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| A G PooreSummaryAffiliation: University of New South Wales Country: Australia Publications
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Global patterns in the impact of marine herbivores on benthic primary producersAlistair G B Poore
Evolution and Ecology Research Centre, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Ecol Lett 15:912-22. 2012....
Phylogenetic and geographic variation in host breadth and composition by herbivorous amphipods in the family AmpithoidaeAlistair G B Poore
Evolution and Ecology Research Centre and School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Evolution 62:21-38. 2008..This result suggests that an evolutionary advantage to metabolite tolerance in marine amphipods may be that it increases the availability of appropriate algal hosts (i.e., enlarges the resource base)...
Host-plant adaptation in an herbivorous marine amphipod: genetic potential not realized in field populationsA G Poore
School of Biological Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Evolution 55:68-80. 2001..Ecological factors that may explain the persistence of P. parmerong on P. crassa and the possibility of phylogenetic constraints on host use by P. parmerong are discussed...
Spatial associations among algae affect host use in a herbivorous marine amphipodAlistair G B Poore
School of Biological Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, NSW, Sydney, Australia
Oecologia 140:104-12. 2004....
Field and laboratory simulations of storm water pulses: behavioural avoidance by marine epifaunaDavid A Roberts
School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
Environ Pollut 152:153-62. 2008..Results demonstrate the importance of examining the effects of pulsed contaminants under realistic exposure conditions and the need to consider ecologically relevant endpoints...
Genetic variability in tolerance to copper contamination in a herbivorous marine invertebrateCeiwen J Pease
Evolution and Ecology Research Centre, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Aquat Toxicol 99:10-6. 2010..This study provides strong evidence for the potential of a marine invertebrate to evolve tolerance to contaminants found in their diet...
Contamination of marine biogenic habitats and effects upon associated epifaunaDavid A Roberts
Evolution and Ecology Research Centre and School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Mar Pollut Bull 56:1057-65. 2008..When combined with manipulative field experiments such an approach would greatly assist in our understanding of indirect effects of contaminants in these important benthic habitats...
Biomonitors and the assessment of ecological impacts: distribution of herbivorous epifauna in contaminated macroalgal bedsDavid A Roberts
Evolution and Ecology Research Centre, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Environ Pollut 156:489-503. 2008..acts as a refuge from contaminants for epifauna. The contamination of macroalgae may pose threats to epifauna in harbours around the world...
Selection in modular organisms: is intraclonal variation in macroalgae evolutionarily important?Keyne Monro
School of Biological, Earth, and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, New South Wales, Australia
Am Nat 163:564-78. 2004....
MBACI sampling of an episodic disturbance: stormwater effects on algal epifaunaDavid A Roberts
School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
Mar Environ Res 64:514-23. 2007..Instead, effects were harbour-wide (i.e. at control and impact sites), probably in response to the physical disturbance of heavy seas associated with large rain events...
Ecological consequences of copper contamination in macroalgae: effects on epifauna and associated herbivoresDavid A Roberts
School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia
Environ Toxicol Chem 25:2470-9. 2006..Heavy metal contamination of macroalgae is a widespread phenomenon that has the potential for substantial negative consequences for associated invertebrate fauna. This issue warrants further investigation by marine ecotoxicologists...
The evolvability of growth form in a clonal seaweedKeyne Monro
Evolution and Ecology Research Centre and School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia
Evolution 63:3147-57. 2009....
Spatial interactions within modular organisms: genetic heterogeneity and organism fitnessMario Pineda-Krch
Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, 6270 University Boulevard, Vancouver BC, Canada V6J IV9
Theor Popul Biol 66:25-36. 2004..We conclude by discussing potential extension of the present framework to a general dynamic model of spatially structured organism development...
