CURRICULUM VITAE
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Name:<br />
<strong>CURRICULUM</strong> <strong>VITAE</strong><br />
Robert Curwood Aller<br />
Professional Address: School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences<br />
Stony Brook University<br />
Stony Brook, NY 11794-5000<br />
(631) 632-8746 (raller@notes.cc.sunysb.edu)<br />
Professional Academic Positions:<br />
Distinguished Professor, Marine Sciences Research Center (affiliate faculty<br />
Dept. of Geosciences) SUNY Stony Brook (1998 - present).<br />
Professor, Marine Sciences Research Center (affiliate faculty Dept. of<br />
Geosciences), SUNY Stony Brook (1986-1998)<br />
Research Associate (Professor), Geophysical Sciences, Univ. of Chicago,<br />
(1986-89)<br />
Professor, Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, (1985-86)<br />
Associate Professor (tenured),Geophysical Sciences,Univ. of Chicago,(1980-<br />
85)<br />
Assistant Professor, Geophysical Sciences, Univ. of Chicago, (1977-80)<br />
Academic Background:<br />
1977 Ph.D. Yale University, Dept. of Geology and Geophysics<br />
1974 M. Phil. Yale University, Dept. of Geology and Geophysics<br />
1972 B.S. Biology-Geology (with highest distinction), University of Rochester<br />
1972 B.A. Chemistry (with highest distinction), University of Rochester<br />
Honorary: Doctor Honoris Causa (2005, Université de la Méditerranée (Aix-<br />
Marseille II), Marseille, France)<br />
Doctor Honoris Causa (2002, Göteborg Universitet, Faculty of Natural<br />
Science, Göteborg, Sweden)<br />
American Chemical Society, Geochemistry Division Medal, 2007<br />
Fellow, American Geophysical Union (2003)<br />
Fellow, The Geochemical Society (2003)<br />
Fellow, The European Association of Geochemistry (2003)<br />
Ingerson Lecturer, The Geochemical Society, 2006<br />
Societies:<br />
The Geochemical Society, The American Society of Limnology and Oceanography<br />
American Geophysical Union, Estuarine Research Federation, American<br />
Chemical Society, AAAS (1972-1991), Sigma XI, Phi Beta Kappa, Keidaeans<br />
Fellowships / Honors:<br />
Dreyfus Foundation Teacher Scholar Grant in Chemistry (1982-86)<br />
Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow (1978-82)<br />
N.S.F. Fellow (1973-76)<br />
Yale University Fellowship (1972-73)<br />
Joseph P. O'Hern Scholarship for Travel and Study in Europe (used at<br />
Universitat Tübingen, Germany - 1972)<br />
Chemistry Department Prize, U. Rochester, (1972)
R. Aller (cont.)<br />
CNA Tuition Scholarship (1968-72, University of Rochester)<br />
General Areas of expertise:<br />
Marine Biogeochemistry and Marine Animal-Sediment Relations<br />
Active Research Interests:<br />
Bioeochemistry of marine sediments and pore waters; Tropical deltaic systems<br />
Biogeochemistry of animal-sediment interactions, Diagenetic processes<br />
Miscellaneous:<br />
Gordon Research Conference, Chemical Oceanography,<br />
Chair (2009), Vice. Chair (2007)<br />
Visiting Professor, L’Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées, EcoLab, Université Paul<br />
Sabatier, Toulouse, France (summer 2009)<br />
Associate Editor, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (1985 – 93; 2006 - present)<br />
Member Editorial Board, Geobiology, (2005- present)<br />
Member Editorial Board, Continental Shelf Research, (1982 - 2007)<br />
Scientific Advisory Board, Kristineberg Marine Research Station, (Royal<br />
Swedish Academy of Science, Sweden) (2004 - 2007)<br />
Nereis Park, V. President, (international bioturbation study group, 2001 - present)<br />
Member C. Patterson Award in Environmental Chemistry Selection Committee,<br />
Geochemical Society (July 2003 - 2006; Chair 2004-2006)<br />
RIOMAR Program Steering Committee (2000-present)<br />
Visiting Professor, Université de la Méditerranée (Aix-Marseilles II), Marseilles,<br />
(2002)<br />
Visiting Scientist, Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, AU (2000,<br />
2002)<br />
NSF Ocean Sciences Panel (2002)<br />
Associate Editor, Ichnos (1991- 2001 ; paleontology)<br />
Member, Working Group (subgroup chair), NSF FOCUS-Chemical<br />
Oceanography Program (1998)<br />
Member Scientific Committee, 4 th International Symposium, Environmental<br />
Geochemistry in Tropical Countries (2002)<br />
Member Scientific Committee, 3 rd International Symposium, Environmental<br />
Geochemistry in Tropical Countries (1999)<br />
Member ONR Review Panel, UW Bioremediation Program (1993 - 1997, Chair,<br />
1993-96)<br />
Member NSF Workshop Panel, Environmental Geochemistry &<br />
Biogeochemistry Program (Chair, Coastal Marine section) (1994)<br />
Member Goldschmidt Medal Committee of the Geochemical Society (1987-90)<br />
(Chair,1989)<br />
DOE SEEP program review panels (SEEP I (1986), SEEP II (1990))<br />
NSF COOP Program Workshop advisory group (1990)<br />
Member UNOLS Submersible Science Study Committee (1987-88)<br />
Member Working group, IGCP Project 277, "Phanerozoic oolitic ironstones"<br />
