School of Mathematics and Physics

Professor David Moriarty

Honorary Senior Fellow
School of Mathematics and Physics
+61 7 3207 1088

Publications

Journal Articles (54)
Conference Papers (3)

Journal Articles

Liakos, A., Moriarty, D. J.W., Blackford, M. G., West, J. F., Evans, P., Moriarty, C. M. and Sweet, S. M. (2022). Comprehensive analysis of southern eclipsing systems with pulsating components: the cases of HM Pup, V632 Sco, and TT Vel. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 663 A137, 1-26. doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/202243313
Moriarty, D. J.W., Liakos, A., Drinkwater, M. J., Mohit, A., Sweet, S. M. and West, J. F. (2020). Photometric and spectroscopic monitoring, radial velocities and evolutionary status of the chromospherically active, close eclipsing binaries ST Centauri and V0775 Centauri. Astrophysics and Space Science, 365 (1) 1. doi: 10.1007/s10509-019-3709-7
Moriarty, D. J. W. and Decamp, O. (2012). Microbial remediation of pollution in tropical coastal environments. Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management, 15 (3), 253-259. doi: 10.1080/14634988.2012.705775
Guthrie, J. N., Moriarty, D. J W and Blackall, L. L. (2000). DNA extraction from coral reef sediment bacteria for the polymerase chain reaction. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 43 (2), 73-80. doi: 10.1016/S0167-7012(00)00207-4
Moriarty, D. J.W., Bianchi, M. and Talbot, V. (1997). Bacterial productivity and organic matter flux in the Southern Ocean and in the Antarctic Intermediate Water and Mode Water of the Indian Ocean. Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 44 (5), 1005-1015. doi: 10.1016/S0967-0645(96)00110-5
De Wit, Rutger, Relexans, Jean-Claude, Bouvier, Thierry and Moriarty, David J. W. (1997). Microbial respiration and diffusive oxygen uptake of deep-sea sediments in the Southern Ocean (ANTARES-I cruise). Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 44 (5), 1053-1068. doi: 10.1016/S0967-0645(97)00002-7
Glazebrook, P. W., Moriarty, D. J.W., Hayward, A. C. and MacRae, I. C. (1996). Seasonal changes in numbers and the location of a particular bacterial strain of Alteromonas sp. in seagrass sediments. Microbial Ecology, 31 (1), 1-13. doi: 10.1007/BF00175071
Garet, M. J. and Moriarty, D. J.W. (1996). Acid extraction of tritium label from bacterial DNA in clay sediment. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 25 (1), 1-4. doi: 10.1016/0167-7012(95)00071-2
Allan, Geoff L., Moriarty, David J.W. and .Maguire, Greg B (1995). Effects of pond preparation and feeding rate on production of Penaeus monodon Fabricius, water quality, bacteria and benthos in model farming ponds. Aquaculture, 130 (4), 329-349. doi: 10.1016/0044-8486(94)00316-G
Moriarty, D. J. and O'Donohue, M. J. (1995). Organic carbon transport from the Southern Ocean and bacterial growth in the Antarctic intermediate water masses of the Tasman Sea. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 119 (1-3), 291-298.
Rothlisberg, P.C., Pollard, P.C., Nichols, P.D., Moriarty, D.J.W., Forbes, A.M.G., Jackson, C.J. and Vaudrey, D. (1994). Phytoplankton community structure and productivity in relation to the hydrological regime of the Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia, in summer. Marine and Freshwater Research, 45 (3), 265-282. doi: 10.1071/MF9940265
Rothlisberg, P. C., Pollard, P. C., Nichols, P. D., Moriarty, D. J W, Forbes, A. M G, Jackson, A. M G, Jackson, C. J. and Vaudrey, D. (1994). Phytoplankton community structure and productivity in relation to the hydrological regime of the Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia, in Summer. AUST.J.MAR.FRESHWATER RES., 45 (3), 265-282.
Moriarty, D. J. W. and Donohue, M. J. O. (1993). Nitrogen fixation in seagrass communities during summer in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia. Marine and Freshwater Research, 44 (1), 117-125. doi: 10.1071/MF9930117
Walters, K. and Moriarty, D. J.W. (1993). The effects of complex trophic interactions on a marine microbenthic community. Ecology, 74 (5), 1475-1489. doi: 10.2307/1940076
O'Donohue, M. J., Moriarty, D. J.W. and Rae, I.C.Mac (1991). Nitrogen fixation in sediments and the rhizosphere of the seagrass Zostera capricorni. Microbial Ecology, 22 (1), 53-64. doi: 10.1007/BF02540212
O'Donohue, M. J., Moriarty, D. J.W. and MacRae, I. C. (1991). A comparison of methods for determining rates of acetylene reduction (nitrogen fixation) by heterotrophic bacteria in seagrass sediment. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 13 (3), 171-183. doi: 10.1016/0167-7012(91)90043-P
