Scott Smithers

Jul 8, 2024 | nature.com | Scott Smithers

AbstractWater clarity on the inshore Great Barrier Reef (GBR) is greatly influenced by terrestrial runoff of suspended particulate matter (SPM). Catchment sediment tracing studies often do not extend into the marine environment, preventing the analysis of preferential marine transport. This study employs novel collection and sediment tracing techniques to examine the transport of the terrigenous ‘mineral’ component of plume SPM within the GBR lagoon for two flood events.

Aug 8, 2023 | scholarsarchive.byu.edu | Stephen Lewis |Mark E. Baird |Chinenye J Ani |Scott Smithers

Jul 5th, 1:00 PM Jul 5th, 1:20 PM Modelling Trichodesmium dynamics and its contribution to the Great Barrier Reef nitrogen budget Trichodesmium is a nitrogen-fixing marine cyanobacterium, proposed to be an important source of “new” nitrogen (i.e., nitrogen that is not generated from remineralised organic matter) in the Great Barrier Reef.