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Anderson, C., Tiitii, U., Madar, L., Tanielu, E., Larson, S. and Swanepoel, L. 2023. Unpacking gendered roles across the seaweed value chain in Samoa using photo elicitation methods, Ocean & Coastal Management, 232, 106420, 1-10
Burkhart, S., Hayman, A., Lam, F., Jones, B., Horsey, B., Craven, D., and Underhill, S. 2023. School food programs in the Pacific Islands: Exploring opportunities and challenges for creating healthier school food environments, Public Health Nutrition, 26(2), pp.455-466. DOI: 10.1017/S1368980022001951
Foley, A., Brinklow, L., Corbett, J., Kelman, I., Klöck, C., Moncada, S., Mycoo, M. Nunn, P., Pugh, J., Robinson, S...(12 authors). 2023. Understanding "Islandness", Annals of the American Association of Geographers, Article in press. https://doi.org/10.1080/24694452.2023.2193249
Fraser, B., Sharman, R., Nunn, P. 2023 Associations of locus of control, information processing style and anti-reflexivity with climate change scepticism in an Australian sample, Public Understanding of Science, 32, 3, 322-339. Doi: 10.1177/09636625221116502
Genodepa, Jerome; Zeng, Chaoshu; Militz, Thane A.; Southgate, Paul C., Influence of Moult Cycles on Digestive Enzyme Activities during Early Larval Stages of Panulirus ornatus, Aquaculture Research, 2023, 9956046, 1-4. Doi: 10.1155/2023/9956046
Gorospe, J.R., Rescordado, R.R., Juinio-Menez, M.A.,  dela Torre-dela Cruz, M. and Southgate. P.C. 2023. Census of potential predators and competitors of sandfish, Holothuria scabra, juveniles during floating hapa ocean nursery culture, Aquaculture, Fish and Fisheries, Article in press.
Grant, E., Macdonell, P., Tungon, J., Tabi, M., David, M., Kaku, S. and Page, T. 2023. Geographical variation in Canarium indicum (Burseraceae) nut characteristics across Vanuatu, Research Square, 21, April. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-2833606/v1
Lal, M., Brown, K.T., Chand, P. and Pickering, T.D. 2023. An assessment of the aquaculture potential of indigenous freshwater food fish of Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Samoa and Tonga as alternatives to farming of tilapia, Reviews in Aquaculture, 15(2), pp.625-644. https://doi.org/10.1111/raq.12749  
Larson, S., Anderson, C., Tiitii, U., Madar, L., Tanielu, E., Paul, N. and Swanepoel, L. 2023 Barriers and enablers for engagement in a new aquaculture activity: An example from seaweed initiatives in Samoa, Aquaculture, 571, 739328, 1-12. Doi:10.1016/j.aquaculture.2023.739328
Loganimoce, E.M., Brown, K.T., Savou, R., Kitolelei, J.V., Tukana, M., Southgate. P.C. and Lal,M.M 2023. Octopuses in the south-west Pacific region: a review of fisheries, ecology, cultural importance and management, Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, Article in press. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11160-023-09772-9
Luetz, J.M., Nichols, E., du Plessis, K. and Nunn, P.D. 2023. Spirituality and Sustainable Development: A Systematic Word Frequency Analysis and an Agenda for Research in Pacific Island Countries, Sustainability, 15(3), pp.1-14. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15032201
Nunn, P. 2023. Memories within myth , Aeon, 6, April.
Saucedo, P.E., McLaurin, D., Lodeiros, C., Freites, L., Leon, L., Caceres-Puig, J.I., Albuquerque, M.C.P., Southgate, P.C. and Acosta-Salmón, H. 2023. Progress towards reestablishing Latin America as a major pearl producing region: A review, Reviews in Aquaculture, 15(1), pp.242-260. https://doi.org/10.1111/raq.12714
Petzold, J., Joe, E.T., Kelman, I., Magnan, A.K., Mirbach, C., Nagle Alverio, G. and Nunn, P.D.; Ratter, Beate M. W., Between tinkering and transformation: A contemporary appraisal of climate change adaptation research on the world's islands, Frontiers in Climate, 4, 107223, 1-16
Southgate, P.C. and Militz,. T. 2023. A multivariate approach to morphological study of shell form in cowries (Gastropoda, Cypraeidae): a case study with Umbilia armeniaca (Verco, 1912), ZooKeys, 1158, pp.69-89. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1158.98868
Underhill, S., Kumar, S., Joshua, L., Patolo, S., Molimau-Samasoni, S. and Burkhart, S. 2023 Postharvest handling practice in the South pacific and its implications on local food systems, Acta Horticulturae, 1364, 271-279. Doi: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2023.1364.36
