List of works - Paul S. Kench

A commentary on coastal research in New Zealand universities

article

Active Sediment Generation on Coral Reef Flats Contributes to Recent Reef Island Expansion

scientific article published on 20 November 2020

Carbonate production of an emergent reef platform, Warraber Island, Torres Strait, Australia

article

Caribbean-wide decline in carbonate production threatens coral reef growth

scientific article (publication date: 2013)

Changing dynamics of Caribbean reef carbonate budgets: emergence of reef bioeroders as critical controls on present and future reef growth potential

scientific article published in December 2014

Climate-forced sea-level lowstands in the Indian Ocean during the last two millennia

scientific article published in 2019

Conservation of low-islands: high priority despite sea-level rise. A comment on Courchamp et al.

scientific article

Coral islands defy sea-level rise over the past century: Records from a central Pacific atoll

scholarly article

Coral reef islands can accrete vertically in response to sea level rise

scientific article published on 10 June 2020

Destruction or persistence of coral atoll islands in the face of 20th and 21st century sea-level rise?

article by Roger McLean & Paul S. Kench published 20 July 2015 in Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: WIREs Climate Change

Estimating rates of biologically driven coral reef framework production and erosion: a new census-based carbonate budget methodology and applications to the reefs of Bonaire

article

Evidence for coral island formation during rising sea level in the central Pacific Ocean

scholarly article

Formation and adjustment of typhoon-impacted reef islands interpreted from remote imagery: Nadikdik Atoll, Marshall Islands

Future Reef Growth Can Mitigate Physical Impacts of Sea-Level Rise on Atoll Islands

scientific article published on 01 September 2017

Geological effects of tsunami on mid-ocean atoll islands: The Maldives before and after the Sumatran tsunami

scientific article

Heavy metal contamination of coastal lagoon sediments: Fongafale Islet, Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu

scientific article published on 5 November 2013

Holocene reef growth in the Maldives: Evidence of a mid-Holocene sea-level highstand in the central Indian Ocean

article

Impacts of Cyclone Yasi on nearshore, terrigenous sediment-dominated reefs of the central Great Barrier Reef, Australia

article

Implications of reef ecosystem change for the stability and maintenance of coral reef islands

Improving understanding of the spatial dimensions of biophysical change in atoll island countries and implications for island communities: A Marshall Islands’ case study

Linking reef ecology to island building: Parrotfish identified as major producers of island-building sediment in the Maldives

scholarly article

Loss of coral reef growth capacity to track future increases in sea level

scientific article published in Nature

Massive corals maintain a positive carbonate budget of a Maldivian upper reef platform despite major bleaching event

Mucus Sugar Content Shapes the Bacterial Community Structure in Thermally Stressed Acropora muricata

scientific article

Multi-decadal shoreline changes in response to sea level rise in the Marshall Islands

article by Murray R. Ford & Paul S. Kench published September 2015 in Anthropocene

Nearshore hydrodynamics, beachface cobble transport and morphodynamics on a Pacific atoll motu

New model of reef-island evolution: Maldives, Indian Ocean

article

Patterns of island change and persistence offer alternate adaptation pathways for atoll nations

scientific article published on 9 February 2018

Physical and Numerical Modeling of Infragravity Wave Generation and Transformation on Coral Reef Platforms

scientific article published in March 2019

Physical modelling of reef island topographic response to rising sea levels

Physical modelling of the response of reef islands to sea-level rise

scholarly article

Predicting wave overtopping thresholds on coral reef-island shorelines with future sea-level rise

scientific article published in Nature Communications

Rapid reef island formation and stability over an emerging reef flat: Bewick Cay, northern Great Barrier Reef, Australia

article

Regional-scale dominance of non-framework building corals on Caribbean reefs affects carbonate production and future reef growth

scientific article published on 23 December 2014

Reply to: Climate did not drive Common Era Maldivian sea-level lowstands

scientific article published in 2021

Sand cay evolution on reef platforms, Mamanuca Islands, Fiji

Skeletal extension and calcification of reef-building corals in the central Indian Ocean

scientific article published on 11 August 2012

Spatial and temporal variations in wave characteristics across a reef platform, Warraber Island, Torres Strait, Australia

scientific article published in June 2004

Spatiotemporal variability of typhoon impacts and relaxation intervals on Jaluit Atoll, Marshall Islands

scientific article

Storm-deposited coral blocks: A mechanism of island genesis, Tutaga island, Funafuti atoll, Tuvalu

article

Sustained coral reef growth in the critical wave dissipation zone of a Maldivian atoll

scientific article published on 11 January 2022

The dynamic response of reef islands to sea-level rise: Evidence from multi-decadal analysis of island change in the Central Pacific

article

Time scales and modes of reef lagoon infilling in the Maldives and controls on the onset of reef island formation

scientific article

Water flow buffers shifts in bacterial community structure in heat-stressed Acropora muricata.

