Catchments to estuaries - publications

These are some recent publications related to the Catchments to Estuaries programme.

2017

De los Santos-Villalobos, S., Bravo-Linares, C., Meigikos dos Anjos, R., Cardoso, R., Gibbs, M., Swales, A., Mabit, L., Dercon, G. 2017. The CSSIAR v.1.00 Software: A new tool based on SIAR to assess soil redistribution using Compound Specific Stable Isotopes. SoftwareX 6: 13–18.

Dos Santos, V.M., Matheson, F.E. 2017. Higher seagrass cover and biomass increases sexual reproductive effort: a rare case study of Zostera muelleri in New Zealand. Aquatic Botany 138: 29-36.

Dymond, J.R., Davies-Colley, R.J., Hughes, A.O., Matthaei, C.D. 2017. Predicting improved optical water quality in rivers resulting from soil conservation actions on land. Science of the Total Environment 603–604: 584–592.

Matheson, F.E., Reed, J., Dos Santos, V.M., Cummings, V., Mackay, G. 2017. Seagrass rehabilitation: successful transplants and evaluation of methods at different spatial scales. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 51: 96-109.

Matheson, F. 2017. Seagrass transplants contribute to regenerating seagrass in Whangarei Harbour, New Zealand. http://seagrassrestoration.net/zostera-restoration-in-nz

Quinn, J.M., Green, M.O., Schallenberg, M., Young, R.G., Tanner, C.C., Swales, A. 2017. Management and rehabilitation of aquatic ecosystems: introduction and synthesis. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 51(1): 1–6.

Upadhayay, H.R. et al. (13 authors - including M. Gibbs). 2017. Methodological perspectives on the application of compound-specific stable isotope fingerprinting for sediment source apportionment. Journal of Soils and Sediments DOI 10.1007/s11368-017-1706-4.

Zeldis, J., Plew, D., Whitehead, A., Madarasz-Smith, A., Oliver M., Stevens L., Robertson, B., Burge, O., Dudley, B. 2017. The New Zealand Estuary Trophic Index (ETI) Tools: Tool 1 - Determining Eutrophication Susceptibility using Physical and Nutrient Load Data. Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment Envirolink Tools Contract:  C01X1420. https://shiny.niwa.co.nz/Estuaries-Screening-Tool-1/

Zeldis, J., Whitehead, A., Plew, D., Madarasz-Smith, A., Oliver, M., Stevens, L., Robertson, B., Storey, R., Burge, O., Dudley, B. 2017. The New Zealand Estuary Trophic Index (ETI) Tools: Tool 2 - Assessing Estuary Trophic State using Measured Trophic Indicators. Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment Envirolink Tools Contract:  C01X1420. https://shiny.niwa.co.nz/Estuaries-Screening-Tool-2/

Zeldis, J., Storey, R., Plew, D., Whitehead, A., Madarasz-Smith, A., Oliver, M., Stevens L., Robertson, B., Dudley, B. 2017. The New Zealand Estuary Trophic Index (ETI) Tools: Tool 3 - Assessing Estuary Trophic State using a Bayesian Belief Network. Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment Envirolink Tools Contract:  C01X1420.  https://shiny.niwa.co.nz/Estuaries-Screening-Tool-3/

Dudley, B.D., Zeldis, J., Burge, O. 2017. New Zealand Coastal Water Quality Assessment. NIWA Client Report, 2016093CH: 86 pp. (http://www.mfe.govt.nz/publications/environmental-reporting/new-zealand-coastal-water-quality-assessment)

2016

Hughes, A.O. 2016. Riparian management and stream bank erosion in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00288330.2015.1116449

Mitchell, S. B., Green, M.O., MacDonald, I. T., Pritchard, M. 2016. Field studies of estuarine turbidity under different freshwater flow conditions, Kaipara  River, New Zealand. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2016.06.009

Pritchard, M., Green, M.O. 2016. Trapping and episodic flushing of suspended sediment from a tidal river. Continental Shelf Research 143: 286–294.

Swales, A., Denys, P., Pickett, V.I., Lovelock, C.E., 2016. Evaluating deep subsidence in a rapidly-accreting mangrove forest using GPS monitoring of surface-elevation benchmarks and sedimentary records. Marine Geology 380: 205–218  dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2016.04.015

2015

Balke, T., Swales, A., Lovelock, C.E., Herman, P. M. J., Bouma, T.J., 2015. Limits to seaward expansion of mangroves: Translating physical disturbance mechanisms into seedling survival gradients. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 467: 16–25.

