Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
Phone number
+31 (0)113 57 7487
Location
Yerseke
Function
Research Leader
Expertise
  • Biogeochemical cycles
  • Sediment-water interactions
  • Environmental modelling
  • Scientific computing
  • Open source software (R)

Prof. Dr. Karline Soetaert

Research Leader

Computer science reveals the significance of field observations

After studying zoology at Ghent University, biologist Karline Soetaert gradually specialised in computer science as well. ‘Unfortunately, the value of mathematics is still underestimated! I have learnt to appreciate computer science and mathematics as the instruments that enable us to really understand the data. We can collect as much data as we want, but we can usually only understand it after it has been inserted in mathematical models.’

Pulse fishing

‘One of the fields that I recently performed calculations on was the effect of fishing that disrupts the seabed. For some time now, Dutch fishermen have been allowed to fish using electrical fishing gear, the so-called pulse fishing. We examined the effects of the various types of fishing gear on the ploughing of the seabed and the release of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus from the sediment. The analyses of field observations reveal that fishing gear that moves just above the seabed and that uses electrodes to startle the fish is somewhat less harmful to the seabed than traditional fishing gear with heavy tickler chains.'

Wind farms and seaweed farms

‘We also perform calculations on the effects of mussel farming or seaweed farms in the Eastern Scheldt. Both have an effect on the spread of nutrients in the water. In combination with hydrodynamic models, geochemical and ecological models can reveal the effects of these activities on the delta ecosystem.’

‘The growing number of wind farms on the North Sea will also have an impact on the geochemistry and consequently on the biology of the sea. Mussels grow on the masts of wind turbines and filter particles from the water. Additionally, the functioning of the seabed will change due to the arrival of all those hard structures.’

From physics to ecology

‘In hydrodynamic models, we work with physical processes such as the flow of water. These models have already demonstrated their value. The next challenge is to capture ecological processes in mathematical terms that are just as reliable, so that we can also predict the effects of our interventions on the ecology in a responsible manner before we cause irreversible effects.

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Research interests

I am interested in the interplay between physics, ecology, and biogeochemistry in the marine environment. I have worked on many topics, including deepsea nematodes, estuarine zooplankton, estuarine biogeochemistry, early diagenesis, benthic and pelagic foodwebs, environmental modelling, software development and differential equations. Usually there is some computational aspect involved in my work -this may be in the form of mechanistic (ecosystem) models, or some other number-crunching procedure that involves computers and programming.  Indeed, my favorite working spot is behind my computer, although the occasional field work definitely has its charm!

Below you find a word cloud based on my work.

Research statement

I am a firm believer of open, transparent and reusable science, which –in my view- should include documenting the entire chain of research, from data up to the publication. This involves sharing also the raw data and the software and scripts that compute on these data.

Open science starts with open source software, so for more than 10 years, I have contributed to the open source software community, creating around 20 R-packages that are available on CRAN. To make the every-day scientific data analysis or modelling process open and reproducible, I use R with markdown – this creates documents that contain the programming codes and the output they generate (a concept known as literate programming).  You can check out this website, where you can find scripts how to visualise complex multidimensional datsets in R, using one of my R-packages. 

Research tools

For me, data and models are equally important tools to understand the natural environment. Whether I will rely more on one or the other depends on many things, including the discipline that I deal with. For instance, in the marine realm, physics is well represented by the (hydrodynamical) models, but in ecology, we lack the mechanistic understanding to allow prediction.

This means that, although my main expertise is in modelling, you can find me in the field as well, for instance for working on intertidal flats (in the picture below with Tom Ysebaert and Dunia Rios Yunes - thank you Tom!).

 Tom, me and Dunia after work on intertidal flats near Shanghai

I can also be found on board of a ship or a boat, e.g. for work in Greenland (below with Ulrike Braeckman and Lorenz Meire).

With Ulrike and Lorenz, after sediment sampling in Greenland.

You can read my blog on my Northsea cruise in 2017m if you want to know what a cruise at sea looks/feels like...

Short CV

I hold a master degree in Zoology (1983), a master in Computer Sciences (1985) and a PhD in biology (1988), all from Ghent University.

I have written in the order of 200 scientific publications, 20 software packages and 2 books. A list of my scientific output/achievements can be downloaded here.

In 2024 I was elected a member of the Academia Europaea (MAE).

My two books deal with modelling, the green one from an ecological, the orange one from a mathematical perspective.

Teaching

I teach environmental modelling at the University of Ghent, for the first-year master “Global Change Biology” and for the first-year master “Oceans and Lakes”.  I also hold a chair in marine ecosystem modelling at the Geosciences department at Utrecht University. My teaching focusses mainly on model development, and I use both the flipped classrom concept and blended learning. Here you can find more info about my teaching principles.

The course I teach in Utrecht (Reaction Transport Modelling) is available as an R-package that can be downloaded from github; this package is called: RTM. It contains links to videos, tutorials, quizzes, and the exercises that our students need to make during the course. 

 

 

Finished projects

The projects that I worked on (2016-2022) are summarised in the infographics below, and can be visited from our northsea website.

infographics of recent research in the Northsea (from www.northsea-research.com)

 

Recently started projects

Several new projects started in 2022-2023, where I am the PI; here you see a collage of them:

Projects that started in 2022.2023

 

Science meets art

Sometimes a  nice illustration draws more attention than a scientific article. To showcase our Northsea research, we created a website (https://www.northsea-research.com ) where we use illustrations, video’s, and computer games to tell about our work.

Start of a virtual tour displaying my Northsea work

Take a virtual tour on the RV Pelagia, and admire our work during a cruise on the Northsea (follow the arrows!), or play the foodweb game (Dutch only).

Miscellaneous

My job is not my only hobby! I play the cello (learnt this as an adult), and used to play the clarinet (as a child). In 2016 I started playing the viola, and since 2022 I also play the violin.

Bach is my favorite composer, Massive Attack my favorite modern band.

I enjoy my medium-large, wild and natural garden, and like to spend time on my mountain bike – for sports and because it takes me to some wonderful places.

