Dr Ian Webster publications

Full CSIRO Land and Water publications list

Pre-CSIRO Land and Water publications

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
1. Webster, I.T. and R.W. Burling, 1981.  A “Test of Isotropy and Taylor's Hypothesis in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer”.  Boundary Layer Meteorology, 20: 429-443.

2. MacDonald, R.W., Bornhold, B.D. and I. Webster.  1983.  “The Kitimat Fjord System:  An Introduction”.  In Proceedings of a Workshop on the Kitimat Marine Environment edited by R.W. MacDonald, Can. Tech. Rep. Hydrogr. Ocean Sci. Vol. 18.

3. Webster, I.  1983.  “The Baroclinicity of the Semi-Diurnal Tidal Currents in Douglas Channel, B.C.”.  In Proceedings of a Workshop on the Kitimat Marine Environment edited by R.W. MacDonald, Can. Tech. Rep. Hydrogr. Ocean Sci. Vol. 18.

4. Webster, I., 1985.  “Frictional Continental Shelf Waves and the Circulation Response of a Continental Shelf to Wind Forcing”.  J. Phys. Oceanogr., 15: 855-864.

5. Webster, I., 1985.  “The Wind-Driven Circulation on the North West Shelf of Australia”.  J. Phys. Oceanogr., 15: 1357-1368.

6. Webster, I., 1986.  “The Vertical Structure of Currents on the North West Shelf of Australia at Subtidal frequencies”. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 16: 1145-1157.

7. Webster, I. and D. Holland, 1986.  “A Numerical Method for Solving the Forced Baroclinic Coastal-Trapped Wave Problem of General Form”.  J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech., 4: 220-226.

8. Webster, I. and J.T. Anderson, 1987.  “A Model for Simulating the Towing Performance of the Bongo Sampler”.  Deep Sea Res. 34: 1277-1291.

9. Webster, I., 1987.  “The Scattering of Coastally Trapped Waves by Changes in Continental Shelf Width”.  J. Phys. Oceangr. 17: 928-937.

10. Narayanan, S. and I. Webster, 1987.  “Coastally Trapped Waves in the Presence of a Barotropic Shelf Edge Jet”, J. Geophys. Res., 92: 9499-9502.

11. Webster, I. and S. Narayanan, 1988.  “Low-frequency Current Variability on the Labrador Shelf”.  J. Geophys. Res. 93: 8163-8173.

12. Narayanan, S. and I. Webster, 1988.  “Coastally Trapped Waves in the Presence of a Shelf Edge Density Front.”  J. Geophys. Res. 93: 14025-14031.

13. Webster, I.T. and S. Narayanan, 1990.  “On the Use of EOF Analysis in Dynamical Model Testing”.  Dyn. Atmos. Oceans., 14: 529-542.

14. Webster, I.T., 1990.  “Effect of Wind on the Distribution of Phytoplankton Cells in Lakes.” Limnol. Oceanogr. 35(5): 989-1001.

15. Mertz, G., Narayanan, S. and I.T. Webster, 1990.  “A Discussion of JEBAR/pycnobathic forcing.”  Cont. Shelf Res. 10: 1171-1178.

16. Henderson-Sellers, B. and I.T. Webster, 1991.  “Billabong Modelling Studies: Effects of Turbidity” in Hydrology of Natural and Manmade Lakes (ed. G. Schiller, R. Lemmela and M. Spearifico.) IAHS Publ. no. 206: 237-246.

17. Webster, I.T. and J.H. Taylor, 1992.  “Rotational Dispersion in Porous Media Due to Fluctuating Flows”.  Water Resour. Res. 28(1): 109-119.

18. Webster, I.T., 1992.  “Wave Enhancement of Solute Exchange in Empty Burrows”.  Limnol. Oceanogr. 37(3): 630-643.

19. Sanderson, B.G., Webster, I.T. and S.E. Humphries, 1992. “Chaotic Solutions forIrradiance Regulated Buoyant Motion of Cyanobacteria”.  Limnol. and Oceangr.37(8): 1691-1704.