Underhill, S., Patolo, S., Molimau-Samasoni, S., Kumar, S. and Burkhart, S. 2023. Open Access Farmer and market vendor perceptions of COVID-19 impacts on horticultural fresh food systems in Tonga, Fiji, and Samoa, Agriculture and Food Security, 12, pp.1-18. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40066-023-00406-8
Wong, H.Y., Jaunay, W.L, Lau, W.C.D., Peake, B., Ram, R., Southgate, P. and Deo, P. 2023. Holothuria scabra Jaegar 1833 (Sandfish) extracts and collagens modulate protein-bound Nε-carboxymethyllysine, Nε-carboxyethyllysine and methylglyoxal-derived hydroimidazolone-1 levels, International Journal of Food Science & Technology, 58(4), pp.1962-1969. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijfs.16341
Anderson, C., Swanepoel, L. 2022. Rethinking Australia’s role in international co-operation for the Sustainable Development Goals: Towards transformative horizontal partnerships through triangular co-operation, World Nutrition, 13(4), pp.46-53. DOI: https://doi.org/10.26596/wn.202213446-53  
Brown, K.T., Southgate, P.C., Hewavitharane, C.A., and Lal, M. 2022. Saving the sea cucumbers: using population genomic tools to inform fishery and conservation management of the Fijian sandfish Holothuria (Metriatyla) scabra. PL o S One, 17, 9, e0274245, pp. 1-21. DOI: 10.1371/journal. pone.0274245  
Burkhart, S., Underhill, S. and Raneri, J. 2022. Realizing the potential of neglected and underutilized bananas in improving diets for nutrition and health outcomes in the Pacific Islands. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 6, 805776, pp. 1-8. DOI: 10.3389/fsufs.2022.805776  
Campbell, N., Verdonck, M., Swanepoel, L., Chilman, L., 2022. The Lived Experiences of Fathers in Mealtimes: A Thematic Synthesis of Qualitative Literature, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19, 1008, pp. 1-17. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19021008  
Compatangelo-Soussignan, R., Nunn, P., and Lancini, L. 2022. Lessons from catastrophe: risk management in oral societies [Les leçons de la catastrophe: la gestion du risque dans les sociétés de culture orale]. In: Compatangelo-Soussignan, R., Diosono, F. and Le Blay, F. (eds). Living with Seismic Phenomena in the Mediterranean and Beyond between Antiquity and the Middle Ages: Proceedings of Cascia (25-26 October, 2019) and Le Mans (2-3 June, 2021) Conferences, pp. 83-92. https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/58978  
Carson, M.T., Nunn, P., Nakoro, E., b, Nanuku, M. and Camailakeba, M. 2022 How island peoples adapt to climate change: insights from studies of Fiji's hillforts, in Palaeolandscapes in Archaeology, Routledge, pp. 313-339. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003139553  
Daniel, L.J., de Villiers Scheepers, M.J., Miles, M.P. and de Klerk, S. 2022. Understanding entrepreneurial ecosystems using complex adaptive systems theory: getting the big picture for economic development, practice, and policy. Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, Article in press. DOI: 10.1080/08985626.2022.2083691  
de Klerk, S., Ghaffariyan, M.R., Miles, M. and Morgan, P. 2022. Leveraging the Entrepreneurial Method as a Tool for the Circular Economy: The Case of Wood Waste, Sustainability, 14(3) 1559, pp. 1-10. DOI:10.3390/su14031559  
Erasito, C., Prasad, R., Southgate, P.C. and Kishore, P. 2022. Optimizing community-based pearl oyster (Pinctada margaritifera) spat collection strategies in the Fiji Islands. Aquaculture Reports, 26, 101288, pp. 1-8. DOI: 10.1016/j.aqrep.2022.101288  
Filho, W.L. Totin, E., Franke, J.A., Andrew, S.M., Abubakar, I.R., Azadi, H., Nunn, P.D., Ouweneel, B., Williams, P.A., Simpson, N., Philip, N. 2022. Understanding responses to climate-related water scarcity in Africa, Science of the Total Environment, 806(1), 150420, pp. 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150420  
Filho, W.L., Wolf, F., Moncada, S., Salvia, A.L., Balogun, A.B., Skanavis, C., Kounani, A. and Nunn, P.D. 2022. Transformative adaptation as a sustainable response to climate change: insights from large-scale case studies. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, 27, 3, 20, pp. 1-26. DOI: 10.1007/s11027-022-09997-2  
Foley, A., Moncada, S., Mycoo, M., Nunn, P., Tandrayen-Ragoobur, V. and Evans, C. 2022. Small island developing states in a post-pandemic world: challenges and opportunities for climate action. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change, 13, 3, e769, pp. 1-11. DOI: 10.1002/wcc.769  

