Journal Articles
Greer, Lisa, Allen Curran, H., Wirth, Karl, Humston, Robert, Johnson, Ginny, McManus, Lauren, Stefanic, Candice, Clark, Tara, Lescinsky, Halard and Forman-Castillo, Kirah (2023). Coral Gardens Reef, Belize: an Acropora spp. refugium under threat in a warming world. PLoS ONE, 18 (2) e0280852. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0280852
Hua, Quan, Ulm, Sean, Yu, Kefu, Clark, Tara R., Nothdurft, Luke D., Leonard, Nicole D., Pandolfi, John M., Jacobsen, Geraldine E. and Zhao, Jian-xin (2020). Temporal variability in the Holocene marine radiocarbon reservoir effect for the Tropical and South Pacific. Quaternary Science Reviews, 249 106613, 106613. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106613
Greer, Lisa, Clark, Tara, Waggoner, Tanner, Busch, James, Guilderson, Thomas P., Wirth, Karl, Zhao, Jian-Xin and Curran, H. Allen (2020). Coral Gardens Reef, Belize: a refugium in the face of Caribbean-wide Acropora spp. coral decline. PLoS ONE, 15 (9 ) e0239267, e0239267. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0239267
Leonard, Nicole D., Lepore, Mauro L., Zhao, Jian-xin, Rodriguez-Ramirez, Alberto, Butler, Ian R., Clark, Tara R., Roff, George, McCook, Laurence, Nguyen, Ai D., Feng, Yuexing and Pandolfi, John M. (2020). Re-evaluating mid-Holocene reef “turn-off” on the inshore Southern Great Barrier Reef. Quaternary Science Reviews, 244 106518, 106518. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106518
Grun, Rainer, Pike, Alistair, McDermott, Frank, Eggins, Stephen, Mortimer, Graham, Aubert, Maxime, Kinsley, Lesley, Joannes-Boyau, Renaud, Rumsey, Michael, Denys, Christiane, Brink, James, Clark, Tara and Stringer, Chris (2020). Dating the skull from Broken Hill, Zambia, and its position in human evolution. Nature, 580 (7803), 372-375. doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2165-4
Leonard, Nicole D., Lepore, Mauro L., Zhao, Jian-xin, Rodriguez-Ramirez, Alberto, Butler, Ian, Clark, Tara R., Roff, George, McCook, Laurence, Nguyen, Ai D., Feng, Yuexing and Pandolfi, John M. (2020). A U-Th dating approach to understanding past coral reef dynamics and geomorphological constraints on future reef growth potential; Mazie Bay, Southern Great Barrier Reef. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 35 (2) e2019PA003768. doi: 10.1029/2019PA003768
Leonard, N. D., Welsh, K. J., Nguyen, A. D., Sadler, J., Pandolfi, J. M., Clark, T. R., Zhao, J. X., Feng, Y. X. and Webb, G. E. (2019). High resolution geochemical analysis of massive Porites spp. corals from the Wet Tropics, Great Barrier Reef: rare earth elements, yttrium and barium as indicators of terrigenous input. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 149 110634, 110634. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.110634
Yan, Shuang, Zhao, Jian‐xin, Lau, A.Y. Annie, Roff, George, Leonard, Nicole D., Clark, Tara R., Nguyen, Ai D., Feng, Yue‐xing, Wei, Gangjian, Deng, Wenfeng and Chen, Xuefei (2019). Episodic reef growth in the northern South China Sea linked to warm climate during the past 7000 years: potential for future coral refugia. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 124 (4) 2018JG004939, 1032-1043. doi: 10.1029/2018jg004939
Clark, Tara R., Chen, Xuefei, Leonard, Nicole D., Liu, Faye, Guo, Yangrui, Zeng, Ti, Wei, Gangjian and Zhao, Jian-xin (2019). Episodic coral growth in China's subtropical coral communities linked to broad-scale climatic change. Geology, 47 (1), 79-82. doi: 10.1130/G45278.1
Ryan, Emma J., Smithers, Scott G., Lewis, Stephen E., Clark, Tara R. and Zhao, Jian-xin (2018). The Variable Influences of Sea Level, Sedimentation and Exposure on Holocene Reef Development over a Cross-Shelf Transect, Central Great Barrier Reef. Diversity, 10 (4) 110, 110. doi: 10.3390/d10040110
