Current Post: Senior Research Associate
Room Number: 01.37B
Telephone: 01603 593327 (+44 1603 593327)
Fax: 01603 507714 (+44 1603 507714)
Email: s.turner@uea.ac.uk
Research Interests
Marine biogeochemistry; trace gases; ocean acidification
Biography
My main research interests have for many years focussed on investigation of marine trace gases which play important roles in climate modulation and atmospheric chemistry (e.g. dimethyl sulphide, alkyl nitrates and volatiles containing bromine and iodine). A significant part of the work has been on research ships, investigating trace gas distributions and production processes in surface seawater and their sea-to-air emissions. Since the early 1990s I have participated in a number of international experiments which have examined the role of the trace nutrient iron in the biogeochemistry of High Nitrate Low Chlorophyll oceanic regions. These include the first four in situ iron addition experiments, conducted in the Equatorial Pacific and Southern Oceans. Latterly, I have been involved in examination of the effects of ocean acidification on trace gas production and my interests have expanded to include selenium, bromine and iodine in Antarctic ice cores. I am currently working on a project which is funded by the Leverhulme Trust and which is to examine the effects of acidification on a coastal ecosystem.
Significant Publications
Boyd P, W et al, (2006) A synthesis of mesoscale iron-enrichment experiments 1993-2005: key findings and implications for ocean biogeochemistry, Science (in press)
Oceanic distributions and air-sea fluxes of biogenic halocarbons in the open ocean Chuck AL, Turner SM, Liss PS (2005) Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans 110 (C10): Art. No. C10022
Ocean fertilization with iron: effects on climate and air quality
Liss P, Chuck A, Bakker D, Turner S (2005) Tellus Series B-Chemical and Physical Meteorology (3): 269-271
Air-sea gas exchange in Antarctic waters Liss PS, Chuck AL, Turner SM, Watson AJ (2004) Antarctic Science 16 (4): 517-529
Iron-induced changes in oceanic sulfur biogeochemistry Turner SM, Harvey MJ, Law CS, Nightingale PD, Liss PS (2004)
Geophysical Research Letters 31 (14): Art. No. L14307
Direct evidence for a marine source of C-1 and C-2 alkyl nitrates Chuck AL, Turner SM, Liss PS, (2002
