Publications
Peer-reviewed scientific articles
2022
Buelow CA, Connolly RM, Turschwell MP, Adame MF, 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 global targets for mangrove and seagrass recovery. Current Biology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.02.013 PDF
2021
Turschwell MP, Connolly RM, Dunic JC, Sievers M, Buelow CA, Pearson RM, Tulloch VJD, Côté IM, Unsworth RKF, Collier CJ, Brown CJ (2021) Anthropogenic pressures and life history predict trajectories of seagrass meadow extent at a global scale.PDF Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118:e2110802118 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2110802118 PDF
Sievers M, Brown CJ, Buelow CA, Pearson RM, Turschwell MP, Fernanda Adame M, Griffiths L, Holgate B, Rayner TS, Tulloch VJD, Roy Chowdhury M, zu Ermgassen PSE, Yip Lee S, Lillebø AI, Mackey B, Maxwell PS, Rajkaran A, Sousa AI, Connolly RM (2021) Global typologies of coastal wetland status to inform conservation and management. Ecological Indicators 131:108141 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.108141 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 146886. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146886 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 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.107694 PDF
Pearson RM, Schlacher TA, Jinks KI, Olds AD, Brown CJ, Connolly RM (2021) Disturbance type determines how connectivity shapes ecosystem resilience. Scientific Reports 11:1188 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-80987-1 PDF
2020
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 DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/d12110424 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 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patter.2020.100109 PDF
Sievers M, Chowdhury MR, Adame MF, Bhadury P, Bhargava R, Buelow C, Friess DA, Ghosh A, Hayes MA, McClure EC, 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 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108751 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 DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00596 PDF
Turschwell MP, Tulloch VJD, Sievers M, Pearson RM, Andradi-Brown DA, Ahmadia GN, Connolly RM, Bryan-Brown D, Lopez-Marcano S, Adame MF, Brown CJ (2020) Multi-scale estimation of the effects of pressures and drivers on mangrove forest loss globally. Biological Conservation 247:108637 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108637 PDF
Pearson RM, Sievers M, McClure EC, Turschwell MP, Connolly RM (2020) COVID-19 recovery can benefit biodiversity. Science 368:838-839 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abc1430 PDF
Griffiths LL, Melvin SD, Connolly RM, Pearson RM, and Brown CJ (2020) Metabolomic indicators for low-light stress in seagrass. Ecological Indicators 114, 106316 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106316 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 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106489 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 705:1-9 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135782 PDF
Turschwell MP, Brown CJ, Pearson RM, Connolly RM (2020) China's Belt and Road Initiative: Conservation opportunities for threatened marine species and habitats. Marine Policy 112:103791 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2019.103791 PDF
Wendländer 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. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1071/MF19237 PDF
2019
Sievers 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 & Evolution 34:807-817. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2019.04.004 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 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-42983-4 PDF
2018
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 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.07.051 PDF
2017
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: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-017-3251-5 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 DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12353 PDF
2016
Pearson RM, Connolly RM (2016) Climate change impacts on coastal fisheries and aquaculture. CoastAdapt. National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility, Gold Coast, Australia https://coastadapt.com.au/likely-impacts-sector PDF
2015
Pearson R, Stevens T (2015) Distinct cross-shelf gradient in mesophotic reef fish assemblages in subtropical eastern Australia. Marine Ecology Progress Series 532:185-196 DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps11351 PDF
