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Professor Adriana Verges

Professor Adriana Verges

Professor

2003 – 2007       PhD Cum Laude, University of Barcelona (Spain)

1998 – 1999       MSc Science Communication (1st Class Honours), Dublin City University (Ireland)

1994 – 1998        BSc (Hons) Marine Science (1st Class Honours), National University of Ireland  Galway (Ireland)

Science
School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences

Adriana Vergés is a Professor in marine ecology at UNSW Sydney and the Sydney Institute of Marine Science (Australia). Her research focuses on climate change impacts and integrates rigorous science with novel ways of regenerating marine ecosystems. Her work is well known for involving the public hands-on in marine restoration and for collaborating with public artists in innovative participatory art-meets-science exhibitions and festivals to raise awareness about marine ecosystems. She has published over 100 peer-reviewed scientific articles and book chapters.

She is a Director of the Kelp Forest Alliance and a co-founder of Operation Crayweed and Operation Posidonia, two projects that have been restoring missing seaweed forests and seagrass meadows over the last ten years in Sydney and New South Wales (Australia). Operation Crayweed was awarded a Green Globe Award in 2017. Adriana received the UNSW Emerging Thought Leader Prize in 2019 and the 2024 WINGS Women of Discovery Award.

Adriana is passionate about science communication and story-telling in all its forms.
Phone
+61 2 9385 2110
E-mail
a.verges@unsw.edu.au
Location
Room 4114, Level 4 Biological Sciences South (E26) UNSW, Kensington 2052
  • Book Chapters | 2024
    Jongen R; Marzinelli EM; Bugnot AB; Ferguson A; Fraser MW; Glasby TM; Jackson EL; Martin BC; Sherman CDH; Sinclair EA; Trevathan-Tackett SM; Vergés A; Waycott M; Wright JT; Kendrick GA; Gribben PE, 2024, 'Integrating Belowground Interactions into Seagrass Restoration Strategies', in Oceanography and Marine Biology, CRC Press, pp. 192 - 214,
    Book Chapters | 2022
    Langley M; Garthwin R; Poore AGB; Vergés A, 2022, 'Endangered Posidonia australis Seagrass Meadows in Australia', in Imperiled: The Encyclopedia of Conservation: Volume 1-3, pp. 640 - 643,
    Book Chapters | 2020
    Verges A; Steinberg PD; Marzinelli EM; Campbell AH, 2020, 'Operation Crayweed', in Sustaining Seas: Oceanic Space and the Politics of Care, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
    Book Chapters | 2019
    Connell SD; Vergés A; Nagelkerken I; Russell BD; Shears N; Wernberg T; Coleman MA, 2019, 'The Past and Future Ecologies of Australasian Kelp Forests', in Hawkins SJ; Bohn K; Firth LB; Williams GA (ed.), Interactions in the Marine Benthos: Global Patterns and Processes, pp. 414 - 430,
    Book Chapters | 2019
    Wernberg T; Coleman MA; Babcock RC; Bell SY; Bolton JJ; Connell SD; Hurd CL; Johnson CR; Marzinelli EM; Shears NT; Steinberg PD; Thomsen MS; Vanderklift MA; Vergés A; Wright JT, 2019, 'Biology and ecology of the globally significant kelp Ecklonia Radiata', in Oceanography and Marine Biology, Taylor & Francis, pp. 265 - 324,
    Book Chapters | 2012
    Campbell A; Verges A; Harder T; Steinberg PD, 2012, 'Causes and ecological consequences of a climate-mediated disease.', in Lunney D; Hutchings P (ed.), Wildlife and Climate Change: towards robust conservation strategies for Australian fauna, Royal Zoological Society of NSW, Mosman, NSW, pp. 52 - 58
    Book Chapters | 2012
    Wernberg T; Dan S; Verges A; Campbell AH; Bayden R; Melinda C; Scott L; Steinberg PD; Craig J; Gary K; Sean C, 2012, 'Macroalgae and temperate rocky reefs.', in Poloczanska ES; Hobday AJ; Richardson AJ (ed.), A Marine Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Report Card for Australia 2012, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Ecosciences Precinct, Brisbane, Qld
  • Journal articles | 2024
    Castro LC; Vergés A; Straub SC; Campbell AH; Coleman MA; Wernberg T; Steinberg P; Thomas T; Dworjanyn S; Cetina-Heredia P; Roughan M; Marzinelli EM, 2024, 'Effect of marine heatwaves and warming on kelp microbiota influence trophic interactions', Molecular Ecology, 33,
    Journal articles | 2024
    Eger A; Aguirre JD; Altamirano M; Arafeh-Dalmau N; Arroyo NL; Bauer-Civiello AM; Beas-Luna R; Bekkby T; Bellgrove A; Bennett S; Bernal B; Blain CO; Boada J; Branigan S; Bursic J; Cevallos B; Choi CG; Connell SD; Cornwall CE; Earp HS; Eddy N; Ennis LA; Falace A; Ferreira AM; Filbee-Dexter K; Forbes H; Francis P; Franco JN; Geisler KG; Giraldo-Ospina A; Gonzalez AV; Hingorani S; Hohman R; Iveša L; Kaleb S; Keane JP; Koch SJI; Krumhansl K; Ladah L; Lafont DJ; Layton C; Le DM; Lee LC; Ling SD; Lonhart SI; Malpica-Cruz L; Mangialajo L; McConnell A; McHugh TA; Micheli F; Miller KI; Monserrat M; Montes-Herrera J; Moreno B; Neufeld CJ; Orchard S; Peabody B; Peleg O; Pessarrodona A; Pocklington JB; Reeves SE; Ricart AM; Ross F; Schanz FR; Schreider M; Sedarat M; Smith SM; Starko S; Strain EMA; Tamburello L; Timmer B; Toft JE; Uribe RA; van den Burg SWK; Vásquez JA; Veenhof RJ; Wernberg T; Wood G; Zepeda-Domínguez JA; Vergès A, 2024, 'The Kelp Forest Challenge: A collaborative global movement to protect and restore 4 million hectares of kelp forests', Journal of Applied Phycology, 36, pp. 951 - 964,
