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45
Citations
6534
World Ranking
4912
National Ranking
392

Overview

Andrew R. Davis is affiliated with the University of Wollongong in Australia and conducts research primarily in the field of Environmental Science. Their work spans several specialized subfields including Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Oceanography, and Artificial Intelligence.

The scientist's research topics cover a variety of aspects related to marine environments and organisms. These include:

  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Crustacean biology and ecology
  • Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
  • Ichthyology and Marine Biology
  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions

Davis has published frequently in venues such as Frontiers in Conservation Science, Biology, Marine and Freshwater Research, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), and Marine Pollution Bulletin.

Representative recent papers include:

  • SAAP: A Normative and Segregated AGI Architecture Proposal, 2025, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Anchor and chain scour as disturbance agents in benthic environments: trends in the literature and charting a course to more sustainable boating and shipping, 2020, Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Seagrass canopies and the performance of acoustic telemetry: implications for the interpretation of fish movements, 2020, Animal Biotelemetry
  • Sharkeye: Real-Time Autonomous Personal Shark Alerting via Aerial Surveillance, 2020, Drones
  • Coexisting with sharks: a novel, socially acceptable and non-lethal shark mitigation approach, 2020, Scientific Reports

The scientist collaborates regularly with a set of frequent co-authors, including:

  • Matthew J. Rees
  • Allison Broad
  • Nathan A. Knott
  • Marian Y. L. Wong
  • Kye R. Adams

Best Publications

  • Temperature, but not pH, compromises sea urchin fertilization and early development under near-future climate change scenarios

    Maria Byrne;Melanie Ho;Paulina Selvakumaraswamy;Hong D Nguyen

  • Impact of ocean warming and ocean acidification on larval development and calcification in the sea urchin Tripneustes gratilla.

    Hannah Sheppard Brennand;Natalie Soars;Symon A. Dworjanyn;Andrew R. Davis

  • Epibiosis of Marine Algae and Benthic Invertebrates: Natural Products Chemistry and Other Mechanisms Inhibiting Settlement and Overgrowth

    Andrew R. Davis;Nancy M. Targett;Oliver J. McConnell;Craig M. Young

  • Unshelled abalone and corrupted urchins: development of marine calcifiers in a changing ocean

    Maria Byrne;Melanie Ho;Eunice Wong;Natalie A. Soars

  • Chemical defense in the egg masses of benthic invertebrates: an assessment of antibacterial activity in 39 mollusks and 4 polychaetes.

    Kirsten Benkendorff;Andrew R. Davis;John B. Bremner

  • Synergistic effects associated with climate change and the development of rocky shore molluscs

    R Przeslawski;A R Davis;Kirsten Benkendorff

  • Fertilization in a suite of coastal marine invertebrates from SE Australia is robust to near-future ocean warming and acidification

    Maria Byrne;Natalie A. Soars;Melanie A. Ho;Eunice Wong

  • Free fatty acids and sterols in the benthic spawn of aquatic molluscs, and their associated antimicrobial properties

    Kirsten Benkendorff;Andrew R. Davis;Cary N. Rogers;John B. Bremner

  • Sea urchin fertilization in a warm, acidified and high pCO2 ocean across a range of sperm densities.

    Maria Byrne;Natalie Soars;Paulina Selvakumaraswamy;Symon A. Dworjanyn

  • Direct observations of larval dispersal in the colonial ascidian Podoclavella moluccensis Sluiter: evidence for closed populations☆

    Andrew R. Davis;Alan J. Butler

  • Bait type affects fish assemblages and feeding guilds observed at baited remote underwater video stations

    James Wraith;Tim Lynch;Todd E. Minchinton;Allison Broad

  • Rapid changes in encrusting marine assemblages exposed to anthropogenic point-source pollution: a 'Beyond BACI' approach

    D. E. Roberts;A. Smith;P. Ajani;A. R. Davis

  • Sharks, rays and abortion: The prevalence of capture-induced parturition in elasmobranchs

    Kye R. Adams;Lachlan C. Fetterplace;Andrew R. Davis;Matthew D. Taylor

  • Indole Derivatives from the Egg Masses of Muricid Molluscs

    Kirsten Benkendorff;John B. Bremner;Andrew R. Davis

  • Settlement behaviour of ascidian larvae: preliminary evidence for inhibition by sponge allelochemicals

    AR Davis;AJ Butler;Ivan Altena

  • Genetic evidence for contrasting patterns of dispersal in solitary and colonial ascidians

    D. J. Ayre;A. R. Davis;M. Billingham;T. Llorens

  • Variation in recruitment of the subtidal colonial ascidian Podoclavella cylindrica (Quoy & Gaimard): the rôle of substratum choice and early survival

    Andrew R. Davis

  • Experimental manipulation of shade, silt, nutrients and salinity on the temperate reef sponge Cymbastela concentrica

    D. E. Roberts;A. R. Davis;S. P. Cummins

  • A comparison of the impact of ‘seagrass-friendly’ boat mooring systems on Posidonia australis

    Marie-Claire A. Demers;Andrew R. Davis;Nathan A. Knott

  • UV effects that come and go: a global comparison of marine benthic community level impacts

    Martin Wahl;Markus Molis;Andrew Davis;Sergey Dobretsov

  • Inhibition of larval settlement by natural products from the ascidian,Eudistoma olivaceum (Van Name).

    Andrew R. DaVis;Amy E. Wright

Frequent Co-Authors

Maria Byrne
Maria Byrne University of Sydney
Jeffrey T. Wright
Jeffrey T. Wright University of Tasmania
Symon A. Dworjanyn
Symon A. Dworjanyn Southern Cross University
Xavier Turon
Xavier Turon Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Blane
William A. Maher
William A. Maher University of Canberra
David J. Ayre
David J. Ayre University of Wollongong
Shane P. Griffiths
Shane P. Griffiths Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Sergey Dobretsov
Sergey Dobretsov Sultan Qaboos University
Dianne F. Jolley
Dianne F. Jolley University of Wollongong

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