New review paper on the use of isotopes on coral reefs (Skinner et. al., OMBAR)

Progress and Direction in the Use of Stable Isotopes to Understand Complex Coral Reef Ecosystems: A Review C. Skinner1, M.R.D. Cobain2,3, Y. Zhu2,4, A.S.J. Wyatt1, N.V.C. Polunin2 1Department of Ocean Science and Hong Kong Branch of the Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), | Click for More →

New paper on feeding strategies of planktivorous fishes (Skinner et. al., Front. Ecol. Evol.)

Stable isotopes elucidate body-size and seasonal fluctuations in the feeding strategies of planktivorous fishes across a semi-enclosed tropical embayment Christina Skinner1, Yu-De Pei1, Naoko Morimoto2, Toshihiro Miyajima2, Alex S.J. Wyatt1,3 1Department of Ocean Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, | Click for More →

New paper on island mass effects around Moorea (James et. al., Front. Mar. Sci.)

An Island Mass Effect Resolved Near Moorea, French Polynesia Anna K. James1, Libe Washburn1, Chris Gotschalk1, Stéphane Maritorena2, Alice Alldredge1, Craig E. Nelson3, James L. Hench4, James J. Leichter5, Alex S. Wyatt6 and Craig A. Carlson1 1Department of Ecology Evolution and Marine Biology, University of | Click for More →

Impacts of internal waves on the twilight zone @ ICRS 2016, Hawaii (Dr Wyatt)

Ecological and biogeochemical impacts of internal waves on mesophotic coral ecosystems: testing eddy correlation and isotope approaches, Iriomote, Japan Alex S.J. Wyatt1*, Toshihiro Miyajima1, James J. Leichter2, Tohru Naruse3, Tomohiro Kuwae4, Shoji Yamamoto5, Naomi Satoh1, Toshi Nagata1 1Department of Chemical Oceanography, Atmosphere and Ocean Research | Click for More →

Ecosystem inputs and recycling over coral reefs @ 3rd APCRS, 2014 (Dr Wyatt)

Functional understanding of ecosystem-scale inputs and recycling over coral reef communities from stable isotope analyses of organic matter Alex S.J. Wyatt1*, James J. Leichter2, Benoit Thibodeau1, Toshihiro Miyajima1, Craig A. Carlson3, Craig E. Nelson4, Toshi Nagata1 1Marine Biogeochemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemical Oceanography, Atmosphere & | Click for More →

Formation and maintenance of high-nitrate, low pH layers (Waite et al., Biogeosciences)

Formation and maintenance of high-nitrate, low pH layers in the eastern Indian Ocean and the role of nitrogen fixation A. M. Waite, V. Rossi, M. Roughan, B. Tilbrook, P. A. Thompson, M. Feng, A. S. J. Wyatt, and E. J. Raes We investigated the biogeochemistry of low dissolved oxygen high-nitrate (LDOHN) layers forming against the backdrop of several | Click for More →

Coral reef POM dynamics (Wyatt et al., L&O)

Particulate nutrient fluxes over a fringing coral reef: Source-sink dynamics inferred from carbon to nitrogen ratios and stable isotopes Alex S. J. Wyatt, Ryan J. Lowe, Stuart Humphries and Anya M. Waite We examined spatial and temporal variations in particulate organic matter (POM) dynamics over a | Click for More →

Coral reef nutrient dynamics (Wyatt et al., L&O)

Oceanographic forcing of nutrient uptake and release over a fringing coral reef Alex S. J. Wyatt, James L. Falter, Ryan J. Lowe, Stuart Humphries and Anya M. Waite Nitrate and nitrite (NOx) and phosphate (PO4) dynamics over Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia, are shown to depend on | Click for More →

Picoplankton and virus uptake by a coral reef (Patten et al., Coral Reefs)

Uptake of picophytoplankton, bacterioplankton and virioplankton by a fringing coral reef community (Ningaloo Reef, Australia) Nicole L. Patten, Alex S.J. Wyatt, Ryan J. Lowe, Anya M. Waite We examined the importance of picoplankton and virioplankton to reef trophodynamics at Ningaloo Reef, (north-western Australia), in May | Click for More →

Coral reef phytoplankton fluxes (Wyatt et al., MEPS)

Particulate nutrient fluxes over a fringing coral reef: relevant scales of phytoplankton production and mechanisms of supply Alex S. J. Wyatt, Ryan J. Lowe, Stuart Humphries, Anya M. Waite Seasonal observations of phytoplankton uptake at Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia, reinforce the importance of particulate organic | Click for More →