    Journal articles | 2024
    Eger AM; Blain CO; Brown AL; Chan SSW; Miller KI; Vergés A, 2024, 'Kelp forests versus urchin barrens: a comparison of ecosystem functions and services provided by two alternative stable marine habitats.', Proc Biol Sci, 291, pp. 20241539,
    Journal articles | 2024
    Eger AM; Eddy N; McHugh TA; Arafeh-Dalmau N; Wernberg T; Krumhansl K; Verbeek J; Branigan S; Kuwae T; Caselle JE; Ospina AG; Vergés A, 2024, 'State of the world’s kelp forests', One Earth, 7, pp. 1927 - 1931,
    Journal articles | 2024
    Golo R; Santamaría J; Vergés A; Cebrian E, 2024, 'The role of species thermal plasticity for alien species invasibility in a changing climate: A case study of Lophocladia trichoclados', Marine Environmental Research, 200,
    Journal articles | 2024
    McKibbin O; Vergés A; Pottier P; Mayer Pinto M, 2024, 'Marine infrastructure support fewer producers and more filter feeders than natural habitats: a review and meta-analysis', Environmental Research Letters, 19,
    Journal articles | 2024
    Wood GV; Filbee-Dexter K; Coleman MA; Valckenaere J; Aguirre JD; Bentley PM; Carnell P; Dawkins PD; Dykman LN; Earp HS; Ennis LB; Francis P; Franco JN; Hayford H; Lamb JB; Ling SD; Layton C; Lis E; Masters B; Miller N; Moore PJ; Neufeld C; Pocklington JB; Smale D; Stahl F; Starko S; Steel SC; Verbeek J; Vergés A; Wilding CM; Wernberg T, 2024, 'Upscaling marine forest restoration: challenges, solutions and recommendations from the Green Gravel Action Group', Frontiers in Marine Science, 11,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Eger AM; Marzinelli EM; Beas-Luna R; Blain CO; Blamey LK; Byrnes JEK; Carnell PE; Choi CG; Hessing-Lewis M; Kim KY; Kumagai NH; Lorda J; Moore P; Nakamura Y; Pérez-Matus A; Pontier O; Smale D; Steinberg PD; Vergés A, 2023, 'Author Correction: The value of ecosystem services in global marine kelp forests (Nature Communications, (2023), 14, 1, (1894), 10.1038/s41467-023-37385-0)', Nature Communications, 14,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Eger AM; Marzinelli EM; Beas-Luna R; Blain CO; Blamey LK; Byrnes JEK; Carnell PE; Choi CG; Hessing-Lewis M; Kim KY; Kumagai NH; Lorda J; Moore P; Nakamura Y; Pérez-Matus A; Pontier O; Smale D; Steinberg PD; Vergés A, 2023, 'The value of ecosystem services in global marine kelp forests', Nature Communications, 14,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Ferretto G; Glasby TM; Poore AGB; Callaghan CT; Sinclair EA; Statton J; Kendrick GA; Vergés A, 2023, 'Optimizing the restoration of the threatened seagrass Posidonia australis: plant traits influence restoration success', Restoration Ecology, 31,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Ferretto G; Vergés A; Poore AGB; Glasby TM; Griffin KJ, 2023, 'Habitat Provision and Erosion Are Influenced by Seagrass Meadow Complexity: A Seascape Perspective', Diversity, 15,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Flores-Moreno H; Dalrymple RL; Cornwell WK; Popovic G; Nakagawa S; Atkinson J; Cooke J; Laffan SW; Bonser SP; Schwanz LE; Crean AJ; Eldridge DJ; Garratt M; Brooks RC; Vergés A; Poore AGB; Cohen DR; Clark GF; Sen Gupta A; Reich PB; Cornelissen JHC; Craine JM; Hemmings FA; Kattge J; Niinemets Ü; Peñuelas J; Moles AT, 2023, 'Is Australia weird? A cross-continental comparison of biological, geological and climatological features', Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 11,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Marta IRD; Vergés A; Powell S; Smith SM; Poore AGB, 2023, 'Marine protected areas are linked to higher predation rates by fish in shallow urbanised reefs, but only in no-take reserves', Marine Ecology Progress Series, 721, pp. 135 - 150,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Nagelkerken I; Allan BJM; Booth DJ; Donelson JM; Edgar GJ; Ravasi T; Rummer JL; Vergés A; Mellin C, 2023, 'The effects of climate change on the ecology of fishes', PLOS Climate, 2, pp. e0000258 - e0000258,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Pecl GT; Kelly R; Lucas C; van Putten I; Badhe R; Champion C; Chen IC; Defeo O; Gaitan-Espitia JD; Evengård B; Fordham DA; Guo F; Henriques R; Henry S; Lenoir J; McGhie H; Mustonen T; Oliver S; Pettorelli N; Pinsky ML; Potts W; Santana-Garcon J; Sauer W; Stensgaard AS; Tingley MW; Verges A, 2023, 'Climate-driven ‘species-on-the-move’ provide