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Here is a list of publications produced by the Byrne laboratory over the last 10 years

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Lee. J., Byrne, M. and S. Uthicke. Experimental studies of asexual reproduction and growth of Holothuria atra in natural mesocosms. J. Exp Mar Biol Ecol (accepted)

Lee. J., Byrne, M. and S. Uthicke. Asexual and sexual reproduction in the aspidochirotid sea cucumber Holothuria difficilis at One Tree Island, Great Barrier Reef. In: Echinoderms, New Hampshire. L. Harris (ed) Taylor and Francis (accepted).

Przeslawski, R., Ahyong, S., Byrne, M, Wörheide, G and P. Hutchings. Beyond corals and fish: the effects of climate change on non-coral benthic invertebrates of tropical reefs. Global Change Biology (accepted).

Barbosa, S., Byrne, M. and B.P. Kelaher 2008. Bioerosion caused by the tropical chiton Anthopleura gemmata at One Tree Reef, southern Great Barrier Reef. Coral Reefs DOI 10.1007/s00338-008-0369-4

Barbosa, S., Byrne, M. and B.P. Kelaher 2008. Reproductive periodicity of the tropical intertidal chiton Anthopleura gemmata at One Tree Island, Great Barrier Reef, near its southern latitudinal limit. J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. UK (in press).

Byrne, M., Cisternas, P. and O’Hara, T. 2008. Brooding of pelagic-type larvae in Ophiopeza spinosa –reproduction and development in a tropical ophiodermatid brittlestar. Invertebrate Biology. 127: 98-107.

Byrne, M. 2008. Echinodermata: In: Coral Reef Handbook. P. Hutchings, O. Hoegh-Guoldberg and M. J. Kingsford (eds) CSIRO Press (in press)

Byrne, M., Sewell, M.A., Prowse, T.A.A. 2008. Nutritional ecology of sea urchin larvae: influence of endogenous and exogenous nutrition on echinopluteal growth and phenotypic plasticity in Tripneustes gratilla. Functional Ecology (in press)

Brainwood, M.A., Burgin, S., Byrne, M. 2008. The impact of small and large impoundments on freshwater mussel distribution in the Hawkesbury-Nepean River, Southeastern Australia. River Research and Applications (in press).

Golding, R.E., Ponder, W.F. and M. Byrne 2008. Novel copulatory structures and reproductive functions in Amphiboloidea (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia, Pulmonata). Invertebrate Biology. 127 DOI:10.1111/j.1744-7410.2007.00120.x

Hutchings P., Ahyong S, Byrne M, Przeslawski R, and Wörheide G. 2007 Vulnerability of benthic invertebrates of the Great Barrier Reef to climate change. In: Climate Change and the Great Barrier Reef A Vulnerability Assessment. Johnson J and Marshall P Eds. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority and Australian Greenhouse Office, Australia. Pp. 309-356

Keever, C.C., Sunday, J., Wood, C., Byrne, M. and M.W. Hart. 2008. Discovery and cross-amplification of microsatellite polymorphisms in asterinid sea stars. Biol Bull (in press).

Lee. J., Byrne, M. and S. Uthicke 2008. Asexual reproduction by fission of a population of Holothuria hilla (Lesson 1830) at One Tree Island, Great Barrier Reef. Beche-de-mer Bulletin 27: 17-23.

Prowse, T.A.A. Sewell, M.A. and M. Byrne. 2008. Fuels for development: evolution of maternal provisioning in asterinid sea stars. Mar. Biol. 153: 337-349.

Uthicke, S, Schaffelke, B. and M. Byrne. 2008. A boom and bust phylum? Ecological and evolutionary consequences of large population density variations in echinoderms. Ecol. Monogr. (in press)

Andrew, N.L. and M. Byrne 2007. Centrostephanus. In. J. Lawrence ed. The Biology and Ecology of Edible Urchins. Elsevier Science, Amsterdam. Pp 191-204

Byrne, M. 2007. Composition of Australia’s tropical bêche-de-mer sea cucumbers (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) in the Stichopus complex. Biologue 32: 1-2

Byrne, M. 2007. Echinodermata: In: Vicky Tzioumis and Stephen Keable (eds) 2007, Description of Key Species Groups in the East Marine Region. Report produced by the Australian Museum for the Department of the Environment and Water Resources, Canberra.