20. Anderson, J.T. and I.T. Webster, 1992.  “Sampling Error Resulting from Depth-Dependent Plankton Distributions and Current Differentials in a Two-Layered System”.  Fish. Oceanogr. 1(3): 208-215.

21. Webster, I.T. and C.R.B. Day, 1993.  “The Impacts of Shade on Evaporation Rates and Temperatures in Stock Watering Troughs.”  Aust. J. Agric. Res. 44: 287-298.

22. Henderson-Sellers, B., Davis, J.R., Webster, I.T., and J.M. Edwards, 1993.  “Modern Tools for Environmental Management: The Case of Water Quality Modelling.” inModelling Change in Environmental Systems (ed. A.J. Jakeman, M.B. Beck, and M.J. McAleer): 519-542.

23. Webster, I.T. and P.A. Hutchinson, 1994.  “Effect of Wind on the Distribution of Phytoplankton Cells in Lakes Revisited”  Limnol. Oceanogr. 39(2): 365-373.

24. Hutchinson, P.A. and I.T. Webster, 1994. “On the Distribution of Blue-Green Algae in Lakes: Wind-Tunnel Tank Experiments.”  Limnol. Oceanogr. 39(2): 374-382.

25. Holland, D.M. and I.T. Webster, 1994.  “The Effect of Stratification and Alongshore Currents on the Propagation of Coastal-Trapped Waves.”  Cont. Shelf Res.14(1): 57-77.

26. Sherman, B.S. and I.T. Webster, 1994. “A Model for the Light-Limited Growth of Buoyant Phytoplankton in a Shallow, Turbid Water Body.” Aust. J. Mar. Freshwater Res. 45: 847-862.

27. Webster, I.T., Hancock, G.J., and A.S. Murray,  1994. “On the Use of Radium Isotopes to Examine Pore Water Exchange in an Estuary” Limnol. Oceanogr. 39(8): 1917-1927.

28. Sanderson, B., Okubo, A., Webster, I.T., Kioroglou, S., and R. Appeldoorn,  1995. “Observations and Idealized Models of Dispersion on the Southwestern Puerto Rican Insular Shelf.”  Math. Comput. Model. Special issue on "Limits of Predictability of Marine Forecasting Systems" 21(6): 39-63.

29. Webster, I.T., Hancock, G.J., and A.S. Murray,  1995. “Modelling the Effect of Salinity on Radium Desorption from Sediments.” Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta  59(12): 2469-2476.

30. Teasdale, P.R., Batley, G.E., Apte, S.C. and I.T. Webster,  1995. “Pore Water Sampling with Sediment Peepers.” Trends Anal. Chem. 14(6): 250-256.

31. Webster, I.T. and B.S. Sherman,  1995. “Evaporation from Fetch-Limited Water Bodies.”Irrigation Sci. 16: 53-64.

32. Webster, I.T., Norquay, S.J., Ross, F.C., and R.A. Wooding, 1996. “Solute Exchange by Convection within Estuarine Sediments.” Estuarine Coastal Shelf Sci. 42: 171-183.

33. Webster, I. T., Jones, G. J., Oliver, R. L., Bormans, M., and B. S. Sherman,  1997 “Control Strategies for Cyanobacterial Blooms in Weir Pools”. in  Managing  Algal Blooms: Outcomes From CSIRO Blue-Green Algal Program (ed. R. Davis) CSIRO Land & Water, 31-40.

34. Condie, S. and I.T. Webster, 1997 “The Influence of Wind Stress, Temperature, and Humidity Gradients on Evaporation from Reservoirs” Water Resour. Res. 33(12): 2813-2822.

35. Webster, I.T., Sherman, B.S., and G.J. Jones 1997 “Flow, Stratification, and the Growth of Phytoplankton in a River Impoundment.” Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 26(2): 661-664.

36. Webster, I.T., Maier, H., Baker, P., and M. Burch, 1997 “The Influence of Wind on Wate rLevels and Lagoon-River Exchange in the River Murray, Australia.” J. Mar. Freshwater Res. 48: 541-550.

37. Hutchinson, P.A. and I.T. Webster  1998 “Solute Uptake in Aquatic Sediments due to Current-Obstacle Interactions”. J. Environ. Eng. 124(5): 419-426.

