Dr Rob Bryant

Refereed Journals in print

  • Harris, A., and Bryant, R.G. (2008, in press). A multi-scale remote sensing approach for monitoring northern peatland hydrology: Present possibilities and future challenges. Journal of Environmental Management.
    doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2007.06.025
  • Eckardt, F.D., Bryant, R.G., McCulloch, G., Spiro, B. and Wood, W.W., (2008). The hydrochemistry of a semi-arid pan basin, case study: Sua Pan, Makgadikgadi, Botswana. Applied Geochemistry, 23(6), 1563-1580.
    doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2007.12.033
  • McCulloch, G.P., Irvine, K., Eckardt, F.D. and Bryant, R.G. (2008). Hydrochemical fluctuations and crustacean community composition in an ephemeral saline lake (Sua Pan, Makgadikgadi Botswana). Hydrobiologia, 596(1), 31-46 .
    doi:10.1007/s10750-007-9055-8
  • Bryant, R.G., Bigg, G.R., Mahowald, N.M., Eckhardt, F.D., and Ross, S.G., (2007). Dust emission response to climate in southern Africa. Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, 112, D09207.
    doi:10.1029/2005JD007025
  • Harris, A., Bryant, R.G. and Baird, A.J. (2006). Mapping Near-Surface Moisture Stress in Sphagnum spp.: preliminary perspectives using airborne remote sensing. Remote Sensing of Environment, 100, 363-378.
    doi:10.1016/j.rse.2005.10.024
  • Harris, A., Bryant, R.G. and Baird, A.J. (2005). Detecting Near-Surface Moisture Stress in Sphagnum spp. Remote Sensing of Environment, 97, 371-381.
    doi:10.1016/j.rse.2005.05.001
  • Rainey, M., Tyler, A.N., Bryant, R.G., Gilvear, D.J., and McDonald, P. (2003). Mapping Estuarine Intertidal Sediment Size Fractions through Airborne Remote Sensing. Remote Sensing of the Environment, 86, 480-490.
    doi:10.1016/S0034-4257(03)00126-3
  • Bryant, R.G. (2003). Monitoring hydrological controls on dust emissions: preliminary observations from Etosha Pan, Namibia, Geographical Journal, 169(2) 131-141.
    doi:10.1111/1475-4959.04977
  • Bryant, R.G. and Baird, A.J. (2003). The spectral behaviour of Sphagnum canopies under varying hydrological conditions. Geophysical Research Letters, 30(3) 1134-1138.
    doi:10.1029/2002GL016053
  • Mahowald, N., Bryant, R.G., del Corral, J. and Steinburger, L. (2003). Ephemeral lakes and desert dust sources. Geophysical Research Letters, 30(2) 1074-1078.
    doi:10.1029/2002GL016041
  • Bryant, R.G., and Rainey, M.P. (2002). Investigation of flood inundation on plyays within the Zone of Chotts using a time series of AVHRR. Remote Sensing of Environment, 82, 360-375.
    doi:10.1016/S0034-4257(02)00053-6
  • Ferrier, G., White, K.H., Griffiths, G., Bryant, R.G. , and Stefouli, M. (2002). Mapping hydrothermal alteration zones on the island of Lesvos, Greece using an integrated remote sensing data-set. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 23(2), 341-356.
    doi:10.1080/01431160010003857
  • Osborne, P.E., Alonso, J.C. and Bryant, R.G. (2001). Modelling landscape-scale habitat use by great bustards in Central Spain using GIS and remote sensing. Journal of Applied Ecology, 38, 458-471.
    doi:10.1046/j.1365-2664.2001.00604.x
  • Rainey, M., Tyler, A.N., Bryant, R.G., Gilvear, D.J. and McDonald, P. (2000). The influence of surface and interstitial moisture on the spectral characteristics of intertidal sediments: implications for airborne image acquisition and processing. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 21(16), 3025-3038.
    doi:10.1080/01431160050144938
  • Gilvear, D.J., Bryant, R.G., and Hardy, T.B, (1999). Application of remote sensing to the study of channel morphology. Progress in Environmental Science, 1(3), 257-284.
  • Bryant, R.G., and Gilvear, D.J. (1999). Quantification of changes within a river corridor either side of a large (1:50) flood event using airborne remote sensing case study from a short stretch of the Rivers Tay and Tummel, Scotland. Geomorphology, 29(3-4), 307-321.
    doi:10.1016/S0169-555X(99)00023-9
  • Bryant, R.G., (1999) Monitoring climatically sensitive playas using AVHRR data. Earth Surface Process and Landforms, 24(4), 283-302.
    doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(199904)24:4<283::AID-ESP950>3.0.CO;2-9
  • Simpson, I.A., Bryant, R.G., and Tveraabak, U. (1998). Relict soils and early arable land management in Lofoten, Norway. Journal of Archaeological Science, 25, 1185-1198.
    doi: 10.1006/jasc.1998.0296
  • White, K.H., Bryant, R.G., and Drake, N.A., (1998). Techniques for measuring rock weathering: application to a dated fan segment sequence in southern Tunisia. Earth Surface Process and Landforms, 23(11), 1031-1043.
    doi:10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(1998110)23:11<1031::AID-ESP919>3.0.CO;2-G
  • Bryant, R.G., Tyler, A.N., Gilvear, D.J., McDonald, P., Teasdale, I., Brown, J., and Ferrier, G.A. (1996). Preliminary investigation into the spectral characteristics of inter-tidal estuarine sediments. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 17(2), 405-412.
  • Bryant, R.G., and Davidson, D.A. (1996). The use of image analysis in the micromorphological study of old cultivated soils: case study, Papa Stour, Shetlands. Journal of Archaeological Science, 23(6), 811-822.
    doi:10.1006/jasc.1996.0076
  • Bryant, R.G., (1996). Validated linear mixture modelling of LANDSAT TM data for mapping evaporite minerals on a playa surface. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 17(2), 315-330.
  • Millington, A.C., White, K.H., Drake, N.A and Bryant, R.G. (1995). Salt Ramps: new features observed on salt lakes. Earth Surface Process and Landforms, 20(2), 105-113.
    doi: 10.1002/esp.3290200202
  • Grieve, I.C., Gilvear, D.G., and Bryant, R.G., (1995). Hydrochemical and water source variations across a floodplain mire, Insh Marshes, Scotland. Hydrological Processes, 9(1), 99-110.
    doi: 10.1002/hyp.3360090109
  • Bryant, R.G., Sellwood, B.W., Millington, A.C., and Drake, N.A. (1994). Marine-like potash evaporite formation on a continental playa: case study Chott el Djerid, southern Tunisia. Sedimentary Geology, 90(3-4), 269-291.
    doi:10.1016/0037-0738(94)90043-4