Linked news

Wednesday 21 February 2024
Stronger storms free more nutrients from mud flats
If storms become stronger in the future due to climate change, more nitrogen may be released from the bottom of coastal seas. This is shown by research of marine biogeochemist Dunia Rios-Yunes at The Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ) in…
Wednesday 31 January 2024
Cold-water coral traps itself on mountains in the deep sea
Corals searching for food in the cold and dark waters of the deep sea are building higher and higher mountains to get closer to the source of their food. But in doing so, they may find themselves trapped when the climate changes. That is shown in the…
Thursday 12 October 2023
Deep sea research shows self-organising tiger patterns in cold water coral reefs
For the first time, proof has surfaced that even cold water coral reefs that live in the cold and dark deep sea, grow in self-organised patterns. Such pattern formation is a ’trick’ that enhances the resilience of ecosystems under changing…
Tuesday 21 February 2023
Developing digital twins to help understand ecosystems
LTER-LIFE aims to study and predict how global change affects ecosystems. It is one of nine projects that have just won Dutch funding earmarked for setting up and improving large-scale research infrastructure. LTER stands for Long-term Ecosystem…
Friday 29 July 2022
How coastal seas help the ocean in absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere
The biologically productive North Sea impacts the global climate through exchange of carbon and nutrients with the Atlantic Ocean. A Dutch consortium of scientists will investigate how big this role of the North Sea really is. Under the leadership of…
Monday 23 May 2022
Pulse trawl had less effect on bottom than traditional fishing gear
When beam trawlers use a regular fishing gear to fish on a 'reef' of sand tubeworms, this has more effect on bottom life than when an electropulse gear is used. This is shown by a comparative study by marine biologist Justin Tiano of NIOZ and…
Tuesday 22 March 2022
Four years research into the effects of sand extraction in the North Sea
In the coming years, a broad consortium of research institutes and companies will be working on the ecological optimisation of sand extraction in the North Sea. "The aim is to keep the marine ecosystem healthy", says Karline Soetaert, researcher at…
Thursday 11 November 2021
Oceans of Energy will build 1 MW offshore solar off the coast of Scheveningen
Scheveningen, The Netherlands; November 11, 2021 - Today Oceans of Energy and partners & observers announce the upscaling of the world's first offshore solar farm system 20 times and expand it to 1 MW (MegaWatt). In the coming years, the company…
Thursday 10 June 2021
Sponges on valuable nodules enable high biodiversity ocean floor
Researchers from NIOZ and Germany have discovered that sponges, which like to settle on metallic nodules on the ocean floor, also provide a home for many other animals. Without the sponges, species richness in these deep-sea regions would be…
Friday 30 April 2021
Trawl fishing leads to decreased nutrient cycling in sediments
Bottom trawling leads to lower nutrient levels and loss of invertebrate life in the upper sediment layer, and thus to a poorer seafloor. These are the conclusions from a model study of Royal NIOZ postdoctoral researcher Emil De Borger and colleagues.…

Linked blogs

Tuesday 02 October 2018
NIOZ@SEA | Ecologisch onderzoek in de Nederlandse delta’s
De ecosystemen in de Oosterschelde, Grevelingen en Haringvliet zijn aan het veranderen door de invloed van onze Deltawerken, maar ook door klimaatverandering. In de Oosterschelde verdrinken de zandplaten langzaam door zandhonger, de bodem in het…
Thursday 26 October 2017
NIOZ@SEA | EXPEDITION NORTH SEA PROJECT SANDBOX
Similar as on land, sunlight is an essential ingredient of life in the seas: it heats up the water and is needed for the tiny algal cells in the water to grow. Sediment particles floating in the water block the light and therefore interfere with…
Tuesday 13 June 2017
NIOZ@Sea: North Sea expedition
Seven PhD students, three senior scientists, two assistants and the 12-headed Pelagia crew will embark on a scientific research cruise to the North Sea in the first two weeks of June.

