Book Chapters
Wolfe, Kennedy (2024). Sediment processing: the foremost ecological role of tropical deposit-feeding sea cucumbers. The world of sea cucumbers: challenges, advances, and innovations. (pp. 453-467) edited by Annie Mercier, Jean-François Hamel, Andrew D. Suhrbier and Christopher M. Pearce. London, United Kingdom: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/b978-0-323-95377-1.00028-x
Wolfe, Kennedy, Mercier, Annie and Hamel, Jean-François (2024). Biology and ecology of wild juvenile sea cucumbers: what do we know?. The world of sea cucumbers: challenges, advances, and innovations. (pp. 257-283) edited by Annie Mercier, Jean-François Hamel, Andrew D. Suhrbier and Christopher M. Pearce. London, United Kingdom: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/b978-0-323-95377-1.00033-3
Journal Articles
Kenyon, Tania M., Eigeland, Karen, Richardson, Marina, Baldock, Tom E., Wolfe, Kennedy D., Sjahruddin, Fikri F. and Mumby, Peter J. (2025). Threshold velocities for coral rubble bind breakage across varying reef environments. Marine Ecology Progress Series. doi: 10.3354/meps14982
Wolfe, Kennedy, Desbiens, Amelia A., Patel, Frances, Kwong, Sarah, Fisher, Eric, Mumby, Peter J. and Uthicke, Sven (2025). eDNA confirms lower trophic interactions help to modulate population outbreaks of the notorious crown-of-thorns sea star. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122 (11) e2424560122, e2424560122-11. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2424560122
Kenyon, Tania M., Eigeland, Karen, Wolfe, Kennedy, Paewai‐Huggins, Roima, Rowell, Devin, Dodgen, Tanya and Mumby, Peter J. (2024). Material legacies on coral reefs: rubble length and bed thickness are key drivers of rubble bed recovery. Global Change Biology, 30 (11) e17574, e17574. doi: 10.1111/gcb.17574
Wolfe, Kennedy and Byrne, Maria (2024). Dead foundation species create coral rubble habitat that benefits a resilient pest species. Marine Environmental Research, 202 106740, 106740. doi: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2024.106740
Chang, Jia Jin Marc, Raupach, Michael J, Cheng, Lanna, Damgaard, Jakob, Hongjamrassilp, Watcharapong, Ip, Yin Cheong Aden, Ng, Matthew Hui-Chieh, Chan, Wan Wen Rochelle, Kunning, Ismael, Liang, Bryna Jia Ying, Maggioni, Davide, Mana, Ralph R, Mishra, Himanshu, Mowe, Maxine A D, Wainwright, Benjamin J, Whitney, Jonathan L, Wolfe, Kennedy, Yeo, Darren C J and Huang, Danwei (2024). Skimming the skaters: genome skimming improves phylogenetic resolution of Halobatinae (Hemiptera: Gerridae). Insect Systematics and Diversity, 8 (4) ixae015, 1-14. doi: 10.1093/isd/ixae015
Kamen, Zebilon F., Mumby, Peter J. and Wolfe, Kennedy (2024). Contribution of motile rubble-dwelling cryptofauna to the diet of invertivorous coral reef fishes. Coral Reefs, 43 (4), 823-839. doi: 10.1007/s00338-024-02501-z
Goodhill, Clare, Desbiens, Amelia A. and Wolfe, Kennedy (2024). Biology and epibiont community of the red decorator crab, Schizophrys aspera, on the southern Great Barrier Reef. Coral Reefs, 43 (2), 455-466. doi: 10.1007/s00338-024-02479-8
Wolfe, Kennedy, Desbiens, Amelia A., Pietsch, Emma and Mumby, Peter J. (2023). Habitat and distribution of the red decorator crab, Schizophrys aspera, a cryptic crown-of-thorns seastar predator. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 80 (8), 2114-2124. doi: 10.1093/icesjms/fsad136
Wolfe, Kennedy, Kenyon, Tania M. and Desbiens, Amelia A. (2023). Hierarchical drivers of cryptic biodiversity on coral reefs. The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, 104 (4). doi: 10.1002/bes2.2105
Wolfe, Kennedy, Kenyon, Tania M., Desbiens, Amelia, de la Motte, Kimberley and Mumby, Peter J. (2023). Hierarchical drivers of cryptic biodiversity on coral reefs. Ecological Monographs, 93 (3) e1586, 1-27. doi: 10.1002/ecm.1586
Desbiens, Amelia A., Mumby, Peter J., Dworjanyn, Symon, Plagányi, Éva E., Uthicke, Sven and Wolfe, Kennedy (2023). Novel rubble-dwelling predators of herbivorous juvenile crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster sp.). Coral Reefs, 42 (2), 579-591. doi: 10.1007/s00338-023-02364-w
