Orpin, Alan R., and Ridd, Peter V. (2012) Exposure of inshore corals to suspended sediments due to wave-resuspension and river plumes in the central Great Barrier Reef: a reappraisal. Continental Shelf Research, 47. . pp. 55-67.

Ridd, Peter V., Orpin, Alan R., Stieglitz, Thomas C., and Brunskill, Gregg J. (2011) Will reducing agricultural runoff drive recovery of coral biodiversity and macroalgae cover on the Great Barrier Reef? Ecological Applications, 21 (8). pp. 3332-3335.

Stewart, Lachlan K., Kostylev, Vladmir E., and Orpin, Alan R. (2009) Windows-based software for optimising entropy-based groupings of textural data. Computers & Geosciences, 35 (7). pp. 1552-1556.

Wang, Yonghong, Ridd, Peter V., Heron, Mal L., Stieglitz, Thomas C., and Orpin, Alan R. (2007) Flushing time of solutes and pollutants in the central Great Barrier Reef lagoon, Australia. Marine and Freshwater Research, 58 (8). pp. 778-791.

Anthony, Kenneth R.N., Ridd, Peter V., Orpin, Alan R., Larcombe, Piers, and Lough, Janice (2004) Temporal variation of light availability in coastal benthic habitats : effects of clouds, turbidity, and tides. Limnology and Oceanography, 49 (6). pp. 2201-2211.

Orpin, Alan R., Ridd, Peter V., Thomas, Séverine, Anthony, Kenneth R.N., Marshall, Paul, and Oliver, Jamie (2004) Natural turbidity variability and weather forecasts in risk management of anthropogenic sediment discharge near sensitive environments. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 49 (7). pp. 602-612.

Orpin, Alan R., Brunskill, G.J., Zagorskis, I., and Woolfe, K.J. (2004) Patterns of mixed siliciclastic–carbonate sedimentation adjacent to a large dry-tropics river on the central Great Barrier Reef shelf, Australia. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 51 (5). pp. 665-683.

Berkelmans, Ray, Hendee, Jim C., Marshall, Paul A., Ridd, Peter V., Orpin, Alan R., and Irivine, Duncan (2002) Automatic weather stations: tools for managing and monitoring potential impacts to coral reefs. Marine Technology Society Journal, 36 (1). pp. 29-38.

Neil, David T., Orpin, Alan R., Ridd, Peter V., and Yu, Bofu (2002) Sediment yield and impacts from river catchments to the Great Barrier Reef lagoon. Marine and Freshwater Research, 53 (4). pp. 733-752.

Woolfe, K.J., Larcombe, P., Orpin, A.R., and Purdon, R.G. (2000) Spatial variability in fluvial style and likely responses to sea level change, Herbert River, Queensland. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 47 (4). pp. 689-694.