Scientific Publications

Ali, A. & Asghar, M. (1987). The agronomy of Cyrtosperma chamissonis Schott in Kiribati. Alafua Agricultural Bulletin 12 (3): 81-88.

Catala, R.L.A. (1957).  Report on the Gilbert Islands: some aspects of human ecology. Atoll Research Bulletin 59: 1-203

Cloud, P. (1952). Preliminary report on geology and marine environment of Onotoa Atoll, Gilbert Islands. Atoll Research Bulletin 12, 1-73

Hammond, L.L. (1969). The Characterization and Classification of the Soils of Christmas Island.  MSc thesis (Soil Science), University of Hawaii, Submitted June 1969, 111 pp. 

Luomala, K. (1974). The Cyrtosperma systemic pattern: aspects of production in the Gilbert Islands. Journal of the Polynesian Society 83: 14-34.

Mason, R.R. (1960). Some aspects of agriculture on Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands. Atoll Research Bulletin 73: 1-16.

Morrison, R.J. (1990). Pacific Atoll Soils: chemistry, mineralogy and classification. Atoll Research Bulletin 339:1-25.

Morrison, R.J. (2011). Soils of Low Elevation Coral Structures. In: Hopley, D. (ed) Encyclopedia of Modern Coral Reefs, pp 1019-1024. New York, Springer.

Morrison, R.J. & Woodroffe, C.D. (2009). The Soils of Kiritimati (Christmas) Island, Kiribati, Central Pacific: New Information and Comparison with Previous Studies 1Pacific Science 63(3): 397-411.

Thaman, R.R. (1992). Vegetation of Nauru and the Gilbert Islands: case studies of poverty, degradation, disturbance, and displacement. Pacific Science 46: 128-158.

Seru, V.B. & Morrison, R.J. (1985). Two soil sequences from South Tarawa, Kiribati. South Pacific Journal Natural Science 7: 132-156.

Weisler, M.I. (1999). The antiquity of aroid pit agriculture and significance of buried A horizons on Pacific atolls. Geoarchaeology 14: 621-654.

Woodroffe, C.D. & Morrison, R.J. (2001). Reef Island accretion and soil development on Makin, Kiribati, Central Pacific. Catena 44: 245-261.


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