Refereed Journal Papers

Gibbs, M. (2008) Identifying source soils in estuarine sediments: a new compound specific isotope method. Estuaries and Coasts, 31, 344-359.

Rayner, M. J., Hauber, M. E., Clout, M. N., Seldon, D., Van Dijken, S., Bury, S.J., Phillips, R. A. (2008) Foraging ecology of the Cook's petrel Pterodroma cookii during the austral breeding season: a comparison of its two populations. Accepted by Marine Ecology Progress Series. Reference No. M7660.

Augley, J., Huxham, M., Fernandes, T.T., Lyndon, A.R., and Bury, S. (2007) Carbon stable isotopes in estuarine sediments and their utility as migration markers for nursery studies in the Firth of Forth and Forth Estuary, Scotland. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 72, 648-656.

Kelly, D.J. and Jellyman, D.J. (2007) Changes in trophic linkages to shortfin eels (Anguilla australis) since the collapse of submerged macrophytes in Lake Ellesmere, New Zealand. Hydrobiologia 579, 161-173.

Norkko A., Thrush S.F., Cummings V.J., Gibbs M.M., Andrew N.L., Norkko J. and Schwarz A-M. (2007) Trophic structure of coastal Antarctic food webs associated with changes in food supply and sea ice extent. Ecology 88, 2810-2820.

Hilton, G.M., Thompson, D.R., Sagar, P.M., Cuthbert, R.J., Cherel, Y. and Bury, S.J. (2006) A stable isotopic investigation into the causes of decline in a sub-Antarctic predator, the rockhopper penguin Eudyptes chryoscome. Global Change Biology 12, 611-625.

Bury, S.J., Thompson, D.R., Hobson, K.A., Wassenaar, L.I., and Shannon, J.P. (2005) Selected papers of the 4th International Conference on "Applications of Stable Isotope Techniques to Ecological Studies", April 19-23, 2004, Wellington, New Zealand: Preface. Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies 41, 1-2.

Kadlec, R.H., Tanner, C.C., Hally, V.M., Gibbs, M.M. (2005) Nitrogen spiraling in subsurface-flow constructed wetlands: implications for treatment response. Ecological Engineering 25, 365–381. <http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2005.06.009>

Matheson, F.E., Gibbs, M.M., Nguyen, M.L., Cooper, A.B., Burt, T.P. (2005) Nitrogen transformations in riparian wetland microcosms determined with stable isotopes. In: Burk, A.R. (Ed.) Progress in Aquatic Ecosystems Research. Pp 107-121. Nova Science Publishers.

Thompson, D.R., Bury, S.J., Hobson, K.A., Wassenaar, L.I., Shannon, J.P. (2005). Stable isotopes in ecological studies. Oecologia. Published online at: http://www.springerlink.com.

Matheson, F.E., Nguyen, M.L., Cooper, A.B., Burt, T.P. (2003) Short-term nitrogen transformation rates in riparian wetland soil determined with nitrogen-15. Biology and Fertility of Soils 38, 129-136.

Collier, K.J., Bury, S.J., Gibbs, M. (2002) A stable isotope study of linkages between stream and terrestrial food webs through spider predation. Freshwater Biology 47, 1651-1659.

Matheson, F., Nguyen, L., Cooper, B., Burt, T. (2002) Effects of riparian vegetation on nitrate removal processes. In: Currie, L.D., Loganathan, P. (eds.) Dairy Farm Soil Management. Proceedings of the 15th Annual Workshop of the Fertilizer and Lime Research Centre, Massey University. Pp 227-232.

Matheson, F.E., Nguyen, M.L., Cooper, A.B., Burt, T.P., Bull, D.C. (2002) Fate of 15N-nitrate in unplanted, planted and harvested riparian wetland soil microcosms. Ecological Engineering 19, 249-264.

Parkyn, S.M. and Collier, K.J. (2002) Differentiating the effects of diet and temperature on juvenile crayfish (Paranephrops planifroms) growth: leaf detritus versus invertebrate food sources at two diurnally varying temperatures. Freshwater Crayfish 13, 371-382.

