Recent Publications: John Melack

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Meixner, T., C. Gutmann, R. Bales, A. Leydecker, J. Sickman, J. Melack and J. McConnel. Multidecadal hydrochemical response of a Sierra Nevada watershed: Sensitivity to weathering rate and changes in deposition. J. Hydrology 285: 272-285
Aizen, V.B., E.M. Aizen , J.M. Melack, K.J. Kreutz, L.D. Cecil. Association between atmospheric circulation patterns and firn-ice core records from the Inilchek glacierized area, central Tien Shan, Asia. J. Geophys. Res. 109: D08304 (doi:10.1029/2003JD003894)
Melack, J.M., L.L. Hess, M. Gastil, B.R. Forsberg, S.K. Hamilton, I.B.T. Lima and E.M.L.M. Novo. Regionalization of methane emissions in the Amazon basin with microwave remote sensing. Global Change Biol. 10: 530-544
Melack, J. M. Remote sensing of tropical wetlands. Pages 319-343. In S. Ustin (ed.) Manual of Remote Sensing, 3 edition. Vol 4. Remote Sensing for Natural Resources Management and Environmental Monitoring. John Wiley & Sons, New York.
Hamilton, S.K., S.J. Sippel and J.M. Melack. Seasonal inundation patterns in two large savanna floodplains of South America: the Llanos de Moxos (Bolivia) and the Llanos del Orinoco (Venezuela and Colombia). Hydrological Processes 18: 2103-2116.
Melack, J.M. and L.L. Hess. Remote sensing of wetlands on a global scale. SIL News 42: 1-5
Novo, E.M.L.M., W. Pereira Filho and J.M. Melack. Assessing the utility of spectral band operators to reduce the impact of total suspended solids on the relationship between chlorophyll concentration and the bidirectional reflectance factor of Amazon waters. Int. J. Remote Sens. 25:5105-5115
Melack, J.M. Floodplain lakes and reservoirs in tropical and subtropical South America: Limnology and human impacts. Pages 241-257. In P. O'Sullivan and C. Reynolds (eds.) Lakes Handbook vol. 2
Melack, J.M. and A. Leydecker. Episodic variations in nutrient concentrations in coastal California streams. Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 29: 1049-1053.
Robinson, T.H., A. Leydecker, A.A. Keller and J.M. Melack. Steps towards modeling nutrient export in coastal California streams with a Mediterranean climate. Agricultural Water Management 77: 144-158.
Robinson, T.H., A. Leydecker, J.M. Melack and A.A. Keller. Nutrient concentrations in coastal streams and variations with land use in the Carpinteria Valley, California. Pages 811-823. In O. Magoon, H. Converse, B. Baird, B. Jines, and M. Miller-Hessen (eds), Conference Proceedings - California and the World Ocean 2002. American Society of Civil Engineers.
Beighley, E., T. Dunne and J.M. Melack. Understanding and modeling basin hydrology: Interpreting the hydrogeological signature. Hydrological Processes 19: 1333-
Miller A.E., J.P. Schimel, T. Meixner, J.O. Sickman and J.M. Melack. Episodic rewetting enhances carbon and nitrogen release from chaparral soils. Soil Biology and Biogeochemistry 37: 2195-2204.
Novo, E.L.M.N., L.G. Guimaraes, C. Barbosa, C. Carvalho, E.E. Sano, Y. Shimabukuro, A. Huete, C. Potter, D.A. Roberts, L.L. Hess, J.M. Melack, H. Yoshioka, S. Klooster, V. Kumar, R. Myneni, P. Ratana, K. Didan and T. Miura. Téchnicas avançadas de sensoriamento remoto aplicadas ao estudo de mudanças climáticas e ao funcionamento dos ecossistemas amazônicos. Acta Amazonica 35: 259-272.
Alsdorf, D., T. Dunne, J.M. Melack, L. Smith and L. Hess. Diffusion modeling of recessional flow on central Amazonian floodplains. Geophysical Research Letters 32: L21405, doi:10.1029/2005GL024412
Taulbee, W.K., S.D. Cooper and J.M. Melack. Effects of nutrient enrichment on algal biomass across a natural light gradient. Arch. Hydrobiol. 164: 449-464.
X, T. Meixner, J.O. Sickman, A.E. Miller, J.P. Schimel and J.M. Melack. Decadal-scale dynamics of water, carbon and nitrogen in a California chaparral ecosystem: DAYCENT modeling results. Biogeochemistry 77:217-245.
Novo, E.M.L.M. C.C.F. Barbosa, R.M. Freitas, Y.E. Shimabukuro, J.M. Melack and W. P. Filho. Seasonal changes in chlorophyll distributions in Amazon floodplain lakes derived from MODIS images. Limnology doi 10.1007/s10201-006-0179-8
Melack, J.M. 2006. Biodiversity in inland aquatic ecosystems: natural gradients and human-caused impoverishment. Chapter 14, pages 182-190. M. Leybourne and A. Gaynor (eds.) Water: histories, cultures, ecologies, University of Western Australia Press.
Downing, J.A., Y.T. Praire, J.J. Cole, C.M. Duante, L.J. Tranvik, R.G. Stiegl, W.H. McDowell, P. Kortelainen, N.F. Caraco, J.M. Melack and J. Middleburg. The global abundance and size distribution of lakes, ponds, and impoundments. Limnol. Oceanogr. 51: 2388-2397.

Selected Publications: John Melack