Coastal and Regional Oceanography Lab

2024

• Kerry, C.G., Roughan, M., Keating, S., Gwyther, D., Brassington, G., Siripatana, A., and Marcos A. C. Souza, J. (2024). Comparison of 4-dimensional variational and ensemble optimal interpolation data assimilation systems using a Regional Ocean Modeling System (v3.4) configuration of the eddy-dominated East Australian Current system Geoscientific Model Development, Mar 2024. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-2359-2024 [PDF file]
   

• Hemming, M., Roughan, M., and Schaeffer A.(2024). Exploring multi-decadal time series of temperature extremes in Australian coastal waters Earth System Science Data, Feb 2024. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-16-887-2024 [PDF file]
   

• Castro, L.C., Verges, A., Straub, S.C., Campbell, A.H., Coleman, M.A., Wernberg, T., Steinberg, P., Thomas, T., Dworjanyn, S., Cetina-Heredia, P., Roughan, M., Marzinelli, E.M. (2024). Effect of marine heatwaves and warming on kelp microbiota influence trophic interactions Molecular Ecology, Jan 2024. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17267 [PDF file]
   

• Malan, N., Roughan, M., Hemming, M., , Ingleton, T. (2024). Quantifying coastal freshwater extremes during unprecedented rainfall using long timeseries multi-platform salinity observations Nature Communications, Jan 2024. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-44398-2 [PDF file]
   

2022

• Cook, F., Smith, R.O., Roughan, M. , Cullen, N.J., Shears, N. & Bowen, M. (2022). Marine heatwaves in shallow coastal ecosystems are coupled with the atmosphere: Insights from half a century of daily in situ temperature records Frontiers in Climate, Nov 2022. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fclim.2022.1012022 [PDF file]
   

• Kerry, C., Roughan, M. & de Souza, J.M.A.C., (2022). Drivers of upper ocean heat content extremes around New Zealand revealed by Adjoint Sensitivity Analysis. Frontiers in Climate, Oct 2022. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fclim.2022.980990 [PDF file]
   

• Li, J., Roughan, M. & Kerry, C., (2022). Drivers of ocean warming in the western boundary currents of the Southern Hemisphere. Nature Climate Change, Sept 2022. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-022-01473-8 [PDF file]
   

• Quigley, C., Roughan, M., Chaput, R., Jeffs, A. & Gardner, J. (2022). Combined biophysical and genetic modelling approaches reveal new insights into population connectivity of New Zealand green-lipped mussels. Front. Mar. Sci., Sept 2022. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.971209 [PDF file]
   

• Phillips, L., Malan, N., Roughan, M., Harcourt, R., Johnson, I., Cox, M., Brierley, A., Slip, S., Wilkins, A. & Caroll, G. (2022). Coastal seascape variability in the intensifying East Australian Current Southern Extension. Front. Mar. Sci., Sept 2022. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.925123 [PDF file]
   

• Schilling, H. T., Hewitt, D. E., Malan, N., Taylor, M. D., & Johnson, D. D. (2022). Cross-jurisdictional larval supply essential for eastern Australian spanner crabs (Ranina ranina). Marine and Freshwater Research, Sept 2022. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1071/MF21348 [PDF file]
   

• Hewitt, D. E., Schilling, H. T., Hanamseth, R., Everett, J. D., Li, J., Roughan, M., Johnson, D. D., Suthers, I. M., & Taylor, M. D. (2022). Mesoscale oceanographic features drive divergent patterns in connectivity for co-occurring estuarine portunid crabs. Fisheries Oceanography, 1-14., Sept 2022. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/fog.12608 [PDF file]
   

• Gwyther, D., Kerry, C., Roughan, M., Keating, S.R. (2022). Observing system simulation experiments reveal that subsurface temperature observations improve estimates of circulation and heat content in a dynamic western boundary current. Geoscientific Model Development, Aug 2022. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-6541-2022 [PDF file]
   

• Hemming, M. , Kaiser, J., Boutin, J., Merlivat, L., Heywood, K., Bakker, D.C.E., Lee, G.A., Cobas Garcia, M., Antoine, D., Shitashima, K. (2022). Net community production in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea from glider and buoy measurements. Ocean Science, Aug 2022. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/os-18-1245-2022 [PDF file]
   

• Merlivat, L., Hemming, M. , Boutin, J., Antoine, D., Vellucci, V., Golbol, M., Lee, G.A., Beaumont, L. (2022). Physical mechanisms for biological carbon uptake during the onset of the spring phytoplankton bloom in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea (BOUSSOLE site). Biogeosciences, Aug 2022. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-3911-2022 [PDF file]
   

