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Overview

Michael J. Ellwood is affiliated with the Australian National University in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a particular emphasis on Oceanography and Ecology within these fields.

Their recent scholarly output includes publications on marine biogeochemical processes and trace metal cycling in ocean environments. Notable papers include:

  • Distinct iron cycling in a Southern Ocean eddy (2020), published in Nature Communications
  • Isotopic fingerprinting of biogeochemical processes and iron sources in the iron-limited surface Southern Ocean (2021), published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Trace metal and nutrient dynamics across broad biogeochemical gradients in the Indian and Pacific sectors of the Southern Ocean (2020), published in Marine Chemistry
  • Microbial Competition in the Subpolar Southern Ocean: An Fe-C Co-limitation Experiment (2020), published in Frontiers in Marine Science
  • 238U, 235U and 234U in seawater and deep-sea corals: A high-precision reappraisal (2022), published in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Their research topics cover a range of subjects connected to marine and coastal ecosystems. These include:

  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Mercury impact and mitigation studies

Frequent co-authors in their work include Christel Hassler, Philip W. Boyd, Robert F. Strzepek, David J. Janssen, and Samuel L. Jaccard, indicating collaboration with researchers experienced in marine and environmental sciences.

Their publications commonly appear in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Marine Chemistry, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Limnology and Oceanography Letters, and Environmental Chemistry.

Best Publications

  • The biogeochemical cycle of iron in the ocean

    P W Boyd;Michael Ellwood

  • The GEOTRACES Intermediate Data Product 2017

    Reiner Schlitzer;Robert F. Anderson;Elena Masferrer Dodas;Maeve Lohan

  • FeCycle: Attempting an iron biogeochemical budget from a mesoscale SF6 tracer experiment in unperturbed low iron waters

    P W Boyd;Cliff S Law;D A Hutchins;E R Abraham

  • The copper isotope geochemistry of rivers and the oceans

    Derek Vance;Corey Archer;J Bermin;J Perkins

  • Zinc speciation in the Northeastern Atlantic Ocean

    Michael J Ellwood;Constant M.G Van den Berg

  • Determination of organic complexation of cobalt in seawater by cathodic stripping voltammetry

    Michael J Ellwood;Constant M.G van den Berg

  • The incorporation of zinc and iron into the frustule of the marine diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana

    Michael J. Ellwood;Keith A. Hunter

  • Zinc and cadmium speciation in subantarctic waters east of New Zealand

    Michael J Ellwood

  • Episodic enhancement of phytoplankton stocks in New Zealand subantarctic waters: Contribution of atmospheric and oceanic iron supply

    P. W. Boyd;Grant Harvey McTainsh;V. Sherlock;K. Richardson

  • Bioaccumulation of antimony and arsenic in a highly contaminated stream adjacent to the Hillgrove Mine, NSW, Australia

    Kristy Telford;William Maher;Frank Krikowa;Simon Foster

  • GEOTRACES IC1 (BATS) contamination-prone trace element isotopes Cd, Fe, Pb, Zn, Cu, and Mo intercalibration

    Edward A. Boyle;Seth G. John;Seth G. John;Wafa Abouchami;Jess F. Adkins

  • Fe and Zn effects on the Si cycle and diatom community structure in two contrasting high and low-silicate HNLC areas

    Karine Leblanc;Clinton Hare;P. W. Boyd;Kenneth Bruland

  • Biotic and abiotic retention, recycling and remineralization of metals in the ocean

    Philip W. Boyd;Michael J. Ellwood;Alessandro Tagliabue;Benjamin S. Twining

  • Microbial control of diatom bloom dynamics in the open ocean

    Philip W. Boyd;Philip W. Boyd;Robert Strzepek;Steve Chiswell;Hoe Chang

  • Biogeochemical Controls of Surface Ocean Phosphate

    Adam C. Martiny;Michael W. Lomas;Weiwei Fu;Philip W. Boyd

  • A review of the Australian-New Zealand sector of the Southern Ocean over the last 30ka (Aus-INTIMATE project)

    Helen C. Bostock;Timothy T. Barrows;L Carter;Zanna Chase

  • Inter-calibration of a proposed new primary reference standard AA-ETH Zn for zinc isotopic analysis

    Corey Archer;Morten B. Andersen;Christophe Cloquet;Tim M. Conway

  • Silicon isotopic fractionation in marine sponges: A new model for understanding silicon isotopic variations in sponges

    Martin Wille;Jill Sutton;Michael J. Ellwood;Malcolm Sambridge

  • A review of the stable isotope bio-geochemistry of the global silicon cycle and its associated trace elements

    Jill N. Sutton;Luc André;Damien Cardinal;Daniel J. Conley;Daniel J. Conley

  • Winter‐time dissolved iron and nutrient distributions in the Subantarctic Zone from 40–52S; 155–160E

    Michael J. Ellwood;Philip W. Boyd;Philip Sutton

  • Wintertime trace metal (Zn, Cu, Ni, Cd, Pb and Co) and nutrient distributions in the Subantarctic Zone between 40–52°S; 155–160°E

    Michael J. Ellwood

  • Measurement of arsenic species in marine macroalgae by microwave-assisted extraction and high performance liquid chromatography-inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

    Rehema Tukai;William A. Maher;Ian J. McNaught;Michael J. Ellwood

Frequent Co-Authors

Philip W. Boyd
Philip W. Boyd University of Tasmania
William A. Maher
William A. Maher University of Canberra
Christel S. Hassler
Christel S. Hassler École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Derek Vance
Derek Vance ETH Zurich
Cliff S. Law
Cliff S. Law National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
Scott D. Nodder
Scott D. Nodder National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
David A. Hutchins
David A. Hutchins University of Southern California
Steven W. Wilhelm
Steven W. Wilhelm University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Keith A. Hunter
Keith A. Hunter University of Otago
Benjamin S. Twining
Benjamin S. Twining Bigelow Laboratory For Ocean Sciences

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