scientific article

List of works by Paul S. Kench

A commentary on coastal research in New Zealand universities

Active Sediment Generation on Coral Reef Flats Contributes to Recent Reef Island Expansion

Carbonate production of an emergent reef platform, Warraber Island, Torres Strait, Australia

Caribbean-wide decline in carbonate production threatens coral reef growth

Changing dynamics of Caribbean reef carbonate budgets: emergence of reef bioeroders as critical controls on present and future reef growth potential

Climate-forced sea-level lowstands in the Indian Ocean during the last two millennia

Conservation of low-islands: high priority despite sea-level rise. A comment on Courchamp et al.

Coral islands defy sea-level rise over the past century: Records from a central Pacific atoll

Coral reef islands can accrete vertically in response to sea level rise

Destruction or persistence of coral atoll islands in the face of 20th and 21st century sea-level rise?

Estimating rates of biologically driven coral reef framework production and erosion: a new census-based carbonate budget methodology and applications to the reefs of Bonaire

Evidence for coral island formation during rising sea level in the central Pacific Ocean

Formation and adjustment of typhoon-impacted reef islands interpreted from remote imagery: Nadikdik Atoll, Marshall Islands

Future Reef Growth Can Mitigate Physical Impacts of Sea-Level Rise on Atoll Islands

Geological effects of tsunami on mid-ocean atoll islands: The Maldives before and after the Sumatran tsunami

Heavy metal contamination of coastal lagoon sediments: Fongafale Islet, Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu

Holocene reef growth in the Maldives: Evidence of a mid-Holocene sea-level highstand in the central Indian Ocean

Impacts of Cyclone Yasi on nearshore, terrigenous sediment-dominated reefs of the central Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Implications of reef ecosystem change for the stability and maintenance of coral reef islands

Improving understanding of the spatial dimensions of biophysical change in atoll island countries and implications for island communities: A Marshall Islands’ case study

Linking reef ecology to island building: Parrotfish identified as major producers of island-building sediment in the Maldives

Loss of coral reef growth capacity to track future increases in sea level

Massive corals maintain a positive carbonate budget of a Maldivian upper reef platform despite major bleaching event

Mucus Sugar Content Shapes the Bacterial Community Structure in Thermally Stressed Acropora muricata

Multi-decadal shoreline changes in response to sea level rise in the Marshall Islands

Nearshore hydrodynamics, beachface cobble transport and morphodynamics on a Pacific atoll motu

New model of reef-island evolution: Maldives, Indian Ocean

Patterns of island change and persistence offer alternate adaptation pathways for atoll nations

Physical and Numerical Modeling of Infragravity Wave Generation and Transformation on Coral Reef Platforms

Physical modelling of reef island topographic response to rising sea levels

Physical modelling of the response of reef islands to sea-level rise

Predicting wave overtopping thresholds on coral reef-island shorelines with future sea-level rise

Rapid reef island formation and stability over an emerging reef flat: Bewick Cay, northern Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Regional-scale dominance of non-framework building corals on Caribbean reefs affects carbonate production and future reef growth

Reply to: Climate did not drive Common Era Maldivian sea-level lowstands

Sand cay evolution on reef platforms, Mamanuca Islands, Fiji

Skeletal extension and calcification of reef-building corals in the central Indian Ocean

Spatial and temporal variations in wave characteristics across a reef platform, Warraber Island, Torres Strait, Australia

Spatiotemporal variability of typhoon impacts and relaxation intervals on Jaluit Atoll, Marshall Islands

Storm-deposited coral blocks: A mechanism of island genesis, Tutaga island, Funafuti atoll, Tuvalu

Sustained coral reef growth in the critical wave dissipation zone of a Maldivian atoll

The dynamic response of reef islands to sea-level rise: Evidence from multi-decadal analysis of island change in the Central Pacific

Time scales and modes of reef lagoon infilling in the Maldives and controls on the onset of reef island formation

Water flow buffers shifts in bacterial community structure in heat-stressed Acropora muricata.