Professor Maria Byrne

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Current national competitive grants

Publications

2010

Spolyarich, N, Hyne, R, Wilson, S, Palmer, C, Byrne, M. Growth, development and sex ratios of Spotted Marsh Frog (Limnodynastes tasmaniensis) larvae exposed to atrazine and a herbicide mixture. Chemosphere. 2010; 78:807-13

2009

Hyne, R, Spolyarich, N, Wilson, S, Patra, R, Byrne, M, Gordon, G, Sánchez-Bayo, F, Palmer, C. DISTRIBUTION OF FROGS IN RICE BAYS WITHIN AN IRRIGATED AGRICULTURAL AREA: LINKS TO PESTICIDE USAGE AND FARM PRACTICES. Environmental toxicology and chemistry / SETAC. 2009; 28:1255-65

Elia, L, Selvakumaraswamy, P, Byrne, M. Nervous system development in feeding and nonfeeding asteroid larvae and the early juvenile. The Biological Bulletin. 2009; 216:322-334

Byrne, M, Ho, M, Selvakumaraswamy, P, Nguyen, H, Dworjanyn, S, Davis, A. Temperature, but not pH, compromises sea urchin fertilization and early development under near-future climate change scenarios. Royal Society of London. Proceedings. Biological Sciences. 2009; 276:1883-1888

Golding, R, Ponder, W, Byrne, M. Three-dimensional reconstruction of the odontophoral cartilages of Caenogastropoda (Mollusca: Gastropoda) using micro-CT: Morphology and phylogenetic significance. Journal of morphology. 2009; 270:558-87

Morris, V, Selvakumaraswamy, P, Whan, R, Byrne, M. Development of the five primary podia from the coeloms of a sea star larva: homology with the echinoid echinoderms and other deuterostomes. Royal Society of London. Proceedings. Biological Sciences. 2009; 276:1277-1284

Katow, H, Elia, L, Byrne, M. Development of nervous systems to metamorphosis in feeding and non-feeding echinoid larvae, the transition from bilateral to radial symmetry. Development, Genes and Evolution. 2009; 219:67-77

Uthicke, S, Schaffelke, B, Byrne, M. A boom and bust phylum? Ecological and evolutionary consequences of large population density variations in echinoderms. Ecological Monographs. 2009; 79:3-24

Barbosa, S, Byrne, M, Kelaher, B. Reproductive periodicity of the tropical intertidal chiton Acanthopleura gemmata at One Tree Island, Great Barrier Reef, near its souther latitudinal limit. Journal of Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 2009; 89:405-411

Soars, N, Prowse, T, Byrne, M. Overview of phenotypic plasticity in echinoid larvae, 'Echinopluteus transversus' type vs. typical echinoplutei. Marine Ecology - Progress Series. 2009; 383:113-125

2008

Byrne, M, Oakes, D, Pollak, J, Laginestra, E. Toxicity of landfill leachate to sea urchin development with a focus on ammonia. Cell biology and toxicology. 2008; 24:503-12

Keever, C, Sunday, J, Wood, C, Byrne, M, Hart, M. Discovery and cross-amplification of microsatellite polymorphisms in asterinid sea stars. The Biological bulletin. 2008; 215:164-172

Byrne, M, Sewell, M, Prowse, T. Nutritional ecology of sea urchin larvae: influence of endogenous and exogenous nutrition on echinopluteal growth and phenotypic plasticity in Tripneustes gratilla. Functional Ecology. 2008; 22:643-648

Lee, J, Byrne, M, Uthicke, S. The influence of population density on fission and growth of Holothuria atra in natural mesocosms. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 2008; 365:126-135

Przeslawski, R, Ahyong, S, Byrne, M, Worheide, G, Hutchings, P. Beyond corals and fish: the effects of climate change on noncoral benthic invertebrates of tropical reefs. Global Change Biology. 2008; 14:2773-2795

Prowse, T, Sewell, M, Byrne, M. Fuels for development: evolution of maternal provisioning in asterinid sea stars. Marine Biology. 2008; 153:337-349

Barbosa, S, Byrne, M, Kelaher, B. Bioerosion caused by foraging of the tropical chiton Acanthopleura gemmata at One Tree Reef, southern Great Barrier Reef. Coral Reefs. 2008; 27:635-639