Tanner, C.C., Kadlec, R.H., Gibbs, M.M., Sukias, J.P.S., Nguyen, M.L. (2002). Nitrogen processing gradients in subsurface-flow treatment wetlands – influence of wastewater characteristics. Ecological Engineering 18, 499-520.

Bury, S.J., Boyd, P.W., Preston, T., Savidge, G. and Owens, N.J.P. (2001) Size-fractionated primary production and nitrogen uptake during a North Atlantic phytoplankton bloom: implications for carbon export estimates. Deep Sea Research I, 48, 689-720.

Gibbs, M., Thrush, S., and Ellis, J. (2001) Terrigenous clay deposition on estuarine sand flats: using stable isotopes to determine the role of the mud crab, Helice crassa Dana, in the recovery process. Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies 37, 113-131.

Parkyn, S.M., Collier, K.J. and Hicks, B.J. (2001) New Zealand stream crayfish: functional omnivores but trophic predators. Freshwater Biology 46(5), 641-652.

Collier, K.J. and Halliday, J.N. (2000) Macro-invertebrate-wood associations during decay of plantation pine in New Zealand pumice-bed streams: stable habitat or trophic subsidy? Journal of the North American Benthological Society 19(1), 94-111.

James, M.R., Hawes, I and Gibbs, M. (2000) Carbon flow in the littoral food web of an oligotrophic lake. Hydrobiologia 441, 93-106.

Smith, B.J. and Collier K.J. (2000) Interactions of adult stoneflies with riparian zones II. Diet. Aquatic Insects, 22(4): 275-284.

Lusby, F.E., Gibbs, M., Cooper, A.B. and Thompson, K. (1998) The fate of groundwater ammonium in a lake edge wetland. Journal of Environmental Quality 27, 459-466.

Murphy E.J., Boyd P.W, Leakey R.J.G., Atkinson A., Edwards E.S., Robinson C., Priddle J., Bury S.J., Robins D.B., Burkill P.H., Savidge G., Owens N.J.P. and Turner D. (1998) Carbon flux in ice-ocean-plankton systems of the Bellingshausen Sea during a period of ice retreat. Journal of Marine Systems 17, 207-228.

Preston T., Zainal K., Anderson S., Bury S.J. and Slater C. (1998) Isotope dilution analysis of combined nitrogen in natural waters: III. Nitrate and nitrite. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 12, 423-428.

Vant, W.N., Gibbs, M, Safi, K.A. and Thrush, S.F. (1998) Fluxes of organic carbon in Manakau Harbour, New Zealand. Estuaries 21(4A), 560-570.

Submitted Papers

Hartland, A, Fenwick, G. and Bury, S.J. (submitted 2008) Tracing of organic carbon into a shallow groundwater ecosystem: insights into nutrient uptake and functional ecology. Submitted to Ecohydrology.

Morar, S.R., Davy, S.K. and Bury S.J. (submitted 2008) Sedimentary nitrogen uptake and assimilation in the temperate zooxanthellate anemone Anthopleura aureoradiata. Submitted to Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology.

Geurts, J., Brunton, D. and Bury, S.J. (submitted 2007) The use of stable isotopes in feathers to assess diet changes in Little Blue Penguins. Submitted to Functional Ecology.

Presentations and Publications in Conference Proceedings

Bury, S.J, Pinkerton, M.H., Thompson, D.R., Hanchet, S.M., Brown, J. and Vorster, J. (2008) Trophic study of Ross Sea Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni) using carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes. Presentation to Antarctic Fisheries Working Group, NIWA, Wellington, 20 May, 2008,

Bury, S.J, Pinkerton, M.H., Thompson, D.R., Hanchet, S.M., Brown, J. and Vorster, J. (2008) Trophic study of Ross Sea Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni) using carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes. Working paper presented to WG-EMM-08, St Petersbury, Russia, July, 2008.