Member College Council, University of Chicago (1985-86)<br />
Member Physical Sciences Collegiate Division Governing Committee,<br />
University of Chicago (1982-86)<br />
Member ALVIN Review Committee (1982-85)<br />
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Member HEBBLE program advisory committee (ONR) (1981)<br />
Publications:<br />
1. R.C. Aller. 1974. Prefabrication of shell ornamentation in the bivalve Laternula.<br />
Lethaia 7:43-56.<br />
2. R.C. Aller and R.E. Dodge. 1974. Animal-sediment relations in a tropical<br />
lagoon, Discovery Bay, Jamaica. J. Mar. Res. 32:209-232.<br />
3. R.E. Dodge, R.C. Aller, and J. Thomson. 1974. Coral growth related to<br />
resuspension of bottom sediments. Nature 247:574- 577.<br />
4. J.G. Carter and R.C. Aller. 1975. Calcification in the bivalve periostracum.<br />
Lethaia 8:315-320.<br />
5. R.C. Aller and J.K. Cochran. 1976. 234-Th/238-U disequilibrium in near-shore<br />
sediment: particle reworking and diagenetic time scales. Earth Planet. Sci.<br />
Letters 29:37-50.<br />
6. R.C. Aller. 1977. The influence of macrobenthos on chemical diagenesis of<br />
marine sediments. Ph.D. Dissertation, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.<br />
600 pp.<br />
7. D.C. Rhoads, R.C. Aller, and M.B. Goldhaber.1977. The influence of<br />
colonizing macrobenthos on physical properties and chemical diagenesis of the<br />
estuarine seafloor. IN: B.C. Coull (ed.), "Ecology of Marine Benthos".<br />
University of S. Carolina Press; Columbia, SC. 113-138.<br />
8. M.B. Goldhaber, R.C. Aller, J.K. Cochran, J.K. Rosenfield, C.S. Martens, and<br />
R.A. Berner. 1977. Sulfate reduction, diffusion and bioturbation in Long Island<br />
Sound sediments: report of the FOAM group. Am. J. Sci. 277:193-237.<br />
9. R.C. Aller. 1978. The effects of animal-sediment interactions on geochemical<br />
processes near the sediment-water interface. IN: M. Wiley (ed.), "Estuarine<br />
Interactions". Academic Press; New York. 157-172.<br />
10. R.C. Aller. 1978. Experimental studies of changes produced by deposit<br />
feeders on pore water, sediment, and overlying water chemistry. Am. J. Sci.<br />
278:1185-1234.<br />
11. R.C. Aller and J.Y. Yingst. 1978. Biogeochemistry of tube-dwellings: a<br />
study of the sedentary polychaete Amphitrite ornata (Leidy). J. Mar. Res.<br />
36:201-254.<br />
12. J.K. Cochran and R.C. Aller. 1979. Particle reworking in sediments from the<br />
New York Bight: evidence from 234-Th/238-U disequilibrium. Est. and Coast.<br />
Mar. Sci. 9:739-747.<br />
13. L.K. Benninger, R.C. Aller, J.K. Cochran, and K.K. Turekian. 1979. Effects<br />
of biological sediment mixing on the 210-Pb chronology and trace metal<br />
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distribution in a Long Island Sound sediment core. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 43:241-<br />
259.<br />
14. R.C. Aller. 1980. Diagenetic processes near the sediment- water interface of<br />
Long Island Sound, I: Decomposition and nutrient element geochemistry (S,N,P).<br />
IN: B. Saltzman (ed.), "Physics and Chemistry of Estuaries: Studies in Long<br />
Island Sound". Advances in Geophysics, Vol. 22. Academic Press; N.Y. 235-348.<br />
15. R.C. Aller. 1980. Diagenetic processes near the sediment- water interface of<br />
Long Island Sound, II: Iron and Manganese. IN: B. Saltzman (ed.), "Physics and<br />
Chemistry of Estuaries: Studies in Long Island Sound". Advances in Geophysics,<br />
Vol. 22. Academic Press; N.Y. N.Y. 349-413.<br />
16. R.C. Aller. 1980. Relationships of tube-dwelling benthos with sediment and<br />
overlying water chemistry. IN: K.R. Tenore and B.C. Coull (eds.), "Marine<br />
Benthic Dynamics". University of South Carolina Press; Columbia, S.C. 285-308<br />
17. R.C. Aller. 1980. Quantifying solute distributions in the bioturbated zone of<br />
marine sediments by defining an average microenvironment. Geochim.<br />
Cosmochim. Acta. 44:1955-1965.<br />
18. R.C. Aller and J.Y. Yingst. 1980. Relationships of microbial distributions to<br />
the anaerobic decomposition of organic matter in surface sediments of Long<br />
Island Sound. Mar. Biol. 56:29- 42.<br />
19. W.J. Ullman and R.C. Aller. 1980. The flux of iodine from estuarine<br />
sediments and implications for the enrichment of iodine at the sediment-water<br />
interface. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. 44:1177-1184.<br />
20. R.C. Aller, L.K. Benninger, and J.K. Cochran. 1980. Tracking particle<br />
associated processes in the coastal marine environment by use of 234-Th/ 238-U<br />
disequilibrium. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 47:161-175.<br />
21. S. Krishnaswami, L.K. Benninger, R.C. Aller, and K.L. Von Damm. 1980.<br />
Atmospherically-derived radionicludes as tracers of sediment mixing and<br />
accumulation in near-shore marine and lake sediments:evidence from 7-Be, 210-<br />
Pb, and 239,240-Pu. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 47:307-318.<br />