Saha, Narottam, Rodriguez-Ramirez, Alberto, Nguyen, Ai Duc, Clark, Tara R., Zhao, Jian-xin and Webb, Gregory E. (2018). Seasonal to decadal scale influence of environmental drivers on Ba/Ca and Y/Ca in coral aragonite from the southern Great Barrier Reef. Science of the Total Environment, 639, 1099-1109. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.05.156
Ryan, E. J., Smithers, S. G., Lewis, S. E., Clark, T. R., Zhao, J. -X. and Hua, Q. (2018). Fringing reef growth over a shallow last interglacial reef foundation at a mid-shelf high island: Holbourne Island, central Great Barrier Reef. Marine Geology, 398, 137-150. doi: 10.1016/j.margeo.2017.12.007
Leonard, N. D., Welsh, K. J., Clark, T. R., Feng, Y. X., Pandolfi, J. M. and Zhao, J. X. (2018). New evidence for “far-field” Holocene sea level oscillations and links to global climate records. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 487, 67-73. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2018.02.008
Salas-Saavedra, Marcos, Dechnik, Belinda, Webb, Gregory E., Webster, Jody M., Zhao, Jian-xin, Nothdurft, Luke D., Clark, Tara R., Graham, Trevor and Duce, Stephanie (2018). Holocene reef growth over irregular Pleistocene karst confirms major influence of hydrodynamic factors on Holocene reef development. Quaternary Science Reviews, 180, 157-176. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2017.11.034
Clark, Tara R., Roff, George, Zhao, Jian-xin, Feng, Yue-xing, Done, Terence J., McCook, Laurence J. and Pandolfi, John M. (2017). U-Th dating reveals regional-scale decline of branching Acropora corals on the Great Barrier Reef over the past century. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 114 (39), 10350-10355. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1705351114
Cramer, Katie L., O'Dea, Aaron, Clark, Tara R., Zhao, Jian-xin and Norris, Richard D. (2017). Prehistorical and historical declines in Caribbean coral reef accretion rates driven by loss of parrotfish. Nature Communications, 8 (1) 14160, 14160. doi: 10.1038/ncomms14160
Louys, Julien, Kealy, Shimona, O’Connor, Sue, Price, Gilbert J., Hawkins, Stuart, Aplin, Ken, Rizal, Yan, Zaim, Jahdi, Mahirta,, Tanudirjo, Daud A., Santoso, Wahyu Dwijo, Hidayah, Ati Rati, Trihascaryo, Agus, Wood, Rachel, Bevitt, Joseph and Clark, Tara (2017). Differential preservation of vertebrates in Southeast Asian caves. International Journal of Speleology, 46 (3), 379-408. doi: 10.5038/1827-806X.46.3.2131
Li, Chao, Yang, Shouye, Zhao, Jian-xin, Dosseto, Anthony, Bi, Lei and Clark, Tara R. (2016). The time scale of river sediment source-to-sink processes in East Asia. Chemical Geology, 446, 138-146. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2016.06.012
Ryan, Emma J., Lewis, Stephen E., Smithers, Scott G., Clark, Tara R. and Zhao, Jian-xin (2016). Multi-scale records of reef development and condition provide context for contemporary changes on inshore reefs. Global and Planetary Change, 146 (1), 162-178. doi: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2016.10.007
Sadler, James, Webb, Gregory E., Leonard, Nicole D., Nothdurft, Luke D. and Clark, Tara R. (2016). Reef core insights into mid-Holocene water temperatures of the southern Great Barrier Reef. Paleoceanography, 31 (10), 1395-1408. doi: 10.1002/2016PA002943
Ryan, E. J., Smithers, S. G., Lewis, S. E., Clark, T. R. and Zhao, J. X. (2016). The influence of sea level and cyclones on Holocene reef flat development: Middle Island, central Great Barrier Reef. Coral Reefs, 35 (3), 805-818. doi: 10.1007/s00338-016-1453-9
Leonard, N. D., Welsh, K. J., Lough, J. M., Feng, Y., Pandolfi, J. M., Clark, T. R. and Zhao, J. (2016). Evidence of reduced mid-Holocene ENSO variance on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Paleoceanography, 31 (9), 1248-1260. doi: 10.1002/2016PA002967