Bury, S.J, Pinkerton, M.H., Thompson, D.R., Hanchet, S.M., Cherel,Y., and Brown, J. (2008) Quantifying prey proportions of Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni) in the Ross Sea, Antarctica. Presentation at New Zealand Marine Sciences Society and Australian Marine Sciences Association Conference: "Human impacts and functioning ecosystems", Christchurch, 6-10 July, 2008.

Bury, S.J., Pinkerton, M., Thompson D., Hanchet S., Cherel, Y. Brown J. (2008) Quantifying prey proportions of Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni) in the Ross Sea, Antarctica. Presentation at "The 6th International Conference on Applications of Stable Isotope Techniques to Ecological Studies", Honolulu, Hawaii, 25-29 August, 2008.

Bury, S.J., Pinkerton, M., Thompson D., Cherel, Y. Brown J. (2008) The effect of lipid-extraction on high lipid-content notothenioid (anti-freeze) fish from the Ross Sea, Antarctica. Presentation at "The 6th International Conference on Applications of Stable Isotope Techniques to Ecological Studies", Honolulu, Hawaii, 25-29 August, 2008.

Gibbs, M., Lohrer, D., Safi, K. (2008) Interpreting multi-layer, spatially explicit, isotopic data in an estuary. Presentation at "The 6th International Conference on Applications of Stable Isotope Techniques to Ecological Studies", Honolulu, Hawaii, 25-29 August, 2008.

Gibbs, M., Lohrer, D., Safi, K. (2008) Determining the spatial distribution of benthic algal communities across an estuary using stable isotopes. Presentation at New Zealand Marine Sciences Society and Australian Marine Sciences Association Conference: "Human impacts and functioning ecosystems", Christchurch, 6-10 July, 2008.

Law, C., Woodward, E.M., Boyd, P.W., Stevens, C., Sutton, P., Marriner, A., Bury, S.J, and Hall, J., (2008) New nitrogen sources in the sub-tropical south-west Pacific. Presentation at 2008 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Orlando, Florida, 2-7 March, 2008.

Pinkerton, M.H., Bury, S.J, Hanchet, S.M., Thompson, D.R. and Vorster J. (2008) Stable isotope analysis of Southern Ocean 2006/7 field season fish tissue samples: preliminary results including repeat analysis of high lipid content 2005/6 toothfish samples. Presentation to Antarctic Fisheries Working Group, NIWA, Wellington, 8 April, 2008.

Thompson, D.R., Stevens, D.W., Pinkerton, M.H. and Bury, S.J. (2008) Stable isotope analysis of Ross Sea cephalopod tissue samples: preliminary results. Presentation to Antarctic Fisheries Working Group, Ministry of Fisheries, Wellington, 17 April, 2008.

Bury, S.J., Le Blanc, K., Boyd, P., Law, C., Woodward, M. and Pickmere, S. (2007) Primary Production: COST and N-Cycle voyages. Presentation at COST and N-Cycle workshop, NIWA, Wellington, 18-20 April, 2007.

Bury, S.J, Pinkerton, M.H, Hanchet, S.M., and Thompson, D.R. (2007) Trophic study of Ross Sea Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni) using carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes. Presentation at Annual New Zealand Marine Science Conference, Hamilton, 29-31 August, 2007.

Gibbs M. (2007) Where does that sediment impacting on an estuary come from? – a new stable isotope technique for quantifying the provenance of sediment sources on a catchment scale. Presentation at Annual New Zealand Marine Science Conference, Hamilton, 29-31 August, 2007.

Gibbs, M. (2007) The use of a compound specific isotope technique and the IsoSource mixing model in sediment tracking in New Zealand. Presentation at the IAEA consultants meeting , Vienna, Austria, 5 November, 2007.

Gibbs, M. (2007) "The compound specific isotope technique as used for sediment tracking in New Zealand". Presentation at the IAEA Laboratory at Seibersdorf, Austria, 8 November, 2007.

Law, C., Boyd, P., Woodward, M., Hall, J., Bury, S., Ellwood, M., Strzepek, R. and Marriner A. (2007) Dust and micronutrient controls on nitrogen fixation and production in the oligotrophic South-West Pacific. Presentation at International Solas Conference, China: 6-9 March, 2007.

