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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
42
Citations
7047
World Ranking
7391
National Ranking
274

Best Publications

  • Coral record of increased sediment flux to the inner Great Barrier Reef since European settlement

    Malcolm McCulloch;Stewart Fallon;Stewart Fallon;Timothy Wyndham;Erica Hendy

  • Environmental controls on growth of the massive coral Porites.

    J.M. Lough;D.J. Barnes

  • Calcification and photosynthesis in reef-building corals and algae

    David Barnes;Bruce Chalker

  • Tolerance of microalgae to high CO2 and high temperature

    Nobutaka Hanagata;Toshifumi Takeuchi;Yoshiharu Fukuju;David J. Barnes

  • EFFECT OF WATER MOTION ON CORAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND CALCIFICATION

    William C. Dennison;David J. Barnes

  • On the nature and causes of density banding in massive coral skeletons

    David Barnes;Janice Lough

  • Several centuries of variation in skeletal extension, density and calcification in massive Porites colonies from the Great Barrier Reef: A proxy for seawater temperature and a background of variability against which to identify unnatural change

    J.M. Lough;D.J. Barnes

  • Coral reef calcification and climate change: The effect of ocean warming

    Ben I. McNeil;Richard J. Matear;David J. Barnes

  • Systematic variations in the depth of skeleton occupied by coral tissue in massive colonies of Porites from the Great Barrier Reef

    D.J. Barnes;J.M. Lough

  • Extension rate: A primary control on the isotopic composition of West Indian (Jamaican) scleractinian reef coral skeletons

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  • Perspectives on coral reefs

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  • Productivity and calcification on a coral reef: a survey using pH and oxygen electrode techniques

    David Barnes;Monty Devereux

  • Comparisons of skeletal density variations in Porites from the central Great Barrier Reef

    J.M Lough;D.J Barnes

  • The structure and formation of growth-ridges in scleractinian coral skeletons

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  • Intra-annual timing of density band formation of Porites coral from the central Great Barrier Reef

    J.M. Lough;D.J. Barnes

  • Profiling coral reef productivity and calcification using pH and oxygen electrodes

    David Barnes

  • Densitometry from digitized images of X-radiographs: Methodology for measurement of coral skeletal density

    Juan P. Carricart-Ganivet;David J. Barnes

  • The nature of skeletal density banding in scleractinian corals: fine banding and seasonal patterns

    D.J. Barnes;J.M. Lough

  • Gamma densitometry for the measurement of skeletal density

    B. E. Chalker;D. J. Barnes

  • On the inclusion of trace materials into massive coral skeletons. Part II: distortions in skeletal records of annual climate cycles due to growth processes

    D.J. Barnes;R.B. Taylor;J.M. Lough

Frequent Co-Authors

Janice M. Lough
Janice M. Lough Australian Institute of Marine Science
Richard J. Matear
Richard J. Matear CSIRO Ocean and Atmosphere
Malcolm T. McCulloch
Malcolm T. McCulloch University of Western Australia
Stewart Fallon
Stewart Fallon Australian National University
Jean-Pierre Gattuso
Jean-Pierre Gattuso Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
John Chappell
John Chappell Australian National University
William C. Dennison
William C. Dennison University of Maryland Center For Environmental Sciences
Michael A. Borowitzka
Michael A. Borowitzka Murdoch University
William J. Skirving
William J. Skirving National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Michael K. Gagan
Michael K. Gagan Australian National University

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