Liu, Entao, Zhao, Jian-xin, Feng, Yue-xing, Leonard, Nicole D., Clark, Tara R. and Roff, George (2016). U-Th age distribution of coral fragments from multiple rubble ridges within the Frankland Islands, Great Barrier Reef: implications for past storminess history. Quaternary Science Reviews, 143, 51-68. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.05.006
Clark, Tara R., Leonard, Nicole D., Zhao, Jian-xin, Brodie, Jon, McCook, Laurence J., Wachenfeld, David R., Nguyen, Ai Duc, Markham, Hannah L. and Pandolfi, John M. (2016). Historical photographs revisited: a case study for dating and characterizing recent loss of coral cover on the inshore Great Barrier Reef. Scientific Reports, 6 (1) 19285, 19285.1-19285.14. doi: 10.1038/srep19285
Ryan, E. J., Smithers, S. G., Lewis, S. E., Clark, T. R. and Zhao, J. X. (2016). Chronostratigraphy of Bramston Reef reveals a long-term record of fringing reef growth under muddy conditions in the central Great Barrier Reef. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 441, 734-747. doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2015.10.016
Leonard, Nicole D., Zhao, J.-X., Welsh, K.J., Feng, Y.-X., Smithers, S.G., Pandolfi, J.M. and Clark, T.R. (2015). Holocene sea level instability in the southern Great Barrier Reef, Australia: high-precision U–Th dating of fossil microatolls. Coral Reefs, 35 (2), 1-15. doi: 10.1007/s00338-015-1384-x
Liu, En-tao, Zhao, Jian-xin, Clark, Tara R., Feng, Yue-xing, Leonard, Nicole D., Markham, Hannah L. and Pandolfi, John M. (2014). High-precision U-Th dating of storm-transported coral blocks on Frankland Islands, northern Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 414, 68-78. doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.08.017
Clark, Tara R., Roff, George, Zhao, Jian-xin, Feng, Yue-xing, Done, Terence J. and Pandolfi, John M. (2014). Testing the precision and accuracy of the U-Th chronometer for dating coral mortality events in the last 100 years. Quaternary Geochronology, 23, 35-45. doi: 10.1016/j.quageo.2014.05.002
Clark, Tara R., Zhao, Jian-xin, Roff, George, Feng, Yue-xing, Done, Terence J., Nothdurft, Luke D. and Pandolfi, John M. (2014). Discerning the timing and cause of historical mortality events in modern Porites from the Great Barrier Reef. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 138, 57-80. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2014.04.022
Nguyen, A. D., Zhao, J-x, Feng, Y-x, Hu, W-p, Yu, K-f, Gasparon, M., Pham, T. B. and Clark, T. R. (2013). Impact of recent coastal development and human activities on Nha Trang Bay (Vietnam): evidence from a Porites lutea geochemical record. Coral Reefs, 32 (1), 181-193. doi: 10.1007/s00338-012-0962-4
Roff George, Clark, Tara R., Reymond, Claire E., Zhao, Jian-xin, Feng, Yuexing, McCook, Laurence J., Done, Terence J. and Pandolfi, John M. (2013). Palaeoecological evidence of a historical collapse of corals at Pelorus Island, inshore Great Barrier Reef, following European settlement. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences, 280 (1750) 20122100, 1-10. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2012.2100
Yu, Kefu, Zhao, Jianxin, Roff, George, Lybolt, Matthew, Feng, Yuexing, Clark, Tara and Li, Shu (2012). High-precision U-series ages of transported coral blocks on Heron Reef (southern Great Barrier Reef) and storm activity during the past century. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 337-338, 23-36. doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.03.023
Clark, Tara R., Zhao, Jian-xin, Feng, Yue-xing, Done, Terry J., Jupiter, Stacy, Lough, Janice and Pandolfi, John M (2012). Spatial variability of initial Th-230/Th-232 in modern Porites from the inshore region of the Great Barrier Reef. Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta, 78, 99-118. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.11.032
Thesis
Clark, Tara (2011). History of mortality in Great Barrier Reef coral communities since European settlement. PhD Thesis, School of Earth Sciences, The University of Queensland.