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Profiles
Dr Angela Milne
Lecturer in Environmental Science
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences (Faculty of Science and Engineering)
Biography
Biography
Lecturer in Environmental Science
Angela moved into teaching following 10 years as a postdoctoral researcher, having spent time in Florida and Plymouth. She is still involved in research and the supervision of PhD students as well as teaching. As part of her teaching role, Angela is the Programme Lead for the two undergraduate environmental programmes, BSc Environmental Science and BSc Environmental Management and Sustainability and is the module lead for ENVS1002 (The Physical Environment).
Angela moved into teaching following 10 years as a postdoctoral researcher, having spent time in Florida and Plymouth. She is still involved in research and the supervision of PhD students as well as teaching. As part of her teaching role, Angela is the Programme Lead for the two undergraduate environmental programmes, BSc Environmental Science and BSc Environmental Management and Sustainability and is the module lead for ENVS1002 (The Physical Environment).
Qualifications
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Plymouth University: 2010 – 2017
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Florida State University: 2007-2010
PhD Marine Chemistry (University of Plymouth: 2003-2007)
BSc (Hons) Environmental Science (University of Plymouth: 1998-2002)
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Florida State University: 2007-2010
PhD Marine Chemistry (University of Plymouth: 2003-2007)
BSc (Hons) Environmental Science (University of Plymouth: 1998-2002)
Professional membership
Royal Society of Chemistry
Challenger Society
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO)
Challenger Society
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO)
Teaching
Teaching
Teaching interests
Teaching interests cover Environmental and Analytical Chemistry with a focus on inorganic water chemistry, in both the freshwater and marine environment. These feed into the following modules/areas:
The Physical Environment (ENVS1002; Stage 1, BSc Environmental Science / BSc Environmental Management and Sustainability)
Sustainability Science (ENVS1009; Stage 1, BSc Environmental Science / BSc Environmental Management and Sustainability)
Field and Research Skills / Environmental Data Management (ENV*2002; Stage 2, BSc Environmental Science / BSc Environmental Management and Sustainability)
Fieldwork and dissertations in Environmental Science (ENVS3001; Stage 4)
Fieldwork and dissertations as part of MSc Environmental Consultancy and MSc Sustainable Environmental Management and MSc Applied Marine Science (within the School of Biological & Marines Sciences),
The Physical Environment (ENVS1002; Stage 1, BSc Environmental Science / BSc Environmental Management and Sustainability)
Sustainability Science (ENVS1009; Stage 1, BSc Environmental Science / BSc Environmental Management and Sustainability)
Field and Research Skills / Environmental Data Management (ENV*2002; Stage 2, BSc Environmental Science / BSc Environmental Management and Sustainability)
Fieldwork and dissertations in Environmental Science (ENVS3001; Stage 4)
Fieldwork and dissertations as part of MSc Environmental Consultancy and MSc Sustainable Environmental Management and MSc Applied Marine Science (within the School of Biological & Marines Sciences),
Research
Research
Research interests
My main focus is understanding the distributions and cycling of bio-essential trace metals, such as iron, cobalt and zinc, in the marine environment.
Trace metal biogeochemistry: I am interested in the distribution of trace elements (particularly elements that are essential for the growth and sustenance of marine life) in the ocean, both in the dissolved phase and from oceanic particulate material.
Analytical chemistry: I am very interested in developing and using analytical techniques which allow for the determination of multiple elements from one sample.
Trace metal biogeochemistry: I am interested in the distribution of trace elements (particularly elements that are essential for the growth and sustenance of marine life) in the ocean, both in the dissolved phase and from oceanic particulate material.
Analytical chemistry: I am very interested in developing and using analytical techniques which allow for the determination of multiple elements from one sample.
Research groups
Research degrees awarded to supervised students
Antony Birchill (2013 – 2017, co-supervisor): Cycling of iron in the Celtic Sea.
Grants & contracts
Co-investigator on the following proposal submissions:
‘Processes Influencing Carbon Cycling Observations of the Lower Limb of the Antarctic Overturning’. NERC Directed Grant - Awarded £268,000.