22. K.K. Turekian, J.K. Cochran, L.K. Benninger, and R.C. Aller. 1980. The<br />
sources and sinks of nuclides in Long Island Sound. IN: B. Saltzman (ed.),<br />
"Physics and Chemistry of Estuaries: Studies in Long Island Sound". Advances in<br />
Geophysics, Vol. 22. Academic Press; N.Y. 129-164.<br />
23. R.C. Aller and L.K. Benninger. 1981. Spatial and temporal patterns of<br />
dissolved ammonium, manganese, and silica fluxes from bottom sediments of<br />
Long Island Sound, U.S.A. J. Mar. Res. 39:295-314.<br />
24. R.C. Aller. 1982. Carbonate dissolution in shallow water marine sediments:<br />
role of physical and biological reworking. J. Geol. 90:79-95.<br />
25. R.C. Aller. 1982. The effects of macrobenthos on chemical properties of<br />
marine sediments and overlying waters. IN: P.L. McCall and M.J.S. Tevesz (eds.),<br />
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"Animal-Sediment Relations: The Biogenic Alteration of Sediments." Plenum<br />
Press;N.Y. 53 -102.<br />
26. W.J. Ullman and R.C. Aller. 1982. Diffusion coefficients in nearshore<br />
marine sediments. Limnol. Oceanogr. 27:552-556.<br />
27. J.Y. Yingst and R.C. Aller. 1982. Biological activity and associated<br />
sedimentary structures in HEBBLE-Area deposits, western North Atlantic. Mar.<br />
Geol. 48:M7- M15.<br />
28. R.C. Aller. 1983. The importance of the diffusive permeability of animal<br />
burrow linings in determining marine sediment chemistry. J. Mar. Res. 41:299-<br />
322.<br />
29. J.E. Mackin and R.C. Aller. 1983. The infinite dilution diffusion coefficient<br />
for Al(OH) 4<br />
- at 25 o C. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. 47:959-961.<br />
30. W.J. Ullman and R.C. Aller. 1983. Rates of iodine remineralization in<br />
terrigenous nearshore sediments. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. 47:1423-1432<br />
31. R.C. Aller, J.Y. Yingst, and W.J. Ullman. 1983. Comparative biogeochemistry<br />
of water in intertidal Onuphis (polychaeta) and Upogebia (crustacea) burrows:<br />
temporal patterns and causes. J. Mar. Res. 41:571-604.<br />
32. R.C. Aller, J.E. Mackin, W.J. Ullman, Wang C., X. Cai, J. Jiang, Y. Sui, and J.<br />
Hong. 1983. Early chemical diagenesis and sediment-water solute exchange in the<br />
East China Sea. IN: Proceedings of International Symposium on Sedimentation on<br />
the Continental Shelf, with Special Reference to the East-China Sea, Vol. 2.<br />
Springer-Verlag; N.Y. 777-794.<br />
33. J.E. Mackin and R.C. Aller. 1984. Processes affecting the behavior of<br />
dissolved A1 in estuarine waters. Mar. Chem. 14:213- 232.<br />
34. J.E. Mackin and R.C. Aller. 1984. Diagenesis of dissolved aluminum in<br />
organic-rich estuarine sediments. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. 48:299-313.<br />
35. J.E. Mackin and R.C. Aller. 1984. Dissolved A1 in sediments and waters of<br />
the East China Sea: implications for authigenic mineral formation. Geochim.<br />
Cosmochim. Acta. 48:281-297.<br />
36. R.C. Aller and D.J. DeMaster. 1984. Estimates of particle flux and reworking<br />
at the deep-sea floor using 234-Th/238-U disequilibrium. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett.<br />
67:308-318.<br />
37. J.E. Mackin and R.C. Aller. 1984. Ammonium adsorption in marine<br />
sediments. Limnol. Oceanogr. 29:250-275.<br />
38. R.C. Aller. 1984. The importance of relict burrow structures and burrow<br />
irrigation in controlling sedimentary solute distributions. Geochim. Cosmochim.<br />
Acta. 48:1929-1934.<br />
39. R.C. Aller and J.E. Mackin. 1984. The preservation of reactive organic<br />
matter in marine sediments. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 70:260-266.<br />
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40. R.C. Aller, J.E. Mackin, W.J. Ullman, Wang, C-H., Tsai, S-M., Jin, J-C., Sui,<br />
Y-N., and Hong, J-Z. 1985. Early chemical diagenesis, sediment- water solute<br />
exchange, and storage of reactive organic matter near the mouth of the Chang<br />
Jiang, East China Sea. Continental Shelf Res. 4:227-251.<br />
41. W.J. Ullman and R.C. Aller. 1985. The geochemistry of iodine in near-shore<br />
carbonate sediments. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. 49:967-978.<br />
42. A.J. Ray and R.C. Aller. 1985. Physical irrigation of relict<br />
burrows:implications for sediment chemistry. Mar. Geol. 62:371-379.<br />
43. R.C. Aller and J.Y. Yingst. 1985. Effects of the marine deposit-feeders<br />
Heteromastus filiformis (polychaeta), Macoma balthica (bivalvia), and Tellina<br />
texana (bivalvia) on averaged sedimentary solute transport, reaction rates, and<br />
microbial distributions. J. Mar. Res. 43:615-645.<br />
44. J.Y. Aller and R.C. Aller. 1986 Evidence for localized enhancement of<br />
biological activity associated with tube and burrow structures in deep-sea<br />
sediment: HEBBLE Site, Western North Atlantic. Deep Sea Res. 33:755-790.<br />
45. R.C. Aller, J.E. Mackin, and R.T. Cox, Jr. 1986. Diagenesis of Fe and S in<br />
