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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Stephen D. Archer is affiliated with the Bigelow Laboratory For Ocean Sciences in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a strong emphasis on Oceanography and Atmospheric Science. They have contributed to multiple subfields, including Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, notably:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology

Stephen D. Archer's recent publications include:

  • "Overview of the MOSAiC expedition: Atmosphere," 2022, published in Elementa Science of the Anthropocene
  • "The impacts of ocean acidification on marine trace gases and the implications for atmospheric chemistry and climate," 2020, published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
  • "The biogeochemistry of marine dimethylsulfide," 2023, published in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • "Thin and transient meltwater layers and false bottoms in the Arctic sea ice pack-Recent insights on these historically overlooked features," 2023, published in Elementa Science of the Anthropocene
  • "Substantial contribution of iodine to Arctic ozone destruction," 2022, published in Nature Geoscience

Their frequent publication venues reflect their focus on journal outlets relevant to environmental and earth sciences, with multiple contributions to:

  • Elementa Science of the Anthropocene
  • Biogeosciences
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Nature Communications
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Stephen D. Archer collaborates regularly with several co-authors, including:

  • Byron Blomquist
  • Kevin Posman
  • Julia Schmale
  • Hélène Angot
  • Ivo Beck

Among their recognitions, they were named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2018 by the Academy of Science.

Best Publications

  • Overview of the MOSAiC expedition—Atmosphere

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  • Ocean-atmosphere trace gas exchange

    Lucy J. Carpenter;Stephen D. Archer;Rachael Beale

  • Linking the composition of bacterioplankton to rapid turnover of dissolved dimethylsulphoniopropionate in an algal bloom in the North Sea

    Mikhail V. Zubkov;Bernhard M. Fuchs;Stephen D. Archer;Ronald P. Kiene

  • Coupled dynamics of dimethylsulfoniopropionate and dimethylsulfide cycling and the microbial food web in surface waters of the North Atlantic

    Rafael Simo;Stephen D Archer;Carlos Pedrós-Alió;Linda Gilpin

  • Direct estimates of the contribution of viral lysis and microzooplankton grazing to the decline of a Micromonas spp. population

    Claire Evans;Stephen D. Archer;Stéphan Jacquet;William H. Wilson

  • Global sea-to-air flux climatology for bromoform, dibromomethane and methyl iodide

    Franziska Ziska;Birgit Quack;K. Abrahamsson;S. D. Archer

  • Rapid turnover of dissolved DMS and DMSP by defined bacterioplankton communities in the stratified euphotic zone of the North Sea

    Mikhail V. Zubkov;Bernhard M. Fuchs;Stephen D. Archer;Ronald P. Kiene

  • Global warming amplified by reduced sulphur fluxes as a result of ocean acidification

    Katharina D. Six;Silvia Kloster;Tatiana Ilyina;Stephen D. Archer;Stephen D. Archer

  • Understanding ocean acidification impacts on organismal to ecological scales

    Andreas J. Andersson;David I. Kline;Peter J. Edmunds;Stephen D. Archer

  • Airborne microbial transport limitation to isolated Antarctic soil habitats

    Stephen David James Archer;Stephen David James Archer;Kevin C. Lee;Tancredi Caruso;Teruya Maki

  • Microbial dynamics in coastal waters of East Antarctica: Herbivory by heterotrophic dinoflagellates

    SD Archer;Rjg Leakey;PH Burkill;MA Sleigh

  • 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

  • Microzooplankton grazing in Phaeocystis and diatom-dominated waters in the southern North Sea in spring

    CE Stelfox-Widdicombe;SD Archer;PH Burkill;PH Burkill;J Stefels

  • 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

  • Microbial ecology of sea ice at a coastal Antarctic site:community composition, biomass and temporal change

    SD Archer;Rjg Leakey;PH Burkill;MA Sleigh

  • KINEMATICS OF LABRIFORM AND SUBCARANGIFORM SWIMMING IN THE ANTARCTIC FISH NOTOTHENIA NEGLECTA

    Stephen D. Archer;Ian A. Johnston

  • DMS production in a coccolithophorid bloom: evidence for the importance of dinoflagellate DMSP lyases

    Michael Steinke;Gill Malin;Stephen D. Archer;Peter H. Burkill

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

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

  • Aeolian Dispersal of Bacteria Associated With Desert Dust and Anthropogenic Particles Over Continental and Oceanic Surfaces

    Teruya Maki;Kevin C. Lee;Kei Kawai;Kazunari Onishi

  • Air-sea exchange of dimethylsulfide in the Southern Ocean: Measurements from SO GasEx compared to temperate and tropical regions

    M. Yang;B. W. Blomquist;C. W. Fairall;S. D. Archer

  • Microbial dynamics in coastal waters of East Antarctica: plankton production and respiration

    Carol Robinson;Stephen D. Archer;Peter J. le B. Williams

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter H. Burkill
Peter H. Burkill Plymouth University
Philip D. Nightingale
Philip D. Nightingale Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Gill Malin
Gill Malin University of East Anglia
Byron Blomquist
Byron Blomquist University of Colorado Boulder
Richard G. J. Bellerby
Richard G. J. Bellerby East China Normal University
Peter S. Liss
Peter S. Liss University of East Anglia
Andrew P. Rees
Andrew P. Rees Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Cliff S. Law
Cliff S. Law National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
Glen A. Tarran
Glen A. Tarran Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Lucy J. Carpenter
Lucy J. Carpenter University of York

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