38. Bormans, M. and I.T. Webster  1997 “A Mixing Criterion for Turbid Rivers” Environ. Modelling and Software. 12(4): 329-333.

39. Sherman, B.S., Webster, I.T., Jones, G.J. and R.L. Oliver 1998 “Transitions between Aulacoseira and Anabaena Abundance in a Turbid River Weir Pool” Limnol. Oceanogr.43(8): 1902-1915.

40. Bormans, M. and Webster, I.T. 1998 “Dynamics of Temperature Stratification in LowlandRivers” J. Hydraul. Eng. 124(10): 1059–1063..

41. Webster, I.T., Teasdale, P.R., and Grigg, N.J. 1998 “Theoretical and Experimental Analysis of Peeper Equilibration Dynamics.” Environ. Sci. Tech. 32: 1727-1733.

42. Grigg, N.J., Webster, I.T., and P.W. Ford. 1999 “Porewater Convection Induced by Peeper Emplacement in Saline Sediment”, Limnol. Oceanogr. 44(2): 425-430

43. Bormans, M. and Webster, I.T. 1999 “Modelling the Spatial and Temporal Variability of Diatoms in the River Murray”, J. Plankton. Res. 21(3): 581-598.

44. Bormans, M., Sherman, B.S., and Webster, I.T. 1999. “Is Buoyancy Regulation in Cyanobacteria an Adaptation to Exploit Separation of Light and Nutrients?”. Mar. Freshwater Res. 50: 897-906.

45. Webster, I.T., Parslow, J.S. and Smith, S.V. 2000 “Implications of Spatial and Temporal            Variation for Biogeochemical Budgets of Estuaries”. Estuaries 23(3): 341-350.

46. Webster, I.T., Maier, H., Baker, P. and Burch, M. 2000. “The Influence of Wind on Lagoon-River Exchange in the River Murray, Australia”. Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 27: 468-471.

47. Huettel, M. and Webster, I. T. 2000. “Porewater flow in permeable sediment”. In: Boudreau, B. P. and Jørgensen, B. B. (eds.). The Benthic Boundary Layer: Transport Processes and Biogeochemistry. Oxford University Press, pp 144-179.

48. Webster, I.T., Sherman, B.S., Bormans, M., and Jones,G. 2000 “Management Strategies for Cyanobacterial Blooms in an Impounded Lowland River”. Regulated Rivers: Research and Management 16: 513-525.

49. Hancock, G.J., Webster, I.T., Ford, P.W., Moore, W.S. 2000 “Using Ra Isotopes to Examine Transport Processes Controlling Benthic Fluxes into a Shallow Estuarine Lagoon”. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 64(21) : 3685-3699.

50. Webster, I.T., Ford, P.W. and Hancock, G. 2001 “Phosphorus Dynamics in Australian Lowland Rivers” Mar. Freshwater Res. 52(1): 127-137.

51. Condie, S.A. and Webster, I.T. 2001 “Estimating Stratification in Shallow Water Bodies from Mean Meteorological Conditions” J. Hydraul. Eng. 127(4): 286-292.

52. Webster, I.T., Ford, P.W., and Hodgson, B. 2002 "Microphytobenthos Contribution to Nutrient-Phytoplankton Dynamics in a Shallow Coastal Lagoon” Estuaries 25: 540-551.

53. Baird, M.E., Walker, S.J., Wallace, B.B., Webster, I.T., and Parslow, J.S. 2003 “The Use of Mechanistic Descriptions of Algal Growth and Zooplankton Grazing in an Estuarine Eutrophication Model” Estuarine Coastal Shelf Sci. 56: 685-695.

54. Condie, S. and Webster I.T. 2002. “Stratification and Circulation in a Shallow Turbid Waterbody” Environ. Fluid Mech. 2: 177-196.

55. Webster, I.T. 2003. “Wave Enhancement of Diffusivities within Surficial Sediments”.Environ. Fluid Mech. 3: 269-288.

56. Oliver, R.L., Whittington, J., Lorenz, Z., and Webster, I.T. 2003. “The Influence of Vertical Mixing on the Photoinhibition of Variable Chlorophyll a Fluorescence and its Inclusion in a Model of Phytoplankton Photosynthesis”. J. Plankton Res. 25(9): 1107-1129.

