Knights AM, Firth LB, Thompson RC, Yunnie AL, Hiscock K, Hawkins SJ (2016) Plymouth - a world harbour through the ages. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 8: 297-307.
Lemasson A.J., Knights A.M., Thompson M., Lessin G., Beaumont N., Pascoe C., Queirós A.M., McNeill L., Schratzberger M., and P.J. Somerfield (2021) Evidence for the effects of decommissioning man-made structures on marine ecosystems: A global systematic map protocol. Environmental Evidence.
Martin D, Bertasi F, Colangelo MA, de Vries M, Frost M, Hawkins SJ, Macpherson E, Moschella PS, Satta MP, Thompson RC, Ceccherelli VU (2005). Ecological impact of coastal defence structures on sediment and mobile fauna: Evaluating and forecasting consequences of unavoidable modifications of native habitats. Coastal Engineering, 52, 1027 –1051.
Martins GM, Thompson RC, Neto AI, Hawkins SJ, Jenkins SR (2010). Enhancing stocks of the exploited limpet Patella candeid’Orbigny via modifications in coastal engineering. Biological Conservation, 143: 203-211.
Martins GM, Jenkins SR, Neto AI, Hawkins SJ, Thompson RC(2016) Long-term modifications of coastal defences enhance marine biodiversity. Environmental Conservation43: 109-16.
Masselink G, Hanley ME, Halwyn AC, Blake W, Kingston K, Newton T, Williams M (2017) Evaluation of salt marsh restoration by means of self-regulating tidal gate–Avon estuary, South Devon, UK. Ecological Engineering106: 174-190.
McManus RS, Archibald N, Comber S, Knights AM, Thompson RC, Firth LB(2017). Partial replacement of cement for waste aggregates in concrete coastal and marine infrastructure: A foundation for ecological enhancement? Ecological Engineering, 120: 655-667.
Morris RL, Heery EC, Loke LHL, Lau E, Strain EMA, Airoldi L, Alexander KA, Bishop MJ, Coleman RA, Cordell JR, Dong Y-W, Firth LB, Hawkins SJ, Heath T, Kokora M, Lee SY, Miller JK, Perkol-Finkel S, Rella A, Steinberg PD, Takeuchi I, Thompson RC, Todd, PA, Toft JD, Leung KMY (2019) Design Options, Implementation Issues and Evaluating Success of Ecologically Engineered Shorelines. Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review57,
Morris RL, Martinez AS, Firth LB, Coleman RA (2018). Can ‘seeding’ enhance mobile marine invertebrates in ecologically engineered rock pools? Marine Environmental Research, In press.
Morris RL, Chapman MG, Firth LB, Coleman RA (2017). Increasing habitat complexity on seawalls: Investigating large-and small-scale effects on fish assemblages. Ecology and Evolution, 7(22):9567-9579
Moschella PS, Abbiati M, Ã…berg P, Airoldi L, Anderson JM, Bacchiocchi F, Bulleri F, Dinesen GE, Frost M, Gacia E, Granhag L (2005). Low-crested coastal defence structures as artificial habitats for marine life: using ecological criteria in design. Coastal Engineering, 52(10-11):1053-71.
Moschella PS, Paphitis D, Plomartis T, Collins M, Aberg P, Garhang L, Jonsson P, Frost M, Thompson RC, and Hawkins SJ (2007). Case studies in: Environmental design guidelines for low crested coastal structures. Burcharth HF, Hawkins SJ, Zanuttigh B, and Lamberti A. (Eds.), pp.73-136, Elsevier, Oxford UK.
Moschella PS, Thompson RCand Hawkins SJ (2007). Environmental considerations in: Environmental design guidelines for low crested coastal structures. Burcharth HF, Hawkins SJ, Zanuttigh B, and Lamberti A. (Eds.), p. 65, Elsevier, Oxford UK.
Moschella PS, Thompson RC and Hawkins SJ (2007) Environmental impacts during construction operations in: Environmental design guidelines for low crested coastal structures. Burcharth HF, Hawkins SJ, Zanuttigh B and Lamberti A. (Eds.), p.70, Elsevier, Oxford UK.
Naylor LA, Coombes MA, Venn O, Roast SD, Thompson RC (2012) Facilitating ecological enhancement of coastal infrastructure: the role of policy, people and planning. Environmental science & policy. 222:36-46.
Naylor LA, Venn O, Coombes MA, Jackson J, Thompson RC (2011) Including ecological enhancements in the planning, design and construction of hard coastal structures: A process guide. Report to the Environment Agency (PID 110461). University of Exeter.
O’Shaughnessy, K.A., Hawkins, S.J.,Evans, A.J., Hanley, M.E., Lunt, P., Thompson, R.C.,Francis, R.A., Hoggart, S.P., Moore, P.J., Iglesias, G. and Simmonds, D.,Ducker, J., Firth, L.B.(2020). Design catalogue for eco-engineering of coastal artificial structures: a multifunctional approach for stakeholders and end-users. Urban Ecosystems, 23(2), 431-443.
