External Projects of Biological Oceanography

Bacterioplankton cell death: competition between flagellate grazing and viral lysis and the role of bacterioplankton cell wall-derived dissolved organic matter in the ocean (BADE, ALW-NWO).

PI: G.J. Herndl

Post Doc in project: Veronica Parada

Activity, rates, carbon use and high-pressure microbial ecology of the deep sea (ARCHIMEDES) funded by the Earth and Life Science Branch, Dutch Science Foundation (NWO/ALW)

PI: G.J. Herndl

Post Doc in project: Thomas Reinthaler

Technical assistant: Maaike Brink

From the Molecular Biology Lab: Judith van Bleijswijk, Harry Witte

Application of capillary electrophoresis for isolating bacteria and assessing Ectoenzyme diversity and kinetics (ACE, Marie Curie Host Fellowship of EU).

PI: G.J. Herndl

Pelagic Archaea in the changing coastal Arctic (PACCA) funded by the Earth and Life Science Branch, Dutch Science Foundation (NWO/ALW)

PI: G.J. Herndl

Post Doc in project: Eva Sintes.

Technical assistant: Govert van Noort

Capillary electrophoretic separation of dissolved carbohydrates of the aquatic realm (CAESAR, Marie Curie Fellowship, 5^th FWP EU).

PI: G.J. Herndl

Post Doc in project: Eva Sintes

Prokaryotic activity in the North Atlantic deep waters assessed by MICRO-CARD-FISH in relation to bulk activity (PROACTINOR) Marie Curie Fellowship funded by EU

PI: G. J. Herndl

Post Doc in project: Marta Varela

Technical assistant: Govert van Noort

Prokaryotic activity and phylogeny in oceanic systems (PAPHOS) Marie Curie Fellowship funded by EU

PI: G. J. Herndl

Post Doc in project: Helene Agogue

Technical assistant: Maaike Brink

From the Molecular Biology Lab: Judith van Bleijswijk, Harry Witte

Microbial diversity and ecosystem functioning: concepts, open questions and recommendations for integration of microbes into general ecological frameworks. (Responsive Mode Project funded via the Network of Excellence: MARBEF of the EU)

PIs: G.J. Herndl and Klaus Jürgens, Baltic Sea Institute at Warnemünde, Germany

Role of Saharan dust input on DOM cycling in nitrogen- vs. phosphorus-limited systems: a comparison between the subtropical North Atlantic and the Eastern Mediterranean Sea funded via the Network of Excellence EurOceans of the EU

PI: Gerhard J. Herndl

Co-PIs: Alexandra Gogou and Ioannis Xatzianestis, Univ. of the Aegean, Lesvos, and the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Athens, Greece;

Post Doc in project: Georgina Spyres

International Census of Marine Microbes (ICoMM)

PIs: Mitchell L. Sogin (Josephine Bay Paul Center for Comparative Molecular Biology and Evolution, MBL at Woods Hole) and G.J. Herndl

Technical assistant in the project: Maaike Brink

Microbial Population Structure of the World’s Oceans funded by the W. & M. Keck Foundation, USA

PIs: Mitchell L. Sogin (Josephine Bay Paul Center for Comparative Molecular Biology and Evolution, MBL at Woods Hole) and G.J. Herndl

Technical assistant in the project: Maaike Brink

From the Molecular Biology Lab: Judith van Bleijswijk, Harry Witte

Virus control of the picophytoplankter Micromonas pusilla population dynamics in European waters (MICROVIR, ALW-NWO)

PI: C.P.D.Brussaard

Post Doc in project: J.Martinez Martinez

Technical assistant in the project: Anna Noordeloos

Fast Advanced Cellular and Ecosystems Information Technologies (FACEiT, 6^th FWP EU).

PI: C.P.D. Brussaard

Post Doc in project: L. Peperzak

Technical assistant in the project: Anna Noordeloos

The significance of viruses for polar marine ecosystem functioning (VIRPOL, IPY-NL).

PI: C.P.D. Brussaard

Post Doc in project: C.Evans

Technical assistant in the project: Anna Noordeloos

Ecosystem Modelling; Mediterranean Forcasting System Toward Environmental Prediction (MFSTEP; FWP Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development, EU)

PI: P. Ruardij

Rapid development of an ecosystem/ecological modelling capacity on the North Sea (DEFRA, London), in cooperation with CEFAS, Lowestoft (UK)

PI: P. Ruardij

Sustainable production, physiology, oceanography, natural products, genetics and economics of sponges (Sponges, 6^th FWP EU)

PI: F.C. Van Duyl

Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning of deep water coral reefs in the Mediterranean Sea and the NE Atlantic (BIOSYS, NWO-ALW 814.01.005)

PI: F.C. Van Duyl

Post Doc in project: C. Maier

Dissolved organic matter cycling on coral reefs: Are coral cavities sinks of DOM? (NWO-WOTRO, W84-547)

PI: F.C. Van Duyl

A.I.O. in project: J.M. De Goeij

The role of native and/or invasive ecosystem engineers in explaining biodiversity. (Responsive Mode Project, MARBEF, 6^th FWP EU)

PI: F.C. Van Duyl

Efficacy of the SEDNA® ballast water treatment system in reducing the risk of invasive organisms, in cooperation with Hamann, Hamburg (Germany)

PIs : M.J.W. Veldhuis, J.P. Boon

CARBOOCEAN (Integrated Project of the 6^th FWP of EU)

PI: H.J.W. De Baar

Post Doc in project: H.J. Zemmelink

Prominent uptake of anthropogenic CO₂ by the Southern Ocean via Antarctic Intermediate Water (NWO-ALW 813.03.003)

PI: H.J.W. De Baar

Post Doc in project: H.J. Zemmelink

IPY GEOTRACES (NWO-ALW, IPY)

PIs: L.J.A. Gerringa, H.J.W. De Baar

Technical assistant in the project: P. Laan

Dissolved Aluminium and Manganese as Source Tracers for Iron in Polar Oceans (NWO-ALW, IPY)

PI: H.J.W. De Baar

A.I.O. in project: R. Middag

Physical and Chemical Speciation of Dissolved Fe in the Polar Oceans (NWO-ALW, IPY)

PIs: C.-E. Thuroczy, L.J.A. Gerringa

CO2 & ncp (BSIK)

PI: H.J.W. De Baar

Post Doc in project: H.J. Zemmelink

A.I.O. in project: M. Klunder

Southern Ocean primary productivity in a high-CO2 world (NAAP, NWO-ALW, NAAP), in cooperation with Groningen University

PI: H.J.W. De Baar, K.R. Timmermans

Post Doc in project: B. Bontes

Improved quantification of Southern Ocean diatoms as indicators for Carbon Fixation (KERGUELEN, SRON) , in cooperation with the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

PI: H.J.W. De Baar, K.R. Timmermans

A.I.O. in project: M. Sligting

Ocean Carbon Cycle (NEBROC-2)

PIs: H.J.W. De Baar, L.J.A. Gerringa

The UK SOLAS Deep Ocean gas Exchange Experiment (UK SOLAS NE/C001702/1), in cooperation with the University of East Anglia, Norwich (UK)

Post Doc in project: H.J. Zemmelink

Time Series Measurements of Dimethyl Sulfide Dynamics at BATS, in cooperation with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (USA)

Post Doc in project: H.J. Zemmelink

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