Genodepa, J., Zeng, C., Militz, T.A. and Southgate, P.C. 2022. Ontogenetic variation in digestive enzyme activities within embryos and newly-hatched larvae of the tropical spiny lobster, Panulirus ornatus. Aquaculture, 548, 737595, pp. 1-8. DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2021.737595

 

Genodepa, J., Zeng, C., Militz, T., and Southgate, P.C. 2022. Responses of digestive enzyme profiles to various scenarios of food availability in newly-hatched Stage I phyllosoma larvae of the tropical spiny lobster Panulirus ornatus. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part B: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, 261, 110751, pp. 1-10. DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2022.110751

 

Genodepa, J., Zeng, C., Militz, T.A., and Southgate, P.C. 2022. Influence of food density on digestive enzyme activities in newly-hatched larvae of the spiny lobster, Panulirus ornatus. Journal of Shellfish Research 41, 381-387. https://doi.org/10.2983/035.041.0309

 

Hair, C., Militz, T.A., Daniels, N. and Southgate, P.C. 2022. Performance of a trial sea ranch for the commercial sea cucumber, Holothuria scabra, in Papua New Guinea. Aquaculture, 547, 737500, pp. 1-11. DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2021.737500

 
Higgins, M., Strother, H., Burkhart, S., Carlsson, L., Meyer, N., Spiker, M., and Wegener, J. 2022 Sustainable Food Systems and Diets in Dietetic Training Standards: An International Content Analysis, Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, Article in press. DOI: 10.1111/jhn.13122

 

 

Horsey, B., Taylor, J., Hayman, A., Underhill, S. and Burkhart, S. 2022. Food literacy in Pacific Island countries: a scoping review protocol. JBI Evidence Synthesis, 20, 6, pp. 1545-1552. DOI: 10.11124/JBIES-21-00237

 

Johnston, W., Gordon, S., Wingfield, M., Halafihi, T. and Southgate, P.C. 2022. Influence of production method on the profitability of mabé pearl farming using traditional and research-informed nucleus implanting practices with the winged pearl oyster, Pteria penguin. Aquaculture, 546, 737280, pp. 1-7. DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2021.737280

 

Kishore, P., Wingfield, M., Militz, T., Aisea, T. and Southgate, P.C. 2022. Anaesthetic induced relaxation of the winged pearl oyster, Pteria penguin, varies with oyster size and anaesthetic concentration. Aquaculture Reports, 22, 100987, pp. 1-6. DOI: 10.1016/j.aqrep.2021.100987

 
Makandwa, G., de Klerk, S., and Saayman, A. 2022 Culturally-based community tourism ventures in Southern Africa and rural women entrepreneurs' skills, Current Issues in Tourism, Article in press  

Medina Hidalgo, D., Nunn, P.D., Beazley, H., Burkhart, S. and Rantes, J. 2022. Adaptation, sustainable food systems and healthy diets: an analysis of climate policy integration in Fiji and Vanuatu. Climate Policy, Article in press. DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2022.2095969

 

Nunn, P. and Cook, M. 2022. Island tales: culturally-filtered narratives about island creation through land submergence incorporate millennia-old memories of postglacial sea-level rise. World Archaeology, Article in press. DOI: 10.1080/00438243.2022.2077821

 

Nunn, P.D., Nakoro, E., Kumar, R., Nanuku, M. and Camailakeba, M. 2022. How island peoples adapt to climate change: insights from studies of Fiji's hillforts. In Carson, M.T. (ed). Palaeolandscapes in Archaeology, pp. 313-339. DOI: 10.4324/9781003139553-11

 

Nunn, P., Ward, I., Stéphan, P., McCallum, A., Gehrels, W.R., Carey, G., Clarke, A., Cook, M., Geraghty, P., Guilfoyle, D., McNeair, B., Miller, G., Nakoro, E., Reynolds, D. and Stewart, L. 2022. Human observations of late Quaternary coastal change: examples from Australia, Europe and the Pacific Islands. Quaternary International, Article in press. DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2022.06.016

 

Rantes, J., Nunn, P.D. and Addinsall, C. 2022. Sustainable development at the policy-practice nexus: insights from south West Bay, Malakula Island, Vanuatu. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, 46, 2, pp. 234-250. DOI: 10.1080/21683565.2021.1979706

 
Simard, N.S.M., Militz, T., Kinch, J. and Southgate, P.C. 2022. Utilization of marine taxa within an artisanal shellcraft sector of the Indo-Pacific region. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9:1074996. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2022.1074996  

Simard, N.S.M., Militz, T., Kinch, J. and Southgate, P.C. 2022. Shocks within a Pacific island fishery: a historic study of events impacting the mother-of-pearl fishery in Papua New Guinea. Marine Policy, 143, 105173. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2022.105173