‘Carbon uptake and seasonal traits of Antarctic remineralisation depth’. NERC Directed Grant - Awarded £262,000
‘Iron speciation in marine suspended particles transported from the Celtic Shelf’. Co-Investigator. Diamond Light Source Standard Proposal - Awarded beamtime
‘The supply of Iron from shelf sediments to the oceans’. NERC Directed Grant: Shelf Seas Biogeochemistry Programme - Awarded £304,000
‘Processes Influencing Carbon Cycling Observations of the Lower Limb of the Antarctic Overturning’. NERC Directed Grant - Awarded £268,000.
‘Carbon uptake and seasonal traits of Antarctic remineralisation depth’. NERC Directed Grant - Awarded £262,000
‘Iron speciation in marine suspended particles transported from the Celtic Shelf’. Co-Investigator. Diamond Light Source Standard Proposal - Awarded beamtime
‘The supply of Iron from shelf sediments to the oceans’. NERC Directed Grant: Shelf Seas Biogeochemistry Programme - Awarded £304,000
Publications
Publications
Key publications
Key publications are highlighted
Journals
Articles
(2024) 'Surface ocean biogeochemistry and deep ocean circulation control relationships between nutrient-type trace metals (Cd, Ni, Cu, and Zn) and nutrients in the South Atlantic Ocean near the subtropical front' Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta , DOI Open access
(2023) 'Phytoplankton responses to dust addition in the FeMn co-limited eastern Pacific sub-Antarctic differ by source region' Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , DOI Open access
(2023) 'Ocean circulation and biological processes drive seasonal variations of dissolved Al, Cd, Ni, Cu, and Zn on the Northeast Atlantic continental margin' Marine Chemistry 252, , DOI Open access
(2023) 'Physical and biogeochemical controls on seasonal iron, manganese, and cobalt distributions in Northeast Atlantic shelf seas' Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 348, 278-295 , DOI Open access
(2022) 'Mesoscale eddies and the impact of coastal iron supply on primary production in the South Pacific Subtropical Front' Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 188, , DOI Open access
(2021) 'Equilibrium calculations of iron speciation and apparent iron solubility in the Celtic Sea at ambient seawater pH using the NICA-Donnan model' Marine Chemistry , DOI Open access
(2021) 'Seasonal cycling of zinc and cobalt in the south-eastern Atlantic along the GEOTRACES GA10 section' Biogeosciences 18, (14) 4265-4280 , DOI Open access
(2020) 'Increasing picocyanobacteria success in shelf waters contributes to long-term food web degradation' Global Change Biology , DOI Open access
(2020) 'The oceanic biogeochemistry of nickel and its isotopes: New data from the South Atlantic and the Southern Ocean biogeochemical divide' Earth and Planetary Science Letters 535, 116118-116118 , DOI Open access
(2019) 'The interplay between regeneration and scavenging fluxes drives ocean iron cycling' Nature Communications 10, (1) 0-0 , DOI Open access
(2019) 'Exploring mechanisms for spring bloom evolution: contrasting 2008 and 2012 blooms in the southwest Pacific Ocean' Journal of Plankton Research , DOI Open access
(2019) 'Putting the silicon cycle in a bag: Field and mesocosm observations of silicon isotope fractionation in subtropical waters east of New Zealand' Marine Chemistry 213, 1-12 , DOI Open access
(2019) 'The eastern extent of seasonal iron limitation in the high latitude North Atlantic Ocean' Scientific Reports 9, , DOI Open access
(2019) 'Estimating Uncertainties in Oceanographic Trace Element Measurements' Frontiers in Marine Science , DOI Open access
(2018) 'Paired dissolved and particulate phase Cu isotope distributions in the South Atlantic' Chemical Geology , DOI Open access
(2018) 'The GEOTRACES Intermediate Data Product 2017' Chemical Geology 493, 210-223 , DOI Open access
(2018) 'The Role of External Inputs and Internal Cycling in Shaping the Global Ocean Cobalt Distribution: Insights From the First Cobalt Biogeochemical Model' Global Biogeochemical Cycles , DOI Open access