tangible anchors to engage the public on climate change', People and Nature, 5, pp. 1384 - 1402,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Roberts CJ; Vergés A; Poore AGB, 2023, 'A new resource for monitoring reef ecosystems: The background of recreational diver photographs contains valuable habitat data', Journal of Applied Ecology, 60, pp. 2688 - 2698,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Santana-Garcon J; Bennett S; Marbà N; Vergés A; Arthur R; Alcoverro T, 2023, 'Tropicalization shifts herbivore pressure from seagrass to rocky reef communities', Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 290,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Sgarlatta MP; Karkarey R; Smith SM; Suthers IM; Poore AGB; Vergés A, 2023, 'Predation domes: In-situ field assays to measure predatory behaviours by fish', Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 14, pp. 2029 - 2035,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Bennett S; Alcoverro T; Kletou D; Antoniou C; Boada J; Buñuel X; Cucala L; Jorda G; Kleitou P; Roca G; Santana-Garcon J; Savva I; Vergés A; Marbà N, 2022, 'Resilience of seagrass populations to thermal stress does not reflect regional differences in ocean climate', New Phytologist, 233, pp. 1657 - 1666,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Bolt MH; Callaghan CT; Poore AGB; Vergés A; Roberts CJ, 2022, 'Using the background of fish photographs to quantify habitat composition in marine ecosystems', Marine Ecology Progress Series, 688, pp. 167 - 172,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Bosch NE; McLean M; Zarco-Perello S; Bennett S; Stuart-Smith RD; Vergés A; Pessarrodona A; Tuya F; Langlois T; Spencer C; Bell S; Saunders BJ; Harvey ES; Wernberg T, 2022, 'Persistent thermally driven shift in the functional trait structure of herbivorous fishes: Evidence of top-down control on the rebound potential of temperate seaweed forests?', Global Change Biology, 28, pp. 2296 - 2311,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Eger AM; Earp HS; Friedman K; Gatt Y; Hagger V; Hancock B; Kaewsrikhaw R; Mcleod E; Moore AM; Niner HJ; Razafinaivo F; Sousa AI; Stankovic M; Worthington TA; Bayraktarov E; Saunders M; Vergés A; Reeves S, 2022, 'The need, opportunities, and challenges for creating a standardized framework for marine restoration monitoring and reporting', Biological Conservation, 266,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Eger AM; Eddy N; Gleason M; Layton C; McHugh TA; Steinberg P; Vergés A, 2022, 'The Kelp Forest Alliance: A Global Community of Practice to Understand, Advise, and Motivate Kelp Forest Conservation and Restoration', Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin, 31, pp. 130 - 132,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Eger AM; Marzinelli EM; Christie H; Fagerli CW; Fujita D; Gonzalez AP; Hong SW; Kim JH; Lee LC; McHugh TA; Nishihara GN; Tatsumi M; Steinberg PD; Vergés A, 2022, 'Global kelp forest restoration: past lessons, present status, and future directions', Biological Reviews, 97, pp. 1449 - 1475,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Evans SM; Griffin KJ; Blick RAJ; Poore AGB; Verges A, 2022, 'Erratum: Correction: Seagrass on the brink: Decline of threatened seagrass Posidonia australis continues following protection (PLoS ONE (2019) 14:4 (e0216107) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0216107)', PLoS ONE, 17,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Ferretto G; Vergés A; Poore AGB; Gribben PE; Glasby TM, 2022, 'Floating bags have the potential to minimise oyster farming impacts on Posidonia australis seagrass meadows', Aquaculture, 560,
    Journal articles | 2022
    McCosker E; Stuart-Smith RD; Edgar GJ; Steinberg PD; Vergés A, 2022, 'Sea temperature and habitat effects on juvenile reef fishes along a tropicalizing coastline', Diversity and Distributions, 28, pp. 1154 - 1170,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Pessarrodona A; Vergés A; Bosch NE; Bell S; Smith S; Sgarlatta MP; Wernberg T, 2022, 'Tropicalization unlocks novel trophic pathways and enhances secondary productivity in temperate reefs', Functional Ecology, 36, pp. 659 - 673,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Roberts CJ; Vergés A; Callaghan CT; Poore AGB, 2022, 'Many cameras make light work: opportunistic photographs of rare species in iNaturalist complement structured surveys of reef fish to better understand species richness', Biodiversity and Conservation, 31, pp. 1407 - 1425,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Straub SC; Wernberg T; Marzinelli EM; Vergés A; Kelaher BP; Coleman MA, 2022, 'Persistence of seaweed forests in the anthropocene will depend on warming and marine heatwave profiles', Journal of Phycology, 58, pp. 22 - 35,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Tebbett