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Email

allyson.obrien@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Senior Lecturer
School of BioSciences
Education
Graduate Certificate
University of Melbourne
PhD
The University of Melbourne
PhD
University of Melbourne
PhD
University of Melbourne
ORCID

0000-0002-6622-4774

Dr Allyson O'Brien

Senior Lecturer
School of BioSciences

20 Scholarly works
5 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Ecological responses to contamination: a meta-analysis of experimental marine studies
    DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2014.09.005
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Ocean Literacy for Ocean Sustainability: Reflections From Australia
    DOI: 10.17645/oas.9797
  • 2025

    Journal article

    A field and laboratory manual for sampling, processing and reporting microplastics in coastal and marine environments
    DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2025.1674412
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Universal microbial indicators provide surveillance of sewage contamination in harbours worldwide
    DOI: 10.1038/s44221-024-00315-5
  • 2023

    Book Chapter

    Multiple Stressors
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-10127-4_14
  • 2022

    Journal article

    An environmental DNA approach to informing restoration of the functionally extinct oyster, Ostrea angasi
    DOI: 10.1002/aqc.3886
  • 2017

    Internal Research Grant

    Unravelling Marine Biodiversity Patterns Using DNA Metabarcoding
Allyson O'Brien

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2022

    Journal article

    Editorial: Marine Pollution - Emerging Issues and Challenges
    DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2022.918984
  • 2022

    Book Chapter

    Using field-collected estuarine worms to identify early metabolic changes following exposure to zinc
    DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-816460-0.00019-8
  • 2019

    Journal article

    Metabolite changes in an estuarine annelid following sublethal exposure to a mixture of zinc and boscalid
    DOI: 10.3390/metabo9100229
  • 2019

    Journal article

    After decades of stressor research in urban estuarine ecosystems the focus is still on single stressors: A systematic literature review and meta-analysis
    DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.02.131

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2017

    Research Contracts

    Gippsland Wastewater Treatment Project - March 2017 Report
  • 2017

    Research Contracts

    Hastings Monitoring Project
  • 2014

    Internal Research Grant

    Western Port - A Biodiveristy Assessment to Inform Environmental Decision-Making
  • 2013

    Research Contracts

    Review of Bacteria Sources in Two Creeks in Greater Melbourne

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