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Philip D. Nightingale is affiliated with the Plymouth Marine Laboratory in the United Kingdom. Their research activity spans multiple aspects of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on Environmental Science.

Their work primarily addresses subfields including Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, and Environmental Chemistry. The main topics of study cover Marine and Coastal Ecosystems, Coastal Wetland Ecosystem Dynamics, Atmospheric Chemistry and Aerosols, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses, and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics.

Research outputs have been published in a variety of scientific venues. Notable frequent publication venues include:

  • Biogeosciences
  • Biogeochemistry
  • Journal of Hydrology
  • Nature Geoscience
  • Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Philip D. Nightingale has contributed to recent academic papers such as:

  • Landscape controls on riverine export of dissolved organic carbon from Great Britain, 2021, Biogeochemistry
  • Underway seawater and atmospheric measurements of volatile organic compounds in the Southern Ocean, 2020, Biogeosciences
  • Contrasting Estuarine Processing of Dissolved Organic Matter Derived From Natural and Human-Impacted Landscapes, 2021, Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  • Air-sea exchange of acetone, acetaldehyde, DMS and isoprene at a UK coastal site, 2021, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Sea ice concentration impacts dissolved organic gases in the Canadian Arctic, 2022, Biogeosciences

Collaboration forms an integral part of their work, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Vassilis Kitidis
  • Michael Bowes
  • Jennifer Williamson
  • Dan Lapworth
  • Richard Sanders

Best Publications

  • A massive phytoplankton bloom induced by an ecosystem-scale iron fertilization experiment in the equatorial Pacific Ocean

    Kenneth H. Coale;Kenneth S. Johnson;Kenneth S. Johnson;Steve E. Fitzwater;R. Michael Gordon

  • Testing the iron hypothesis in ecosystems of the equatorial Pacific Ocean

    J. H. Martin;K. H. Coale;K. S. Johnson;K. S. Johnson;S. E. Fitzwater

  • In situ evaluation of air-sea gas exchange parameterizations using novel conservative and volatile tracers

    Philip D. Nightingale;Gill Malin;Cliff S. Law;Andrew J. Watson

  • Production of chloroform and other low molecular-weight halocarbons by some species of macroalgae

    P. D. Nightingale;G. Malin;P. S. Liss

  • Measurements of air-sea gas transfer during an open ocean algal bloom.

    Philip D. Nightingale;Peter S. Liss;Peter Schlosser

  • Large decrease in ocean-surface CO 2 fugacity in response to in situ iron fertilization

    D.J. Cooper;A.J. Watson;P.D. Nightingale

  • Marine Sulphur Emissions

    Peter S. Liss;Angela D. Hatton;Gill Malin;Philip D. Nightingale

  • Seasonal variation of dimethyl sulphide in the North Sea and an assessment of fluxes to the atmosphere

    S.M. Turner;G. Malin;P.D. Nightingale;P.S. Liss

  • Increased dimethyl sulphide concentrations in sea water from in situ iron enrichment

    Suzanne M. Turner;Philip D. Nightingale;Philip D. Nightingale;Lucinda J. Spokes;Malcolm I. Liddicoat

  • Chemistry and release of gases from the surface ocean.

    Lucy J. Carpenter;Philip D. Nightingale

  • The distribution of dimethyl sulphide and dimethylsulphoniopropionate in Antarctic waters and sea ice

    S.M. Turner;P.D. Nightingale;W. Broadgate;P.S. Liss

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

    CM Turley;JC Blackford;S Widdicombe;DM Lowe

  • Transfer Across the Air-Sea Interface

    Christoph S. Garbe;Anna Rutgersson;Jacqueline Boutin;Gerrit de Leeuw;Gerrit de Leeuw;Gerrit de Leeuw

  • Modelling of bubble-mediated gas transfer: Fundamental principles and a laboratory test

    D.K. Woolf;I.S. Leifer;P.D. Nightingale;T.S. Rhee

  • Influence of energetic wind and waves on gas transfer in a large wind–wave tunnel facility

    Tae-Siek Rhee;Philip Nightingale;David Woolf;Guillemette Caulliez

  • Impact of an artificial surfactant release on air‐sea gas fluxes during Deep Ocean Gas Exchange Experiment II

    M Salter;M Salter;RC Upstill-Goddard;PD Nightingale;SD Archer

  • Ocean acidification and marine trace gas emissions

    Frances E. Hopkins;Suzanne M. Turner;Philip D. Nightingale;Michael Steinke

  • Distribution and sea‐air fluxes of biogenic trace gases in the eastern Atlantic Ocean

    A. R. Baker;S. M. Turner;W. J. Broadgate;A. Thompson

  • Spatial and temporal distribution of Fe(II) and H2O2 during EisenEx, an open ocean mescoscale iron enrichment

    Peter L. Croot;Patrick Laan;Jun Nishioka;Volker Strass

  • Dimethyl sulphide biogeochemistry within a coccolithophore bloom (DISCO): An overview

    Peter H Burkill;Stephen D Archer;Carol Robinson;Philip D Nightingale

  • Key Uncertainties in the Recent Air‐Sea Flux of CO2

    D.K. Woolf;J.D. Shutler;L. Goddijn‐Murphy;A.J. Watson

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter S. Liss
Peter S. Liss University of East Anglia
David K. Woolf
David K. Woolf Heriot-Watt University
Suzanne M. Turner
Suzanne M. Turner University of East Anglia
Stephen D. Archer
Stephen D. Archer Bigelow Laboratory For Ocean Sciences
Andrew J. Watson
Andrew J. Watson University of Exeter
Robert C. Upstill-Goddard
Robert C. Upstill-Goddard Newcastle University
Andrew P. Rees
Andrew P. Rees Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Byron Blomquist
Byron Blomquist University of Colorado Boulder
Ute Schuster
Ute Schuster University of Exeter
Gill Malin
Gill Malin University of East Anglia

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