Pollard, P. C. and Moriarty, D. J.W. (1991). Organic carbon decomposition, primary and bacterial productivity, and sulphate reduction, in tropical seagrass beds of the Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 69 (1-2), 149-159. doi: 10.3354/meps069149
Moriarty, D. J.W., Skyring, G. W., O'Brien, G. W. and Heggie, D. T. (1991). Heterotrophic bacterial activity and growth rates in sediments of the continental margin of eastern Australia. Deep Sea Research Part A, Oceanographic Research Papers, 38 (6), 693-712. doi: 10.1016/0198-0149(91)90007-3
Heggie, D. T., Skyring, G. W., O'Brien, G. W., Reimers, C., Herczeg, A., Moriarty, D. J W, Burnett, W. C. and Milnes, A. R. (1990). Organic carbon cycling and modern phosphorite formation on the East Australian continental margin: An overview. Geological Society Special Publication, 52 (1), 87-117. doi: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1990.052.01.07
Decho, Alan W. and Moriarty, David J. W. (1990). Bacterial exopolymer utilization by a harpacticoid copepod: A methodology and results. Limnology and Oceanography, 35 (5), 1039-1049. doi: 10.4319/lo.1990.35.5.1039
Moriarty, D. J.W. and Pollard, P. C. (1990). Effects of radioactive labelling of macromolecules, disturbance of bacteria and adsorption of thymidine to sediment on the determination of bacterial growth rates in sediment with tritiated thymidine. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 11 (2), 127-139. doi: 10.1016/0167-7012(90)90013-V
Moriarty, D. J.W. and Hansen, J. A. (1990). Productivity and growth rates of coral reef bacteria on hard calcareous substrates and in sandy sediments in summer. Marine and Freshwater Research, 41 (6), 785-794. doi: 10.1071/MF9900785
Moriarty, D. J.W. (1990). Techniques for Estimating Bacterial Growth Rates and Production of Biomass in Aquatic Environments. Methods in Microbiology, 22 (C), 211-234. doi: 10.1016/S0580-9517(08)70243-5
Hansen, L. A., Alongi, D. M., Moriarty, D. J.W. and Pollard, P. C. (1987). The dynamics of benthic microbial communities at Davies Reef, central Great Barrier Reef. Coral Reefs, 6 (2), 63-70. doi: 10.1007/BF00301375
Roberts, D. G. and Moriarty, D. J.W. (1987). Lacunal gas discharge as a measure of productivity in the seagrasses Zostera capricorni, Cymodocea serrulata and Syringodium isoetifolium. Aquatic Botany, 28 (2), 143-160. doi: 10.1016/0304-3770(87)90036-2
Moriarty, D. J.W. (1986). Bacterial productivity in ponds used for culture of penaeid prawns. Microbial Ecology, 12 (3), 259-269. doi: 10.1007/BF02011169
Boon, P. L., Moriarty, D. J.W. and Saffigna, P. G. (1986). Nitrate metabolism in sediments from seagrass (Zostera capricorni) beds of Moreton Bay, Australia. Marine Biology, 91 (2), 269-275. doi: 10.1007/BF00569443
Boon, P. I., Moriarty, D. J.W. and Saffigna, P. G. (1986). Rates of ammonium turnover and the role of amino-acid deamination in seagrass (Zostera capricorni) beds of Moreton Bay, Australia. Marine Biology, 91 (2), 259-268. doi: 10.1007/BF00569442
Moriarty, D. J.W., Iverson, R. L. and Pollard, P. C. (1986). Exudation of organic carbon by the seagrass Halodule wrightii Aschers. And its effect on bacterial growth in the sediment. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 96 (2), 115-126. doi: 10.1016/0022-0981(86)90237-6
Moriarty, D. J.W., Pollard, P. C., Hunt, W. G., Moriarty, C. M. and Wassenberg, T. J. (1985). Productivity of bacteria and microalgae and the effect of grazing by holothurians in sediments on a coral reef flat. Marine Biology, 85 (3), 293-300. doi: 10.1007/BF00393250
Moriarty, D. J.W., Pollard, P. C. and Hunt, W. G. (1985). Temporal and spatial variation in bacterial production in the water column over a coral reef. Marine Biology, 85 (3), 285-292. doi: 10.1007/BF00393249
Moriarty, D. J.W., White, D. C. and Wassenberg, T. J. (1985). A convenient method for measuring rates of phospholipid synthesis in seawater and sediments: its relevance to the determination of bacterial productivity and the disturbance artifacts introduced by measurements. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 3 (5-6), 321-330. doi: 10.1016/0167-7012(85)90014-4
Moriarty, D. J.W., Boon, P. I., Hansen, J. A., Hunt, W. G., Poiner, I. R., Pollard, P. C., Skyring, G. W. and White, D. C. (1985). Microbial biomass and productivity in seagrass beds. Geomicrobiology Journal, 4 (1), 21-51. doi: 10.1080/01490458509385919
Findlay, R. H., Pollard, P. C., Moriarty, D. J.W. and White, D. C. (1985). Quantitative determination of microbial activity and community nutritional status in estuarine sediments: Evidence for a disturbance artifact. Canadian Journal of Microbiology, 31 (5), 493-498. doi: 10.1139/m85-091
