Bainbridge, Zoe T., Olley, Jon M., Lewis, Stephen E., Stevens, Tom, and Smithers, Scott G. (2024) Tracing sources of inorganic suspended particulate matter in the Great Barrier Reef lagoon, Australia. Scientific Reports, 14. 15651.

Smithers, Scott G., and Dawson, John L. (2023) Beach reprofiling to improve reproductive output at the world's largest remaining green turtle rookery: Raine Island, northern Great Barrier Reef. Ocean and Coastal Management, 231. 106385.

Hutchings, Marissa J., Hamann, Mark, Smithers, Scott G., Daley, Emily, and Birtles, R. Alastair (2023) Color pattern complexity in dwarf minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) of the northern Great Barrier Reef of Australia. Marine Mammal Science, 39 (3). pp. 780-793.

Patricio-Valerio, Larissa, Schroeder, Thomas, Devlin, Michelle J., Yi, Qin, and Smithers, Scott (2023) Meteorological Satellite Observations Reveal Diurnal Exceedance of Water Quality Guideline Thresholds in the Coastal Great Barrier Reef. Remote Sensing, 15 (9). 2335.

Ani, Chinenye J., Smithers, Scott G., Lewis, Stephen, Baird, Mark, and Robson, Barbara (2023) eReefs modelling suggests Trichodesmium may be a major nitrogen source in the Great Barrier Reef. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 285. 108306.

Patricio-Valerio, Larissa, Schroeder, Thomas, Devlin, Michelle J., Qin, Yi, and Smithers, Scott (2022) A Machine Learning Algorithm for Himawari-8 Total Suspended Solids Retrievals in the Great Barrier Reef. Remote Sensing, 14 (14). 3503.

Wasson, R.J., Smithers, S., Saynor, M., and Nott, J. (2021) Comment on “Recasting geomorphology as a landscape science” by Slaymaker et al. (2021). Geomorphology, 389. 107852.

Cornwall, Christopher E., Comeau, Steeve, Kornder, Niklas A., Perry, Chris T., van Hooidonk, Ruben, Decarlo, Thomas M., Pratchett, Morgan S., Anderson, Kristen D., Browne, Nicola, Carpenter, Robert, Diaz-Pulido, Guillermo, D'Olivo, Juan P., Doo, Steve S., Figueiredo, Joana, Valero Fortunato, Sofia A.V., Kennedy, Emma, Lantz, Coulson A., McCulloch, Malcolm T., Gonzalez Rivero, Manuel, Schoepf, Verena, Smithers, Scott G., and Rowe, Ryan J. (2021) Global declines in coral reef calcium carbonate production under ocean acidification and warming. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 118 (21). e2015265118.

Bainbridge, Zoe, Lewis, Stephen, Stevens, Thomas, Petus, Caroline, Lazarus, Emily, Gorman, Jessica, and Smithers, Scott (2021) Measuring sediment grain size across the catchment to reef continuum: improved methods and environmental insights. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 168. 112339.

Luom, Thai Thanh, Phong, Nguyen Tan, Smithers, Scott, and Van Tai, Tang (2021) Protected mangrove forests and aquaculture development for livelihoods. Ocean & Coastal Management, 205. 105553.

Lewis, S., Bainbridge, Z., and Smithers, S. (2021) A synthesis of the changing sources, transport and delivery of sand to the Burdekin River Delta: implications for the stability of the Bowling Green spit: A Report for Water Planning Ecology, Science and Technology Division, Department of Environment and Science. Report. TropWATER, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia.

Wanger, Thomas Cherico, Ainun, Nur, Brook, Barry W., Friess, Daniel A., Oh, Rachel R.Y., Rusdin, Andi, Smithers, Scott, and Tjoa, Aiyen (2020) Ecosystem-based tsunami mitigation for tropical biodiversity hotspots. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 35 (2). pp. 96-100.