• Malan, N., Roughan M., Stanley, G. J., Holmes, R. and Li, J. (2022). Quantifying cross-shelf transport in the East Australian Current System: A budget-based approach. Journal of Physical Oceanography, July 2022. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-21-0193.1 [PDF file]
   

• Kerry, C. and Powell, B. (2022). Including Tides Improves Subtidal Prediction in a Region of Strong Surface and Internal Tides and Energetic Mesoscale Circulation. JGR Oceans, May 2022. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JC018314 [PDF file]
   

• Roughan, M., Hemming, M., Schaeffer, A., Austin, T., Beggs, H., Chen, M., Feng, M., Galibert, G., Holden, C., Hughes, D., Ingleton, T., Milburn, S., Ridgway, K. (2022). Multi-decadal ocean temperature time-series and climatologies from Australia's long-term National Reference Stations. Scientific Data, April 2022. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01224-6 [PDF file]
   

• Elzahaby, Youstina, Amandine Schaeffer, Moninya Roughan & Sebastian Delaux (2022). Why the Mixed Layer Depth Matters When Diagnosing Marine Heatwave Drivers Using a Heat Budget Approach. Frontiers in Marine Science, March 2022. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fclim.2022.838017 [PDF file]
   

• Bourg, Natacha, Amandine Schaeffer, Paulina Cetina-Heredia, Jasmin C. Lawes & Daniel Lee (2022). Driving the blue fleet: Temporal variability and drivers behind bluebottle (Physalia physalis) beachings off Sydney, Australia. PLOS One, March 2022. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0265593 [PDF file]
   

• Garcia, V., H. T. Schilling, D. O. Cruz, S. M. Hawes, J. D. Everett, M. Roughan, A. G. Miskiewicz, E. A. Pakhomov, A. Jeffs, and I. M. Suthers. (2022). Entrainment and Development of Larval Fish Assemblages in Two Contrasting Cold Core Eddies of the East Australian Current System. Marine Ecology Progress Series, March 2022. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13982 [PDF file]
   

• Li, Junde, Moninya Roughan, Colette Kerry & Shivanesh Rao (2022). Impact of Mesoscale Circulation on the Structure of River Plumes During Large Rainfall Events Inshore of the East Australian Current. Frontiers in Marine Science, March 2022. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.815348 [PDF file]
   

• Li, J, Roughan, M. & Kerry, C. (2022). Variability and Drivers of Ocean Temperature Extremes in a Warming Western Boundary Current. Journal Of Climate, February 2022. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-21-0622.1 [PDF file]
   

• Roughan, M., Cetina-Heredia, P., Ribbat, N. & I.M. Suthers (2022). Shelf Transport Pathways Adjacent to the East Australian Current Reveal Sources of Productivity for Coastal Reefs. Frontiers in Marine Science, January 2022. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.789687 [PDF file]
   

2020

• Siripatana, Adil, Colette Kerry, Moninya Roughan, Joao Marcos A, and Shane Keating. (2020). Assessing the Impact of Non - traditional Ocean Observations for Prediction of the East Australian Current. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2020jc016580 [PDF file]
 

• Ribbat, Nina, Moninya Roughan, Brian Powell, Shivanesh Rao, and Colette Gabrielle Kerry. (2020). Transport Variability over the Hawkesbury Shelf (31.5-34.5°S) Driven by the East Australian Current.. PLOS ONE. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0241622 [PDF file]
 

• Harris, D. L., Vila-Concejo, A., Austin, T., & Benavente, J. (2020). Multi-scale morphodynamics of an estuarine beach adjacent to a flood-tide delta: Assessing decadal scale erosion. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science (Vol. 241, p. 106759). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2020.106759 [PDF file]
 

• Hemming, M. P., Roughan, M., & Schaeffer, A. (2020). Daily Subsurface Ocean Temperature Climatology Using Multiple Data Sources: New Methodology. Frontiers in Marine Science (Vol. 7). DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00485 [PDF file]
 

• Norrie, C., Dunphy, B., Roughan, M., Weppe, S., & Lundquist, C.(2020). Spill-over from aquaculture may provide a larval subsidy for the restoration of mussel reefs. Aquaculture Environment Interactions (Vol. 12, pp. 231-249). DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/aei00363 [PDF file]
 

• Castro, L. C., Cetina-Heredia, P., Roughan, M., Dworjanyn, S., Thibaut, L., Chamberlain, M. A., Feng, M., & Verges, A. (2020). Combined mechanistic modelling predicts changes in species distribution and increased co-occurrence of a tropical urchin herbivore and a habitat‐forming temperate kelp. Diversity and Distributions. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13073 [PDF file]
 

