Rod Connolly Publications 

Rod Connolly has published a number of peer-reviewed papers over the years covering a wide range of topics such as blue carbon, ecosystem resilience, restoration ecology and coastal wetlands.  
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Automated monitoring
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Restoration Ecology
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Blue carbon
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Isotope Ecology
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Coastal wetlands
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Coral reefs
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Ecosystem resilience
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Oyster Reefs

All Publications 

2020

  • Pearson RM, Sievers M, McClure EC, Turschwell MP, Connolly RM (2020) COVID-19 recovery can benefit biodiversity. Science 368:838-839 PDF
  • Connolly RM, Connolly FN, Hayes MA (2020) Oil spill from the Era: mangroves taking eons to recover. Marine Pollution Bulletin 153: 110965 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
  • 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
  • McClure EC, Sievers M, Brown CJ, Buelow CA, Ditria EM, Hayes MA, Pearson RM, Tulloch VJD, Unsworth RKF, Connolly RM (2020) Artificial intelligence meets citizen science to supercharge ecological monitoring. Patterns 1:100109 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. Biogeochemistry (online Oct 2020)
  • Brown CJ, Taylor W, Wabnitz CC, Connolly RM (2020) Dependency of Queensland and the Great Barrier Reef’s tropical fisheries on reef-associated fish. Scientific Reports (online Oct 2020)
  • 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 (forthcoming October 2020)
  • 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
  • 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 (2020) Human actions alter tidal marsh seascapes and the provision of ecosystem services. Estuaries and Coasts (online Sep 2020) PDF
  • Giffen 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 doi.org/10.1071/PC20025 (online Sep 2020) 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Pearson RM, van de Merwe JP, Gagan MK, Connolly RM (2020) Unique post-telemetry recapture enables development of multi-element isoscapes from barnacle shell for retracing host movement. Frontiers in Marine Science 7:596 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
  • 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. doi.org/10.1007/s12237-020-00753-w PDF
  • Kimber O, Gilby BL, Henderson CJ, Olds AD, Connolly RM, Maslo B, Weston MA, Rowden A, Kelaher B, Schlacher TA (2020) The fox and the beach: coastal landscape topography and urbanisation predict the distribution of carnivores at the edge of the sea. Global Ecology and Conservation 23:e01071 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Griffiths LL, Melvin SD, Connolly RM, Pearson RM, Brown CJ (2020) Metabolomic indicators of low-light stress in seagrass. Ecological Indicators 114:106316 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
  • Hafezi M, Sahin O, Stewart RA, Connolly RM, Mackey B, Ware D (2020) Adaptation strategies for coral reef ecosystems in Small Island Developing States: integrated modelling of local pressures and long-term climate changes. Journal of Cleaner Production 253:119864 PDF
  • Pearson RM, van de Merwe JP, Connolly RM (2020) Global oxygen isoscapes for barnacle shells: application for tracing movement in oceans. Science of the Total Environment 705:135782 doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135782 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Scott N, Le D, Becken S, Connolly RM (2020) Measuring perceived beauty of the Great Barrier Reef using eye-tracking technology. Current Issues in Tourism 23:2492-2502 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

2019

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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, Santos R, Serrano O, Silliman BR, Watanabe K, Duarte CM (2019) The future of blue carbon science. Nature Communications 10:4313 PDF
  • 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
  • Macreadie PI, Atwood TB, 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 686:264-275 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
  • Becken S, Connolly RM, Chen J, Stantic B (2019) A hybrid is born: integrating collective sensing, citizen science and professional monitoring of the environment. Ecological Informatics 52:35-45 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Pearson RM, van de Merwe JP, Gagan MK, Limpus CJ, Connolly RM (2019) Distinguishing between sea turtle foraging areas using stable isotopes from commensal barnacle shells. Scientific Reports 9:6565 PDF
  • Brodersen KE, Trevathan-Tackett SM, Nielsen DA, Connolly RM, Lovelock CE, Atwood TB, Macreadie PI (2019). Oxygen consumption and sulphate reduction in vegetated coastal habitats: effects of physical disturbance. Frontiers in Marine Science 6:14 PDF
  • Le D, Scott N, Becken S, Connolly RM (2019) Tourist’s aesthetic assessment of environmental changes, linking conservation planning to sustainable tourism. Journal of Sustainable Tourism  27:1477-1494 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
  • Ortodossi NL, Gilby BL, Schlacher TA, Connolly RM, Yabsley NA, Olds AD (2019) Effects of seascape connectivity on reserve performance along exposed coastlines. Conservation Biology 33:580-589 PDF
  • Gilby BL, Olds AD, Connolly RM, Henderson CJ, Schlacher TA (2019) Seascape context modifies how fish respond to restored oyster reef structures. ICES Journal of Marine Science 76:1131-1139 PDF

2018

  • 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
  • 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
  • Gilby BL, Olds AD, Connolly RM, Henderson CJ, Schlacher TA (2018) Spatial restoration ecology: placing restoration in a landscape context. Bioscience 68:1007-1019 PDF
  • Pearson RM, Jinks KI, Brown CJ, Schlacher TA, Connolly RM (2018) Functional changes in reef systems in warmer seas: asymmetrical effects of altered grazing by a widespread crustacean mesograzer. Science of the Total Environment 644:976-981 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
  • 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
  • Mandal R, Connolly RM, Schlacher TA, Stantic B (2018) Assessing fish abundance from underwater video using deep neural networks. IEEE IJCNN 2018:1-6. DOI: 10.1109/IJCNN.2018.8489482 PDF
  • Gilby BL, Olds AD, Peterson CH, Connolly RM, Voss CM, Bishop MJ, Elliott M, Grabowski JH, Ortodossi NL, Schlacher TA (2018) Maximising the benefits of oyster reef restoration for finfish and their fisheries. Fish and Fisheries 19:931-947 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Olds AD, Vargas-Fonseca E, Connolly RM, Gilby BL, Huijbers CM, Hyndes GA, Layman CA, Whitfield AK, Schlacher TA (2018) The ecology of fish in the surf zones of ocean beaches: a global review. Fish and Fisheries 19:78-89 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 (2017) Using isotope labelling to partition sources of CO2 efflux in newly established mangrove seedlings. Limnology and Oceanography 63:731-740 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