NIOZ publications

  • 2024
    Tiano, J.; De Borger, E.; Paradis, S.; Bradshaw, C.; Morys, C.; Pusceddu, A.; Ennas, C.; Soetaert, K.; Puig, P.; Masque, P.; Sciberras, M. (2024). Global meta‐analysis of demersal fishing impacts on organic carbon and associated biogeochemistry. Fish Fish. 25(6): 936-950. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/faf.12855
    Ghorai, B.; Tiano, J.C.; Molenaar, P.; Soetaert, K.; Keetels, G. (2024). Predicting the penetration depth and towing resistance of beam trawl fishing gears in sand. Mar. Georesour. Geotechnol. early view: 1-14. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1064119x.2024.2361009
    van der Kaaden, A.-S.; van Oevelen, D.; Mohn, C.; Soetaert, K.; Rietkerk, M.; van de Koppel, J.; Gerkema, T. (2024). Resemblance of the global depth distribution of internal-tide generation and cold-water coral occurrences. Ocean Science Journal 20(2): 569-587. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/os-20-569-2024
    Braeckman, U.; Soetaert, K.; Pasotti, F.; Quartino, M.L.; Vanreusel, A.; Saravia, L.A.; Schloss, I.R.; van Oevelen, D. (2024). Glacial melt impacts carbon flows in an Antarctic benthic food web. Front. Mar. Sci. 11: 1359597. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1359597
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    van der Kaaden, A.-S.; Maier, S.R.; Chen, S.; De Clippele, L.H.; de Froe, E.; Gerkema, T.; van de Koppel, J.; Mienis, F.; Mohn, C.; Rietkerk, M.; Soetaert, K.; van Oevelen, D. (2024). Building your own mountain: the effects, limits, and drawbacks of cold-water coral ecosystem engineering. Biogeosciences 21(4): 973-992. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-21-973-2024
  • 2023
    van der Kaaden, A.-S.; Maier, S.R.; Siteur, K.; De Clippele, L.H.; van de Koppel, J.; Purkis, S.J.; Rietkerk, M.; Soetaert, K.; van Oevelen, D. (2023). Tiger reefs: Self‐organized regular patterns in deep‐sea cold‐water coral reefs. Ecosphere 14(10). https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4654
    Raimonet, M.; Ragueneau, O.; Soetaert, K.; Khalil, K.; Leynaert, A.; Michaud, E.; Moriceau, B.; Rabouille, C.; Memery, L. (2023). Benthic contribution to seasonal silica budgets in two macrotidal estuaries in North-Western France. Front. Mar. Sci. 10: 1269142. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1269142
    Beauchard, O.; Bradshaw, C.; Bolam, S.; Tiano, J.C.; Garcia, C.; De Borger, E.; Laffargue, P.; Blomqvist, M.; Tsikopoulou, I.; Papadopoulou, N.K.; Smith, C.J.; Claes, J.; Soetaert, K.; Sciberras, M. (2023). Trawling-induced change in benthic effect trait composition – A multiple case study. Front. Mar. Sci. 10: 1303909. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1303909
    Mohn, C.; Hansen, J.L.S.; Carreiro-Silva, M.; Cunningham, S.A.; de Froe, E.; Dominguez-Carrió, C.; Gary, S.F.; Glud, R.N.; Göke, C.; Johnson, C.; Morato, T.; Friis Møller, E.; Rovelli, L.; Schulz, K.; Soetaert, K.; van der Kaaden, A.-S.; van Oevelen, D. (2023). Tidal to decadal scale hydrodynamics at two contrasting cold-water coral sites in the Northeast Atlantic. Prog. Oceanogr. 214: 103031. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2023.103031
    Stuart-Lee, A.E.; Mortensen, J.; Juul-Pedersen, T.; Middelburg, J.J.; Soetaert, K.; Hopwood, M.J.; Engel, A.; Meire, L. (2023). Influence of glacier type on bloom phenology in two Southwest Greenland fjords. Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 284: 108271. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2023.108271
    Beauchard, O.; Thompson, M.S.A.; Ellingsen, K.E.; Piet, G.; Laffargue, P.; Soetaert, K. (2023). Assessing sea floor functional biodiversity and vulnerability. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 708: 21-43. https://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps14270
    Jiang, L.; Lu, X.; Wang, G.; Peng, M.; Wei, A.; Zhao, Y.; Soetaert, K. (2023). Unraveling seasonal and interannual nutrient variability shows exceptionally high human impact in eutrophic coastal waters. Limnol. Oceanogr. 68(5): 1161-1171. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lno.12336
    Poiesz, S.S.H.; Witte, J.IJ.; van der Meer, M.T.J.; de Jager, C.; Soetaert, K.; van der Heide, T.; van der Veer, H.W. (2023). Stomach content and stable isotopes illustrate large spatial similarity in the Wadden Sea fish food-web structure. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 707: 57-76. https://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps14267
    Zhang, J.; Chen, X.; Soetaert, K.; Xu, Y. (2023). The relative roles of multiple drivers on benthic ciliate communities in an intertidal zone. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 187: 114510. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.114510
    Voet, H.; Soetaert, K.; Moens, T.; Bodé, S.; Boeckx, P.; Van Colen, C.; Vanaverbeke, J. (2023). N2O production by mussels: Quantifying rates and pathways in current and future climate settings. Front. Mar. Sci. 10: 1101469. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1101469
    Rios-Yunes, D.; Tiano, J.C.; van Oevelen, D.; van Dalen, J.; Soetaert, K. (2023). Annual biogeochemical cycling in intertidal sediments of a restored estuary reveals dependence of N, P, C and Si cycles to temperature and water column properties. Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 282: 108227. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2023.108227
    Horn, H.G.; van Rijswijk, P.; Soetaert, K.; van Oevelen, D. (2023). Drivers of spatial and temporal micro- and mesozooplankton dynamics in an estuary under strong anthropogenic influences (The Eastern Scheldt, Netherlands). J. Sea Res. 192: 102357. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2023.102357
    Rios-Yunes, D.; Tiano, J.C.; van Rijswijk, P.; De Borger, E.; van Oevelen, D.; Soetaert, K. (2023). Long-term changes in ecosystem functioning of a coastal bay expected from a shifting balance between intertidal and subtidal habitats. Cont. Shelf Res. 254: 104904. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2022.104904
  • 2022
    Hendriks, E.; Van Prooijen, B.C.; Cheng, C.H.; Aarninkhof, S.G.J.; Winterwerp, J.C.; Soetaert, K.E. (2022). An explanatory model for the burial of fines in the sandy seabed of the southern North Sea. Mar. Geol. 454: 106953. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2022.106953
    Nmor, S.I.; Viollier, E.; Pastor, L.; Lansard, B.; Rabouille, C.; Soetaert, K. (2022). FESDIA (v1.0): exploring temporal variations of sediment biogeochemistry under the influence of flood events using numerical modelling. Geosci. Model Dev. 15(19): 7325-7351. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-7325-2022
    Jiang, L.; Jansen, H.M.; Broch, O.J.; Timmermans, K.R.; Soetaert, K. (2022). Modelling spatial variability of cultivated Saccharina latissima in a Dutch coastal bay shows benefits of co-cultivation with shellfish. ICES J. Mar. Sci./J. Cons. int. Explor. Mer 79(8): 2324-2335. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsac176
