Current Post: Research Officer

Room Number: 01.37P

Telephone: 01603 592648 (+44 1603 592648)

Fax: 01603 591327 (+44 1603 591327)

Email: d.bakker@uea.ac.uk

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Marine carbon cycle; quantification of oceanic sources and sinks for atmospheric carbon dioxide; interactions and feedbacks between marine biogeochemical cycles, role of natural iron fertilisation in Southern Ocean productivity; effect of a high CO2 and ocean acidification on marine biota.
 

Biography

After an MSc in Soil Science with a focus on biogeochemical cycles (1991), I moved into oceanography for PhD research on CO2 (carbon dioxide) air-sea exchange in the Atlantic Ocean. The oceans cover two-thirds of our Blue Planet and major findings, like the importance of iron supply for marine ecosystems, are still being made. Another fun thing about oceanography is the multidisciplinary, seagoing fieldwork. Central in my research are processes affecting the marine carbon cycle, notably the role of marine biota, ocean circulation, iron supply, sea ice, and ocean acidification.

Currently, I am investigating the transport of inorganic carbon out of the Weddell Gyre and across Drake Passage (Southern Ocean). The carbonate chemistry of UK shelf waters is another topic of research. Ongoing research projects include: EU CarboChange, NERC ANDREX, SOFI-Oceans2025, NCEO, and UKOARP (UK Ocean Acidification Research Project) themes 1 & 2. Data quality, maintaining time series and creating better access to marine CO2 data are extremely important. I contribute to these aims as chair of the SOCAT (Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas) and as a member of the SOLAS-IMBER joint Carbon Working Group on Surface Ocean Systems (SIC WG1). I am a (co-)author of 34 peer-reviewed articles and 3 book chapters and (co-)supervise 3 PhD students.
 