Byrne, M., Nakajima, Y., Chee F.C and Burke, R.D. 2007. Apical organs in echinoderm larvae: insights into larval evolution in the Ambulacraria. Evol and Dev 9: 432-445

Byrne, M. and Walker SJ. 2007. Distribution and reproduction of intertidal species of Aquilonastra and Cryptasterina (Asterinidae) from One Tree Reef, Southern Great Barrier Reef. Bull Mar Sci 81: 209-218

Golding, R.E., Ponder, W.F. and Byrne, M. 2007. Taxonomy and anatomy of Amphiboloidea. Zootaxa 1476: 1-50.

Byrne, M. 2006. Life history evolution in the Asterinidae. 2006. Integr. Comp. Biol. 46: 243-254.

Brainwood, M.A., Burgin, S., Byrne, M. 2006. Is the decline of freshwater mussel populations in a regulated coastal river in southeastern Australia linked with anthropogenic modification of habitat? Aquatic Conserv: Mar. Freshw. Ecosys. 16: 501-516.

Byrne, M., M. Sewell, P. Selvakumaraswamy and T. Prowse 2006. The larval apical organ in the holothuroids Chiridota gigas (Apodida): inferesnce on evolution of the ambulacrarian larval nervous system. Biol. Bull. 211: 95-100.

Falker, I. and M. Byrne 2006. Skeletal characters for identification of juvenile Ophiactis resiliens and Amphiura constricta (Echinodermata): cryptic ophiuroids in turf habitat. J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. UK. 86: 1199-1207.

Falkner, I., M. Byrne and M. Sewell. 2006 Maternal provisioning in Ophionereis fasciata and O. schayeri: brittle stars with contrasting modes of development. Biol. Bull. 211: 204-208

Hart, M.W., C.C. Keever, A.J. Dartnall and M. Byrne. 2006. Morphological and genetic variation indicate cryptic species within Lamarck’s little sea star, Parvulastra (= Patiriella) exigua. Biol Bull 210: 158-167.

Raff, R.A. and M. Byrne. 2006. The Active Evolutionary Lives of Echinoderm Larvae. Heredity 97: 244-252.

Selvakumaraswamy, P and M. Byrne. 2006. Evolution of larval form in ophiuroids, insights from the metamorphic phenotype of Ophiothrix (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea). Evol and Dev. 8:183-190.

Byrne, M. 2005. Viviparity in the sea star Cryptasterina hystera (Asterinidae) – conserved and modified features in reproduction and development. Biol. Bull. 208: 81-91

Byrne, M., Cisternas, P., Elia L and B. Relf. 2005. Engrailed is expressed in larval development and in the radial nervous system of the Patiriella sea stars. Dev. Genes Evol 215: 608-617.

Cisternas, P. and M. Byrne. 2005. Larval development in the ophiuroid Ophiarachnella gorgonia (Ophiodermatidae): evidence for developmental heterochronies between species with Type I and type II development. Can. J. Zool. 83: 1067-1079

Colgan, D.J., M. Byrne, E. Rickard and L.R. Castro 2005. Limited nucleotide divergence over large spatial scales in the asterinid sea star Patiriella exigua. Mar. Biol. 146: 263-270.

Morris VB and M Byrne. 2005. Involvement of two Hox genes and Otx in body-plan morphogenesios in the sea urchin Holopneustes purpurescens. J. Exp. Zool. B; Mol. Dev. Evol. 304B: 456-467.

Styan, C.A., M. Byrne and E. Franke 2005. Evolution of egg size and sperm resistance in sea stars: large eggs are not fertilised more readily than small eggs in Patiriella (Echinodermata: Asteroidea). Mar. Biol. 146: 235-242

Byrne M, Cisternas, P. Hoggett, A., O’Hara T. & S. Uthicke. 2004. Diversity of echinoderms at Raine Island, Great Barrier Reef. In T. Heinzeller & J.H. Nebelsick (eds), Echinoderms: München. Taylor and Francis Group, London. 159-164.