Lovelock, C.E., Cahoon, D.R., Friess, D.A., Guntenspergen, G.R., Krauss, K.W., Reef, R., Rogers, K., Saunders, M., Sidik, F., Swales, A., Saintilan, N., Thuyen, L.X., Triet, T. 2015. The vulnerability of Indo-Pacific mangrove forests to sea level rise. Nature 526: 559–563, doi: 10.1038/nature15538.

MacDonald, I. T., Mullarney, J.C. 2015. A Novel “FlocDrifter” Platform for Observing Flocculation and Turbulence Processes in a Lagrangian Frame of Reference. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology 32(3): 547–561, doi:10.1175/JTECH-D-14-00106.1.

Swales, A., Bentley, S.J., Lovelock, C.E. 2015. Mangrove-forest evolution in a sediment-rich estuarine system: Opportunists or agents of geomorphic change? Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 40: 1672–1687, doi: 10.1002/esp.3759.

Vincent, C. E., MacDonald, I. T. 2015. A flocculi model for the acoustic scattering from flocs, Continental Shelf Research 104: 15–24, doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2015.05.002.

2014

Bentley, S.J., Swales, A., Pyeson, B., Dawe, J., 2014. Sedimentation, bioturbation and sedimentary fabric evolution on a modern mesotidal mudflat: a multi-tracer study of processes, rates and scales. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 141: 58–68.

Davies-Colley, R.J., Ballantine, D., Elliot, S.H., Swales, A., Hughes, A.O., Gall, M.P., 2014. Light attenuation – a more effective basis for the management of fine suspended sediment than mass concentration. Water Science and Technology 69.9: 1867–1874, doi: 10.2166/wst.2014.096.

Gibbs, M.M., Swales, A., Olsen, G., 2014. Suess Effect on biomarkers used to determine sediment provenance from land use changes. In: L.K. Heng, K Sakadevan, G. Dercon, M.L. Nguyen (eds), Proceedings – International Symposium on Managing Soils for food Security and Climate Change Adaption and Mitigation. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Rome, 2014: 371–375.

Thorne, P. D., MacDonald, I. T., Vincent, C. E. 2014. Modelling acoustic scattering by suspended flocculating sediments. Continental Shelf Research 88(0): 81–91. 

2013

Davies-Colley, R.J. 2013. River water quality in New Zealand: an introduction and overview. In Dymond JR ed. Ecosystem services in New Zealand – conditions and trends.  Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln, New Zealand.

MacDonald, I.T., Vincent, C.E., Thorne, P.D., Moate, B.D. 2013. Acoustic scattering from a suspension of flocculated sediments. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 118(5): 2581–2594. 10.1002/jgrc.20197.

2012

Green, M.O. and Hancock, N.J. 2012. Sediment transport through a tidal creek. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 109: 116–132.

2011

Gadd, J., Green, M., Hancock, N., Easton, H. and Wilson, D, 2011. Metal fluxes and bioavailability in tidal creeks. Proceedings, 7th South Pacific Stormwater Conference 2011, Water New Zealand, 3-6 May 2011, Auckland.

Green, M.O. 2011. Dynamics of very small waves and associated sediment resuspension on an estuarine intertidal flat. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 93(4): 449–459.

Green, M.O. 2011. Managing sedimentation and diffuse-source contaminants: a limits-based approach. Proceedings, Environmental Defence Society Conference, "Coastlines – spatial planning for land and sea", Sky City Convention Centre, Auckland, 1–2 June, 2011, www.edsconference.com/content/docs/2011_papers/

Green, M.O. 2011. The case for discharge limits. Stormwater Meanderings, Issue 3, pp. 1–5, May 2011.

Living Waters. 2011. Documentary film on Porirua Harbour, http://livingwatersdoco.co.nz

Norton, N. and Green, M.O. 2011. Defining objectives and setting load limits go hand in hand. Stormwater Meanderings, Issue 5.

O'Callaghan J and Stevens C. 2011. Wind Stresses on Estuaries. In: Wolanski E and McLusky DS (eds.) Treatise on Estuarine and Coastal Science, Vol 2, pp. 151–169. Waltham: Academic Press.

