Scientific Publications

Peer-Reviewed Articles

Bauer, F., Knights, A.M., Hanley, M.E., Griffin, J.N., Foggo, A., Brown, A., Bishop, M.J., Dafforn, K.A., Mayer-Pinto, M. and Firth, L.B., 2025. Thermal patterns on eco-engineered coastal infrastructure depend on topographic complexity and spatial scale. Ecological Engineering, 215, p.107596. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2025.107596

Dodds, K. C., Vozzo, M. L., Mayer‐Pinto, M., Dafforn, K. A., & Bishop, M. J. (2025). Stakeholders support marine eco‐engineering, but what are the perceived benefits and who should pay? People and Nature. https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10795

Vozzo, M. L., Bishop, M. J., Dafforn, K. A., & Mayer‐Pinto, M. (2025). Ecological effects of habitat complexity vary with intertidal elevation: Implications for seawall eco‐engineering. Journal of Applied Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.70068

Firth, L. B., Bone, J., Bartholomew, A., Bishop, M. J., Bugnot, A., Bulleri, F., ... & Knights, A. M. (2024). Coastal greening of grey infrastructure: An update on the state of the art. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers – Maritime Engineering, 177(2), 35–67. https://doi.org/10.1680/jmaen.2023.003

Bishop MJ, Vozzo ML, Mayer-Pinto M, Dafforn KA. 2022. Complexity–biodiversity relationships on marine urban structures: reintroducing habitat heterogeneity through eco-engineering. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 377:20210393. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2021.0393

Bugnot AB, Mayer-Pinto M, Airoldi L, Heery EC, Johnston EL, Critchley LP, Strain EM, Morris RL, Loke LH, Bishop MJ, Sheehan EV, Coleman RA, Dafforn KA. 2021. Current and projected global extent of marine built structures. Nature Sustainability 4(1):33-41. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-020-00595-1

Strain EMA, Steinberg PD, Vozzo M, Johnston EL, 41 others and Bishop MJ. A global analysis of complexity–biodiversity relationships on marine artificial structures. Global Ecol Biogeogr. 2020; 30: 140–153. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13202

Vozzo ML, Mayer-Pinto M, Bishop MJ, Cumbo VR, Bugnot AB, Dafforn KA, Johnston EL, Steinberg PD, Strain EM. 2021. Making seawalls multifunctional: The positive effects of seeded bivalves and habitat structure on species diversity and filtration rates. Marine Environmental Research. 165:105243. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2020.105243

Strain EMA, Olabarria C, Mayer-Pinto M, Cumbo V, Morris RL, Bugnot AB, Dafforn KA, Heery E, Firth LB, Brooks PR, Bishop MJ. Eco-engineering urban infrastructure for marine and coastal biodiversity: Which interventions have the greatest ecological benefit? J Appl Ecol. 2018; 55: 426–441. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12961

Strain EM, Morris RL, Coleman RA, Figueira WF, Steinberg PD, Johnston EL, Bishop MJ. 2018. Increasing microhabitat complexity on seawalls can reduce fish predation on native oysters. Ecological Engineering. 120:637-44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2017.05.030

Heery EC, Bishop MJ, Critchley LP, Bugnot AB, Airoldi L, Mayer-Pinto M, Sheehan EV, Coleman RA, Loke LH, Johnston EL, Komyakova V, Morris RL, Strain EMA, Nalyor LA, Dafforn KA. 2017. Identifying the consequences of ocean sprawl for sedimentary habitats. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 492:31-48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2017.01.020