Morgan, Kyle M., Perry, Chris T., Arthur, Rudy, Williams, Hywel T.P., and Smithers, Scott G. (2020) Projections of coral cover and habitat change on turbid reefs under future sea-level rise. Proceedings Of The Royal Society B-biological Sciences, 287 (1929). 20200541.

Parnell, Kevin E., and Smithers, Scott G. (2020) Regional and local variability in coastal processes in Torres Strait, Australia, and its importance for climate change planning. Journal of Coastal Research, 95 (sp1). pp. 616-620.

Lewis, S., Bainbridge, Z., Stevens, T., Garzon-George, A., Bahador, M., Burton, J., Rezaei Rasht, M., James, C., Smithers, S., and Olley, J. (2020) What’s really damaging the Reef?: Tracing the origin and fate of the ecologically detrimental sediment and associated bioavailable nutrients. Report. Reef and Rainforest Research Centre, Cairns, QLD, Australia.

Pratchett, Morgan, Bridge, Thomas, Brodie, Jon, Cameron, Darren, Day, Jonathan, Emslie, Mike, Grech, Alana, Hamann, Mark, Heron, Scott, Hoey, Andrew, Hoogenboom, Mia, Lough, Janice, Morrison, Tiffany, Osborne, Kate, Read, Mark, Schauble, Chloe, Smithers, Scott, Sweatman, Hugh, and Waterhouse, Jane (2019) Australia's Great Barrier Reef. In: Sheppard, Charles, (ed.) World Seas: an environmental evaluation. Elsevier, London, UK, pp. 333-362.

Hopley, David, and Smithers, Scott (2019) Geomorphology of Coral Reefs with special reference to the Great Barrier Reef. In: Hutchings, Pat, Kingsford, Michael J., and Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove, (eds.) The Great Barrier Reef: biology, environment and management. CSIRO Publishing, Clayton South, VIC, Australia, pp. 9-24.

Johnson, J.A., Perry, C.T., Smithers, S.G., Morgan, K.M., and Woodroffe, S.A. (2019) Reef shallowing is a critical control on benthic foraminiferal assemblage composition on nearshore turbid coral reefs. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 533. 109240.

Ryan, E.J., Smithers, S.G., Lewis, S.E., Clark, T.R., Zhao, J.-X., and Hua, Q. (2018) Fringing reef growth over a shallow last interglacial reef foundation at a mid-shelf high island: Holbourne Island, central Great Barrier Reef. Marine Geology, 398. pp. 137-150.

Smithers, Scott, Hopley, David, and Mclean, Roger (2018) Holocene sea level on the Great Barrier Reef: reflections on four decades of debate and the legacy of the 1973 expedition to the northern great barrier reef. Atoll Research Bulletin, 2018 (619). pp. 79-103.

Harvey, Nick, and Smithers, Scott (2018) How close to the coast? Incorporating coastal expertise into decision-making on residential development in Australia. Ocean & Coastal Management, 157. pp. 237-247.

Perry, Chris T., Alvarez-Filip, Lorenzo, Graham, Nicholas A.J., Mumby, Peter J., Wilson, Shaun K., Kench, Paul S., Manzello, Derek P., Morgan, Kyle M., Slangen, Aimee B.A., Thomson, Damian P., Januchowski-hartley, Fraser, Smithers, Scott G., Steneck, Robert S., Carlton, Renee, Edinger, Evan N., Enochs, Ian C., Estrada-Saldivar, Nuria, Haywood, Michael D.E., Kolodziej, Graham, Murphy, Gary N., Perez-Cervantes, Esmeralda, Suchley, Adam, Valentino, Lauren, Boenish, Robert, Wilson, Margaret, and Macdonald, Chancey (2018) Loss of coral reef growth capacity to track future increases in sea level. Nature, 558. pp. 396-408.