 

Singh, S., Lal, M., Southgate, P.C., Wairiu, M. and Singh, A. 2022. Blue carbon storage in Fijian seagrass meadows: first insights into carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus content from a tropical southwest Pacific Island. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 176, 113432, pp. 1-10. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113432

 

Southgate, P.C., and Militz, T.A. 2022. Improved ocean-based nursery culture of blacklip pearl oyster (Pinctada margaritifera) juveniles in mesh baskets using cyanoacrylate adhesive. Aquaculture Reports 27, 101355. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aqrep.2022.101355

 

Teitelbaum, A., Militz, T.A. and Southgate, P.C. 2022. Cymatiid gastropod (Gutturnium muricinum) predation of the akoya pearl oyster (Pinctada fucata) in ocean culture. Journal of Shellfish Research, 40, 3, pp. 549-553. DOI: 10.2983/035.040.0311

 

Teitelbaum, A., Militz, T.A. and Southgate, P.C. 2022. Stomatopod (Gonodactylaceus falcatus) predation of the akoya pearl oyster (Pinctada fucata) in ocean culture. Journal of Shellfish Research, 41, 1, pp. 61-66. DOI: 10.2983/035.041.0102

 

Thomson, L.A.J., Butaud, J-F., Braglia, L., and Mabberley, D.J. 2022. Pacific Hibiscus Species (Malvaceae) in sect. Lilibiscus. 2. Hibiscus kaute sp. nov., a Missing Link from Eastern Polynesia. Pacific Science, 76, 2, pp. 1-22. DOI:10.2984/76.2.6

 

Thomson, L.A.J., Butaud, J-F., Daniells, J., Geraghty, P.A., Hiariej, A., Kagy, V., Kennedy, J., Kepler, A.K., Mabberley, D.J., Sachter-Smith, G.L., Sardos, J., Wilson, S.H. and Wong, M. 2022. The origins and dispersal throughout the Pacific Islands of Fehi bananas (Musa series Australimusa). Journal of the Polynesian Society, 131, 3, pp. 191–226. DOI: 10.15286/jps.131.3.191-226

 

Thomson, L.A.J. and Mashburn, B. 2022. Pacific Hibiscus (Malvaceae) in Sect. Lilibiscus. 1. Hibiscus kokio and
Related Species From the Hawaiian Archipelago. Pacific Science, 76, 2, pp.157-174. DOI:10.2984/76.2.5

 

Tiitii, U., Paul, N., Burkhart, S., Larson, S. and Swanepoel, L. 2022. Traditional knowledge and modern motivations for consuming seaweed (Limu) in Samoa. Sustainability, 14, 10, 6212, pp. 1-13. DOI: 10.3390/su14106212

 
Young, M., Paul, N., Birch, D. and Swanepoel, L. 2022. Factors Influencing the Consumption of Seaweed amongst Young Adults, Foods, 11(19), 3052, pp. 1-18. DOI: 10.3390/foods11193052  
Zhou, Y. and Underhill, S., Characterisation of Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis) Plants Growing on Lakoocha (A. lakoocha) Rootstocks, Horticulturae, 8, 10, 916, 1-12. Doi: 10.3390/horticulturae8100916  

Atkinson-Nolte, J., Luetz, J.M.; Nunn, P. and Millear, P. 2021. Influence of spiritual beliefs on autonomous climate-change adaptation: A case study from Ono Island, Southern Fiji. In: Luetz, J.M. and Nunn,P. (eds). Beyond Belief: Opportunities for Faith-Engaged Approaches to Climate-Change Adaptation in the Pacific Islands, pp.247-266. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67602-5_13

Burkhart, S., Verdonck, M., Ashford, T. and Maher, J. 2021. Sustainability in Nutrition: Potential Guiding Statements for Education and Practice. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 53(8), pp. 663-676. DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2021.03.011

Craven, D., Vogliano, C., Horsey, B., Underhill, S. and Burkhart, S. 2021. Dietary assessment methodology and reporting in Pacific Island research: a scoping review protocol. JBI Evidence Synthesis, 19(5), pp.1157-1163. doi: 10.11124/JBIES-20-00033

Dobson, G., Duy, N.D.Q. and Southgate, P.C. 2021. Preliminary assessment of large-scale co-culture of sandfish (Holothuria scabra) with the Babylon snail (Babylonia areolata) in earthen ponds and in raceways. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society, 52, pp. 138-154. DOI:10.1111/jwas.12758

Duvat, V.K E., Magnan, A.K, Perry, C.T., Spencer, T., Bell, J.D., Wabnitz, C., Webb, A.P., White, I., McInnes, K.L., Gattuso, J-P., Graham, Nicholas, A.J., Nunn, P. and Le Cozannet, G. 2021. Risks to future atoll habitability from climate-driven environmental changes. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change, January. https://doi.org/10.1002/wcc.700