Law, C., Woodward, E.M.S., Stevens, C., Sutton, P., Boyd, P.W., Bury, S.J, Hall, J., Marriner, A., Safi, K., Ellwood, M.A., (2007) Nitrogen limitation and supply in the northern Tasman Sea. Presentation at Annual New Zealand Marine Science Conference, Hamilton, 29-31 August, 2007.

Morar, S.R., Bury, S.J. and Davy, S.K. (2007) Sedimentary nitrogen uptake and assimilation in the temperate zooxanthellate sea anemone, Anthopleura aureoradiata. Oral presentation at Annual New Zealand Marine Science Conference, Hamilton, 29-31 August, 2007.

Norkko, A., Thrush, S., Cummings, V., Gibbs, M., Andrew, N., Norkko, J., Schwarz, A.-M. (2007) Trophic structure of coastal Antarctic food webs associated with changes in food supply and sea ice extent. Presentation at the Antarctic New Zealand tip of the Iceberg conference, Wellington, 2-6th July, 2007.

Pinkerton, M.H., Bury, S.J, Hanchet, S.M., and Thompson, D.R. (2007) Stable isotope analysis of Southern Ocean fish tissue samples to investigate trophic linkages of Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni). Pp 28. EMM-07-19 Presentation to the Ecosystem Monitoring and Modelling Working Group, CCAMLR, Christchurch, 16–27 July 2007.

Pinkerton, M., Bury, S., Hanchet, S., Thompson D. and Vorster, I. (2007) Ecosystem effects of fishing the Ross Sea, Antarctica: ANT200504-OBJ1 "Stable Isotope Analysis of Southern Ocean Fish Tissue Samples: Preliminary Results". Antarctic Fisheries Working Group Meeting, NIWA Wellington, 30 May, 2007.

Bury, S.J., Nodder, S.D., and Thompson, D.R. (2006) Characterising open ocean ecosystem structure using stable isotopes: an example from Chatham Rise, SW Pacific Ocean. Presentation at 5th International Conference on "Applications of Stable Isotope Technology to Ecological Studies" ISOECOL5 (http://www.isoecol.org), Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland, 13-18 August, 2006.

Cummings, V.J., Thrush, S.F., Norkko, A., Andrew, N.L., Gibbs, M.M. (2005) Structure and function of Ross Sea benthic communities. Presentation at the SCAR International Biology Symposium, Curitiba, Brazil, 25-29 July, 2005.

Cummings, V.J., Thrush, S.F., Norkko, A., Andrew, N.L., Gibbs, M.M. (2005) Structure and function of Ross Sea benthic communities. Presentation at the New Zealand Marine Sciences Society conference, Wellington, 23-26 August, 2005.

Gibbs M. (2005) Compound specific stable isotope techniques allow determination of the source of sediments entering an aquatic environment. Presentation at the FAO/IAEA Regional Asia-Pacific Workshop on Water in Agriculture, The use of isotopes and nuclear techniques to improve water management for sustainable agriculture, Nanjing, November 2005.

Bury, S.J., Zeldis, J, Gall, M. and Nodder, S. (2004) What drives primary production on the NE shelf of New Zealand? – stable isotopes expose some myths. Presentation at 4th International Conference on, "Applications of Stable Isotope Techniques to Ecological Studies", Wellington, April 2004.

Kelly, D., Hawes, I., Sutherland, D. and Bury, S. (2004) Changes in littoral food web dynamics along depth-dependant habitat zonations. Presentation at 4th International Conference on "Applications of Stable Isotope Techniques to Ecological Studies", Wellington, April 2004.

Nodder, S., Bury, S., Northcote, L., Parkyn, J. and Robinson, K. (2004) Insights into the vertical transfer of organic matter by zooplankton in subtropical and subantarctic waters using stable isotopes. Presentation at 4th International Conference on "Applications of Stable Isotope Techniques to Ecological Studies", Wellington, April 2004.

