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Papers

Benjamin, E. D., Toone, T. A., Hillman, J. R., Handley, S. J., & Jeffs, A. (2024). Aerial exposure and critical temperatures limit the survival of restored intertidal mussels. Restoration Ecology. 

Roberts, S. M., Reeves, S. E., Bossie, A., Cottingham, A., Jeffs, A., & Hillman, J. R. (2023). Determining mussel restoration success: An Australasian case study. Biological Conservation, 285, 110235.

Toone, T. A., Hillman, J. R., Benjamin, E. D., Handley, S., & Jeffs, A. (2023). Provision of early mussel life stages via macroalgae enhances recruitment and uncovers a novel restoration technique. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 566, 151919. 

Benjamin, E. D., Jeffs, A., Handley, S. J., Toone, T. A., & Hillman, J. R. (2023). Determining restoration potential by transplanting mussels of different size classes over a range of aerial exposures. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 713, 71-81. 
 

Toone, T. A., Hillman, J. R., South, P. M., Benjamin, E. D., Handley, S., & Jeffs, A. G. (2023). Bottlenecks and barriers: Patterns of abundance in early mussel life stages reveal a potential obstacle to reef recovery. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 1-12.

 

Toone, T. A., Benjamin, E. D., Hillman, J. R., Handley, S., & Jeffs, A. (2023). Multidisciplinary baselines quantify a drastic decline of mussel reefs and reveal an absence of natural recovery. Ecosphere, 14(3)

Toone, T. A., Hillman, J. R., Benjamin, E. D., Handley, S., & Jeffs, A. (2023). Out of their depth: The successful use of cultured subtidal mussels for intertidal restoration. Conservation Science and Practice, e12914

Benjamin, E. D., Hillman, J. R., Handley, S. J., Toone, T. A., & Jeffs, A. (2022). The Effectiveness of Providing Shell Substrate for the Restoration of Adult Mussel Reefs. Sustainability, 14(23), 15746

 

Toone, T. A., Benjamin, E. D., Handley, S. J., Jeffs, A. G., & Hillman, J. R. (2022). Expansion of shellfish aquaculture has no impact on settlement rates. Aquaculture Environment Interactions, 14, 135-145

Benjamin, E. D., Handley, S. J., Jeffs, A., Olsen, L., Toone, T. A., & Hillman, J. R. (2022). Testing habitat suitability for shellfish restoration with small-scale pilot experiments. Conservation Science and Practice, e12878

Sea, M., Hillman, J. R., & Thrush, S. (2022). The Influence of Mussel Restoration on Coastal Carbon Cycling. Global Change Biology, 28, 5269-5282

Alder, A., Jeffs, A. G., & Hillman, J. R. (2022). Timing mussel deployments to improve reintroduction success and restoration efficiency. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 698, 69-83 
 

Benjamin, E. D., Handley, S. J., Hale, R., Toone, T. A., Jeffs, A., & Hillman, J. R. (2022). Biodiversity associated with restored small-scale mussel habitats has restoration decision implications. Biodiversity and Conservation, 31, 2833-2855

 

Sea, M., Hillman, J. R., & Thrush, S. (2022). Enhancing multiple scales of seafloor biodiversity with mussel restoration. Scientific Reports, 12, 5027

Hillman, J. R., O'Meara, T. A., Lohrer, A. M., & Thrush, S. F. (2021). Influence of restored mussel reefs on denitrification in marine sediments. Journal of Sea Research, 175, 102099. 

Toone, T. A., Hunter, R., Benjamin, E. D., Handley, S., Jeffs, A., & Hillman, J. R. (2021). Conserving shellfish reefs–A systematic review reveals the need to broaden research efforts. Restoration Ecology, 29(4), e13375

Sea, M., Thrush, S., & Hillman, J. R. (2021). Environmental predictors of sediment denitrification rates within restored green-lipped (Perna canaliculus) mussel beds. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 667, 1-13

Alder, A., Jeffs, A. G., & Hillman, J. R. (2021). The importance of stock selection for improving transplantation efficiency. Restoration Ecology, e13561

Alder, A., Jeffs, A., & Hillman, J. R. (2020). Considering the use of subadult and juvenile mussels for mussel reef restoration. Restoration Ecology, 29(3), e13322

Fitzsimons, J. A., Branigan, S., Gillies, C. L., Brumbaugh, R. D., Cheng, J., DeAngelis, B. M., Geselbracht, L., Hancock, B., Jeffs, A., McDonald, T., McLeod, I., Pogoda, B., Theuerkauf, S. J., Thomas, M., Westby, S., & Zu Ermgassen, P. (2020). Restoring shellfish reefs: Global guidelines for practitioners and scientists. Conservation Science and Practice, e198

Wilcox, M., Kelly, S., & Jeffs, A. (2020). Patterns of settlement within a restored mussel bed site. Restoration Ecology, 28(2), 337-346

Wilcox, M., & Jeffs, A. (2019). Impacts of sea star predation on mussel bed restoration. Restoration Ecology, 27(1), 189-197

Wilcox, M., Kelly, S., & Jeffs, A. (2018). Ecological restoration of mussel beds onto soft‐sediment using transplanted adults. Restoration Ecology, 26(3), 581-590 

Wilcox, M., & Jeffs, A. (2017). Is attachment substrate a prerequisite for mussels to establish on soft-sediment substrate? Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 495, 83-88
 

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Theses

Alder, A. (2022). Improving the efficiency of mussel reef restoration [PhD, The University of Auckland]

 

Sea, M. (2022). Subtidal Mussel Restoration : A Tool for Recovering Ecosystem Services [PhD, The University of Auckland]

Fleming, H. (2021). The Creation of Novel Ecosystem Models to Explore the Restoration of Green-Lipped, Perna canaliculus, Mussel Reefs in the Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand [MSc, The University of Auckland]

 

Smith, R. (2018). Settlement, retention, growth, and condition in Greenshell mussels (Perna canaliculus) in the Hauraki Gulf [PhD, The University of Auckland]

 

Van Kampen, P. (2017). Characterising the ideal habitat for subtidal benthic re-seeding of the green-lipped mussel (Perna canaliculus[MSc, The University of Auckland]

Wilcox, M. (2017). Population dynamics of restored green-lipped mussel (Perna canaliculus) beds in the Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand [PhD, The University of Auckland]

Gui Yue (2012). Particle retention and selection by the spat of the green-lipped mussel (Perna canaliculus[PhD, The University of Auckland]

Fitzpatrick, M. (2010). The chemical marking of Siphonaria zelandica and Perna canaliculus larvae for the measurement of larval spillover [MSc, The University of Auckland]

McLeod, I. (2009) Green-lipped mussels (Perna canaliculus), in soft-sediment systems in Northeastern New Zealand [MSc, The University of Auckland] 

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