Fink M., Klöck C., Korovulavula I. and Nunn P.D. 2021. Community Participation, Situated Knowledge and Climate Change (Mal-) Adaptation in Rural Island Communities: Evidence from Artificial Shoreline-Protection Structures in Fiji. In: Moncada S., Briguglio L., Bambrick H., Kelman I., Iorns C., Nurse L. (eds) Small Island Developing States. The World of Small States, vol 9. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-82774-8_4

Gordon, S.E., Wingfield, M., Smallhorn-West, P.F., Malimali, S., Halafihi, T., Schoeman, D.S. and Southgate, P.C. 2021. Spatio-Temporal Variation in Growth Performance and Condition of the Winged Pearl Oyster Pteria penguin. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8, pp. 189-201. https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2021.618910    

Gorospe, J.R.C., Juinio-Menez, M.A. and Southgate, P.C. 2021. Is culture performance of juvenile sandfish, Holothuria scabra, in ocean-based nursery systems influenced by proximity to milkfish (Chanos chanos) farms and hapa net mesh size? Aquaculture, 531, January, 735812. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2020.735812 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2021.736524

Influence of intra- and interspecific competition on periphyton biomass and growth performance of Holothuria scabra juveniles. Bulletin of Marine Science, 97(4), pp. 631-646. https://doi.org/10.5343/bms.2020.0048

Kammholz, G., Craven, D., Boodoosingh, R., Akeli Amaama, S., Abraham, J. and Burkhart, S. 2021. Exploring Food Literacy Domains in an Adult Samoan Population. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(7), 3587. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18073587

Kumar, R., Nunn, P. and Nakoro, E. 2021. Identifying3000-year old human interaction spheres in central Fiji through Lapita Ceramic Sand-Temper Analyses. Geosciences, 11(6), 238. https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences11060238

Lal, M.M, Waqairatu, s.s., Zenger, K.R., Nayfa, M.G., Pickering, T.D., Singh, A. and Southgate, P.C. 2021. The GIFT that keeps on giving? A genetic audit of the Fijian Genetically Improved Farmed Tilapia (GIFT) broodstock nucleus 20 years after introduction. Aquaculture, 537, pp.1-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2021.736524

Luetz, J.M. and Nunn, P.D. (eds.) 2021. Beyond Belief: Opportunities for Faith-Engaged Approaches to Climate-Change Adaptation in the Pacific Islands. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland

Medina Hidalgo, D.L., Nunn, P.D. and Beazley, H. 2021. Uncovering multi-layered vulnerability and resilience in rural villages in the Pacific: a case study of Ono Island, Fiji. Ecology and Society, 26(1): 26. DOI: 10.5751/ES-12197-260126

Medina Hidalgo, D.L., Nunn, P.D. and Beazley, H. 2021. Challenges and opportunities for food systems in a changing climate: A systematic review of climate policy integration. Environmental Science & Policy,1 24, pp. 485-495. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2021.07.017

Medina Hidalgo, D, Nunn, P.D., Beazley, H., Sovinasalevu, J.S. and Veitayaki, J. 2021. Climate change adaptation planning in remote contexts: insights from community-based natural resource management and rural development initiatives in the Pacific Islands. Climate and Development, published online 11 January 2021

Militz, T., Braley, R. and Southgate, P.C. 2021. Factors influencing the capacity for pediveliger larvae of the giant clam, Tridacna noae, to ingest and digest cells of microalgae concentrates. Aquaculture, 533, 736121. DOI:10.1016/j.aquaculture.2020.736121

Militz, T.A., Kershler, D. and Southgate, P.C. 2021. Informing artisanal pearl and pearl-shell handicraft production for the cruise tourism market through analysis of intended purchase behaviour. Tourism in Marine Environments, 16(1), pp. 45-58. DOI: 10.3727/154427320X15958571868603

Militz, T.A., and Southgate, P.C. 2021. Culture of giant clams. In: Shumway, S.E. (ed). Molluscan Shellfish Aquaculture: A Practical Guide, pp. 61-85. https://doi.org/10.52517/9781789181463

Militz, T.A., and Southgate, P.C. 2021. Salinity influences hatchery production of the giant clam Tridacna crocea. Aquaculture Research 52, 5105-5108. https://doi.org/10.1111/are.15369

Nowland, S.J., O'Connor, W.A., Elizur, A. and Southgate, P.C. 2021. Evaluating spawning induction methods for the tropical black-lip rock oyster Saccostrea echinata. Aquaculture Reports, 20, 100676. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aqrep.2021.100676

Nunn, P. 2021. O cei na Vulavula? Insights and regrets of a Foreign Geoscientist in the Pacific Islands. Geosciences, 11(5), pp. 1-15. https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences11050182

Nunn, P.D., Creach, A., Gehrels, W.R., Bradley, S.L., Armit, I., Stéphan, P., Sturt, F. and Baltzer, A. 2021. Observations of postglacial sea-level rise in northwest European traditions.

