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Publications Help: FAQ Refereed journal papers Staff In press | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 Contact | 1995-8 (RSG staff are in bold) In press Data portal Shutler, J.D., Smyth, T.J., Saux-Picart, S., Wakelin, S.L., Hyder, P., Orekhov, P., Grant, M.G., Tilstone, News G.H. & Allen, J.I. (in press) Evaluating the ability of a hydrodynamic ecosystem model to capture inter- and intra-annual spatial characteristics of chlorophyll-a in the north east Atlantic. Journal of Marine Manage My Account Systems. doi: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2011.03.013 Tilstone, G.H., Angel-Benavides, I.M., Pradhan, Y., Shutler, J.D., Groom, S. & Sathyendranath, S. (in PML RSG press) An assessment of chlorophyll-a algorithms available for SeaWiFS in coastal and open areas of the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea Remote Sensing of Environment. doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2011.04.028 UoD DSRS 2012 Shutler, J.D., Davidson, K., Miller, P.I., Swan, S., Grant, M.G. & Bresnan, E. (2012) An adaptive approach to detect high biomass algal blooms from EO chlorophyll-a data in support of harmful algal bloom monitoring. Remote Sensing Letters, 3(2), 101-110. 2011 Alve, E., Murray, J.W. & Skei, J. (2011) Deep-sea benthic foraminifera, carbonate dissolution and species diversity in Hardangerfjord, Norway: An initial assessment Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 92(1), 90-102. doi: 10.1016/j.ecss.2010.12.018 Brewin, R.J.W., Hardman-Mountford, N.J., Lavender, S.J., Raitsos, D.E., Hirata, T., Uitz, J., Devred, E., Bricaud, A., Ciotti, A. & Gentili, B. 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