Publications

Publications

Reviewed Publications:

1972 Kilham, P. and J.M. Melack. Primary northupite deposition in Lake Mahega, Uganda. Nature 238: 123.

Melack, J.M. and P. Kilham. Lake Mahega: a mesothermic sulphatochloride lake in western Uganda. Afr. J. Hydrobiol. Fish. 2: 141-150.

1974 Melack, J.M. and P. Kilham. Photosynthetic rates of phytoplankton in East African alkaline, saline lakes. Limnol. Oceanogr. 19: 743-755.

1976 Melack, J.M. Primary production and fish yields in tropical lakes. Trans. Amer. Fish. Soc. 105: 575-580.

1978 Melack, J.M. Morphometric, physical and chemical features of the volcanic crater lakes of western Uganda. Arch. Hydrobiol. 84: 430-453.

1979 Melack, J.M. Photosynthesis and growth of Spirulina platensis (Cyanophyta) in an equatorial lake (Lake Simbi, Kenya). Limnol. Oceanogr. 24: 753-760.

Melack, J.M. Temporal variability of phytoplankton in tropical lakes. Oecologia 44: 1-7.

Melack, J.M. Photosynthetic rates in four tropical African fresh waters. Freshwat. Biol. 9:555-571.

1980 Melack, J.M. An initial measurement of photosynthetic productivity in Lake Tanganyika. Hydrobiologia 72:243-247.

Simpson, H.J., R.M. Trier, C.R. Olson, D.E. Hammond, E. Ege, L. Miller and J.M. Melack. Fallout plutonium mobility in an alkaline, saline lake. Science 207: 1071-1072.

1981 Melack, J.M. Photosynthetic activity of phytoplankton in tropical African soda lakes. Pages 71-85 In: W.D. Williams, (ed.), Salt Lakes. Developments in Hydrobiology 5. Dr. W. Junk, Publ. The Hague. (Also appeared in Hydrobiologia 81: 71-85)

Liang, Y., J.M. Melack and J. Wang. Primary production and fish yields in Chinese ponds and lakes. Trans. Amer. Fish. Soc. 110: 346-350.

Schlesinger, W.H. and J.M. Melack. Transport of organic carbon in the world's rivers. Tellus 33: 172-187.

Gaudet, J.J. and J.M. Melack. Major ion chemistry in a tropical African lake basin. Freshwat. Biol. 11: 309-333.

Vareschi, E., J.M. Melack and P. Kilham. Saline waters. Pages 93-102 In: J.J. Symoens, M. Burgis and J.J. Gaudet, (eds.), The Ecology and Utilization of African Inland Waters. United Nations Environmental Programme, Nairobi.

Lemoalle, J.A., A. Adeniji, P. Compere, G.G. Ganf, J.M. Melack and J.F. Talling. Phytoplankton. Pages 37-50 In: J.J. Symoens, M. Burgis and J.J. Gaudet, (eds.), The Ecology and Utilization of African Inland Waters. United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi.

Melack, J.M., P. Kilham and T.R. Fisher. Responses of phytoplankton to experimental fertilization with ammonium and phosphate in an African soda lake. Oecologia 52: 321-326.

1982 MacIntyre, S. and J.M. Melack. Meromixis in an equatorial African soda lake. Limnol. Oceanogr. 27: 595-609.

Melack, J.M. Photosynthetic activity and respiration in an equatorial African soda lake. Freshwat. Biol. 12: 381-400.

Melack, J.M., J.L. Stoddard and D.R. Dawson. Acid precipitation and buffer capacity of lakes in the Sierra Nevada, California. Pages 465-471 In: A.J. Johnson and R.A. Clark, (eds.), Proc. Internat. Symp. on Hydrometeorology. Amer. Water Res. Assoc., Bethesda, MD.

1983 Melack, J.M. Large, deep salt lakes: a comparative limnological analysis. Pages 223-230 In: U.T. Hammer, (ed.), Saline Lakes. Developments in Hydrobiology 16. Dr. W. Junk Publ., The Hague (also appeared in Hydrobiologia 105: 223-230).

Melack, J.M. and T.R. Fisher. Diel oxygen variations and their ecological implication in Amazon floodplain lakes. Arch. Hydrobiol. 98: 422-442.

Fisher, T.R., J.M. Melack, B. Robertson, E. Hardy and L. Fernando. Vertical distribution of zooplankton and physico-chemical conditions during a 24-hour period in an Amazon floodplain lake (Lago Calado, Brazil). Acta Amazonica 13: 475-487.

1984 Livingstone, D.A. and J.M. Melack. Some lakes of subsaharan Africa. Chap. 19, pages 467-497 In: F.B. Taub, (ed.), Lake and Reservoir Ecosystems. Ecosystems of the World. v. 23, Elsevier Science Publ.

Lesack, L.F.W., R.E. Hecky and J.M. Melack. Transport of carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus and major solutes in the Gambia River, West Africa. Limnol. Oceanogr. 28: 816-830.

Talbot, M.R., D.A. Livingstone, P.C. Palmer, J. Maley, J.M. Melack, G. Delibrias and S. Gulliksin. Preliminary results from sediment cores from Lake Bosumtwi, Ghana. Paleoecology of Africa 16: 173-192.

Setaro, F.V. and J.M. Melack. Responses of phytoplankton to experimental nutrient enrichment in an Amazon lake. Limnol. Oceanogr. 28: 972-984.

Melack, J.M. Inland aquatic resources and biogeochemical cycles. Pages A15-A17 In: Science and Mission Requirements Working Group Report. Earth Observing System. NASA Tech. Memorandum 86129.

Melack, J.M. Amazon floodplain lakes: Shape, fetch and stratification. Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 22: 1278-1282.

MacIntyre, S. and J.M. Melack. Vertical mixing in Amazon floodplain lakes. Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 22: 1283-1287.

1985 Melack, J.M., J.L. Stoddard and C.A. Ochs. Major ion chemistry and sensitivity to acid precipitation of Sierra Nevada lakes. Water Resourc. Res. 21: 27-32.

Almanza, E. and J.M. Melack. Chlorophyll differences in Mono Lake (California) observable on Landsat imagery. Hydrobiologia 122:13-17.

Melack, J.M., P.H. Lenz and S.D. Cooper. The ecology of Mono Lake. Nat. Geogr. Soc. Research Reports 20: 461-470.

Melack, J.M. Interactions of detrital particulates and plankton. Pages 209-220 In: B. Davies and D. Walmsley, (eds.), Perspectives in Southern Hemisphere Limnology. Developments in Hydrobiology. 28. Dr. W. Junk Publ., The Hague. (Also appeared in Hydrobiologia 125: 209-220)

Lesack, L.F.W., J.M. Melack and R.E. Hecky. Transport of organic carbon in the Gambia River, West Africa. Pages 431-434 In: E.T. Degens and M. Kempe, (eds.), Transport of Carbon and Minerals in Major World Rivers. Part 3. Mitt. Geol.-Palaont. Inst. Univ. Hamburg. v. 58.

1986 Melack, J.M. and J.O. Sickman. Major solute chemistry of stream water and rain in a southern California chaparral watershed. Proc. Chaparral Conference, California Water Resources Center Report 62: 81-87.