Lewis, S., Bainbridge, Z., Stevens, T., Garzon-Garcia, A., Chen, C., Burton, J., Bahadon, M., Rezaei Rashti, M., Gorman, J., Smithers, S., Olley, J., Moody, P., and Dehayr, R. (2018) Sediment tracing from the catchment to reef 2016 to 2018: Flood plume, marine sediment trap and logger data time series. Report. Reef and Rainforest Research Centre, Cairns, QLD, Australia.

Cooper, Michelle, Lewis, Stephen E., Stieglitz, Thomas C., and Smithers, Scott G. (2018) Variability of the useful life of reservoirs in tropical locations: a case study from the Burdekin Falls Dam, Australia. International Journal of Sediment Research, 33. pp. 93-106.

Ryan, Emma J., Smithers, Scott G., Lewis, Stephen E., Clark, Tara R., and Zhao, Jian-xin (2018) The variable influences of sea level, sedimentation and exposure on Holocene reef development over a cross-shelf transect, central Great Barrier Reef. Diversity, 10 (4). 110. pp. 1-17.

Morgan, Kyle M., Perry, Chris T., Johnson, Jamie a., and Smithers, Scott G. (2017) Nearshore turbid-zone corals exhibit high bleaching tolerance on the Great Barrier Reef following the 2016 ocean warming event. Frontiers in Marine Science, 4. 224.

McNamara, Karen E., Westoby, Ross, and Smithers, Scott G. (2017) Identification of limits and barriers to climate change adaptation: case study of two islands in Torres Strait, Australia. Geographical Research, 55 (4). pp. 438-455.

Johnson, J.A., Perry, C.T., Smithers, S.G., Morgan, K.M., Santodomingo, N., and Johnson, K.G. (2017) Palaeoecological records of coral community development on a turbid, nearshore reef complex: baselines for assessing ecological change. Coral Reefs, 36 (3). pp. 685-700.

Cooper, Michelle, Lewis, Stephen E., and Smithers, Scott G. (2017) Spatial and temporal dynamics of suspended sediment causing persistent turbidity in a large reservoir: Lake Dalrymple, Queensland, Australia. Marine and Freshwater Research, 68 (7). pp. 1377-1390.

Perry, C.T., Kench, P.S., Smithers, S.G., Riegl, B.R., Gulliver, P., and Daniells, J.J. (2017) Terrigenous sediment-dominated reef platform infilling: an unexpected precursor to reef island formation and a test of the reef platform size island age model in the Pacific. Coral Reefs, 36 (3). pp. 1013-1021.

Ryan, E.J., Smithers, S.G., Lewis, S.E., Clark, T.R., and Zhao, J.X. (2016) The influence of sea level and cyclones on Holocene reef flat development: Middle Island, central Great Barrier Reef. Coral Reefs, 35 (3). pp. 805-818.

Ryan, E.J., Smithers, S.G., Lewis, S.E., Clark, T.R., and Zhao, J.X. (2016) Chronostratigraphy of Bramston Reef reveals a long-term record of fringing reef growth under muddy conditions in the central Great Barrier Reef. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 441 (Part 4). pp. 734-747.

Bainbridge, Zoe, Lewis, Stephen, Smithers, Scott, Wilkinson, Scott, Douglas, Grant, Hillier, Stephen, and Brodie, Jon (2016) Clay mineral source tracing and characterisation of Burdekin River (NE Australia) and flood plume fine sediment. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 16 (2). pp. 687-706.

Morgan, Kyle M., Perry, Chris T., Smithers, Scott G., Johnson, Jamie A., and Daniell, James J. (2016) Evidence of extensive reef development and high coral cover in nearshore environments: implications for understanding coral adaptation in turbid settings. Scientific Reports, 6. 29616. pp. 1-10.

Morgan, Kyle, Perry, Chris, Smithers, Scott, Johnson, Jamie, and Daniell, James (2016) Exploring the hidden shallows: extensive reef development and resilience within the turbid nearshore Great Barrier Reef. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 18. 8699.