O'Shaughnessy, K.A., Hawkins, S.J.,Yunnie, A.L., Hanley, M.E., Lunt, P., Thompson, R.C. and Firth, L.B., (2020). Occurrence and assemblage composition of intertidal non-native species may be influenced by shipping patterns and artificial structures. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 154, 111082.
Pearson S, Windupranata W, Pranowo SW, Putri A, Ma Y, Vila-Concejo A, Fernández E, Méndez G, Banks J, Knights AM, Firth LB, Bollard Breen B, Jarvis R, Aguirre D, Chen S, Howard Smith AN, Steinberg P, Chatzinikolaou E, Arvanitidis C. (2016) Conflicts in some of the World harbours: What needs to happen next? Maritime Studies, 15:10.
O'Shaughnessy KA, Perkol-Finkel S, Strain EM, Bishop MJ, Hawkins SJ, Hanley ME, Lunt P, Thompson RC, Hadary T, Shirazi R, Yunnie AL, Firth LB. 2021. Spatially variable effects of artificially created physical complexity on subtidal benthos. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9, 1-14.
Strain EMA, Alexander KA, Kienker S, Morris R, Jarvis R, Coleman R, Bollard B, Firth LB, Knights AM, Grabowski JH, Airoldi L (2019) Urban blue: A global analysis of the factors shaping people's perceptions of the marine environment and ecological engineering in harbours. Science of the Total Environment658: 1293-1305.
Strain EMA, Olabarria C, Mayer-Pinto M, Cumbo V, Morris R, Bugnot A, Dafforn K, Heery E, Firth LB, Brooks P, Bishop MJ (2018) Eco-engineering urban infrastructure for marine and coastal biodiversity: which interventions have the greatest ecological benefit?. Journal of Applied Ecology, 1-16.
Strain, E.M., Steinberg, P.D., Vozzo, M., Johnston, E.L., Abbiati, M., Aguilera, M.A., Airoldi, L., Aguirre, J.D., Ashton, G., Bernardi, M. and Brooks, P., Chan, B., Chee, S.-Y., Coutinhosa, R., Crowe, T., Davey, A., Firth, L.B.,Fraser, C., Hanley, M., Hawkins. S.J.,Knick, K., Lau, E., Leung, K., McKenzie, C., MacLeod, C., Mafanya, S., Mancuso, F., Messano, L., Ng, T., O'Shaughnessy, K.,Pattrick, P., Perkins, M., Perkol-Finkel, S.; Porri, F., Ross, D., Ruiz, G., Sella, I., Seitz, R., Shirazi, R., Thiel, M., Thompson, R.C.,Yee, J., Zabin, C., Bishop, M. (2021). A global analysis of complexity–biodiversity relationships on marine artificial structures. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 30(1), 140-153.
Valdor, P.F., Gómez, A.G., Juanes, J.A., Kerléguer, C., Steinberg, P., Tanner, E., MacLeod, C., Knights, A.M., Seitz, R.D., Airoldi, L. and Firth, L.B., (2019). A global atlas of the environmental risk of marinas on water quality. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 149, 110661.
Valdor, P.F., Gómez, A.G., Steinberg, P., Tanner, E., Knights, A.M.,Seitz, R.D., Airoldi, L., Firth, L.B., Arvanitidis, C., Ponti, M. and Chatzinikolaou, E., (2020). A global approach to mapping the environmental risk of harbours on aquatic systems. Marine Policy, 119, 104051.
Walls AM, Edwards MD, Firth LB, Johnson MP (2018). Ecological priming of artificial aquaculture structures: Kelp farms as an example. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK, 1-12
Wilhelmsson D, Malm T, Thompson R, Tchou J, Sarantakos G, McCormick N, Luitjens S, Gullström M, Patterson Edwards JK, Amir O and Dubi A (eds.) (2010). Greening Blue Energy: Identifying and managing the biodiversity risks and opportunities of off shore renewable energy. Gland, Switzerland:IUCN. 90pp.
Witt MJ, Sheehan EV, Bearhop S, Broderick AC, Conley DC, Cotterell SP, Crow E, Grecian WJ, Halsband C, Hodgson DJ, Hosegood P, Inger R, Miller PI, Sims DW, Thompson RC, Vanstaen K, Votier SC, Attrill MJ & Godley BJ. (2012) Assessing wave energy effects on biodiversity: the Wave Hub experience. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society a-Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences370,502-529.
Zanuttigh B, Nicholls RJ, Vanderlinden JP, Thompson RC, Burcharth HF (2014). Coastal Risk Management in a Changing Climate. Butterworth-Heinemann.
Zanuttigh B, Simcic D, Bagli S, Bozzeda F, Pietrantoni L, Zagonari F, Hoggart S, Nicholls RJ (2014). THESEUS decision support system for coastal risk management. Coastal Engineering, 87: 218-239.