SB; Sgarlatta MP; Pessarrodona A; Vergés A; Wernberg T; Bellwood DR, 2022, 'How to quantify algal turf sediments and particulates on tropical and temperate reefs: An overview', Marine Environmental Research, 179,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Vergés A; Lanham BS; Kono M; Okumura S; Nakamura Y, 2022, 'Differences in fish herbivory among tropical and temperate seaweeds and annual patterns in kelp consumption influence the tropicalisation of temperate reefs', Scientific Reports, 12,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Wood G; Steinberg PD; Campbell AH; Vergés A; Coleman MA; Marzinelli EM, 2022, 'Host genetics, phenotype and geography structure the microbiome of a foundational seaweed', Molecular Ecology, 31, pp. 2189 - 2206,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Callaghan CT; Poore AGB; Mesaglio T; Moles AT; Nakagawa S; Roberts C; Rowley JJL; Vergés A; Wilshire JH; Cornwell WK, 2021, 'Three Frontiers for the Future of Biodiversity Research Using Citizen Science Data', BioScience, 71, pp. 55 - 63,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Ferretto G; Glasby TM; Poore AGB; Callaghan CT; Housefield GP; Langley M; Sinclair EA; Statton J; Kendrick GA; Vergés A, 2021, 'Naturally-detached fragments of the endangered seagrass Posidonia australis collected by citizen scientists can be used to successfully restore fragmented meadows', Biological Conservation, 262,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Sen Gupta A; Stellema A; Pontes GM; Taschetto AS; Vergés A; Rossi V, 2021, 'Future changes to the upper ocean Western Boundary Currents across two generations of climate models', Scientific Reports, 11, pp. 9538,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Sinclair EA; Sherman CDH; Statton J; Copeland C; Matthews A; Waycott M; van Dijk KJ; Vergés A; Kajlich L; McLeod IM; Kendrick GA, 2021, 'Advances in approaches to seagrass restoration in Australia', Ecological Management and Restoration, 22, pp. 10 - 21,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Smith SM; Malcolm HA; Marzinelli EM; Schultz AL; Steinberg PD; Vergés A, 2021, 'Tropicalization and kelp loss shift trophic composition and lead to more winners than losers in fish communities', Global Change Biology, 27, pp. 2537 - 2548,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Vanderklift MA; Pillans RD; Hutton M; De Wever L; Kendrick GA; Zavala-Perez A; Vergés A; Garthwin R; Oades D; McCarthy P; George K; Sampi T; George D; Sampi C; Edgar Z; Dougal K; Howard A, 2021, 'High rates of herbivory in remote northwest Australian seagrass meadows by rabbitfish and green turtles', Marine Ecology Progress Series, 665, pp. 63 - 73,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Wood G; Marzinelli EM; Campbell AH; Steinberg PD; Vergés A; Coleman MA, 2021, 'Genomic vulnerability of a dominant seaweed points to future-proofing pathways for Australia's underwater forests', Global Change Biology, 27, pp. 2200 - 2212,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Castro LC; Cetina-Heredia P; Roughan M; Dworjanyn S; Thibaut L; Chamberlain MA; Feng M; Vergés A, 2020, 'Combined mechanistic modelling predicts changes in species distribution and increased co-occurrence of a tropical urchin herbivore and a habitat-forming temperate kelp', Diversity and Distributions, 26, pp. 1211 - 1226,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Coleman MA; Wood G; Filbee-Dexter K; Minne AJP; Goold HD; Vergés A; Marzinelli EM; Steinberg PD; Wernberg T, 2020, 'Restore or Redefine: Future Trajectories for Restoration', Frontiers in Marine Science, 7, pp. 237,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Eger AM; Marzinelli E; Gribben P; Johnson CR; Layton C; Steinberg PD; Wood G; Silliman BR; Vergés A, 2020, 'Playing to the Positives: Using Synergies to Enhance Kelp Forest Restoration', Frontiers in Marine Science, 7,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Eger AM; Vergés A; Choi CG; Christie H; Coleman MA; Fagerli CW; Fujita D; Hasegawa M; Kim JH; Mayer-Pinto M; Reed DC; Steinberg PD; Marzinelli EM, 2020, 'Financial and Institutional Support Are Important for Large-Scale Kelp Forest Restoration', Frontiers in Marine Science, 7,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Holland MM; Smith JA; Everett JD; Vergés A; Suthers IM, 2020, 'Latitudinal patterns in trophic structure of temperate reef-associated fishes and predicted consequences of climate change', Fish and Fisheries, 21, pp. 1092 - 1108,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Layton C; Coleman MA; Marzinelli EM; Steinberg PD; Swearer SE; Vergés A; Wernberg T; Johnson CR, 2020, 'Kelp Forest Restoration in Australia', Frontiers in Marine Science, 7,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Morris RL; Hale R; Strain EMA; Reeves SE; Vergés A; Marzinelli EM; Layton