Leonard, Nicole D., Zhao, J-x, Welsh, K.J., Feng, Y-x, Smithers, S.G., Pandolfi, J.M., and Clark, T.R. (2016) Holocene sea level instability in the southern Great Barrier Reef, Australia: high-precision U-Th dating of fossil microatolls. Coral Reefs, 35 (2). pp. 625-639.

Ryan, Emma, Lewis, Stephen E., Smithers, Scott G., Clark, Tara R., and Zhao, Jian-xin (2016) Multi-scale records of reef development and condition provide context for contemporary changes on inshore reefs. Global and Planetary Change, 146. pp. 162-178.

Morgan, Kyle M., Perry, Chris T., Smithers, Scott G., Johnson, Jamie A., and Gulliver, Pauline (2016) Transitions in coral reef accretion rates linked to intrinsic ecological shifts on turbid-zone nearshore reefs. Geology, 44 (12). pp. 995-998.

Barnett, Jon, Evans, Louisa S., Gross, Catherine, Kiem, Anthony S., Kingsford, Richard T., Palutikof, Jean P., Pickering, Catherine M., and Smithers, Scott G. (2015) From barriers to limits to climate change adaptation: path dependency and the speed of change. Ecology and Society, 20 (3). 5. pp. 1-11.

Perry, Chris T., Steneck, Robert S., Murphy, Gary N., Kench, Paul S., Edinger, Evan N., Smithers, Scott G., and Mumby, Peter J. (2015) Regional-scale dominance of non-framework building corals on Caribbean reefs affects carbonate production and future reef growth. Global Change Biology, 21 (3). pp. 1153-1164.

Dawson, John L., and Smithers, Scott G. (2014) Carbonate sediment production, transport, and supply to a coral cay at Raine Reef, northern Great Barrier Reef, Australia: a facies approach. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 84 (11). pp. 1120-1138.

Bainbridge, Zöe T., Lewis, Stephen E., Smithers, Scott G., Kuhnert, Petra M., Henderson, Brent L., and Brodie, Jon E. (2014) Fine-suspended sediment and water budgets for a large, seasonally dry tropical catchment: Burdekin River catchment, Queensland, Australia. Water Resources Research, 50 (11). pp. 9067-9087.

Perry, C.T., Smithers, S.G., Kench, P.S., and Pears, B. (2014) Impacts of Cyclone Yasi on nearshore, terrigenous sediment-dominated reefs of the central Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Geomorphology, 222. pp. 92-105.

Perry, Chris T., Murphy, Gary N., Kench, Paul S., Edinger, Evan N., Smithers, Scott G., Steneck, Robert S., and Mumby, Peter J. (2014) Changing dynamics of Caribbean reef carbonate budgets: emergence of reef bioeroders as critical controls on present and future reef growth potential. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B, Biological Sciences, 281. 20142018. pp. 1-9.

Smithers, S.G., and Hoeke, R.K. (2014) Geomorphological impacts of high-latitude storm waves on low-latitude reef islands: observations of the December 2008 event on Nukutoa, Takuu, Papua New Guinea. Geomorphology, 222. pp. 106-121.

Roche, Ronan C., Perry, Christopher T., Smithers, Scott G., Leng, Melanie J., Grove, Craig A., Sloane, Hilary J., and Unsworth, Catherine E. (2014) Mid-Holocene sea surface conditions and riverine influence on the inshore Great Barrier Reef. The Holocene, 24 (8). pp. 885-897.

Berkeley, Andrew, Perry, Chris T., Smithers, Scott G., and Hoon, Steve (2014) Towards a formal description of foraminiferal assemblage formation in shallow-water environments: qualitative and quantitative concepts. Marine Micropaleontology , 112. pp. 27-38.

Dawson, John L., Smithers, Scott G., and Hua, Quan (2014) The importance of large benthic foraminifera to reef island sediment budget and dynamics at Raine Island, northern Great Barrier Reef. Geomorphology, 222. pp. 68-81.