Walsh, J., J.M. Melack, E. Fee, L. Slobodkin and J. Estes. Aquatic ecosystems and the biosphere. Pages 80-92 In: Space Science Board, Committee on Planetary Biology (D. Botkin, Chair), Remote Sensing of the Biosphere. National Academy Press, Washington, D.C.

Lenz, P.H., J.M. Melack, B. Robertson and E.A. Hardy. Ammonium and phosphate regeneration by the zooplankton of an Amazon floodplain lake. Freshwat. Biol. 16: 821-830.

Lenz, P.H., S.D. Cooper, J.M. Melack and D.W. Winkler. Spatial and temporal distribution patterns of three trophic levels in a saline lake. J. Plankt. Res. 8: 1051-1064.

1987 Melack, J.M. Inland aquatic environments. Chapter 4.5 In: Eos Science Steering Committee, From Pattern to Process: The Strategy of the Earth Observing System. NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.

Carder, K., J.M. Melack and M. Abbott. High-resolution Spaceborne Imaging Spectrometry: Science Opportunities for the 1990s -- Oceans and Inland Waters. Chapters 2.B2, 2.C2, 2.E3, 4B In: Imaging Spectrometry Science Advisory Group's Science Plan. NASA-JPL.

Patten, D.T., F.P. Conte, W.E. Cooper, J. Dracup, S. Dreiss, K. Harper, G.L. Hunt, P. Kilham, H.E. Klieforth, J.M. Melack and S.A. Temple (Mono Basic Ecosystem Study Committee, list alphabetically after chair). The Mono Basin Ecosystem - Effects of Changing Lake Level. National Academy Press, Washington, D.C. 272 p.

1988 Melack, J.M. Aquatic plants in extreme environments. Chap. 14, Pages 341-378, In: J.J. Symoens, (ed.), Aquatic Vegetation. Handbook of Vegetation Science. v. 15. Dr. W. Junk Publ.

Melack, J.M. Primary producer dynamics associated with evaporative concentration in a shallow, equatorial soda lake (Lake Elmenteita, Kenya). Pages 1-14 In: J.M. Melack, (ed.), Saline Lakes. Developments in Hydrobiology, Dr. W. Junk Publ., The Hague. (also appeared in Hydrobiologia 158: 1-14)

Jellison, R. and J.M. Melack. Photosynthetic activity of phytoplankton and its relation to environmental factors in hypersaline Mono Lake, Pages 69-88. In: J.M. Melack, (ed.), Saline Lakes. Developments in Hydrobiology. Dr. W. Junk Publ., The Hague. (also appeared in Hydrobiologia 158: 69-88).

Dana, G.L., C. Foley, G. Starrett, W. Perry and J.M. Melack. In situ hatching of Artemia monica cysts in hypersaline Mono Lake, Pages 183-190. In: J.M. Melack, ed., Saline Lakes. Developments in Hydrobiology. Dr. W. Junk Publ., The Hague (also appeared in Hydrobiologia 158: 183-190.)

MacIntyre, S. and J.M. Melack. Frequency and depth of vertical mixing in an Amazon floodplain lake (L. Calado, Brazil). Verh. Limnol. Verein. Limnol. 23: 80-85.

Melack, J.M. and T.R. Fisher. Denitrification and nitrogen fixation in an Amazon floodplain Lake. Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 23: 2232-2236.

Fisher, T.R., K.M. Morrissey, P.R. Carlson, L.F. Alves and J.M. Melack. Nitrate and ammonium uptake by plankton in an Amazon River floodplain lake. J. Plankt. Res. 10: 7-29.

Crill, P.M., K.B. Bartlett, J. Wilson, D.I. Sebacher, R.C. Harriss, J.M. Melack, S. MacIntyre, L. Lesack and L. Smith Morrill. Tropospheric methane from an Amazon floodplain lake. J. Geophys. Res. 93: 1564-1570.

Bartlett, K.B., P.M. Crill, D.I. Sebacher, R.C. Harriss, J.O. Wilson and J.M. Melack. Methane flux from the central Amazonian floodplain. J. Geophys. Res. 93: 1574-1582.

Lodge, D.M., J.W. Barko, D. Strayer, J.M. Melack, G.G. Mittelbach, R.W. Howarth, B. Menge and J.E. Titus. 1988. Spatial heterogeneity and habitat interactions in lake communities. Pages 181-208. In: S.R. Carpenter (ed.) Complex Interactions in Lake Communities. Springer-Verlag, New York.

Meyer, J.L., W.H. McDowell, T.L. Bott, J.W. Elwood, C. Ishizaki, J.M. Melack, B. Peckarsky, B. Peterson and P. Rublee. Elemental dynamics in streams. J.N. Am. Benthol. Soc. 7: 410-432.

Melack, J.M., M. Williams and J.O. Sickman. Episodic acidification during snowmelt in waters of the Sierra Nevada, California. Pages 426-436 In: Poppoff, L., C. Goldman, S. Loeb and L. Leopold (eds.) International Mountain Watershed Symp. Tahoe Resource Conservation District, South Lake Tahoe, California.

1989 McGurk, B.J., N.H. Berg, D. Marks, J.M. Melack and F. Setaro. Monitoring atmospheric deposition in California's Sierra Nevada: a comparison of methods. Pages 71-79. In: J.W. Delleur (ed.) Atmospheric Deposition. IAHS Publ. No. 179.

Williams, M. and J.M. Melack. Effects of spatial and temporal variation in snowmelt on nitrate and sulfate pulses in an alpine watershed. Ann. Glaciol. 13: 285-288.

Barthelmes, D., J.M. Melack, R.T. Oglesby, D.W. Smith and D. Uhlmann. The possibilities for reuse of nutrients. Pages 213-230. In: S.-O. Ryding and W. Rast (eds.). The Control of Eutrophication of Lakes and Reservoirs. UNESCO, Paris.

1990 Engle, D.L. and J.M. Melack. Floating meadow epiphyton: biological and chemical features of epiphytic material in an Amazon floodplain lake. Freshwat. Biol. 23: 479-494.

Dana, G.L., R.S. Jellison and J.M. Melack. Artemia monica egg production and recruitment in Mono Lake, California. Pages 233-243. In: F. A. Comin and T.G. Northcote (eds.) Saline Lakes. Developments in Hydrobiology. Dr. W. Junk, Publ., The Hague. (also appeared in Hydrobiologia 197: 233-243.)

Melack, J.M. and T.R. Fisher. Comparative limnology of tropical floodplain lakes with an emphasis on the central Amazon. Acta Limnologia Brasiliensia 3: 1-48.

Barmuta, L.A., S.D. Cooper, S.K. Hamilton, K.W. Kratz and J.M. Melack. Responses of zooplankton and zoobenthos to experimental acidification in a high-elevation lake (Sierra Nevada, California, U.S.A.). Freshwat. Biol. 23: 571-586.

Hess, L.L., J.M. Melack and D. Simonett. Radar detection of flooding beneath the forest canopy: a review. Int. J. Remote Sensing 11: 1313-1325.

Melack, J.M. and S.A. Pilorz. Reflectance spectra from eutrophic Mono Lake, California, measured with the Airborne Visible and Infrared Imaging Spectrometer (AVIRIS). SPIE (International Society for Optical Engineering) - Imaging Spectroscopy of the Terrestrial Environment. 1298: 202-212. (also appearded on Pages 232-242 R.O. Green (ed.). Proc. Second Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer (AVIRIS) Workshop. JPL Publ. 90-54, Pasadena, California.)

