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Overview

Paul S. Lavery is affiliated with Edith Cowan University in Australia. Their research predominantly spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with particular attention to Ecology, Oceanography, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's research covers several main topics, including:

  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

Paul S. Lavery has published extensively, with notable papers including:

  • An Australian blue carbon method to estimate climate change mitigation benefits of coastal wetland restoration (2022, Restoration Ecology)
  • A national approach to greenhouse gas abatement through blue carbon management (2020, Global Environmental Change)
  • Seagrass losses since mid-20th century fuelled CO2 emissions from soil carbon stocks (2020, Global Change Biology)
  • Factors Determining Seagrass Blue Carbon Across Bioregions and Geomorphologies (2021, Global Biogeochemical Cycles)
  • Species Traits and Geomorphic Setting as Drivers of Global Soil Carbon Stocks in Seagrass Meadows (2022, Global Biogeochemical Cycles)

The scientist frequently collaborates with:

  • Óscar Serrano
  • Carlos M. Duarte
  • Catherine E. Lovelock
  • Anna Lafratta
  • Kathryn McMahon

Paul S. Lavery's work often appears in journals such as:

  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Research Online (Edith Cowan University)
  • Communications Earth & Environment

Best Publications

  • Australian vegetated coastal ecosystems as global hotspots for climate change mitigation

    Oscar Serrano;Catherine E. Lovelock;Trisha B. Atwood;Trisha B. Atwood;Peter I. Macreadie

  • The future of Blue Carbon science

    Peter I. Macreadie;Andrea Anton;John A. Raven;John A. Raven;John A. Raven;Nicola Beaumont

  • Global patterns in mangrove soil carbon stocks and losses

    Trisha B Atwood;Trisha B Atwood;Rod M Connolly;Hannan Almahasheer;Paul E Carnell

  • Variability in the carbon storage of seagrass habitats and its implications for global estimates of blue carbon ecosystem service.

    Paul S. Lavery;Miguel-Ángel Mateo;Oscar Serrano;Oscar Serrano;Mohammad Rozaimi;Mohammad Rozaimi

  • A marine heatwave drives massive losses from the world’s largest seagrass carbon stocks

    Ariane Arias-Ortiz;Oscar Serrano;Oscar Serrano;Pere Masqué;Pere Masqué;Pere Masqué;Paul Lavery;Paul Lavery

  • Sequestration of macroalgal carbon: the elephant in the Blue Carbon room

    Dorte Krause-Jensen;Paul Lavery;Oscar Serrano;Nu´ria Marba

  • The central role of dispersal in the maintenance and persistence of seagrass populations

    Gary A. Kendrick;Michelle Waycott;Tim J. B. Carruthers;Marion L. Cambridge

  • Mechanisms and ecological role of carbon transfer within coastal seascapes

    Glenn A. Hyndes;Ivan Nagelkerken;Ivan Nagelkerken;Rebecca J. McLeod;Rod Martin Connolly

  • Differences in recreationally targeted fishes between protected and fished areas of a coral reef marine park

    Mark Westera;Paul Lavery;Glenn Hyndes

  • Assessing the risk of carbon dioxide emissions from blue carbon ecosystems

    Catherine E. Lovelock;Trisha Atwood;Trisha Atwood;Jeff Baldock;Carlos M. Duarte;Carlos M. Duarte

  • WATER QUALITY MONITORING IN ESTUARINE WATERS USING THE LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER

    Paul Lavery;Charitha Pattiaratchi;Alex Wyllie;Peter Hick

  • Habitat characteristics provide insights of carbon storage in seagrass meadows.

    Inés Mazarrasa;Inés Mazarrasa;Jimena Samper-Villarreal;Oscar Serrano;Paul S. Lavery

  • Marine macrophytes directly enhance abundances of sandy beach fauna through provision of food and habitat

    Rebecca Ince;Glenn A. Hyndes;Paul S. Lavery;Mathew A. Vanderklift;Mathew A. Vanderklift

  • Reviews and syntheses: 210Pb-derived sediment and carbon accumulation rates in vegetated coastal ecosystems-setting the record straight

    Ariane Arias-Ortiz;Pere Masqué;Jordi Garcia-Orellana;Oscar Serrano

  • Use of δ15N signatures of different functional forms of macroalgae and filter-feeders to reveal temporal and spatial patterns in sewage dispersal

    A. Gartner;P. Lavery;A. J. Smit

  • Changes in the biomass and species composition of macroalgae in a eutrophic estuary

    Paul S. Lavery;R.J. Lukatelich;A.J. McComb

  • Role of carbonate burial in Blue Carbon budgets

    Vincent Saderne;Nathan R. Geraldi;Peter I. Macreadie;D. T. Maher

  • Seagrass meadows as a globally significant carbonate reservoir

    Inés Mazarrasa;Núria Marbà;Catherine E. Lovelock;Oscar Serrano;Oscar Serrano

  • The Nutritional Eco-physiology of Chaetomorpha linum and Ulva rigida in Peel Inlet, Western Australia

    P.S. Lavery;A.J. McComb

  • Carbon sequestration by Australian tidal marshes

    Peter I. Macreadie;Peter I. Macreadie;Q. R. Ollivier;J.J. Kelleway;J.J. Kelleway;Oscar Serrano;Oscar Serrano

  • Macroalgal-sediment nutrient interactions and their importance to macroalgal nutrition in a eutrophic estuary

    Paul S. Lavery;A.J. McComb

  • Epiphytes of Seagrasses

    Michael A. Borowitzka;Paul S. Lavery;Michael van Keulen

Frequent Co-Authors

Oscar Serrano
Oscar Serrano Edith Cowan University
Pere Masqué
Pere Masqué Edith Cowan University
Carlos M. Duarte
Carlos M. Duarte King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Gary A. Kendrick
Gary A. Kendrick University of Western Australia
Catherine E. Lovelock
Catherine E. Lovelock University of Queensland
Mathew A. Vanderklift
Mathew A. Vanderklift Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Glenn A. Hyndes
Glenn A. Hyndes Edith Cowan University
Peter I. Macreadie
Peter I. Macreadie Deakin University
Trisha B. Atwood
Trisha B. Atwood Utah State University
Jeffrey J. Kelleway
Jeffrey J. Kelleway University of Wollongong

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