Amazon inner shelf muds: apparent dominance of Fe-reduction and implications<br />
for the genesis of ironstones. Continental Shelf Res.6:263-289.<br />
46. J.Y. Aller and R.C. Aller. 1986. General characteristics of benthic faunas on<br />
the Amazon inner continental shelf with comparison to the Chang Jiang River<br />
Delta, East China Sea. Continental Shelf Res. 6:291-310.<br />
47. J.E. Mackin and R.C. Aller. 1986. The effects of clay mineral reactions on<br />
dissolved A1 distributions in sediments and waters of the Amazon Shelf.<br />
Continental Shelf Res. 6:245-262.<br />
48. R.C. Aller. 1988. Benthic fauna and biogeochemical processes in marine<br />
sediments. IN: T.H. Blackburn and J. Sorensen (eds.), "Nitrogen cycling in<br />
coastal, marine environments". Wiley; N.Y. 301-338.<br />
49. W.C. Dennison, R.C. Aller, and R.S. Alberte. 1987. Influence of sediment<br />
ammonium availability on Zostera marina (eelgrass) growth. Mar. Biol. 94:469-<br />
477.<br />
50. R.C. Aller and P.D. Rude. 1988. Complete oxidation of solid phase sulfides<br />
by manganese and bacteria in anoxic marine sediments. Geochim. Cosmochim.<br />
Acta. 52:751-756.<br />
51. J.E. Mackin, R.C. Aller, and W.J. Ullman. 1988. The effects of iron<br />
reduction and nonsteady-state diagenesis on iodine, ammonium, and boron<br />
distributions in sediments from the Amazon continental shelf. Continental Shelf<br />
Res. 8:363-386.<br />
52. W.J.Ullman, G.W. Luther, R.C Aller, and J.E. Mackin. 1988. Dissolved<br />
iodine behavior in estuaries along the east coast of the United States. Marine<br />
Chemistry 25:95-106.<br />
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53. J.E. Mackin and R.C. Aller. 1989. The nearshore and estuarine chemistry of<br />
dissolved aluminum and rapid authigenic mineral formation. Critical Reviews in<br />
Aquatic Sciences v.1 537-554.<br />
54. W.J. Ullman and R.C. Aller. 1989. Nutrient release rates in sediments from<br />
Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron: I,N, and Si. Hydrobiologia 7:127-140.<br />
55. P.J. Rude and R.C. Aller. 1989. Early diagenetic alteration of lateritic<br />
particle coatings in Amazon continental shelf deposits. J. Sediment. Petrol.<br />
59:704-716.<br />
56. R.C. Aller and J.E. Mackin. 1989. Open-incubation, diffusion methods for<br />
measuring solute reaction rates in sediments. J. Mar. Res. 47:411-440.<br />
57. R.C. Aller. 1990. Bioturbation and manganese cycling in hemipelagic<br />
sediments. Trans. Roy. Soc. Lond. A. 331: 51-68.<br />
58. R.C. Aller, J.Y. Aller, N.E. Blair, J. E. Mackin, P.D. Rude, I. Stupakoff, S.<br />
Patchineelam, S.E. Boehme, and B. Knoppers. 1991, Biogeochemical processes in<br />
Amazon Shelf sediments. Oceanography 3, 25-30.<br />
59. E. Kristensen, R.C. Aller, and J.Y. Aller, 1991 Oxic and anoxic<br />
decomposition of tubes from the burrowing anemone, Cerianthiopsus americanus:<br />
implications for bulk sediment carbon and nitrogen balance. J. Mar. Res. 49, 589-<br />
617.<br />
60. M.-Y. Sun, R. C. Aller, and C. Lee, 1991. Early diagenesis of chlorophyll-a in<br />
Long Island Sound sediments: a measure of carbon flux and particle reworking. J.<br />
Mar. Res. 49, 379-401.<br />
61. E.Kristensen, M.H. Jensen, and R.C. Aller, 1991. Direct measurement of<br />
dissolved inorganic nitrogen exchange and denitrification in individual polychaete<br />
(Nereis virens) burrows. J. Mar. Res. 49, 355-377.<br />
62. P.D. Rude and R.C. Aller, 1991. Flourine mobility during the early diagenesis<br />
of carbonate sediment. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. 55, 2491-2509.<br />
63. Aller, R. C. and J. Y. Aller, 1992, Meiofauna and solute transport in marine<br />
muds. Limnol. Oceanogr., 37, 1018 - 1033.<br />
64. Green, M. A., R. C. Aller, and J. Y. Aller, 1992, Experimental evaluation of<br />
the influences of biogenic reworking on carbonate preservation in nearshore<br />
sediments. Mar. Geol., 107, 175 - 181.<br />
65. Hall, P. O. J. and R. C. Aller, 1992, Rapid, small-volume, flow injection<br />
analysis or ΣCO 2 and NH 4<br />
+ in marine and freshwaters. Limnol. Oceanogr., 37,<br />
1113-1119.<br />
66. Rude, P. D. and R. C. Aller, 1993, The influence of Mg 2+ on the adsorption<br />
of Fluoride by hydrous oxides in seawater. Am. Jour. Sci., 293, 1 - 24.<br />
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67. Sun, M.-Y., C. Lee, and R. C. Aller, 1993, Laboratory studies of oxic and<br />
anoxic degradation of chlorophyll-a in Long Island Sound sediments. Geochim.<br />
Cosmochim. Acta, 57, 147 - 157.<br />
68. Sun, M.-Y., C. Lee, and R. C. Aller, 1993, Anoxic and oxic degradation of<br />
14 C-chloropigments and a 14 C-labelled diatom in Long Island Sound sediments.<br />
Limnol. Oceanogr., 38, 1438-1451.<br />
69. Green, M. A., R. C. Aller, and J. Y. Aller, 1993, Carbonate dissolution and<br />
temporal abundances of Foraminifera in Long Island Sound sediments. Limnol.<br />
Oceanogr., 38 331-345.<br />
