TROPICS (Tropical River-Ocean Processes In Coastal Settings)

Journal Papers

Alongi, D. M. 1992. The influence of freshwater and material export on sedimentary facies and benthic processes within the Fly River Delta and adjacent Gulf of Papua (Papua New Guinea). Continental Shelf Research 12:287-326.

Alongi, D. M., P. Christoffersen, and F. Tirendi. 1993. The influence of forest type on microbial-nutrient relationships in tropical mangrove sediments. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology & Ecology 171:201-223.

Alongi, D. M. 1995. Decomposition and recycling of organic matter in muds of the Gulf of Papua, northern Coral Sea. Continental Shelf Research 15:1319-1337.

Alongi, D. M., and A. I. Robertson. 1995. Factors regulating benthic food chains in tropical river deltas and adjacent shelf areas. Geo-Marine Letters 15:145-152.

Alongi, D. M., S. G. Boyle, F. Tirendi, and J. A. Morgui. 1996. Composition and behaviour of trace metals in post-oxic sediments of the Gulf of Papua, PNG. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 42:197-212

Ayukai, T., and E. Wolanski. 1997. Importance of biologically mediated removal of fine sediments from the Fly River plume, PNG. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 44:629-639.

Bird, M. I., G. J. Brunskill, and A. R. Chivas. 1995. Carbon isotope composition of sediments from the Gulf of Papua. Geo-Marine Letters 15:153-159.

Brunskill, G. J., K. J. Woolfe, and I. Zagorskis. 1995. Distribution of riverine sediment chemistry on the shelf, slope, and rise of the Gulf of Papua. Geo-Marine Letters 15:160-165.

Brunskill, G. J., J. Pfitzner, and I. Zagorskis. 2000. Geochemical mass balances for Li, B, and Sr in the Gulf of Papua, PNG, Project TROPICS 1991-2000. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, submitted.

Cresswell, G., L. Pender, and G. Kineke. 1997. Portrait of a plume. Chemistry in Australia 64:16-18.

Cresswell, G. R. 2000. Coastal currents of northern Papua New Guinea, and the Sepik River outflow. Marine & Freshwater Research 51:553-564.

Ellison, J. C. 1998. Natural history of Bramble Cay, Torres Strait. Atoll Research Bulletin No. 455, 33 p.

Ellison, J. C. 1997. Mangrove ecosystems of the Western and Gulf Provinces, Papua New Guinea, a review. Science in New Guinea, Volume 23:3-16.

Feely, R. A., Boutin, J., Cosca, C. E., Dandonneau, Y., Etcheto, J., Inoue, H. Y., Ishii, M., Le Quere, C., Mackey, D. J., McPhaden, M., Metzl, N., Poisson, A. and Wanninkhof, R. (2001). Seasonal and interannual variability of CO₂ in the equatorial Pacific. Deep-Sea Research – submitted.

Higgins, H. W. and Mackey, D. J. (2000). Algal class abundances in the western Equatorial Pacific under ENSO and non-ENSO conditions. Deep-Sea Research, 47: 1461-1483.

Ilahude, A. G., W. W. Kastoro, and D. P. Praseno. 2000. Proceedings of the INDO-TROPICS Workshop, 6-7 December 1999. Published by the Research & Development Centre for Oceanology, Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Jakarta, Indonesia, 195 pp.

Kineke, G. C., K. J. Woolfe, S. A. Kuehl, J. D. Milliman, T. M. Dellapenna, and R. G. Purdon. 2000. Sediment export from the Sepik River, PNG: evidence for a divergent sediment plume. Continental Shelf Research 20:2239-2266.

Le Borgne, R., Barber, R. T., Delcroix, T., Inoue, Y., Mackey, D. J. and Rodier, R. (2001). Pacific ‘warm pool’ and divergence: temporal and zonal variabilities on the equator and effects on the biological pump. Deep-Sea Research – submitted.

Mackey, D. J., J. S. Parslow, F. B. Griffiths, H. W. Higgins, and B. Tilbrook. 1997. Phytoplankton productivity and the carbon cycle in the western Equatorial Pacific under El Nino and non-El Nino conditions. Deep-Sea Research II 44:1951-1978.

Mackey, D. J., J. Parslow, H. W. Higgins, F. B. Griffiths, and J. E. O’Sullivan. 1995. Plankton productivity and biomass in the western equatorial Pacific: biological and physical controls. Deep-Sea Research 42:499-533.

