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Overview

Louise B. Firth is affiliated with Plymouth University in the United Kingdom. Their research spans primarily across the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on subfields including Oceanography, Ecology, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Global and Planetary Change, and Ocean Engineering.

The main topics of Firth's work encompass diverse areas within marine and coastal environments such as Marine and coastal plant biology, Coastal and Marine Management, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, Marine and Offshore Engineering Studies, and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies.

Frequent publication venues where Firth's work has appeared include The Science of The Total Environment, SSRN Electronic Journal, Marine Pollution Bulletin, Marine Environmental Research, and Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution.

Frequent collaborators include Antony M. Knights, Mick E. Hanley, Stephen J. Hawkins, Andy Foggo, and Kathryn A. O'Shaughnessy, reflecting consistent joint research efforts.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Louise B. Firth include:

  • Greening of grey infrastructure should not be used as a Trojan horse to facilitate coastal development (2020), Journal of Applied Ecology
  • Emerging Solutions to Return Nature to the Urban Ocean (2020), Annual Review of Marine Science
  • A global analysis of complexity-biodiversity relationships on marine artificial structures (2020), Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Little evidence that lowering the pH of concrete supports greater biodiversity on tropical and temperate seawalls (2020), Marine Ecology Progress Series
  • Enhancing Uptake of Nature-Based Solutions for Informing Coastal Sustainable Development Policy and Planning: A Malaysia Case Study (2021), Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Best Publications

  • Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review

    S. J. Hawkins;A. L. Allcock;A. E. Bates;L. B. Firth

  • Effects of ocean sprawl on ecological connectivity: impacts and solutions

    Melanie J. Bishop;Mariana Mayer-Pinto;Laura Airoldi;Louise B. Firth

  • Between a rock and a hard place: Environmental and engineering considerations when designing coastal defence structures

    L. B. Firth;R. C. Thompson;K. Bohn;M. Abbiati

  • Eco-engineering urban infrastructure for marine and coastal biodiversity: Which interventions have the greatest ecological benefit?

    Elisabeth M. A. Strain;Celia Olabarria;Mariana Mayer-Pinto;Vivian Cumbo

  • Ocean Sprawl: Challenges and Opportunities for Biodiversity Management In A Changing World

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  • Ocean sprawl: challenges and opportunities for biodiversity management in a changing world

    Louise B. Firth;Antony M. Knights;Daniel Bridger;Alison J. Evans

  • The importance of water-retaining features for biodiversity on artificial intertidal coastal defence structures

    Louise B. Firth;Louise B. Firth;Richard C. Thompson;Freya J. White;Meredith Schofield

  • Land reclamation and artificial islands: Walking the tightrope between development and conservation

    Su Yin Chee;Abdul Ghapar Othman;Yee Kwang Sim;Amni Nabilah Mat Adam

  • Drill-cored rock pools: An effective method of ecological enhancement on artificial structures

    Ally J. Evans;Louise B. Firth;Louise B. Firth;Louise B. Firth;Stephen J. Hawkins;Stephen J. Hawkins;Elisabeth S. Morris

  • Eco-engineered rock pools: a concrete solution to biodiversity loss and urban sprawl in the marine environment

    Louise B Firth;Louise B Firth;Keith A Browne;Antony M Knights;Stephen J Hawkins;Stephen J Hawkins

  • Biodiversity in intertidal rock pools: Informing engineering criteria for artificial habitat enhancement in the built environment

    Louise B. Firth;Meredith Schofield;Freya J. White;Martin W. Skov

  • Design catalogue for eco-engineering of coastal artificial structures: a multifunctional approach for stakeholders and end-users

    Kathryn O'Shaughnessy;Stephen J. Hawkins;Ally J. Evans;Ally J. Evans;Mick E. Hanley

  • Air temperature and winter mortality: Implications for the persistence of the invasive mussel, Perna viridis in the intertidal zone of the south-eastern United States

    Louise B. Firth;Antony M. Knights;Susan S. Bell

  • Greening of grey infrastructure should not be used as a Trojan horse to facilitate coastal development

    Louise B. Firth;Laura Airoldi;Fabio Bulleri;Steve Challinor

  • Emerging Solutions to Return Nature to the Urban Ocean.

    Laura Airoldi;Laura Airoldi;Michael W. Beck;Louise B. Firth;Ana B. Bugnot

  • A global analysis of complexity–biodiversity relationships on marine artificial structures

    Elisabeth M. A. Strain;Elisabeth M. A. Strain;Elisabeth M. A. Strain;Peter D. Steinberg;Peter D. Steinberg;Maria Vozzo;Maria Vozzo;Emma L. Johnston;Emma L. Johnston;Emma L. Johnston

  • The role of sustained observations in tracking impacts of environmental change on marine biodiversity and ecosystems

    N. Mieszkowska;H. Sugden;L. B. Firth;S. J. Hawkins

  • The influence of multiple environmental stressors on the limpet Cellana toreuma during the summer monsoon season in Hong Kong

    Louise B. Firth;Gray. A. Williams

  • Historical comparisons reveal multiple drivers of decadal change of an ecosystem engineer at the range edge

    Louise B. Firth;Louise B. Firth;Louise B. Firth;Nova Mieszkowska;Lisa M. Grant;Laura E. Bush

  • Climate change and adaptational impacts in coastal systems: the case of sea defences.

    Louise B Firth;Louise B Firth;Nova Mieszkowska;Richard C Thompson;Stephen J Hawkins;Stephen J Hawkins;Stephen J Hawkins

  • Facing the future: The importance of substratum features for ecological engineering of artificial habitats in the rocky intertidal

    Louise B. Firth;Louise B. Firth;Louise B. Firth;Freya J. White;Meredith Schofield;Mick E. Hanley

  • Partial replacement of cement for waste aggregates in concrete coastal and marine infrastructure: A foundation for ecological enhancement?

    Ryan S. McManus;Nicholas Archibald;Sean Comber;Antony M. Knights

  • Design options, implementation issues and evaluating success of ecologically engineered shorelines

    Rebecca L. Morris;Eliza C. Heery;Lynette H.L. Loke;Edward Lau

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen J. Hawkins
Stephen J. Hawkins University of Southampton
Pippa J. Moore
Pippa J. Moore Newcastle University
Richard C. Thompson
Richard C. Thompson Plymouth University
Nova Mieszkowska
Nova Mieszkowska University of Liverpool
Michael T. Burrows
Michael T. Burrows Scottish Association For Marine Science
Laura Airoldi
Laura Airoldi University of Padua
Peter D. Steinberg
Peter D. Steinberg University of New South Wales
Tasman P. Crowe
Tasman P. Crowe University College Dublin
Martin W. Skov
Martin W. Skov Bangor University
Mick E. Hanley
Mick E. Hanley Plymouth University

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