Nunn, P.D., Klöck, C. and Duvat, V. 2021. Seawalls as maladaptations along island coasts. Ocean and Coastal Management, 205: 105554. DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.20201.105554.

Nunn, P. and Luetz, J.M. 2021. Beyond belief. In: Luetz, J.M. and Nunn,P. (eds). Beyond Belief: Opportunities for Faith-Engaged Approaches to Climate-Change Adaptation in the Pacific Islands. pp. 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67602-5_1

Nunn, P.D., Smith, T.F. and Elrick-Barr, C. 2021. Path Dependency and Future Adaptation of Coastal Cities: Examples From the Asia-Pacific. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 9. https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fenvs.2021.642385

Nowland, S.J., O'Connoir, W.A., Elizure, A. and Southgate, P.C. 2021. Evaluating spawning induction methods for the tropical black-lip rock oyster, Saccostrea echinata. Aquaculture Reports, 20, July 100676. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aqrep.2021.100676

Rantes, J., Nunn, P.D. and Addinsall, C. 2021. Sustainable development at the policy-practice nexus: insights from south West Bay, Malakula Island, Vanuatu. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, DOI: 10.1080/21683565.2021.1979706

Simard, N.S.m., Militz, T., Kinch, J. and Southgate, P. 2021. From Past to Present: Construction of a Dataset Documenting Mother-of-Pearl Exports From a Pacific Island Nation, Papua New Guinea. Frontiers in Marine Science, November. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.762610

Singh, S., Lal, M.M., Southgate, P.C., Wairiu, M. and Singh, A. 2021. Trace metal content in sediment cores and seagrass biomass from a tropical southwest Pacific Island. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 171, 112745. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112745

Smallhorn-West, P.F., Gordon, S.E., Dempsey, A.C., Purkis, S.J., Malimali, S., Halafihi, T., Southgate, P.C., Bridge, T.C.L., Pressey, R.L. and Jones, G.P. 2021. Tongan socio-environmental spatial layers for marine ecosystem management. Pacific Conservation Biology, https://doi.org/10.1071/PC19032

