ANNUAL REPORT 2006 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION Cold water corals and carbonate mounds SCIENTIFIC DEPARTMENTS DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY · Equatorially trapped internal waves · Mixing at the continental slope in the Faeroe-Shetland Channel · Ferry observations of currents and bedforms · Message in a bottle · External Projects of the Department of Physical Oceanography DEPARTMENT OF MARINE CHEMISTRY AND GEOLOGY · The new multibeam echo sounder on board the research vessel Pelagia: 3-dimensional mapping of the seabed from the shelf to the deep ocean · MOVE!’s in depth testing · NE Atlantic surface waters during the last 2,400 years: natural variability prior to man-made impacts on global climate · External Projects of the Department of Marine Chemistry and Geology DEPARTMENT OF MARINE BIOGEOCHEMISTRY AND TOXICOLOGY · An Atlantic Jacuzzi in the Cretaceous · Soil-derived bacterial remains as tracer of terrestrial organic matter in marine sediments · Changes in the structure of brominated flame retardant molecules influence their bioaccumulation in the foodweb · External Projects of the Department of Marine Biogeochemistry and Toxicology DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY · Viral mortality of phytoplankton · Free chitobiase, a marker enzyme for the growth of crustaceans · Reducing the risk of invasive organisms by cleaning the ballast water of ships · External Projects of the Department of Biological Oceanography DEPARTMENT OF MARINE ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION · Fighting for food · Food conditions and growth of bivalve species in the western Waddensea · Monitoring the bottom fauna in the Dutch sector of the North Sea for 15 years · External Projects of the Department of Marine Ecology SCIENTIFIC SUPPORT SERVICES THE NETHERLANDS MARINE RESEARCH FACILITIES (MRF) TRACK AND TRACE DATA MANAGEMENT GROUP VESSELS AND LOGISTICS MARINE TECHNOLOGY JOURNAL OF SEA RESEARCH Jan Verwey: the founder of NIOZ PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS · Dissertations · Refereed Papers in scientific journals · Refereed chapters in books · Monographs books · Non-refereed papers · Internal reports · Cruise reports · Other reports (non-refereed) · Public outreach · Posters · Oral presentations · External professional functions · Meetings · Courses · Colloquia GUESTS · Guest scientists · Visitors · Undergraduate University Students · Guest visiting SOCIAAL JAARVERSLAG · Bestuur en wetenschapcommissie · Organogram · Personeelslijst · Arbeidsvoorwaarden · Verslag van de Ondernemings Raad · Verslag van de Personeels Vereniging FINCANCIEEL JAARVERSLAG
ANNUAL REPORT 2006
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
Cold water corals and carbonate mounds
SCIENTIFIC DEPARTMENTS
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
· Equatorially trapped internal waves
· Mixing at the continental slope in the Faeroe-Shetland Channel
· Ferry observations of currents and bedforms
· Message in a bottle
· External Projects of the Department of Physical Oceanography
DEPARTMENT OF MARINE CHEMISTRY AND GEOLOGY
· The new multibeam echo sounder on board the research vessel Pelagia: 3-dimensional mapping of the seabed from the shelf to the deep ocean
· MOVE!’s in depth testing
· NE Atlantic surface waters during the last 2,400 years: natural variability prior to man-made impacts on global climate
· External Projects of the Department of Marine Chemistry and Geology
DEPARTMENT OF MARINE BIOGEOCHEMISTRY AND TOXICOLOGY
· An Atlantic Jacuzzi in the Cretaceous
· Soil-derived bacterial remains as tracer of terrestrial organic matter in marine sediments
· Changes in the structure of brominated flame retardant molecules influence their bioaccumulation in the foodweb
· External Projects of the Department of Marine Biogeochemistry and Toxicology
DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
· Viral mortality of phytoplankton
· Free chitobiase, a marker enzyme for the growth of crustaceans
· Reducing the risk of invasive organisms by cleaning the ballast water of ships
· External Projects of the Department of Biological Oceanography
DEPARTMENT OF MARINE ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
· Fighting for food
· Food conditions and growth of bivalve species in the western Waddensea
· Monitoring the bottom fauna in the Dutch sector of the North Sea for 15 years
· External Projects of the Department of Marine Ecology
SCIENTIFIC SUPPORT SERVICES
THE NETHERLANDS MARINE RESEARCH FACILITIES (MRF)
TRACK AND TRACE
DATA MANAGEMENT GROUP
VESSELS AND LOGISTICS
MARINE TECHNOLOGY
JOURNAL OF SEA RESEARCH
Jan Verwey: the founder of NIOZ
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
· Dissertations
· Refereed Papers in scientific journals
· Refereed chapters in books
· Monographs books
· Non-refereed papers
· Internal reports
· Cruise reports
· Other reports (non-refereed)
· Public outreach
· Posters
· Oral presentations
· External professional functions
· Meetings
· Courses
· Colloquia
GUESTS
· Guest scientists
· Visitors
· Undergraduate University Students
· Guest visiting
SOCIAAL JAARVERSLAG
· Bestuur en wetenschapcommissie
· Organogram
· Personeelslijst
· Arbeidsvoorwaarden
· Verslag van de Ondernemings Raad
· Verslag van de Personeels Vereniging
FINCANCIEEL JAARVERSLAG