Byrne M, Smoothey A, Hoggett, A.& S. Uthicke. 2004. Population biology of shallow water ophiuroids from at Raine Island and Moulter Cay, Northern Great Barrier Reef. In T. Heinzeller & J.H. Nebelsick (eds). Echinoderms: München. Taylor and Francis Group, London. 165-170.

Cisternas, P., P. Selvakumaraswamy and M. Byrne. 2004. Evolution of development and the Ophiuroidea – revisited. In: T. Heinzeller & J.H. Nebelsick (eds), Echinoderms: München. Taylor and Francis Group, London. 521-526.

Falkner I and M. Byrne. 2004 Seasonal trends in population density in Ophiactis resiliens (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) in the Sydney region, Australia. In T. Heinzeller & J.H. Nebelsick (eds). Echinoderms: München. Taylor and Francis Group, London. 183-186.

Mallefet, J., M. Barker, M. Byrne and T. O’Hara 2004. First study of bioluminescence in Ophionereis. In: T. Heinzeller & J.H. Nebelsick (eds), Echinoderms: München. Taylor and Francis Group, London. 299-304.

O’Hara, T.D., Byrne, M. & Cisternas, P.A. 2004. The Ophiocoma erinaceus complex: another case of cryptic speciation in echinoderms. In T. Heinzeller & J.H, Nebelsick (eds), Echinoderms: München. Taylor and Francis Group, London. 537-542.

Byrne, M. and J. Voltzow. 2004. Morphological evolution in sea urchin development – hybrids provide insights into the pace of evolution. BioEssays 26: 343-347

Cerra, A and M. Byrne. 2004. Evolution of development in the sea star genus Patiriella: clade specific alterations in cleavage. Evol and Dev 6: 105-113.

Hart, M.W., S.L. Johnston, J.A. Addison and M. Byrne. 2004. Strong character incongruence between life history traits and nucleotides in asterinid sea star phylogeny. Invert Biol 123: 343-356.

Morris VB, Zhao JT, Shearman D, Byrne M and Frommer M. 2004. Expression of an Otx gene in the adult rudiment and developing central nervous system of the vestibula larva of the sea urchin Holopneustes purpurescens. Int J. Dev. Biol. 17-22

Selvakumaraswamy, P and M. Byrne. 2004. Metamorphosis and evolution of development in Ophionereis (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea). Mar Biol: 145: 87-99.

Uthicke, S., O’Hara, T.D., Byrne, M. 2004. Species composition and molecular phylogeny of the Indo-Pacific teatfish (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) bêche-de-mer fishery. Mar Freshw Res. 55: 1-12.

Byrne, M. J. Pollak, D. Oakes and E. Laginestra. 2003. Comparison of the submitochondrial particle test, Microtox and sea urchin fertilisation and development tests: Parallel assays with leachates. Aust. J. Ecotox. 9:19-28.

Byrne M, P. Cisternas, P. Selvakumaraswamy, J.T. Villinski and R.R, Raff. 2003. Evolution of maternal provisioning in ophiuroids, asteroids and echinoids. In: Echinoderm Research 2001. Ed. J.P. Feral and B. David Balkema, Lisse 171-175.

Cisternas, P. and M. Byrne 2003. Peptidergic and serotonergic immunoractivity in the metamorphosing ophiopluteus of Ophiactis resiliens (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea). Invert. Biol. 122: 177-185.

Dartnall, A.J., M. Byrne, J. Collins, and M.W. Hart. 2003. A new viviparous species of asterinid (Echinodermata, Asteroidea, Asterinidae) and a new genus to accommodate the species of pan-tropical exiguoid sea stars. Zootaxa 359:1-14

Falkner I and M. Byrne 2003. Reproduction of Ophiactis resiliens (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) in New South Wales. Mar. Biol. 143:459-466

Hart, M.W., M. Byrne and S.L. Johnson 2003. Cryptic species and modes of development in Patiriella psueudoexigua. J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. U.K. 83:1109-1116

Long S, P. Martinez, W-C Chen, M. Thorndyke and M. Byrne, 2003. Evolution of echinoderms may not have required modification of the ancestral deuterostome HOX gene cluster: first report of PG4 and PG5 Hox orthologues in echinoderms. Devp. Genes Evol: 213: 573-576

Byrne, M., M. Hart, A. Cerra and P. Cisternas. 2003. Reproduction and larval morphology of broadcasting and viviparous species in the Cryptasterina species complex. Biol Bull. 205: 285-294.