• Phillips, L. R., Carroll, G., Jonsen, I., Harcourt, R., & Roughan, M. (2020). A Water Mass Classification Approach to Tracking Variability in the East Australian Current. Frontiers in Marine Science. (Vol. 7). DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00365 [PDF file]
 

• Kerry, C., Roughan, M.(2020). Downstream Evolution of the East Australian Current System: Mean Flow, Seasonal, and Intra-annual Variability. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans (Vol. 125, Issue 5). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JC015227 [PDF file]
 

• Archer, M., Schaeffer, A., Keating, S., Roughan, M., Holmes, R., & Siegelman, L. (2020). Observations of submesoscale variability and frontal subduction within the mesoscale eddy field of the Tasman Sea. Journal of Physical Oceanography. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-19-0131.1 [PDF file]
 

• Schilling, H., Everett, J., Smith, J., Hughes, J., Roughan, M., Kerry, C.,, & Suthers, I. (2020). Multiple spawning events promote increased larval dispersal of a predatory fish in a western boundary current. Fisheries Oceanography. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/fog.12473 [PDF file]
 

• Garcia-Echauri, L. L., Liggins, G., Cetina-Heredia, P., Roughan, M., Coleman, M. A., & Jeffs, A. (2020). Future ocean temperature impacting the survival prospects of post-larval spiny lobsters. Environmental Research (Vol. 156, p. 104918). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2020.104918 [PDF file]
 

• Malan, N., Archer, M., Roughan, M., Cetina-Heredia, P., Hemming, M., Rocha, C., Schaeffer, A., Suthers, I., & Queiroz, E. (2020). Eddy-Driven Cross-Shelf Transport in the East Australian Current Separation Zone. Journal of Geophysical Research (Vol. 125, Issue 2). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2019jc015613 [PDF file]
 

• Lara-Lopez, A., Moltmann, T., Jones, E., Lowe, R., Melbourne-Thomas, J., Proctor, R., & Roughan, M. (2020). Building multidisciplinary collaboration in coastal and ocean modelling and observation in Australasia. Journal of Marine Systems (Vol. 206, p. 103319). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2020.103319 [PDF file]
 

• Kerry, C., Roughan, M., & Powell, B. (2020). Predicting the submesoscale circulation inshore of the East Australian Current. Journal of Marine Systems (Vol. 204, p. 103286). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2019.103286 [PDF file]
 

• Schaeffer, A., Archer, M., Baumard, Q., Roughan, M., & Kerry, C. (2020). An assessment of the East Australian Current as a renewable energy resource. Journal of Marine Systems (Vol. 204, p. 103285). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2019.103285 [PDF file]
 

• Joao Marcos Azevedo Correia de Souza, Phellipe Couto, Rafael Soutelino & Moninya Roughan (2020). Evaluation of four global ocean reanalysis products for New Zealand waters-A guide for regional ocean modelling. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00288330.2020.1713179 [PDF file]
 

2019

• Elzahaby, Y., & Schaeffer, A. (2019). Observational Insight Into the Subsurface Anomalies of Marine Heatwaves. Frontiers in Marine Science (Vol. 6). [PDF file]
 

• Kaiser, B. A., Hoeberechts, M., Maxwell, K. H., Eerkes-Medrano, L., Hilmi, N., Safa, A., Horbel, C., Juniper S K., Roughan M., ... Paruru, D. (2019). "The Importance of Connected Ocean Monitoring Knowledge Systems and Communities". Frontiers in Marine Science. [PDF file]
 

• Testor, P., de Young, B., Rudnick, D. L., Glenn, S., Hayes, D., Lee, C. M., Pattiaratchi, C., ... Roughan, M., Schaeffer, A. ... Wilson, D. (2019). "OceanGliders: A Component of the Integrated GOOS". Frontiers in Marine Science. pdf
 

• Todd, R. E., Chavez, F. P., Clayton, S., Cravatte, S., Goes, M., ... Roughan, M. ... Zhang, L. (2019). "Global Perspectives on Observing Ocean Boundary Current Systems". Frontiers in Marine Science. pdf
 

• Lee, K., Smoothey, A., Harcourt, R., Roughan, M., Butcher, P. & Peddemors, V. (2019). "Environmental drivers of abundance and residency of a large migratory shark, Carcharhinus leucas, inshore of a dynamic western boundary current.". Marine Ecology Progress Series, 622, 121-137. pdf
 

• Oke, P. R., Roughan, M., Cetina-Heredia, P., Pilo, G. S., Ridgway, K. R., Rykova, T., Archer, R. M., Coleman, R. C., Kerry, C. G., Rocha, C., Schaeffer, A., Vitarelli, E. (2019). "Revisiting the circulation of the East Australian Current: Its path, separation, and eddy field.". Progress in Oceanography, 176. pdf
 