Williams, M., R. Kattelmann and J. Melack. Groundwater contributions to the hydrochemistry of an alpine basin. Pages 741-748. In: H. Lang and A. Musy (eds.) Hydrology in Mountainous Regions I. Hydrological Measurements: Water Cycle. IAHS-AIHS Publ. 193.

1991 Melack, J.M. and J.L. Stoddard. Sierra Nevada. Pages 503-530. In: D.F. Charles (ed.) Acidic Deposition and Aquatic Ecosystems: Regional Case Studies. Springer-Verlag, New York.

Melack, J.M. West overview. Pages 467-470. In: D.F. Charles (ed.). Acidic Deposition and Aquatic Ecosystems: Regional Case Studies. Springer-Verlag, New York.

Melack, J.M., S.K. Hamilton, K.W. Kratz and M.W. Williams. Ecological consequences of acidic deposition in the Sierra Nevada. Pages 47-53 In: Proceedings of Third Biennial Watershed Management Conference - California Watersheds at the Urban Interface. California Water Resources Center Report No. 75.

Williams, M. and J.M. Melack. Precipitation chemistry and ionic loading to an alpine basin, Sierra Nevada. Water Resourc. Res. 27: 1563-1574.

Williams, M. and J.M. Melack. Solute chemistry of snowmelt and runoff in an alpine basin, Sierra Nevada. Water Resourc. Res. 27: 1578-1588.

Stohlgren, T.J., J.M. Melack, A.L. Esperanza and D.J. Parsons. Atmospheric deposition and solute export in Giant Sequoia-mixed conifer watersheds in the Sierra Nevada, Califorina. Biogeochemistry 12: 207-230.

Williams, M., A. Brown and J.M. Melack. Biochemical modifications of snowpack runoff in an alpine basin. Pages 457-465 In: G. Kienitz and E. Klaghofer (eds.) Hydrological Interactions between Atmosphere, Soil and Vegetation. IAHS Publ. 204 .

Lesack, L.F. and J.M. Melack. The deposition, composition, and potential sources of major ionic solutes in rain of the central Amazon basin. Water Resourc. Res. 27: 2953-2977.

Melack, J.M. Reciprocal interactions among lakes, large rivers and climate. Pages 68-87 In: P. Firth and S. Fisher (eds.). Global Change and Freshwater Ecosystems. Springer-Verlag , New York.

Hamilton, S.K., J.M. Melack, M.F. Goodchild and W.M. Lewis, Jr. Estimation of the fractual dimension of terrain from lake size distributions. Pages 145-163 In: P.A. Carling and G.E. Petts (eds). Lowland Floodplain Rivers: Geomorphological Perspectives. John Wiley & Sons, New York.

Sickman, J.O. and J.M. Melack. Photosynthetic activity of phytoplankton in a high altitude lake (Emerald Lake, Sierra Nevada, California). Hydrobiologia 230: 37-48.

Sippel, S.J., S.K. Hamilton and J.M. Melack. Inundation area and morphometry of lakes on the Amazon River floodplain, Brazil. Arch. Hydrobiol. 123: 385-400.

1992 Melack, J.M., S.J. Sippel, D.M. Valeriano and T.R. Fisher. Environmental conditions and change on the Amazon floodplain: analysis with remotely sensed imagery. Pages 377-387. 24th Internat. Symp. on Remote Sensing of the Environment. ERIM, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Melack, J.M. and S. MacIntyre. Phosphorus concentrations, supply and limitation in tropical African lakes and rivers. Pages 1-18, In: H. Tiessen and E. Frossard (eds.) Phosphorus Cycles in Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecosystems: Africa SCOPE. Saskatchewan Inst. of Pedology, Canada.

Melack, J.M. Eutrophication and water quality in tropical floodplain lakes. (In Spanish.) Ingenieria Hidraulica en México 7: 142-147.

Jellison, R., G.L. Dana and J.M. Melack. Ecosystem responses to changes in freshwater inflow to Mono Lake, California. Pages 107-118. In: C.A. Hall, V. Doyle-Jones and B. Widawski (eds.) The History of Water: Eastern Sierra Nevada, Owens Valley, White-Inyo Mountains. White Mountain Research Station Symposium Vol. 4. Univ. of California, Los Angeles.

Melack, J.M. Wetland ecosystems monitoring - introduction. Pages 535-536. In: D.H. McKenzie, D.E. Hyatt, and V.J. McDonald (eds.) Ecological Indicators. Elsevier Applied Science, New York.

Williams, M.W., K.A. Tonnessen, J.M. Melack and Y. Daqing. Sources and spatial variation of the chemical composition of snow in the Tien Shan, PRC. Ann. Glaciol. 16: 25-32.

Wang, Y., F.W. Davis and J.M. Melack. Modeled response of L-band radar backscatter from conifer woodland to changes in their canopy volume. Int. GeoSci. Remote Sensing Symp. 1992: 776-778

1993 Sippel, S.J., J.M. Melack and B. Choudhury. Use of passive microwave satellite observations to study seasonal inundation patterns in the Pantanal wetland of Brazil. Proc. VII Simposio Brasileiro de Sensoriamento Remoto 3: 479-485.

Jellison, R.S. and J.M. Melack. Algal photosynthetic activity and its response to meromixis in hypersaline Mono Lake, California. Limnol. Oceanogr. 38: 818-837.

Williams, M.W., A.D. Brown and J.M. Melack. Geochemical and hydrological controls on the composition of surface water in a high-elevation basin, Sierra Nevada, California. Limnol. Oceanogr. 38: 775-797.

Jellison, R.S. and J.M. Melack. Meromixis in hypersaline Mono Lake, California. I. Vertical mixing and density stratification during the onset, persistence and breakdown of meromixis. Limnol. Oceanogr. 38: 1008-1019.

Jellison, R.S., L. Miller, J.M. Melack and G. Dana. Meromixis in hypersaline Mono Lake, California. II. Nitrogen fluxes. Limnol. Oceanogr. 38: 1020-1039.

Dana, G.L., R. Jellison, J.M. Melack and G.L. Starrett. Relationships between Artemia monica life history characteristics and salinity. Hydrobiologia 263: 129-143.

Melack, J.M., S.K. Hamilton and J.O. Sickman. Interannual solute variations in a high elevation lake of the Sierra Nevada, California. Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 25: 374-377

Wang, Y., F.W. Davis and J.M. Melack. Simulated and observed backscatter at P-, L- and C-bands for ponderosa pine stands. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens. 31: 871-879

Engle, D. and J.M. Melack. Consequences of riverine flooding for seston and the periphyton of floating meadows in an Amazon floodplain lake. Limnol. Oceanogr. 38: 1500-1520.

Wang, Y., J.L. Day, F.W. Davis and J.M. Melack. Modeling L-band radar backscatter of Alaskan boreal forest. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing. 31: 1146-1154

Davis, R.E., K. Elder, W. Rosenthal, J. Melack and J. Sickman. Estimating total snow volume in a small alpine watershed using remote sensing data and ground-based surveys. Proc. 50th Eastern and 61st Western Snow Conf. 197-203

1994 Sippel, S.K., S.K. Hamilton, J.M. Melack and B. Choudhury. Determination of inundation area in the Amazon River floodplain using the SMMR 37 GHz polarization difference. Remote Sensing Environ. 48: 70-76.