70. Sun, M.-Y., R. C. Aller, and C. Lee, 1994, Spatial and temporal distributions<br />
of sedimentary chloropigments as indicators of benthic processes in Long Island<br />
Sound. J. Mar. Res. 52, 149-176.<br />
71. Rude, P.D. and R.C. Aller, 1994. Fluorine uptake by Amazon continental shelf<br />
sediment and its impact on the global fluorine cycle. Cont. Shelf Res. 14, 883-908.<br />
72. Aller, R. C. , 1994, The sedimentary Mn cycle in Long Island Sound: its role<br />
as intermediate oxidant and the influence of bioturbation, O 2 , and C org flux on<br />
diagenetic reaction balances. J. Mar. Res. 52, 259-295.<br />
73. Aller, R. C., 1994, Bioturbation and remineralization of sedimentary organic<br />
matter: effects of redox oscillation. Chem. Geol. 114, 331-345.<br />
74. Blair, N. E. and R. C. Aller, 1995, Anaerobic methane oxidation in Amazon<br />
Shelf sediments. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 59, 3707-3715.<br />
75. Michalopoulos, P. and R. C. Aller, 1995, Rapid clay mineral formation in<br />
Amazon delta sediments: reverse weathering and oceanic elemental cycles.<br />
Science 270, 614-617.<br />
76. Aller, R. C., N. E. Blair, Q. Xia, and P. D. Rude, 1996, Remineralization rates,<br />
recycling, and storage of carbon in Amazon Shelf sediments. Cont. Shelf Res. 16,<br />
753-786.<br />
77. Aller, R. C., and N. E. Blair, 1996, Sulfur diagenesis and burial on the<br />
Amazon Shelf: major control by physical sedimentation processes. Geo-Marine<br />
Letters 16, 3-10.<br />
78. Sullivan, K.A. and R. C. Aller, 1996, Diagenetic cycling of arsenic in Amazon<br />
Shelf sediments. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 60(9), 1465-1477.<br />
79. Aller, R. C. and P. Michalopoulos, 1996, Controls on Fe diagenesis and<br />
authigenic mineral formation in terrigenous, nearshore environments. In:<br />
Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on the Geochemistry of the<br />
Earth's Surface 1996 (S. H. Bottrell, ed.). Univ. Leeds, Leeds, UK. pp 15-18.<br />
80. Tedesco, L. P.and R. C. Aller, 1997, 210 Pb chronology of sequences affected<br />
by burrow excavation and infilling: examples from shallow marine carbonate<br />
sediment sequences, Holocene South Florida and Caicos Platform, British West<br />
Indies. J. Sed. Research 67, 36-46.<br />
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81. Clough, L. M., W. G. Ambrose, Jr., J. K. Cochran, C. Barnes, P. E. Renaud,<br />
and R. C. Aller, 1997, Bioturbation, biomass, and infaunal abundance in the<br />
sediments of the Arctic Ocean. Deep-Sea Res. II, 44, 1683 - 1704.<br />
82.Gerino, M., R. C. Aller, C. Lee, J. K. Cochran, J. Y. Aller, M. A. Green, and D.<br />
Hirschberg, 1998, Comparison of different tracers and methods used to quantify<br />
bioturbation during a spring bloom: 234-Thorium, luminophores and chlorophylla.<br />
Estuarine Coastal Mar. Sci., 46, 531-548.<br />
83. Aller, R. C., P. Hall, P. D. Rude, and J. Y. Aller, 1998, Biogeochemical<br />
heterogeneity and suboxic diagenesis in hemipelagic sediments of the Panama<br />
Basin, eastern tropical Pacific. Deep Sea Res., 45, 133-165.<br />
84. Green, M. A., R. C. Aller, and J. Y. Aller, 1998, The influence of carbonate<br />
dissolution on the survival of shell-bearing meiobenthos in nearshore sediments<br />
Limnol. Oceanogr. 43, 18-28.<br />
85. Aller, R. C. and J. Y. Aller, 1998, The effect of biogenic irrigation intensity<br />
and solute exchange on diagenetic reaction rates in marine sediments. J. Mar.<br />
Res., 56, 905-936<br />
86. Sun, Ming-Yi, S. G. Wakeham, R. C. Aller, and C. Lee, 1998, Impact of<br />
seasonal hypoxia on diagenesis of phytol and its derivatives in Long Island Sound.<br />
Marine Chem. 62, 157-173.<br />
87. Aller, R. C., 1998, Mobile deltaic and continental shelf muds as fluidized bed<br />
reactors. Marine Chem. 61, 143-155.<br />
88. Venkateswaran, K., M. E. Dollhopf, R. Aller, E. Stackebrandt, and K. H.<br />
Nealson, 1998, Shewanella amazonensis sp. nov., a new, metal reducing<br />
facultative anaerobe, isolated from Amazon Shelf muds. J. Systematic<br />
Bacteriology 48, 965-972.<br />
89. Green, M. A. and R. C. Aller, 1998, Seasonal patterns of carbonate diagenesis<br />
in nearshore terrigenous muds: relation to spring phytoplankton bloom and<br />
termperature. J. Mar. Res. 56, 1097-1123.<br />
90. Mayer, L., R. Keil, S. Macko, S. Joye, K. Ruttenberg and R. Aller. 1998. The<br />
Importance of Suspended Particulates in Riverine Delivery of Bioavailable<br />
Nitrogen to Coastal Zones. Glob. Biogeochem. Cycles 12, 573-579.<br />
91. Hulth, S., R. C. Aller, and F. Gilbert, 1999, Coupled anoxic nitrification /<br />
manganese reduction in marine sediments. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. 63, 49 –<br />
66.<br />
92. Breuer, E., S. A. Sañudo-Wilhelmy, and R. C. Aller, 1999, Distributions of<br />
trace metals and dissolved organic carbon in an estuary with restricted river flow:<br />
the Peconics. Estuaries 3A, 603-615.<br />