• Cetina-Heredia, P., Roughan, M., van Sebille, E., Keating, S., & Brassington, G. B. (2019). "Retention and Leakage of Water by Mesoscale Eddies in the East Australian Current System". Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 0(0), 1–16. doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JC014482 pdf
 

• Bailey, K., Steinberg, C., Davies, C., Galibert, G., Hidas, M., McManus, M. A., Murphy, T., Newton, J., Roughan, M., Schaeffer, A. (2019). "Coastal Mooring Observing Networks and Their Data Products: Recommendations for the Next Decade". Frontiers in Marine Science. pdf
 

• Roughan, M., Schaeffer A., Cresswell, G. (2019) "The East Australian Current". In: "Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences", 3rd Edition, Eds: J. K. Cochran, H. Bokuniewicz, P. Yager, Elsevier.
 

• O'Callaghan, J., Stevens, C., Roughan, M., Sutton, P., Garrett, S., Giorli, G., Smith, R.O., Currie, K.I., Suanda, S.H., Williams, M. and Bowen, M., Fernandez D., Vennell R., Knight B.R., Barter P., McComb P., Oliver M., Livingston M., Tellier P., Meissner A., Brewer M., Gall M., Nodder S.D., Decima M., Souza J., Forcén-Vazquez A., Gardiner S., Paul-Burke K., Chiswell S., Roberts J., Hayden B., Biggs B., and Macdonald H. (2019) "Developing an Integrated Ocean Observing System for New Zealand" Frontiers in Marine Science, 6:143. pdf
 

• Cetina-Heredia, P., Roughan, M., Liggins, G., Coleman, M.A. & Jeffs, A. (2019) " Mesoscale circulation determines broadspatio-temporal settlement patterns of lobster " PLOS One 14(2):e0211722. pdf

 

• Malan, N., Durgadoo, J. V., Biastoch, A., Reason, C., & Hermes, J. (2019) Multidecadal wind variability drives temperature shifts on the Agulhas Bank. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. pdf

 

• d'Hotman, J. S., Malan, N., Collins, C., Vos, M., Lumpkin, R., Morris, T., & Hermes, J. (2019) The use of a jet reference frame to analyze drifter trajectories in the Agulhas Current. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 2018JC014850 pdf

 

• Rocha, C., Edwards, C. A., Roughan, M., Cetina-Heredia, P., & Kerry, C. (2019) "A high-resolution biogeochemical model (ROMS 3.4 + bio_Fennel) of the East Australian Current system " Geosci. Model Dev., 12, 441-456 pdf

 

• Xiao, Z., Wang, X. H., Roughan, M., & Harrison, D (2019) "Numerical modelling of the Sydney Harbour Estuary, New South Wales: Lateral circulation and asymmetric vertical mixing" Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 217, pp132-147, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2018.11.004 pdf

 

2018

• Roughan M., Kerry C., McComb P., (2018) "Shelf and Coastal Ocean Observing and Modeling Systems: A New Frontier in Operational Oceanography". In: "New Frontiers in Operational Oceanography" E. Chassignet, A. Pascual, J. Tintoré, and J. Verron, Eds., GODAE OceanView, 91-116, doi:10.17125/gov2018.ch04. pdf
 

• Sloyan, B., Roughan M., Hill K., (2018) "The Global Ocean Observing System". In: "New Frontiers in Operational Oceanography" E. Chassignet, A. Pascual, J. Tintoré, and J. Verron, Eds., GODAE OceanView, 75-90, doi:10.17125/gov2018.ch03.
 

• Kerry, C., Roughan, M. and Powell B. (2018) "Observation impact in a regional reanalysis of the East Australian Current system." Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 11 October 2018. doi.org/10.1029/2017JC013685 pdf

 

• Lee, K.A, Roughan, M., Malcolm, H.A., Otway, N.M. (2018) "Assessing the Use of Area- and Time-Averaging Based on Known De-correlation Scales to Provide Satellite Derived Sea Surface Temperatures in Coastal Areas" Frontiers in Marine Science: Ocean Observation 6 August 2018 https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2018.00261 pdf

 

• Archer, M.R., Keating, S.R., Roughan, M., Johns, W.E., Lumpkin, R., Beron-Vera, F. & Shay, L.K. (2018) The kinematic similarity of two western boundary currents revealed by sustained high-resolution observations Geophysical Research Letters, Vol 45, May 2018. doi.org/10.1029/2018GL078429 pdf

 

• Lee, K., Roughan, M., Harcourt, R., & Peddermores, V. (2018). Environmental correlates of relative abundance of potentially dangerous sharks in nearshore areas of southeastern Australia. Marine Ecology Progress Series , https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12611