Kratz, K., S.D. Cooper and J.M. Melack. Effects of single and repeated experimental acid pulses on invertebrates in a high altitude Sierra Nevada stream. Freshwat. Biol. 32: 161-183

Melack, J.M., L.L. Hess and S. Sippel. Remote sensing of lakes and floodplains in the Amazon basin. Remote Sensing Reviews 10: 127-142.

Hess, L. and J. M. Melack. Mapping wetland hydrology and vegetation with synthetic aperture radar. Internt. J. Ecol. Environ. Sci. (special issue-Recent Studies on Ecology and Management of Wetlands) 20: 197-205

Melack, J.M. and M. Gastil. Comparison of spectral feature algorithms for remote sensing of chlorophyll in eutrophic lakes. Proc. of Intern. Geosci. Remote Sens. Sympos. vol. IV, pages 2363-2365

Wang, Y. L. Hess, S. Filoso and J.M. Melack. Canopy penetration study for tropical rainforests: modeled radar backscatter from Amazon floodplain forests at C-, L- and P- band. Proc. of Intern. Geosci. Remote Sens. Sympos. vol. II, pages 1060-1062

Hess, L., J.M. Melack and F. Davis. Mapping floodplain inundation with multifrequency polarimetric SAR: use of tree-based model. Proc. of Intern. Geocsci. Remote Sens. Sympos. vol. II, pages 1072-1073

Melack, J.M. and M. Gastil. Airborne visible imaging spectrometry applied to limnology: chlorophyll variation in Mono Lake. Pages 691-695. Proc. of International Symposium on Spectral Sensing Research.

Wang, Y., E.S. Kasischke, J.M. Melack, F.W. Davis and N.L. Christensen. The effects of changes in loblolly pine biomass and soil moisture on ERS-1 SAR backscatter. Remote Sensing Environ. 49: 25-31

1995 Sellers, P.J., B.W. Meeson, F.G. Hall, G. Asrar, R.E. Murphy, R.A. Schiffer, F.P. Bretherton, R.E. Dickenson, R.G. Ellingson, C.B. Field, K.F. Huemmrich, C.O. Justice, J.M. Melack. N.T. Roulet, D.S. Schimel and P.D. Try. Remote sensing of the land surface for studies of global change: models-algorithms-experiments. Remote Sensing Environ. 51: 3-26.

Lesack, L.F.W. and J.M. Melack. Flooding hydrology and mixture dynamics of lake water derived from multiple sources in an Amazon floodplain lake. Water Resourc. Res.31: 329-345

Williams, M.W., R. Bales, A.D. Brown, and J.M. Melack. Fluxes and transformations of nitrogen in a high-elevation catchment, Sierra Nevada. Biogeochemistry 28: 1-31.

Engle, D. and J.M. Melack. Zooplankton of high elevation lakes of the Sierra Nevada, California: potential effects of chronic and episodic acidification. Arch. Hydrobiol. 133: 1-21.

Wang,Y., F.W Davis, J.M. Melack, E.S. Kasischke and N.L. Christensen Jr. The effects of changes in forest biomass on radar backscatter from tree canopies. Int. J. Remote Sens. 16: 503-513.

Aizen, V.B., E.M. Aizen and J.M. Melack. Characteristics of runoff formation in the Kirgizsky Alatoo, Tien Shan. IAHS Publ. no. 228: 413-430.

Liu, F., M.W. Williams, Y. Daqing and J.M. Melack. Snow and water chemistry of a headwater alpine basin, Urumqi River, Tian Shan, China. IAHS Publ. no. 228: 207-219.

Kattelmann, R., K. Elder, J.M. Melack, E. Aizen and V. Aizen. Some surveys of snow chemistry in the Tien Shan of Kirghizstan and Kazakhstan. IAHS Publ. no. 228: 185-190.

Melack, J.M. and J. Sickman. Snowmelt induced changes in the chemistry of seven high-elevation streams, Sierra Nevada, California. IAHS Publ. no. 228: 221-234.

Melack, J.M. Transport and transformations of phosphorus in fluvial and lacustrine ecosystems. Pages 245-254 In H. Tiessen (ed.) Phosphorus Cycling in Terrestrial and Freshwater Ecosystems. SCOPE, John Wiley & Sons, New York

Fisher, T.R., J.M. Melack, J. Grobbelaar and R. Howarth. Nutrient limitation of phytoplankton and eutrophication of inland, estuarine and marine waters. Pages 301-322 In H. Tiessen (ed.) Phosphorus Cycling in Terrestrial and Freshwater Ecosystems. SCOPE, John Wiley & Sons, New York

Hess, L.L., J.M. Melack, S. Filoso and Y. Wang. Delineation of inundated area and vegetation along the Amazon floodplain with the SIR-C synthetic aperture radar. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens. 33: 896-904

Hamilton, S., S. Sippel and J.M. Melack. Oxygen depletion and carbon dioxide production in waters of the Pantanal wetland of Brazil. Biogeochemistry 30: 115-141

Mertes, A.K.L., D.L. Daniel, J.M. Melack, B. Nelson, L.A. Martinelli and B.R. Forsberg. Spatial patterns of hydrology, geomorphology and vegetation on the floodplain of the Amazon River in Brazil from a remote sensing perspective. Geomorphology 13: 215-232

Williams, M.W., D. Yang, F. Liu, J. Turk and J. Melack. Major ion chemistry and susceptibility of surface water to atmospheric deposition, Urumqi River, Tian Shan, PR China. J.Hydrology 172: 209-229.

Jellison, R.S., G.L. Dana and J.M. Melack. Zooplankton cohort analysis using systems identification techniques. J. Plankton. Res. 17: 2093-2116.

Dana, D.L., R. Jellison and J.M. Melack. Effects of different natural regimes of temperature and food on survival, growth and development of Artemia. J. Plankt. Res. 17: 2117-2131.

MacIntyre, S. and J.M. Melack. Vertical and horizontal mixing in lakes: linking littoral, benthic and pelagic habitats. J. N. Am. Benth. Soc. 14: 599-615.

Aizen, V. B., E. M. Aizen and J.M. Melack. Climate, snow cover, glaciers and runoff in the Tien Shan, central Asia. Wat. Resourc. Bull. 31: 1113-1129.

Wang,Y., S. Filoso, L. Hess and J.M. Melack. Understanding the radar backscattering from flooded and nonflooded Amazonian forests: Results from canopy modeling. Remote Sensing Environ. 54: 324-332.

Hess, L.L. and J.M. Melack. Delineation of inundated area and vegetation in wetlands with synthetic aperture radar. Pages 95-103. In C.M. Finlayson (ed.) Wetland Research in the Wet-Dry Tropics of Australia, Office of the Supervising Scientist, Australia.

1996 LaCapra V., Melack, J.M., M. Gastil, and D. Valeriano. Remote sensing of foliar chemistry of inundated rice with imaging spectrometry. Remote Sensing Environ. 55: 50-58.

Hamilton, S.K., S.J. Sippel and J.M. Melack. Inundation patterns in the Pantanal wetland of South America determined from passive microwave remote sensing. Arch. Hydrobiol. 137: 1-23.

Lesack, L.F.W. and J.M. Melack. Elemental balance of a rainforest catchment in the central Amazon basin: Implications for elemental budgets in tropical rainforests. Biogeochemistry 32: 115-142.

