Science Group
Marine Biogeochemistry and Observations
Developing our understanding of key marine biogeochemical processes and their multiple exchanges with terrestrial, atmospheric and benthic environments.
The ‘Marine Biogeochemistry and Observations (MBO)’ group explores the natural variability and the impact of man's activities on the marine environment from local to global scales.
Boasting a wealth of expertise, datasets and hardware that span local, regional and basin scales, the team has a truly pole-to-pole capability.
The group’s areas of focus include:
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Understanding the key processes in the biogeochemical cycling of organic and inorganic carbon and nutrients in contrasting environments, the factors controlling them and the fluxes between different systems
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Identifying how the composition and cleanliness of marine air varies over time and space
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Seeking ways to better inform clean air legislation on sulphur and nitrogen gases, and particulates
PML Project pages
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A multidisciplinary study of DMSP production and lysis - from enzymes to organisms to process modelling
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An Alternative Framework to Assess Marine Ecosystem Functioning in Shelf Seas (AlterEco)
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Artificial Light in Coastal Ecosystems (ALICE)
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Atlantic Ecosystem Assessment, Forecasting and Sustainability (AtlantECO)
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Atlantic Meridional Transect (AMT)
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Atlantic Meridional Transect Ocean Flux from Satellite Campaign (AMT4OceanSatFlux)
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Atmospheric Composition and Radiative forcing changes due to UN International Ship Emissions regulations (ACRUISE)
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Biological cycling of N-osmolytes in the surface ocean (N-osmolytes)
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Carbon/Nutrient Dynamics and Fluxes of the Shelf System (CANDYFLOSS)
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Is bacterial DMS consumption dependent on methylamines in marine waters?
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Land ocean carbon transfer (LOCATE)
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North Atlantic climate system integrated study (ACSIS)
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N-OSmolytes Across the Surface Southern Ocean: Environmental Drivers and Bioinformatics
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Ocean Regulation of Climate through Heat and Carbon Sequestration and Transports (ORCHESTRA)
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Pathways and emissions of climate-relevant trace gases in a changing Arctic Ocean (PETRA)
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S-3 EUROHAB - Sentinel products for detecting EUtROphication and Harmful Algal Bloom events
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SCIPPER: Shipping Contributions to Inland Pollution Push for the Enforcement of Regulations
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South Asian Nitrogen Hub
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Western Channel Observatory (WCO)
Latest publications
- McMahon, O; Smyth, TJ; Davies, TW; 2022. Broad spectrum artificial light at night increases the conspicuousness of camouflaged prey . Journal of Applied Ecology.
- Sims, RP; Bedington, M; Schuster, U; Watson, AJ; Kitidis, V; Torres, R; Findlay, HS; Fishwick, J; Brown, IJ; Bell, TG; 2022. Tidal mixing of estuarine and coastal waters in the western English Channel is a control on spatial and temporal variability in seawater CO2; . Biogeosciences.
- Clark, DR; Rees, AP; Ferrera, CM; Al-Moosawi, L; Somerfield, PJ; Harris, C; Quartly, GD; Goult, S; Tarran, GA; Lessin, G; 2022. Nitrite regeneration in the oligotrophic Atlantic Ocean . Biogeosciences.
- Watts, J; Bell, TG; Anderson, K; Butterworth, BJ; Miller, S; Else, BGT; Shutler, J; 2022. Impact of sea ice on air-sea CO2 exchange – A critical review of polar eddy covariance studies . Progress in Oceanography.
- Brotas, V; Tarran, GA; Veloso, V; Brewin, RJW; Woodward, EMS; Airs, RL; Beltran, C; Ferreira, AS; Groom, SB; 2022. Complementary Approaches to Assess Phytoplankton Groups and Size Classes on a Long Transect in the Atlantic Ocean . Frontiers in Marine Science.
- Dong, Y; Yang, M; Bakker, DCE; Liss, PS; Kitidis, V; Brown, IJ; Chierici, M; Fransson, A; Bell, TG; 2021. Near‐Surface Stratification Due to Ice Melt Biases Arctic Air‐Sea CO 2 Flux Estimates . Geophysical Research Letters.
- Cerdan-Garcia, E; Baylay, A; Polyviou, D; Woodward, EMS; Wrightson, L; Mahaffey, C; Lohan, MC; Moore, CM; Bibby, T.S; Robidart, J.C; 2021. Transcriptional responses of Trichodesmium to natural inverse gradients of Fe and P availability . ISME Journal - Multidisciplinary Journal of Microbial Ecology.
- Rees, AP; Bange, HW; Arévalo-Martínez, DL; Artioli, Y; Ashby, DM; Brown, IJ; Campen, HI; Clark, DR; Kitidis, V; Lessin, G; Tarran, GA; Turley, CM; 2021. Nitrous oxide and methane in a changing Arctic Ocean . Ambio.
- Jia, K; Manning, CCM; Jollymore, A; Beckie, RD; 2021. Technical note: Effects of iron(II) on fluorescence properties of dissolved organic matter at circumneutral pH . Hydrology and Earth System Sciences.
- Tidau, S; Smyth, TJ; McKee, D; Wiedenmann, J; D’Angelo, C; Wilcockson, DC; Ellison, A; Grimmer, A; Jenkins, S; Widdicombe, S; Queiros, AM; Talbot, E; Wright, A; Davies, TW; 2021. Marine artificial light at night: An empirical and technical guide . Methods in Ecology and Evolution.
People who work in this area of research
Dr Ruth Airs
Marine Biogeochemist and Head of Postgraduate Studies
ruai
@pml.ac.uk
Professor Tom Bell
Ocean/atmosphere biogeochemist
tbe
@pml.ac.uk
Dr Sarah Breimann
Analytical chemist
sabr
@pml.ac.uk
Ian Brown
Marine Chemist
iaian2
@pml.ac.uk
Jasmin Dorinda
PhD student
jaur
@pml.ac.uk
Dr James Fishwick
Head of Smart Sound Plymouth and Head of Operations and Technology, Western Channel Observatory
jrfi
@pml.ac.uk
Carolyn Harris
Analytical Chemist
caha
@pml.ac.uk
Dr Frances E. Hopkins
Marine biogeochemist
fhop
@pml.ac.uk
Dr Vassilis Kitidis
Marine biogeochemist
vak
@pml.ac.uk
Jani Pewter
Instrument and Data Technician
Dr Andy Rees
Marine biogeochemist
apre
@pml.ac.uk
Dr Tim Smyth
Head of Science - Marine Biogeochemistry and Observations
tjsm
@pml.ac.uk
Dr Glen Tarran
Marine microbial ecologist
gat
@pml.ac.uk
E. Malcolm S. Woodward
Chemical oceanographer
emsw
@pml.ac.uk
Dr Ming-Xi Yang
Chemical Oceanographer
miya
@pml.ac.uk