 

• Cetina-Heredia, P., van Sebille, E., Matear, Richard J. , Roughan, M. (2018) "Nitrate Sources, Supply, and Phytoplankton Growth in the Great Australian Bight: An Eulerian-Lagrangian Modeling Approach" J. Geophys. Research. 123 (2), 759-772 (Q1) pdf

 

2017

• Archer, M., Roughan, M., Keating, S. & Schaeffer, A. (2017) "On the Variability of the East Australian Current: Jet Structure, Meandering, and Influence on Shelf Circulation" J. Geophys. Research. DOI: 10.1002/2017JC013097

 

• Wyatt, L.R, Mantovanelli, A., Heron, M.L., Roughan, M. and Steinberg, C.R. (2017) "Assessment of surface currents measured with high-frequency phased-array radars in two regions of complex circulation." IEEE, J. Ocean Engineering, Vol.43, Issue 2, pp.484-505, doi:10.1109/JOE.2017.2704165. pdf

 

• Schaeffer, A. & Roughan, M. (2017) "Sub-surface intensification of marine heatwaves off southeastern Australia: the role of stratification and local winds." Geophysical Research Letters, DOI: 10.1002/2017GL073714. pdf

 

• Coleman, M.A., Cetina-Heredia, P., Roughan, M., Feng, M., van Sebille, E. and Kelaher, B.P. (2017) "Anticipating changes to future connectivity within a network of marine protected areas" Global Change Biology, doi: 10.1111/gcb.13634 pdf

 

• Roughan, M., Keating, S. R., Schaeffer, A., Cetina Heredia, P. , Rocha, C. , Griffin, D., Robertson, R. and Suthers, I.M. (2017) "A tale of two eddies: The biophysical characteristics of two contrasting cyclonic eddies in the East Australian Current System." J. Geophys. Res. Oceans., 122, doi:10.1002/2016JC012241. pdf

 

• Mantovanelli, A., Keating, S., Wyatt, L., Roughan, M.& Schaeffer, A. (2017) Lagrangian and Eulerian characterization of two counterrotating submesoscale eddies in a western boundary current. Accepted manuscript online: 13 April 2017. DOI: 10.1002/2016JC011968 pdf

 

• Schaeffer, A., Gramoulle, A., Roughan, M. & Mantovanelli, A. (2017) Characterizing frontal eddies along the East Australian Current from HF radar observations. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans. Accepted manuscript online: 13 April 2017. DOI: 10.1002/2016JC012171 pdf

2016

• Kerry, C. , Powell, B. Roughan, M. and Oke, P. (2016) "Development and evaluation of a high-resolution reanalysis of the East Australian Current region using the Regional Ocean Modelling System (ROMS 3.4) and Incremental Strong-Constraint 4-Dimensional Variational (IS4D-Var) data assimilation�. Geosci. Model Dev, 9, 3779-3801, doi:10.5194/gmd-9-3779-2016. pdf
 
• Macdonald, H. S., Roughan, M., Baird, M.E. and Wilkin, J. (2016) �The formation of a cold-core eddy in the East Australian Current� Continental Shelf Res. doi:10.1016/j.csr.2016.01.002
 
• Amandine Schaeffer, Moninya Roughan, Tim Austin, Jason D. Everett, David Griffin, Ben Hollings, Edward King, Alessandra Mantovanelli, Stuart Milburn, Benedicte Pasquer, Charitha Pattiaratchi, Robin Robertson, Dennis Stanley, Iain Suthers, Dana White. Mean hydrography on the continental shelf from 26 repeat glider deployments along Southeastern Australia. Scientific Data 3 , Article number: 160070 (2016) doi:10.1038/sdata.2016.70 pdf
 
• Schaeffer, A., Roughan, M., Jones, E., and White, D.: Physical and biogeochemical spatial scales of variability in the East Australian Current separation zone from shelf glider measurements, Biogeosciences, 13, 1967-1975, 2016. pdf
 
• Queiroz, E. V., Carvalho, J. B. (2016) Determining wave direction using curvature parameters. MethodsX, 3, 53-61, doi: 10.1016/j.mex.2016.01.003
 
• Wood, J.E., Schaeffer, A., Roughan, M., P.M. Tate (2016) Seasonal variability in the continental shelf waters off southeastern Australia: fact or fiction? Continental Shelf Research 112, 92-103 doi:10.1016/j.csr.2015.11.006

2015

• Armbrecht, L.H., Schaeffer, A., Roughan, M., Armand, L.K. (2015) Interactions between seasonality and oceanic forcing drive the phytoplankton variability in the tropical-temperate transition zone (~30�S) of Eastern Australia. J. Marine Systems 144, p 92-106 doi: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2014.11.008
 
