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Submitted by: Martí Galí Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM, CSIC), Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain) marti.gali.tapias@gmail.com

Abstract:

Organic methylated sulfur compounds (MSCs) play key roles in marine planktonic food webs and are also involved in climate regulation through the emission of aerosol-forming gases (dimethylsulfide and methanethiol). Therefore, the study of MSCs naturally bridges a wide range of disciplines, from molecular ecology, through oceanography, up to Earth System modelling. In 2022, a new SCOR Working Group named DMS-PRO was created to address knowledge gaps in MSC research by (i) compiling an open-access database of MSC cycling rates; (ii) publishing standardized operating practices for the determination of MSC cycling rates; and (iii) providing guidance to data users, e.g. modelers. DMS-PRO nucleates 20 researchers from 14 countries in Asia, North and South America, Oceania, and Europe; including 6 members from low- and upper-middle income countries and 6 early-career researchers. Forming a group with a balanced geographic spread was challenging because researchers focusing in this area of study are overwhelmingly associated to institutions based in developed countries. To reduce this imbalance, an overarching aspiration of DMS-PRO is to stimulate research, build capacity, and establish an international, multidisciplinary community of practice on the oceanic cycle of MSCs that can share knowledge and skills with the broader oceanographic and Earth system science communities. In this presentation we will briefly introduce DMS-PRO, share the lessons learned during the initial phase of the project, and outline our plans for achieving the group’s objectives.

Primary Session Choice: EP005 Adventures, Challenges, and Benefits of Conducting International Collaborative Research

More Information URL: https://scor-int.org/group/developing-resources-for-the-study-of-methylated-sulfur-compound-cycling-processes-in-the-ocean-dms-pro/

Authors:

Daniela del Valle, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Argentina; and Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Pesquero (INIDEP), Mar del Plata, Argentina  (ddelvalle@inidep.edu.ar)


Stephen Archer, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, East Boothbay, ME, USA  (sarcher@bigelow.org)


Hermann Bange, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Oceanic Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany  (hbange@geomar.de)


Eva Bucciarelli, Univ Brest, CNRS, IRD, Ifremer, LEMAR, Plouzane, France  (eva.bucciarelli@univ-brest.fr)


Elisabeth Deschaseaux, Centre for Coastal Biogeochemistry, School of Environment, Science and Engineering, Southern Cross University, Lismore, Australia  (elisabeth.deschaseaux@scu.edu.au)


José González, Department of Microbiology, University of La Laguna, La Laguna, Spain  (jmglezh@ull.es)


Hakase Hayashida, Application Laboratory, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokohama, Japan  (hakase.hayashida@utas.edu.au)


Frances Hopkins, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, Plymouth, UK  (fhop@pml.ac.uk)


Sohiko Kameyama, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan  (skameyama@ees.hokudai.ac.jp)


Erin McParland, Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, USA  (emcparland@whoi.edu)


Ki-Tae Park, Korea Polar Research Institute, Incheon, South Korea, and University of Science and Technology, Daejeon, South Korea  (ktpark@kopri.re.kr)


Damodar Shenoy, CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa, India  (dmshenoy@nio.org)


Jacqueline Stefels, The Groningen Institute of Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands  (j.stefels@rug.nl)


Jonathan Todd, School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK  (Jonathan.Todd@uea.ac.uk)


Philippe Tortell, Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada  (ptortell@eos.ubc.ca)


Lenny Winkel, Department of Environmental Systems Science, Zurich, Switzerland; and Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Dübendorf, Switzerland  (lenny.winkel@eawag.ch)


Gui-Peng Yang, Institute of Marine Chemistry, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, P.R. China  (gpyang@ouc.edu.cn)


Marcos Zárate, Centro para el Estudio de Sistemas Marinos, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CESIMAR-CONICET), Puerto Madryn, Argentina  (zarate@cenpat-conicet.gob.ar)


Miming Zhang, Key Laboratory of Global Change and Marine-Atmospheric Chemistry, Ministry of Natural Resources, Third Institute of Oceanography, Xiamen, P.R. China  (zhangmiming@tio.org.cn)


ESTABLISHING AN INTERNATIONAL, MULTIDISCIPLINARY COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE FOR THE STUDY OF METHYLATED SULFUR COMPOUNDS IN THE OCEAN: SCOR WORKING GROUP DMS-PRO

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Education & Policy Abstract > EP005 Adventures, Challenges, and Benefits of Conducting International Collaborative Research

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