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Mark E. Baird is affiliated with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a notable emphasis on oceanography, ecology, and global and planetary change. They have contributed extensively to the study of coral and marine ecosystems, marine and fisheries research, as well as marine and coastal ecosystems.

Their recent notable publications include:

  • Large-scale interventions may delay decline of the Great Barrier Reef, 2021, Royal Society Open Science
  • Reversing ocean acidification along the Great Barrier Reef using alkalinity injection, 2021, Environmental Research Letters
  • Cumulative impacts across Australia's Great Barrier Reef: a mechanistic evaluation, 2021, Ecological Monographs
  • CSIRO Environmental Modelling Suite (EMS): scientific description of the optical and biogeochemical models (vB3p0), 2020, Geoscientific Model Development
  • Impact of catchment-derived nutrients and sediments on marine water quality on the Great Barrier Reef: An application of the eReefs marine modelling system, 2021, Marine Pollution Bulletin

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Mathieu Mongin
  • Jennifer Skerratt
  • Andy Steven
  • Scott A. Condie
  • Monika Soja-Woźniak

Mark E. Baird often publishes in journals such as:

  • PLoS ONE
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Royal Society Open Science
  • Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Journal of Marine Systems

The subfields closely associated with their work are oceanography, ecology, global and planetary change, nature and landscape conservation, and health, toxicology, and mutagenesis. Their research topics cover a range of marine science areas, including coral and marine ecosystems studies, marine and fisheries research, marine and coastal ecosystems, marine biology and ecology research, marine and coastal plant biology, oceanographic and atmospheric processes, as well as ocean acidification effects and responses.

Best Publications

  • Quantifying and modelling the carbon sequestration capacity of seagrass meadows – A critical assessment

    P.I. Macreadie;M.E. Baird;S.M. Trevathan-Tackett;A.W.D. Larkum

  • The strengthening East Australian Current, its eddies and biological effects — an introduction and overview

    Iain M. Suthers;Jock W. Young;Mark E. Baird;Moninya Roughan

  • Changes in pH at the exterior surface of plankton with ocean acidification

    Kevin Flynn;Jerry C Blackford;Mark Edward Baird;John A Raven

  • An avenue of eddies: Quantifying the biophysical properties of mesoscale eddies in the Tasman Sea

    J. D. Everett;J. D. Everett;J. D. Everett;M. E. Baird;M. E. Baird;P. R. Oke;I. M. Suthers;I. M. Suthers

  • Long-term changes in temperate Australian coastal waters: implications for phytoplankton

    P. A. Thompson;M. E. Baird;T. Ingleton;M. A. Doblin

  • Measurement and prediction of mass transfer to experimental coral reef communities

    M. E. Baird;M. J. Atkinson

  • Modelling coastal connectivity in a Western Boundary Current: Seasonal and inter-annual variability

    Moninya Roughan;Helen S. Macdonald;Mark E. Baird;Tim M. Glasby

  • A size-resolved pelagic ecosystem model

    Mark E. Baird;Iain M. Suthers

  • The exposure of the Great Barrier Reef to ocean acidification

    Mathieu Mongin;Mark E. Baird;Bronte Tilbrook;Richard J. Matear

  • Remote-sensing reflectance and true colour produced by a coupled hydrodynamic, optical, sediment, biogeochemical model of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia

    Mark E. Baird;Nagur Cherukuru;Emlyn Jones;Nugzar Margvelashvili

  • Erratum: Changes in pH at the exterior surface of plankton with ocean acidification (Nature Climate Change (2012) 2 (510-513))

    Kevin J. Flynn;Jerry C Blackford;Mark Edward Baird;John Raven

  • Modeling What We Sample and Sampling What We Model: Challenges for Zooplankton Model Assessment

    JD Everett;ME Baird;P Buchanan;C Bulman

  • Biological properties across the Tasman Front off southeast Australia

    Mark E. Baird;Patrick G. Timko;Jason H. Middleton;Thomas J. Mullaney

  • Large-scale interventions may delay decline of the Great Barrier Reef.

    Scott A Condie;Scott A Condie;Kenneth R N Anthony;Kenneth R N Anthony;Russ C Babcock;Mark E Baird

  • On relating physical limits to the carbon: nitrogen ratio of unicellular algae and benthic plants

    Mark E. Baird;Jason H. Middleton

  • The use of mechanistic descriptions of algal growth and zooplankton grazing in an estuarine eutrophication model

    M.E Baird;S.J Walker;S.J Walker;B.B Wallace;I.T Webster

  • Relative impact of seasonal and oceanographic drivers on surface chlorophyll a along a Western Boundary Current

    Jason D. Everett;Jason D. Everett;Mark E. Baird;Moninya Roughan;Iain M. Suthers

  • Towards a mechanistic model of plankton population dynamics

    M. E. Baird;S. M. Emsley

  • Parameter optimisation of a marine ecosystem model at two contrasting stations in the Sub-Antarctic Zone

    Mehera Kidston;Mehera Kidston;Richard Matear;Mark E. Baird

  • Modelling the interacting effects of nutrient uptake, light capture and temperature on phytoplankton growth

    Mark E. Baird;Steve M. Emsley;Jacqueline M. Mcglade

  • eReefs: An operational information system for managing the Great Barrier Reef

    Andrew D. L. Steven;Mark E. Baird;Richard Brinkman;Nicholas J. Car

  • Day and night ichthyoplankton assemblages and zooplankton biomass size spectrum in a deep ocean island wake

    Iain M. Suthers;C. T. Taggart;D. Rissik;M. E. Baird

  • Use of remote-sensing reflectance to constrain a data assimilating marine biogeochemical model of the Great Barrier Reef

    Emlyn M. Jones;Mark E. Baird;Mathieu Mongin;John Parslow

Frequent Co-Authors

Iain M. Suthers
Iain M. Suthers University of New South Wales
Peter J. Ralph
Peter J. Ralph University of Technology Sydney
Martina A. Doblin
Martina A. Doblin University of Technology Sydney
Moninya Roughan
Moninya Roughan University of New South Wales
Richard J. Matear
Richard J. Matear CSIRO Ocean and Atmosphere
Anthony J. Richardson
Anthony J. Richardson University of Queensland
Jason H. Middleton
Jason H. Middleton University of New South Wales
Peter R. Oke
Peter R. Oke Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Jon Brodie
Jon Brodie James Cook University
Peter A. Thompson
Peter A. Thompson CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research

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