    de Froe, E.; Maier, S.R.; Horn, H.G.; Wolff, G.A.; Blackbird, S.; Mohn, C.; Schultz, M.; van der Kaaden, A.-S.; Cheng, C.; Wubben, E.; van Haastregt, B.; Møller, E.F.; Lavaleye, M.; Soetaert, K.; Reichart, G.-J.; van Oevelen, D. (2022). Hydrography and food distribution during a tidal cycle above a cold-water coral mound. Deep-Sea Res., Part 1, Oceanogr. Res. Pap. 189: 103854. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2022.103854
    van Oevelen, D.; Soetaert, K.; Peperzak, L.; Blauw, A.; Stolte, W.; Dijkman, N.; Rijkeboer, M. (2022). Monitoringsplan voor meerjarige monitoring fytoplanktonsamenstelling en primaire productie. ID4 MONS no-regret actie primaire productie. NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research: Yerseke. 39 pp.
    Jiang, L,; Blommaert, L.; Jansen, H.M.; Broch, O.J.; Timmermans, K.R.; Soetaert, K. (2022). Carrying capacity of Saccharina latissima cultivation in a Dutch coastal bay: a modelling assessment. ICES J. Mar. Sci./J. Cons. int. Explor. Mer 79(3): 709-721. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsac023
  • 2021
    van Duren, L.A.; Zijl, F.; van Kessel, T.; van Zelst, V.T.M.; Vilmin, L.M.; van der Meer, J.; Aarts, G.M; van der Molen, J.; Soetaert, K.; Minns, A.W. (2021). Ecosystem effects of large upscaling of offshore wind on the North Sea - Synthesis report. Deltares: [s.l.]. 42 pp.
    Weber, S.B.; Richardson, A.J.; Brown, J.; Bolton, M.; Clark, B.L.; Godley, B.J.; Leat, E.; Oppel, S.; Shearer, L.; Soetaert, K.E.R.; Weber, N.; Broderick, A.C. (2021). Direct evidence of a prey depletion “halo” surrounding a pelagic predator colony. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 118(28): e2101325118. https://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2101325118
    Fang, X.; Cozzoli, F.; Smolders, S.; Knights, A.; Moens, T.; Soetaert, K.; Van Colen, C. (2021). Hindcasting ecosystem functioning change in an anthropogenized estuary: Implications for an era of global change. Front. Mar. Sci. 8: 747883. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.747833
    Webb, A.E.; de Bakker, D.M.; Soetaert, K.; da Costa, T.; van Heuven, S.; van Duyl, F.C.; Reichart, G.-J.; de Nooijer, L.J. (2021). Quantifying functional consequences of habitat degradation on a Caribbean coral reef. Biogeosciences 18(24): 6501-6516. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-6501-2021
    Meyer, M.F.; Ladwig, R.; Mesman, J.P.; Oleksy, I.A.; Barbosa, C.C.; Cawley, K.M.; Cramer, A.N.; Feldbauer, J.; Tran, P.Q.; Zwart, J.A.; López Moreira M., G.A.; Shikhani, M.; Gurung, D.; Hensley, R.T.; Matta, E.; McClure, R.P.; Petzoldt, T.; Sánchez‐López, N.; Soetaert, K.; Thomas, M.K.; Topp, S.N.; Yang, X. (2021). The AEMON‐J "Hacking Limnology” workshop series & virtual summit: Incorporating data science and open science in aquatic research. Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin 30(4): 140-143. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lob.10475
    Poiesz, S.S.H.; Witte, J.IJ.; van der Meer, M.T.J.; van der Veer, H.W.; Soetaert, K. (2021). Trophic structure and resource utilization of the coastal fish community in the western Wadden Sea: evidence from stable isotope data analysis. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 677: 115-128. https://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps13855
    van der Kaaden, A.-S.; Mohn, C.; Gerkema, T.; Maier, S.R.; de Froe, E.; van de Koppel, J.; Rietkerk, M.; Soetaert, K.; van Oevelen, D. (2021). Feedbacks between hydrodynamics and cold-water coral mound development. Deep-Sea Res., Part 1, Oceanogr. Res. Pap. 178: 103641. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2021.103641
    Cheng, C.; de Smit, J.C.; Fivash, G.S.; Hulscher, S.J.M.H.; Borsje, B.; Soetaert, K. (2021). Sediment shell-content diminishes current-driven sand ripple development and migration. Earth Surface Dynamics 9(5): 1335-1346. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/esurf-9-1335-2021
    Tiano, J.C.; De Borger, E.; O'Flynn, S.; Cheng, C.; van Oevelen, D.; Soetaert, K. (2021). Physical and electrical disturbance experiments uncover potential bottom fishing impacts on benthic ecosystem functioning. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 545: 151628. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2021.151628
    van der Molen, J.; Soetaert, K. (2021). Potential ecosystem effects of large upscaling of offshore wind in the North Sea: Recommendations for further work. NIOZ-rapport, 2021(02). NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research: Texel. 13 pp.
    Fischer, F.C.; Hiki, K.; Soetaert, K.; Endo, S. (2021). Mind the exposure gaps—modeling chemical transport in sediment toxicity tests. Environ. Sci. Technol. 55(17): 11885-11893. https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c03201
    De Borger, E.; Ivanov, E.; Capet, A.; Braeckman, U.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Grégoire, M.; Soetaert, K. (2021). Offshore windfarm footprint of sediment organic matter mineralization processes. Front. Mar. Sci. 8: 632243. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.632243
    Ivanov, E.; Capet, A.; De Borger, E.; Degraer, S.; Delhez, E.; Soetaert, K.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Grégoire, M. (2021). Offshore wind farm footprint on organic and mineral particle flux to the bottom. Front. Mar. Sci. 8: 631799. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.631799
    Stratmann, T.; Soetaert, K.; Kersken, D.; van Oevelen, D. (2021). Polymetallic nodules are essential for food-web integrity of a prospective deep-seabed mining area in Pacific abyssal plains. NPG Scientific Reports 11(1): 12238. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-91703-4
    Maier, S.R.; Mienis, F.; de Froe, E.; Soetaert, K.; Lavaleye, M.; Duineveld, G.C.A.; Beauchard, O.; van der Kaaden, A.-S.; Koch, B.P.; van Oevelen, D. (2021). Reef communities associated with ‘dead’ cold-water coral framework drive resource retention and recycling in the deep sea. Deep-Sea Res., Part 1, Oceanogr. Res. Pap. 175: 103574. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2021.103574
    De Borger, E.; Tiano, J.; Braeckman, U.; Rijnsdorp, A.D.; Soetaert, K. (2021). Impact of bottom trawling on sediment biogeochemistry: a modelling approach. Biogeosciences 18: 2539–2557. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-2539-2021
    Cheng, C.; Borsje, B.W.; Beauchard, O.; O'Flynn, S.; Ysebaert, T.; Soetaert, K. (2021). Small‐scale macrobenthic community structure along asymmetrical sand waves in an underwater seascape. Mar. Ecol. (Berl.) 42(3): e12657. https://doi.org/10.1111/maec.12657
    Fang, X.; Moens, T.; Knights, A.; Soetaert, K.; Van Colen, C. (2021). Allometric scaling of faunal-mediated ecosystem functioning: A case study on two bioturbators in contrasting sediments. Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 254: 107323. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2021.107323
