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Overview

Peter V. Ridd is affiliated with James Cook University in Australia. Their research spans multiple areas within environmental and earth sciences, with a substantial focus on marine and coastal environments.

The main fields of study in their work include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within these fields, their contributions extend to subfields such as:

  • Oceanography
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Earth-Surface Processes
  • Geology

Key research topics addressed in their publications cover:

  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Coastal and Marine Management
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution

Peter V. Ridd has authored several papers, including:

  • Internal tidal waves and deep-water renewal in a tropical fjord: Lessons from Ambon Bay, eastern Indonesia (2021), published in Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science
  • Frontogenesis and estuarine circulation at the shallow sill of a tropical fjord: Insights from Ambon Bay, eastern Indonesia (2022), published in Regional Studies in Marine Science
  • A risk assessment of marine plastics in coastal waters of a small island: Lessons from Ambon Island, eastern Indonesia (2023), published in Regional Studies in Marine Science
  • Editorial: Contemporary marine science, its utility and influence on regulation and government policy (2024), published in Frontiers in Marine Science

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, most notably:

  • Gerry Giliant Salamena
  • James Whinney
  • Scott F. Heron
  • Piers Larcombe
  • Angus Morrison-Saunders

Publication venues where Peter V. Ridd has appeared multiple times include:

  • Regional Studies in Marine Science
  • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science
  • Frontiers in Marine Science

In addition to journal articles, they have contributed to book publications, including a 2024 work titled Contemporary marine science, its utility and influence on regulation and government policy, published by Frontiers Media.

Best Publications

  • Factors controlling suspended sediment on inner-shelf coral reefs, Townsville, Australia

    P. Larcombe;P. V. Ridd;A. Prytz;B. Wilson

  • Temporal variation of light availability in coastal benthic habitats: Effects of clouds, turbidity, and tides

    Kenneth R. N. Anthony;Peter V. Ridd;Alan R. Orpin;Piers Larcombe

  • Sediment yield and impacts from river catchments to the Great Barrier Reef lagoon

    David T. Neil;Alan R. Orpin;Peter V. Ridd;Bofu Yu

  • Passive irrigation and functional morphology of crustacean burrows in a tropical mangrove swamp.

    Thomas Stieglitz;Thomas Stieglitz;Peter Ridd;Paul Muller

  • Wave-current bottom shear stresses and sediment resuspension in Cleveland Bay, Australia

    Lou Jing;Peter V. Ridd

  • Natural turbidity variability and weather forecasts in risk management of anthropogenic sediment discharge near sensitive environments.

    Alan R. Orpin;Peter V. Ridd;Séverine Thomas;Séverine Thomas;Kenneth R.N. Anthony

  • Flow Through Animal Burrows in Mangrove Creeks

    Peter V. Ridd

  • Tidal mixing and trapping in mangrove swamps

    Eric Wolanski;Peter Ridd

  • Fluidization of mud in estuaries

    Eric Wolanski;John Chappell;Peter Ridd;Rob Vertessy

  • Dry Season Salinity Changes in Arid Estuaries Fringed by Mangroves and Saltflats

    P.V. Ridd;T. Stieglitz

  • Review of methods to measure short time scale sediment accumulation

    Séverine Thomas;Peter V Ridd

  • Temporal dynamics in coral bioindicators for water quality on coastal coral reefs of the Great Barrier Reef

    Timothy F. Cooper;Timothy F. Cooper;Peter V. Ridd;Karin E. Ulstrup;Karin E. Ulstrup;Craig Humphrey

  • On the surface circulation in the western Coral Sea and residence times in the Great Barrier Reef

    Séverine Choukroun;Séverine Choukroun;Peter V. Ridd;Richard Brinkman;Lachlan I. W. McKinna;Lachlan I. W. McKinna

  • Assessment of the relative importance of major sediment transport mechanisms in the central Great Barrier Reef lagoon

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  • Range of electrosensory detection of prey by Carcharhinus melanopterus and Himantura granulata

    Olivia S. Haine;Peter V. Ridd;Richard J. Rowe

  • Exposure of inshore corals to suspended sediments due to wave-resuspension and river plumes in the central Great Barrier Reef: A reappraisal

    Alan R. Orpin;Peter V. Ridd

  • A predictive model for Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever epidemics

    Halmar Halide;Peter V. Ridd

  • The relative importance of landward-directed tidal sediment transport versus freshwater flood events in the Normanby River estuary, Cape York Peninsula, Australia

    S. Bryce;P. Larcombe;P.V. Ridd

  • Surface Wave Attenuation in Mangrove Forests

    Richard M Brinkman;Stanislaw R Massel;Peter Ridd;Keita Furukawa

  • Modelling of Suspended Sediment Transport in Coastal Areas Under Waves and Currents

    Lou Jing;P.V. Ridd

  • The role of physical processes in mangrove environments : manual for the preservation and utilization of mangrove ecosystems

    Yoshihiro Mazda;Eric Wolanski;Peter Ridd

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Stieglitz
Thomas Stieglitz University of Freiburg
Piers Larcombe
Piers Larcombe University of South Wales
Eric Wolanski
Eric Wolanski James Cook University
Scott F. Heron
Scott F. Heron James Cook University
Rebecca Fisher
Rebecca Fisher Australian Institute of Marine Science
Lindsay B. Hutley
Lindsay B. Hutley Charles Darwin University
Michael I. Bird
Michael I. Bird James Cook University
Ross J. Jones
Ross J. Jones Australian Institute of Marine Science
Curt D. Storlazzi
Curt D. Storlazzi United States Geological Survey
Jorg M. Hacker
Jorg M. Hacker Flinders University

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