Wolfe, Kennedy, Desbiens, Amelia A. and Mumby, Peter J. (2023). Emigration patterns of motile cryptofauna and their implications for trophic functioning in coral reefs. Ecology and Evolution, 13 (3) e9960, 1-14. doi: 10.1002/ece3.9960
Kenyon, Tania M., Doropoulos, Christopher, Wolfe, Kennedy, Webb, Gregory E., Dove, Sophie, Harris, Daniel and Mumby, Peter J. (2022). Coral rubble dynamics in the Anthropocene and implications for reef recovery. Limnology and Oceanography, 68 (1), 110-147. doi: 10.1002/lno.12254
Stella, Jessica S., Wolfe, Kennedy, Roff, George, Rogers, Alice, Priest, Mark, Golbuu, Yimnang and Mumby, Peter J. (2022). Functional and phylogenetic responses of motile cryptofauna to habitat degradation. Journal of Animal Ecology, 91 (11), 1-17. doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.13809
Wolfe, Kennedy and Roff, George (2022). Global predictions of coral reef dissolution in the Anthropocene. Communications Earth and Environment, 3 (1) 42. doi: 10.1038/s43247-022-00363-3
Wolfe, Kennedy and Byrne, Maria (2022). Overview of the Great Barrier Reef sea cucumber fishery with focus on vulnerable and endangered species. Biological Conservation, 266 109451, 109451. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109451
Pratchett, Morgan S., Caballes, Ciemon F., Cvitanovic, Christopher, Raymundo, Maia L., Babcock, Russell C., Bonin, Mary C., Bozec, Yves-Marie, Burn, Deborah, Byrne, Maria, Castro-Sanguino, Carolina, Chen, Carla C. M., Condie, Scott A., Cowan, Zara-Louise, Deaker, Dione J., Desbiens, Amelia, Devantier, Lyndon M., Doherty, Peter J., Doll, Peter C., Doyle, Jason R., Dworjanyn, Symon A., Fabricius, Katharina E., Haywood, Michael D. E., Hock, Karlo, Hoggett, Anne K., Høj, Lone, Keesing, John K., Kenchington, Richard A., Lang, Bethan J., Ling, Scott D. ... Wilson, Shaun K. (2021). Knowledge gaps in the biology, ecology, and management of the pacific crown-of-thorns sea star, Acanthaster sp., on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. Biological Bulletin, 24 (3), 330-346. doi: 10.1086/717026
Wolfe, Kennedy, Kenyon, Tania M. and Mumby, Peter J. (2021). The biology and ecology of coral rubble and implications for the future of coral reefs. Coral Reefs, 40 (6), 1769-1806. doi: 10.1007/s00338-021-02185-9
Romanó de Orte, Manoela, Koweek, David A., Cyronak, Tyler, Takeshita, Yuichiro, Griffin, Alyssa, Wolfe, Kennedy, Szmant, Alina, Whitehead, Robert, Albright, Rebecca and Caldeira, Ken (2021). Unexpected role of communities colonizing dead coral substrate in the calcification of coral reefs. Limnology and Oceanography, 66 (5), 1793-1803. doi: 10.1002/lno.11722
Bresnahan, Philip J., Takeshita, Yuichiro, Wirth, Taylor, Martz, Todd R., Cyronak, Tyler, Albright, Rebecca, Wolfe, Kennedy, Warren, Joseph K. and Mertz, Keaton (2021). Autonomous in situ calibration of ion-sensitive field effect transistor pH sensors. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, 19 (2), 132-144. doi: 10.1002/lom3.10410
Wolfe, Kennedy, Deaker, Dione J., Graba-Landry, Alexia, Champion, Curtis, Dove, Sophie, Lee, Raymond and Byrne, Maria (2020). Current and future trophic interactions in tropical shallow-reef lagoon habitats. Coral Reefs, 40 (1), 83-96. doi: 10.1007/s00338-020-02017-2
Wolfe, Kennedy, Desbiens, Amelia, Stella, Jessica and Mumby, Peter J. (2020). Length–weight relationships to quantify biomass for motile coral reef cryptofauna. Coral Reefs, 39 (6), 1649-1660. doi: 10.1007/s00338-020-01993-9
Frade, Pedro R., Glasl, Bettina, Matthews, Samuel A., Mellin, Camille, Serrão, Ester A., Wolfe, Kennedy, Mumby, Peter J., Webster, Nicole S. and Bourne, David G. (2020). Spatial patterns of microbial communities across surface waters of the Great Barrier Reef. Communications Biology, 3 (1) 442, 442. doi: 10.1038/s42003-020-01166-y
Wolfe, Kennedy and Mumby, Peter J. (2020). RUbble Biodiversity Samplers: 3D‐printed coral models to standardise biodiversity censuses. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 11 (11) 2041-210X.13462, 1395-1400. doi: 10.1111/2041-210x.13462