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Nowland, S.J., O'Connor, W.A. and Southgate, P.C. 2018. Embryonic, Larval, and Early Postlarval Development of the Tropical Black-Lip Rock Oyster Saccostrea echinata. Journal of Shellfish Research, 37(1), pp. 73-77. https://doi.org/10.2983/035.037.0106
Nunn, P.D. 2018. Comment on “Learning from paleo-landscapes: Defining the land-use systems of the ancient Malayo-Polynesian homeland” by M.T. Carson and H-c. Hung. Current Anthropology, 57(6), pp. 806-807 
Nunn, P.D. and Betzold, C. 2018. Geography of global climate change: Asia-Pacific human and state security. In: Wallace, D. and Silander, D. (eds). Climate Change, Policy and Security: State and Human Impacts. Oxford: Taylor and Francis, pp. 67-85.
Nunn, P.D. and Kumar, R. 2018. Understanding climate-human interactions in Small Island Developing States (SIDS): implications for future livelihood sustainability. International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management, 10(2), 245-271. DOI:10.1108/IJCCSM-01-2017-0012 
Nunn, P.D. and Kumar, R. 2018. Island origins and environments. In: Baldacchino, G. (ed.). The Routledge International Handbook of Island Studies: A World of Islands. London: Routledge, pp. 52-71.
Zhou, Y. and Underhill, S.J.R (2018) Plasma membrane H+-ATPase activity and graft success of breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis) onto interspecific rootstocks of marang (A. odoratissimus) and pedalai (A. sericicarpus). Plant Biology. doi: 10.1111/plb.12879.
Dean, A.R., Green, D. and Nunn, P.D. 2017. Too much sail for a small craft? Donor requirements, scale, and capacity discourses in Kiribati. In: Stratford, E. (ed.). Island Geographies: Essays and Conversations. New York: Routledge, pp. 67-88.
Gordon, S.E., Ngaluafe, P., Wingfield, M. and Southgate, P.C. 2017. Morphometric Relationships and Shell Form of Cultured Winged Pearl Oysters (Pteria penguin) in Tonga. Journal of Shellfish Research, 36(3), pp. 677-682. https://doi.org/10.2983/035.036.0317
Lal, M.M., Southgate, P.C., Jerry, D.R., Bosserelle, C. and Zenger, K.R. 2017. Swept away: ocean currents and seascape features influence genetic structure across the 18,000 Km Indo-Pacific distribution of a marine invertebrate, the black-lip pearl oyster Pinctada margaritifera. BMC Genomics, 18, 66. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-016-3410-y
Nowland, S.J., Southgate, P.C., Basiita, R.K and Jerry, D.R. 2017. Elucidation of fine-scale genetic structure of sandfish (Holothuria scabra) populations in Papua New Guinea and northern Australia. Marine and Freshwater Research, 68(10), pp. 1901-1911. DOI: 10.1071/MF16223
Nunn, P.D. 2017. Sidelining God: why secular climate projects in the Pacific Islands are failing. The Conversation, published online 17 May 2017. Republished by Climate Home as “Acts of God: why secular climate projects fail in the Pacific” on 17 May 2017.
Nunn, P.D. 2017. Islands lost to the waves: how rising seas washed away part of Micronesia’s 19th-century history. The Conversation, published online 9 November 2017.
Nunn, P.D., Kohler, A. and Kumar, R. 2017. Identifying and assessing evidence for recent shoreline change attributable to uncommonly rapid sea-level rise in Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia, northwest Pacific Ocean. Journal of Coastal Conservation, 21(6), pp. 719-730. DOI: 10.1007/s11852-017-0531-7 
Nunn, P.D., Runman, J., Falanruw, M. and Kumar, R. 2017. Culturally grounded responses to coastal change on islands in the Federated States of Micronesia, northwest Pacific Ocean. Regional Environmental Change, 17(4), pp. 959-971. DOI:10.1007/s10113-016-0950-2 
Scott-Parker, B., Nunn, P.D., Mulgrew, K., Hine, D., Marks, A., Mahar, D. and Tiko, L. 2017. Pacific Islanders’ understanding of climate change: where do they source information and to what extent do they trust it?  Regional Environmental Change, 17(4), pp. 1005-1015. DOI:10.1007/s10113-016-1001-8 
Kumar, S., Underhill, S., & Kumar, S. 2017. Importance of historical review of horticulture in Fiji. Journal of South Pacific Agriculture. 19 (1&2), pp. 9-12.
Underhill, S.J.R and Kumar, S. 2017. Postharvest handling of tropical fruit in the South Pacific. Fiji Agricultural Journal. 57(1), pp. 19-26.
Underhill, S.J.R, Zhou, Y., Sherzad, S., Zhou, Y., Singh-Peterson, L, Tagoai, S.M. (2017)  Horticultural postharvest loss in municipal fruit and vegetable markets in Samoa. Food Security. 9(6), pp. 1373-1383. DOI: 10.1007/s12571-017-0734-7
Underhill, S.J.R and Singh-Peterson, L 2017. Improving non-communicable disease remediation outcomes in Tonga: the importance of domestic fruit production systems: an analysis. Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics, 118 (1), pp. 91-103.
Underhill, S.J.R., Zhou, Y., and Kumar, S. 2017. Infrared Thermal Imaging: A Practical Educational Tool to Improve Smallholder Farmer Postharvest Practice in the Fiji. Journal of Agricultural & Food Information, 18 (2), pp. 75-78. DOI:10.1080/10496505.2016.1275647
Underhill, S.J.R. 2017. A practical guide to better postharvest handling for Samoan smallholder farmers. St Lucia: University of Queensland.
Goff, J. and Nunn, P.D. 2016. Rapid societal change as a proxy for regional environmental forcing: evidence and explanations for Pacific Island societies in the 14-15th centuries. Island Arc, 25, pp. 305-315. DOI:10.1111/iar.12117 
Hair, C., Foale, S., Kinch, J., Yaman, L. and Southgate, P.C. 2016. Beyond boom, bust and ban: The Sandfish (Holothuria scabra) fishery in the Tigak Islands, Papua New Guinea. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 5, pp. 69-79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2016.02.001