C; Shelamoff V; Graham TDJ; Chevalier M; Swearer SE, 2020, 'Key Principles for Managing Recovery of Kelp Forests through Restoration', BioScience, 70, pp. 688 - 698,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Parata L; Nielsen S; Xing X; Thomas T; Egan S; Vergés A, 2020, 'Age, gut location and diet impact the gut microbiome of a tropical herbivorous surgeonfish', FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 96,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Pratt S; Marambio CM; Quigley K; Hamylton S; Gibbs L; Vergés A; Adams M; Barcan R; Neimanis A, 2020, 'Fathom', Environmental Humanities, 12, pp. 173 - 178,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Tan YM; Dalby O; Kendrick GA; Statton J; Sinclair EA; Fraser MW; Macreadie PI; Gillies CL; Coleman RA; Waycott M; van Dijk KJ; Vergés A; Ross JD; Campbell ML; Matheson FE; Jackson EL; Irving AD; Govers LL; Connolly RM; McLeod IM; Rasheed MA; Kirkman H; Flindt MR; Lange T; Miller AD; Sherman CDH, 2020, 'Seagrass Restoration Is Possible: Insights and Lessons From Australia and New Zealand', Frontiers in Marine Science, 7,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Vergés A; Campbell AH; Wood G; Kajlich L; Eger AM; Cruz D; Langley M; Bolton D; Coleman MA; Turpin J; Crawford M; Coombes N; Camilleri A; Steinberg PD; Marzinelli EM, 2020, 'Operation Crayweed: Ecological and sociocultural aspects of restoring Sydney’s underwater forests', Ecological Management and Restoration, 21, pp. 74 - 85,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Vergés A; Campbell AH, 2020, 'Kelp forests', Current Biology, 30, pp. R919 - R920,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Whalen MA; Whippo RDB; Stachowicz JJ; York PH; Aiello E; Alcoverro T; Altieri AH; Benedetti-Cecchi L; Bertolini C; Bresch M; Bulleri F; Carnell PE; Cimon S; Connolly RM; Cusson M; Diskin MS; D’Souza E; Flores AAV; Joel Fodrie F; Galloway AWE; Gaskins LC; Graham OJ; Hanley TC; Henderson CJ; Hereu CM; Hessing-Lewis M; Hovel KA; Hughes BB; Randall Hughes A; Hultgren KM; Jänes H; Janiak DS; Johnston LN; Jorgensen P; Kelaher BP; Kruschel C; Lanham BS; Lee KS; Lefcheck JS; Lozano-Álvarez 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; Kennedy Rhoades O; Robinson MT; Ross PG; Rossi F; Schlacher TA; Seemann J; Silliman BR; Smee DL; Thiel M; Unsworth RKF; van Tussenbroek BI; Vergés A; Yeager ME; Yednock BK; Ziegler SL; Emmett Duffy J, 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, pp. 28160 - 28166,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Wood G; Marzinelli EM; Vergés A; Campbell AH; Steinberg PD; Coleman MA, 2020, 'Using genomics to design and evaluate the performance of underwater forest restoration', Journal of Applied Ecology, 57, pp. 1988 - 1998,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Evans SM; Griffin KJ; Blick RAJ; Poore AGB; Vergés A, 2019, 'Correction: Seagrass on the brink: Decline of threatened seagrass Posidonia australis continues following protection(PLoS ONE ()13:4 (e0190370) Doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0190370)', PLoS ONE, 14,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Ferretto G; Glasby TM; Housefield GP; Poore AGB; Statton J; Sinclair EA; Kendrick GA; Verges A, 2019, 'Threatened plant translocation case study: 'Posidonia australis' (Strapweed), Posidoniaceae', Australasian Plant Conservation: journal of the Australian Network for Plant Conservation, 28, pp. 24 - 26,
    Journal articles | 2019
    McGeoch MA; Latombe G; Andrew NR; Nakagawa S; Nipperess DA; Roigé M; Marzinelli EM; Campbell AH; Vergés A; Thomas T; Steinberg PD; Selwood KE; Henriksen MV; Hui C, 2019, 'Measuring continuous compositional change using decline and decay in zeta diversity', Ecology, 100,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Miranda T; Smith JA; Suthers IM; Mazumder D; Cruz DO; Schilling HT; Searle K; Vergés A; Secor D, 2019, 'Convictfish on the move: Variation in growth and trophic niche space along a latitudinal gradient', ICES Journal of Marine Science, 76, pp. 2404 - 2412,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Santini NS; Lovelock CE; Hua Q; Zawadzki A; Mazumder D; Mercer TR; Muñoz-Rojas M; Hardwick SA; Madala BS; Cornwell W; Thomas T; Marzinelli EM; Adam P; Paul S; Vergés A; Munoz-Rojas M, 2019, 'Natural and Regenerated Saltmarshes Exhibit Similar Soil and Belowground Organic Carbon Stocks, Root Production and Soil Respiration', Ecosystems, 22, pp. 1803 - 1822,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Verges A; Wernberg T, 2019, 'Climate change: underwater forest decline', AUSTRAL ECOLOGY, 44, pp. 941 - 946,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Verges A, 2019, ''Posidonia australis'(Strapweed), Posidoniaceae', Australasian Plant Conservation: Journal of the Australian Network for Plant Conservation, 28, pp. 24 - 26,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Vergés A; McCosker E; Mayer-Pinto M; Coleman MA; Wernberg T; Ainsworth T; Steinberg PD, 2019, 'Tropicalisation of temperate reefs: Implications for ecosystem functions and management actions', Functional Ecology, 33, pp. 1000 - 1013,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Wood G; Marzinelli EM; Coleman MA; Campbell AH; Santini NS; Kajlich L; Verdura J; Wodak J; Steinberg PD; Vergés A, 2019, 'Restoring subtidal marine macrophytes in the Anthropocene: Trajectories and future-proofing', Marine and Freshwater Research, 70, pp. 936 - 951,
