Search Results - "Briggs, R P"

The Australian terrestrial carbon budget by Haverd, V, Raupach, M. R, Briggs, P. R, J. G. Canadell, Davis, S. J, Law, R. M, Meyer, C. P, Peters, G. P, Pickett-Heaps, C, Sherman, B

“…This paper reports a study of the full carbon (C-CO2) budget of the Australian continent, focussing on 1990–2011 in the context of estimates over two…”
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Multiple observation types reduce uncertainty in Australia's terrestrial carbon and water cycles by Haverd, V, Raupach, M. R, Briggs, P. R, Canadell, J. G, Isaac, P, Pickett-Heaps, C, Roxburgh, S. H, van Gorsel, E, Viscarra Rossel, R. A, Wang, Z

“…Information about the carbon cycle potentially constrains the water cycle, and vice versa. This paper explores the utility of multiple observation sets to…”
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Earlier wine-grape ripening driven by climatic warming and drying and management practices by Webb, L. B., Whetton, P. H., Bhend, J., Darbyshire, R., Briggs, P. R., Barlow, E. W. R.

“…Trends in phenological phases associated with climate change are widely reported, yet attribution remains rare. Attribution analysis of trends in wine-grape…”
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A stand-alone tree demography and landscape structure module for Earth system models: integration with inventory data from temperate and boreal forests by Haverd, V, Smith, B, Nieradzik, L. P, Briggs, P. R

“…Poorly constrained rates of biomass turnover are a key limitation of Earth system models (ESMs). In light of this, we recently proposed a new approach encoded…”
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A rational function approach for estimating mean annual evapotranspiration by Zhang, L., Hickel, K., Dawes, W. R., Chiew, F. H. S., Western, A. W., Briggs, P. R.

“…Mean annual evapotranspiration from a catchment is determined largely by precipitation and potential evapotranspiration; characteristics of the catchment…”
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A novel escape panel for trawl nets used in the Irish Sea Nephrops fishery by Briggs, R.P.

“…A chartered commercial twin-rig fishing vessel was used to compare catches by a standard control trawl net with that of an experimental trawl fitted with a 120…”
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Corrigendum to "The Australian Terrestrial Carbon Budget" published in Biogeosciences, 10, 851–869, 2013 by Haverd, V, Raupach, M. R, Briggs, P. R, Canadell, J. G, Davis, S. J, Law, R. M, Meyer, C. P, Peters, G. P, Pickett-Heaps, C, Sherman, B

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Comparison of remotely sensed and modelled soil moisture data sets across Australia by Holgate, C.M, De Jeu, R.A.M., van Dijk, A.I.J.M, Liu, Y.Y, Renzullo, L.J., Vinodkumar, Dharssi, I., Parinussa, R.M., Van Der Schalie, R., Gevaert, A., Walker, J., McJannet, D., Cleverly, J., Haverd, V., Trudinger, C.M., Briggs, P.R.

“…This study compared surface soil moisture from 11 separate remote sensing and modelled products across Australia in a common framework. The comparison was…”
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Endosulfan Transport: II. Modeling Airborne Dispersal and Deposition by Spray and Vapor by Raupach, M.R., Briggs, P.R., Ahmad, N., Edge, V.E.

“…ABSTRACT Endosulfan (C9H6O3Cl6S; 6,7,8,9,10,10‐hexachloro‐1,5,5a,6,9,9a‐hexahydro‐6,9‐methano‐2,4,3‐benzodioxathiepin 3‐oxide) and other agricultural chemicals…”
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Sensitivities of the Australian terrestrial water and carbon balances to climate change and variability by Raupach, M.R., Haverd, V., Briggs, P.R.

“…•Over Australia, temperature and CO2 trends will have opposite effects on evapotranspiration.•Runoff is much more sensitive to climate change than…”
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The application of fecundity estimates to determine the spawning stock biomass of Irish Sea Nephrops norvegicus (L.) using the annual larval production method by Briggs, R. P., Armstrong, M. J., Dickey-Collas, M., Allen, M., McQuaid, N., Whitmore, J.

“…Ovigerous female Nephrops were collected by trawl and creel and maintained in individual containers over the nine-month incubation period to investigate…”
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Temperature-dependent stage durations of Irish Sea Nephrops larvae by Dickey-Collas, M., McQuaid, N., Armstrong, M.J., Allen, M., Briggs, R.P.

“…The relationships between temperature and stage duration of the three zoea stages of Irish Sea Nephrops norvegicus were investigated by culturing individual…”
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Production of Nephrops norvegicus larvae in the Irish Sea by DICKEY-COLLAS, M, BRIGGS, R. P, ARMSTRONG, M. J, MILLIGAN, S. P

“…Plankton survey data from 1982, 1985 and 1995 were used to estimate the annual production of Nephrops norvegicus (L.) larvae in the Irish Sea. The larval…”
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Estimation of the size of onset of sexual maturity in Nephrops norvegicus (L.) by McQuaid, N., Briggs, R.P., Roberts, D.

“…Size at onset of maturity (SOM) was estimated for both male and female Nephrops from primary sexual characteristics and morphometric traits. SOM estimated from…”
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A study of optimum positioning of square-mesh escape panels in Irish Sea Nephrops trawls by Armstrong, M.J., Briggs, R.P., Rihan, D.

“…The position of a square-mesh panel in a 70-mm Nephrops trawl of the type widely used in the Irish Sea was varied to examine the effect on catch rates of…”
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Topographic Bias in Mesoscale Precipitation Networks by Briggs, P. R., Cogley, J. Graham

“…In most weather station networks there are proportionately too few stations at high elevation, and areal estimates of climatological quantities that vary with…”
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Endosulfan Transport: I. Integrative Assessment of Airborne and Waterborne Pathways by Raupach, M.R., Briggs, P.R., Ford, P.W., Leys, J.F., Muschal, M., Cooper, B., Edge, V.E.

“…ABSTRACT To reduce endosulfan (C9H6O3Cl6S; 6,7,8,9,10,10‐hexachloro‐1,5,5a,6,9,9a‐hexahydro‐6,9‐methano‐2,4,3‐benzodioxathiepin 3‐oxide) contamination in…”
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The consequences of an increase in mesh size in the Irish Sea Nephrops fishery: an experimental approach by Briggs, R.P, Armstrong, M.J, Rihan, D

“…The result of increasing the mesh size of Nephrops trawls in the Irish Sea from 70 to 80 mm (inside-mesh) throughout was investigated. The controlled variables…”
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Nutrient budgets in intensive shrimp ponds: implications for sustainability by Funge-Smith, Simon J, Briggs, Matthew R.P

“…Serious production losses have occurred in shrimp producing countries around the world, principally due to poor rearing environments and pathogenic disease. In…”
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Variability in northwest Irish Sea Nephrops populations by Briggs, R.P.

“…A high degree of spatial variation in Nephrops size, female maturity and sex ratio was observed. Disaggregated total catch size frequency data for male…”
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