Hair, C., Mills, D., McIntyre, R. and  Southgate, P.C. 2016. Optimising methods for community-based sea cucumber ranching: Experimental releases of cultured juvenile Holothuria scabra into seagrass meadows in Papua New Guinea. Aquaculture Reports, 3, pp. 198-208. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aqrep.2016.03.004
Janif, S., Nunn, P.D., Geraghty, P., Aalbersberg, W., Thomas, F.R. and Camailakeba, M. 2016. Value of traditional oral narratives in building climate-change resilience: insights from rural communities in Fiji. Ecology and Society, 21(2), pp. 7. DOI: 10.5751/ES-08100-210207.
Kishore, P. and Southgate, P.C. 2016. The effect of different culture methods on the quality of round pearls produced by the black-lip pearl oyster Pinctada margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758). Aquaculture, 451(20), pp. 65-71. DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2015.08.031
Kumar, S. and Underhill, S.J.R. 2016. A preliminary assessment of tomato fruit susceptibility to in-transit damage in Fiji. Acta Horticulturae. 1120, pp. 423-428 
Lal, M.M., Southgate, P.C., Jerry, D.R., Bosserelle, C. and Zenger, K.R. 2016. A Parallel Population Genomic and Hydrodynamic Approach to Fishery Management of Highly-Dispersive Marine Invertebrates: The Case of the Fijian Black-Lip Pearl Oyster Pinctada margaritifera. PLOS One, published online August. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0161390
Lal, M.M., Southgate, P.C., Jerry, D.R. and Zenger, K.R. 2016. Fishing for divergence in a sea of connectivity: The utility of ddRADseq genotyping in a marine invertebrate, the black-lip pearl oyster Pinctada margaritifera. Marine Genomics, 25, pp. 57-68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margen.2015.10.010
Militz, T.A., Kinch, J., Foale, S. and Southgate, P.C. 2016. Fish Rejections in the Marine Aquarium Trade: An Initial Case Study Raises Concern for Village-Based Fisheries. PLOS One, published online March. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0151624
Militz, T.A., McCormick, M.I., Schoeman, D.S., Kinch, J. and Southgate, P.C. 2016. Frequency and distribution of melanistic morphs in coexisting population of nine clownfish species in Papua New Guinea. Marine Biology, 163, 200. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-016-2972-1
Nunn, P.D. 2016. Rise and fall: social collapse linked to sea level in the Pacific. The Conversation, published online 16 March 2016 
Nunn, P.D. 2016. Climate Wars: On Fiji’s islands, shifting sea levels have left a tangled legacy of conflict and survival. SAPIENS (online journal of the Wenner-Gren Foundation), 15 June 2016. - article was republished in Slate, 21 June 2016.
Nunn, P.D., Kumar, L., Eliot, I. and McLean, R.F. 2016. Classifying Pacific islands. Geoscience Letters, 3(1), pp. 1-19. DOI:10.1186/s40562-016-0041-8.
Nunn, P.D., Mulgrew, K., Scott-Parker, B., Hine, D.W., Marks, A.D.G., Mahar, D. and Maebuta, J. 2016. Spirituality and attitudes towards Nature in the Pacific Islands: insights for enabling climate-change adaptation. Climatic Change, 136(3), pp. 477-493. DOI: 10.1007/s10584-016-1646-9.
Ram, R., Chand, R.V. and Southgate, P.C. 2016. An Overview of Sea Cucumber Fishery Management in the Fiji Islands. Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science. 11(3), pp. 191-205. DOI: 10.3923/jfas.2016.191.205
Ram, R., Chand, R.V., Zeng, C. and Southgate, P.C. 2016. Recovery rates for eight commercial sea cucumber species from the Fiji Islands. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 8, Part 1, pp. 59-64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2016.09.003
Singh-Peterson, L. and Underhill, S.J.R. 2016. A multi-scalar, mixed methods framework for assessing rural communities' capacity for resilience, adaptation and transformation. Journal of the Community Development, 48(1), pp. 124-140.
Southgate, P.C., Beer, A.C. and Ngaluafe, P. 2016. Hatchery culture of the winged pearl oyster, Pteria penguin, without living micro-algae. Aquaculture, 451, pp. 21-124. DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2015.09.007
Stantis, C., Buckley, H.R., Kinaston, R.L., Nunn, P.D., Jaouen, K. and Richards, M.P. 2016. Isotopic evidence of human mobility and diet in a prehistoric/protohistoric Fijian coastal environment (c. 750-150 BP). American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 159, pp. 478-495. DOI:10.1002/ajpa.22884.
Stantis, C., Tayles, N., Kinaston, R.L., Cameron, C., Nunn, P.D., Richards, M.P. and Buckley, H.R. 2016. Diet and subsistence in Remote Oceania: an analysis using oral indicators of diet. In: Oxenham, M. and Buckley, H. (eds). The Routledge Handbook of Bioarchaeology in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands. Oxford: Routledge, pp. 569-598.
Underhill, S.J.R 2016. Using infrared thermal imaging to improve ambient postharvest temperature management in smallholder farms in the South Pacific. Acta Horticulturae, 1128, pp. 329-336   
Wassnig, M. and Southgate, P.C. 2016. The effects of stocking density and ration on survival and growth of winged pearl oyster (Pteria penguin) larvae fed commercially available micro-algae concentrates. Aquaculture Reports, 4, pp. 17-21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aqrep.2016.05.004
Zhou, Y. and Underhill, S.J.R 2016. Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis): gibberellin 2-oxidase genes in stem elongation and abiotic stress response. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 98, pp.81-88.

 

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