Romero, J.R. and J.M. Melack. Sensitivity of vertical mixing in a large saline lake to variations in runoff. Limnol. Oceanogr. 41: 955-965.

Melack, J.M. Saline and freshwater lakes of the Kenyan rift valley. Chapter 7, pages 171-190. In T.R. McClanahan and T.P. Young (eds.) East African Ecosystems and their Conservation. Oxford University Press, New York

Aizen, V., E. Aizen, J.M. Melack and T. Martma. Isotopic measurements of precipitation on central Asian glaciers. J. Geophys. Res. 101: 9185-9196

Romero, J., J. Patterson and J.M Melack. Simulation of vertical mixing via methane ebullition in saline Mono Lake. Aquatic Sciences 58: 210-223.

Melack, J.M. Recent developments in tropical limnology. Verh. Limnol. Verein. Limnol . 26: 211-217

Jellison, R., R.F. Anderson, J.M. Melack and D. Heil. Organic matter accumulation in sediments of hypersaline Mono Lake during a period of changing salinity. Limnol. Oceanogr. 41: 1539-1544

Aizen, V.B., E.M. Aizen and J.M. Melack. Precipitation, melt and runoff in the northern Tien Shan. J. Hydrology 186: 229-251

Melack, J.M., M. Gastil, Y. Azuma, A. Harahima and R. Tsuda. Remote sensing of chlorophyll, suspended solids and transparency in Lake Biwa. Jap. J. Limnol. 57: 367-375

1997 Williams, M.R., T.R. Fisher and J.M. Melack. Chemical composition and deposition of rain in central Amazonas, Brazil. Atmosph. Environ. 31: 207-217

Williams, M.R. and J.M. Melack. Atmospheric deposition, mass balances, and processes regulating streamwater solute concentrations in mixed conifer catchments of the Sierrra Nevada, California. Biogeochemistry 37: 111-144

Hamilton, S.K., S. Sippel, D.F. Calheiros and J.M. Melack. An anoxic event and other biogeochemical effects of the Pantanal wetland on the Paraguay River. Limnol. Oceanogr. 42: 257-272

Aizen, V., E. Aizen, J.M. Melack and J. Dozier. Climatic and hydrologic changes in the Tien Shan, central Asia. J. Climate 10: 1393-1404

Kasischke, E.S., J.M. Melack and M.C. Dodson. The use of imaging radar for ecological applications-a review. Remote Sensing Environ. 59: 141-156

Williams, M.R. and J.M. Melack. Solute export from forested and partially deforested catchments in the central Amazon. Biogeochemistry 38: 67-102

Melack, J.M., J. Dozier, C.R. Goldman, D. Greenland, A. Milner and R.J. Naiman. Effects of climate change on inland waters of the Pacific coastal mountains and western Great Basin of North America. Hydrological Processes 11: 971-992

Melack, J.M. Ecological consequences of the Parguay-Parana Hidrovia: Are assessments of impacts on the Pantanal adequate? Pages 139-149 In Hidrovia Paraguay-Parana Navigation Project: Report of an independent review by T. Dunne, J. Melack, B. Melia, J. and S. Paggi, T. Panayotou, H. Rattner, E. Salati and I. Klabin, T. Scudder and M. Clemens. Environmental Defense Fund, Washington, D.C.

Williams, M.R., T.R. Fisher and J.M. Melack. Solute dynamics in soil water and groundwater in a central Amazon catchment undergoing deforestation. Biogeochemistry 38: 303-335

Richey, J.E., S.R. Wilhelm, M.E. McClain, R.L. Victoria, J.M.Melack and C. Araujo-Lima. Organic matter and nutrient dynamics in river corriders of the Amazon basin and their response to anthropogenic change. Ciencia e Cultura 49: 98-110

Novo, E.M.L.M., F.A. Leite, J. Avila, V. Ballester and J.M. Melack. Assessment of Amazon floodplain habitats using TM/Landsat data. Ciencia e Cultura 49: 280-284.

Aizen, V.B., E.M.Aizen, J. Dozier, J.M. Melack, D.D. Sexton and V.N. Nesterov. Glacial regime of the highest Tien Shan mountain, Phobeda-Khan Tengry massif. J. Glaciology 43:503-512

Aizen, V., E. Aizen and J.M. Melack. Statistical models in simulation of snow and glacier runoff in central Asian alpine watersheds. Pages 19 - 38. In Northern Research Basins. Water and Environmental Research Center, Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks

1998 Melack, J.M. and L.L. Hess. Recent advances in remote sensing of wetlands. Pages 155 -170 In R.S. Ambasht (ed.) Modern Trends in Ecology and Environment. Backhuys Publisher, The Netherlands

Filoso, S., J.M. Melack and M. R. Williams. Spatial and temporal variation among lakes of the Anavilhanas Archipelago (Negro River, Brazil). Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 26:309-312

Melack, J.M. and Y. Wang. Delineation of flooded area and flooded vegetation in Balbina Reservoir (Amazonas, Brazil) with synthetic aperture radar. Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 26:2374-2377.

Sickman, J.O. and J.M. Melack. Nitrate and sulfate export from high elevation catchments of the Sierra Nevada, California. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 105:217-226.

Jellison, R.S., J. Romero and J.M. Melack. The onset of meromixis during restoration of Mono Lake, California: unintended consequences of reducing water diversions. Limnol. Oceanogr. 43:706-711.

Melack, J.M. and R. Jellison. Limnological conditions in Mono Lake: Contrasting monomixis and meromixis in the 1990s. Hydrobiologia 384:21-39.

Romero, J., R. Jellison and J.M. Melack. Stratification, vertical mixing and upward ammonium flux in hypersaline Mono Lake, California. Arch. Hydrobiol. 142:283-315.

Sippel, S.J., S.K. Hamilton, J.M. Melack and E.M.M. Novo. Passive microwave observations of inundation area and the area/stage relation in the Amazon River floodplain. Int. J. Remote Sens. 19: 3055-3074

1999 Filoso, S., M.R. Williams and J.M. Melack. Composition and deposition of throughfall in a flooded forest archipeligo (Anavilhanas, Negro River, Brazil). Biogeochemistry 45:169-195

Leydecker, A. and J.M. Melack. Evaporation from snow in the central Sierra Nevada of California. Nordic Hydrology 30: 81-108

Lewis, W.M., J.M. Melack, W.H. McDowell, M. McClain and J.E. Richey. Nitrogen yields from undisturbed watersheds. Biogeochemistry 46: 149-162

Downing, J.A., M.McClain, R. Twilley, J.M. Melack, J. Elser, N.N. Rabalais, W.M. Lewis, R.E. Turner, J. Corredor, D. Soto, A. Yanez-Arancibia and R.W. Howarth. The impact of accelerating land-use change on the N-cycle of tropical aquatic ecosystems: current conditions and projected changes. Biogeochemistry 46: 109-148

Leydecker, A., J.O. Sickman and J.M. Melack. Episodic lake acidification in the Sierra Nevada, California. Water Resources Research 35: 2793-2804

Melack, J.M. and J. Barica. Environmental aspects of eutrophication. Pages 13 - 50. In A. Mudroch (ed.) Planning and Management of Lakes and Reservoirs, An Integrated Approach to Eutrophication. Tech. Publ. Ser. 11. UNEP International Environmnental Technology Centre, Shiga, Japan

Field, C., Y. Baskin, G. Daily, F. Davis, S. Gaines, P. Matson, N. Miller, J.M. Melack. Climate Change and California Ecosystems. Union of Concerned Scientists.