    Seepma, S.Y.M.H.; Ruiz-Hernandez, S.E.; Nehrke, G.; Soetaert, K.; Philipse, A.P.; Kuipers, B.W.M.; Wolthers, M. (2021). Controlling CaCO3 Particle Size with {Ca2+}:{CO32–} Ratios in Aqueous Environments. Crystal Growth & Design 21(3): 1576-1590. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.0c01403
    Ait Ballagh, F.E.; Rabouille, C.; Andrieux-Loyer, F.; Soetaert, K.; Lansard, B.; Bombled, B.; Monvoisin, G.; Elkalay, K.; Khalil, K. (2021). Spatial variability of organic matter and phosphorus cycling in Rhône River prodelta sediments (NW Mediterranean Sea, France): a model-data approach. Est. Coast. 44: 1765-1789. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12237-020-00889-9
    Toussaint, E.; De Borger, E.; Braeckman, U.; De Backer, A.; Soetaert, K.; Vanaverbeke, J. (2021). Faunal and environmental drivers of carbon and nitrogen cycling along a permeability gradient in shallow North Sea sediments. Sci. Total Environ. 767: 144994. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.144994
    de Kluijver, A.; Bart, M.C.; van Oevelen, D.; de Goeij, J.M.; Leys, S.P.; Maier, S.R.; Maldonado, M.; Soetaert, K.; Verbiest, S.; Middelburg, J.J. (2021). An integrative model of carbon and nitrogen metabolism in a common deep-sea sponge (Geodia barretti). Front. Mar. Sci. 7: 596251. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.596251
    De Borger, E.; Braeckman, U.; Soetaert, K. (2021). Rapid organic matter cycling in North Sea sediments. Cont. Shelf Res. 214: 104327. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2020.104327
    Glatzel, T.; Herndl, G. (2021). Recognizing the complexity of soil organic carbon dynamics in vegetated coastal habitats. Glob. Chang. Biol. 27(1): 3-4. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15426
  • 2020
    Ivanov, E.; Capet, A.; Barth, A.; Delhez, E.J.M.; Soetaert, K.; Gregoire, M. (2020). Assessment and optimization of the impact of the future Belgian offshore wind farms on the bottom fauna using numerical modelling, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day. Oostende, Belgium, 18 March 2020. VLIZ Special Publication, 84: pp. 59
    Rijnsdorp, A.D.; Boute, P.G.; Tiano, J.C.; Soetaert, K.; Beier, U.; De Borger, E.; Hintzen, N.; Molenaar, P.; Polet, H.; Poos, J.J.; Schram, H.; Soetaert, M.; van Overzee, H.; van de Wolfshaar, K.; van Kooten, T. (2020). The implications of a transition from tickler chain beam trawl to electric pulse trawl on the sustainability and ecosystem effects of the fishery for North Sea sole: an impact assessment. Wageningen Marine Research Report, C037/20. Wageningen Marine Research: Ijmuiden. 108 pp. https://doi.org/10.18174/519729
    Luciano, G.; Soetaert, K.; Svoboda, R. (2020). Simulation and non-linear optimization of Šesták-Berggren kinetics. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 550: 120391. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2020.120391
    Schulz, K.; Soetaert, K.; Mohn, C.; Korte, L.F.; Mienis, F.; Duineveld, G.C.A.; van Oevelen, D. (2020). Linking large-scale circulation patterns to the distribution of cold water corals along the eastern Rockall Bank (northeast Atlantic). J. Mar. Syst. 212: 103456. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2020.103456
    Middelburg, J.J.; Soetaert, K.; Hagens, M. (2020). Ocean alkalinity, buffering and biogeochemical processes. Rev. Geophys. 58(3): e2019RG000681. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019rg000681
    de Jonge, D.S.W.; Stratmann, T.; Lins, L.; Vanreusel, A.; Purser, A.; Marcon, Y.; Rodrigues, C.F.; Ravara, A.; Esquete, P.; Cunha, M.R.; Simon-Lledó, E.; van Breugel, P.; Sweetman, A.K.; Soetaert, K.; van Oevelen, D. (2020). Abyssal food-web model indicates faunal carbon flow recovery and impaired microbial loop 26 years after a sediment disturbance experiment. Prog. Oceanogr. 189: 102446. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2020.102446
    Cheng, C.; Soetaert, K.; Borsje, B.W. (2020). Sediment characteristics over asymmetrical tidal sand waves in the Dutch North Sea. J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 8(6): 409. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jmse8060409
    Jiang, L,; Gerkema, T.; Kromkamp, J.; van der Wal, D.; Carrasco de la Cruz, P.M.; Soetaert, K. (2020). Drivers of the spatial phytoplankton gradient in estuarine–coastal systems: generic implications of a case study in a Dutch tidal bay. Biogeosciences 17(16): 4135-4152. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-4135-2020
    van der Kaaden, A.-S.; van Oevelen, D.; Rietkerk, M.; Soetaert, K.; van de Koppel, J. (2020). Spatial self-organization as a new perspective on cold-water coral mound development. Front. Mar. Sci. 7: article 631. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00631
    Ramalho, S.P.; Lins, L.; Soetaert, K.; Lampadariou, N.; Cunha, M.R.; Vanreusel, A.; Pape, E. (2020). Ecosystem functioning under the influence of bottom-trawling disturbance: An experimental approach and field observations from a continental slope area in the West Iberian Margin. Front. Mar. Sci. 7: 457. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00457
    Ivanov, E.; Capet, A.; Barth, A.; Delhez, E.J.M.; Soetaert, K.; Grégoire, M. (2020). Hydrodynamic variability in the Southern Bight of the North Sea in response to typical atmospheric and tidal regimes. Benefit of using a high resolution model. Ocean Modelling 154: 101682. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2020.101682
    Pilotto, F.; Kühn, I.; Adrian, R.; Alber, R.; Alignier, A.; Andrews, C.; Bäck, J.; Barbaro, L.; Beaumont, D.; Beenaerts, N.; Benham, S.; Boukal, D.S.; Bretagnolle, V.; Camatti, E.; Canullo, R.; Cardoso, P.G.; Ens, B.J.; Everaert, G.; Evtimova, V.; Feuchtmayr, H.; García-González, R.; Gómez García, D.; Grandin, U.; Gutowski, J.M.; Hadar, L.; Halada, L.; Halassy, M.; Hummel, H.; Huttunen, K.-L.; Jaroszewicz, B.; Jensen, T.C.; Kalivoda, H.; Schmidt, I.K.; Kröncke, I.; Leinonen, R.; Martinho, F.; Meesenburg, H.; Meyer, J.; Minerbi, S.; Monteith, D.; Nikolov, B.P.; Oro, D.; Ozoliņš, D.; Padedda, B.M.; Pallett, D.; Pansera, M.; Pardal, M.A.; Petriccione, B.; Pipan, T.; Pöyry, J.; Schäfer, S.M.; Schaub, M.; Schneider, S.C.; Skuja, A.; Soetaert, K.; Spriņģe, G.; Stanchev, R.; Stockan, J.A.; Stoll, S.; Sundqvist, L.; Thimonier, A.; Van Hoey, G.; Van Ryckegem, G.; Visser, M.E.; Vorhauser, S.; Haase, P. (2020). Meta-analysis of multidecadal biodiversity trends in Europe. Nature Comm. 11(1): 3486. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17171-y
    Mestdagh, S.; Fang, X.; Soetaert, K.; Ysebaert, T.; Moens, T.; Van Colen, C. (2020). Seasonal variability in ecosystem functioning across estuarine gradients: The role of sediment communities and ecosystem processes. Mar. Environ. Res. 162: 105096. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2020.105096
    Stratmann, T.; van Oevelen, D.; Martinez Arbizu, P.; Wei, C.L.; Liao, J.-X.; Cusson, M.; Scrosati, R.; Archambault, P.; Snelgrove, P.; Ramey-Balci, P.; Burd, B.J.; Kenchington, E.; Belley, R.; Soetaert, K. (2020). The BenBioDen database, a global database for meio-, macro- and megabenthic biomass and densities. Scientific Data 7: 206. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41597-020-0551-2
