The influx of marine debris and oceanographic currents.
Plastic chemisty and phot-degredation.
Biogeochemistry and ocean carbon and sulphur cycles.
Scientific Research Experience
Post-doctorate in Oceanography and the Influx of Marine Debris, International Pacific Research Center, SOEST, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI; 2017 to present
Post-doctorate in Oceanography, Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education (C-MORE), University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI; 2015 - 2017
Refereed Publications
Jung, M.R., D.F. Horgen, S.V. Orski, C.V. Rodriguez, K.L. Beers, G.H. Balazs, T. Jones, T.M. Work, K.C. Brignac, S.J. Royer, K.D. Hyrenbach, B.A. Jensen, and J.M. Lynch, 2018: Validation of ATR FT-IR to identify polymers of plastic marine debris, including those ingested by marine organisms. Marine Poll. Bull., 127, 704-716, doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.12.061.
Mayol, E., Arrieta, J.A., Jimenez, M.A., Martínez-Asensio, A., Garcias-Bonet, N., A., Dachs, J., González-Gaya, B., Royer, S.J., Benítez-Barrios, V., Fraile-Nuez, E. and Duarte, C.M., 2017: Airborne microorganisms over the global subtropical ocean. Nature Comm., 8 (201), doi:10.1038/s41467-017-00110-9.
Royer, S.J., Galí, M., Mahajan, A.S., Ross, O., Pérez, G., Saltzman, E. and Simó, R., 2016: A high-resolution time-depth view of dimethylsulphide cycling in the surface sea. Sci. Rep.(Nature), 6 (32325), doi:10.1038/srep32325.
Ptacnik, R., Gomes, A., Royer, S.J., et al., 2016: A light-induced shortcut in the planktonic microbial loop. Sci. Rep.(Nature), 6 (29286), doi:10.1038/srep29286.
Pérez, G.L., Galí, M., Royer, S.J., Sarmento, H., Gasol, J.M., Marrasé, C. and Simó, R., 2016: Bio-optical characterization of offshore NW Mediterranean waters: CDOM contribution to absorption budget and diffuse attenuation of downwelling irradiance. Deep-Sea Research 1, 114, 111-127, doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2016.05.011.
Fernández-Castro, B., Mouriño-Carballido, B., Marañón, E., Chouciño, P., Gago, J., Ramírez, T., Vidal, M., Bode, A., Blasco, D., Royer, S.J., Estrada and M., Simó, R., 2015: Importance of salt fingering for new nitrogen supply in the oligotrophic oceans. Nature Comm., 6:8002 doi:/10.1038/ncomms9002.
Royer, S.J., Mahajan, A.S., Galí, M., Saltzman, E. and Simó, R., 2015: Small-scale variability patterns of DMS and phytoplankton in surface waters of the tropical and subtropical Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans. Geophys. Res. Lett., 42, 475-483, doi:10.1002/2014GL062543.
Mahajan, A.S., Fadnavis, S., Thomas, M. A., Pozzoli, L., Gupta, S., Royer, S.J., Saiz-Lopez, A. and Simó, R., 2015: Quantifying the impacts of an updated global dimethylsulfide (DMS) climatology on cloud microphysics and aerosol radiative forcing. J. Geophys. Res. Atm., 120, 2524-2536, doi:10.1002/2014jd022687.
Prados-Roman, C., Cuevas, C.A., Hay, T., Fernández, R.P., Mahajan, A.S., Royer, S.J., Galí, M., Simó, R., Dachs, J., Großmann, K., Kinnison, D.E., Lamarque, J.F., and Saiz-Lopez, A., 2015: Iodine oxide in the global marine boundary layer. Atm. Chem. Phys., 15, 583-593, doi:10.5194/acp-15-583-2015.
Galí, M., Devred, E., Levasseur, M., Royer, S.J. and Babin, M., 2015: A remote sensing diagnostic model for planktonic DMSP and an analysis of global patterns. Remote Sens. Env., 171, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2015.10.012.
Guenther, M., Royer, S.J., de Oliveira Campos, D., Neumann-Leitáo, S., 2015: Spatial variation of the plankton community over a short-term survey at a tropical hypereutrophic estuary. Arq. Cien. Mar, 48, 39-48.
Royer, S.J., Galí, M., Saltzman E., McCormick, C., Bell, T. and Simó, R., 2014: Development and validation of a shipboard system for measuring high-resolution vertical profiles of aqueous dimethylsulfide concentrations using chemical ionization mass spectrometry. Environ. chem., 11, 309-317, doi:10.1071/EN13203.
Galí, M., Simó, R., Pérez, G.L., Ruiz-González, C., Sarmento, H., Royer, S.J., Fuentes-Lema, A. and Gasol, J.M., 2013: Differential response of planktonic primary, bacterial, and dimethylsulfide production rates to vertically-moving and static incubations in upper mixed-layer summer sea waters. Biogeosci., 10, 7983-7998, doi:10.5194/bgd-10-8851-2013.
Mahajan, A.S., Gómez Martín, J.C., Hay, T., Royer, S.J., Yvon-Lewis, S., Liu, Y., Hu, L., Prados-Roman, C., Ordóñez, C., Plane, J.M.C. and Saiz-Lopez, A., 2012: Latitudinal distribution of reactive iodine in the Eastern Pacific and its link to open ocean sources. Atm. Chem. Phys., 12, 11609-11617, doi:10.5194/acp-12-11609-2012.
Luce, M., Levasseur, M., Scarratt, M., Michaud, S., Royer, S.J., Kiene, R., Lovejoy, C., Gosselin, M., Poulin, M., Gratton, Y. and Lizotte, M., 2011: Distribution and microbial metabolism of dimethylsulfoniopropionate and dimethylsulfide during the 2007 Arctic ice minimum. J. Geophys. Res., 116, C00G06, doi:10.1029/2010JC006914.
Royer, S.J., Levasseur, M., Lizotte M., Arychuk, M., Scarratt, M., Wong, C S., M., Lovejoy, C., Robert, M., Johnson, K., Peña, A., Michaud, S. and Kiene R., 2010: Microbial dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) dynamics along a natural iron gradient in the North East subarctic Pacific. Limnology and Oceanography, 55, 1614-1626, doi:10.4319/lo.2010.55.4.1614.