Browne, N.K., Smithers, S.G., and Perry, C.T. (2013) Carbonate and terrigenous sediment budgets for two inshore turbid reefs on the central Great Barrier Reef. Marine Geology, 346. pp. 101-123.

Perry, C.T., Smithers, S.G., and Gulliver, P. (2013) Rapid vertical accretion on a 'young' shore-detached turbid zone reef: Offshore Paluma Shoals, central Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Coral Reefs, 32 (4). pp. 1143-1148.

Lewis, Stephen E., Sloss, Craig R., Murray-Wallace, Colin V., Woodroffe, Colin D., and Smithers, Scott G. (2013) Post-glacial sea-level changes around the Australian margin: a review. Quaternary Science Reviews, 74. pp. 115-138.

Gulliver, Pauline, Palmer, Suzanne, Perry, Chris, and Smithers, Scott (2013) Are coral clasts from a turbid near-shore reef environment a suitable material for radiocarbon analysis? Radiocarbon, 55 (2-3). pp. 624-630.

Perry, Chris T., Murphy, Gary N., Kench, Paul S., Smithers, Scott G., Edinger, Evan N., Steneck, Robert S., and Mumby, Peter J. (2013) Caribbean-wide decline in carbonate production threatens coral reef growth. Nature Communications, 4 (1). 1402. pp. 1-7.

Browne, N.K., Smithers, S.G., and Perry, C.T. (2013) Spatial and temporal variations in turbidity on two inshore turbid reefs on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Coral Reefs, 32 (1). pp. 195-210.

Perry, C.T., Kench, P.S., Smithers, S.G., Yamano, H., O'Leary, M., and Gulliver, Pauline (2013) Time scales and modes of reef lagoon infilling in the Maldives and controls on the onset of reef island formation. Geology, 41 (10). pp. 1111-1114.

Hoeke, Ron K., McInnes, Kathleen L., Kruger, Jens C., McNaught, Rebecca J., Hunter, John R., and Smithers, Scott G. (2013) Widespread inundation of Pacific islands triggered by distant-source wind-waves. Global and Planetary Change, 108. pp. 128-138.

Browne, Nicola K., Smithers, Scott G., Perry, Chris T., and Ridd, Peter V. (2012) A field-based technique for measuring sediment flux on coral reefs: application to turbid reefs on the Great Barrier Reef. Journal of Coastal Research, 28 (5). 5. pp. 1247-1262.

Kench, P.S., Smithers, S.G., and McLean, R.F. (2012) Rapid reef island formation and stability over an emerging reef flat: Bewick Cay, northern Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Geology, 40 (4). pp. 347-350.

Dawson, John L., Hua, Quan, and Smithers, Scott G. (2012) Benthic foraminifera: their importance to future reef island resilience. In: Proceedings of the 12th International Coral Reef Symposium. 1A_1. pp. 1-7. From: 12th International Coral Reef Symposium, 9-13 July 2012, Cairns, QLD, Australia.

Browne, N.K., Smithers, S.G., and Perry, C.T. (2012) Coral reefs of the turbid inner-shelf of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia: an environmental and geomorphic perspective on their occurrence, composition and growth. Earth-Science Reviews, 115 (1-2). pp. 1-20.

Perry, C.T., Edinger, E.N., Kench, P.S., Murphy, G.N., Smithers, S.G., Steneck, R.S., and Mumby, P.J. (2012) 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. Coral Reefs, 31 (3). pp. 853-868.

Perry, C.T., Smithers, S.G., Gulliver, P., and Browne, N.K. (2012) Evidence of very rapid reef accretion and reef growth under high turbidity and terrigenous sedimentation. Geology, 40 (8). pp. 719-722.

Woodroffe, Colin D., McGregor, Helen V., Lambeck, Kurt, Smithers, Scott G., and Fink, David (2012) Mid-Pacific microatolls record sea-level stability over the past 5000 yr. Geology, 40 (10). pp. 951-954.