Hamilton, S.K., S.J. Sippel, D.F. Calheiros and J.M. Melack. Chemical characteristics of surface waters of the southern Pantana. Pages 89-100. Natural and Socioeconomic Resources of the Pantanal: Management and Conversation. Brazilian Corporation for Agricultural Research, Brasilia, Brazil

2000 Alsdorf, D.E., J.M. Melack, T. Dunne, L.A.K. Mertes, L.L. Hess and L.C. Smith. Interferometric radar measurements of water level change: Amazon floodplain response to river stage. Nature 404: 174-177

Chambers, J.Q., N. Higuchi, L.V. Ferreira, J.M. Melack and J.P. Schimel. Decomposition and carbon cycling of dead trees in tropical evergreen forests of the central Amazon. Oecologia 122: 380-388

Engle, D. and J.M Melack. Methane emissions from the Amazon floodplain: enhanced release during episodic mixing of lakes. Biogeochemistry 51: 71-90

Aizen, E.M., V.B. Aizen and J.M. Melack. Heat exchange during snow ablation in plains and mountains of Eurasia. J. Geophysical Res. 105:27,013-27,022.

Leydecker, A. and J.M. Melack. Estimating evaporation in seasonally snow-covered catchments in the Sierra Nevada. J. Hydrology 236:15-34.

Melack, J.M. (ed.). Planning and management of lakes and reservoirs: an integrated approach to eutrophication – Abridged version – Student guide. UNEP International Technology Centre, Shiga, Japan

2001 Sickman, J.O., A. Leydecker and J.M. Melack. Nitrogen mass balances and abiotic controls on N retention and yield in high-elevation catchments of the Sierra Nevada, California, USA. Water Resources Research 37:1445-1461.

Alsldorf, D.E., L.C. Smith, and J.M. Melack. Amazon water level changes measured with interferometric SIR-C radar. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 39: 423-431.

Williams, M.R., A. Leydecker. A.D. Brown and J.M. Melack. Processes regulating the solute concentrations of snowmelt runoff in two subalpine catchments of the Sierra Nevada, California. Water Resources Research 37: 1993-2008.

Aizen, E.M., V.B. Aizen, J.M. Melack, T. Nakamura and T. Ohta. Precipitation and atmospheric circulation at mid-latitudes of Asia. Internat. Int. J. Climatology 21: 535-556

Turk, J.T., H.E. Taylor, G.P. Ingersoll, K.A. Tonnessen, D.W. Clow, M.A. Mast, D.H. Campbell and J.M. Melack. Major-ion chemistry of the Rocky Mountain snowpack, USA. Atmospheric Environ. 35: 3957-3966

Alsdorf, D., T. Dunne, L. Hess, J.M. Melack and C. Birkett. Water level changes in a large Amazon lake measured with spaceborne radar interferometry and altimetry. Geophys. Res. Let. 28: 2671-2674.

Engle, D. and J.M. Melack. Ecological consequences of infrequent events in high-elevation lakes and streams of the Sierra Nevada, California. Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 27: 3761-3765.

Melack, J.M. and B. Forsberg. Biogeochemistry of Amazon floodplain lakes and associated wetlands. Pages 235-276. In M.E. McClain, R.L. Victoria and J.E. Richey (eds.) The Biogeochemistry of the Amazon Basin and its Role in a Changing World. Oxford University Press

Leydecker, A., J.O. Sickman and J.M. Melack. Spatial scaling of hydrological and biogeochemical aspects of high-altitude catchments in the Sierra Nevada, California, U.S.A. Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research 33: 391-396

Melack, J.M. and M. Gastil. Airborne remote sensing of chlorophyll distributions in Mono Lake, California. Hydrobiologia 466: 31-38.

Jellison, R. and J.M. Melack. Nitrogen limitation and particulate elemental ratios of seston in hypersaline Mono Lake, California, U.S.A. Hydrobiologia 466: 1-12.

Jellison, R., H. Adams and J.M. Melack. Re-appearance of rotifers in hypersaline Mono Lake, California, during a period of rising lake levels and decreasing salinity. Hydrobiologia 466: 39-43.

Melack, J.M., R. Jellison and D. Herbst (eds.). Saline lakes. Developments in Hydrobiology 162. Kluwer, Netherlands. 347 p.

2002 Richey, J.E., J.M. Melack, A.K. Aufdenkampe, V.M. Ballester and L. Hess. Outgassing from Amazonian rivers and wetlands as a large tropical source of atmospheric carbon dioxide. Nature 416: 617-620.

Gergel, S.E., J.R. Miller, E.H. Stanley, J.M. Melack and M.G. Turner. Indicators of human impacts to river-floodplain systems: the importance of landscape context. Aquatic Sciences 64: 118-128.

Minster, J.B., F. Bretherton, D.H. Bromwich, J. Dozier, D. Glover, G.H. Leavesley, M.J. McCabe, J.M. Melack, W.F. Ruddiman, R.T. Serafin and C. Wunsch (Committee on Geophysical and Environmental Data, National Research Council). Resolving conflicts arising from privitization of environmental data. National Academy Press, Washington, D.C.

Hess, L.L., E.M.L.M. Novo, D.M. Slaymaker, J. Holt, C. Steffen, D.M. Valeriano, L.A.K. Mertes, T. Krug, J.M. Melack, M. Gastil, C. Holmes and C. Hayward. Geocoded digital videography for validation of land cover mapping in the Amazon basin. Int. J. Remote Sens. 7: 1527-1556.

De Souza, O.C., M.R. Aruajo, L.A.K. Mertes and J.M. Melack. Form and process along the Taquari River alluvial fan, Pantanal, Brazil. Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie 129: 73-107.

Melack, J.M. Ecological dynamics in saline lakes. Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 28: 29-40.

Sickman, J.O., J.M. Melack and J.L. Stoddard. Regional analysis of inorganic nitrogen yield and retention in high-elevation ecosystems of the Sierra Nevada and Rocky Mountains. Biogeochemistry 57/58: 341-374.

Hamilton, S.K., S.J. Sippel and J.M. Melack. Comparison of inundation patterns among major South American floodplains. J. Geophys. Res. 107, No. D20 1029/2000JD000306

Robinson, T.H., A. Leydecker, J. M. Melack and A. A. Keller. Nutrient concentrations in southern California streams related to land use. Pages 339-343. Coastal Water Resources, AWRA 2002 Spring Specialty Conference Proceedings, J.R. Lesnick (ed.). American Water Resources Association, Middleburg, Virginia.

2003 Hess, L.L. and J.M. Melack. Remote sensing of vegetation and flooding on Magela Creek floodplain (Northern Territory, Australia) with SIR-C synthetic aperture radar. Hydrobiologia (Celebratory volume in honour of Henri Dumont) 500: 65-82

Pezeshki, S.R., R.D. DeLaune, W.J. Catallo, J.A. Nyman, S.A. Milburn, K.B. Overstreet, C.A. Ochs, J.M. Melack, L. Mertes, L. Hess and B. Forsberg. Biogeochemistry of wetlands. Pages 125-156. In M.M. Holland, E. Blood and L.R. Shaffer (eds.) Sustainability of Wetlands and Water Resources. Island Press.