• Armbrecht, L.H., Thompson, P.A., Wright, S.W., Schaeffer, A., Roughan, M., Henderiks, J., Armand, L.K., (2015) Comparison of the cross-shelf phytoplankton distribution of two oceanographically distinct regions off Australia. J. Marine Systems 148, p 26-38 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2015.02.002
 
• Cetina-Heredia, P., Roughan M., van Sebille E., Feng M., Coleman M. A, (2015) Strengthened currents override the effect of warming on lobster larval dispersal & survival. Global Change Biology DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13063
 
• Everett, J. D., H. S. Macdonald, M.E. Baird, J. Humphries, M. Roughan, I. M. Suthers, (2015) Cyclonic entrainment of pre-conditioned shelf waters into a Frontal Eddy. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 120, doi:10.1002/2014JC010301.
 
• Johnston, E. L., Mayer-Pinto, M., Hutchings, P., Marzinelli, E. M., Ahyong S., Birch, G., Booth, D. J., Creese, R. G., Doblin, M. A., Figueira, W., Gribben, P., Pritchard, T., Roughan, M., Steinberg, P. D., Hedge L. H. (2015) Sydney Harbour: what we do and do not know about a highly diverse estuary. Marine & Freshwater Res. 66(12) 1073-1087. pdf
 
• Mayer-Pinto, M., Johnston, E.L., M., Hutchings, P., Marzinelli, E. M., Ahyong S., Birch, G., Booth, D. J., Creese, R. G., Doblin, M. A., Figueira, W., Gribben, P., Pritchard, T., Roughan, M., Steinberg, P. D., Hedge L. H. (2015) Sydney Harbour: a review of anthropogenic impacts on the biodiversity and ecosystem function of one of the world’s largest natural harbours. Marine Freshwater Res. 66(12) 1088-1105. pdf
 
• Moninya Roughan, Amandine Schaeffer & Iain Suthers. Sustained Ocean Observing along the Coast of Southeastern Australia: NSW-IMOS 2007-2014. Chapter 6. Coastal Ocean Observing Systems. December 2015. pdf
 
• Oke, P. R.; Proctor, R.; Rosebrock, U.; Brinkman, R.; Cahill, M. L.; Coghlan, I.; Divakaran, P.; Freeman, J.; Pattiaratchi, C.; Roughan, M.; Sandery, P. A.; Schaeffer, A. & Wijeratne, S. (2015): ‘The Marine Virtual Laboratory: enabling efficient ocean model configuration’, Geoscientific Model Development Discussions, 8, 9741-9768, doi:10.5194/gmdd-8-9741-2015
 
• Schaeffer, A.and Roughan, M. (2015) Influence of a Western Boundary Current on shelf dynamics and upwelling from repeat glider deployments. Geophys. Res. Lett. 42, 121-128, doi:10.1002/2014GL062260.
   

2014

• Armbrecht, L. H., Roughan, M., Rossi, V., Schaeffer, A., Davies, P. L., Waite, A. M. and Armand, L. K. (2014) Phytoplankton composition under contrasting oceanographic conditions in a biological hotspot: Solitary Islands Marine Park (Eastern Australia)’ Continental Shelf Research 75, pages 54-67. doi:10.1016/j.csr.2013.11.024.
 
• Cetina Heredia, P. M. Roughan E. Van Sebille, M.A. Coleman, (2014) ‘Long-term trends in the East Australian Current separation latitude and eddy driven transport.J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 119, doi:10.1002/2014JC010071.
 
• Everett, J.D., Baird, M.E., Roughan, M., Suthers, I.M., Doblin, M.A. 2014. Relative impact of seasonal and oceanographic drivers on surface chlorophyll a along a Western Boundary Current. Progress in Oceanography 120. (2014) 340–351
 
• Lynch, T.P., Morello, E.B., Evans, K., Richardson, A., Rochester, W., Steinberg, C. R., Roughan, M., Thompson, P., Middleton J. F., Feng, M., Sherrington, R., Brando, V., Tilbrook B., Ridgway, K., Allen, S., Doherty, P., Hill, K., Moltmann, T.C.Z. (2014) 'IMOS National Reference Stations: A continental scale physical, chemical, biological coastal observing system.' PLoS ONE 9(12): e113652. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0113652
 
• Rossi, V., Schaeffer, A.,. Wood, J., Galibert, G., Morris, B., Sudre, J., Roughan, M. & Waite, A. 2014 Seasonality of sporadic physical processes driving temperature and nutrient high-frequency variability in the coastal ocean off southeast Australia. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans Volume 119, Pages: 1-19. doi:10.1002/2013JC009284.
 
