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Colin D. Woodroffe

Colin D. Woodroffe

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Earth Science

D-Index
73
Citations
24132
World Ranking
778
National Ranking
57

Overview

Colin D. Woodroffe is affiliated with the University of Wollongong in Australia, where they contribute extensively to research in Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their scholarly work predominantly addresses topics related to coastal and marine dynamics, ecological processes, and geological formations.

Their research spans several main fields of study:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Environmental Science

Woodroffe's subfields of expertise include:

  • Earth-Surface Processes
  • Ecology
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Oceanography
  • Geology

The scientist's core topics of investigation are:

  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Coastal and Marine Dynamics
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Aeolian processes and effects
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Marine and coastal plant biology

Woodroffe has published in several notable venues, with the most frequent being:

  • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science
  • Marine Geology
  • Journal of Coastal Conservation
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Estuaries and Coasts

Among the recent papers authored by Woodroffe are:

  • "Thresholds of mangrove survival under rapid sea level rise," 2020, Science
  • "A global biophysical typology of mangroves and its relevance for ecosystem structure and deforestation," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Widespread retreat of coastal habitat is likely at warming levels above 1.5 °C," 2023, Nature
  • "Holocene evolution of the wave-dominated embayed Moruya coastline, southeastern Australia: Sediment sources, transport rates and alongshore interconnectivity," 2020, Quaternary Science Reviews
  • "Inundation characteristics of mangrove and saltmarsh in micro-tidal estuaries," 2021, Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science

Woodroffe regularly collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Kerrylee Rogers
  • Rafael C. Carvalho
  • Sarah M. Hamylton
  • Jeffrey J. Kelleway
  • Thomas S.N. Oliver

Their scholarly contributions also extend to book publications, notably with Smithsonian Institution. One such publication is:

  • "Reef Islands of Sabah, Malaysia," 2023

Best Publications

  • Climate change 2007 : impacts, adaptation and vulnerability : Working Group II contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

    Tarekegn Abeku;Pamela Abuodha;Francis Adesina;Neil Adger

  • Coastal systems and low-lying areas

    R. J. Nicholls;P.P. Wong;V.R. Burket;J. Codignotto

  • Coasts: Form, Process and Evolution

    Colin D. Woodroffe

  • Mangrove sedimentation and response to relative sea-level rise

    Colin D Woodroffe;Kerrylee Rogers;Karen Mckee;Catherine E Lovelock

  • Mangrove Sediments and Geomorphology

    Colin Woodroffe

  • Post-glacial sea-level changes around the Australian margin: a review

    Stephen E. Lewis;Craig R. Sloss;Colin V. Murray-Wallace;Colin D. Woodroffe

  • Wetland carbon storage controlled by millennial-scale variation in relative sea-level rise

    Kerrylee Rogers;Jeffrey J. Kelleway;Neil Saintilan;J. Patrick Megonigal

  • The nitrogen legacy: emerging evidence of nitrogen accumulation in anthropogenic landscapes

    K J Van Meter;N B Basu;J J Veenstra;C L Burras

  • Thresholds of mangrove survival under rapid sea level rise

    N Saintilan;Nicole S Khan;Erica Ashe;J J Kelleway

  • Reef-island topography and the vulnerability of atolls to sea-level rise

    Colin D. Woodroffe

  • Indicator-based assessment of climate-change impacts on coasts: A review of concepts, methodological approaches and vulnerability indices

    Thang T.X. Nguyen;Jarbas Bonetti;Jarbas Bonetti;Kerrylee Rogers;Colin D. Woodroffe

  • Development of widespread mangrove swamps in mid-Holocene times in northern Australia

    Colin D. Woodroffe;B. G. Thom;John Chappell

  • Allochthonous and autochthonous contributions to carbon accumulation and carbon store in southeastern Australian coastal wetlands

    N. Saintilan;K. Rogers;D. Mazumder;C. Woodroffe

  • Climate change and coastal vulnerability assessment: scenarios for integrated assessment

    Robert J. Nicholls;Poh Poh Wong;Virginia Burkett;Colin D. Woodroffe

  • Interactions between sea-level rise and wave exposure on reef island dynamics in the Solomon Islands

    Simon Albert;Javier X Leon;Javier X Leon;Alistair R Grinham;John A Church

  • The impact of sea-level rise on mangrove shorelines:

    Colin D. Woodroffe

  • Depositional model of a macrotidal estuary and floodplain, South Alligator River, Northern Australia

    C. D. Woodroffe;J. Chappell;B. G. Thom;E. Wallensky

  • Mangrove biogeography : the role of quaternary environmental and sea-level change

    Colin D. Woodroffe;John Grindrod

  • Coastal ecosystems: a critical element of risk reduction

    Mark D. Spalding;Anna L. McIvor;Michael W. Beck;Evamaria W. Koch

  • Coral reefs and sea-level change

    Colin D. Woodroffe;Jody M. Webster

  • Landscape Variability and the Response of Asian Megadeltas to Environmental Change

    Colin D. Woodroffe;Robert J. Nicholls;Yoshiki Saito;Zhongyuan Chen

  • Assessing vulnerability to sea-level rise using a coastal sensitivity index: a case study from southeast Australia

    Pamela A. O. Abuodha;Colin D. Woodroffe

Frequent Co-Authors

Kerrylee Rogers
Kerrylee Rogers University of Wollongong
Colin V. Murray-Wallace
Colin V. Murray-Wallace University of Wollongong
Andrew D. Short
Andrew D. Short University of Sydney
Brian G. Jones
Brian G. Jones University of Wollongong
Scott G. Smithers
Scott G. Smithers James Cook University
Robert J. Nicholls
Robert J. Nicholls University of East Anglia
Helen McGregor
Helen McGregor University of Wollongong
David Fink
David Fink Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
Scott L. Nichol
Scott L. Nichol Geoscience Australia
Michael K. Gagan
Michael K. Gagan Australian National University

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