ANNUAL REPORT 2002 CONTENTS · Introduction 1. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS THE NORTH SEA REVISITED · Processes of Vertical Exchange in Shelf Seas (PROVESS) · Plume & Bloom: water mass patterns and nutrient dynamics in the central part of the Southern Bight · Population dynamics of large bivalves in offshore southern North Sea (BIVALFF) · Enhanced mineralisation rates in sandy sediments (EMIR) · CANOBA (Carbon and nutrient cycling in the North Sea and the Baltic sea) DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY · Wave patterns due to reflection in enclosed rotating and stratified fluids · Dynamics of internal tides — results from PROCS · Secondary Flow due to Curvature in the Marsdiep Inlet · The tidal Helmholtz resonator · External Projects of the Department of Physical Oceanography DEPARTMENT OF MARINE CHEMISTRY AND GEOLOGY · IRONAGES cruises 2002 · Early diagenesis of amino acids in sediments across the NE Atlantic slope · Paleo-environmental effects of the mid-pleistocene transition in the tropical Atlantic and Equatorial Africa · External Projects of the Department of Marine Chemistry and Geology DEPARTMENT OF MARINE BIOGEOCHEMISTRY AND TOXICOLOGY · New stable isotope mass spectrometers installed · Compound-specific radiocarbon dating and biomarker analyses of laminated fjord sediments · Natural sulfurization of carbohydrates in marine sediments: consequences for the chemical and carbon isotopic composition of sedimentary organic matter · External projects of the Department of Marine Biogeochemistry and Toxicology DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY · Major shift in bacterioplankton utilization of enantiomeric amino acids between surface waters and the ocean’s interior · Fluorescent determination of changes in bacterial cell surface charge by confocal laser scanning microscopy · DNA fingerprint of cyanobacteria and algae in microbial mats exposed to different levels of oil pollution · External Projects of the Department of Biological Oceanography DEPARTMENT OF MARINE ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION · Benthos and birds on tropical intertidal mudflats: the June 2002 mapping effort in Roebuck Bay, northwest Australia · FROGS: Frontal Organic Matter Governing Benthic Ecosystem Structures (New Zealand) · Feeding ecology and the digestive tract: comparisons among waders THE NETHERLANDS MARINE RESEARCH FACILITIES (MRF) DATA MANAGEMENT GROUP THE EDITORIAL OFFICE 2. PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS · Dissertations · Refereed Papers and Books · Non-refereed Papers and Books · Internal reports · Cruise reports · Finalised data sets · Posters · Oral presentations · External professional functions · Meetings and Courses held at NIOZ 3.GUEST SCIENTISTS, VISITORS AND STUDENTS · Guest scientists · Visitors · Undergraduate University Students 4. SUPPORT SERVICES 5. SOCIAAL JAARVERSLAG · Algemeen · Bestuur en wetenschapcommissie · Organogram · Personeelslijst 31-12-2002 · Arbeidsvoorwaarden · Verslag van de personeelsvereniging
ANNUAL REPORT 2002
CONTENTS
· Introduction
1. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
THE NORTH SEA REVISITED
· Processes of Vertical Exchange in Shelf Seas (PROVESS)
· Plume & Bloom: water mass patterns and nutrient dynamics in the central part of the Southern Bight
· Population dynamics of large bivalves in offshore southern North Sea (BIVALFF)
· Enhanced mineralisation rates in sandy sediments (EMIR)
· CANOBA (Carbon and nutrient cycling in the North Sea and the Baltic sea)
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
· Wave patterns due to reflection in enclosed rotating and stratified fluids
· Dynamics of internal tides — results from PROCS
· Secondary Flow due to Curvature in the Marsdiep Inlet
· The tidal Helmholtz resonator
· External Projects of the Department of Physical Oceanography
DEPARTMENT OF MARINE CHEMISTRY AND GEOLOGY
· IRONAGES cruises 2002
· Early diagenesis of amino acids in sediments across the NE Atlantic slope
· Paleo-environmental effects of the mid-pleistocene transition in the tropical Atlantic and Equatorial Africa
· External Projects of the Department of Marine Chemistry and Geology
DEPARTMENT OF MARINE BIOGEOCHEMISTRY AND TOXICOLOGY
· New stable isotope mass spectrometers installed
· Compound-specific radiocarbon dating and biomarker analyses of laminated fjord sediments
· Natural sulfurization of carbohydrates in marine sediments: consequences for the chemical and carbon isotopic composition of sedimentary organic matter
· External projects of the Department of Marine Biogeochemistry and Toxicology
DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
· Major shift in bacterioplankton utilization of enantiomeric amino acids between surface waters and the ocean’s interior
· Fluorescent determination of changes in bacterial cell surface charge by confocal laser scanning microscopy
· DNA fingerprint of cyanobacteria and algae in microbial mats exposed to different levels of oil pollution
· External Projects of the Department of Biological Oceanography
DEPARTMENT OF MARINE ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
· Benthos and birds on tropical intertidal mudflats: the June 2002 mapping effort in Roebuck Bay, northwest Australia
· FROGS: Frontal Organic Matter Governing Benthic Ecosystem Structures (New Zealand)
· Feeding ecology and the digestive tract: comparisons among waders
THE NETHERLANDS MARINE RESEARCH FACILITIES (MRF)
DATA MANAGEMENT GROUP
THE EDITORIAL OFFICE
2. PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
· Dissertations
· Refereed Papers and Books
· Non-refereed Papers and Books
· Internal reports
· Cruise reports
· Finalised data sets
· Posters
· Oral presentations
· External professional functions
· Meetings and Courses held at NIOZ
3.GUEST SCIENTISTS, VISITORS AND STUDENTS
· Guest scientists
· Visitors
· Undergraduate University Students
4. SUPPORT SERVICES
5. SOCIAAL JAARVERSLAG
· Algemeen
· Bestuur en wetenschapcommissie
· Organogram
· Personeelslijst 31-12-2002
· Arbeidsvoorwaarden
· Verslag van de personeelsvereniging