Parnell, K.E., Smithers, S.G., and Ischenko, L. (2012) Understanding climate change driven coastal erosion and inundation impacts on Torres Strait communities and the development of adaptation options. Report. James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia. (Unpublished)

Perry, Chris T., Kench, Paul S., Smithers, Scott G., Riegl, Bernhard, Yamano, Hiroya, and O'Leary, Michael J. (2011) Implications of reef ecosystem change for the stability and maintenance of coral reef islands. Global Change Biology, 17 (12). pp. 3679-3696.

Perry, C.T., Smithers, S.G., Roche, R.C., and Wassenburg, J. (2011) Recurrent patterns of coral community and sediment facies development through successive phases of Holocene inner-shelf reef growth and decline. Marine Geology, 289 (1-4). pp. 60-71.

Perry, Chris T., and Smithers, Scott G. (2011) Cycles of coral reef 'turn-on', rapid growth and 'turn-off' over the past 8500 years: a context for understanding modern ecological states and trajectories. Global Change Biology, 17 (1). pp. 76-86.

Smithers, Scott, and Hopley, David (2011) Coral cay classification and evolution. In: Hopley, David, (ed.) Encyclopedia of Modern Coral Reefs: structure, form and process. Encyclopedia of Earth Science . Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, pp. 237-254.

Smithers, Scott (2011) Fringing reefs. In: Hopley, David, (ed.) Encyclopedia of Modern Coral Reefs: structure, form and process. Encyclopedia of Earth Science . Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, pp. 430-446.

McNamara, K.E., Smithers, S.G., Westboy, R., and Parnell, K. (2011) Limits to Climate Change Adaptation for Low-Lying Communities in the Torres Strait. Report. National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF), Gold Coast, QLD, Australia.

Smithers, Scott (2011) Microatoll. In: Hopley, David, (ed.) Encyclopedia of Modern Coral Reefs: structure, form and process. Encyclopedia of Earth Science . Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, pp. 691-696.

Roche, Ronan C., Perry, Chris T., Johnson, Kenneth G., Sultana, Kerry, Smithers, Scott G., and Thompson, Angus A. (2011) Mid-Holocene coral community data as baselines for understanding contemporary reef ecological states. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 299 (1-2). pp. 159-167.

Smithers, Scott (2011) Moating. In: Hopley, David, (ed.) Encyclopedia of Modern Coral Reefs: structure, form and process. Encyclopedia of Earth Science . Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, pp. 711-712.

Smithers, Scott (2011) Moats. In: Hopley, David, (ed.) Encyclopedia of Modern Coral Reefs: structure, form and process. Encyclopedia of Earth Science . Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, p. 712.

Smithers, Scott (2011) Sea-level indicators. In: Hopley, David, (ed.) Encyclopedia of Modern Coral Reefs: structure, form and process. Encyclopedia of Earth Science . Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, pp. 978-991.

Palmer, S. E., Perry, Chris, Smithers, S.G., and Gulliver, P. (2010) Internal structure and accretionary history of a nearshore, turbid-zone coral reef: Paluma Shoals, central Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Marine Geology, 276 (1-4). pp. 14-29.

Browne, N.K., Smithers, S.G., and Perry, C.T. (2010) Geomorphology and community structure of Middle Reef, central Great Barrier Reef, Australia: an inner-shelf turbid zone reef subject to episodic mortality events. Coral Reefs, 29 (3). pp. 683-689.

Dawson, John L., and Smithers, Scott G. (2010) Shoreline and beach volume change between 1967 and 2007 at Raine Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Global and Planetary Change, 72 (3). pp. 141-154.

Duce, Stephanie J., Parnell, Kevin E., Smithers, Scott G., and McNamara, Karen E. (2010) A Synthesis of Climate Change and Coastal Science to Support Adaptation in the Communities of Torres Strait. Report. Reef and Rainforest Research Centre, Cairns, QLD.