57. Webster, I.T. and Harris, G.P. 2004. “Anthropogenic Impacts on the Ecosystems of Coastal Lagoons: Modelling Fundamental Biogeochemical Processes and Management Implications”. Mar. Freshwater Res. 55, 67-68.

58. Webster, I.T., Ford, P.W. and Tillman, P. 2005. “Estimating Nutrient Budgets in Tropical Estuaries Subject to Episodic Flows”.  Mar. Pollution Bull. 51, 165-173.

59. Ford, P., Tillman, P., Robson, B., and Webster, I.T. 2005 “Organic Carbon Deliveries and Their Flow Related Dynamics in the Fitzroy Estuary”. Mar. Pollution Bull. 51, 119-127.

60. Grigg, N.J., Boudreau, B.P., Webster, I.T., and Ford, P.W. 2005. “The Non-Local Mode of Porewater Irrigation: Limits to its Equivalence with a Cylinder Diffusion Model”. J. Mar. Res. 63, 437-455.

61. Robson, B. and Webster, I.T. 2005 “Representing the Effects of Sub-Grid ScaleVariations in Bathymetry on Light and Primary production”. Environmental Modelling and Software. 21: 802-811.

62. Webster, I.T., Rea, N., Padovan, A.V., Dostine, P., Townsend, S.A. and Cook, S.  2005. “An Analysis of  Primary Production in the Daly River, a Relatively Unimpacted Tropical River in Northern Australia”. Mar. Freshwater Res. 56: 303-316.

63. Oubelkheir, K., L. A. Clementson, I. T. Webster, P. W. Ford, A. G. Dekker, L. C. Radke, and Daniel, P. 2006, “Using inherent optical properties to investigate biogeochemical dynamics in a tropical macrotidal coastal system”, J. Geophys. Res., 111, C07021, doi:10.1029/2005JC003113

64. Hancock, G.J., Webster, I.T., and Stieglitz, T.C. 2006. “Horizontal Mixing of Great Barrier Reef Waters: Offshore Diffusivity Determined from Radium Isotope Distribution”, J. Geophys.l Res., 111, C12019, doi:10.1029/2006JJC003608.

65. Grigg, N.J., Webster, I.T., and Ford, P.W.  2007 “Non-destructive Measurement of the Time Evolution of Burrowing Shrimp Mound Topography”, Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 329: 157-168.

66. Viney, N.R., Bates, B.C., Charles, S.C., Webster, I.T. and Bormans, M. 2007. “Modelling Adaptive Management Strategies for Coping with the Impacts of Climate Variability and Change on Riverine Algal Blooms”. Global Change Biology: 13: 2453-2465, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2007.01443.x

67. Robson, B.J., Webster, I.T., Hamilton, D.P., and Chan, T. 2008. “Ten Steps Applied to Development and Evaluation of Process-Based Biogeochemical Models of Estuaries”. Environmental Modelling and Software, 23: 369-384.

68. Lamontagne, S., Le Gal La Salle, C., Hancock, G.J., Webster, I.T., Simmons, C.T., Love, A.J., James-Smith, J., Smith, A.J., Kämpf, J., and Fallowfield, H.J. “Radium and Radon Radioisotopes in Regional Groundwater, Intertidal Groundwater, and Seawater in the Adelaide Coastal Waters Study Area: Implications for the Evaluation of Submarine Groundwater Discharge”. Marine Chemistry 109(3-4): 318-336. doi: 10.1016/j.marchem.2007.08.010. 

69. Hughes, A. ; Jon M Olley, J.M., J.C., Croke, and Webster, I.T., “Determining floodplain sedimentation rates using 137Cs in a low fallout environment dominated by channel- and cultivation-derived sediment inputs, central Queensland, Australia”. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity.

REPRESENTATIVE REPORTS

The following list of reports represents approximately one third of the total.  Most of my reports were written while I was employed with Dobrocky Seatech Ltd.

1. Drinnan, R.W. and I.T. Webster, 1974.  “Prince Rupert Harbour Interagency Study Program 3: Tasks 1 and 2.  Oceanography and Water Quality.”  Report to the Pollution Control Branch, B.C..