Ramafofia, C., M. Byrne and S. Batteglene 2003. Reproduction of the commercial sea cucumber Holothuria scabra in Solomon Islands. Mar Biol 142: 281-288.

Ramafofia, C., M. Byrne and S. Batteglene. 2003 Development of three commercial sea cucumber Holothuria scabra, H. fuscogilva and Actinopyga mauritiana: larval structure and growth. Mar. Freshw Res 54:1-11.

Mazzone, F and M. Byrne. 2003. Autotomy and regeneration in the sea star Coscinasterias muricata following autotomy. In: Echinoderm Research 2001. Ed. J.P. Feral and B. David Balkema, Lisse 209-213.

Byrne M and P. Cisternas. 2002 Development and distribution of the peptidergic system in larval and adult Paririella: comparison of the sea star bilateral and radial nervous systems. J. Comp. Neurol. 451: 101-114.

Byrne M and P. Selvakumaraswamy 2002. Phylum Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea. In: Atlas of Marine Invertebrate Larvae. Ed. C.M . Young and M.E. Sewell. Academic Press. London. Pp 483-498.

Morris, V.B., J. Brammall, M. Byrne and M. Frommer. 2002. cDNA Hox sequences 3’ of the homeobox isolated from the sea urchin Holopneustes purpurescens are definitive for sea urchin Hox orthologues. DNA Sequence 13: 185-193

Villinski JT., J.L. Villinski, M. Byrne and R.R, Raff. 2002. Convergent maternal provisioning and life history evolution in echinoderms. Evolution 56: 1764-1775

Andrew, N.L. and M. Byrne 2001. Centrostephanus rodgersii. In. J. Lawrence ed. The Biology and Ecology of Edible Urchins. Elsevier Science, Amsterdam Pp. 149-160.

Byrne M. 2001. The morphology of autotomy structures in the sea cucumber Eupentacta quinquesemita before and during evisceration. J. Exp. Biol. 204:849-863

Byrne, M. 2001. Echinodermata. In: Invertebrate Zoology. D.T. Anderson ed. Oxford University Press, Sydney, 366-395.

Byrne M. P. Cisternas and D. Koop 2001. Evolution of larval form in the sea star genus Patiriella. Conservation and change in nervous system development. Dev. Growth Differ 43: 459-468.

Byrne M. 2001. Evolution of Neurogenesis in the sea star genus Patiriella. In: M.F. Barker ed. Echinoderms 2000. Balkema, Lisse 151-158.

Byrne, M., R. Emlet and A. Cerra 2001. Ciliated band structure in planktotrophic and lecithotrophic larvae of Heliocidaris species (Echinodermata: Echinoidea): conservation and change. Acta. Zool. 82: 189-199.

Long, S. and M. Byrne. 2001. Evolution of the echinoderm Hox cluster. Evol. Devp. 3: 302-311.

Moreno, G., P. Selvakumaraswamy, M. Byrne and O. Hoegh-Guldberg. 2001. A test of the ash-free dry weight technique on the developmental stages of Patiriella spp. (Echinodermata: Asteroidea). Limnology and Oceanography 46: 1214-1220

Mazzone, F and M. Byrne 2001. The haemal sinus – a possible conduit for migratory cells involved in repair and regeneration of the radial nerve cord in Coscinasterias muricata following autotomy. In: M.F. Barker ed. Echinoderms 2000. Balkema, Lisse 167-191.

Cisternas, P., P. Selvakumaraswamy and M. Byrne 2001. Localisation of the neuropeptide S1 in an ophiuroid larva. In: M.F. Barker ed. Echinoderms 2000. Balkema, Lisse 239-242.