93. Sun, M.-Y., R. C. Aller, C. Lee, and S. G. Wakeham, 1999. Enhanced<br />
degradation of algal lipids by benthic macrofaunal activity: effect of Yoldia<br />
limatula. J. Mar. Res. 57, 775-804.<br />
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94. Aller, R. C. and P. Michalopoulos, 1999. Tropical mobile mud belts as global<br />
diagenetic reactors. IN: Geochemistry of the Earth's Surface ( H. Armannsson,<br />
ed.). Balkema, Rotterdam. 289 - 293.<br />
95. Allison, M. A., M. T. Lee, A. S. Ogston, and R. C. Aller, 2000. Origin of<br />
Amazon mudbanks along the northeastern coast of South America. Mar. Geol.<br />
163, 241-256.<br />
96. Aller, R. C., 2001, Transport and reactions in the bioirrigated zone. In: The<br />
Benthic Boundary Layer: Transport processes and biogeochemistry. (B. Boudreau<br />
and B. B. Jørgensen, eds.). Oxford Press, 269 - 301.<br />
97. Ingalls, A. E., R. C. Aller, C. Lee, and M.-Y. Sun, 2000. The influence of<br />
macrofauna on chlorophyll-a degradation in coastal marine sediments. J. Mar. Res.<br />
58, 631-651.<br />
98. Michalopoulos, P., R. C. Aller, and R. Reeder, 2000, Conversion of diatoms<br />
to clay minerals during early diagenesis in tropical, continental shelf muds.<br />
Geology 28, 1095-1098.<br />
99. DeMaster, D. J. and R. C. Aller, 2001, Biogeochemical processes on the<br />
Amazon shelf: changes to dissolved and particulate fluxes during river/ocean<br />
mixing. IN: The Biogeochemistry of the Amazon Basin and its Role in a<br />
Changing World. (M.E. McClain and J. E. Richey, eds.). Elsevier. 328-357.<br />
100. Aller, R. C., J.Y. Aller, and P.R. Kemp, 2001, Effects of particle and solute<br />
transport on rates and extent of remineralization in bioturbated sediments. IN:<br />
Organism - Sediment Interactions. (J. Y. Aller, S. A. Woodin, and R. C. Aller,<br />
eds.). Belle W. Baruch Library in Marine Science. University of S. Carolina Press<br />
315-333<br />
101. Rhoads, D.C., R. Ward, J.Y. Aller, and R.C. Aller. 2001. The importance of<br />
technology in benthic research and monitoring: Looking back to see ahead. In:<br />
Organism-Sediment Interactions (J.Y. Aller, S. Woodin, and R.C. Aller, eds)<br />
Univ. So. Carolina Press, Columbia S.C. 1-17.<br />
102. Sommerfield, C.K., R. C. Aller, and C. A. Nittrouer, 2001. Modern and<br />
ancient early diagenetic environments of the Eel River basin (USA): role of<br />
bioturbation on C-S-Fe signatures. J. Sed. Res. 71, 335-345.<br />
103. Green, M. and R. C. Aller, 2001, Early diagenesis of calcium carbonate in<br />
Long Island Sound sediments: Measurements of Ca 2+ and minor element fluxes<br />
during seasonal periods of net dissolution. J. Mar. Res. 59, 769-794.<br />
104. Madrid, V. J. Y. Aller, R. C. Aller, and A. Y. Chistoserdov, 2001. Analysis<br />
of high Prokaryote diversity and community structure in mobile mud deposits off<br />
French Guiana: identification of two new sediment-specific bacterial candidate<br />
divisions. FEMS Microbiology, 37, 197-209.<br />
105. Griscom, S. B., N.S. Fisher, R. C. Aller, and B.-G. Lee, 2002. Effects of gut<br />
chemistry in marine bivalves on the assimilation of metals from ingested sediment<br />
particles. J. Mar. Res. 60, 101-120.<br />
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106. Hulth, S., R. C. Aller, P. Engström, and E. Selander, 2002. A pH plate<br />
fluorosensor (optode) for early diagenetic studies of marine sediments. Limnol.<br />
Oceanogr. 47, 212-220.<br />
107. Sun, M.Y., R. C. Aller, C. Lee, and S. G. Wakeham, 2002, Effects of<br />
oxygen and redox oscillation on degradation of cell-associated lipids in surficial<br />
marine sediments. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. 60, 2003-2012.<br />
108. Zhu, Z., R. C. Aller, and J. Mak, 2002, Stable carbon isotope cycling in<br />
mobile coastal muds of Amapá, Brazil. Cont. Shelf Res. 22, 2065-2079.<br />
109. D'Andrea, A. F, R. C. Aller, and G. E. Lopez, 2002. Organic matter flux and<br />
reactivity on a South Carolina sandflat: the impacts of macrobiological structures<br />
and porewater advection. Limnol. Oceanogr. 47, 1056-1070.<br />
110. Green, M. A., R. C. Aller, J. K. Cochran, C. Lee, and J. Y. Aller, 2002,<br />
Bioturbation in shelf/slope sediments off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina: The use<br />
of 234 Th, Chl-a, and Br - to evaluate rates of particle and solute transport. Deep Sea<br />
Res. II 49, 4627 - 4644.<br />
111. Aller, J. Y., R. C. Aller, and M. A. Green, 2002, Benthic faunal assemblages<br />
and carbon supply along the continental shelf / shelf break-slope off Cape Hatteras,<br />
North Carolina. Deep Sea Res. II 49, 4999 - 4625.<br />
112. Gilbert, F., R. C. Aller, and S. Hulth, 2003. The influence of macrofaunal<br />
burrow spacing and diffusive scaling on sedimentary nitrification and<br />
denitrification: An experimental and model approach. J. Mar. Res. 61, 101-125.<br />
113. Ferguson, P. Lee, R. F. Bopp, S. N. Chillrud, R. C. Aller, and B. J.<br />
