Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research

Patrick Laan

Senior Research Assistant
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Wednesday 08 April 2020
A rapidly changing Arctic: Shelf sediments, freshwater runoff from rivers brings more carbon, nutrients to North Pole
A new study by researchers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and their international colleagues, among which several NIOZ researchers, found that freshwater runoff from rivers and continental shelf sediments are bringing significant…
Thursday 01 June 2017
Tijdschrift special over Nederlands Antarctisch Onderzoek
Het Dirck Gerritsz laboratorium is het eerste Nederlandse laboratorium op Antarctica. Het werd in januari 2013 feestelijk geopend door het Ministerie van OCW, als resultaat van goede samenwerking met de British Antarctic Survey (BAS). Na vier jaar…

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Wednesday 14 July 2021
MetalGate 2021 Cruise
An interdisciplinary team of 12 Marine Chemistry, Biology, and Geology scientists and technicians from the Netherlands, Canada and UK, together with the 13-headed Pelagia crew, will embark on a research expedition to the High Latitude North Atlantic…

NIOZ publications

  • 2022
    Kleint, C.; Zitoun, R.; Neuholz, R.; Walter, M.; Schnetger, B.; Klose, L.; Chiswell, S.M.; Middag, R.; Laan, P.; Sander, S.G.; Koschinsky, A. (2022). Trace metal dynamics in shallow hydrothermal plumes at the Kermadec arc. Front. Mar. Sci. 8: 782734. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.782734
    Seyitmuhammedov, K.; Stirling, C.H.; Reid, M.; van Hale, R.; Laan, P.; Arrigo, K.R.; van Dijken, G.; Alderkamp, A.-C.; Middag, R. (2022). The distribution of Fe across the shelf of the Western Antarctic Peninsula at the start of the phytoplankton growing season. Mar. Chem. 238: 104066. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marchem.2021.104066
  • 2021
    Gerringa, L.J.A.; Rijkenberg, M.J.A.; Slagter, H.A.; Laan, P.; Paffrath, R.; Bauch, D.; Rutgers van der Loeff, M.; Middag, R. (2021). Dissolved Cd, Co, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni and Zn in the Arctic Ocean. JGR: Oceans 126(9): e2021JC017323. https://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2021jc017323
    Schine, C.M.S.; Alderkamp, A.-C.; van Dijken, G.; Gerringa, L.J.A.; Sergi, S.; Laan, P.; van Haren, H.; van de Poll, W.H.; Arrigo, K.R. (2021). Massive Southern Ocean phytoplankton bloom fed by iron of possible hydrothermal origin. Nature Comm. 12: 1211. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21339-5
  • 2020
    Charette, M.A.; Kipp, L.E.; Jensen, L.T.; Dabrowski, J.S.; Whitmore, L.M.; Fitzsimmons, J.N.; Williford, T.; Ulfsbo, A.; Jones, E.; Bundy, R.M.; Vivancos, S.M.; Pahnke, K.; John, S.G.; Xiang, Y.; Hatta, M.; Petrova, M.V.; Heimbürger‐Boavida, L.‐E.; Bauch, D.; Newton, R.; Pasqualini, A.; Agather, A.M.; Amon, R.M.W.; Anderson, R.F.; Andersson, P.S.; Benner, R.; Bowman, K.L.; Edwards, R.L.; Gdaniec, S.; Gerringa, L.J.A.; González, A.G.; Granskog, M.; Haley, B.; Hammerschmidt, C.R.; Hansell, D.A.; Henderson, P.B.; Kadko, D.C.; Kaiser, K.; Laan, P.; Lam, P.J.; Lamborg, C.H.; Levier, M.; Li, X.; Margolin, A.R.; Measures, C.; Middag, R.; Millero, F.J.; Moore, W.S.; Paffrath, R.; Planquette, H.; Rabe, B.; Reader, H.; Rember, R.; Rijkenberg, M.J.A.; Roy‐Barman, M.; Rutgers van der Loeff, M.; Saito, M.; Schauer, U.; Schlosser, P.; Sherrell, R.M.; Shiller, A.M.; Slagter, H.; Sonke, J.E.; Stedmon, C.; Woosley, R.J.; Valk, O.; Ooijen, J.; Zhang, R. (2020). The Transpolar Drift as a source of riverine and shelf‐derived trace elements to the central Arctic Ocean. JGR: Oceans 125(5): e2019JC015920. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019jc015920
    Gerringa, L.J.A.; Alderkamp, A.-C.; van Dijken, G.; Laan, P.; Middag, R.; Arrigo, K.R. (2020). Dissolved trace metals in the Ross Sea. Front. Mar. Sci. 7: article 577098. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.577098
    Neuholz, R.; Kleint, C.; Schnetger, B.; Koschinsky, A.; Laan, P.; Middag, R.; Sander, S.G.; Thal, J.; Türke, A.; Walter, M.; Zitoun, R.; Brumsack, H.-J. (2020). Submarine hydrothermal discharge and fluxes of dissolved Fe and Mn, and He isotopes at brothers volcano based on radium isotopes. Minerals 10(11): 969. https://doi.org/10.3390/min10110969
  • 2019
    Alderkamp, A.C.; van Dijken, G.L.; Lowry, K.E.; Lewis, K.M.; Joy-Warren, H.L.; van de Poll, W.; Laan, P.; Gerringa, L.J.A.; Delmont, T.O.; Jenkins, B.D.; Arrigo, K.R. (2019). Effects of iron and light availability on phytoplankton photosynthetic properties in the Ross Sea. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 621: 33-50. https://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps13000
    Gerringa, L.J.A.; Laan, P.; Arrigo, K.R.; van Dijken, G.L.; Alderkamp, A.-C. (2019). The organic complexation of iron in the Ross sea. Mar. Chem. 215: 103672. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marchem.2019.103672
  • 2018
    Bown, J.; van Haren, H.; Meredith, M.P.; Venables, H.J.; Laan, P.; Brearley, J.A.; De Baar, H.J.W. (2018). Evidences of strong sources of DFe and DMn in Ryder Bay, Western Antarctic Peninsula. Philos. Trans. - Royal Soc., Math. Phys. Eng. Sci. 376(2122): 20170172. https://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2017.0172
  • 2017
    Bown, J.; Laan, P. ; Ossebaar, S.; Bakker, K.; Rozema, P.; de Baar, H. (2017). Bioactive trace metal time series during Austral summer in Ryder Bay, Western Antarctic Peninsula. Deep-Sea Res., Part II, Top. Stud. Oceanogr. 139: 103-119. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2016.07.004
    Gerringa, L.J.A.; Slagter, H.A.; Bown, J.; van Haren, H.; Laan, P. ; De Baar, H.J.W.; Rijkenberg, M.J.A. (2017). Dissolved Fe and Fe-binding organic ligands in the Mediterranean Sea – GEOTRACES G04. Mar. Chem. 194: 100-113. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marchem.2017.05.012
  • 2016
    Gerringa, L.J.A.; Rijkenberg, M.J.A.; Bown, J.; Margolin, A.R.; Laan, P. ; De Baar, H.J.W. (2016). Fe-Binding Dissolved Organic Ligands in the Oxic and Suboxic Waters of the Black Sea. Front. Mar. Sci. 3: 84. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2016.00084
  • 2015
    Gerringa, L.J.A.; Laan, P.; van Dijken, G.L.; van Haren, H.; de Baar, H.J.W.; Arrigo, K.R.; Alderkamp, A.-C. (2015). Sources of iron in the Ross Sea Polynya in early summer. Mar. Chem. 177(Part 3): 447–459. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marchem.2015.06.002
    Gerringa, L.J.A.; Rijkenberg, M.J.; Schoemann, V.; Laan, P.; de Baar, H.J.W. (2015). Organic complexation of iron in the West Atlantic Ocean. Mar. Chem. 177(Part 3): 434-446. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marchem.2015.04.007
    Gerringa, L.J.A.; Rijkenberg, M.J.A.; Laan, P. ; Timmermans, K.R. (2015). Cycles in the ocean. Mar. Chem. 177(Part 3): 409-410. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marchem.2015.08.006
    Gledhill, M.; Gerringa, L.J.A.; Laan, P.; Timmermans, K.R. (2015). Heme b quotas are low in Southern Ocean phytoplankton. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 532: 29-40. dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps11345
    Mawji, E.; Schlitzer, R.; Dodas, E.M.; Abadie, C.; Abouchami, W.; Anderson, R.F.; Baars, O.; Bakker, K.; Baskaran, M.; Bates, N.R.; Bluhm, K.; Bowie, A.; Bown, J.; Boye, M.; Boyle, E.A.; Branellec, P.; Bruland, K.W.; Brzezinski, M.A.; Bucciarelli, E.; Buesseler, K.; Butler, E.; Cai, P.; Cardinal, D.; Casciotti, K.; Chaves, J.; Cheng, H.; Chever, F.; Church, T.M.; Colman, A.S.; Conway, T.M.; Croot, P.L.; Cutter, G.A.; de Baar, H.J.W; de Souza, G.F.; Dehairs, F.; Deng, F.; Dieu, H.T.; Dulaquais, G.; Echegoyen-Sanz, Y.; Lawrence Edwards, R.; Fahrbach, E.; Fitzsimmons, J.; Fleisher, M.; Frank, M.; Friedrich, J.; Fripiat, F.; Galer, S.J.G.; Gamo, T.; Solsona, E.G.; Gerringa, L.J.A.; Godoy, J.M.; Gonzalez, S.; Grossteffan, E.; Hatta, M.; Hayes, C.T.; Heller, M.I.; Henderson, G.; Huang, K.; Jeandel, C.; Jenkins, W.J.; John, S.; Kenna, T.C.; Klunder, M.B.; Kretschmer, S.; Kumamoto, Y.; Laan, P.; Labatut, M.; Lacan, F.; Lam, P.J.; Lannuzel, D.; le Moigne, F.; Lechtenfeld, O.J.; Lohan, M.C.; Lu, Y.; Masqué, P.; McClain, C.R.; Measures, C.; Middag, R.; Moffett, J.; Navidad, A.; Nishioka, J.; Noble, A.; Obata, H.; Ohnemus, D.C.; Owens, S.; Planchon, F.; Pradoux, C.; Puigcorbé, V.; Quay, P.; Radic, A.; Rehkämper, M.; Remenyi, T.; Rijkenberg, M.J.; Rintoul, S.; Robinson, L.F.; Roeske, T.; Rosenberg, M.; van der Loeff, M.R.; Ryabenko, E.; Saito, M.A.; Roshan, S.; Salt, L.; Sarthou, G.; Schauer, U.; Scott, P.; Sedwick, P.N.; Sha, L.; Shiller, A.M.; Sigman, D.M.; Smethie, W.; Smith, G.J.; Sohrin, Y.; Speich, S.; Stichel, T.; Stutsman, J.; Swift, J.H.; Tagliabue, A.; Thomas, A.; Tsunogai, U.; Twining, B.S.; van Aken, H.M.; van Heuven, S.; van Ooijen, J.; van Weerlee, E.M.; Venchiarutti, C.; Voelker, A.H.L.; Wake, B.; Warner, M.J.; Woodward, E.M.S.; Wu, J.; Wyatt, N.; Yoshikawa, H.; Zheng, X.; Xue, Z.; Zieringer, M.; Zimmer, L.A. (2015). The GEOTRACES Intermediate Data Product 2014. Mar. Chem. 177(Part 1): 1-8. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marchem.2015.04.005
    Middag, R.; van Hulten, M.M.P.; van Aken, H.M.; Rijkenberg, M.J.A.; Gerringa, L.J.A.; Laan, P.; de Baar, H.J.W. (2015). Dissolved aluminium in the ocean conveyor of theWest Atlantic Ocean: Effects of the biological cycle, scavenging, sediment resuspension and hydrography. Mar. Chem. 177(Part 1): 69–86. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marchem.2015.02.015
    Rijkenberg, M.J.; de Baar, H.J.W.; Bakker, K.; Gerringa, L.J.A.; Keijzer, E.; Laan, M.; Laan, P.; Middag, R.; Ober, S.; van Ooijen, J.; Ossebaar, S.; van Weerlee, E.M.; Smit, M. (2015). “PRISTINE”, a new high volume sampler for ultraclean sampling of trace metals and isotopes. Mar. Chem. 177(Part 3): 501–509. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marchem.2015.07.001
  • 2014
    Klunder, M.B.; Laan, P.; de Baar, H.J.W.; Middag, R.; Neven, I.; Van Ooijen, J. (2014). Dissolved Fe across the Weddell Sea and Drake Passage: impact of DFe on nutrient uptake. Biogeosciences 11(3): 651-669. dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-651-2014
    Rijkenberg, M.J.A.; Middag, R.; Laan, P.; Gerringa, L.J.A.; van Aken, H.M.; Schoemann, V.; de Jong, J.T.; de Baar, H.J.W. (2014). The Distribution of Dissolved Iron in the West Atlantic Ocean. PLoS One 9(6): e101323 1-14. hdl.handle.net/10.1371/journal.pone.0101323
  • 2013
    Middag, R.; de Baar, H.J.W.; Klunder, M.B.; Laan, P. (2013). Fluxes of dissolved aluminum and manganese to the Weddell Sea and indications for manganese co-limitation. Limnol. Oceanogr. 58(1): 287-300. dx.doi.org/10.4319/lo.2013.58.1.0287
  • 2012
    Alderkamp, A.C.; Mills, M.M.; van Dijken, G.L.; Laan, P.; Thuróczy, C.-E.; Gerringa, L.J.A.; de Baar, H.J.W.; Payne, C.D.; Visser, R.J.W.; Buma, A.G.J.; Arrigo, K.R. (2012). Iron from melting glaciers fuels phytoplankton blooms in the Amundsen Sea (Southern Ocean): Phytoplankton characteristics and productivity. Deep-Sea Res., Part 2, Top. Stud. Oceanogr. 71-76: 32-48. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2012.03.005
    Bown, J.; Boye, M.; Laan, P.; Bowie, A.R.; Park, Y.H.; Jeandel, C.; Nelson, D.M. (2012). Imprint of a dissolved cobalt basaltic source on the Kerguelen Plateau. Biogeosciences 9(12): 5279-5290. dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-9-5279-2012
    Gerringa, L.J.A.; Alderkamp, A.C.; Laan, P.; Thuróczy, C.E.; de Baar, H.J.W.; Mills, M.M.; van Dijken, G.L.; van Haren, H.; Arrigo, K.R. (2012). Iron from melting glaciers fuels the phytoplankton blooms in Amundsen Sea (Southern Ocean): Iron biogeochemistry. Deep-Sea Res., Part 2, Top. Stud. Oceanogr. 71-76: 16-31. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2012.03.007
    Klunder, M.B.; Laan, P.; Middag, R.; de Baar, H.J.W.; Bakker, K. (2012). Dissolved iron in the Arctic Ocean: Important role of hydrothermal sources, shelf input and scavenging removal. J. Geophys. Res. 117. dx.doi.org/10.1029/2011JC007135
    Middag, R.; de Baar, H.J.W.; Laan, P.; Huhn, O. (2012). The effects of continental margins and water mass circulation on the distribution of dissolved aluminum and manganese in Drake Passage. J. Geophys. Res. 117. dx.doi.org/10.1029/2011JC007434
    Mills, M.M.; Alderkamp, A.C.; Thuróczy, C.E.; van Dijken, G.L.; Laan, P.; de Baar, H.J.W.; Arrigo, K.R. (2012). Phytoplankton biomass and pigment responses to Fe amendments in the Pine Island and Amundsen polynyas. Deep-Sea Res., Part 2, Top. Stud. Oceanogr. 71-76: 61-76. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2012.03.008
    Thuróczy, C.E.; Alderkamp, A.C.; Laan, P.; Gerringa, L.J.A.; Mills, M.M.; van Dijken, G.L.; de Baar, H.J.W.; Arrigo, K.R. (2012). Key role of organic complexation of iron in sustaining phytoplankton blooms in the Pine Island and Amundsen Polynyas (Southern Ocean). Deep-Sea Res., Part 2, Top. Stud. Oceanogr. 71-76: 49-60. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2012.03.009
  • 2011
    Abouchami, W.; Galer, S.J.G.; de Baar, H.J.W.; Alderkamp, A.C.; Middag, R.; Laan, P.; Feldmann, H.; Andreae, M.O. (2011). Modulation of the Southern Ocean cadmium isotope signature by ocean circulation and primary productivity. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 305(1-2): 83-91. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2011.02.044
    Klunder, M.B.; Laan, P.; Middag, R.; de Baar, H.J.W.; van Ooijen, J.C. (2011). Dissolved iron in the Southern Ocean (Atlantic sector). Deep-Sea Res., Part 2, Top. Stud. Oceanogr. 58(25-26): 2678-2694. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.10.042
    Middag, R.; de Baar, H.J.W.; Laan, P.; Cai, P.H.; van Ooijen, J.C. (2011). Dissolved manganese in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean. Deep-Sea Res., Part 2, Top. Stud. Oceanogr. 58(25-26): 2661-2677. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.10.043
    Middag, R.; de Baar, H.J.W.; Laan, P.; Klunder, M.B. (2011). Fluvial and hydrothermal input of manganese into the Arctic Ocean. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 75(9): 2393-2408. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2011.02.011
    Middag, R.; van Slooten, C.; de Baar, H.J.W.; Laan, P. (2011). Dissolved aluminium in the Southern Ocean. Deep-Sea Res., Part 2, Top. Stud. Oceanogr. 58(25-26): 2647-2660. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2011.03.001
    Thuróczy, C.-E.; Gerringa, L.J.A.; Klunder, M.; Laan, P.; Le Guitton, M.; de Baar, H.J.W. (2011). Distinct trends in the speciation of iron between the shallow shelf seas and the deep basins of the Arctic Ocean. J. Geophys. Res. 116. dx.doi.org/10.1029/2010JC006835
    Thuróczy, C.E.; Gerringa, L.J.A.; Klunder, M.B.; Laan, P.; de Baar, H.J.W. (2011). Observation of consistent trends in the organic complexation of dissolved iron in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean. Deep-Sea Res., Part 2, Top. Stud. Oceanogr. 58(25-26): 2695-2706. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2011.01.002
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