    Journal articles | 2018
    Bonebrake TC; Brown CJ; Bell JD; Blanchard JL; Chauvenet A; Champion C; Chen IC; Clark TD; Colwell RK; Danielsen F; Dell AI; Donelson JM; Evengård B; Ferrier S; Frusher S; Garcia RA; Griffis RB; Hobday AJ; Jarzyna MA; Lee E; Lenoir J; Linnetved H; Martin VY; McCormack PC; McDonald J; McDonald-Madden E; Mitchell N; Mustonen T; Pandolfi JM; Pettorelli N; Possingham H; Pulsifer P; Reynolds M; Scheffers BR; Sorte CJB; Strugnell JM; Tuanmu MN; Twiname S; Vergés A; Villanueva C; Wapstra E; Wernberg T; Pecl GT, 2018, 'Managing consequences of climate-driven species redistribution requires integration of ecology, conservation and social science', Biological Reviews, 93, pp. 284 - 305,
    Journal articles | 2018
    Evans SM; Griffin KJ; Blick RAJ; Poore AGB; Vergés A, 2018, 'Seagrass on the brink: Decline of threatened seagrass posidonia australis continues following protection', PLoS ONE, 13,
    Journal articles | 2018
    Evans SM; Sinclair EA; Poore AGB; Bain KF; Vergés A, 2018, 'Assessing the effect of genetic diversity on the early establishment of the threatened seagrass Posidonia australis using a reciprocal-transplant experiment', Restoration Ecology, 26, pp. 570 - 580,
    Journal articles | 2018
    Lanham BS; Vergés A; Hedge LH; Johnston EL; Poore AGB, 2018, 'Altered fish community and feeding behaviour in close proximity to boat moorings in an urban estuary', Marine Pollution Bulletin, 129, pp. 43 - 51,
    Journal articles | 2018
    Vergés A; Doropoulos C; Czarnik R; McMahon K; Llonch N; Poore AGB, 2018, 'Latitudinal variation in seagrass herbivory: Global patterns and explanatory mechanisms', Global Ecology and Biogeography, 27, pp. 1068 - 1079,
    Journal articles | 2017
    Evans SM; Vergés A; Poore AGB, 2017, 'Genotypic diversity and short-term response to shading stress in a threatened seagrass: Does low diversity mean low resilience?', Frontiers in Plant Science, 8, pp. 1417,
    Journal articles | 2017
    Gribben PE; Kimbro DL; Verges A; Gouhier TC; Burrel S; Garthwin RG; Cagigas ML; Tordoff Y; Poore AGB; Lastra Cagigas M, 2017, 'Positive and negative interactions control a facilitation cascade', Ecosphere, 8,
    Journal articles | 2017
    Mcgeoch M; Latombe G; Andrew N; Nakagawa S; Nipperess D; Roige M; Marzinelli E; Campbell A; Vergés A; Thomas T; Steinberg P; Selwood K; Hui C, 2017, 'The application of zeta diversity as a continuous measure of compositional change in ecology', ,
    Journal articles | 2017
    Nielsen S; Walburn JW; Vergés A; Thomas T; Egan S, 2017, 'Microbiome patterns across the gastrointestinal tract of the rabbitfish Siganus fuscescens', PeerJ, 2017, pp. e3317,
    Journal articles | 2017
    Pecl GT; Araújo MB; Bell JD; Blanchard J; Bonebrake TC; Chen IC; Clark TD; Colwell RK; Danielsen F; Evengård B; Falconi L; Ferrier S; Frusher S; Garcia RA; Griffis RB; Hobday AJ; Janion-Scheepers C; Jarzyna MA; Jennings S; Lenoir J; Linnetved HI; Martin VY; McCormack PC; McDonald J; Mitchell NJ; Mustonen T; Pandolfi JM; Pettorelli N; Popova E; Robinson SA; Scheffers BR; Shaw JD; Sorte CJB; Strugnell JM; Sunday JM; Tuanmu MN; Vergés A; Villanueva C; Wernberg T; Wapstra E; Williams SE, 2017, 'Biodiversity redistribution under climate change: Impacts on ecosystems and human well-being', Science, 355,
    Journal articles | 2016
    Ainley LB; Vergés A; Bishop MJ, 2016, 'Congruence of intraspecific variability in leaf traits for two co-occurring estuarine angiosperms', Oecologia, 181, pp. 1041 - 1053,
    Journal articles | 2016
    Evans SM; Sinclair EA; Poore AGB; Bain KF; Vergés A, 2016, 'Genotypic richness predicts phenotypic variation in an endangered clonal plant', PeerJ, 2016, pp. e1633,
    Journal articles | 2016
    Guest JR; Tun K; Low J; Vergés A; Marzinelli EM; Campbell AH; Bauman AG; Feary DA; Chou LM; Steinberg PD, 2016, '27 years of benthic and coral community dynamics on turbid, highly urbanised reefs off Singapore', Scientific Reports, 6, pp. 36260,
    Journal articles | 2016
    Hyndes GA; Heck KL; Vergés A; Harvey ES; Kendrick GA; Lavery PS; McMahon K; Orth RJ; Pearce A; Vanderklift M; Wernberg T; Whiting S; Wilson S, 2016, 'Accelerating tropicalization and the transformation of temperate seagrass meadows', BioScience, 66, pp. 938 - 945,
