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    Moninya Roughan
    Post Graduate Researcher

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    Education History

    • Ph.D. University of New South Wales, Australia, 2002
    • B.Sc. (Hons 1) University of New South Wales, Australia, 1998

    Research Interests

    • Upwelling in Boundary Currents
    • Flow around Headlands
    • Larval Transport
    • Circulation around Coral Reefs
    • Dispersion and Flushing in Shallow Estuaries

    Teaching Experience

      Institute for Tropical Ecology and Conservation Panama

    • Coral Reef Ecology - Bocas Del Toro Panama

      The University of New South Wales Sydney Australia

    • Introductory Marine Science MSCI 2001 UNSW
    • Coral Reefs Environment and Ecology MSCI 2005 UNSW
    • The Marine Environment GENS 5001 UNSW

    Selected Publications

    • Roughan, M., N. Garfield, J. Largier, E. Dever, C. Dorman, D. Peterson, J. Dorman, 2006:
      Transport and Retention in and Upwelling region: The role of across-shelf structure.
      Deep Sea Research Accepted 13 June 2006 Download

    • 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 Download
      **This is also available from the University of California on line Repository Here

    • 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 Download
      **This is also available from the University of California on line Repository Here

    • 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 Download
      **This is also available from the University of California on line Repository Here

    • 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. Download

    • 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. Download

    • 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 Download

    • 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 Download

    PhD Dissertation

    • On the East Australian Current: Upwelling and Separation.

    Contact Information

    Moninya Roughan
    Integrative Oceanography Division -0218
    Scripps Institution of Oceanography
    University of California, San Diego
    9500 Gilman Drive
    La Jolla, CA 92093-0218

    Tel: (858) 822-4926
    Fax: (858) 534-2997
    Email: mroughan@ucsd.edu
    Center for Coastal Studies

    Last Revised: 15 June 2006