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In 2011, the special 400th edition of the Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology was published. The volume contains 32 publications focusing on "Global change in marine ecosystems".

Artificial Structures

• Airoldi, L., Abbiati, M., Beck, M. W., Hawkins, S. J., Jonsson, P. R., Martin, Daniel, Moschella, P. S., Sundelöf, A., Thompson, R. C., Åberg, P. (2005). "An ecological perspective on the deployment and design of low-crested and other hard coastal defence structures." Coastal Engineering 52: 1073-1087.
• Airoldi, L. and Bulleri, F. (2011) "Anthropogenic Disturbance Can Determine the Magnitude of Opportunistic Species Responses on Marine Urban Infrastructures," PLOS ONE 6 (8), e22985 .
• Bacchiocchi, F. and L. Airoldi (2003). "Distribution and dynamics of epibiota on hard structures for coastal protection." Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 56: 1157-1166.
• Bertasi, F., Colangelo, M., Abbiati, M., Ceccherelli, V. (2007). "Effects of an artificial protection structure on the sandy shore macrofaunal community: the special case of Lido di Dante (Northern Adriatic Sea)." Hydrobiologia 586(1): 277-290.
• Bulleri, F. and L. Airoldi (2005). "Artificial marine structures facilitate the spread of a non-indigenous green alga, Codium fragile ssp. tomentosoides, in the north Adriatic Sea." Journal of Applied Ecology 42(6): 1063-1072.
• Burcharth, H. F., Hawkins, S. J., Zanuttigh, B. Lamberti, A. (2007). Environmental design guidelines for low crested coastal structures. Oxford, UK, Elsevier.
• Browne, M.A. and Chapman, M.G. (2011) "Ecologically-informed engineering reduces loss of intertidal biodiversity on artificial shorelines," Environmental Science and Technology. In press
• Chapman, M.G. and Underwood, A.J. (2011) "Evaluation of ecological engineering of "armoured" shorelines to improve their value as habitat," Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 400 , 302-313.
• Firth, L. B., Thompson, R. C., White, F. J., Schofield, M., Skov, M. W., Hoggart, S. P. G., Jackson, J., Knights, A. M., Hawkins, S. J. (2013) “The importance of water retaining features for biodiversity on artificial intertidal coastal defence structures.” Diversity and Distributions, In press
• Martin, D., Bertasi, F., Colangelo, M.A., de Vries, M., Frost, M., Hawkins, S. J., Macpherson, E., Moschella, P. S., Satta, M. P., Thompson, R.C., Ceccherelli, V.U. (2005). "Ecological impact of coastal defence structures on sediment and mobile fauna: Evaluating and forecasting consequences of unavoidable modifications of native habitats." Coastal Engineering 52: 1027 - 1051.
• Martins, G. M., Thompson, R. C., Neto, A. I., Hawkins, S. J., and Jenkins, S. R. 2010. Enhancing stocks of the exploited limpet Patella candei d'Orbigny via modifications in coastal engineering. Biological Conservation, 143: 203-211.
• Moschella, P. S., Abbiati, M., Åberg, P., Airoldi, L., Anderson, J. M., Bacchiocchi, F., Bulleri, F., Dinesen, G. E., Frost, M. , Gacia, E., Granhag, L., Jonsson, P. R., Satta, M. P., Sundelöf, A., Thompson, R. C., Hawkins, S. J. (2005). "Low-crested coastal defence structures as artificial habitats for marine life: Using ecological criteria in design." Coastal Engineering 52: 1053-1071.
• Naylor, L.A., Venn, O., Coombes, M.A., Jackson, J. Thompson, R.C. 2011. Including Ecological Enhancements in the Planning, Design and Construction of Hard Coastal Structures: A process guide. Report to the Environment Agency (PID 110461). University of Exeter, 66 pp. Download as a PDF.
• Witt, M. J., Sheehan, E. V., Bearhop, S., Broderick, A. C., Conley, D. C., Cotterell, S. P., Crow, E., Grecian, W. J., Halsband, C., Hodgson, D. J., Hosegood, P., Inger, R., Miller, P. I., Sims, D. W., Thompson, R. C., Vanstaen, K., Votier, S. C., Attrill, M. J. & Godley, B. J. (2012) “Assessing wave energy effects on biodiversity: the Wave Hub experience.” Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 370, 502–529.
• Zanuttigh, B., Martinelli, L., Lamberti, A., Moschella, P. S., Hawkins, S. J., Marzetti, S., Ceccherelli, V.U. (2005). "Environmental design of coastal defence in Lido di Dante, Italy." Coastal Engineering 52: 1089-1125.