Brownawell, 2003. Biogeochemistry of nonylphenol ethoxylates in urban<br />
estuarine sediments. Environmental Sci.& Tech., 37, 3499-3506.<br />
114. Aller, R.C., A. Hannides, C. Heilbrun, and C. Panzeca. 2004. Coupling of<br />
early diagenetic processes and sedimentary dynamics in tropical shelf<br />
environments: The Gulf of Papua deltaic complex. Cont. Shelf Res. 24, 2455-<br />
2486.<br />
115. Michalopoulos, P. and R. C. Aller, 2004. Early diagenesis of biogenic silica<br />
in the Amazon Delta: alteration, authigenic clay formation, and storage.<br />
Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 68, 1061-1085.<br />
116. Aller, J.Y. and R.C. Aller, 2004. Physical Disturbance creates bacterial<br />
dominance of benthic biological communities in tropical deltaic environments of<br />
the Gulf of Papua. Continental Shelf Research, 24, 2395-2416<br />
117. Aller, R. C., C. Heilbrun, C. Panzeca, Z.-B. Zhu, and F. Baltzer, 2004.<br />
Coupling between sedimentary dynamics, early diagenetic processes, and<br />
biogeochemical cycling in the Amazon-Guianas mobile mud belt: coastal French<br />
Guiana. Marine Geology, 208, 331-360.<br />
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118. Ingalls, A. E., R. C. Aller, C. Lee, S. Wakeham, 2004. Organic matter<br />
diagenesis in calcium carbonate sediments. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. 68,<br />
4363-4379.<br />
119. D'Andrea, A., G. Lopez, and R. C. Aller, 2004. Rapid physical and<br />
biological particle mixing on an intertidal sandflat. J. Mar. Res., 62,67-92.<br />
120. Craig, N. I., R. C. Aller, and G. R. Lopez. Controls on amount and<br />
reactivity of sedimentary organic matter by assemblages of the infaunal<br />
polychaete Clymenella torquata. Limnol. Oceanogr. (in revision).<br />
121. Aller, R. C. and N. E. Blair, 2004. Early diagenetic remineralization of<br />
sedimentary organic C in the Gulf of Papua deltaic complex (Papua New Guinea):<br />
net loss of terrestrial C and diagenetic fractionation of C isotopes. Geochim.<br />
Cosmochim. Acta. 68, 1815-1825.<br />
122. McKee, B. A., R.C. Aller, M. A. Allison, T. A. Bianchi, and G. C. Kineke,<br />
2004. Transport and transformation of dissolved and particulate materials on<br />
continental margins influenced by major rivers: benthic boundary layer and seabed<br />
processes. Cont. Shelf Res. 24(7-8), 899-926.<br />
123. Blair, N.E., E.L. Leithold, and R. C.Aller, 2004. From bedrock to burial: the<br />
evolution of particulate organic carbon across coupled watershed-continental<br />
margin systems. Mar. Chem. 92, 141-156.<br />
124. Aller, R. C., 2004. Conceptual models of early diagenetic processes: the<br />
muddy seafloor as an unsteady, batch reactor. J. Mar. Res. 62, 815-835.<br />
125. Hulth, S., R. C. Aller, D. E. Canfield, T. Dalsgaard, P. Engström, F. Gilbert,<br />
K. Sundbäck, and B. Thamdrup, 2005. Nitrogen removal in marine environments:<br />
recent findings and future research challenges. Mar. Chem. 94, 125-145.<br />
126. Engström, P. T. Dalsgaard, S. Hulth, and R. C. Aller, 2005. Anaerobic<br />
ammonium oxidation by nitrite (Anammox): implications for N 2 production in<br />
coastal marine sediments. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 69, 2057-2065.<br />
127. Hannides, A. K., S. M. Dunn, and R. C. Aller, 2005. Diffusion of organic<br />
and inorganic solutes through macrofaunal mucus secretions and tube linings in<br />
marine sediments. J. Mar. Res. 63, 957-981.<br />
128. Zhu, Q., R. C. Aller, and Y. Fan, 2005, High-performance planar pH<br />
fluorosensor for two-dimensional pH measurements in marine sediment and water.<br />
Environ. Sci. Technol. 39, 8906-8911.<br />
129. Aller, R.C. and N. E. Blair, 2006. Carbon remineralization in the Amazon -<br />
Guianas mobile mudbelt: a sedimentary incinerator. Cont. Shelf Res. 26, 2241-<br />
2259.<br />
130. Madrid, V. M, R. C. Aller, J. Y. Aller, and A. Y. Chistoserdov. 2006,<br />
Evidence of the activity of dissimilatory sulfate-reducing prokaryotes in<br />
nonsulfidogenic tropical mobile muds. FEMS Microbiol Ecol. 57, 169-181.<br />
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131. Zhu, Q., R. C. Aller, and, Y. Fan, 2006, A new ratiometric, planar<br />
fluorosensor for measuring high resolution, two-dimensional pCO 2 distributions<br />
in marine sediments. Marine Chemistry 101, 40-53.<br />
132. Zhu, Q., R. C. Aller, and Y. Fan, 2006, Two-dimensional pH distributions<br />
and dynamics in bioturbated marine sediments. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta . 70,<br />
4933-4949.<br />
133. Aller, R. C., N. E. Blair, and G. J. Brunskill, 2008, Early diagenetic cycling,<br />
incineration, and burial of sedimentary organic C in the central Gulf of Papua<br />
(Papua New Guinea). J. Geophys. Res., 113, F01S09, doi:10.1029/2006JF000689.<br />
134. Aller, J.Y., D. M. Alongi, and R. C. Aller, 2008, Biological indicators of<br />
seasonal sedimentary dynamics in the Gulf of Papua. J. Geophys. Res. Earth Surf.<br />