Ramafofia, C., M. Byrne and S. Batteglene 2001. Larval development in the tropical sea cucumber Holothuria scabra. In: M.F. Barker ed. Echinoderms 2000. Balkema, Lisse 369-375.

Ramafofia, C., M. Byrne and S. Batteglene 2001. Reproduction of the intertidal sea cucumber Actinopyga mauritania in Solomon Islands. J. Mar Biol Assoc. UK. . 81: 523-531.

Ramafofia, C. and M. Byrne 2001. Assessment of the ’tubule recruitment model’ in three tropical aspidochirote holothurians. Beche-de-mer Bulletin 15: 13-16.

Byrne, M. 2000. Calcium concretions in the interstitial tissues of the Australian freshwater mussel Hyridella depressa (Hyriidae). In: The Evolutionary Biology of the Bivalvia, E. Harper, J.A. Crame and J.D. Taylor eds. Geological Society of London, Special Publications 177: 329-337.

Byrne, M. and A. Cerra. 2000. Lipid dynamics in the embryos of Patiriella species with divergent modes of development. Dev. Growth Differ. 42: 79-86.

Byrne, M., H. Phelps, P. Selvakumaraswamy, T. Church, J. Potts and V. Adare. 2000. Reproduction of the hermaphroditic clam Corbiculina australis in New South Wales Australia: a light and electron microscopic study. Hydrobiologia 418: 185-197

Byrne, M. and P.A. Vesk 2000. Elemental composition of mantle tissue granules in Hyridella depressa (Unionida) from the Hawkesbury-Nepean River system Australia: Inferences from catchment chemistry. Mar. Freshw. Res. 51: 183-192.

Long. S., V. Morris and M. Byrne. 2000. Seven Hox-type genes from the asterinid starfish Patiriella exigua. Hydrobiologia 420: 95-98.

Miller, J.A. and M. Byrne. 2000. Ceratal autotomy and regeneration in the aeolid nudibranch Phidiana crassicornis and the role of predators. Invert. Biol. 119: 167-176.

Ramafofia, C., S. Batteglene, J. Bell and M. Byrne. 2000. Reproduction of the commercial sea cucumber Holothuria fuscogilva in Solomon Islands. Mar. Biol. 136: 1045-1056.

Selvakumaraswamy, P. and M. Byrne. 2000. Vestigial ophiopluteal structures in the lecithotrophic ophiuroid Ophioneries schayeri. Biol. Bull. 198: 379-386.

Selvakumaraswamy, P. and M. Byrne. 2000. Reproduction, spawning and development in 5 ophiuroids from Australia and New Zealand. Invert. Biol. 119: 394-402.

Walker, K.F., M. Byrne, C.W. Hickey and D.S. Roper 2000. Freshwater mussels (Hyriidae, Unionidae) of Australasia. In: Evolutionary Biology of Freshwater Mussels (Unionoidea). G. Bauer and W. Wächtel (eds), Springer. pp. 5-31.

Byrne, M. 1999. Echinodermata. In: Encyclopedia of Reproduction. E. Knobil and J. Neill eds. Academic Press, New York pp 940-954.

Byrne, M., A. Cerra and J. T. Villinski. 1999. Oogenic strategies in the evolution of development in Patiriella (Asteroidea). Inv. Repro. Devp. 36: 195-202.

Byrne, M and E. Lagenestra 1999. Collection of sea urchins for toxicity testing contributes to local decline of populations near Sydney, Australia. SETAC News September 1999

Byrne, M., F. Chee, P. Cisternas M. Thorndyke. 1999. Localization of the neuropeptide S2 in the larval and adult nervous system of the sea star Patiriella regularis. In: Echinoderm Research. 1988 M.D. Carnevali and F. Bonasoro (eds). Balkema, Rotterdam. 187-191.

Byrne, M. A. Cerra, M.W. Hart and M.J. Smith. 1999. Life history diversity and molecular phylogeny of the Australian sea star genus Patiriella. In: The other 99%. The conservation and biodiversity of invertebrates. W. Ponder and D. Lunney (eds) Transactions of the Royal Society of NSW, 188-195.