Hess, L.L.. and J.M. Melack. Contribution of remote sensing to international conventions regarding wetlands: Examples from the Large-Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia. Int. GeoSci. Remote Sensing Symp. 2003: no page numbers

Sickman, J.O., J.M. Melack and D. Clow. Evidence for nutrient enrichment of high-elevation lakes in the Sierra Nevada, California. Limnol. Oceanogr. 48: 1885-1892

Smith, L.K., J.M. Melack and D.E. Hammond. Carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus content and 210Pb-derived burial rates in sediments of an Amazon floodplain lake. Amazoniana (Festschrift for W. Junk) 17: 413-436

Beighley, E., J.M. Melack and T. Dunne. Impacts of California’s climatic regimes and coastal development patterns on streamflow characteristics, J. Amer. Water Resources Assoc. 29:1419-1433

Sickman, J.O., A. Leydecker, C.Y. Chang, C. Kendall, J.M. Melack, D.M. Lucero and J. Schimel. Mechanisms underlying export of N from high-elevation catchments during seasonal transitions. Biogeochemistry 64: 1-24

Hess, L.L., J.M. Melack, E.M.L.M. Novo, C.C.F. Barbosa and M. Gastil. Dual-season mapping of wetland inundation and vegetation for the central Amazon basin. Remote Sens. Environ. 87: 404-428

Robinson, T.H., A. Leydecker, A.A. Keller and J.M. Melack. Nutrient export coefficient modeling in Mediterranean coastal streams. D-191. Proc. VI Inter-regional Conference on Environment-Water, Land and Water Use Planning and Management. Centro Regional de Estudios de Agua, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Albacete, Spain

2004 Meixner, T., C. Gutmann, R. Bales, A. Leydecker, J. Sickman, J. Melack and J. McConnel. Multidecadal hydrochemical response of a Sierra Nevada watershed: Sensitivity to weathering rate and changes in deposition. J. Hydrology 285: 272-285

Aizen, V.B., E.M. Aizen , J.M. Melack, K.J. Kreutz, L.D. Cecil. Association between atmospheric circulation patterns and firn-ice core records from the Inilchek glacierized area, central Tien Shan, Asia. J. Geophys. Res. 109: D08304 (doi:10.1029/2003JD003894)

Melack, J.M., L.L. Hess, M. Gastil, B.R. Forsberg, S.K. Hamilton, I.B.T. Lima and E.M.L.M. Novo. Regionalization of methane emissions in the Amazon basin with microwave remote sensing. Global Change Biol. 10: 530-544

Melack, J. M. Remote sensing of tropical wetlands. Pages 319-343. In S. Ustin (ed.) Manual of Remote Sensing, 3 edition. Vol 4. Remote Sensing for Natural Resources Management and Environmental Monitoring. John Wiley & Sons, New York.

Hamilton, S.K., S.J. Sippel and J.M. Melack. Seasonal inundation patterns in two large savanna floodplains of South America: the Llanos de Moxos (Bolivia) and the Llanos del Orinoco (Venezuela and Colombia). Hydrological Processes 18: 2103-2116.

Melack, J.M. and L.L. Hess. Remote sensing of wetlands on a global scale. SIL News 42: 1-5

Novo, E.M.L.M., W. Pereira Filho and J.M. Melack. Assessing the utility of spectral band operators to reduce the impact of total suspended solids on the relationship between chlorophyll concentration and the bidirectional reflectance factor of Amazon waters. Int. J. Remote Sens. 25:5105-5115

2005 Melack, J.M. Floodplain lakes and reservoirs in tropical and subtropical South America: Limnology and human impacts. Pages 241-257. In P. O’Sullivan and C. Reynolds (eds.) Lakes Handbook vol. 2

Melack, J.M. and A. Leydecker. Episodic variations in nutrient concentrations in coastal California streams. Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 29: 1049-1053.

Robinson, T.H., A. Leydecker, A.A. Keller and J.M. Melack. Steps towards modeling nutrient export in coastal California streams with a Mediterranean climate. Agricultural Water Management 77: 144-158.

Robinson, T.H., A. Leydecker, J.M. Melack and A.A. Keller. Nutrient concentrations in coastal streams and variations with land use in the Carpinteria Valley, California. Pages 811-823. In O. Magoon, H. Converse, B. Baird, B. Jines, and M. Miller-Hessen (eds), Conference Proceedings - California and the World Ocean 2002. American Society of Civil Engineers.

Beighley, E., T. Dunne and J.M. Melack. Understanding and modeling basin hydrology: Interpreting the hydrogeological signature. Hydrological Processes 19: 1333-1353.

Miller A.E., J.P. Schimel, T. Meixner, J.O. Sickman and J.M. Melack. Episodic rewetting enhances carbon and nitrogen release from chaparral soils. Soil Biology and Biogeochemistry 37: 2195-2204.

Novo, E.L.M.N., L.G. Guimaraes, C. Barbosa, C. Carvalho, E.E. Sano, Y. Shimabukuro, A. Huete, C. Potter, D.A. Roberts, L.L. Hess, J.M. Melack, H. Yoshioka, S. Klooster, V. Kumar, R. Myneni, P. Ratana, K. Didan and T. Miura. Téchnicas avançadas de sensoriamento remoto aplicadas ao estudo de mudanças climáticas e ao funcionamento dos ecossistemas amazônicos. Acta Amazonica 35: 259-272.

Alsdorf, D., T. Dunne, J.M. Melack, L. Smith and L. Hess. Diffusion modeling of recessional flow on central Amazonian floodplains. Geophys. Res. Let. 32: L21405, doi:10.1029/2005GL024412

2006 Li, X, T. Meixner, J.O. Sickman, A.E. Miller, J.P. Schimel and J.M. Melack. Decadal-scale dynamics of water, carbon and nitrogen in a California chaparral ecosystem: DAYCENT modeling results. Biogeochemistry 77: 217-245

Taulbee, W.K., S.D. Cooper and J.M. Melack. Effects of nutrient enrichment on algal biomass across a natural light gradient. Arch. Hydrobiol. 164: 449-464.

Melack, J.M. Biodiversity in inland aquatic ecosystems: natural gradients and human-caused impoverishment. Chapter 14, pages 182-190. M. Leybourne and A. Gaynor (eds.) Water: histories, cultures, ecologies, University of Western Australia Press.

Downing, J.A., Y.T. Praire, J.J. Cole, C.M. Duante, L.J. Tranvik, R.G. Stiegl, W.H. McDowell, P. Kortelainen, N.F. Caraco, J.M. Melack and J. Middleburg. The global abundance and size distribution of lakes, ponds, and impoundments. Limnol. Oceanogr. 51: 2388-2397.

Novo, E.M.L.M. C.C.F. Barbosa, R.M. Freitas, Y.E. Shimabukuro, J.M. Melack and W. P. Filho. Seasonal changes in chlorophyll distributions in Amazon floodplain lakes derived from MODIS images. Limnology doi 10.1007/s10201-006-0179-8

Kemenes, A., B.R. Forsberg and J.M. Melack. Gas release below Balbina dam. Pages 663-668. In Proc. 8th Int. Conf. Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography. Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil.

• Barbosa, C.C.F., E.M.L.M. Novo, J.M. Melack, R.M. Freitas and W.P Filho. Metodologia de análise da dinâmica de área e volume inundável: O exemplo do várzea do Lago Grande de Curuai. Revista Brasileira de Cartografia 58: 200-210.