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

Golding, R, Byrne, M, Ponder, W. Novel copulatory structures and reproductive functions in Amphiboloidea (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia, Pulmonata). Invertebrate Biology. 2008; 127:168-180

Byrne, M, Prowse, T, Sewell, M, Dworjanyn, S, Williamson, J, Vaitilingon, D. Maternal provisioning for larvae and larval provisioning for juveniles in the toxopneustid sea urchin Tripneustes gratilla. Marine Biology. 2008; 155:473-482

Byrne, M. Echinodermata. In: The Great Barrier Reef: Biology, Environment and Management. Australia: CSIRO 2008. p. 296-307.

Brainwood, M, Burgin, S, Byrne, M. The role of geomorphology in substratum patch selection by freshwater mussels in the Hawkesbury-Nepean River (New South Wales) Australia. Aquatic Conservation. 2008; 18:1285-1301

Brainwood, M, Burgin, S, Byrne, M. The impact of small and large impoundments on freshwater mussel distribution in the Hawkesbury-Nepean River, Southeastern Australia. River Research and Applications. 2008; 24:1325-1342

2007

Byrne, M, Walker, S. Distribution and reproduction of intertidal species of aquilonastra and cryptasterina (asterinidae) from One Tree Reef, Southern Great Barrier Reef. Bulletin of Marine Science. 2007; 81:209-218

Andrew, N, Byrne, M. Ecology of Centrostephanus. In: Edible Sea Urchins: Biology and Ecology. Netherlands: Elsevier 2007. p. 191-204.

Byrne, M, Nakajima, Y, Chee, F, Burke, R. Apical organs in echinoderm larvae: insights into larval evolution in the Ambulacraria. Evolution & development. 2007; 9:432-445

Hutchings, P, Ahyong, S, Byrne, M, Przeslawski, R, Worheide, G. Vulnerability of benthic invertebrates of the Great Barrier Reef to climate change. In: Climate Change and the Great Barrier Reef: A Vulnerability Assessment. Australia: Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority 2007. p. 310-356.

Prowse, T, Sewell, M, Byrne, M. Fuels for development: Evolution of maternal provisioning in asterinid sea stars. Marine Biology: international journal on life in oceans and coastal waters. 2007; 153:337-349

Golding, R, Ponder, W, Byrne, M. Taxonomy and anatomy of Amphiboloidea (Gastropoda : Heterobranchia : Archaeopulmonata). ZOOTAXA. 2007; n/a:1-50

2006

Falkner, I, Byrne, M, Sewell, M. Maternal Provisioning in Ophionereis fasciata and O. schayeri: Brittle Stars With Contrasting Modes of Development. The Biological bulletin. 2006; 211:204-7

Byrne, M, Sewell, M, Selvakumaraswamy, P, Prowse, T. The Larval Apical Organ in the Holothuroid Chiridota gigas (Apodida): Inferences on Evolution of the Ambulacrarian Larval Nervous System. The Biological bulletin. 2006; 211:95-100

Falkner, I, Byrne, M. Skeletal characters for identification of juvenile Ophiactis resiliens and Amphiura constricta (Echinodermata): cryptic ophiuroids in coralline turf habitat. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 2006; 86:1199-1207

Raff, R, Byrne, M. The active evolutionary lives of echinoderm larvae. Heredity. 2006; 97:244-252

Byrne, M. Life history diversity and evolution in the Asterinidae. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 2006; 46:243-254

Hart, M, Keever, C, Dartnall, A, Byrne, M. Morphological and genetic variation indicate cryptic species within Lamarck's little sea star, Parvulastra (=Patiriella) exigua. Biological Bulletin. 2006; 210:158-167

Selvakumaraswamy, P, Byrne, M. Evolution of larval form in ophiuroids: insights from the metamorphic phenotype of Ophiothrix (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea). Evolution & development. 2006; 8:183-90

Brainwood, M, Burgin, S, Byrne, M. Is the decline of freshwater mussel populations in a regulated coastal river in south-eastern Australia linked with human modification of habitat?. Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 2006; 16:501-516