Bury, S.J., Harvey, M., Cainey, J., Trull, T. and Walker C. (2002) Sulphur isotope signatures of marine phytoplankton. Presentation at 3rd International Conference on "Applications of Stable Isotope Techniques to Ecological Studies", Flagstaff, Arizona, USA, April/May 2002.

Bury, S.J., Nodder S., Gall M. and Zeldis (2002) Primary production and nutrient uptake in north-east New Zealand coastal waters. Presentation at 3rd International Conference on "Applications of Stable Isotope Techniques to Ecological Studies", Flagstaff, Arizona, USA, April/May 2002.

Gibbs, M., Sukias, J., Bury, S.J., Thompson, D., Thrush, S. and Korkko, A. (2002) Carbon and nitrogen natural abundance tracers in Whitford Estuary, New Zealand. Presentation at 3rd International Conference on "Applications of Stable Isotope Techniques to Ecological Studies", Flagstaff, Arizona, USA, April/May 2002.

Matheson, F. Nguyen, L., Cooper, B., Burt, T. (2002). Nitrate transformation processes and nitrogen removal in riparian buffer zones and wetlands. Presentation at the Chesapeake Bay Water Restoration Conference, Baltimore, USA, 2002.

Kelly, D.J., Hawes, I. and Sutherland, D. (2001) Food-web dynamics along a depth gradient in littoral zone habitats of Lake Wanaka. Presentation at the New Zealand Limnological Society Annual Meeting, Palmerston North, November 2001.

Gibbs, M., Thrush, S. and Ellis, J. (2000) Recovery processes following clay deposition in an estuary. Presentation at the 2nd International Conference on "Applications of Stable Isotope Techniques to Ecological Studies", Braunschweig, Germany, May 2000.

Cainey, J.M. (1999) The use of sulfur isotopes to assess the gas to particle conversion mechanism of atmospheric sulfur species. Presented at the Cape Grim Baseline Air Pollution Station Annual Meeting, Melbourne, Australia, November 1999.

Cainey, J.M. and Harvey, M. (1999) The use of sulfur isotopes to assess the climatic importance of atmospheric sulfur species. Presentation at the Joint Meteorological Society of New Zealand and New Zealand Geophysical Society Inc. Conference on Natural Hazards and Climate Change, Victoria University, Wellington, September 1999.

Hollows, J.W., Townsend, C.R. and Collier, K.J. (1999) The importance of crayfish in New Zealand streams: trophic position and community role." Presentation at the Symposium for European Freshwater Research (SEFS), Antwerp, Belgium, August 1999.

Collier, K.J. and Smith, B.J. (1998) Diet and effects of microclimate on the adults of three stonefly species. Presentation at the New Zealand Limnological Society Annual Meeting, Dunedin 1998.

Collier, K.J. and Smith, B.J. (1998) Interactions between riparian zones and the adults of three Grypoterygidae stonefly species from New Zealand: diet and effects of microclimate. Presentation at the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography/Ecological Society of America, St Louis, Missouri, USA.

Parkyn, S.M., Collier, K.J. and Hicks, B.J. (1998) Koura (Paranephrops planifrons) energy sources in native forest and pasture streams: what effect might riparian buffer zones have? Presentation at the New Zealand Limnological Society Annual Meeting, Dunedin 1998.

Parkyn, S.M., Collier, K.J. and Hicks, B.J. (1998) Leaves or Leptophlebiidae? The trophic basis of NZ crayfish production. Presentation at the North American Benthological Society, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

Parkyn, S.M., Collier, K.J. and Hicks, B.J. (1998). Riparian influence of crayfish diet and production: native forest versus pastoral land use. Presentation at the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography/Ecological Society of America, St Louis, Missouri, USA.

Reports

Bury, S.J. and Brown, J., 2008. Stable isotope analysis of fauna and flora sampled from Kaipara and Rangaunu field sites: MFish Project ZBD200408 "Sea-grass meadows as biodiversity and connectivity hotspots" Objective 2. May 2008.