Champion, Curtis, Broadhurst, Matt K., Ewere, Endurance E., Benkendorff, Kirsten, Butcherine, Peter, Wolfe, Kennedy and Coleman, Melinda A. (2020). Resilience to the interactive effects of climate change and discard stress in the commercially important blue swimmer crab (Portunus armatus). Marine Environmental Research, 159 105009, 105009. doi: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2020.105009
Wolfe, Kennedy, Nguyen, Hong D., Davey, Madeline and Byrne, Maria (2020). Characterising biogeochemical fluctuations in a world of extremes: a synthesis for temperate intertidal habitats in the face of global change. Global Change Biology, 26 (7) gcb.15103, 3858-3879. doi: 10.1111/gcb.15103
Puk, Laura D., Cernohorsky, Nicole, Marshell, Alyssa, Dwyer, John, Wolfe, Kennedy and Mumby, Peter J. (2020). Species-specific effects of herbivorous fishes on the establishment of the macroalga Lobophora on coral reefs. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 637, 1-14. doi: 10.3354/meps13262
Wolfe, Kennedy, Anthony, Ken, Babcock, Russell C., Bay, Line, Bourne, David G., Burrows, Damien, Byrne, Maria, Deaker, Dione J., Diaz-Pulido, Guillermo, Frade, Pedro R., Gonzalez-Rivero, Manuel, Hoey, Andrew, Hoogenboom, Mia, McCormick, M. A.R.K., Ortiz, Juan-Carlos, Razak, Tries, Richardson, Anthony J., Roff, George, Sheppard-Brennand, Hannah, Stella, Jessica, Thompson, Angus, Watson, Sue-Ann, Webster, Nicole, Audas, Donna, Beeden, Roger, Carver, Jesseca, Cowlishaw, Mel, Dyer, Michelle, Groves, Paul ... Mumby, Peter J. (2020). Priority species to support the functional integrity of coral reefs. Oceanography and Marine Biology, 58, 179-318. doi: 10.1201/9780429351495-5
Wolfe, Kennedy and Davey, Madeline (2019). Localised high-density population of a sea cucumber on a Malaysian coral reef. Coral Reefs, 39 (1), 33-38. doi: 10.1007/s00338-019-01877-7
Budden, Claire, Butler, Ian, Wolfe, Kennedy, Deaker, Dione, Sweatman, Hugh and Byrne, Maria (2019). Effect of sublethal predation on reproductive output of the crown-of-thorns starfish Acanthaster sp., with an overview of arm damage. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 629, 103-116. doi: 10.3354/meps13111
Bradford, Thea, Wolfe, Kennedy and Mumby, Peter J. (2019). Preferences and perceptions of the recreational spearfishery of the Great Barrier Reef. PLoS One, 14 (9) e0221855, e0221855. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0221855
Clements, Matthew, Wolfe, Kennedy, Schwartz, Kit and Byrne, Maria (2019). Forever fissiparous: asexual propagation and stable demography in a tropical and geographically isolated asterinid sea star. Marine Biology, 166 (6) 69. doi: 10.1007/s00227-019-3518-0
Balogh, Regina, Wolfe, Kennedy and Byrne, Maria (2019). Gonad development and spawning of the Vulnerable commercial sea cucumber, Stichopus herrmanni, in the southern Great Barrier Reef. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 99 (2), 487-495. doi: 10.1017/S0025315418000061
Carrier, Tyler J., Wolfe, Kennedy, Lopez, Karen, Gall, Mailie, Janies, Daniel A., Byrne, Maria and Reitzel, Adam M. (2018). Diet-induced shifts in the crown-of-thorns (Acanthaster sp.) larval microbiome. Marine Biology, 165 (10) 157. doi: 10.1007/s00227-018-3416-x
Albright, Rebecca, Takeshita, Yuichiro, Koweek, David A., Ninokawa, Aaron, Wolfe, Kennedy, Rivlin, Tanya, Nebuchina, Yana, Young, Jordan and Caldeira, Ken (2018). Carbon dioxide addition to coral reef waters suppresses net community calcification. Nature, 555 (7697), 516-519. doi: 10.1038/nature25968
Wolfe, Kennedy, Vidal-Ramirez, Francisco, Dove, Sophie, Deaker, Dione and Byrne, Maria (2018). Altered sediment biota and lagoon habitat carbonate dynamics due to sea cucumber bioturbation in a high-pCO2 environment. Global Change Biology, 24 (1), 465-480. doi: 10.1111/gcb.13826
Wolfe, Kennedy and Byrne, Maria (2017). Biology and ecology of the vulnerable holothuroid, Stichopus herrmanni, on a high-latitude coral reef on the Great Barrier Reef. Coral Reefs, 36 (4), 1143-1156. doi: 10.1007/s00338-017-1606-5