Perry, C.T., and Smithers, S.G. (2010) Evidence for the episodic “turn on” and “turn off” of turbid-zone coral reefs during the late Holocene sea-level highstand. Geology, 38 (2). pp. 119-122.

Fuentes, M.M.P.B., Dawson, J.L., Smithers, Scott, Hamann, M., and Limpus, C.J. (2010) Sedimentological characteristics of key sea turtle rookeries: potential implications under projected climate change. Marine and Freshwater Research, 61 (4). pp. 464-473.

Perry, C.T., Smithers, S.G., and Johnson, K.G. (2009) Long-term coral community records from Lugger Shoal on the terrigenous inner-shelf of the central Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Coral Reefs, 28 (4). pp. 941-948.

Berkeley, Andrew, Perry, Chris, T., and Smithers, Scott G. (2009) Taphonomic signatures and patterns of test degradation on tropical, intertidal benthic foraminifera. Marine Micropaleontology , 73 (3). pp. 148-163.

Berkeley, A., Perry, C.T., Smithers, S.G., Horton, B.P., and Cundy, , A.B. (2009) Foraminiferal biofacies across mangrove-mudflat environments at Cocoa Creek, north Queensland, Australia. Marine Geology, 263 (1). pp. 64-86.

Nott, Jonathan, Smithers, Scott, Walsh, Kevin, and Rhodes, Ed (2009) Sand beach ridges record 6000 year history of extreme tropical cyclone activity in northeastern Australia. Quaternary Science Reviews, 28 (15). pp. 1511-1520.

Kench, P.S., Smithers, S.G., McLean, R.F., and Nichol, S.L. (2009) Holocene reef growth in the Maldives: evidence of a mid-Holocene sea-level highstand in the central Indian Ocean. Geology, 37 (5). pp. 455-458.

King, David, and Smithers, Scott G. (2009) Climate change migration from low-lying small island communities. In: Asrar, Ghassem, R., (ed.) Climate Sense. Tudor Rose Publishing, Leicester, UK, pp. 50-52.

Smithers, Scott G. (2009) Great Barrier Reef Islands, Geology. In: Gillespie, Rosemary G., and Clague, David A., (eds.) Encyclopedia of Islands. University of California Press, Berkeley, USA, pp. 386-388.

Perry, Chris T, and Smithers, Scott (2009) Stabilisation of intertidal cobbles and gravels by Goniastrea aspera: an analogue for substrate colonisation during marine transgressions? Coral Reefs, 28. pp. 805-806.

Berkeley, A. , Perry, C.T. , Smithers, S.G., and Horton, B.P. (2008) The spatial and vertical distribution of living (stained) benthic foraminifera from a tropical, intertidal environment, north Queensland, Australia. Marine Micropaleontology , 69 (2). pp. 240-261.

Perry, C.T., Smithers, S.G., Palmer, S.E., Larcombe, P., and Johnson, K.G. (2008) 1200 year paleoecological record of coral community development from the terrigenous inner shelf of the Great Barrier Reef. Geology, 36 (9). pp. 691-694.

Kench, P.S., Nichol, S.L., Smithers, S.G., Mclean, R.F., and Brander, R.W. (2008) Tsunami as agents of geomorphic change in mid-ocean reef islands. Geomorphology, 95 (3-4). pp. 361-383.

Perry, Chris T., Berkeley, Andrew, and Smithers, Scott G. (2008) Microfacies characteristics of a tropical, mangrove-fringed shoreline, Cleveland Bay, Queensland, Australia: sedimentary and taphonomic controls on mangrove facies development. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 78 (2). pp. 77-97.

Woodroffe, C.D., Smithers, S.G., and McGregor, H.V. (2008) Coral microatolls and their role as fixed biological indicators of Holocene sea-level changes. In: Proceedings of the Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting. GC54A-06. From: 2008 Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting, 29 July - 1 August 2008, Cairns, QLD, Australia.