Bury, S.J., Jolly, J., Thompson, D.R. and Brown, J. (2008) Black-fronted tern chick diet on the Waimakariri and Wairau Rivers as determined by observations of feeding behaviour and stable isotope analysis. Commercial client report prepared in April 2008 by NIWA and Jolly Consulting Ltd. for Main Power (Rangiora 8254, New Zealand) and Trust Power (Tauranga 3143, New Zealand). 28pp.

Bury, S.J., Pinkerton, M.H., Brown, J. and Vorster, J. (2008) Progress Report: Stable Isotope Analysis of Southern Ocean 2006/7 Field Season Fish Tissue Samples: Preliminary Results Including Repeat Analysis of High Lipid-Content 2005/6 Toothfish Samples. Advanced Progress Report for Ministry of Fisheries Research Project ANT2006-03 Objective 1, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, March 2008

Bury, S.J., Pinkerton, M.H., Thompson, D.R., Hanchet, S., Brown, J. and Vorster, J. (2008) Trophic study of Ross Sea Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni) using carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes. Final Research Report to New Zealand Ministry of Fisheries ANT200603-OBJ1, June 2008. pp 50.

Pinkerton, M., Bury, S., Vorster, I. and Hanchet, S. (2007) Stable Isotope Analysis of Southern Ocean Fish Tissue Samples: Preliminary Results. Final research report for Ministry of Fisheries Research Project ANT2005_04: Objective 1.

Thompson, D.R., Stevens, D.W., Pinkerton, M.H. and Bury, S.J. (2007) Stable isotope analysis of Ross Sea Cephalopod tissue samples: preliminary results. Final research report for Ministry of Fisheries Research Project ANT200504/Objective 2. December 2007.

Gibbs, M. (2006). Source Mapping in Mahurangi Harbour. Auckland Regional Council technical publication TP321

Gibbs, M. (2006). Whangapoua Harbour sediment sources. Environment Waikato Technical Report No. 2006/42. 49 p.

Gibbs, M. (2005). Sediment tracking method refinement. Auckland Regional Council technical publication TP294.

Gibbs, M. (2004). Relating terrigenous sediment deposition in Mahurangi Harbour to specific land use in the catchment: a pilot study. Auckland Regional Council working report WR113.

Gibbs, M. (2003). Low level nitrogen stable isotope determination. NIWA Internal Data Archive 2004/03. June 2003. Pp 25.

Matheson, F.E, Nguyen, M.L, Cooper, A.B and Burt, T.P. (2002) Effects of riparian vegetation on nitrate removal processes. In: Currie, L.D., Loganathan, P. (eds). Dairy Farm Soil Management. Fertiliser and Lime Research Centre Occasional Report No. 15: 227-232.

Cainey, J.M. (2001). S-isotopic analyses using the DeltaPlus. NIWA Data Archive Series. NIWA, Wellington.

Gibbs, M., Thrush, S., Sukias, J, Berkenbusch, K., Thompson, D. and Bury S. (2001). Evaluation of terrestrial sediment spatial patterns throughout the Whitford embayment and its benthic food web using stable isotope techniques. NIWA client report to ARC. ARC01270. 30 pp.

Popular Articles

Proffitt, F., Cummings, V.J. (2008) Sea ice effects on Ross Sea food webs. Aquatic Biodiversity and Biosecurity Update 26. February, 2008

Crump, M., Olson G., Bury S. (2003) NIWA research focus: sustainable management and development of atmospheric, marine and freshwater systems. New Zealand Laboratory News, 38 (October/November 2003), pp 3-4.

Cainey, J.M. (2001) Sulfur isotope signatures in New Zealand. Water and Atmosphere 9(2): 14-15.

Bury, S.J., (1999) The DeltaPlus stable isotope mass spectrometer: advancing research in environmental processes. Water and Atmosphere, 7(2), 22-25.

James, M.R., Hawes, I. and Gibbs, M. (1998) Where does all the carbon go? Water and Atmosphere 6(3): 19-21.

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