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Research interests

Geology, with main interests in biogeology, stable isotope geology, sedimentology and geophysics

CV

At present: Postdoctoral Researcher Royal NIOZ (VENI-NWO)

Guest editor Deep Sea Research Special issue "Cold Corals" (Proceedings of ISDSC5)

2010-2012: Postdoctoral researcher (MARUM fellowship)

Research involved the definition of environmental conditions presently influencing cold-water coral growth in the W Atlantic (Gulf of Mexico and North Carolina margin) using benthic observatories and the study of processes involving reef and mound formation. Subsequently, the knowledge of recent conditions will be applied to reconstruct conditions of mound formation in the past.

Member of the executive organising committee of the 5th International Symposium on Deep-Sea Corals (ISDSC 5), which was held 1-6 April 2012, Amsterdam. More info: www.deepseacoral.nl

2008-2010: Post-doctoral researcher (NIOZ), Project MiCROSYSTEMS, Microbial Diversity and Functionality in Cold-Water Coral Reef Ecosystems

2003-2008: PhD-student (NIOZ) working on the MOUNDFORCE project, Environmental Constraints on Cold-water Coral Growth and Carbonate Mound Formation.

2000-2003: Student assistant VU University

1998-2003: Study geology (M.Sc.) at the VU University (Vrije Universiteit) Amsterdam - with specialisation in sedimentology and environmental analysis.

Projects

VENI grant: Cold-water coral ecosystems: carbon sinks in the deep sea

Mid-Atlantic Canyons project (BOEM)

ASSEMBLE (EU FP7) Particle and food supply in a cold-water coral reef: How do they affect cold-water coral growth and the health status of the reef

Publications

PDF's of all manuscripts are available upon request.

Mienis, F., De Stigter, H.C., De Haas, H., Van der Land, C. and Van Weering, T.C.E. 2012. Hydrodynamic conditions in a cold-water coral mound area on the Renard Ridge, southern Gulf of Cadiz. Journal of Marine Systems, 96-97: 61-71

Mienis, F., Duineveld, G.C.A., Davies A.J., Ross S.W., Seim, H., Bane, J., Van Weering, T.C.E. 2012. The influence of near-bed hydrodynamic conditions on cold-water corals in the Viosca Knoll area, Gulf of Mexico. Deep Sea Research Part I, 60: 32-45

Van der Land, C., Mienis, F., De Haas, H., De Stigter, H. C., Swennen, R., Reijmer, J. J. G., Van Weering, T. C. E. 2011. Paleo-redox fronts and their formation in carbonate mound sediments from the Rockall Trough. Marine Geology, 284: 86-95

Van Rooij, D., Blamart, D., De Mol, L., Mienis, F., Pirlet, H., Wehrmann, L.M., Barbieri, R., Maignien, L., Templer, S.P., de Haas, H., Hebbeln, D., Frank, N., Larmagnat, S., Stadnitskaia, A., Stivaletta, N., van Weering, T., Zhang, Y., Hamoumi, N., Cnudde, V., Duyck, P., Henriet, J.-P. and the MiCROSYSTEMS MD 169 shipboard party. 2011. Cold-water coral mounds on the Pen Duick Escarpment, Gulf of Cadiz: the MiCROSYSTEMS approach. Marine Geology, 282: 102-117

Wienberg, C., Frank, N., Mertens., K.N., Stuut, J.B., Mienis, F., Marchant, M., Hebbeln, D., 2010. Glacial cold-water coral growth in the Gulf of Cádiz: Implications of increased palaeo-productivity. EPSL, 298: 405-416

Jonkers, L., Mienis, F., Boer, W., Hall, I.A., Brummer, G-J. A., 2010. Intra-annual variability of extremely rapid sedimentation onto Gardar Drift in the northern North Atlantic. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 57: 1027-1038.

Van der Land, C., Mienis, F., De Haas, H., Frank, N., Swennen, R. and Van Weering, T., 2010. Diagenetic processes in carbonate mound sediments at the southwest Rockall Trough margin. Sedimentology 57: 912-931

Davies, A., Duineveld, G., Van Weering, T., Mienis, F., Quattrini, A.M., Seim, H., Bane, J. and Ross, S.W., 2010. Short-term environmental variability in cold-water coral habitat at Viosca Knoll, Gulf of Mexico. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 57: 199-212

Van Oevelen, D., Duineveld, G., Lavaleye, M.S.S., Mienis, F., Soetaert, K. and Heip, C.H.R., 2009. The cold-water coral community as hotspot of carbon cycling on continental margins: A food web analysis from Rockall Bank (northeast Atlantic). Limnology & Oceanography, 54: 1829-1844.

Mienis, F., Van der Land, C., De Stigter, H.C., Van de Vorstenbosch, M., De Haas, H., Richter, T. and Van Weering, T.C.E., 2009. Sediment accumulation on a cold-water carbonate mound at the southwest Rockall trough margin. Marine Geology, 265:40-50.