Perry, C.T., Roche, R.C., Palmer, S.E., Smithers, S.G., and Johnson, K. (2008) Using coral-based records to assess the effects of terrestrially-derived sediments on reef development at the community and skeletal microarchitectural level. In: Geophysical Research Abstracts (10) From: European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2008, 13-18 April 2008, Vienne, Austria.

Berkeley, A., Perry, C.T., Smithers, S.G., Horton, B.P., and Taylor, K.G. (2007) A review of the ecological and taphonomic controls on foraminiferal assemblage development in intertidal environments. Earth-Science Reviews, 83 (3-4). pp. 205-230.

Kench, Paul S., Nichol, Scott L., McLean, Roger F., Smithers, Scott G., and Brander, Robert W. (2007) Impact of the Sumatran tsunami on the geomorphology and sediments of reef islands: South Maalhosmadulu Atoll, Maldives. Atoll Research Bulletin, 544. pp. 105-134.

Hopley, David, Smithers, Scott G., and Parnell, Kevin E. (2007) The Geomorphology of the Great Barrier Reef: development, diversity and change. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom.

Smithers, Scott G., Harvey, Nick, Hopley, David, and Woodroffe, Colin D. (2007) Vulnerability of geomorphological features in the Great Barrier Reef to climate change. In: Johnson, Johanna E., and Marshall, Paul A., (eds.) Climate Change and the Great Barrier Reef: a vulnerability assessment. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority and Australian Greenhouse Office, Townsville, QLD, Australia, pp. 667-716.

Perry, Christopher T., and Smithers, Scott G. (2006) Taphonomic signatures of turbid-zone reef development: examples from Paluma Shoals and Lugger Shoal, inshore central Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 242 (1-2). pp. 1-20.

Kench, Paul S., McLean, Roger F., Brander, Robert W., Nichol, Scott L., Smithers, Scott G., Ford, Murray R., Parnell, Kevin E., and Aslam, Mohamed (2006) Geological effects of tsunami on mid-ocean atoll islands: the Maldives before and after the Sumatran tsunami. Geology, 34 (3). pp. 177-180.

Smithers, S.G., Hopley, D., and Parnell, K.E. (2006) Fringing and nearshore coral reefs of the Great Barrier Reef: episodic Holocene development and future prospects. Journal of Coastal Research, 22 (1). pp. 175-187.

Hua, Quan, Woodroffe, Colin D., Smithers, Scott G., Barbetti, Mike, and Fink, David (2005) Radiocarbon in corals from the Cocos (Keeling) Islands and implications for Indian Ocean circulation. Geophysical Research Letters, 32 (21602). pp. 1-4.

Hua, Quan, Woodroffe, Colin D., Barbetti, Mike, Smithers, Scott G., Zoppi, Ugo, and Fink, David (2004) Marine reservoir correction for the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean. Radiocarbon, 46 (2). pp. 603-610.

Smithers, S., and Larcombe, P. (2003) Late Holocene initiation and growth of a nearshore turbid-zone coral reef: Paluma Shoals, central Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Coral Reefs, 22. pp. 499-505.

Smithers, Scott G., and Woodroffe, Colin D. (2001) Coral microatolls and 20th century sea level in the eastern Indian Ocean. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 191 (1-2). pp. 173-184.

Woodroffe, C.D., Kennedy, D.M., Hopley, D., Rasmussen, C.E., and Smithers, S.G. (2000) Holocene reef growth in Torres Strait. Marine Geology, 170 (3-4). pp. 331-346.

Smithers, Scott G., and Woodroffe, Colin D. (2000) Microatolls as sea-level indicators on a mid-ocean atoll. Marine Geology, 168 (1-4). pp. 61-78.

Crees, M.R., Kapitzke, I.R., Smithers, S.G., and Pearson, R.G. (1998) Burdekin River Kierle Road bank remediation concept design. Report. James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia.