Dr. Bart Veuger
Post-doctoral researcher
Department: Ecosystem Studies
T. +31 (0) 113 577 464

bart.veuger(at)nioz.nl

Visit address:

Korringaweg 7

4401 NT Yerseke

The Netherlands

Postal address:

Postbus 140

4400 AC Yerseke

The Netherlands

Short CV

• Sediment biogeochemistry
• Nitrogen cycling
• Organic matter degradation
• Bioturbation

  Techniques:

• Stable isotopes tracers (13C and 15N)
• Compound-specific stable isotope analysis (amino acids, fatty acids, carbohydrates) (by GC-c-IRMS and LC-IRMS)
• Membrane inlet mass spectrometry (MIMS)

Current Research and Projects

The impact of bioturbation and hypoxia on sediment nitrogen cycling

My current work primarily focusses on how, and how much,  the benthic nitrogen cycle is affected by the activity of benthic animals (bioturbation), with a special focus on denitrification. I also work on the nitrogen cycle in sediments from the seasonally hypoxic marine Lake Grevelingen.

Publications

Veuger. B., A. Pitcher, S. Schouten, J. S. Sinninghe Damste, and J.J. Middelburg (2013) Nitrification and growth of autotrophic nitrifying bacteria and Thaumarchaeota in the coastal North Sea. Biogeosciences, 10, 1775–1785. doi:10.5194/bg-10-1775-2013

Van Engeland, T. et al. (2013) Dissolved organic matter uptake in a temperate seagrass ecosystem. Marine Ecology Progress Series 478: 87–100. doi: 10.3354/meps10183

Hunter W.R., B.Veuger, and U. Witte (2012) Macrofauna regulate heterotrophic bacterial carbon and nitrogen incorporation in low-oxygen sediments. The ISME Journal (2012), 1–12

Dähnke, K., A. Moneta, B. Veuger, K. Soetaert, and J. J. Middelburg (2012) Balance of assimilative and dissimilative nitrogen processes in a diatom-rich tidal flat sediment. Biogeosciences, 9, 4059–4070.doi:10.5194/bg-9-4059-2012

Bart Veuger, Dick van Oevelen, Jack J. Middelburg. (2012). Fate of microbial nitrogen, carbon, hydrolysable amino acids, monosaccharides, and fatty acids in sediment. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 83: 217–233. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2011.12.016

A. K. Hardison, I. C. Anderson, E. A. Canuel, C. R. Tobias, and B. Veuger. 2011. Carbon and nitrogen dynamics in shallow photic systems: Interactions between macroalgae, microalgae, and bacteria. Limnology & Oceanography, 56(4), 1489–1503.

Bart Veuger and Dick van Oevelen. 2011. Long-term pigment dynamics and diatom survival in dark sediment. Limnology & Oceanography 56(3), 1065–1074.

Hardison AK, Canuel EA, Anderson IC, Veuger B. 2010. Fate of macroalgae in benthic systems: Carbon and nitrogen cycling within the microbial community. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 414: 41-55.

Gribsholt B., Veuger B., Tramper A., Middelburg J.J., Boschker H.T.S. 2009. Long-term in situ ¹⁵N-nitrogen retention in tidal freshwater marsh sediment: Elucidating the microbial contribution. Limnology & Oceanography 54: 13-22.

Evrard V., Cook P.L.M., Veuger B., Huettel M., and Middelburg J.J. 2008. Tracing carbon and nitrogen incorporation and pathways in the microbial community of a photic subtidal sand. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 53: 257-269.

Teugels B., Bouillon S., Veuger B., Middelburg J.J., Koedam N. 2008. Kleptoplasts mediate nitrogen acquisition in the sea slug Elysia Viridis. Aquatic Biology 4: 15-21.

Cook, Perran L.M., Bart Veuger, Simone Böer, Jack J. Middelburg. 2007. Effect of nutrient availability on carbon and nitrogen incorporation and flows through benthic algae and bacteria in near-shore sandy sediment. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 49: 165-180.

Bart Veuger, Bradley D. Eyre, Damien Maher and Jack J. Middelburg. 2007. Nitrogen incorporation and retention by bacteria, algae and fauna in a subtropical, intertidal sediment: an in situ ¹⁵N-labeling study. Limnology and Oceanography 52 (5): 1930-1942.

Bart Veuger and Jack J. Middelburg 2007. Incorporation of nitrogen from amino acids and urea by benthic microbes: role of bacteria versus algae and coupled incorporation of carbon. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 48: 35-46.

Bart Veuger, Jack J. Middelburg, Henricus T. S. Boschker, and Marco Houtekamer. 2007. Update of “Analysis of ¹⁵N incorporation into D-alanine: A new method for tracing nitrogen uptake by bacteria” (Veuger et al. 2005, Limnol. Oceanogr. Methods 3:230-240). Limnology and Oceanography: Methods 5: 192-194.

Bart Veuger. 2006. A new method for tracing flows of nitrogen and carbon through bacteria and algae in aquatic microbial communities: Analysis of ¹⁵N- and ¹³C-incorporation into D-alanine and other hydrolysable amino acids. PhD-Thesis, Utrecht University.

Bart Veuger, Dick van Oevelen, Henricus T.S. Boschker and Jack J. Middelburg. 2006. Fate of peptidoglycan in an intertidal sediment: an in situ ¹³C-labeling study. Limnology and Oceanography 51: 1572-1580.

Dekker, T., G.D. Greve, T.L. ter Laak, M.E.Y. Boivin, B. Veuger, G. Gortzak, S. Dumfries, S.M.G. Lücker, M.H.S. Kraak, W. Admiraal and H.G. van der Geest. 2006. Development and application of a sediment toxicity test using the benthic cladoceran Chydorus sphaericus. Environmental Pollution 140: 231-238.

Bart Veuger, Jack J. Middelburg, Henricus T.S. Boschker and Marco Houtekamer. 2005. Analysis of ¹⁵N incorporation into D-Alanine: a new method for tracing nitrogen uptake by bacteria. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods 3: 230-240.

Barranguet, C., B. Veuger, S.A.M. van Beusekom, P. Marvan, J.J. Sinke and W. Admiraal. 2005. Divergent composition of algal-bacterial biofilms developing under various external factors. European Journal of Phycology 40: 1-8.

Bart Veuger, Jack J. Middelburg, Henricus T.S. Boschker, Joop Nieuwenhuize, Pieter van Rijswijk, Emma J. Rochelle-Newall and Nuria Navarro. 2004. Microbial uptake of dissolved organic and inorganic nitrogen in Randers Fjord. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 61(3): 507-515.

Barranguet, C., S.A.M. van Beusekom, B. Veuger, T.R. Neu, E.M.M. Manders, J.J. Sinke and W. Admiraal. 2004. Studying undisturbed autotrophic biofilms: still a technical challenge. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 34: 1-9.