Publications
2024
- Freitas, C., Venzo, P., Bellgrove, A., & Francis, P. (2024). Diving into a sea of knowledge: empowering teachers to enhance ocean literacy in primary schools through an ocean education training program. Environmental Education Research, 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2024.2357342
- Wood GV, Filbee-Dexter K, Coleman MA, Valckenaere J, Aguirre JD, Bentley PM, Carnell P, Dawkins PD, Dykman LN, Earp HS, Ennis LB, Francis P, Franco JN, Hayford H, Lamb JB, Ling SD, Layton C, Lis E, Masters B, Miller N, Moore PJ, Neufeld C, Pocklington JB, Smale D, Stahl F, Starko S, Steel SC, Verbeek J, Vergés A, Wilding CM and Wernberg T (2024) Upscaling marine forest restoration: challenges, solutions and recommendations from the Green Gravel Action Group. Front. Mar. Sci. 11:1364263. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1364263
2023
- Hannigan SM, Freitas C and Francis P (2023) Aesthetic surprises and considerations when researching marine science education with art. Front. Educ. 8:1286485. Frontiers | Aesthetic surprises and considerations when researching marine science education with art (frontiersin.org)
- Siddik, M.A.B.; Francis, P.; Rohani, M.F.; Azam, M.S.; Mock, T.S.; Francis, D.S. (2023) Seaweed and Seaweed-Based Functional Metabolites as Potential Modulators of Growth, Immune and Antioxidant Responses, and Gut Microbiota in Fish. Antioxidants, 12, 2066. https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox12122066
- Eger, A.M., Aguirre, J.D., Altamirano, M. et al. (2023) The Kelp Forest Challenge: A collaborative global movement to protect and restore 4 million hectares of kelp forests. J Appl Phycol, The Kelp Forest Challenge: A collaborative global movement to protect and restore 4 million hectares of kelp forests | Journal of Applied Phycology (springer.com)
- Freitas C, Francis P, Bellgrove A and Venzo P (2023) Adopting Ocean-Themed Picture Books to Promote Ocean Literacy in Primary Education Children’s Literature in Education, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10583-023-09534-y
- M O’Brien, CA Freitas, P Venzo and P Francis (2023) Fostering ocean literacy through informal marine education programs. Marine Pollution Bulletin, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115208
- CA Freitas, M O’Brien, S Andrews and P Francis (2023) A Reef Like no Other: The Great Southern Reef. Front. Young Minds., 11:933489. https://doi.org/10.3389/frym.2023.933489
2022
- CA Freitas, A Bellgrove, P Venzo & P Francis (2022) Towards a 2025 national ocean literacy strategy: current status and future needs in primary education. Frontiers in Marine Science, 1109. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.883524
- P Venzo, P Francis & C James (2022) The Great Southern Reef. CSIRO Publishing. Clayton South, Australia.
2021
- P Venzo, L Hedberg & P Francis (2021) Whose eggs are these? Gender in ocean-themed picture books. Journal of Science & Popular Culture, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 115 – 133, doi.org/10.1386/jspc_00029_1
- P.F. Francis (2021) Riding the COVID-19 wave: Online learning activities for a field based marine science unit. In Cheong, C, Coldwell-Neilson, J, MacCallum, K, Luo, T and Scime, A (ed), COVID-19 and Education: Learning and Teaching in a Pandemic-Constrained Environment, Informing Science Press, Santa Rosa, Calif., pp. 393-405.
- P Francis, P Venzo, A Bellgrove (2021) Reading over and under the waves: A study of ocean picture books for children. Australian Journal of Environmental Education, vol. 37, no. 3, pp. 167-186, doi: 10.1017/aee.2021.4
2020
- PF Francis, J Spencer, & C McGrogan (2020) Educate to keep it great: The long-term successes of a virtual Great Barrier Reef education program, Journal of STEM Outreach, vol. 3, no. 2 – Special Issue – Sustainability, doi: 10.15695/jstem/v3i2.03.
- J Lynch, N Sadler, P Francis, T Matthews, J Mondon & A Bellgrove (2020) Stewards of Swan Bay: Curriculum diversity in place-based environmental science education, in AERA 2020 : The power and possibilities for the public good: When researchers and organizational stakeholders collaborate : Proceedings of the 2020 American Educational Research Association Meeting, American Educational Research Association, [San Francisco, Calif.], pp. 1-10.
2017
- A Bellgrove, P McKenzie, H Cameron & J Pocklington (2017) Restoring rocky intertidal communities: lessons from a benthic macroalgal ecosystem engineer, Marine Pollution Bulletin, vol. 117, no. 1-2, pp. 17-27, doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.02.012.
2010
- A Bellgrove, PF McKenzie, JL McKenzie & BJ Sfiligoj (2010) Restoration of the habitat-forming fucoid alga Hormosira banksii at effluent-affected sites: competitive exclusion by coralline turfs, Marine Ecology Progress Series, vol. 419, pp. 47-56.
2009
- PF McKenzie & A Bellgrove (2009) Dislodgment and attachment strength of the intertidal macroalga Hormosira banksii (Fucales, Phaeophyceae), Phycologia, vol. 48, no. 5, pp. 335-343, doi: 10.2216/08-96.1.
2008
- PF McKenzie & A Bellgrove (2008) Dispersal of Hormosira banksii (Phaeophyceae) via detached fragments: reproductive viability and longevity, Journal of Phycology, vol. 44, no. 5, pp. 1108-1115, doi: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2008.00563.x.
2007
- PF McKenzie & A Bellgrove (2006) No outbreeding depression at a regional scale for a habitat-forming intertidal alga with limited dispersal, Marine & Freshwater Research, vol. 57, no. 6, pp. 655-663, doi: 10.1071/MF05078.