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Overview

Maria Byrne is affiliated with the University of Sydney in Australia and conducts research primarily within the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work emphasizes themes in marine and coastal ecosystems, with a focus on the biological and ecological aspects of marine organisms and environmental changes.

The main fields of study associated with Maria Byrne include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within these broader areas, their subfields of study comprise:

  • Oceanography
  • Ecology
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Aquatic Science
  • Molecular Biology

The scientist's research also targets various specific topics, including:

  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Echinoderm biology and ecology
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research

Maria Byrne has contributed to numerous recent papers. Notable publications include:

  • "Civil disobedience movements such as School Strike for the Climate are raising public awareness of the climate change emergency," 2020, Global Change Biology
  • "Essential outcomes for COP26," 2021, Global Change Biology
  • "The hidden army: corallivorous crown-of-thorns seastars can spend years as herbivorous juveniles," 2020, Biology Letters
  • "Capacity of an ecologically key urchin to recover from extreme events: Physiological impacts of heatwaves and the road to recovery," 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Knowledge Gaps in the Biology, Ecology, and Management of the Pacific Crown-of-Thorns Sea Star Acanthaster sp. on Australia's Great Barrier Reef," 2021, Biological Bulletin

The frequent coauthors collaborating with Maria Byrne are:

  • Dione J. Deaker
  • Shawna A. Foo
  • Gregory A. Wray
  • Paulina Selvakumaraswamy
  • Ana Vila-Concejo

Maria Byrne publishes regularly in several scientific venues. The most common publication outlets include:

  • Global Change Biology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Biological Bulletin
  • Marine Environmental Research

Best Publications

  • Global warming and recurrent mass bleaching of corals

    Terry P. Hughes;James T. Kerry;Mariana Álvarez-Noriega;Jorge G. Álvarez-Romero

  • Impact of ocean warming and ocean acidication on marine invertebrate life history stages: Vulnerabilities and potential for persistence in a changing ocean

    Maria Byrne

  • A review and meta‐analysis of the effects of multiple abiotic stressors on marine embryos and larvae

    Rachel Przeslawski;Rachel Przeslawski;Maria Byrne;Camille Mellin;Camille Mellin

  • A boom–bust phylum? Ecological and evolutionary consequences of density variations in echinoderms

    Sven Uthicke;Britta Schaffelke;Maria Byrne

  • Multistressor impacts of warming and acidification of the ocean on marine invertebrates' life histories.

    Maria Byrne;Rachel Przeslawski

  • Annual reproductive cycles of the commercial sea urchinParacentrotus lividus from an exposed intertidal and a sheltered subtidal habitat on the west coast of Ireland

    M. Byrne

  • Beyond corals and fish: the effects of climate change on noncoral benthic invertebrates of tropical reefs

    Rachel Przeslawski;Shane Ahyong;Maria Byrne;Gert WÖRheide

  • 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

  • The strengthening East Australian Current, its eddies and biological effects — an introduction and overview

    Iain M. Suthers;Jock W. Young;Mark E. Baird;Moninya Roughan

  • Global change ecotoxicology: Identification of early life history bottlenecks in marine invertebrates, variable species responses and variable experimental approaches.

    M. Byrne

  • MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF LIFE-HISTORY EVOLUTION IN ASTERINID STARFISH.

    Michael W. Hart;Maria Byrne;Michael J. Smith

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

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

  • Thirty Years of Research on Crown-of-Thorns Starfish (1986–2016): Scientific Advances and Emerging Opportunities

    Morgan S. Pratchett;Ciemon F. Caballes;Jennifer C. Wilmes;Samuel Matthews

  • The Biogeography of marine invertebrate life histories.

    Dustin J. Marshall;Dustin J. Marshall;Patrick J. Krug;Elena K. Kupriyanova;Maria Byrne

  • Accuracy and Precision of Habitat Structural Complexity Metrics Derived from Underwater Photogrammetry

    Will Figueira;Renata Ferrari;Elyse Weatherby;Augustine Porter

  • The stunting effect of a high CO2 ocean on calcification and development in sea urchin larvae a synthesis from the tropics to the poles

    Maria Byrne;Miles Lamare;David Winter;Symon A. Dworjanyn

  • Ecological Roles of Exploited Sea Cucumbers

    Steven W Purcell;Chantal Conand;Sven Uthicke;Maria Byrne

  • 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

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Symon A. Dworjanyn
Symon A. Dworjanyn Southern Cross University
Sven Uthicke
Sven Uthicke Australian Institute of Marine Science
Miles D. Lamare
Miles D. Lamare University of Otago
Will F. Figueira
Will F. Figueira University of Sydney
Gregory A. Wray
Gregory A. Wray Duke University
Mary A. Sewell
Mary A. Sewell University of Auckland
Stefan B. Williams
Stefan B. Williams University of Sydney
Andrew R. Davis
Andrew R. Davis University of Wollongong
Alistair G. B. Poore
Alistair G. B. Poore University of New South Wales
Russell C. Babcock
Russell C. Babcock Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

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