    Journal articles | 2016
    Marzinelli EM; Leong MR; Campbell AH; Steinberg PD; Vergés A, 2016, 'Does restoration of a habitat-forming seaweed restore associated faunal diversity?', Restoration Ecology, 24, pp. 81 - 90,
    Journal articles | 2016
    Vergés A; Doropoulos C; Malcolm HA; Skye M; Garcia-Pizá M; Marzinelli EM; Campbell AH; Ballesteros E; Hoey AS; Vila-Concejo A; Bozec YM; Steinberg PD, 2016, 'Long-term empirical evidence of ocean warming leading to tropicalization of fish communities, increased herbivory, and loss of kelp', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 113, pp. 13791 - 13796,
    Journal articles | 2015
    Basford AJ; Feary DA; Truong G; Steinberg PD; Marzinelli EM; Vergés A, 2015, 'Feeding habits of range-shifting herbivores: tropical surgeonfishes in a temperate environment', Marine and Freshwater Research,
    Journal articles | 2015
    Marzinelli EM; Campbell AH; Zozaya Valdes E; Vergés A; Nielsen S; Wernberg T; de Bettignies T; Bennett S; Caporaso JG; Thomas T; Steinberg PD, 2015, 'Continental-scale variation in seaweed host-associated bacterial communities is a function of host condition, not geography', Environmental Microbiology, 17, pp. 4078 - 4088,
    Journal articles | 2014
    Campbell AH; Marzinelli EM; Vergés A; Coleman MA; Steinberg PD, 2014, 'Towards Restoration of Missing Underwater Forests', PLoS ONE, 9, pp. e84106 - e84106,
    Journal articles | 2014
    Campbell AH; Vergés A; Steinberg PD, 2014, 'Demographic consequences of disease in a habitat-forming seaweed and impacts on interactions between natural enemies', Ecology, 95, pp. 142 - 152,
    Journal articles | 2014
    Evans SM; Sinclair EA; Poore AGB; Steinberg PD; Kendrick GA; Vergés A, 2014, 'Genetic diversity in threatened Posidonia australis seagrass meadows', Conservation Genetics, 15, pp. 717 - 728,
    Journal articles | 2014
    Farina S; Arthur R; Pagès JF; Prado P; Romero J; Vergés A; Hyndes G; Heck KL; Glenos S; Alcoverro T, 2014, 'Differences in predator composition alter the direction of structure-mediated predation risk in macrophyte communities', Oikos, 123, pp. 1311 - 1322,
    Journal articles | 2014
    Garthwin RG; Poore AGB; Vergés A, 2014, 'Seagrass tolerance to herbivory under increased ocean temperatures', Marine Pollution Bulletin, 83, pp. 475 - 482,
    Journal articles | 2014
    Marzinelli EM; Campbell AH; Vergés A; Coleman MA; Kelaher BP; Steinberg PD, 2014, 'Restoring seaweeds: does the declining fucoid Phyllospora comosa support different biodiversity than other habitats?', Journal of Applied Phycology, 26, pp. 1089 - 1096,
    Journal articles | 2014
    Vergés A; Steinberg PD; Hay ME; Poore AGB; Campbell AH; Ballesteros E; Heck KL; Booth DJ; Coleman MA; Feary DA; Figueira W; Langlois T; Marzinelli EM; Mizerek T; Mumby PJ; Nakamura Y; Roughan M; van Sebille E; Gupta ASE; Smale DA; Tomas F; Wernberg T; Wilson SK, 2014, 'The tropicalization of temperate marine ecosystems: climate-mediated changes in herbivory and community phase shifts', Proceedings. Biological sciences / The Royal Society, 281, pp. 20140846,
    Journal articles | 2014
    Vergés A; Tomas F; Cebrian E; Ballesteros E; Kizilkaya Z; Dendrinos P; Karamanlidis AA; Spiegel D; Sala E, 2014, 'Tropical rabbitfish and the deforestation of a warming temperate sea', Journal of Ecology, 102, pp. 1518 - 1527,
    Journal articles | 2013
    Bain KF; Vergés A; Poore AGB, 2013, 'Using near infra red reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) to quantify tissue composition in the seagrass Posidonia australis', Aquatic Botany, 111, pp. 66 - 70,
    Journal articles | 2013
    Doropoulos C; Hyndes GA; Abecasis D; Vergés A, 2013, 'Herbivores strongly influence algal recruitment in both coral- and algal-dominated coral reef habitats', Marine Ecology Progress Series, 486, pp. 153 - 164,
    Journal articles | 2013
    Sen Gupta AR; Sen Gupta A; J. N. Brown ; N. C. Jourdain ; Van Sebille ; A. Ganachaud ; A. Vergés ; Verges A; Jourdain N, 2013, 'Episodic and non-uniform shifts of thermal habitats in a warming ocean.', Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 113, pp. 59 - 72,
    Journal articles | 2012
    Verges A; Bennett S; Bellwood DR, 2012, 'Diversity among Macroalgae-Consuming Fishes on Coral Reefs: A Transcontinental Comparison', PLoS ONE, 7, pp. Article numbere 45543,
    Journal articles | 2012
    Verges A; Tomas F; Ballesteros E, 2012, 'Interactive effects of depth and marine protection on predation and herbivory patterns', Marine Ecology Progress Series, 450, pp. 55 - 65,
    Journal articles | 2011
    Verges A; Alcoverro T; Romero J, 2011, 'Plant defences and the role of epibiosis in mediating within-plant feeding choices of seagrass consumers', Oecologia, 166, pp. 381 - 390,
    Journal articles | 2011