    Xu, Y.; Yao, S.; Soetaert, K.; Fan, X. (2020). Effects of salt marsh restoration on eukaryotic microbenthic communities in the Yangtze Estuary. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 638: 39-50. https://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps13242
    De Borger, E.; Tiano, J.C.; Braeckman, U.; Ysebaert, T.; Soetaert, K. (2020). Biological and biogeochemical methods for estimating bioirrigation: a case study in the Oosterschelde estuary. Biogeosciences 17(6): 1701-1715. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-1701-2020
    Tiano, J.C.; van der Reijden, K.J.; O'Flynn, S.; Beauchard, O.; van der Ree, S.; van der Wees, J.; Ysebaert, T.; Soetaert, K. (2020). Experimental bottom trawling finds resilience in large-bodied infauna but vulnerability for epifauna and juveniles in the Frisian Front. Mar. Environ. Res. 159: 104964. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2020.104964
    Jiang, L.; Gerkema, T.; Idier, D.; Slangen, A.; Soetaert, K. (2020). Effects of sea-level rise on tides and sediment dynamics in a Dutch tidal bay. Ocean Sci. 16: 307-321. https://doi.org/10.5194/os-16-307-2020
    Poiesz, S.; van Leeuwen, A.; Soetaert, K.; Witte, J.IJ.; Zaat, D.S.C.; van der Veer, H.W. (2020). Is summer growth reduction related to feeding guild? A test for a benthic juvenile flatfish sole (Solea solea) in a temperate coastal area, the western Wadden Sea. Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 235: 106570. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2019.106570
    Ait Ballagh; Rabouille, C.; Andrieux-Loyer; Soetaert, K.; Elkalay, K.; Khalil (2020). Spatio-temporal dynamics of sedimentary phosphorus along two temperate eutrophic estuaries: A data-modelling approach. Cont. Shelf Res. 193: 104037. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2019.104037
  • 2019
    Jiang, L.; Soetaert, K.; Gerkema, T. (2019). Decomposing the intra-annual variability of flushing characteristics in a tidal bay along the North Sea. J. Sea Res. 115: 101821. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2019.101821
    Degraer, S.; Van Lancker, V.; van Dijk, T.A.G.P.; Birchenough, S.N.R.; De Witte, B.; Elliott, M.; Le Bot, S.; Reiss, H.; Stelzenmüller, V.; Van Gaever, S.; Balian, E.; Cox, D.; Hernandez, F.; Lacroix, G.; Lindeboom, H.J.; Reubens, J.; Soetaert, K. (2019). Interdisciplinary science to support North Sea marine management: lessons learned and future demands. Hydrobiologia 845(1): 1-11. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1007/s10750-019-04109-9
    Stratmann, T.; Soetaert, K.; Wei, C.L.; Lin, Y.-S.; Van Oevelen, D. (2019). The SCOC database, a large, open, and global database with sediment community oxygen consumption rates. Scientific Data 6: article number: 242. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-019-0259-3
    Cox, T.J.S.; Maris, T.; van Engeland, T.; Soetaert, K.; Meire, P. (2019). Critical transitions in suspended sediment dynamics in a temperate meso-tidal estuary. NPG Scientific Reports 9(1): 10 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-48978-5
    Fang, X.; Mestdagh, S.; Ysebaert, T.; Moens, T.; Soetaert, K.; Van Colen, C. (2019). Spatio-temporal variation in sediment ecosystem processes and roles of key biota in the Scheldt estuary. Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 222: 21-31. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2019.04.001
    Jiang, L.; Gerkema, T.; Wijsman, J.W.M.; Soetaert, K. (2019). Comparing physical and biological impacts on seston renewal in a tidal bay with extensive shellfish culture. J. Mar. Syst. 194: 102-110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2019.03.003
    Tiano, J.C.; Witbaard, R.; Bergman, M.J.N.; van Rijswijk, P.; Tramper, A.; Van Oevelen, D.; Soetaert, K. (2019). Acute impacts of bottom trawl gears on benthic metabolism and nutrient cycling. ICES J. Mar. Sci./J. Cons. int. Explor. Mer 76(6): 1917–1930. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsz060
    Vlaminck, E.; Voet, H.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Degraer, S.; Moens, T.; Cattrijsse, A.; Soetaert, K.; Van Colen, C. (2019). Experimental approach towards the understanding of food web interactions in an offshore wind farm environment under different climate and aquaculture scenarios, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day. Bredene, Belgium, 13 March 2019. VLIZ Special Publication, 83: pp. 154
    Braeckman, U.; Pasotti, F.; Vázquez, S.; Zacher, K.; Hoffmann, R.; Elvert, M.; Marchant, H.; Buckner, C.; Quartino, M.L.; Mác Cormack, W.; Soetaert, K.; Wenzhöfer, F.; Vanreusel, A. (2019). Degradation of macroalgal detritus in shallow coastal Antarctic sediments. Limnol. Oceanogr. 64(4): 1423-1441. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lno.11125
    Grenz, C.; Moreno, M.O.; Soetaert, K.; Denis, L.; Douillet, P.; Fichez, R. (2019). Spatio-temporal variability in benthic exchanges at the sediment-water interface of a shallow tropical coastal lagoon (south coast of Gulf of Mexico). Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 218: 368-380. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2019.01.012
  • 2018
    Lessin, G.; Artioli, Y.; Almroth-Rosell, E.; Blackford, J.C.; Dale, A. W.; Glud, R.N.; Middelburg, J.J.; Pastres, R.; Queirós, A.M.; Rabouille, C.; Regnier, P.; Soetaert, K.; Solidoro, C.; Stephens, N.; Yakushev, E. (2018). Modelling marine sediment biogeochemistry: current knowledge gaps, challenges, and some methodological advice for advancement. Front. Mar. Sci. 5: 19. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2018.00019
    Damveld, J.H.; van der Reijden, K.J.; Cheng, C.; Koop, L.; Haaksma, L.R.; Walsh, C.A.J.; Soetaert, K.; Borsje, B.W.; Govers, L.L; Roos, P.C.; Olff, H.; Hulscher, S.J.M.H. (2018). Video transects reveal that tidal sand waves affect the spatial distribution of benthic organisms and sand ripples. Geophys. Res. Lett. 45(21): 11,837-11,846. https://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2018gl079858
    Husson, B.; Sarrazin, J.; van Oevelen, D.; Sarradin, P.-M.; Soetaert, K.; Menesguen, A. (2018). Modelling the interactions of the hydrothermal mussel Bathymodiolus azoricus with vent fluid. Ecol. Model. 377: 35-50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2018.03.007
    van Oevelen, D.; Duineveld, G.; Lavaleye, M.S.S.; Kutti, T.; Soetaert, K. (2018). Trophic structure of cold-water coral communities revealed from the analysis of tissue isotopes and fatty acid composition. Mar. Biol. Res. 14(3): 287-306. https://doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2017.1398404
    Ivanov, E.; Capet, A.; Barth, A.; Delhez, E.; Soetaert, K.; Grégoire, M. (2018). Application of two way nesting model to upscale sediment processes of the Southern Bight of the North Sea: full model validation, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Scientist Day. Bredene, Belgium, 21 March 2018. VLIZ Special Publication, 80: pp. 94