Wienberg, C., Hebbeln, D., Fink, H., Mienis, F., Dorschel, B., Vertino, A., Lopez Correa, M. and Freiwald, A., 2009. Scleractinian cold-water corals in the Gulf of Cádiz - first clues about their spatial and temporal distribution. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 56:1873-1893.

De Haas, H., Mienis, F., Frank, N., Richter, T., Steinacher, R., de Stigter, H., van der Land, C. and van Weering, T., 2009. Morphology and sedimentology of (clustered) cold-water coral mounds at the south Rockall Trough margins, NE Atlantic Ocean. Facies, 55: 1-26.

Mienis, F., De Stigter, H.C., De Haas, H. and Van Weering, T.C.E., 2009. Near-bed particle deposition and resuspension in a cold-water coral mound area at the Southwest Rockall Trough margin, NE Atlantic. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 56: 1026-1038.

Mienis, F., 2008. Environmental Constraints on Cold-Water Coral Growth and Carbonate Mound Formation, PhD thesis Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, 209 pp.

Duineveld, G.C.A., Lavaleye, M.S.S., Bergman, M.J.N., de Stigter, H. and Mienis, F., 2007. Trophic structure of a cold-water coral mound community (Rockall Bank, NE Atlantic) in relation to the near-bottom particle supply and current regime. Bulletin of Marine Science, 81: 449-467.

Mienis, F., de Stigter, H.C., White, M., Duineveld, G., de Haas, H. and van Weering, T.C.E., 2007. Hydrodynamic controls on cold-water coral growth and carbonate-mound development at the SW and SE Rockall Trough Margin, NE Atlantic Ocean. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 54: 1655-1674.

Mienis, F., Van Weering, T., De Haas, H., De Stigter, H., Huvenne, V. and Wheeler, A., 2006. Carbonate mound development at the SW Rockall Trough margin based on high resolution TOBI and seismic recording. Marine Geology, 233: 1-19.

Research cruises

• 1-28 October 2012, RV Pelagia (chief scientist), CORALS2012, Logachev mound area, biodiversity, (near-bed) hydrodynamic controls, sedimentology, recovery and deployment bottom landers
• 15-30 August 2012, RV Nancy Foster, Mid Atlantic Canyons Cruise, Baltimore and Norfolk Canyon, US margin
• 22-29 March 2011, RV Justo Sierra, HOLOVAR, Yucatan Strait, Gulf of Mexico
• 27 May-10 June 2010, RV Pelagia (chief scientist), TRACOS cruise Cape Lookout cold-water coral area, US margin, biodiversity, geology and hydrodynamic controls, recovery benthic landers
• 1-9 December 2009, RV Cape Hatteras, NOAA-USGS cruise to the carbonate mounds on the North Carolina margin, deployment of benthic landers and mooring.
• 13-26 September 2009, RV Seward Johnson, NOAA-USGS cruise to the Gulf of Mexico, dives with the submersible Johnson Sealink II, bottom sampling and recovery of landers.
• 5-16 October 2008, RV Nancy Foster, NOAA-USGS cruise to GoM, study distribution of cold-water corals on the Viosca Knoll, deployment of benthic landers.
• 20 October-9 November, RV Pelagia (co-chief scientist), Esonet/Move! Gulf of Cadiz, test of new pan/tilt video system attached to landers and the MOVE!.
• 19 June-7 July 2006, RV Pelagia, Hermes, SW RT margin, recovery of BOBO lander, CTD profiling, sediment and water column sampling in cooperation with marine ecologists.
• 18 May-19 June 2005, RV Pelagia (co-chief scientist), Microsystems, Gulf of Cadiz, Penduick escarpment. Study of fossil cold-water coral carbonate mounds with benthic landers, seismic surveys, water and sediment sampling.
• 26 February-15 March 2005, RRS Discovery, Mozambique Channel, long term observations on the hydrography and sediment sampling of the Western margin of the Mozambique Channel
• 15 August-9 September 2004, RV Pelagia (co-chief scientist), Moundforce Gulf of Cadiz and SW RT margin, Study of carbonate mound development, lander deployments and recovery, sediment and water column sampling
• 11-31 October 2003, RV Pelagia, Portuguese margin, Setubal and Nazare canyons, sediment dispersal in submarine canyons of the Portuguese Atlantic margin
• 24 July-19 August 2003, RV Pelagia, Moundforce SW Rockall Trough margin, Study of carbonate mound development, lander deployments and recovery, sediment and water column sampling
• 21 June-14 July 2002, RV Pelagia, TOBI side scan sonar survey Rockall Trough margins
• 25 June – 9 July 2001, RV Pelagia, Cold-water corals along the Rockall Trough margins, Study of carbonate mound development, lander deployments and recovery, sediment and water column sampling