Pollard, P. C. and Moriarty, D. J W (1984). Validity of the tritiated thymidine method for estimating bacterial growth rates: Measurement of isotope dilution during DNA synthesis. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 48 (6), 1076-1083. doi: 10.1128/AEM.48.6.1076-1083.1984
Moriarty, D. J.W. (1983). Bacterial biomass and productivity in sediments, stromatolites, and water of hamelin pool, shark bay, western australia. Geomicrobiology Journal, 3 (2), 121-133. doi: 10.1080/01490458309377790
Moriarty, D. J W (1983). Measurement of muramic acid in marine sediments by high performance liquid chromatography. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 1 (2), 111-117. doi: 10.1016/0167-7012(83)90021-0
Moriarty, D. J.W. and Pollard, P. C. (1982). Diel variation of bacterial productivity in seagrass (Zostera capricorni) beds measured by rate of thymidine incorporation into DNA. Marine Biology, 72 (2), 165-173. doi: 10.1007/BF00396917
Moriarty, D.J.W. and Hayward, A.C. (1982). Ultrastructure of bacteria and the proportion of Gram-negative bacteria in marine sediments. Microbial Ecology, 8 (1), 1-14. doi: 10.1007/BF02011456
Moriarty, D. J.W. (1982). Feeding of holothuvia atva and stichopus chlovonotus on bacteria, organic carbon and organic nitrogen in sediments of the great barrier reef. Marine and Freshwater Research, 33 (2), 255-263. doi: 10.1071/MF9820255
MORIARTY, DJW and BARCLAY, MC (1981). CARBON AND NITROGEN-CONTENT OF FOOD AND THE ASSIMILATION EFFICIENCIES OF PENAEID PRAWNS IN THE GULF OF CARPENTARIA. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 32 (2), 245-251.
Moriarty, DJW and Pollard, PC (1981). DNA Synthesis as a Measure of Bacterial Productivity in Seagrass Sediments. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 5 (2), 151-156. doi: 10.3354/meps005151
Moriarty, D. J.W. (1981). Carbon and nitrogen content of food and the assimilation efficiencies of penaeid prawns in the gulf of carpentaria. Marine and Freshwater Research, 32 (2), 245-251. doi: 10.1071/MF9810245
Moriarty, D. J.W. (1980). Measurement of bacterial biomass in sandy sediments. Biogeochemistry of ancient and modern environments, 131-138.
Moriarty, D. J.W. (1979). Biomass of suspended bacteria over coral reefs. Marine Biology, 53 (2), 193-200. doi: 10.1007/BF00389189
Moriarty, D. J.W. (1979). Muramic acid in the cell walls of Prochloron. Archives of Microbiology, 120 (3), 191-193. doi: 10.1007/BF00423064
Moriarty, D. J.W. (1977). Improved method using muramic acid to estimate biomass of bacteria in sediments. Oecologia, 26 (4), 317-323. doi: 10.1007/BF00345531
Moriarty, D. J.W. (1977). Quantification of carbon, nitrogen and bacterial biomass in the food of some penaeid prawns. Marine and Freshwater Research, 28 (2), 113-118. doi: 10.1071/MF9770113
Moriarty D.J.W. (1976). Quantitative studies on bacteria and algae in the food of the mullet Mugil cephalus L. and the prawn Metapenaeus bennettae (Racek & Dall). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 22 (2), 131-143. doi: 10.1016/0022-0981(76)90090-3
Moriarty, D.J.W. (1975). A method for estimating the biomass of bacteria in aquatic sediments and its application to trophic studies. Oecologia, 20 (3), 219-229. doi: 10.1007/BF00347474
Moriarty, Christine M. and Moriarty, D. J.W. (1973). Quantitative estimation of the daily ingestion of phytoplankton by Tilapia nilotica and Haplochromis nigripinnis in Lake George, Uganda. Journal of Zoology, 171 (1), 15-23. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1973.tb07513.x
Moriarty, D. J.W. (1973). The physiology of digestion of blue‐green algae in the cichlid fish, Tilapia nilotica. Journal of Zoology, 171 (1), 25-39. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1973.tb07514.x
Moriarty, D J and Nicholas, D J (1970). Electron transfer during sulphide and sulphite oxidation by Thiobacillus concretivorus. Biochimica et biophysica acta, 216 (1), 130-8. doi: 10.1016/0005-2728(70)90165-9
Jackson, J F, Moriarty, D J and Nicholas, D J (1968). Deoxyribonucleic acid base composition and taxonomy of thiobacilli and some nitrifying bacteria. Journal of general microbiology, 53 (1), 53-60. doi: 10.1099/00221287-53-1-53

Conference Papers

Decamp, Olivier, Moriarty, David J. W. and Lavens, Patrick (2008). Probiotics for shrimp larviculture: review of field data from Asia and Latin America. 4th Fish and Shellfish Larviculture Symposium (LARVI’05), Ghent, Belgium, 5-8 September 2005. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2007.01664.x
Moriarty, D. J.W. (1998). Control of luminous Vibrio species in penaeid aquaculture ponds. doi: 10.1016/S0044-8486(98)00199-9
Moriarty, David J.W. (1997). The role of microorganisms in aquaculture ponds. doi: 10.1016/S0044-8486(96)01487-1

Areas of research

Astrophysics