2. Webster, I. and D.M. Farmer, 1976.  “Analysis of Salinity and Temperature Records Taken at Three Lighthouse Stations on the B.C. Coast.”  Institute of Ocean Sciences, Sidney, B.C., Pacific Marine Sciences Report 76-11.

3. Webster, I.T., 1976.  “Dye Discharge Oceanographic Study of English Bay.”  Report to Environmental Protection Service, Environment Canada, for Dobrocky Seatech Ltd.

4. Webster, I.T., 1977.  “A Physical Oceanographic Study of Haro Strait:  A Data Summary and Preliminary Analysis.”  Institute of Ocean Sciences, Sidney, B.C., Contract Report Series 77-3.

5. Webster, I.T., 1977.  “Annual Summary of Physical Oceanographic Measurements in Alice Arm - August 1976 to September 1977.”  Report to J.L. Littlepage, program director, Alice Arm Project, for Dobrocky Seatech Ltd.

6. Webster, I.T., 1979.  “Preliminary Oceanographic Study Namosi Copper Project Fiji.”  Submitted to Viti Cooper Ltd., for Dobrocky Seatech Ltd.

7. Webster, I.T., 1979.  “Tide Gauge Measurements in the MacKenzie Delta”, Submitted to Esso Canada Resources, for Dobrocky Seatech Ltd.

8. Webster, I., Golding, T.J.  and N. Dyson, 1979.  “Hydrological Features of the Near Shelf Waters off Fremantle, Western Australia during 1974.”  CSIRO Aust. Div. Fish. Oceanogr., Rep. 90.

9. Webster, I.T., 1980.  “Kitimat Physical Oceanographic Study 1977-1978 - Estuarine Circulation”.  Institute of Ocean Sciences, B.C., Contract Report Series 80-3 (part 3).

10. Webster, I.T., 1985.  “An Analysis of Currents at Beluga 0-23.”  Submitted to Canterra Energy Ltd., for Dobrocky Seatech Ltd.

CSIRO REPORTS AND OCCASIONAL PAPERS

1. Webster, I.T., 1988.  “Field Measurements of Water Temperature in the Auto-Trough Watering System.”  Mr. G.A. Miller. Technical Report No. 16.

2. Bormans, M., and I.T. Webster, 1993. “Modelling algal distributions in the River Murray. Murray–Darling Basin Commission”. Technical Report No. 57.

3. Sherman, B.S., Webster, I.T., Jones, G., and R. Oliver. 1993. “Control strategies for cyanobacterial blooms in Weir Pools”. Progress Report, NRMS Project No. M3116. Murray–Darling Basin Commission. Technical Report No. 59.

4. Hope, D.M. and I.T. Webster, 1994.  “Evaporation from a Mine Retention Pond.” Office of the Supervising Scientist for the Alligator Rivers Region Technical Report No. 63.

5. Bormans, M. and I.T. Webster, 1994. “Effects of flow on algal growth in well mixed rivers”. In Proceedings AWWA Environmental Flows Seminar pp. 29-35.

6.  Sherman, B.S., Jones, G.J., and I.T. Webster, 1994. “Flow, stratification and the growth of algae and cyanobacteria in Maude weir pool on the Murrumbidgee River” In Proceedings AWWA Environmental Flows Seminar pp. 170-177.

7. Webster, I.T., 1994. “Solute transport within coastal sediments”. Proceedings IOC-WESTPAC Third Scientific Symposium. Pp. 302-307.

8. Condie, S.A. and I.T. Webster, 1995. “Evaporation mitigation from on-farm water storages. Geoff Sainty and Associates”. Technical Report No. 90.

9. Condie, S.A. and I.T. Webster, 1995. “The influence of mixing and stratification onoxygen and particle dynamics in pollution control ponds”. CRCFE and CRCCH. Technical Report No. 103.

10. McLeod, A.J. and I.T. Webster, 1996. “A heat budget method of estimating evaporation from irrigation channels.”  Proceedings of the International Hydrological and Water Resources  Symposium, Hobart, 21-24 May 1996, Institute of Engineers, Australia, National Conference Publication 96/05, Vol 2:373-379.

