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Dr

Allyson O'Brien

Lecturer Marine & Environmental Biology
Biosciences
life sciences & biomedicine
science & technology
environmental sciences & ecology
marine & freshwater biology
environmental sciences
ecotoxicology
responses
pollution
toxicity
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Dr

Allyson O'Brien

 
Division
Science
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Dr

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Projects

Displaying the 5 most recent projects by Allyson O'Brien.

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Gippsland Wastewater Treatment Project - March 2017 Report

2017 - 2017
Completed
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Hastings Monitoring Project

2017 - 2017
Completed
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Unravelling Marine Biodiversity Patterns Using Dna Metabarcoding

2017 - 2018
Completed
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Western Port - A Biodiveristy Assessment To Inform Environmental Decision-Making

2014 - 2015
Completed
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Review Of Bacteria Sources In Two Creeks In Greater Melbourne

2013 - 2013
Completed

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Projects

Project Types

3

Research Contracts

2

Internal Research Grant

Scholarly Works

Displaying the 11 most recent scholarly works by Allyson O'Brien.

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Metabolite Changes in an Estuarine Annelid Following Sublethal Exposure to a Mixture of Zinc and Boscalid

Georgia M Sinclair, Allyson L O'Brien, Michael Keough, David P de Souza, Saravanan Dayalan, Komal Kanojia, Konstantinos Kouremenos, Dedreia L Tull, Rhys A Coleman, Oliver AH Jones, Sara M Long

Journal article  |  2019  |  Metabolites

Environmental pollutants such as heavy metals and fungicides pose a serious threat to waterways worldwide. Toxicological assessmen..

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After decades of stressor research in urban estuarine ecosystems the focus is still on single stressors: A systematic literature review and meta-analysis

AL O'Brien, KA Dafforn, AA Chariton, EL Johnston, M Mayer-Pinto

Journal article  |  2019  |  Science of The Total Environment

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Structural and functional measures of marine microbial communities: An experiment to assess implications for oil spill management

Liz Morris, Allyson O'Brien, Siria HA Natera, Adrian Lutz, Ute Roessner, Sara M Long

Journal article  |  2018  |  Marine Pollution Bulletin

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What are the roadblocks to using population models in ecotoxicology studies?

Allyson L O'Brien

Journal article  |  2017  |  MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

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Rapid invertebrate responses to macroalgal wrack: two novel field experiments on intertidal mudflats in SouthernAustralia

Allyson L O'Brien, Liz Morris, Michael J Keough

Journal article  |  2017  |  Marine Ecology

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How is ecosystem health defined and measured? A critical review of freshwater and estuarine studies

Allyson O'Brien, Kallie Townsend, Robin Hale, David Sharley, Vincent Pettigrove

Journal article  |  2016  |  Ecological Indicators

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Ecological responses to contamination: A meta-analysis of experimental marine studies

Allyson L O'Brien, Michael J Keough

Journal article  |  2014  |  Environmental Pollution

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Detecting benthic community responses to pollution in estuaries: A field mesocosm approach

Allyson L O'Brien, Michael J Keough

Journal article  |  2013  |  Environmental Pollution

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Multiple sources of nutrients add to the complexities of predicting marine benthic community responses to enrichment

Allyson L O'Brien, Liz Morris, Michael J Keough

Journal article  |  2010  |  Marine and Freshwater Research

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Interactive effects of porewater nutrient enrichment, bioturbation and sediment characteristics on benthic assemblages in sandy sediments

Allyson L O'Brien, Nils Volkenborn, Justus van Beusekom, Liz Morris, Michael J Keough

Journal article  |  2009  |  Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

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Effects of Sabella spallanzanii physical structure on soft sediment macrofaunal assemblages

AL O'Brien, DJ Ross, MJ Keough

Journal article  |  2006  |  Marine and Freshwater Research

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Scholarly Works

Keyword Analysis

Ecology
Expanding Knowledge
Ecological Applications
Environmental Science and Management
Zoology
Land and Water Management
Plant Biology
Civil Engineering
Ecosystem Assessment and Management
Environmental Sciences

Credentials

Positions

Lecturer Marine & Environmental Biology

Biosciences

Member

Ecological Society of Australia

Committee Member Of Victorian Branch

Australian Marine Science Association

Education

Doctor of Philosophy

University of Melbourne

Dcotorate in Zoology

University of Melbourne

Bachelor of Science (Honours)

University of Melbourne

Bachelor of Science

Flinders University of South Australia

Bachelor of Commerce

Adelaide University

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