MANGROVE, SEAGRASS, AND CORAL REEF EXPERTISE

 

Academic Publications

1 Unsworth RKF (2008) Seagrass exploitation in the Indo-Pacific: A call for action. Pacific Ecologist. In Press  
2 Unsworth RKF, Wylie E, Bell JJ, Smith DJ, (2007) Diel trophic structuring of Seagrass bed fish assemblages in the Wakatobi Marine National Park, Indonesia. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 72: 81-88
3 Unsworth RKF, Smith DJ, Powell A, Hukon F (2007) The ecology of Indo-Pacific grouper (Serranidae) species and the effects of a small scale no take area on grouper assemblage, abundance and size frequency distribution. Marine Biology 1152(2): 243-254
4 Unsworth RKF, Taylor JD, Powell A, Bell JJ  Smith DJ (2007) The contribution of parrotfish (scarid) herbivory to ecosystem dynamics in the Indo-Pacific. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 74: 53-62
5 Unsworth RKF (2007) Over exploitation of seagrass meadows in Indonesia: what can research tell us? SeagrassWatch News 28: 10-11
6 Unsworth RKF, Bell JJ, Smith DJ (2007) Tidal fish connectivity of reef and seagrass habitats in the Indo-Pacific. Journal of the Marine biological Association 87: 1287–1296
7 Unsworth RKF, DeGrave S, Jompa J, Smith DJ, Bell JJ (2007) Faunal relationships with seagrass habitat structure: an example using shrimp from the Indo-Pacific. Marine and Freshwater Research 58, 1008–1018
8 Unsworth RKF, Salinas De Leon P, Garrard S, Jompa J, Smith DJ, Bell JJ, (2008) High connectivity of Indo-Pacific seagrass fish assemblages with mangrove and coral reef habitats. Marine Ecology Progress Series 353: 213–224,
9 Unsworth RKF, Smith DJ, Bell JJ (2008) Seagrass ecosystems in the Wakatobi Marine National Park, Indonesia. Marine Research in Indonesia Special Issue  
10 Salinas De Leon P, Unsworth RKF, Green BC, Smith DJ, Bell JJ (2008) Marine habitat connectivity in the Wakatobi Marine National Park, Indonesia. Marine Research in Indonesia Special Issue  

 

Academic Publications In Review (manuscripts can be provided on request)

11 Unsworth RKF, Cullen LC, Bell JJ, Smith DJ, Pretty J (Submitted to Animal Conservation June 10th 2008) Economic and subsistence values of the standing stocks of seagrass fisheries: benefits of no-fishing marine protected area management.  
12 Garrard S, Salinas De Leon P, Sloman KA, Cullen LC, Smith DJ, Bell JJ, Unsworth RKF (submitted to Aquatic Biology June 3rd 2008) Structuring of Indo-Pacific fish assemblages along the mangrove-seagrass continuum  

 

Example Consultancy Reports

  Unsworth RKF and Huber ME (2008) Marine Environmental Impact Assessment of the Proposed Cirebon Coal fired Power Station, Java. Sinclair Knight Merz Consultants  
  Unsworth RKF (2005) Issues to be addressed in the zonation of Wakatobi MNP. Operation Wallacea Technical Report. www.opwall.com
  Cullen LC, Unsworth, RKF (2003) EU joint MSc degrees: Water and coastal management review. European University Association.

 

Book Chapters and Thesis

1 Unsworth RKF (2007) Aspects of the ecology of Indo-Pacific seagrass systems. PhD thesis, University of Essex
2 Unsworth RKF (2001) The use of biomarkers in tracing coastal environmental contamination. MSc thesis, University of Wales
3 Side J, Unsworth, R (eds.) (2000) The marine biodiversity of Orkney. Part II: Marine species diversity. Kirkwall Press, Orkney  
4 Unsworth RKF (1999) Primary productivity and the impact of sewage in the Colne Estuary. BSc thesis, University of Essex  

 

Conference Presentations/Proceedings

1 Unsworth RKF, Hanley RJ (2008) Development of water quality thresholds for the protection of benthic primary producers. (Oral presentation at the Coast 2 Coast Conference, Darwin, August 2008)  
2 Unsworth RKF, Cullen LC, Bell JJ, Smith DJ, Pretty J (2007) Local and national application of fisheries resource economic valuation: a case study from Indonesia (Poster at 36th Annual session of the SOPAC Council, Tonga, Oct 2007)  
3 Unsworth RKF, Salinas P, Garrard S, Smith DJ, Bell JJ (2006) The influence of mangroves on trophic interactions in Indo-Pacific seagrass fish assemblages (Oral Presentation at Reef Conservation UK conference in December 2006)  
4 Unsworth RKF, Cullen LC, Pretty, Bell JJ, Smith DJ (2006) The biological and economic value of 'No-take areas' as tools in conservation management (Oral Presentation at ISRS European Meeting, Bremen, Sept 2006)  
5 Unsworth RKF, Bell JJ, Smith DJ (2005) Connectivity between shallow water coastal habitats in Wakatobi MNP, Indonesia (Oral Presentation at Reef Conservation UK conference in November 2005)  
6 Unsworth RKF, Smith DJ, Powell A, Hukon F (2004) Small scale 'No-take areas' as tools in the management of locally exploited coral reef fisheries (Oral Presentation at Reef Conservation UK conference in November 2004)  
7 Unsworth RKF, Mudge S, Newton A (2003) The use of lipid and PAH biomarkers in establishing temporal environmental trends within a coastal lagoon (Poster at International Conference on Southern European Coastal Lagoons: The Influence of River Basin-Coastal Zone interactions. Italy Nov 2003)  

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