11. Webster, I.T., Jones, G., Oliver, R.L., Bormans, M., and B.S. Sherman, 1996.  “Control Strategies for Cyanobacterial Blooms in Weir Pools.”  Final Grant Report, NRMS Project No. M3116. Murray-Darling Basin Commission. TechnicalReport No. 119.

12. Bormans, M. and I.T. Webster, 1996. “Modelling the dynamics of the diatom Aulacoseira SP. and the blue-green Anabaena in relation to river flow”. Land & Water Resources Research & Development Corporation. Technical Report No. 127.

13. Sherman, B. and I. Webster, 1996. “Flow and the control of cyanobacterial growth in river weir pools”. AWWA Ozwater and Ozwaste 97, Melbourne, 17-19 March, 1997.

14. Davis, N., Ford, P.W. and I. T. Webster, 1997. “Preliminary investigation into the mixing of the Molonglo and Murrumbidgee Rivers”. ACTEW. Technical Report No. 134.

15. Ford, P.W., Hart, B.T., Grace, M., Tan, Y-T., and I.T. Webster, 1997. “Modelling nutrient release from sediments in lowland rivers and storages.” NEMP Project CEM4, Milestone Report 1., Consultancy Report 97-41.

16. Hancock, G.J., Webster, I.T., and A.S. Murray, 1997. “Estimation of rates of sedimentation, water column mixing, and porewater exchange in Port Phillip Bay using fallout and lithogenic radionuclides”. Port Phillip Bay Environment Study. Consultancy Report 97-55.

17. Webster, I.T. and P.W. Ford, 1998. “Aspects of nutrient-phytoplankton dynamics in Lake Illawarra”. Pacific Power. Consultancy Report 98-6.

18. Webster, I.T., 1998. “Comments on the likely impact of the thermal discharge from the National Museum into Lake Burley Griffin”. Environment Australia. Consultancy Report 98-36.

19. Harris, G., Batley, G., Webster, I., Molloy, R., and Fox, D. 1998. “Review of water quality and status of the aquatic ecosystems of the Gippsland Lakes” Gippsland Lakes Coastal Board, Consultancy Report.

20. Oliver, R.L. and Webster, I.T. 2000. “Algal availability of phosphorus discharged from different catchment sources” Final Grant Report, NEMP Project No. LWDMD17. Land & Water, Australia.

21. Webster, I.T., Parslow, J.S., Grayson, R.B., Molloy, R.P., Andrewartha, J., Sakov, P.,Tan, K.S., Walker, J.S., and Wallace, B.B. 2001. "Gippsland Lakes Environmental Study – Assessing options for improving water quality and ecological function” Final Report submitted to Gippsland Coastal Board.

22. Coade, G., di Pierro, F. and Webster, I. 2002. "Lake Macquarie Integrated Catchment and Estuary Management Model" Final Report submitted to Lake Macquarie Task Force

23. Webster, I.T. 2002 Daly River Ecosystem Productivity – Project report chapter in"Environmental Water Requirements of Vallisneria nana in the Day River Northern Territory" prepared for Environment Australia

24. Webster, I.T. 2002 Water Temperature vs Flow – Project report chapter in "Modelling Dry Season Flows and Predicting the Impact of Water Extraction on a Flagship Species" prepared for NT DLPE

25. Margvelashvili, N., Robson, B., Sakov, P., Webster, I.T., Parslow, J., Herzfeld, M. and Andrewartha, J. 2003. “Numerical modelling of hydrodynamics, sediment transport and biogeochemistry in the Fitzroy Estuary”. Cooperative Research Centre for Coastal Zone, Estuary and Waterway Management, Brisbane.

26. Herzfeld, M., Parslow, J., Andrewartha, J., Sakov, P. and Webster, I.T. 2003. “Numerical modelling of the Port Curtis Region”. Cooperative Research Centre for Coastal Zone, Estuary and Waterway Management, Brisbane.

27. Webster, I.T., Ford, P.W., Robson, B., Margvelashvili, N. & Parslow, J. 2003.“Conceptual models of the hydrodynamics, fine sediment dynamics, biogeochemistry and primary production in the Fitzroy Estuary”. Cooperative Research Centre for Coastal Zone, Estuary and Waterway Management, Brisbane.