(2018) 'Anthropogenic Signatures of Lead in the Northeast Atlantic' Geophysical Research Letters 45, (6) 2734-2743 , DOI Open access
(2018) 'The distribution of lead concentrations and isotope compositions in the eastern Tropical Atlantic Ocean' GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA 225, 36-51 , DOI Open access
(2017) 'Seasonal iron depletion in temperate shelf seas' Geophysical Research Letters , DOI Open access
(2017) 'A Comparison between Four Analytical Methods for the Measurement of Fe(II) at Nanomolar Concentrations in Coastal Seawater' Frontiers in Marine Science 4, , DOI Open access
(2017) 'Particulate phases are key in controlling dissolved iron concentrations in the (sub)tropical North Atlantic' Geophysical Research Letters , DOI Open access
(2016) 'Coastal ocean and shelf-sea biogeochemical cycling of trace elements and isotopes: lessons learned from GEOTRACES' Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 374, (2081) 20160076-20160076 , DOI Open access
(2016) 'Return of naturally sourced Pb to Atlantic surface waters' NATURE COMMUNICATIONS 7, (0) 0-0 , DOI Open access
(2016) 'Measurement uncertainty associated with shipboard sample collection and filtration for the determination of the concentration of iron in seawater' Anal. Methods 8, (37) 6711-6719 , DOI Open access
(2015) 'The impact of circulation and dust deposition in controlling the distributions of dissolved Fe and Al in the south Indian subtropical gyre' Marine Chemistry 176, 110-125 , DOI
(2015) 'Iron stable isotopes track pelagic iron cycling during a subtropical phytoplankton bloom' Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 112, (1) E15-E20 , DOI
(2014) 'Uncertainty contributions to the measurement of dissolved Co, Fe, Pb and V in seawater using flow injection with solid phase preconcentration and detection by collision/reaction cell-quadrupole ICP-MS' Talanta 133, 162-169 , DOI Open access
(2014) 'Biogeochemical cycling of dissolved zinc along the GEOTRACES South Atlantic transect GA10 at 40 S' GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES 28, (1) 44-56 , DOI Open access
(2013) 'Methods for the sampling and analysis of marine aerosols: results from the 2008 GEOTRACES aerosol intercalibration experiment' LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY-METHODS 11, 62-78 , DOI
(2012) 'Fluorometric detection of total dissolved zinc in the southern Indian Ocean' MARINE CHEMISTRY 132, 68-76 , DOI
(2010) 'Determination of Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd and Pb in seawater using high resolution magnetic sector inductively coupled mass spectrometry (HR-ICP-MS)' Anal Chim Acta 665, (2) 200-207 , DOI
(2009) 'Investigation of iron(III) reduction and trace metal interferences in the determination of dissolved iron in seawater using flow injection with luminol chemiluminescence detection' Anal Chim Acta 652, (1-2) 259-265 , DOI
(2009) 'Real-time detection of reactive oxygen species generation by marine phytoplankton using flow injection-chemiluminescence' LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY-METHODS 7, 706-715 , DOI
(2008) 'Nitrogen and phosphorus co-limitation of bacterial productivity and growth in the oligotrophic subtropical North Atlantic' LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY 53, (2) 824-834 , DOI
(2008) 'Relative influence of nitrogen and phosphorus availability on phytoplankton physiology and productivity in the oligotrophic sub-tropical North Atlantic Ocean' LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY 53, (1) 291-305 , DOI
(2006) 'Iron limits primary productivity during spring bloom development in the central North Atlantic' GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 12, (4) 626-634 , DOI
(2005) 'PLASMA MEMBRANE ELECTRON TRANSPORT IN MARINE DIATOMS - METABOLIC FUNCTION AND CHEMICAL CONSEQUENCES' PHYCOLOGIA 44, (4) 26-26
(2004) 'Developing standards for dissolved iron in seawater. ' EOS 88 (11), 131-132
Presentations and posters
'<i>Hydrothermal iron supply to the remote southeast Pacific Ocean</i>' , DOI