    Snelgrove, P.V.R.; Soetaert, K.; Solan, M.; Thrush, S.; Wei, C.L.; Danovaro, R.; Kitazato, H.; Ingole, B.; Norkko, A.; Parkes, R.J.; Volkenborn, N. (2018). Global carbon cycling on a heterogeneous seafloor. Trends Ecol. Evol. 33(2): 96-105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2017.11.004
  • 2017
    Cox, T.J.S.; van Beusekom, J.E.E.; Soetaert, K. (2017). Tune in on 11.57 µHz and listen to primary production. Biogeosciences 14(22): 5271-5280. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-5271-2017
    Schwarz, C.; Cox, T.; van Engeland, T.; van Oevelen, D.; van Belzen, J.; van de Koppel, J.; Soetaert, K.; Bouma, T.J.; Meire, P.; Temmerman, S. (2017). Field estimates of floc dynamics and settling velocities in a tidal creek with significant along-channel gradients in velocity and SPM. Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 197: 221-235. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2017.08.041
    Holding, J.M.; Duarte, C.M.; Delgado-Huertas, A.; Soetaert, K.; Vonk, J.E.; Agusti, S.; Wassmann, P.; Middelburg, J. (2017). Autochthonous and allochthonous contributions of organic carbon to microbial food webs in Svalbard fjords. Limnol. Oceanogr. 62(3): 1307-1323. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lno.10526
    Geerts, L.; Cox, T.J.S.; Maris, T.; Wolfstein, K.; Meire, P.; Soetaert, K. (2017). Substrate origin and morphology differentially determine oxygen dynamics in two major European estuaries, the Elbe and the Schelde. Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 191: 157-170. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2017.04.009
    Le Guitton, M.; Soetaert, K.; Sinninghe Damsté, J.S.; Middelburg, J.J. (2017). A seasonal study of particulate organic matter composition and quality along an offshore transect in the southern North Sea. Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 188: 1-11. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2017.02.002
    Ivanov, E.; Capet, A.; Barth, A.; Delhez, E.; Soetaert, K.; Grégoire, M. (2017). Three-dimensional modelling of the Southern Bight of the North Sea: first results and perspectives. Poster at the VLIZ Marine Scientist Day 3 March 2017. University of Liege: Liege. 1 poster pp.
    Maugendre, L.; Gattuso, J.-P.; de Kluijver, A.; Soetaert, K.; van Oevelen, D.; Middelburg, J.J.; Gazeau, F. (2017). Carbon-13 labelling shows no effect of ocean acidification on carbon transfer in Mediterranean plankton communities. Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 186(Part A): 100-111. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2015.12.018
  • 2016
    Van Colen, C.; Braeckman, U.; Guilini, K.; Van Gansbeke, D.; Soetaert, K.; Vincx, M.; Vanaverbeke, J. (2016). Context-dependent effects of ocean acidification on soft-sediment biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, in: Degraer, S. et al. (Ed.) North Sea Open Science Conference 7-10/11/2016. Abstract Booklet. pp. 36
    Yevenes, M.A.; Soetaert, K.; Mannaerts, C.M. (2016). Tracing Nitrate-Nitrogen Sources and Modifications in a Stream Impacted by Various Land Uses, South Portugal. Water 8(9): 385. dx.doi.org/10.3390/w8090385
    Ulses, C.; Auger, P.-A.; Soetaert, K.; Marsaleix, P.; Diaz, F.; Coppola, L.; Herrmann, M.J.; Kessouri, F.; Estournel, C. (2016). Budget of organic carbon in the North-Western Mediterranean open sea over the period 2004–2008 using 3-D coupled physical-biogeochemical modeling. JGR: Oceans 121(9): 7026–7055. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016JC011818
    De Smet, B.; Braeckman, U.; Soetaert, K.; Vincx, M.; Vanaverbeke, J. (2016). Predator effects on the feeding and bioirrigation activity of ecosystem-engineered Lanice conchilega reefs. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 475: 31-37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2015.11.005
    Soetaert, K.; Mohn, C.; Rengstorf, A.; Grehan, A.; Van Oevelen, D. (2016). Ecosystem engineering creates a direct nutritional link between 600-m deep cold-water coral mounds and surface productivity. NPG Scientific Reports 6(35057 ): 9 pp. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep35057
    De Smet, B.; van Oevelen, D.; Vincx, M.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Soetaert, K. (2016). Lanice conchilega structures carbon flows in soft-bottom intertidal areas. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 552: 47-60. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps11747
    Capet, A.; Meysman, Filip; Akoumianaki, I.; Soetaert, K.; Grégoire, M. (2016). Integrating sediment biogeochemistry into 3D oceanic models: a study of benthic-pelagic coupling in the Black Sea. Ocean Modelling 101: 83-100. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2016.03.006
  • 2015
    Maugendre, L.; Gattuso, J.-P.; Louis, J.; de Kluijver, A.; Marro, S.; Soetaert, K.; Gazeau, F. (2015). Effect of ocean warming and acidification on a plankton community in the NW Mediterranean Sea. ICES J. Mar. Sci./J. Cons. int. Explor. Mer 72(6): 1744-1755. dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsu161
    Braeckman, U.; Provoost, P.; Sabbe, K.; Soetaert, K.; Middelburg, J.J.; Vincx, M.; Vanaverbeke, J. (2015). Temporal dynamics in a shallow coastal benthic food web: Insights from fatty acid biomarkers and their stable isotopes. Mar. Environ. Res. 108: 55-68. hdl.handle.net/10.1016/j.marenvres.2015.04.010
    Le Guitton, M.; Soetaert, K.; Sinninghe Damsté, J.S.; Middelburg, J.J. (2015). Biogeochemical consequences of vertical and lateral transport of particulate organic matter in the southern North Sea: A multiproxy approach. Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 165: 117-127. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2015.09.010
    Meire, L.; Sogaard, D.H.; Mortensen, J.; Meysman, F.J.R.; Soetaert, K.; Arendt, K.E.; Juul-Pedersen, T.; Blicher, T.E.; Rysgaard, S. (2015). Glacial meltwater and primary production are drivers of strong CO2 uptake in fjord and coastal waters adjacent to the Greenland Ice Sheet. Biogeosciences 12(8): 2347-2363. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-2347-2015
    Cox, T.J.S.; Maris, T.; Soetaert, K.; Kromkamp, J.C.; Meire, P.; Meysman, F.J.R. (2015). Estimating primary production from oxygen time series: A novel approach in the frequency domain. Limnol. Oceanogr., Methods 13(10): 529-552. dx.doi.org/10.1002/lom3.10046
  • 2014
    Braeckman, U.; Van Colen, C.; Guilini, K.; Van Gansbeke, D.; Soetaert, K.; Vincx, M.; Vanaverbeke, J. (2014). Empirical evidence reveals seasonally dependent reduction in nitrification in coastal sediments subjected to near future ocean acidification. PLoS One 9(10): e108153. dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0108153
