Senior Research Scientist Associate Director of Research
Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences
St. George's, GE 01
Bermuda
Tel: (441) 297-1880 (ext. 209)
Fax: (441) 297-8143
 

 
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Nick Bates is a Senior Research Scientist and Associate Director of Research at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences, Inc. He is also an Adjunct Full Professor at Duke University and the College of Marine Studies, University of Delaware. He earned a Ph.D. in Oceanography (Chemical and Biological) from the University of Southampton (UK) in 1995. Bates’ research interests include ocean biogeochemical cycling of carbon, nitrogen and dissolved organic matter; physical and biological processes influencing ocean-atmosphere gas exchange of CO₂; coupling between ocean biogeochemical processes and climate variability; and influence of coral reefs and calcifying organisms on ocean carbon cycling and air-sea CO₂ exchange. Bates has major responsibilities for the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study (BATS) oceanographic time-series program developed under JGOFS in the late 1980's. Recently, he has contributed to the SOLAS-IMBER joint carbon implementation plan, and is a member of the IOC-SCOR International Ocean Carbon Coordination Project (IOCCP) scientific steering group.
 

• Ph.D. in Oceanography, 1995, University of Southampton, Southampton
• M.Sc. in Geological Sciences, 1989, Brock University, Ontario
• B.Sc. in Geology, 1987, King's College, University of London, London

• Biogeochemical cycles in the ocean and atmosphere
• Carbon, nitrogen and sulphur cycling in the ocean and air-sea gas exchange of CO₂
• Oceanographic time-series studies
• Linkages between oceanic biogeochemical variability and low-frequency modes of climate variability
• Chemical and biological sensor technologies

• Advancing our Understanding of the Role of the Ocean Carbon Cycle
• Bermuda Atlantic Time Series (BATS)
• North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) and the Ocean Carbon Cycle
• Interannual to Decadal Variability of the Ocean Carbon Cycle
• Interannual Variability of CO₂ in Subtropical Mode Water in the North Atlantic Ocean
• Interannual Variability of the Oceanic Nitrogen Cycle in the North Atlantic Ocean
• Time Series Measurement of Dimethylsulfide Dynamics at BATS
• Measurements of partial pressure CO₂ on Volunteer Observing Ships (VOS)
• High-Resolution Ocean and Atmosphere pCO₂ Time-Series Measurements
• Enhanced New Production During Winter Mixing: A Missing Component of Current Estimates
• EDDIES: Impacs of Eddies and Mixing on Plankton Community Structure and Biogeochemical Cycling in the Sargasso Sea
• The Arctic Ocean Carbon Cycle
• SBI: Transport and Transformation of Carbon and Nitrogen in the Western Arctic Ocean: A Contribution to the SBI Project
• Coral Reefs and Carbon Dioxide
• CO₂ Instrumentation at BIOS
• Weather, Climate and Carbon