• Schaeffer, A., M.Roughan,and J. E.Wood (2014), Observed bottom boundary layer transport and uplift on the continental shelf adjacent to a western boundary current, J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 119, doi:10.1002/2013JC009735
 
• Verges, A., Steinberg, P., Hay, M., Poore, P., Campbell, A., Ballesteros, E., Heck, K., Booth, D., Coleman, M., Feary, D., Figueira, W., Langlois, T., Marzinelli, E., Mizerek, T., Mumby, P., Nakamura, Y., Roughan, M., van Sebille, E., Sen Gupta, A., Smale, D., Tomas, F., Wernberg, T. and Wilson, S. 2014. The tropicalization of temperate marine ecosystems: climate-mediated changes in herbivory and community phase shifts Proc. R. Soc. B 2014 281, 20140846, published 9 july 2014
 

2013

• Coleman, M., Feng, M., Roughan, M., Cetina-Heredia, P. & Connell, S. D.: Temperate shelf water dispersal by Australian boundary currents: Implications for population connectivity. Limnology and Oceanography: Fluids and Environments † 3 (2013): 295–309 † DOI 10.1215/21573689-2409306q 2013 by the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography, Inc.
 
• Macdonald,H. S. , Roughan, M., Baird, M. E. and Wilkin., J. 2013. A numerical modeling study of the East Australian Current encircling and overwashing a warm-core eddy. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans Volume 118, Issue 1, January 2013, Pages: 301–315, Article first published online : 30 JAN 2013, DOI: 10.1029/2012JC008386. pdf
 
• Rossi, V., M. Feng, C. Pattiaratchi, M. Roughan, and A. M. Waite, On the factors influencing the development of sporadic upwelling in the Leeuwin Current system. Journal of Geophysical research , Vol. 118, 1-14, doi:10.1002/jgrc.20242, 2013.
 
• Rossi, V., M. Feng, C. Pattiaratchi, M. Roughan and A. M. Waite (2013), Linking synoptic forcing and local mesoscale processes with biological dynamics off Ningaloo Reef, J. Geophys. Res. Oceans. 118, 1211–1225, doi:10.1002/jgrc.20110.
 
• Roughan, M., Schaeffer, A. & Kioroglou, S. 2013. Assessing the design of the NSW-IMOS Moored Observation Array from 2008-2013: Recommendations for the future. IEEE Conference, San Diego.
 
• Schaeffer, A., Roughan & Morris, B. 2013. Cross-shelf dynamics in a Western Boundary Current. Implications for Upwelling. J. of Phys. Oceanogr. , 43, 1042–1059, https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-12-0177.1
 
• Schaeffer, A., Roughan & Morris, B. 2014. CORRIGENDUM. J. Phys. Oceanogr., vol. 44, 2812–2813. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-14-0091.1
 
• Waite, A. M., Rossi, V., Roughan, M., Tilbrook, B., Akl, J., Thompson, P. A., Feng, M., Wyatt, A. S. J., and Raes, E. J.: Formation and maintenance of high-nitrate, low pH layers in the Eastern Indian Ocean and the role of nitrogen fixation, Biogeosciences Discuss., 10, 3951-3976, doi:10.5194/bgd-10-3951-2013, 2013. pdf
 
• Wood, J.E., Roughan, M. & Tate, P., B. 2013. Annual cycling in wind, temperature and along shore currents on the Sydney shelf. Submitted to Coasts and Ports, September 11-13, 2013; Sydney, NSW, Australia.
 

2012

• Gillanders, B.M., Elsdon. T.S. & Roughan, M. 2012. Connectivity of Estuaries. 2012. Volume 7: Functioning of Ecosystems at the Land–Ocean Interface (pp 119-142)
 
• Wood, JE, Roughan, M & Tate, PM, 2012, 'Finding a proxy for wind stress over the coastal ocean', Marine and Freshwater Research, vol. 63, no. 6, pp. 528 - 544, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MF11250.
 

2011

• Mark E. Baird, I. M. Suthers, D. A. Griffin, B. Hollings, C. Pattiaratchi, J. D. Everett, M. Roughan, K. Oubelkheir, M. Doblin. 2011. The effect of surface flooding on the physical-biogeochemical dynamics of a warm-core eddy off southeast Australia. Deep Sea Research II 58 (2011) 592–605
 
• Coleman MA, Roughan M, Macdonald H, Connell SD, Gillanders BM, Kelaher BP and Steinberg PD (2011) Variation in the strength of continental boundary currents determines patterns of large-scale connectivity in kelp. J. Ecol. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2011.01822.x A, IF=4.69 Top 9% Ecology. Cited in F1000 as a paper in the top 2% of its field. (F1000 Site Here)
 