    Moneta, A.; Veuger, B.; van Rijswijk, P.; Meysman, F; Soetaert, K.; Middelburg, J.J. (2014). Dissolved inorganic and organic nitrogen uptake in the coastal North Sea: a seasonal study. Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 147: 78-86. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2014.05.022. hdl.handle.net/10.1016/j.ecss.2014.05.022
    Braeckman, U.; Yazdani Foshtomi, M.; Van Gansbeke, D.; Meysman, F.; Soetaert, K.; Vincx, M.; Vanaverbeke, J. (2014). Variable importance of macrofaunal functional biodiversity for biogeochemical cycling in temperate coastal sediments. Ecosystems 17(4): 720-737. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10021-014-9755-7
    Mohn, C.; Rengstorf, A.; White, M.; Mienis, F.; Soetaert, K.; Grehan, A.; Duineveld, G. (2014). Linking benthic hydrodynamics and cold-water coral occurrences: A high-resolution model study at three cold-water coral provinces in the NE Atlantic. Prog. Oceanogr. 122: 92-104. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2013.12.003
  • 2013
    de Kluijver, A.; Soetaert, K.; Czerny, J.; Schulz, K.G.; Boxhammer, T.; Riebesell, U.; Middelburg, J.J. (2013). A 13C labelling study on carbon fluxes in Arctic plankton communities under elevated CO2 levels. Biogeosciences 10(3): 1425-1440. dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-1425-2013
    Tecchio, S.; van Oevelen, D.; Soetaert, K.; Navarro, J.; Ramírez-Llodra, E. (2013). Trophic Dynamics of Deep-Sea Megabenthos Are Mediated by Surface Productivity. PLoS One 8(5). dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0063796
    Braeckman, U.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Vincx, M.; van Oevelen, D.; Soetaert, K. (2013). Meiofauna metabolism in suboxic sediments: currently overestimated. PLoS One 8(3): e59289. hdl.handle.net/10.1371/journal.pone.0059289
    Meire, L.; Soetaert, K.; Meysman, F.J.R. (2013). Impact of global change on coastal oxygen dynamics and risk of hypoxia. Biogeosciences 10(4): 2633-2653. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-2633-2013
    Adams Krumins, J.; van Oevelen, D.; Bezemer, T.M.; de Deyn, G.B.; Hol, W.H.G.; van Donk, E.; de Boer, W.; de Ruiter, P.C.; Middelburg, J.J.; Monroy, F.; Soetaert, K.; Thébault, E.; van de Koppel, J.; van Veen, J.A.; Viketoft, M.; van der Putten, W.H. (2013). Soil and Freshwater and Marine Sediment Food Webs: Their Structure and Function. BioScience 63(1): 35-42. dx.doi.org/10.1525/bio.2013.63.1.8
    Van Engeland, T.; Bouma, T.J.; Morris, E.P.; Brun, F.G.; Peralta, G.; Lara, M.; Hendriks, I.E.; van Rijswijk, P.; Veuger, B.; Soetaert, K.; Middelburg, J.J. (2013). Dissolved organic matter uptake in a temperate seagrass ecosystem. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 478: 87-100. dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps10183
    Morris, E.P.; Peralta, G.; Van Engeland, T.; Bouma, T.J.; Brun, F.G.; Lara, M.; Hendriks, I.E.; Benavente, J.; Soetaert, K.; Middelburg, J.J.; Perez-Llorens, J.L. (2013). The role of hydrodynamics in structuring in situ ammonium uptake within a submerged macrophyte community. Limnol. Oceanogr. 3: 210-224. hdl.handle.net/10.1215/21573689-2397024
    Provoost, P.; Braeckman, U.; Van Gansbeke, D.; Moodley, L.; Soetaert, K.; Middelburg, J.J.; Vanaverbeke, J. (2013). Modelling benthic oxygen consumption and benthic-pelagic coupling at a shallow station in the southern North Sea. Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 120: 1-11. hdl.handle.net/10.1016/j.ecss.2013.01.008
    Pozzato, L.; van Oevelen, D.; Moodley, L.; Soetaert, K.; Middelburg, J.J. (2013). Carbon processing at the deep-sea floor of the Arabian Sea oxygen minimum zone: A tracer approach. J. Sea Res. 78: 45-58. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2013.01.002
    Pozzato, L.; van Oevelen, D.; Moodley, L.; Soetaert, K.; Middelburg, J.J (2013). Sink or link? The bacterial role in benthic carbon cycling in the Arabian Sea's oxygen minimum zone. Biogeosciences 10: 6879-6891. hdl.handle.net/10.5194/bg-10-6879-2013
    Pape, E.; van Oevelen, D.; Moodley, L.; Soetaert, K.; Vanreusel, A. (2013). Nematode feeding strategies and the fate of dissolved organic matter carbon in different deep-sea sedimentary environments. Deep-Sea Res., Part 1, Oceanogr. Res. Pap. 80: 94-110. hdl.handle.net/10.1016/j.dsr.2013.05.018
    Koho, K.A.; Nierop, K.G.J.; Moodley, L.; Middelburg, J.J.; Pozzato, L.; Soetaert, K.; van der Plicht, J.; Reichart, G.J. (2013). Microbial bioavailability regulates organic matter preservation in marine sediments. Biogeosciences 10(2): 1131-1141. dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-1131-2013
  • 2012
    Soetaert, K. (2012). Solving differential equations in R. Springer: London; Berlin. ISBN 9783642280702. 1-248 pp.
    Mazzia, F.; Cash, J.R.; Soetaert, K. (2012). A Test Set for stiff Initial Value Problem Solvers in the open source software R: Package deTestSet. Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics 236(16): 4119-4131. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cam.2012.03.014
    Evrard, V.; Huettel, M.; Cook, P.L.M.; Soetaert, K.; Heip, C.H.R.; Middelburg, J.J. (2012). Importance of phytodetritus and microphytobenthos for heterotrophs in a shallow subtidal sandy sediment. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 455: 13-31. dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps09676
    Dähnke, K.; Moneta, A.; Veuger, B.; Soetaert, K.; Middelburg, J.J. (2012). Balance of assimilative and dissimilative nitrogen processes in a diatom-rich tidal flat sediment. Biogeosciences 9(10): 4059-4070. hdl.handle.net/10.5194/bg-9-4059-2012
    Braeckman, U.; Provoost, P.; Sabbe, K.; Soetaert, K.; Middelburg, J.J.; Vincx, M.; Vanaverbeke, J. (2012). Temporal dynamics in the diet of two marine polychaetes as inferred from fatty acid biomarkers. J. Sea Res. 68: 6-19. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2011.11.003
    van Oevelen, D.; Soetaert, K.; Heip, C. (2012). Carbon flows in the benthic food web of the Porcupine Abyssal Plain: The(un)importance of labile detritus in supporting microbial and faunal carbon demands. Limnol. Oceanogr. 57(2): 645-664. dx.doi.org/10.4319/lo.2012.57.2.0645
    Soetaert, K; van Oevelen, D.; Sommer, S. (2012). Modelling the impact of Siboglinids on the biogeochemistry of the Captain Arutyunov mud volcano (Gulf of Cadiz). Biogeosciences 9(12): 5341-5352. dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-9-5341-2012
    Soetaert, K.; Meysman, F. (2012). Reactive transport in aquatic ecosystems: Rapid model prototyping in the open source software R. Environ. Model. Softw. 32: 49-60. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2011.08.011
  • 2011
    van Oevelen, D.; Soetaert, K.; Garcia, R.; de Stigter, H.C.; Cunha, M.R.; Pusceddu, A.; Danovaro, R.; Garcia, R. (2011). Canyon conditions impact carbon flows in food webs of three sections of the Nazare canyon. Deep-Sea Res., Part 2, Top. Stud. Oceanogr. 58(23-24): 2461-2476. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2011.04.009

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19 Apr 2017 - 18 May 2019
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