Chemical Oceanographer
Assoc Prof Andrew Bowie
Associate Professor Andrew Bowie is a Chemical Oceanographer. His research investigates the biogeochemistry of trace elements in Southern Ocean and Antarctic sea ice environments, with projects addressing key research questions related to atmospheric dust deposition and solubilities, ocean iron fertilisation, physico-chemical speciation of trace elements and their isotopes, and the role of ocean dynamics on chemical and biological marine processes. His research outcomes are focused on assessment of trace element control of ocean productivity, ocean carbon sequestration and expanding our knowledge of marine geochemical processes. His research is supported by the ACE CRC, the Australian Research Council (ARC), and several national and international collaborative grants.
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Current Research Activities
Associate Professor Bowie is co-leader of Project R2.1 ‘Carbon uptake and Chemical Change’ in the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre’s ‘Carbon and Ecosystems’ program. His research focusses on investigating the biogeochemistry of Southern Ocean and Antarctic sea ice environments.
Key research projects include:
– Hot iron: Are submarine volcanoes important for Southern Ocean iron supply?
– Heard/McDonald Islands Submarine Volcanism/Hydrothermalism and Biospheric Impacts
– KEOPS2 (Kerguelen Ocean and Plateau compared Study)
– Effect of natural iron fertilization by krill and whales on the Southern Ocean carbon cycle
– Role of Antarctic sea ice as a natural ocean fertiliser
– The impact of hydrothermal vents on trace metal biogeochemistry in the Southern Ocean
Links
Find Associate Professor Bowie on International Innovation, Australia-NZ trace marine group, Academia.edu or find his Staff Page on the IMAS website.
A comprehensive Publication List for Andrew Bowie is available on the University of Tasmania website.
Associate Professor Bowie serves on the Scientific Steering Committee and Data Management Committee of the international program GEOTRACES. He is also joint Australian representative for the SOLAS program.
Associate Professor Bowie is an Editor on the Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.
Selected Publications
Bowie, A. R., van der Merwe, P., Quéroué, F., Trull, T., Fourquez, M., Planchon, F., Sarthou, G., Chever, F., Townsend, A. T., Obernosterer, I., Sallée, J.-B., and Blain, S.: Iron budgets for three distinct biogeochemical sites around the Kerguelen archipelago (Southern Ocean) during the natural fertilisation experiment KEOPS-2, Biogeosciences Discuss., 11, 17861-17923, doi:10.5194/bgd-11-17861-2014, 2014.
Tagliabue, A and Sallee, JB and Bowie, AR and Levy, M* and Swart, S and Boyd, PW, “Surface-water iron supplies in the Southern Ocean sustained by deep winter mixing”, Nature Geoscience, 7 (4) pp. 314-320. doi:10.1038/NGEO2101 ISSN 1752-0894 (2014)
Worsfold, PJ and Lohan, MC and Ussher, SJ and Bowie, AR, “Determination of dissolved iron in seawater: A historical review”, Marine Chemistry, 166 (November 2014) pp. 25–35. doi:10.1016/j.marchem.2014.08.009 ISSN 0304-4203 (2014)
Bowie, AR and Griffiths, FB and Dehairs, F and Trull, TW, “Oceanography of the subantarctic and Polar Frontal Zones south of Australia during summer: Setting for the SAZ-Sense study”, Deep-Sea Research. Part 2: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 58 (21-22) pp. 2059-2070. doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2011.05.033 ISSN 0967-0645 (2011)
Bowie, AR and Lannuzel, D and Remenyi, TA and Wagener, T and Lam, PJ and Boyd, PW and Guieu, C and Townsend, AT and Trull, T, “Biogeochemical iron budgets of the Southern Ocean south of Australia: Decoupling of iron and nutrient cycles in the subantarctic zone by the summertime supply”, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 23 (4) Article GB4034. doi:10.1029/2009GB003500 ISSN 0886-6236 (2009)
Authorised by the CEO of the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre October 2019.
The ACE CRC was established and supported under the Australian Government’s Cooperative Research Centres Program.
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