2005

Byrne, M, Cisternas, P, Elia, L, Relf, B. Engrailed is expressed in larval development and in the radial nervous system of Patiriella sea stars. Development genes and evolution. 2005; 215:608-17

Morris, V, Byrne, M. Involvement of two Hox genes and Otx in echinoderm body-plan morphogenesis in the sea urchin Holopneustes purpurescens. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution. 2005; 304:456-67

Cisternas, P, Byrne, M. Evolution of abbreviated development in the ophiuroid Ophiarachnella gorgonia involves heterochronies and deletions. Canadian Journal of Zoology -Revue Canadienne De Zoologie. 2005; 83:1067-1078

Styan, C, Byrne, M, Franke, E. Evolution of egg size and fertilisation efficiency in sea stars: large eggs are not fertilised more readily than small eggs in the genus Patiriella (Echinodermata : Asteroidea). Marine Biology. 2005; 147:235-242

Byrne, M. Viviparity in the sea star Cryptasterina hystera (Asterinidae)--conserved and modified features in reproduction and development. The Biological bulletin. 2005; 208:81-91

Colgan, D, Byrne, M, Rickard, E, Castro, L. Limited nucleotide divergence over large spatial scales in the asterinid sea star Patiriella exigua. Marine Biology. 2005; 146:263-270

2004

Byrne, M, Voltzow, J. Morphological evolution in sea urchin development: hybrids provide insights into the pace of evolution. BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology. 2004; 26:343-7

Morris, V, Zhao, J, Shearman, D, Byrne, M, Frommer, M. Expression of an Otx gene in the adult rudiment and the developing central nervous system in the vestibula larva of the sea urchin Holopneustes purpurescens. The International journal of developmental biology. 2004; 48:17-22

Cerra, A, Byrne, M. Evolution of development in the sea star genus Patiriella: clade-specific alterations in cleavage. Evolution & development. 2004; 6:105-13

Byrne, M, Selvakumaraswamy, P. Metamorphosis and evolution of development in Ophionereis. Marine Biology. 2004; 145:87-99

Byrne, M, Hart, M, Johnston, S, Addison, J. Strong character incongruence between life history traits and nucleotides in asterinid sea star phylogeny. Invertebrate Biology. 2004; 123:343-356

Byrne, M, Uthicke, S, O'Hara, T. Species Composition and molecular phylogeny of the Indo-Pacific teatfish (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) beche-de-mer fishery. Marine and Freshwater Research. 2004; 55:837-848

Byrne, M, Cisternas, P, Hoggett, A, O'Hara, T, Uthicke, S. Diversity of Echinoderms at Raine Island, Great Barrier Reef. 11th International Echinoderm Conference. 2004; Munich, Germany, October 6-10; 2003

Byrne, M, Smoothey, A, Hoggett, A, Uthicke, S. Population biology of shallow water ophiuroids from at Raine Island and Moulter Cay, Northern Great Barrier Reef. 11th International Echinoderm Conference. 2004; Munich, Germany, October 6-10; 2003

Byrne, M, Cisternas, P, Selvakumaraswamy, P. Evolution of development and the Ophiuroidea - revisited. 11th International Echinoderm Conference. 2004; Munich, Germany, October 6-10; 2003

Byrne, M, Falkner, I. Seasonal trends in population density in ophiactis resiliens (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) in the Sydney region, Australia. 11th International Echinoderm Conference. 2004; Munich, Germany, October 6-10; 2003

Byrne, M, Mallefet, J, Barker, M, O'Hara, T. First study of bioluminescence in ophionereis. 11th International Echinoderm Conference. 2004; Munich, Germany, October 6-10; 2003

Byrne, M, Cisternas, P, O'Hara, T. The Ophiocoma erinaceus complex: another case of cryptic speciation in echinoderms. 11th International Echinoderm Conference. 2004; Munich, Germany, October 6-10; 2003

2003

Byrne, M, Hart, M, Cerra, A, Cisternas, P. Reproduction and larval morphology of broadcasting and viviparous species in the Cryptasterina species complex. The Biological bulletin. 2003; 205:285-94

Byrne, M, Selvakumaraswamy, P, Cisternas, P, Villinski, J, Raff, R. Evolution of maternal provisioning in ophiuroids, asteroids and echinoids. In: Echinoderm Research 2001. Lisse, the Netherlands: AA Balkema Publishers 2003. p. 171-175.