• Roughan, M., H.S. Macdonald, M.E. Baird, T.M. Glasby. 2011. Modelling coastal connectivity in a Western Boundary Current: Seasonal and inter- annual variability. Deep-Sea Research II (2011), doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.06.004
 
• I. M. Suthers, J. W. Young, M. E. Baird, M. Roughan, J. D. Everett, G. B. Brassington, M. Byrne, S. A. Condie, J. R. Hartog, C. S. Hassler, A. J. Hobday, N. J. Holbrook, H. A. Malcolm, P. R. Oke, P. A. Thompson, K. Ridgway. 2011. The strengthening East Australian Current, its eddies and biological effects - An introduction and overview. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography. 58 (2011) 538–546.
 
• Syahailatua, A. Roughan, M. and I. M. Suthers. 2011. Characteristic ichthyoplankton taxa in the separation zone of the East Australian Current: larval assemblages as tracers of coastal mixing. Deep Sea Research II (2011), doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.10.004
 
• Roughan, M. and Morris, B.D. 2011. Using high-resolution ocean timeseries data to give context to long term hydrographic sampling off Port Hacking, NSW, Australia  (Conference Paper). 2011, Article number 6107032 MTS/IEEE Kona Conference, OCEANS'11; Kona, HI; United States
 

2010 and prior

• Baird, M. E. Roughan, M. Brander R. W. Middleton, J. H. and Nippard, G. J. 2004: Mass-transfer-limited nitrate uptake on a coral reef flat, Warraber Island, Torres Strait, Australia.
  Coral Reefs 23, 386- 396 doi:10.1007/s00338-004-0404-z
 
• Brix, H., Hench, J., Johnson, H. L., Johnston, T.M.S. Polton, J.A. Roughan, M. Testor, P., 2003: An International Perspective on Postgraduate Education in Physical Oceanography. Oceanography. 16, 128-133
 
• Largier, J. L., Lawerence C, Roughan, M., Kaplan, D, E. P. Dever, C. Dorman, R. Kudela, S. Bollens, F. P. Wilkerson, RC Dugdale, LW Botsford, N Garfield, B Kuebel-Cervantes, D Koracin 2006: WEST - a northern California study of the role of wind-driven transport in the productivity of coastal plankton communities.
  West Special Issue Deep Sea Research 53(2006) 2833-2849, doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2006.08.018
 
• Lynch, T.P., Roughan, M., McLaughlan, D et al. 2008. A National Reference Station infrastructure for Australia - using telemetry and central processing to report multi-disciplinary data streams for monitoring marine ecosystem response to climate change. OCEANS 2008 Conference Pages: 367-374
 
• McCabe, R. M. P. Estrade, J. H. Middleton, W. K. Melville, M. Roughan, L. Lenain. 2010. Temperature variability in a shallow, tidally-isolated coral reef lagoon. J. Geophysical Res. doi:10.1029/2009JC006023
 
• Roughan, M., B. D. Morris, I. Suthers. 2010. NSW-IMOS: An Integrated Marine Observing System for Southeastern Australia. 2010 IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci. 11 012030 doi: 10.1088/1755-1315/11/1/012030
 
• Roughan, M. Garfield, N., Largier, J., Dever, E., Dorman, C., Peterson, D., Dorman J. 2006 Transport and retention in an upwelling region: the role of across-shelf structure. West Special Issue Deep Sea Research 53(2006) 2931-2955, doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2006.07.015 .
 
• Roughan, M. Mace, A.J. Largier J.L. Morgan, S.G. and Fisher, J.L. 2005: Sub-surface recirculation & larval retention in the lee of a small headland: A variation on the upwelling shadow theme.
  J. Geophysical Reseach Oceans 110, C10027, doi:10.1029/2005JC002898
 
• Roughan, M. Terrill, E. J. Largier J. L. and Otero, M. P. 2005: Observations of divergence and upwelling around Pt Loma, California.
  J. Geophysical Research Oceans 110, C04011, doi:10.1029/2004JC002662
 
• Roughan, M. and Middleton, J.H., 2004: On the East Australian Current; Variability, encroachment and upwelling.
  J. Geophysical Research Oceans 109, C07003, doi:10.1029/2003JC001833
 
• Roughan, M. Oke, P.R. and Middleton, J.H., 2003: A modelling study of the climatological current field and the trajectories of upwelled particles in the East Australian Current.
  Journal of Physical Oceanography 33, (12) 2551-2564.
 
• Roughan, M. and Middleton, J.H., 2002: A comparison of observed upwelling mechanisms off the east coast of Australia.
  Continental Shelf Research 22, 2551-2572.