    Verges A; Vanderklift M; Doropoulos C; Hyndes GA, 2011, 'Spatial Patterns in Herbivory on a Coral Reef Are Influenced by Structural Complexity but Not by Algal Traits', PLoS One, 6, pp. 1 - 12,
    Journal articles | 2010
    Bennett S; Verges A; Bellwood DR, 2010, 'Branching coral as a macroalgal refuge in a marginal coral reef system', Coral Reefs, 29, pp. 471 - 480,
    Journal articles | 2009
    Verges A; Alcoverro T; Ballesteros E, 2009, 'The role of fish herbivory in structuring the vertical distribution of canopy algae (Cystoseira spp.) in the Mediterranean', Marine Ecology Progress Series, 375, pp. 1 - 11
    Journal articles | 2008
    Martinez-cregp B; Verges A; Alcoverro T; Romero J, 2008, 'Selection of multiple seagrass indicators for environmental biomonitoring', Marine Ecology Progress Series, 361, pp. 93 - 109
    Journal articles | 2008
    Verges A; Perez M; Alcoverro T; Romero J, 2008, 'Compensation and resistance to herbivory in seagrasses: induced responses to simulated consumption by fish', Oecologia, 155, pp. 751 - 760
    Journal articles | 2007
    Prado P; Alcoverro T; Martinez-cregp B; Verges A; Perez M; Romero J, 2007, 'Macrograzers strongly influence patterns of epiphytic assemblages in seagrass meadows', Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 350, pp. 130 - 143
    Journal articles | 2007
    Verges A; Becerro M; Alcoverro T; Romero J, 2007, 'Experimental evidence of chemical deterrence against multiple herbivores in the seagrass Posidonia oceanica', Marine Ecology Progress Series, 343, pp. 107 - 114
    Journal articles | 2007
    Verges A; Becerro M; Alcoverro T; Romero J, 2007, 'Variation in multiple traits of vegetative and reproductive seagrass tissues inXuences plant–herbivore interactions', Oecologia, 151, pp. 675 - 686
    Journal articles | 2000
    Kraan S; Verges A; Guiry MD, 2000, 'The edible brown seaweed Alaria esculenta (Phaeophyceae; Laminariales): hybridization, growth and genetic comparisons of six Irish populations.', Journal of Applied Phycology, 12, pp. 577 - 583
  • Preprints | 2024
    Bennett S; Alcoverro T; Kletou D; Antoniou C; Boada J; Moreno XB; Cucala L; Jorda G; Kleitou P; Roca G; Santana-Garcon J; Savva I; Verges A; Marbà N, 2024, Warm and cool-edge populations reveal high resilience of seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) to warming,
    Preprints | 2024
    Maslen B; Popovic G; Verges A; Marzinelli E; Warton D, 2024, How many sites? Methods to assist design decisions when collecting multivariate data in ecology, ,
    Preprints | 2022
    Maslen B; Popovic G; Vergés A; Marzinelli E; Warton D, 2022, How many sites? Methods to assist design decisions when collecting multivariate data in ecology, ,
    Preprints | 2021
    Eger A; Marzinelli E; Baes R; Blain C; Blamey L; Carnell P; Choi C; Hessing-Lewis M; Kim K; Lorda J, 2021, The economic value of fisheries, blue carbon, and nutrient cycling in global marine forests, ,
    Preprints | 2021
    Eger A; Marzinelli E; Christie H; Fagerli C; Fujita D; Hong S; Kim J; Liee L; McHugh TA; Nishihara G, 2021, Global Kelp Forest Restoration: Past lessons, status, and future goals, ,
    Conference Papers | 2021
    Wood G; Marzinelli E; Campbell A; Steinberg P; Verges A; Coleman M, 2021, 'USING GENOMICS TO DESIGN AND EVALUATE RESTORATION AND FUTURE-PROOFING OF UNDERWATER FORESTS', in PHYCOLOGIA, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, pp. 32 - 33,
    Preprints | 2020
    Eger A; Verges A; Choi C; Christie H; Coleman M; Fagerli C; Fujita D; Hasegawa M; Kim J; Mayer-Pinto M, 2020, Financial and institutional support are important for large-scale kelp forest restoration, ,
    Preprints | 2020
    Smith S; Malcolm H; Marzinelli E; Shultz A; Steinberg P; Verges A, 2020, 17 years of tropicalisation and kelp loss shift trophic composition and lead to more winners than losers in a fish community,
    Reports | 2018
    Layton C; Coleman M; Marzinelli E; Steinberg P; Swearer S; Verges A; Wernberg T; Johnson C, 2018, Restoring kelp habitat in Australia, University of Tasmania, ,
    Preprints | 2016
    Guest JR; Vergés A; Bauman AG; Campbell AH; Chou LM; Feary DA; Low JKY; Marzinelli EM; Tun K; Steinberg PD, 2016, Examining the relationship between fish herbivore biomass, coral and macroalgal cover on Singapore’s heavily disturbed reefs,
    Preprints | 2016
    Guest JR; Vergés A; Bauman AG; Campbell AH; Chou LM; Feary DA; Low JKY; Marzinelli EM; Tun K; Steinberg PD, 2016, Examining the relationship between fish herbivore biomass, coral and macroalgal cover on Singapore’s heavily disturbed reefs, ,
    Preprints | 2016
    Guest JR; Vergés A; Bauman AG; Campbell AH; Chou LM; Feary DA; Low JKY; Marzinelli EM; Tun K; Steinberg PD, 2016, Examining the relationship between herbivores, corals and macroalgae on Singapore’s heavily disturbed reefs,