Mazzone, F, Byrne, M, Thorndyke, M. Arm autotomy and regeneration in the seastar Coscinasterias muricata. In: Echinoderm Research 2001. Lisse, the Netherlands: AA Balkema Publishers 2003. p. 209-213.

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

Long, S, Martinez, P, Chen, W, Thorndyke, M, Byrne, M. 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. Development Genes And Evolution. 2003; 213:573-576

Ramofafia, C, Byrne, M, Battaglene, C. Reproduction of the commercial sea cucumber Holothuria scabra (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) in the Solomon Islands. Marine Biology. 2003; 142:281-288

Ramofafia, C, Byrne, M, Battaglene, S. Development of three commercial sea cucumbers, Holothuria scabra H. nobilis and Actinopyga mauritiana larval structure and growth. Marine And Freshwater Research. 2003; 54:1-11

Byrne, M, Pollak, J, Oakes, D, Laginestra, E. Comparison of the submitochrondrial particle test, microtox and sea urchin fertilisation and development tests: Parallel assays with leachates. Australian Journal of Ecotoxicology. 2003; 9 (2):19-28

Cisternas, P, Byrne, M. Peptidergic and serotonergic immunoreactivity in the metamorphosing ophiopluteus of Ophiactis resiliens (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea). Invertebrate Biology. 2003; 122 (2):177-185

Falkner, I, Byrne, M. Reproduction of Ophiactis resiliens (Echinodermata: Ophiurodea) in New South Wales with observations on recruitment. Marine Biology. 2003; 143:459-466

Spataro, V, Litman, H, Viale, G, Maffini, F, Masullo, M, Golouh, R, Martinez-Tello, F, Grigolato, P, Shilkin, K, Gusterson, B, Castiglione-Gertsch, M, Price, K, Lindtner, J, Cortes-Funes, H, Simoncini, E, Byrne, M, Collins, J, Gelber, R, Coates, A, Goldhirsch, A. Decreased immunoreactivity for p27 protein in patients with early-stage breast carcinoma is correlated with HER-2/neu overexpression and with benefit from one course of perioperative chemotherapy in patients with negative lymph node status. Cancer. 2003; 97:1591-1600

Hart, M, Byrne, M, Johnson, S. Patiriella pseudoexigua (Asteroidea: Asterinidae) : a crypic species complex revealed by molecular and embryological analysis. Journal Of The Marine Biological Association Of The United Kingdom. 2003; 83:1109-1116

2002

Morris, V, Brammall, J, Byrne, M, Frommer, M. CDNA Hox Sequences 3' of the homeobox isolated from the sea urchin Holopneustes purpurescens are definitive for sea urchin hox orthologues. Dna Sequence. 2002; 13 (4):185-193

Byrne, M, Cisternas, P. Development and Distribution of the Peptidergic System in Larval and Adult Patiriella: Comparison of Sea Star Bilateral and Radial Nervous Systems. Journal Of Comparative Neurology. 2002; 451:101-114

Byrne, M, Selvakumaraswamy, P. Phylum echinodermata: Ophiuroidea. In: Altas of Marine Invertebrate Larvae. London: Academic Press 2002. p. 483-498.

Villinski, J, Villinski, J, Byrne, M, Raff, R. Convergent maternal provisioning and life-history evolution in echinoderms. Evolution. 2002; 56(9):1764-1775

2001

Ramofafia, C, Battaglene, S, Byrne, M. Larval development in the tropical sea cucumber Holothuria Scabra. Echinoderms 2000. 2001; 25:845-852

Cisternas, P, Selvakumaraswamy, P, Byrne, M. Localisation of the neuropeptide S1 in an ophiuroid larva. Echinoderms 2000. 2001; 36:1337-1340

Mazzone, F, Byrne, M. The haemal sinus - A possible condiut for migatory cells involved in repair and regeneration of the radial nerve cord of Coscinasterias Muricata following autotomy. Echinoderms 2000. 2001; 25:501-504

