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Department of BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Publications by MEG members

(Please note that not all work for these publications was done at Macquarie University)

Peer reviewed

Watson MJ, de Nys R., Williamson, JE, Heasman M, and Steinberg PD (2005). Settlement of larval blacklip abalone, Haliotis rubra, in response to red and green macroalgae. Marine Biology (www.springerlink.com). Accepted January 2005, In press.

Wright JT, Dworjanyn SA, Rogers CN, Steinberg PD, Williamson JE, Poore AGB (2005). Density-dependant sea urchin grazing: selective removal of species, changes in community composition and alternative community states. Marine Ecology Progress Series (www.springerlink.com). Accepted October 2004, In press.

Williamson, J. E., Carson, D. G., de Nys, R. and P. D. Steinberg (2004) Demographic consequences of an ontogenetic shift by a sea urchin in response to host plant chemistry. Ecology 85, 1355-1371 (www.esajournals.org) (PDF)

Swanson RL, Williamson JE, de Nys R, Kumar N, Bucknall MP, Steinberg, PD (2004). Induction of settlement of larvae of the sea urchin Holopneustes purpurascens by histamine from a host algae. Biological Bulletin 206, 161-172 (www.biolbull.org) (PDF)

Watson, M.J., Lowry, J.K. and Steinberg, P.D. Revision of the Icillidae (Crustacea, Amphipoda) Raffles Bulletin of Zoology (in press: accepted, November 2003).

Watson, M.J., King, C.K., Williamson, J.E. and Steinberg, P.D. Larval development and metamorphosis of the Australian Diadematid sea urchin Centrostephanus rodgersii and its ecological and commercial implications (submitted: Bulletin of Marine Science, June 2003).

Williamson, J. E., Carson, D. G., de Nys, R. and P. D. Steinberg (2002) Demographic consequences of an ontogenetic shift by a sea urchin in response to host plant chemistry. Ecological Monographs (submitted).

Williamson, J. E. and P. D. Steinberg (2002) Effect of natural diets on survival, growth and reproduction for the Australasian sea urchin Holopneustes purpurascens. Marine and Freshwater Research (submitted).

Swanson, R. L., J. E.Williamson, R. de Nys, N. Kumar, M. D. Bucknall & P. D. Steinberg . Induction of settlement of larvae of the sea urchin Holopneustes purpurascens by histamine from its host plant. Biological Bulletin (submitted)

Lowry, J.K. and Watson M.J. Revision of the Gammarellid group, with a new species from the Andaman Sea (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Melitidae). Phuket Marine Biological Centre Special Publication 23 (1): 197-212, 2002

Williamson, J. E. and P. D. Steinberg (2002) Reproductive cycle of the sea urchin Holopneustes purpurascens (Temnopleuridae: Echinodermata). Marine Biology 140: 519—532. (www.springerlink.com) (PDF)

Koop, K., Booth, D., Broadbent, A., Brodie, J., Bucher, D., Capone, D., Coll, J., Dennison, W., Erdmann, M., Harrison, P., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Hutchings, P., Jones, G. B., Larkum, A. W. D., O’Neil, J., Steven, A., Tentori, E., Ward, S., Williamson, J. and D. Yellowlees (2001) ENCORE: The effect of nutrient enrichment on coral reefs. Synthesis of results and conclusions. Marine Pollution Bulletin 42: 91—120 (www.sciencedirect.com) (PDF)

Williamson, J. E., de Nys, R., Kumar, N., Carson, D. G. and P. D. Steinberg (2000) Induction of metamorphosis in the sea urchin Holopneustes purpurascens by a metabolite complex from the algal host Delisea pulchra. Biological Bulletin 198: 332—345 (www.biobull.org) (PDF)

Poore, A.G.B., M.J. Watson, R. de Nys, J.K. Lowry and P.D. Steinberg 2000. Patterns of host use among algal and sponge associated amphipods. Marine Ecology Progress Series 208: 183-196.

Hoegh-Guldberg, O. and J. Williamson (1999) Availability of two forms of dissolved nitrogen to the coral Pocillopora damicornis and its symbiotic zooxanthellae. Marine Biology 133: 561—570. (PDF)

Rogers, C. N., Williamson, J. E., Carson, D. G. and P. D. Steinberg (1998) Diel vertical movement by mesograzers on seaweeds. Marine Ecology Progress Series 166: 301—306.

Swanson, R. & O. Hoegh-Guldberg (1998). Amino acid synthesis in the symbiotic sea anemone Aiptasia pulchella. Marine Biology 131: 83-93

Williamson, J. E. and R. G. Creese (1996) Colonisation and persistence of patches of the crustose brown alga Pseudolithoderma sp. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 203: 191—208. (PDF)

Williamson, J. E. and R. G. Creese (1996) Small invertebrates inhabiting the crustose alga Pseudolithoderma sp. (Ralfsiaceae) in northern New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 30: 221—232.

Williamson, J. E. and T. A. V. Rees (1994) Nutritional interaction in an alga-barnacle association Oecologia 99: 16-20.

 

Workshop proceedings

de Nys, R., Millar, A., Williamson, J. E., Taylor, R. B. and P. D. Steinberg (2002) Drift seaweed types, nutritional value, and site selection for abalone enhancement and ranching. The Proceedings of the NSW Fisheries Abalone Enhancement and Ranching Workshop (in press).

Watson, M. J., de Nys, R., Williamson, J. E., Heasman, M. and P. D. Steinberg (2002) Settlement of Haliotis rubra in response to marine algae. The Proceedings of the NSW Fisheries Abalone Enhancement and Ranching Workshop (in press).

Patent

Swanson, R. L., Williamson, J. E., de Nys, R., Steinberg, P. D. Induction of metamorphosis in echinoderms. PCT/AU03/number pending

In preparation

Williamson, J. E., Carson, D. G. and P. D. Steinberg. Behavioural patterns and movement of the sea urchin Holopneustes purpurascens in relation to its host plants Delisea pulchra and Ecklonia radiata.
(Intended for Marine Ecology Progress Series)

Poore, A. G. B., Williamson, J. E. and P. D. Steinberg. A review of preference-performance relationships among marine herbivores.
(Intended for Trends in Ecology and Evolution)

Wright, J. T., Dworjanyn, S. A., Poore, A. G. B., Rogers, C. N., Williamson, J. E. and P. D. Steinberg. Differential survivorship within a marine algal assemblage under intense urchin herbivory: do chemical defenses matter?
(Intended for Ecology)