113, F01S08, doi:10.1029/2007ZJF000823.<br />
135. Liu, Z., C. Lee, and R. C. Aller, 2008, Drying effects on decomposition of<br />
salt marsh sediment and lysine adsorption. J. Mar. Res. 66, 665-689.<br />
136. Michaud, E., G. Desrosiers, R. C. Aller, F. Mermillod-Blondin, B. Sundby,<br />
and G. Stora, 2009, Spatial interactions in the Macoma balthic community control<br />
biogeochemical fluxes at the sediment-water interface and microbial abundances.<br />
J. Mar. Res. 67, 43-70.<br />
137. Przeslawski, R., Q. Zhu, R. Aller, 2009, Effects of abiotic stressors on<br />
infaunal burrowing and associated sediment characteristics. Mar. Ecol.Prog. Ser.<br />
392, 33-42.<br />
138. Wang, D., R. C. Aller, and S. A Sanudo-Wilhelmy, 2009, A new method for<br />
the quantification of different redox-species of molybdenum (V and VI) in<br />
seawater. Mar. Chem., 113, 250-256.<br />
139. Michaud, E., R. C. Aller, and G. Stora, 2010, Sedimentary organic matter<br />
distributions, burrowing activity and biogeochemical cycling: natural patterns and<br />
experimental artifacts. Estuarine Coastal Shelf Science 90, 21-34.<br />
140. Zhu, Q. and R. Aller, 2010, A rapid response planar fluorosensor for 2-<br />
dimensional pCO 2 distributions and dynamics in marine sediments. Limnol.<br />
Oceanogr. Methods 8, 326-336.<br />
141. Aller, R. C., V. Madrid, A. Chistoserdov, J.Y. Aller, and C. Heilbrun, 2010.<br />
Unsteady diagenetic processes and sulfur biogeochemistry in tropical deltaic muds:<br />
implications for oceanic isotope cycles and the sedimentary record. Geochim.<br />
Cosmochim. Acta 74, 4671-4692.<br />
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142. Aller, J.Y., R. C. Aller, P.F. Kemp, A. Y. Chistoserdov, and V.M. Madrid,<br />
2010, Fluidized muds, a novel setting for the generation of biosphere diversity<br />
through geologic time. Geobiology 8, 169-178.<br />
143. Cao, Z., Q. Zhu, R. C. Aller, and J. Y. Aller, 2011, A fluorosensor for twodimensional<br />
in situ measurements of extracellular enzyme activity in marine<br />
sediments. Marine Chemistry 123, 23-31.<br />
144. Wang, D., R. C. Aller, and S. Sanudo-Wilhelmy, 2011, Redox speciation<br />
and early diagenetic behavior of dissolved Molybdenum in sulfidic muds. Marine<br />
Chemistry (in press).<br />
145. Fan, Y., Q. Zhu, R. C. Aller, and D.C. Rhoads, 2011, An in situ<br />
multispectral imaging system for planar optodes in sediments: example high<br />
resolution seasonal patterns of pH. Aquatic Geochemistry (in press).<br />
146. Zhu, Q., R. C. Aller, and A. Kaushik, 2011, Analysis of vitamin B 12 in<br />
seawater and marine sediment pore water using ELISA. Limnol. Oceanogr.<br />
Methods (submitted).<br />
Books (editor)<br />
Aller, J.Y., S. A. Woodin, and R.C. Aller, (Editors) Organism-Sediment<br />
Interactions. 2001. Univ. So. Carolina Press, Columbia S.C., 403 pp.<br />
Abstracts: Typically 3- 5 abstracts per year since 1977<br />
Example abstracts (academic year: 2006-2007):<br />
Aller, R. C., V. Madrid, A. Chistoserdov, J. Y. Aller, 2007, Influence of unsteady<br />
diagenetic processes on the sulfur cycle in tropical deltaic muds:<br />
Implications for biogeochemical cycling and the sedimentary record. ACS<br />
Annual Meeting, Chicago.<br />
Aller, R. C., 2006, Tropical deltaic systems as unsteady diagenetic reactors, global<br />
C incinerators, and reverse weathering centers. Ingerson Lecture, GSA,<br />
Philadelphia.<br />
Aller, R. C., V. Alexandratos, and G. J. Brunskill, 2006, Reverse weathering in<br />
the Gulf of Papua subaqueous delta. Australian Mar. Sci. Assoc., 44 th<br />
Conference, Cairns, p. 17.<br />
Aller, J.Y., D. M. Alongi, and R. C. Aller, , 2006, Benthic biological indicators of<br />
seasonal sedimentary dynamics in the Gulf of Papua. Australian Mar. Sci.<br />
Assoc., 44 th Conference, Cairns, p. 17<br />
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Liu, Z., C. Lee, Q. Zhu, R. C. Aller, and F. Batista, 2007, Use of a fluorescent<br />
probe to investigate the three-dimensional structure of sedimentary organic<br />
matter. ASLO, Stanta Fe.<br />
Abramson, L., C. Lee, S. G. Wakeham, J. K. Cochran, and R. C. Aller, 2007,<br />
Organic composition of in situ pump vs. sediment trap samples:<br />
implications for the exchange of material between suspended and sinking<br />
particles. ASLO, Santa Fe.<br />
Madrid, V.M., A. Y. Chistoserdov, J. Y. Aller, and R. C. Aller, 2006, Expression<br />
and quantification of key metabolic genes from microbial communities in<br />
deltaic tropical mobile sediments using RT-Real Time PCR. ASLO,<br />
Victoria, British Columbia.<br />
Chistoserdov, A. Y., V. M. Madrid, T. Luzan, M. M. Richer de Forges, M. J.<br />
Rodriguez, D. Gonzales, J. Y. Aller, R. C. Aller, M. Scranton, and G.<br />
Taylor, 2006, Coupling of sulfur, iron, and manganese cycles and<br />
chemolithotrophy at the redox transition zones. ASLO, Victoria, British<br />
Columbia.<br />
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