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Employee information:

Name: Heiko Brenner
Department: YERSEKE ECOSYSTEM STUDIES (YES)
Email: Heiko.Brenner(at)nioz.nl
Telephone: +31 (0)113 577 466

About:

   

Heiko Brenner
PhD Student
Department: Ecosystem Studies
T. +31 (0) 113 577 466
F. +31 (0) 113 573 616
Heiko.Brenner(at)nioz.nl

Visiting address:

Korringaweg 7

4401 NT Yerseke

The Netherlands

Postal address:

Postbus 140

4400 AC Yerseke

The Netherlands

Short CV

2011 - present PhD-studies at the Department of Ecosystem Studies, Royal Netherlands Institute of Sea Research (NIOZ-Yerseke) 
2006 – 2010 Diploma studies at Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, Germany.
2010 Diploma thesis: Marine silicate weathering in Okinawa Trough, NW Pacific, IFM-GEOMAR, Kiel, Germany.
2002-2006 Diploma studies at the University of Cologne, Germany.

 

Research Interests

  • Role of sediments in Ocean Acidification
  • Biogeochemical cycles in coastal systems

Current Research and Projects

ZKO project: Dynamics of Acidification in the North Sea

The shallowness of coastal seas permits close interaction between the sediments, the water column and the atmosphere. Furthermore, shallow coastal seas are regions of high primary production which leads to high fluxes of organic matter to the sediment. In the context of coastal oceans acting as a continental shelf pump, that is transferring CO2 from coastal seas into the open ocean, the role of benthic processes are only partly understood.

Recent studies from the East China Sea and the North Sea show that sediments could play a more important role than previously anticipated. This so-called “benthic-pelagic alkalinity connection” states that anaerobic mineralization of organic matter in sediments are an important alkalinity source for coastal seas like the North Sea.