I. 2004. “The Response of the Lower Ord River and Estuary to Management of Catchment Flows and Sediment and Nutrient Loads”. Final Report of Ord-Bonaparte Project submitted to Land & Water Australia. Canberra.

29. Lamontagne, S., McEwan, K., Webster, I., Ford, P., Leaney, F. and Walker, G. 2004“Coorong, Lower Lakes, and Murray Mouth. Knowledge gaps and knowledge needs for delivering better ecological outcomes”. Water for a Healthy Country National Research Flagship CSIRO: Canberra.

30. Burston, I., Grynberg, H., Finnigan, J. Webster, I., Simmonds, C., and Milnes, T. 2005“Review of Cost Effective Systems to Minimise Water Losses by Evaporation from Mine Site Process Water Storages”, Consultancy report to AMIRA International.

31. Webster, I.T. 2005. “An Overview of the Hydrodynamics of the Coorong and MurrayMouth”. Water for a Healthy Country National Research Flagship. CSIRO Report Series.

32. Robert Molloy, R., Chidgey, S., Webster, I., Hancock, G. and Fox, D. 2005. “Corner InletEnvironmental Audit”, Prepared for Gippsland Coastal Board, CSIRO Land & Water.

33. Wallace, J., Bohnet, L., Disher, M., Ford, P., Gehrke, P., Hartcher, M., Hawdon, A., Henderson, A., Roebelling, R., Stewart, L., Vleeshouwer, J., Webster, I., Westcott, D., and Williams, K. (2005). Floodplain renewal in catchments adjacent to the Great Barrier Reef. Poster presentation. in: Goggin, C., and Harvey, T. (eds), Rainforest meets Reef. Conference Abstracts. CRC Reef Research Centre Technical Report No. 64. Townsville: CRC Rainforest Reef Centre.

34. Schult J., Townsend S., Douglas, M., Webster I., Skinner S., Casanova M. 2006.“Monitoring and Managing Nutrients in the Daly River”. Department of Natural resources, Environment and the Arts, Darwin, NT.

35. Douglas, G. D., Ford, P.W., Moss, A.J., Noble, R.M., Packett, R., M. Palmer, M., Revill,A., B. Robson, P. Tillman, and I. T. Webster 2005. “Carbon and Nutrient Cycling in a Subtropical Estuary (the Fitzroy), Central Queensland”. Technical Report 14 to CRC for Coastal Zone, Estuary and Waterway Management, Indooroopilly.

36. Ford, P. W., Radke, L.C., Webster, I.T., Robson, B., Atkinson, I., Tindall, C., and Verwey, P. 2006 “Nutrient Dynamics and Pelagic Primary Production in Coastal Creeks Delivering into Keppel Bay”,  Technical Report 32 to CRC for Coastal Zone, Estuary and Waterway Management, Indooroopilly.

37. Radke, L.C., Ford, P.W.,  Webster, I.T., Atkinson, I., Oubelkheir, K. 2006. “Keppel Bay:Physical Processes and Biogeochemical Functioning”. Report 34 to CRC for Coastal Zone, Estuary and Waterway Management, Indooroopilly.

38. Herzfeld, M., Andrewartha, J.R., Sakov, P., Webster, I. 2006. “Numerical Hydrodynamic Modelling of the Fitzroy Estuary”. Report 38 to CRC for Coastal Zone, Estuary and Waterway Management, Indooroopilly.

39. Margvelashvili, N., Herzfeld, M., Webster, I. 2006. “Modelling of Fine Sediment Transport in Fitzroy Estuary and Keppel Bay”. Report 39 to CRC for Coastal Zone, Estuary and Waterway Management, Indooroopilly.

40. Robson, B.J., Rosebrock, U., Webster, I.T., Herzfeld, M., Margvelashvili, N. 2006.“Biogeochemical Modelling and Nitrogen Budgets for the Fitzroy Estuary and Keppel Bay”. Report 40 to CRC for Coastal Zone, Estuary and Waterway Management, Indooroopilly.

