CURRICULUM VITAE

Name:
CURRICULUM VITAE
Robert Curwood Aller
Professional Address: School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY 11794-5000
(631) 632-8746 (raller@notes.cc.sunysb.edu)
Professional Academic Positions:
Distinguished Professor, Marine Sciences Research Center (affiliate faculty
Dept. of Geosciences) SUNY Stony Brook (1998 - present).
Professor, Marine Sciences Research Center (affiliate faculty Dept. of
Geosciences), SUNY Stony Brook (1986-1998)
Research Associate (Professor), Geophysical Sciences, Univ. of Chicago,
(1986-89)
Professor, Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, (1985-86)
Associate Professor (tenured),Geophysical Sciences,Univ. of Chicago,(1980-
85)
Assistant Professor, Geophysical Sciences, Univ. of Chicago, (1977-80)
Academic Background:
1977 Ph.D. Yale University, Dept. of Geology and Geophysics
1974 M. Phil. Yale University, Dept. of Geology and Geophysics
1972 B.S. Biology-Geology (with highest distinction), University of Rochester
1972 B.A. Chemistry (with highest distinction), University of Rochester
Honorary: Doctor Honoris Causa (2005, Université de la Méditerranée (Aix-
Marseille II), Marseille, France)
Doctor Honoris Causa (2002, Göteborg Universitet, Faculty of Natural
Science, Göteborg, Sweden)
American Chemical Society, Geochemistry Division Medal, 2007
Fellow, American Geophysical Union (2003)
Fellow, The Geochemical Society (2003)
Fellow, The European Association of Geochemistry (2003)
Ingerson Lecturer, The Geochemical Society, 2006
Societies:
The Geochemical Society, The American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
American Geophysical Union, Estuarine Research Federation, American
Chemical Society, AAAS (1972-1991), Sigma XI, Phi Beta Kappa, Keidaeans
Fellowships / Honors:
Dreyfus Foundation Teacher Scholar Grant in Chemistry (1982-86)
Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow (1978-82)
N.S.F. Fellow (1973-76)
Yale University Fellowship (1972-73)
Joseph P. O'Hern Scholarship for Travel and Study in Europe (used at
Universitat Tübingen, Germany - 1972)
Chemistry Department Prize, U. Rochester, (1972)

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