Chee, F. and M. Byrne. 1999. The serotonergic system of the brachiolaria larvae of the sea star Patiriella regularis: Potential roles in benthic attachment and metamorphosis. Inv. Repro. and Devp. 36: 111-115.

Chee, F and M. Byrne P. 1999. Development of the larval serotonergic nervous system in the sea star Patiriella regularis as revealed by confocal imaging. Biol. Bull. 197: 123-131.

Chee, F and M. Byrne P. 1999. Serotonin-like expression in the gastrulae of Patiriella exigua (Asteroidea). In: Echinoderm Research 1998 M.D. Carnevali and F. Bonasoro (eds). Balkema, Rotterdam 183-184.

Byrne, M., J. Villinski, E. Popodi, P. Cisternas, and R. Raff. 1999. Maternal factors and the evolution of developmental mode: Evolution of oogenesis in Heliocidaris erythrogramma. Dev Genes Evol 209: 275-283

Lawrence, J.M.. M. Byrne, L. Harris, B. Keegan, S. Freeman and B.C. Cowell. 1999. Sublethal predation in Asterias amurensis (eastern Bering Sea and southwestern Pacific), Asterias rubens (northeastern Atlantic Ocean) and Asterias vulgaris and Asterias forbesi (northwestern Atlantic Ocean) (Echinodermata: Asteroidea). Vie et Milieu 49: 69-73.

Selvakumaraswamy, P. and M. Byrne. 1999. Early events of coelomogenesis in lecithotrophic ophiuroid larvae. In: Echinoderm Research. M.D. Carnevali and F. Bonasoro (eds). Balkema, Rotterdam 227-228.

Vesk, P.A. and M. Byrne. 1999. Metal levels in tissue granules of the freshwater bivalve Hyridella depressa (Unionida) for biomonitoring: the importance of cryopreservation. Sci. Total Env. 225:219-229.

Byrne, M. 1998. Reproduction of river and lake populations of Hyridella depressa (Unionacea: Hyriidae) in New South Wales: Implications for their conservation. Hydrobiologia 389: 29-43.

Byrne, M., N.L. Andrew, D.G. Worthington and P. A. Brett. 1998 The influence of latitude and habitat on reproduction in the sea urchin Centrostephanus rodgersii in New South Wales, Australia. Mar. Biol.132: 305-318.

Byrne, M. and R.K. Siegel. 1998. Comparison of vitellogenic mechanisms in the oligolecithal eggs of Heliocidaris tuberculata and the macrolecithal eggs of H. erythrogramma (Echinoidea). In: R. Mooi and M. Telford (eds).Echinoderms: San Francisco. Balkema, Rotterdam. 596-600.

Byrne, M., A. Cerra, T. Nishigaki and M. Hoshi. 1998. Male infertility: a new phenomenon affecting Japanese populations of the sea star Asterias amurensis (Asteroidea) due to introduction of the parasitic ciliate Orchitophyra stellarum to Japan. In: R. Mooi and M. Telford (eds).Echinoderms: San Francisco. Balkema, Rotterdam 203-207.

Cerra, A. and M. Byrne. 1998. Cell surface features and the extracellular matrix around the larvae of Patiriella species with planktonic, benthic and intragonadal development: implications for larval nutrition. In: R. Mooi and M. Telford (eds). Echinoderms: San Francisco. Balkema, Rotterdam . 221-226.

Morris, V.B., M. Frommer and M. Byrne. 1998. Homeobox gene sequences identified in the sea urchin Holopneustes purpurescens Agassiz. In: R. Mooi and M. Telford (eds). Echinoderms: San Francisco. Balkema, Rotterdam 759-780.

Pearse, V.B, J.S. Pearse, M. Byrne and G. Hendler. 1998. Discovery of an accessible population of Ophiocanops, off NE Sulawesi, Indonesia. In: R. Mooi and M. Telford (eds). Echinoderms: San Francisco. Balkema, Rotterdam 413-418.

Integrative Biology and Evolution of Marine and Freshwater Invertebrates

Discipline of Anatomy & Histology