41. Robson, B.J., Webster, I.T., Margvelashvili, N., Herzfeld, N. 2006. “Scenario Modelling:Simulating the Downstream Effects of Changes in Catchment Land Use”. Report 41 to CRC for Coastal Zone, Estuary and Waterway Management, Indooroopilly.

42. Webster, I.T. et al. 2006. “The Fitzroy Contaminants Project – A Study of the Nutrient and Fine-Sediment Dynamics of the Fitzroy Estuary and Keppel Bay”. Final project report. Report 42 to CRC for Coastal Zone, Estuary and Waterway Management, Indooroopilly. http://www.ozcoasts.org.au/search_data/crc_rpts.jsp

43. Webster, I.T. 2007. “Hydrodynamic Modelling of the Coorong”. Water for a HealthyCountry National Flagship, CSIRO.

44. Brando, V.E., Robson, B., Cherukuru, N.R., Dekker, A., and Webster, I. (2007). Towards assimilation of ocean colour satellite observation into coastal ocean biogeochemical models : the tropical Fitzroy River Estuary case study. in: Zou, X.B.D.D.D.F.-X. (editors), Proceedings of SPIE: Assimilation of Remote Sensing and In Situ data in Modern Numerical Weather and Environmental Prediction Models, San Diego, CA: SPIE.

45. McJannet, DL, Webster, IT, Stenson, MP and Sherman, BS  2008, Estimating openwater evaporation for the Murray-Darling Basin. A report to the Australian Government from the CSIRO Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project, CSIRO: Water for a Healthy Country National Research Flagship, 58 pp. http://www.clw.csiro.au/publications/waterforahealthycountry/mdbsy/technical/U-OpenWaterEvaporation.pdf

46. Robson, B.J., Burford, M.A., Gehrke, P.C., Revill, A.T., Webster, I.T. and Palmer,D.W.  2008, Response of the Lower Ord River and estuary to change in flow and sediment and nutrient loads, CSIRO Water for a Healthy Country National Research Flagship report, CSIRO, Canberra, 38 pp. http://www.clw.csiro.au/publications/waterforahealthycountry/2008/WfHC-LowerOrdRiverChanges.pdf

47. Webster, I., Brinkman, B., Parslow, J., Prange, J., Steven, A., and Waterhouse, J. 2008.Review and Gap Analysis of Receiving-Water Water Quality Modelling in the Great Barrier Reef. Report to Environment and Water Resources. Water for a Healthy Country Flagship, Canberra, 146 pp.
http://www.clw.csiro.au/publications/waterforahealthycountry/index.html#reports

48. Webster, I.T., Cook, F.J., and Hicks, W.S. 2008. Review of Hipsey and Salmon:Numerical Assessment of Acid-Sulfate Soil Impact on the River Murray Lower Lakes During Water Level Decline. Report to Aquaterra Consulting Pty. Ltd., CSIRO Land & Water.

49. Brodie, J, Binney, J, Fabricius, K, Gordon, I, Hoegh-Guldberg, O, Hunter, H,O'Reagain, P, Pearson, R, Quirk, M, Thorburn, P, Waterhouse, J, Webster, I and Wilkinson, S  2008, Synthesis of evidence to support the Scientific Consensus Statement on Water Quality in the Great Barrier Reef 

50. Lester, R.E., Webster, I.T., Fairweather, P.G. & Langley R.A., 2009. Predicting the futureecological condition of the Coorong. Effects of management and climate change scenarios. CSIRO: Water for a Healthy Country National Research Flagship, Canberra.

51. Webster, I.T. 2009. A Preliminary Assessment of the Impacts of Sea Level Rise on Water Levels in the Coorong. Water for a Healthy Country Flagship, Canberra.

52. Lester, R.E., Webster, I.T., Fairweather, P.G. & Langley R.A., 2009. South Australian Murray-Darling Basin Natural Resource Management Board, Flinders University, Adelaide.

53. Lester, R.E., Webster, I.T., Fairweather, P.G. & Langley R.A., 2009. Predicting the ecosystem response of the Coorong to the Coorong South Lagoon Flow Restoration Scheme. A report prepared for the South Australian , Flinders University, Adelaide.