Andrew Bowie graduated from University of Plymouth in 1999 with a PhD in marine analytical chemistry. He moved to UTAS in 2001 on an ARC early-career researcher fellowship. His research is supported by the ARC, the Antarctic Climate & Ecosystems CRC and several international collaborative grants.
Research Interests
Research lies in the general fields of environmental analytical chemistry and chemical oceanography, with a specific emphasis on the biogeochemical cycling and speciation of trace elements in natural waters. Particular interests include the development of flow injection and separation science methods for trace species preconcentration/matrix removal and flow-though detection systems to suit reaction chemistries/analytes of interest. A strong aspect of his work is the role of trace metals (principally iron) in controlling the primary productivity of the Southern Ocean, and in the development of speciation methods to investigate sources and sinks for trace metals in seawater and micronutrient-phytoplankton interactions in aquatic environments.
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Selected Publications:- • A.R. Bowie, E.P. Achterberg, P.L. Croot, H.J.W. de Baar, P. Laan, J.W. Moffett S.J. Ussher and P.J. Worsfold, 2005, 'A community-wide intercomparison exercise for the determination of dissolved iron in seawater', Marine Chemistry, in press
- • P.N. Sedwick, T.M. Church, A.R. Bowie, C.M. Marsay, S.J. Ussher, K.M. Achilles P.J. Lethaby, R.J. Johnson and D.J. McGillicuddy, 2005, 'Iron in the Sargasso Sea during summer: Aeolian imprint, small-scale spatiotemporal variability, and ecological implications', Global Biogeochemical Cycles, in press
- A.R. Bowie, D.J. Whitworth, E.P. Achterberg, R.F.C. Mantoura and P.J.Worsfold, 2002, 'Biogeochemistry of Fe and other trace elements (Al, Co, Ni) in the upper Atlantic Ocean. Deep Sea Research I', Deep Sea Research I, 49, pgs. 605-636
- A.R. Bowie, M.T. Maldonado, R.D. Frew, P.L. Croot, E.P. Achterberg, R.F.C. Mantoura, P.J. Worsfold, C.S. Law and P.W. Boyd, 2001, 2001, 'The fate of added iron during a mesoscale fertilisation experiment in the Southern Ocean', Deep-Sea Research II, 48, pgs. 2703-2743
- P.W. Boyd, A.J. Watson, C.S. Law, E. Abraham, T. Trull, R. Murdoch, D. Bakker, A.R. Bowie et al., 2000, 'Phytoplankton bloom upon mesoscale iron fertilisation of polar Southern Ocean waters. ', Nature, 407, pgs. 695-702
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