Publications

  1. Smith AJR, Witherspoon S, Ratnarajah L, Cutter GR, Macaulay GJ, Hutton B, King R, Kawaguchi S, Cox MJ (in review) Antarctic krill vertical migration has a minor contribution to particulate organic carbon flux. Science.

  2. Nelson T, Smith AJR, Ratnarajah L, Corkill M, Townsend AT, Kawaguchi S, Lannuzel D (in review) Antarctic krill play a key role in iron recycling and export in the Southern Ocean. Frontiers in Marine Science.

  3. Ratnarajah L, Abu-Alhaija R, Atkinson A, Aumont O, Batten S, Bax N, Bernard K, Canonico G, Cornils A, Everett J, Grigoratou M, Irrison J-O, Ishak NHA, Johns D, Kudela R, Lombard F, Muller-Karger F, Muxagata E, Ostle C, Pitois S, Richardson A, Schmidt K, Stemmann L, Swadling K, Yang G, Yebra L (2023) Monitoring and modelling zooplankton in a changing climate. Nature Communications.  

  4. Pham A, Aumont O, Ratnarajah L, Tagliabue A (2022) Examining the interaction between free-living bacteria and iron in the global ocean. Global Biogeochemical Cycles.  

  5. Ratnarajah L, Puigcorbé V, Moreau S, Janssens J, Corkill M, Duprat L, Genovese C, Roca-Marti M, Lieser J, Masqué P, Lannuzel D (2022) Distribution and export of particulate organic carbon in East Antarctic coastal polynyas. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans.  

  6. Smith AJR, Nelson T, Ratnarajah L, Genovese C, Westwood K, Holmes T, Corkill M, Townsend AT, Bell E, Wuttig K, Lannuzel D (2022) Identifying potential sources of iron-binding ligands in coastal Antarctic environments and the wider Southern Ocean. 35 (11): 1-10. Frontiers in Marine Science.

  7. Smith AJR, Ratnarajah L, Holmes T, Wuttig K, Townsend AT, Westwood K, Cox M, Bell E, Nicol S, Lannuzel D (2021) Circumpolar Deep Water and shelf sediments support late summer microbial iron remineralisation. 35 (11): 1-10. Global Biogeochemical Cycles.  

  8. Satterthwaite EV, Bax NJ, Miloslavich P, Ratnarajah L, Canonico G, Dunn D, Simmons SE, Carini RJ, Evans K, Allain V, Appeltans W, Batten S, Benedetti-Cecchi L, Bernard ATF, Bristol S, Benson A, Buttigieg PL, Gerhardinger LC, Chiba S, Davies TE, Duffy JE, Giron-Nava A, Hse AJ, Kraberg AC, Kudela RM, Lear D, Montes E, Muller-Karger FE, O’Brien TD, Obura D, Provoost P, Pruckner S, Rebelo LM, Selig ER, Kjesbu OS, Starger C, Stuart-Smith RD, Vierros M, Waller J, Weatherdon LV, Wellman TP and Zivian A (2021) Establishing the foundation for the global observing system for marine life. Frontiers in Marine Life. 8 (737416): 1-19.

  9. Ratnarajah L (2021) Regenerated iron: How important are different zooplankton groups to oceanic productivity.Current Biology. 31 (13): R848-R850.

  10. Ratnarajah L, Blain S, Boyd P, Obernosterer I, Fourquez M, Tagliabue A (2021) Resource co-limitation drives competition between phytoplankton and bacteria in the Southern Ocean. Geophysical Research Letters. 48 (1): 1-11.

  11. Cavan E, Belcher A, Atkinson A, Hill SL, Kawaguchi S, McCormack S, Meyer B, Nicol S, Ratnarajah L, Schmidt K, Steinberg DK, Tarling GA, Boyd P (2019) The importance of Antarctic krill in biogeochemical cycles. Nature Communications. 10 (1): 1-13. 

  12. Moreau S, Lannuzel D, Janssen J, Arroyo M, Corkill M, Genovese C, Lenton A, Puigcorbe V, Ratnarajah L, Rintoul S, Roca-Martí M, Shadwick EH, Strutton PG, Tilbrook B (2019) Sea ice meltwater and circumpolar deep water drive contrasting productivity in three Antarctic polynyas. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 124 (5): 2943-2968.

  13. Ratnarajah L, Nicol S, Bowie AR (2018) Pelagic iron recycling in the Southern Ocean: Exploring the contribution of marine animals. Frontiers in Marine Science. 5 (109): 1-9. 

  14. Ratnarajah L, Lannuzel D, Townsend AT, Meiners KM, Nicol S, Friedlaender AS, Bowie AR (2017) Physical speciation and solubility of iron from baleen whale faecal material. Marine Chemistry. 194: 79-88.

  15. Ratnarajah L, Nicol S, Bowie AR (2016c) Nutrient recycling: Are Antarctic krill a previously overlooked source? Current Biology. 26 (19): R884-R887.

  16. Ratnarajah L, Nicol S, Kawaguchi, S, Townsend AT, Lannuzel D, Meiners KM, Chever, F, Bowie AR (2016b)Understanding variability in the iron concentration of Antarctic krill. Limnology and Oceanography. 61 (5): 1651-1660.

  17. Ratnarajah L, Melbourne-Thomas J, Marzloff MP, Bowie AR, Lannuzel D, Meiners KM, Chever F, Nicol S (2016a) A preliminary model of iron fertilisation by baleen whales and Antarctic krill in the Southern Ocean: sensitivity of primary productivity estimates to parameter uncertainty. Ecological Modelling 320: 203-212.

  18. Ratnarajah L, Bowie AR, Lannuzel D, Meiners KM, Nicol S (2014) The biogeochemical role of baleen whales and krill in Southern Ocean nutrient cycling. PLos ONE  9 (12). 1-18.

  19. Boyero L, et al. Biotic and abiotic variables influencing plant litter breakdown in streams: a global study. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 283 (1829): 1-10.

  20. Boyero L, Barmuta L, Ratnarajah L, Schmidt K, & Pearson RG. (2012) Effects of exotic riparian vegetation on leaf breakdown by shredders: a tropical-temperate comparison. Freshwater Science 31 (2): 296-303.

  21.  Boyero L, et al. (2011) A global experiment suggests climate warming will not accelerate litter decomposition in streams but might reduce carbon sequestration. Ecology Letters 14 (3): 289-294.

  22. Ratnarajah L and Barmuta L.A (2009) The effects of leaf toughness on feeding preference by two Tasmanian shredders. Hydrobiologia 636 (1):173-178.

  23. Yule, CM, Leong, MY, Liew, KC, Ratnarajah L, Schmidt, K, Wong, HM, Pearson, R and Boyero, L (2009) Shredders in Malaysia: abundance and richness are higher in cool upland tropical streams. Journal of North American Benthological Society 28 (2): 404-415.