Wolfe, Kennedy, Graba-Landry, Alexia, Dworjanyn, Symon A. and Byrne, Maria (2017). Superstars: assessing nutrient thresholds for enhanced larval success of Acanthaster planci, a review of the evidence. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 116 (1-2), 307-314. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.12.079
Wolfe, Kennedy and Byrne, Maria (2017). Population biology and recruitment of a vulnerable sea cucumber, Stichopus herrmanni, on a protected reef. Marine Ecology, 38 (1) e12397. doi: 10.1111/maec.12397
Byrne, Maria, Gall, Mailie, Wolfe, Kennedy and Agüera, Antonio (2016). From pole to pole: the potential for the Arctic seastar Asterias amurensis to invade a warming Southern Ocean. Global Change Biology, 22 (12), 3874-3887. doi: 10.1111/gcb.13304
Kwiatkowski, Lester, Albright, Rebecca, Hosfelt, Jessica, Nebuchina, Yana, Ninokawa, Aaron, Rivlin, Tanya, Sesboüé, Marine, Wolfe, Kennedy and Caldeira, Ken (2016). Interannual stability of organic to inorganic carbon production on a coral atoll. Geophysical Research Letters, 43 (8), 3880-3888. doi: 10.1002/2016GL068723
Albright, Rebecca, Caldeira, Lilian, Hosfelt, Jessica, Kwiatkowski, Lester, Maclaren, Jana K., Mason, Benjamin M., Nebuchina, Yana, Ninokawa, Aaron, Pongratz, Julia, Ricke, Katharine L., Rivlin, Tanya, Schneider, Kenneth, Sesboüé, Marine, Shamberger, Kathryn, Silverman, Jacob, Wolfe, Kennedy, Zhu, Kai and Caldeira, Ken (2016). Reversal of ocean acidification enhances net coral reef calcification. Nature, 531 (7594), 362-365. doi: 10.1038/nature17155
Wolfe, Kennedy, Graba-Landry, Alexia, Dworjanyn, Symon A. and Byrne, Maria (2015). Larval phenotypic plasticity in the boom-and-bust crown-of-thorns seastar, Acanthaster planci. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 539, 179-189. doi: 10.3354/meps11495
Wolfe, Kennedy, Graba-Landry, Alexia, Dworjanyn, Symon A. and Byrne, Maria (2015). Larval starvation to satiation: Influence of nutrient regime on the success of Acanthaster planci. PLoS ONE, 10 (3) e0122010, e0122010. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0122010
Hardy, Natasha A., Lamare, Miles, Uthicke, Sven, Wolfe, Kennedy, Doo, Steve, Dworjanyn, Symon and Byrne, Maria (2014). Thermal tolerance of early development in tropical and temperate sea urchins: Inferences for the tropicalization of eastern Australia. Marine Biology, 161 (2), 395-409. doi: 10.1007/s00227-013-2344-z
Byrne, Maria, Foo, Shawna, Soars, Natalie A., Wolfe, Kennedy D. L., Nguyen, Hong D., Hardy, Natasha and Dworjanyn, Symon A. (2013). Ocean warming will mitigate the effects of acidification on calcifying sea urchin larvae (Heliocidaris tuberculata) from the Australian global warming hot spot. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 448, 250-257. doi: 10.1016/j.jembe.2013.07.016
Wolfe, Kennedy, Dworjanyn, Symon A. and Byrne, Maria (2013). Effects of ocean warming and acidification on survival, growth and skeletal development in the early benthic juvenile sea urchin (Heliocidaris erythrogramma). Global Change Biology, 19 (9), 2698-2707. doi: 10.1111/gcb.12249
Wolfe, Kennedy, Smith, Abigail M., Trimby, Patrick and Byrne, Maria (2013). Microstructure of the paper nautilus (Argonauta nodosa) shell and the novel application of electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) to address effects of ocean acidification. Marine Biology, 160 (8), 2271-2278. doi: 10.1007/s00227-012-2032-4
Wolfe, Kennedy, Smith, Abigail M., Trimby, Patrick and Byrne, Maria (2012). Vulnerability of the paper nautilus (Argonauta nodosa) shell to a climate-change ocean: Potential for extinction by dissolution. Biological Bulletin, 223 (2), 236-244. doi: 10.1086/BBLv223n2p236
Conference Paper
Research Report
Desbiens, Amelia, Roff, George, Razak, Tries B., Wolfe, Kennedy, Emslie, Michael J., Hoey, Andrew, Kennedy, Emma V., Thompson, Angus, Adams, Matthew P., Baird, Mark, Chaloupka, Milani, Diaz-Pulido, Guillermo, Mongin, Mathieu and Mumby, Peter J. (2021). Integrative carbonate budget model of the Great Barrier Reef. Cairns, QLD Australia: Reef and Rainforest Research Centre.