Significant publications  

• Bednarsek, N., Tarling, G.A., Fielding, S., Bakker, D.C.E. (2011) Population dynamics and biogeochemical significance of Limacina helicina antarctica in the Scotia Sea (Southern Ocean). Deep-Sea Research II. In press.
• Jones, E.M., Bakker, D.C.E., Venables, H.J., Watson, A.J. (2011) Dynamic seasonal cycling of inorganic carbon downstream of South Georgia, Southern Ocean. Deep-Sea Research II. In press.
• Brown, P.J., Bakker, D.C.E., Schuster, U., Watson, A.J. (2010). Anthropogenic carbon accumulation in the subtropical North Atlantic. Journal of Geophysical Research 115. C04016. doi:10.1029/2008JC005043.
• Geibert, W., Assmy, P., Bakker, D.C.E., Hanfland, C., Hoppema, M., Pichevin, L., Schröder, M., Schwarz, J.N., Stimac, I., Usbeck, U., Webb, A. (2010) High productivity in an ice melting hotspot at the eastern boundary of the Weddell Gyre. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 24, GB3007, doi:10.1029/2009GB003657.
• Hopkins, F.E., Turner, S.M., Nightingale, P.D., Steinke, M., Bakker, D.C.E., Liss, P. (2010) Ocean acidification and marine trace gas emissions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107(2), 760-765. doi:10.1073/pnas.0907163107.
• Jones, E.M., Bakker, D.C.E., Venables, H.J., Whitehouse, M.J., Korb, R.E., Watson, A.J. (2010) Rapid changes in surface water carbonate chemistry during Antarctic sea ice melt. Tellus 62B (5), 621-635. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0889.2010.00496.x.
• Pollard, R.T., Salter, I., Sanders, R.J., Lucas, M.I., Moore, C.M., Statham, P.J., Allen, J.T., Bakker, D.C.E., Charette, M.A., Fielding, S., Fones, G.R., French, M., Hickman, A.E., Holland, R.J., Hughes, J.A., Jickells, T.D., Lampitt, R.S., Mills, R.A., Nédélec, F.H., Morris, P.J., Nielsdóttir, M., Planquette, H., Popova, E.E., Poulton, A.J., Read, J.F., Seeyave, S., Smith, T., Stinchcombe, M., Thomalla, S., Venables, H.J., Williamson, R., Zubkov, M.V. (2009) Southern Ocean deep-water carbon export enhanced by natural iron fertilization. Nature 457, 577-581. doi:10.1038/nature07716.
• Takahashi. T., Sutherland, S.C., Wanninkhof, R., Sweeney, C., Feely, R.A., Chipman, D.W., Hales, B., Friederich, G., Chavez, F., Sabine, C., Watson, A.J., Bakker, D.C.E., Schuster, U., Metzl, N., Inoue, H.Y., Ishii, M., Midorikawa, T., Nojiri, Y., Koertzinger, A., Steinhoff, T., Hoppema, J.M.J., Olafsson, J., Arnarson, T.S., Tilbrook, B., Johannessen, T., Olsen, A., Bellerby, R., Wong, C.S., Delille, B., Bates, N.R., Baar, H.J.W. de (2009) Climatological mean and decadal change in surface ocean pCO2, and net sea-air CO2 flux over the global oceans. Deep-Sea Research II 56, 544-577. doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.12.009.
• Telszewski, M., Chazottes, A., Schuster, U., Watson, A.J., Moulin, C., Bakker, D.C.E., González-Dávila, M., Johannessen, T., Körtzinger, A., Lüger, H., Olsen, A., Omar, A., Padin, X.A., Ríos, A., Steinhoff, T., Santana-Casiano, M., Wallace, D.W.R., and Wanninkhof, R. (2009) Estimating the monthly pCO2 distribution in the North Atlantic using a self-organizing neural network. Biogeosciences 6, 1405-1421 http://www.biogeosciences.net/6/1405/2009.
• Watson, A.J., Schuster, U., Bakker, D.C.E., Bates, N., Corbière, A., González-Dávila M., Friedrich, T., Hauck, J., Heinze C., Johannessen T., Körtzinger A., Metz N., Olaffson, J., Oschlies, A., Pfeil, B., Olsen A., Oschlies, A., Santano-Casiano, J.M., Steinhoff T., Telszewski M., Ríos, A., Wallace, D.W.R., Wanninkhof R. (2009) Tracking the variable North Atlantic sink for atmospheric CO2. Science 326 (5958), 1391-1393.
• Bakker, D.C.E., Hoppema, M., Schröder, M., Geibert, W., Baar H. J.W. de (2008) A rapid transition from ice covered CO2–rich waters to a biologically mediated CO2 sink in the eastern Weddell Gyre. Biogeosciences, 5: 1373-1386. http://www.biogeosciences.net/5/1373/2008/.
• Bakker, D.C.E., M.C. Nielsdóttir, P.J. Morris, H.J. Venables, A.J. Watson (2007) The island mass effect and biological carbon uptake for the subantarctic Crozet Archipelago. Deep-Sea Research II, 54: 2174-2190, doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2007.06.009.
• Bakker, D.C.E., P.W. Boyd, M.A. Charette, J.A. Hall, S.D. Nodder, K. Safi, R.J. Singleton, T.W. Trull, A.M. Waite, A.J. Watson, J. Zeldis, E.R. Abraham, C.S. Law, and K. Tanneberger (2006) Matching carbon pools and fluxes in the Southern Ocean Iron Release Experiment (SOIREE). Deep-Sea Research I, 53: 1941-1960, doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2006.08.014.
• Bakker, D.C.E., Y. Bozec, P.D. Nightingale, L.E. Goldson, M.J. Messias, H.J.W. de Baar, M.I. Liddicoat, I. Skjelvan, V. Strass, and A.J. Watson, (2005) Iron and mixing affect biological carbon uptake in SOIREE and EisenEx, two Southern Ocean iron fertilisation experiments. Deep-Sea Research Part I, 52, 1001-1019, doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2004.11.015.
• Bakker, D.C.E., P.W. Boyd, M.A. Charette, J.A. Hall, S.D. Nodder, K. Safi, R.J. Singleton, T.W. Trull, A.M. Waite, A.J. Watson, J. Zeldis, E.R. Abraham, C.S. Law, and K. Tanneberger, (2006) Matching carbon pools and fluxes in the Southern Ocean Iron Release Experiment (SOIREE). Deep-Sea Research I, 53(12), 1941-1960, doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2006.08.014.
• Bakker, D.C.E., J. Etcheto, J. Boutin, Y. Dandonneau, and L. Merlivat, (2001) Variability of surface water fCO2 during seasonal upwelling in the equatorial Atlantic Ocean as observed by a drifting buoy. Journal of Geophysical Research, 106, 9241-9253, doi:10.1029/1999JC000275.
• Bakker, D.C.E., A.J. Watson, and C.S. Law, (2001) Southern Ocean iron enrichment promotes inorganic carbon drawdown. Deep-Sea Research II, 48, 2483-2507, doi:10.1016/S0967-0645(01)00005-4.
• Bozec, Y., D.C.E. Bakker, C. Hartmann, H. Thomas, R.G.J. Bellerby, P.D. Nightingale, U. Riebesell, A.J. Watson, and H.J.W. de Baar, (2005) The CO2 system in a Redfield context during an iron enrichment experiment in the Southern Ocean. Marine Chemistry, 95, 89-105, doi:10.1016/j.marchem.2004.08.004.
• Bakker, D.C.E., (2004) Storage of carbon dioxide by greening the oceans? 453-467. In: C.B. Field and M.R. Raupauch (eds.). The global carbon cycle. Integrating humans, climate and the natural world. SCOPE 62, Island Press. 526 pp.

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