Ramofafia, C, Byrne, M, Battaglene, S. Reproductive biology of the intertidal sea cucumber Actinopyga Mauritiana in the Solomon Islands. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 2001; 22:333-354

Byrne, M, Andrew, N. The ecology of Centrostephanus rodgersii. Edible Sea Urchins: Biology & Ecology. 2001; 54:441-442

Byrne, M. The morphology of autotomy structures in the sea cucumber Eupentacta Quinquesemita before and during evisceration. Journal of Experimental Biology. 2001; 34:752-752

Amis, T, Bredemeyer, S, Byrne, M, Catt, J, Chen, J, Green, B, Henderson-Smart, D, Hunt, N, Hyde, C, Pajkos, A, Schmid, H. Recent advances in the design and performance of research assistants. Redox report : communications in free radical research. 2001; 6:215-7

Moreno, G, Selvakumaraswamy, P, Byrne, M, Hoegh-Guldberg, O. A test of the ash-free dry weight technique on the developmental stages of Patiriella spp. (Echindermata: Asteroidea). Limnology and Oceanography. 2001; 108 (4):673-685

Byrne, M, Emlet, R, Cerra, A. Ciliated band structure in planktotrophic and lecithotrophic larvae of Heliocidaris species (Echinodermata: Echinoidea): a demonstration of conservation and change. Acta Zoologica. 2001; 533.2:519-535

Byrne, M, Koop, D. Evolution of larval form in the sea star genus Patiriella: Conservation & change in the larval nervous system. Development Growth & Differentiation. 2001; 37:550-553

Byrne, M. Evolution of neurogenesis in the sea star genus Patiriella. Echinoderms 2000. 2001; 28:156-164

Long, S, Byrne, M. Evolution of the echinoderm Hox gene cluster. Evolution & Development. 2001; 37:224-230

Walker, K, Byrne, M, Hickey, C, Roper, D. Freshwater Mussels (Hyriidae) of Australasia. Ecology & Evolution of the Freshwater Mussels Unionoida. 2001; 1 (2):1-6

2000

Miller, J, Byrne, M. Ceratal autotomy and regeneration in the aeolid nudibranch 'Phidiana crassicornis' and the role of predators. Invertebrate Biology. 2000; 119 (2):167-176

Byrne, M. Calcium conretions in the interstitial tissues of the Australian freshwater mussel 'Hyridella depressa' (Hyriidae). In: The Evolutionary Biologh of the Bivalvia. : Geological Society Special Publications 2000. p. 329-338.

Byrne, M, Vesk, P. Elemental composition of mantle tissue granules in 'Hyridella depressa' (Unionida) from the Hawkesbury-Nepead River system, Australia: inferences from catchment chemistry. Marine & Freshwater Research. 2000; 51 (2):183-192

Byrne, M, Cerra, A. Lipid dynamics in the embryos of 'Patiriella' species (Asteroidea) with divergent modes of development. Development, Growth & Differentiation. 2000; 42 (1):79-86

Byrne, M, Phelps, H, Church, T, Adair, V, Selvakumaraswamy, P, Potts, J. Reproduction and development of the freshwater clam 'Corbicula australis' in southeast Australia. Hyrobiologia. 2000; 418 (1):185-197

Selvakumaraswamy, P, Byrne, M. Reproduction, spawning, and development of 5 ophiuroids from Australia & New Zealand. Invertebrate Biology. 2000; 119 (4):394-402

Ramofafia, C, Battaglene, S, Bell, J, Byrne, M. Reproductive biology of the commercial sea cucumber 'Holothuria fuscogilva' in the Solomon Islands. Marine Biology. 2000; 136 (6):1045-1056

Long, S, Morris, V, Byrne, M. Seven Hox gene sequences from the asterinid starfish Patiriella exigua (Echinodermata: Asteroidea). Hydrobiologia. 2000; 420 (1):95-98

Selvakumaraswamy, P, Byrne, M. Vestigial Ophiopluteal Structures in the Lecithotrophic Larvae of 'ophionereis schayeri' (Ophiuroidea). The Biological Bulletin. 2000; 198 (3):379-386