Contributions to Books

  • Harris, A., Bryant, R.G. and Baird, A. J, (2006). Remote sensing of sphagnum stress: a proxy for near-surface wetness conditions in northern peatlands? In: Looking at Wetlands from Space, European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP (SP-634).
  • Harris, A., Bryant, R.G. and Baird, A.J. (2005). The use of remote sensing as a tool for mapping detailed large scale and sub-seasonal changes in the hydrological status of northern peatlands. In: Meade, R. (ed.) Proceedings of the Peterborough Remote Sensing Workshop, 30 September 2004, English Nature, Peterborough. 53-63.
  • Harris, A., Baird, A.J. and Bryant, R.G. (2003). Spectral properties of sphagnum canopies under varying hydrological conditions. In: Järvet, A. and Lode, E. (eds.) Ecological Processes in Northern Wetlands: Selected Papers, Estonia, Tartu University Press. 53-58.
  • Gilvear, D. J., and Bryant, R.G.,(2003). Analysis of aerial photography and other remotely sensed data. In: Kondolf, G.M. and Piégay H. (eds.) Tools in Fluvial Geomorphology, Wiley, London. 134-168.
  • Bryant, R.G., (2002). Monitoring inundation in playa systems. In: Waser, K. (ed.) Using geospatial technologies to understand dryland dynamic, ALN51, The Office of Arid Lands Studies, Tuscon, USA. 230-240.
  • Drake, N.A. and Bryant, R.G. (1994). Monitoring the flooding ratios of Tunisian Playas using AVHRR data. In: Millington, A.C, and Pye, K. (eds.) Climatic Change in Drylands, Wiley, London. 87-96.
  • Drake, N.A., Bryant, R.G., Millington, A.C. and Townshend, J.R.G. (1994). Playa geomorphology and sedimentology: mixture modelling applied to Landsat Thematic Mapper data of the Chott el Djerid, Tunisia. In: Renaut, R.W. and Last, W.M. (eds.) The Sedimentology and Geochemistry of Modern and Ancient Saline Lakes, SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology) Special Publication 50, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. 123-135.
  • Bryant, R.G., Drake, N.A., Millington, A.C. and Sellwood, B.W. (1994). The chemical evolution of the brines of Chott el Djerid, Southern Tunisia, after an exceptional rainfall event in January 1990. In: Renaut, R.W. and Last, W.M. (eds.) The Sedimentology and Geochemistry of Modern and Ancient Saline Lakes, SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology) Special Publication 50, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. 3-12.
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