Urban Docks

• Allen, J. R. and S. J. Hawkins (1993). Pelagic-benthic interactions in an enclosed coastal ecosystem: The impact of Mytilus edulis populations on water quality in the South Docks, Liverpool. Bivalve filter feeders in estuarine and coastal ecosystem processes NATO ISI Series G, Volume 33. R. F. Dame. Berlin, Springer-Verlag: 515-516.
• Allen, J. R., Hawkins, S. J., Russell, G.R., White, K.N. (1992). "Eutrophication and urban renewal: problems and perspectives for the management of disused docks." Science of the Total Environment, Supplement: 1283-1295.
• Allen, J. R., Wilkinson, S. B., Hawkins, S. J. (1995). "Redeveloped docks as artificial lagoons: The development of brackish-water communities and potential for conservation of lagoonal species." Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 5: 299-309.
• Allen, J. R., Wilkinson, S. B., Zheng, W. Z., Wanstall, V.J., Fielding, N.J., Hawkins, S. J. (1995). Filter feeding and water quality in the docks in Liverpool. The Malacological Society of London annual Meeting, University of Manchester.
• Hawkins, S. J., Allen, J. R., Russell, G., Eaton, J.W., Wallace, I., Jones, H.D., White, K.N., Hendry, K. (1993). Disused docks as a resource in urban conservation and education. Urban Waterside Regeneration: Problems and Prospects. K. N. White, E. G. Bellinger, A. J. Saul, K. Hendry and M. R. Bristow. London, Ellis Horwood: 386-399.
• Hawkins, S. J., Allen, J. R., Russell, G., White, K.N., Conlan, K., Hendry, K., Jones, H. D. (1992). Restoring and managing disused docks in urban areas. Restoring the nation's marine environment. G. W. Thayer. Proceedings of the Symposium on Marine Habitat Restoration. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, USA, September 1990. Maryland Sea Grant College. 716pp. Sea Grant Publication, Maryland, 473-542.: 473-542.
• Hawkins, S. J., Cunningham, P. N., Dolan, B., Evans, L.C., Holmes, G.D., O'Hara, K., Russell, G., Walmsley, A., White, K.N. (1992). "Culture of mussels in Sandon dock, a disused dock basin in Liverpool." Journal of Medical and Applied Malacology 4: 165-178.
• Russell, G., Hawkins S. J., Evans, L.C., Jones, H. D., Holmes, G.D. (1983). "Restoration of a disused dock as a habitat for marine benthos and fish." Journal of Applied Ecology 20: 43-58.
• Wilkinson, S. B., Zheng W., Allen, J.R., Fielding, N.J., Wanstall, V.C., Russell, G., Hawkins, S. J. (1996). "Water quality improvements in Liverpool Docks: the role of filter feeders in algal and nutrient dynamics." Marine Ecology 17: 197-211.

Gardening of desired species

• Perkol-Finkel, S. and Airoldi, L. (2010) "Loss and recovery potential of marine habitats: an experimental study of factors maintaining resilience in subtidal algal forests at the Adriatic Sea," PLOS ONE 5(5), e10791. doi:10710.11371/journal.pone.0010791.
• Perkol-Finkel, S., Ferrario, F., Nicotera, V., Airoldi, L. (2012) “Conservation challenges in urban seascapes: promoting the growth of threatened species on coastal infrastructures”. Journal of Applied Ecology 49: 1457–1466