2010

Green, M.O., 2010. A line in the sand: new ways to think about managing our estuaries. Café Scientifique, 7 September 2010, The Bank Bar and Café, Hamilton. Podcast available at http://sci.waikato.ac.nz/cafescientifique/

Green, M.O., Moores, J., Timperley, M., Kelly, S. and Davis, M.D., 2010. Predicting long-term contaminant runoff and accumulation in the Central Waitemata and Southeastern Manukau Harbours (New Zealand). Proceedings, IAHR-APRD 2010, 17th Congress of the Asia and Pacific Division of the International Association of Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research, incorporating the 7th International Urban Watershed Management Conference, 21–24 February, 2010, Auckland.

O'Callaghan, J., G. Rickard, S. Popinet, and C. Stevens. 2010. Response of buoyant plumes to transient discharges investigated using an adaptive solver, J. Geophys. Res., 115, C11025, doi:10.1029/2009JC005645.

Stevens, C. 2010. Short‑term Dispersion and Turbulence in a Complex‑shaped Estuarine Embayment, Cont. Shelf Res. 30 (2010) 393–402, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2009.12.011

2009

Coco, G., Green, M.O. and Davies-Colley, R.J., 2009. Predicting shellfish microbial contamination using a neural network: towards an early-warning system. Royal Society of New Zealand Miscellaneous Series, 71: 71–75.

Ellwood, M.J., Wilson, P., Vopel, K. and Green, M.O., 2009. Trace metal cycling in the Whau Estuary, Auckland, New Zealand. Environmental Chemistry, 5: 289-298.

Green, M.O., 2009. Analysis of factors controlling heavy-metal concentration in estuary bed sediments, with relevance to planning. Proceedings, 6th South Pacific Stormwater Conference, 29 April – 1 May, 2009, Auckland.

Green, M.O., 2009. Predictions of long-term heavy-metal accumulation in the Central Waitemata Harbour, Auckland.Proceedings, 6th South Pacific Stormwater Conference, 29 April – 1 May, 2009, Auckland.

Moores, J. and Green, M.O., 2009. Overview of predicting long-term contaminant runoff and accumulation in the Central Waitemata and Southeastern Manukau Harbours. Proceedings, 6th South Pacific Stormwater Conference, 29 April – 1 May, 2009, Auckland.

2008

Green, M.O., 2008. Predicting decadal-scale estuarine sedimentation for planning catchment development. In: Schmidt, J., Cochrane, T., Phillips, C., Elliot, A., Davies, T. and Basher, L. (Eds.), Sediment Dynamics in Changing Environments, IAHS Publication 325, pp. 550–558.

MacDonald, I.T., Green, M.O., Coleman, S.E. and Nikora, V., 2008. Fine sediment flocculation in a tidal channel: observations. Proceedings, Physics of Estuaries and Coastal Seas, Liverpool, England, 25–29 August 2008.

Pritchard, M. and Green, M.O., 2008. Preferential transport paths of sediment fractions in a small estuary during river flood conditions.Proceedings, Physics of Estuaries and Coastal Seas, Liverpool, England, 25–29 August 2008.

2007 and Earlier

Elliott, A.S., Green, M.O. and Altenberger, A., 2007. Simplified tool for estuary erosion/deposition risk assessment. Proceedings, MODSIM, International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Christchurch, 10–13 December 2007.

Green, M.O. and Coco, G., 2007. Sediment transport on an estuarine intertidal flat: measurements and conceptual model of waves, rainfall and exchanges with a tidal creek. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 72: 553–569.

Green, M.O. and Hatton, C., 2007. Predictions for Use in Resource Management. The Concept of the Composite Model, with Estuary Case Studies. Reviews in Environmental Science and Management, Southern Cross University Press, 146 pp., ISSN 1834–9641.

Green, M.O., Collins, R., Senior, A., Adams, R., Timperley, M. and Williamson, R.B., 2003. Prediction of decadal-scale contaminant accumulation in estuaries. Proceedings of Coasts & Ports Australasian Conference 2003, Paper No. 53, 8 pp., 9-12 September, Auckland.

New Zealand's Estuaries: How They Work and the Issues that Affect Them. 2007. download at www.niwa.co.nz

Senior, A., Green, M.O. and Oldman, J.W., 2003. Sedimentation risk in the Whitford embayment. Proceedings of Coasts & Ports Australasian Conference 2003, Paper No. 34, 6 pp., 9-12 September, Auckland.

Senior, A., Green, M.O. and Oldman, J.W., 2003. Using deterministic models to assess risk in sediment-impacted estuaries. Hydrobiologia, 494: 11–16.