-associated species. Journal of Biogeography 37:1570-1583 PDF
  • Sheaves M, Johnston R, Connolly RM (2010) Temporal dynamics of fish assemblages of natural and artificial tropical estuaries. Marine Ecology Progress Series 410:143-157 PDF
  • Murphy HM, Jenkins GP, Hindell JS, Connolly RM (2010) Response of fauna in seagrass to habitat edges, patch attributes, and hydrodynamics. Austral Ecology 35:535-543 PDF
  • Macreadie PI, Connolly RM, Keough MJ, Jenkins GP, Hindell JS (2010) Short-term differences in animal assemblages formed by loss and growth of habitat. Austral Ecology 35:515-521 PDF
  • Macreadie PI, Hindell JS, Keough MJ, Jenkins GP, Connolly RM (2010) Resource distribution influences positive edge effects in a seagrass fish. Ecology 91:2013-2021 PDF
  • Macreadie PI, Connolly RM, Jenkins GP, Hindell JS, Keough MJ (2010) Edge patterns in aquatic invertebrates explained by predictive models. Marine and Freshwater Research 61:214-218 PDF
  • Oakes JM, Connolly RM, Revill AT (2010) Isotope enrichment in mangrove forests separates microphytobenthos and detritus as carbon sources for animals. Limnology & Oceanography 55:393-402 PDF
  • Smith TM, Hindell JS, Jenkins GP, Connolly RM (2010) Seagrass patch size affects fish responses to edges. Journal of Animal Ecology 79:275-281 PDF
  • Macreadie PI, Hindell JS, Jenkins GP, Connolly RM, Keough MJ (2009) Fish responses to experimental fragmentation of seagrass habitat. Conservation Biology 23:644-652 PDF
  • Bouillon S, Connolly RM (2009) Carbon exchange among tropical coastal ecosystems.  In: Nagelkerken I. Ecological connectivity among tropical coastal ecosystems. Springer, pp 45-70 PDF
  • Warry FY, Hindell JS, Macreadie PI, Jenkins GP, Connolly RM (2009) Integrating edge effects into studies of habitat fragmentation: a test using meiofauna in seagrass. Oecologia 159:883-892 PDF
  • Connolly RM (2009) Fish on Australian saltmarshes. In: Saintilan N. Australian saltmarsh ecology. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne. PDF
  • Connolly RM (2009) Seagrass. In: A marine climate change impacts and adaptation report card for Australia (Eds. ES Poloczanska, AJ Hobday, AJ Richardson), NCCARF Publication 05/09. ISBN: 978-1-921609-03-9 PDF
  • Webley JAC, Connolly RM, Young RA (2009) Habitat selectivity of megalopae and juvenile mud crabs (Scylla serrata): implications for recruitment mechanism. Marine Biology 156:891-899 PDF
  • Smith TM, Hindell JS, Jenkins GP, Connolly RM (2008) Edge effects on fish associated with seagrass and sand patches. Marine Ecology Progress Series 359:203-213 PDF
  • Moreau S, Péron C, Pitt KA, Connolly RM, Lee SK, Meziane T (2008) Opportunistic predation by small fish on epibiota of jetty pilings in urban waterways. Journal of Fish Biology 72:205-217 PDF
  • Jones GK, Connolly RM, Bloomfield AL (2008) Ecology of fish in seagrass. In: Shepherd SA, Bryars S, Kirkegaard I, Harbison P, Jennings JT.  Natural history of Gulf St Vincent. Royal Society South Australia, Adelaide, pp 148-161 PDF
  • Bouillon S, Connolly RM, Lee SY (2008) Organic matter exchange and cycling in mangrove ecosystems: recent insights from stable isotope studies.  Journal of Sea Research 59:44-58 PDF
  • Schlacher TA, Mondon JA, Connolly RM (2007) Estuarine fish health assessment: evidence of wastewater impacts based on nitrogen isotopes and histopathology. Marine Pollution Bulletin 54:1762-1776 PDF
  • Jelbart JE, Ross PM, Connolly RM (2007) Patterns of small fish distributions in seagrass beds in a temperate Australian estuary.  Journal of the Marine Biological Association 87:1297-1307 PDF
  • Waltham NJ, Connolly RM (2007) Artificial waterway design affects fish assemblages in urban estuaries. Journal of Fish Biology 71:1613-1629 PDF
  • Jelbart JE, Ross PM, Connolly RM (2007) Fish assemblages in seagrass beds are influenced by the proximity of mangrove forests. Marine Biology 150:993-1002 PDF
  • Connolly RM, Lee SY (2007) Mangroves and saltmarsh. In: Connell, SD, Gillanders, BM. Marine Ecology. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp 485-512 PDF
  • Webley JAC, Connolly RM (2007) Vertical movement of mud crab megalopae (Scylla serrata) in response to light: doing it differently down under.  Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 341:196-203 PDF
  • Jelbart JE, Ross PM, Connolly RM (2006) Edge effects and patch size in seagrass landscapes: an experimental test using fish. Marine Ecology Progress Series 319:93-102 PDF
  • Guest MA, Connolly RM (2006) Movement of carbon among estuarine habitats: the influence of saltmarsh patch size. Marine Ecology Progress Series 310:15-24 PDF
  • Hollingsworth A, Connolly RM (2006) Feeding by fish visiting inundated subtropical saltmarsh. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 336:88-98 PDF
  • Connolly RM, Hindell JS (2006) Review of nekton patterns and ecological processes in seagrass landscapes. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 68:433-444 PDF
  • Guest MA, Connolly RM, Loneragan NR, Lee SY, Breitfuss MJ (2006) Mechanism for the small-scale movement of carbon among estuarine habitats: organic matter transfer not crab movement. Oecologia 148:88-96 PDF