2007 Melack, J.M. (ed.) Saline waters and their biota. Special issue: Hydrobiologia 576

Cole, J.J., Y.T. Praire, N.F. Caraco, W.H. McDowell, L.J. Tranvik, R.R. Striegl, C.M. Duarte, P. Kortelainen, J.A. Downing, J. Middleburg and J.M. Melack. Plumbing the global carbon cycle: Integrating inland waters into the terrestrial carbon budget. Ecosystems doi: 10.1007/s10021-006-9013-8

Alsdorf, D, P. Bates, J.M. Melack, M.Wilson and T. Dunne. Spaital and temporal complexity of the Amazon flood measured from space. Geophys. Res. Let. 34: L08402, doi 10.1029/2007GL029447

McPhee-Shaw, E., D.A. Siegel, L. Washburn, M.A. Brzezinski, J.L. Jones, A. Leydecker and J.M. Melack. Mechanisms for nutrient delivery to the inner shelf: Observations from the Santa Barbara Channel. Limnol. Oceanogr. 52: 1748-1766.

Wilson. M.D., P.D. Bates, D. Alsdorf, B. Forsberg, M. Horritt, J. Melack, F. Frappart and J.S. Famglietti. Modeling large-scale inundation of Amazonian seasonally flooded wetlands. Geophys. Res. Let. 34: L15404, doi 10.1029/2007GL030156

Kemenes, A., B.R. Forsberg and J.M. Melack. Methane release below a hydroelectric dam. Geophys. Res. Let. 34, L12809, doi:10.1029/2007GL029479.

Miller A.E., J.P. Schimel, J.O. Sickman, T. Meixner, A.P. Doyle and J.M. Melack. Mineralization responses at near-zero temperatures in three alpine soils. Biogeochemistry 84: 233-245.

Sadro, S., M. Gastil-Buhl and J.M. Melack. Characterizing patterns of plant distribution in a southern California salt marsh using topographic and hyperspectral data and local tidal hydrodynamics. Remote Sensing Environ. 110: 226-239.

Novo, E.M.L.M., A.G. Affonso and J.M. Melack. Multi-sensor approaches to access the relationship between wetland deforestation and Amazon floodplain lake eutrophication. Proceedings of the Brazilian Society of Remote Sensing

Affonso, A.G., E.M.L.M Novo, J.M. Melack and L.L. Hess. Identificação e quantificação do desflorestamento nas áreas alagáveis nos municipios á margem do Rio Solimões/Amazonas nos estados do Pará e Amazonas. Proceedings of the Brazilian Society of Remote Sensing

2008 Kemenes, A., B.R. Forsberg and J.M. Melack. 2008. As hidrelétricas e o aquecimento global. Ciencia Hoje 41: 44-49.

Beighley, R.E., T. Dunne, J. Melack. Impacts of land use alterations on event runoff frequency distributions in southern California coastal watersheds. J. Amer.Water Resources Assoc. 44: 62-74.

Engle, D.L., J.M. Melack, R.D. Doyle and T.R. Fisher. High rates of net primary productivity and turnover for floating grasses on the Amazon floodplain: Implications for aquatic respiration and regional CO2 flux. Global Change Biology 14: 369-381.

Engle, D.L., J.O. Sickman, C.M. Moore, A.M. Esperanza, J.M. Melack, and J.E. Keeley. Biogeochemical legacy of prescribed fire in a giant sequoia–mixed conifer forest: A 16-year record of watershed balances, J. Geophys. Res., 113, G01014, doi:10.1029/2006JG000391.

Bonnet, M.P., G. Barroux, J.M. Martinez, F. Seyler, P. Moreira-Turcq, G. Cochonneau, J.M. Melack, G. Boaventura, L. Maurice-Bourgoin, J.G. Leon, E. Roux, S. Calmant, P. Kosuth, J.L. Guyot and P. Seyler. Floodplain hydrology in an Amazon floodplain lake (Lago Grande de Curuai). J. Hydrology 349: 18-30

Melack, J.M. Ecosystems: saline and soda lakes. Encyclopedia of Ecology

Silva, T.S.F., M.P.F. Costa, J.M. Melack and E.M.L.M Novo. Remote sensing of aquatic vegetation: theory and applications. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 140:131-145.

Bruce, L.C., R. Jellison, J. Imberger and J. Melack. Effect of benthic boundary layre transport on the productivity of Mono Lake, California, during a period of monomixis. Saline Systems 4:11 http://www.salinesystems.org/content/4/1/11

Duarte, C.M., Y.T. Prairie, C. Montes, J.J. Cole, R. Striegl, J. Melack, and J.A. Downing. CO2 emissions from saline lakes: A global estimate of a surprisingly large flux, J. Geophys. Res. 113: G04041, doi:10.1029/2007JG000637.

Page, H.M., D.C. Reed, M. Brzezinski, J.M. Melack and J.E. Dugan. Assessing the importance of land and marine sources of organic matter to kelp forest food webs. Marine Ecology Progress Series 360: 47-62.

2009 Zhuang, Q., J. Melack, S. Zimov, K. Walter, C.L. Butenhoff, and M.A.K. Khalil. Challenges and opportunities in quantifying global methane emissions from wetlands, rice paddies, and lakes. Eos, Trans. Amer. Geophys. U. 90: 37-38.

Miller, A.E., J.P. Schimel, J.O. Sickman, K. Skeen, T. Meixner and J.M. Melack. Seasonal variation in nitrogen uptake and turnover in two high-elevation soils: Mineralization responses are site-dependent. Biogeochemistry 93: 253-270.

MacIntyre, S. and J.M. Melack. Mixing dynamics in lakes across climatic zones. Encyclopedia of Ecology of Inland Water

Greenhouse Gas Status of Freshwater Reservoirs Working Group (C. Tucci, R. Taylor, A. Harby, J.M. Melack. Eds.) Assessment of the GHG status of freshwater reservoirs. UNESCO

Silva, T.S.S., M. Costa and J.M. Melack. Annual net primary production of macrophyres in the eastern Amazon floodplain. Wetlands 29: 747-758.

Melack, J.M. Diel variability and community metabolism in African soda lakes. Pages 153-160. In A. Oren, P. Palacios and W. Wurtsbaugh (eds.) Saline lakes around the world: Unique systems with unique values. Natural Resources and Environmental Issues. Vol. XV. S.J. and Jessie E. Quinney Natural Resources Research Library. Logan, Utah

Nelson, C.E., S. Sadro and J.M. Melack. Contrasting the influence of stream inputs and landscape position on bacterioplankton community structure and dissolved organic matter composition in high-elevation lake chains. Limnol. Oceanogr. 54: 1292-1305

Melack, J.M. and D. Engle. An organic carbon budget for an Amazon floodplain lake. Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 30:1179-1182.

Hess, L., P. Ratana, A. Huente, C. Potter and J. Melack. Use is MODIS enhanced vegetation index to detect seasonal patterns of leaf phenology in central Amazon varzea forest. IGARSS ‘2009.

Barbosa, C.C.F., E.M.L.M. Novo, J.M. Melack, M.Gastil-Buhl and W. P. Waterloo. Spatiotemporal patterns of limnological parameters on the Amazon floodplain. Limnology 10.1007/s10201-009-0305-5

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