Mackey, D. J., Higgins, H. W., Mackey, M. D. and Holdsworth, D. 1998. Algal class abundances in the western equatorial Pacific: estimation from HPLC measurements of chloroplast pigments using CHEMTAX. Deep-Sea Research 45:1441-1468.

Mackey, D. J., Blanchot, J., Higgins, H. W. and Neveux, J. (2001). Phytoplankton community structure in the equatorial Pacific. Deep-Sea Research – submitted.

Martin, C. E., B. Peucker-Ehrenbrink, G. J. Brunskill, and R. Szymczak. 2000. Sources and sinks of unradiogenic osmium runoff from Papua New Guinea. Earth & Planetary Science Letters 183:261-274.

Martin, C. E., B. Peucher-Ehrenbrink, G. J. Brunskill, and R. Szymczak. 2000. The behavior of dissolved osmium in the Fly River estuary, Papua New Guinea. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (submitted October 2000).

Milliman, J. D., and J. P. M. Syvitski. 1992. Geomorphic/tectonic control of sediment discharge to the ocean: the importance of small mountainous rivers. Journal of Geology 100:525-544.

Milliman, J. D. 1995. Sediment discharge to the ocean from small mountainous rivers: the New Guinea example. Geo-Marine Letters 15:127-133.

Milliman, J. D., K. L. Farnsworth, and C. S. Albertin. 1999. Flux and fate of fluvial sediments leaving large islands in the East Indies. Journal of Sea Research 41:97-107.

Nittrouer, C. A., G. J. Brunskill, and the TROPICS Consortium. 1994. The gateway for terrestrial material entering the ocean. EOS Transactions (AGU) 75:191-192.

Peck, G.A. and J.D. Smith. 2000. Distribution of dissolved and particulate ²²⁶Ra, ²¹⁰Pb and ²¹⁰Po in the Bismark Sea and western equatorial Pacific Ocean. Marine & Freshwater Research 51: 647-658.

Robertson, A. I., P. A. Daniel, and P. Dixon. 1991. Mangrove forest structure and productivity in the Fly River estuary, Papua New Guinea. Marine Biology 111:147-155.

Robertson, A. I., P. A. Daniel, P. Dixon, and D. Alongi. 1993. Pelagic biological processes along a salinity gradient in the Fly Delta and adjacent river plume (Papua New Guinea). Continental Shelf Research 13:205-224.

Robertson, A. I., and D. M. Alongi. 1995. Role of riverine mangrove forests in organic carbon export to the tropical coastal ocean: a preliminary mass balance for the Fly Delta (Papua New Guinea). Geo-Marine Letters 15:134-139.

Robertson, A. I., P. Dixon, and D. M. Alongi. 1998. The influence of fluvial discharge on pelagic production in the Gulf of Papua, Northern Coral Sea. Estuarine, Coastal & Shelf Science 46:319-331.

Sholkovitz, E., and R. Szymczak. 2000. The estuarine chemistry of rare earth elements: comparison of the Amazon, Fly, Sepik and the Gulf of Papua systems. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 179:299-310.

Towler, P. H., and J. D. Smith. 1997. Distribution of ²²⁶Ra and ²¹⁰Pb in the mixed layer of the western equatorial Pacific Ocean. Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 48: 371-

Wolanski, E., and D. M. Alongi. 1995. A hypothesis for the formation of a mud bank in the Gulf of Papua. Geo-Marine Letters 15:166-171.

Wolanski, E., B. King, and D. Galloway. 1995. Dynamics of the turbidity maximum in the Fly River Estuary, PNG. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 40:321-337.

Wolanski, E., A. Norro, and B. King. 1995. Water circulation in the Gulf of Papua. Continental Shelf Research 15:185-212.

Wolanski, E., B. King, and D. Galloway. 1997. Salinity intrusion in the Fly River estuary, PNG. Journal of Coastal Research 13:983-994.

Wolanski, E., R. J. Gibbs, S. Spagnol, B. King, and G. J. Brunskill. 1998. Inorganic sediment budget in the mangrove-fringed Fly River Delta, Papua New Guinea. Mangroves and Salt Marshes 2:85-98.

Wolanski, E., S. Spagnol, B. King, and T. Ayukai. 1999. Patchiness in the Fly River plume in Torres Strait. Journal of Marine Systems 18:369-381.

Woolfe, K. J., P. J. Dale, and G. J. Brunskill. 1995. Sedimentary C/S relationships in a large tropical estuary: evidence for refractory carbon inputs from mangroves. Geo-Marine Letters 15:140-144.

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