2017

  • Atwood TB, Connolly RM, Almahasheer H, Carnell P, Duarte CM, Ewers Lewis CJ, Irigoien X, Kelleway JJ, Lavery PS, Macreadie PI, Serrano O, Sanders C, Santos I, Steven ADL, Lovelock CE (2017) Global patterns in mangrove soil carbon stocks and losses. Nature Climate Change 7:523-528 PDF
  • Becken S, Stantic B, Chen J, Alaei A, Connolly RM (2017) Monitoring the environment and human sentiment on the Great Barrier Reef: assessing the potential of collective sensing. Journal of Environmental Monitoring 203:87-97 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
  • Holt RE, Brown CJ, Schlacher TA, Sheldon F, Balcombe SR, Connolly RM (2017) Species traits and connectivity constrain stochastic community re-assembly. Scientific Reports 7:14424  DOI:10.1038/s41598-017-14774-2 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
  • Pearson RM, van de Merwe JP, Limpus CJ, Connolly RM (2017) Realignment of sea turtle isotope studies needed to match conservation priorities. Marine Ecology Progress Series 583:259-271 PDF
  •  Doell SA, Connolly RM, Limpus CJ, Pearson RM, van de Merwe JP (2017) Using growth rates to estimate age of the sea turtle barnacle Chelonibia testudinaria. Marine Biology 164:222 DOI 10.1007/s00227-017-3251-5 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
  • 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
  • Borland HP, Schlacher TA, Gilby BL, Connolly RM, Yabsley NA, Olds AD (2017) Habitat type and beach exposure shape fish assemblages in the surf zone of ocean beaches. Marine Ecology Progress Series 570:203-211 PDF
  • Schlacher TA, Hutton BM, Gilby BL, Porch N, Maguire GS, Maslo B, Connolly RM, Olds AD, Weston MA (2017) Algal subsidies enhance invertebrate prey for threatened shorebirds: a novel conservation tool on ocean beaches. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 191:28-38 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
  • Macreadie PI, Nielsen DA, Kelleway J, Atwood TB, Seymour J, Petrou K, Connolly RM, Thomson ACG, Trevathan-Tackett S, Ralph PJ (2017) Can we manage coastal ecosystems to sequester more blue carbon? Frontiers in Ecology and Environment 15:206-213 PDF
  • Martin TSH, Connolly RM, Olds AD, Ceccarelli DM, Fenner DE, Schlacher TA, Beger M (2017). Subsistence harvesting by a small community does not substantially compromise coral reef fish assemblages. ICES Journal of Marine Science 74:2191-2200 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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​

2016

158. 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

157. Vargas-Fonseca E, Olds AD, Gilby BL, Connolly RM, Schoeman DS, Huijbers CM, Hyndes GA, Schlacher TA (2016) Combined effects of urbanization and connectivity on iconic coastal fishes. Diversity and Distributions 22:1328-1341 PDF

156. Gilby BL, Olds AD, Connolly RM, Stevens T, Henderson CJ, Maxwell PS, Tibbetts IR, Schoeman DS, Rissik D, Schlacher TA (2016) Optimising land-sea management for inshore coral reefs. PLoS One 11(10): e0164934. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0164934 PDF

155. Huijbers CM, Schlacher TA, McVeigh RR, Schoeman DS, Olds AD, Brown MB, Ekanayake KB, Weston MA, Connolly RM (2016)  Functional replacement across species pools of vertebrate scavengers separated at a continental scale maintains an ecosystem process. Functional Ecology 30:998-1005 PDF

154. Pearson RM, Connolly RM (2016) Climate change impacts on coastal fisheries and aquaculture. In: CoastAdapt Impact Sheet 7, National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility, Gold Coast, Australia. (Ed. D Rissik) coastadapt.com.au PDF

153. Maslo B, Schlacher TA, Weston MA, Huijbers CM, Anderson C, Gilby BL, Olds AD, Connolly RM, Schoeman DS (2016) Regional drivers of clutch loss reveal important trade-offs for beach-nesting birds. Peer J 4:e2460; doi 10.7717/peerj.2460 PDF

152. Schlacher TA, Carracher LK, Porch N, Connolly RM, Olds AD, Gilby BL, Ekanayake KB, Maslo B, Weston MA (2016) The early shorebird will catch fewer invertebrates on trampled sandy beaches. PLoS One 11(8): e0161905. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0161905 PDF

151. Schlacher TA, Lucrezi S, Peterson CH, Connolly RM, Olds AD, Althaus F, Hyndes GA, Maslo B, Gilby BL, Leon JX, Weston MA, Lastra M, Williams A, Schoeman DS (2016) Estimating animal populations and body sizes from burrows: marine ecologists have their heads buried in the sand. Journal of Sea Research 112:55-64 PDF

150. Schlacher TA, Lucrezi S, Connolly RM, Peterson CH, Gilby BL, Maslo B, Olds AD, Walker SJ, Leon JX, Huijbers CM, Weston MA, Turra A, Hyndes GA, Holt RA, Schoeman DS (2016) Human threats to sandy beaches: a meta-analysis of ghost crabs illustrates global anthropogenic impacts. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 169:56-73 PDF

149. 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

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