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Andrew P. Rees is affiliated with the Plymouth Marine Laboratory in the United Kingdom. Their research centers on environmental and earth sciences, particularly concentrating on oceanography and marine ecosystems.

The primary fields of study for Rees include Earth and Planetary Sciences with 43 publications, and Environmental Science with 25 publications. Subfields of focus cover Oceanography (36 publications), Ecology (13), Molecular Biology (6), Environmental Chemistry (5), and Atmospheric Science (4).

The main scientific topics explored in their work involve:

  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Protist diversity and phylogeny
  • Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Marine and coastal plant biology

Frequent collaborators with whom Rees has co-authored multiple publications include:

  • Vassilis Kitidis
  • Glen A. Tarran
  • Michael Bowes
  • Ian Brown
  • Richard Sanders

The scientist's work has appeared extensively in several academic journals. Notable frequent publication venues are:

  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Biogeochemistry
  • AMBIO
  • Journal of Hydrology
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Andrew P. Rees include:

  • The impacts of ocean acidification on marine trace gases and the implications for atmospheric chemistry and climate, 2020, Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
  • Landscape controls on riverine export of dissolved organic carbon from Great Britain, 2021, Biogeochemistry
  • A Novel Ca2+ Signaling Pathway Coordinates Environmental Phosphorus Sensing and Nitrogen Metabolism in Marine Diatoms, 2020, Current Biology
  • The role of a changing Arctic Ocean and climate for the biogeochemical cycling of dimethyl sulphide and carbon monoxide, 2021, AMBIO
  • Contrasting Estuarine Processing of Dissolved Organic Matter Derived From Natural and Human-Impacted Landscapes, 2021, Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Best Publications

  • Database of diazotrophs in global ocean: abundance, biomass and nitrogen fixation rates

    Y. W. Luo;S. C. Doney;L. A. Anderson;Mar Benavides

  • Marine ecosystems' responses to climatic and anthropogenic forcings in the Mediterranean

    X. Durrieu de Madron;C. Guieu;R. Sempéré;P. Conan

  • A global database of Holocene paleotemperature records

    Darrell Kaufman;Nicholas McKay;Cody Routson;Michael Erb

  • A broad spatio-temporal view of the western English Channel observatory

    Timothy J. Smyth;James R. Fishwick;Lisa AL-Moosawi;Denise G. Cummings

  • Nutrient distributions in an anticyclonic eddy in the northeast Atlantic Ocean, with reference to nanomolar ammonium concentrations

    E.M.S Woodward;A.P Rees

  • Ammonium regeneration and nitrification rates in the oligotrophic Atlantic Ocean: Implications for new production estimates

    Darren R. Clark;Andrew P. Rees;Ian Joint

  • Nitrogen fixation and nitrogenase (nifH) expression in tropical waters of the eastern North Atlantic

    Kendra A Turk;Andrew P Rees;Jonathan P Zehr;Nicole Pereira;Nicole Pereira

  • Reviewing the Impact of Increased Atmospheric CO2 on Oceanic pH and the Marine Ecosystem

    CM Turley;JC Blackford;S Widdicombe;DM Lowe

  • New production of the NW Iberian shelf during the upwelling season over the period 1982–1999

    Xosé Antón Álvarez-Salgado;S. Beloso;Ian Joint;Enrique Nogueira

  • Plankton respiration in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean

    Carol Robinson;Carol Robinson;Pablo Serret;Pablo Serret;Gavin Tilstone;Gavin Tilstone;Eva Teira

  • Nitrogen fixation in the western English Channel (NE Atlantic Ocean)

    Andrew P. Rees;Jack A. Gilbert;Boris A. Kelly-Gerreyn

  • Production and turnover of particulate dimethylsulphoniopropionate during a coccolithophore bloom in the northern North Sea

    Stephen D. Archer;Claire E. Widdicombe;Glen A. Tarran;Andrew P. Rees

  • Determination of nitrogen-15 at sub-microgram levels of nitrogen using automated continuous-flow isotope ratio mass spectrometry

    Nicholas J. P. Owens;Andrew P. Rees

  • Biogeochemical cycling of dissolved zinc along the GEOTRACES South Atlantic transect GA10 at 40°S

    N. J. Wyatt;N. J. Wyatt;A. Milne;E. M. S. Woodward;A. P. Rees

  • Pelagic production at the Celtic Sea shelf break

    Ian Joint;Roland Wollast;Lei Chou;Sonia Batten

  • Nitrous oxide: Estuarine sources and atmospheric flux

    C.S. Law;A.P. Rees;N.J.P. Owens

  • Carbon sequestration in the deep Atlantic enhanced by Saharan dust

    Katsiaryna Pabortsava;Richard S. Lampitt;Jeff Benson;Christian Crowe

  • An initial assessment of the potential environmental impact of CO2 escape from marine carbon capture and storage systems

    J. Blackford;N. Jones;Roger Proctor;Jason Holt

  • Early spring bloom phytoplankton-nutrient dynamics at the Celtic Sea Shelf Edge

    Andrew P. Rees;Ian Joint;Kirsten M. Donald

  • High rates of nitrogen fixation during an in-situ phosphate release experiment in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea

    Andrew P. Rees;Cliff S. Law;Cliff S. Law;E. Malcolm S. Woodward

  • Simultaneous high-precision measurements of methane and nitrous oxide in water and seawater by single phase equilibration gas chromatography

    R.C. Upstill-Goddard;A.P. Rees;N.J.P. Owens

Frequent Co-Authors

Ian Joint
Ian Joint Plymouth Marine Laboratory
E. Malcolm S. Woodward
E. Malcolm S. Woodward Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Stefan Simeonov Dimov
Stefan Simeonov Dimov University of Birmingham
Cliff S. Law
Cliff S. Law National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
Rewi M. Newnham
Rewi M. Newnham Victoria University of Wellington
Les C. Cwynar
Les C. Cwynar University of New Brunswick
Janet M. Wilmshurst
Janet M. Wilmshurst Landcare Research
Nicholas J. P. Owens
Nicholas J. P. Owens Scottish Association For Marine Science
Alex J. Poulton
Alex J. Poulton Heriot-Watt University
Philip D. Nightingale
Philip D. Nightingale Plymouth Marine Laboratory

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