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Senior Scientist
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  • Stable isotope geochemistry
  • Isotope ecology
  • Organic geochemistry

Dr. Marcel van der Meer

Senior Scientist

Predicting the future from old salt

Marine geochemist Marcel van der Meer studies, amongst other things, the salt content, salinity, in seas and oceans in the past to better understand future climate developments. ‘Salt can help us to reconstruct ocean circulations in the past. The large global ocean circulation distributes heat across the earth. An example is the warm Gulf Stream which transports heat from the Atlantic Ocean around the equator towards Western Europe. Changes in this circulation can have a big effect on the climate and vice versa. If the ice caps melt as a result of global warming causing the uppermost water layer of the North Atlantic Ocean to become less saline, then that could slow the warm Gulf Stream. This could potentially even lead to colder conditions in Western Europe.’

Fossil algae

‘One way of studying changes in the ocean circulation and the melting ice masses in the past is to reconstruct salinity. Unfortunately, it is not possible to directly determine past salinities from ocean floor layers that are millions of years old. Therefore we need to take an indirect path.’

‘Just like the salt concentration, the concentration of deuterium in seawater depends on the balance between evaporation and precipitation and the mixing of salt and freshwater. Deuterium is a rare form of hydrogen, which is twice as heavy as normal hydrogen. And even better: that deuterium can still be measured in molecular fossils of algae, for example.’

‘From experiments with algae cultured at different salinities, we have learned that at higher salinities, algae take up more deuterium. Deuterium is therefore a good tool to learn something about the salinity at a certain location and time. Subsequently, that salinity can also tell us how the current in the ocean flowed during a certain period. After all, due to more evaporation, there is more salt in the water at the equator than around the poles.’

Modern algae

‘When you try to derive ocean currents in the past from salinity and try to “measure” that salt concentration, in its turn, from deuterium in algae, you need to have a really good understanding about how those algae incorporate that deuterium in their cell components. We therefore study various living algae and how they take up deuterium. Ultimately, that research could enable us to make better predictions about the climate of the future.’

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Linked news

Monday 11 September 2023
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NIOZ publications

  • 2023
    Born-Torrijos, A.; Riekenberg, P.M.; van der Meer, M.T.J.; Nachev, M.; Sures, B.; Thieltges, D.W. (2023). Parasite effects on host’s trophic and isotopic niches. Trends Parasitol. 39(9): 749-759. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2023.06.003
    Goudriaan, M.; Hernando-Morales, V.; van der Meer, M.T.J.; Mets, A.; Ndhlovu, R.; van Heerwaarden, J.; Simon, S.; Heuer, V.B.; Hinrichs, K.-U.; Niemann, H. (2023). A stable isotope assay with 13C-labeled polyethylene to investigate plastic mineralization mediated by Rhodococcus ruber. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 186: 114369. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.114369
    Oortwijn, T.; de Monte, L.; Varley, D.P.; van der Meer, M.T.J.; van Gils, J.A. (2023). Tissue‐ and diet‐dependent stable carbon and nitrogen isotope discrimination: a calibration study in a captive shorebird species. J. Avian Biol. 2023(9-10): e03094. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jav.03094
    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
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    van Kemenade, Z.R.; Cutmore, A.; Hennekam, R.; Hopmans, E.C.; van der Meer, M.T.J.; Mojtahid, M.; Jorissen, F.; Bale, N.; Reichart, G.-J.; Sinninghe Damsté, J.S; Rush, D. (2023). Marine nitrogen cycling dynamics under altering redox conditions: Insights from deposition of sapropels S1 and the ambiguous S2 in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 354: 197-210. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2023.06.018
    Varma, D.; Hättig, K.; van der Meer, M.T.J.; Reichart, G.-J.; Schouten, S. (2023). Constraining water depth influence on organic paleotemperature proxies using sedimentary archives. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology 38(6). https://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2022pa004533
  • 2022
    Aichner, B.; Wünnemann, B.; Callegaro, A.; van der Meer, M.T.J.; Yan, D.; Zhang, Y.; Barbante, C.; Sachse, D. (2022). Asynchronous responses of aquatic ecosystems to hydroclimatic forcing on the Tibetan Plateau. Commun. Earth Environ. 3: 3. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00325-1
    Butiseaca, G.A.; van der Meer, M.T.J.; Kontakiotis, G.; Agiadi, K.; Thivaiou, D.; Besiou, E.; Antonarakou, A.; Mulch, A.; Vasiliev, I. (2022). Multiple crises preceded the Mediterranean Salinity Crisis: Aridification and vegetation changes revealed by biomarkers and stable isotopes. Global Planet. Change 217: 103951. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2022.103951
    Ersoy, S.; Beardsworth, C.E.; Dekinga, A.; van der Meer, M.T.J.; Piersma, T.; Groothuis, T.G.G.; Bijleveld, A.I. (2022). Exploration speed in captivity predicts foraging tactics and diet in free‐living red knots. J. Anim. Ecol. 91(2): 356-366. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13632
    Hanz, U.; Riekenberg, P.M.; de Kluijver, A.; van der Meer, M.T.J.; Middelburg, J.J.; de Goeij, J.M.; Bart, M.C.; Wurz, E.; Colaço, A.; Duineveld, G.C.A.; Reichart, G.-J.; Rapp, H.T.; Mienis, F. (2022). The important role of sponges in carbon and nitrogen cycling in a deep‐sea biological hotspot. Funct. Ecol. 36(9): 2188-2199. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14117
    Kirkels, F.M.S.A.; de Boer, H.J.; Concha Hernández, P.; Martes, C.R.T.; van der Meer, M.T.J.; Basu, S.; Usman, M.O.; Peterse, F. (2022). Carbon isotopic ratios of modern C3 and C4 vegetation on the Indian peninsula and changes along the plant–soil–river continuum – implications for vegetation reconstructions. Biogeosciences 19(17): 4107-4127. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-4107-2022
    Riekenberg, P.M.; van der Heide, T.; Holthuijsen, S.; van der Veer, H.W.; van der Meer, M.T.J. (2022). Compound-specific stable isotope analysis of amino acid nitrogen reveals detrital support of microphytobenthos in the Dutch Wadden Sea benthic food web. Front. Ecol. Evol. 10: 951047. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.951047
    Roohi, R.; Hoogenboom, R.; van Bommel, R.; Van der Meer, M.T.J.; Mienis, F.; Gollner, S. (2022). Influence of chemoautotrophic organic carbon on sediment and its infauna in the vicinity of the rainbow vent field. Front. Mar. Sci. 9: 732740. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.732740
    Vasiliev, I.; van der Meer, M.T.J.; Stoica, M.; Krijgsman, W.; Reichart, G.-J.; Lazarev, S.; Butiseaca, G.A.; Niedermeyer, E.M.; Aliyeva, E.; van Baak, C.G.C.; Mulch, A. (2022). Biomarkers reveal two paramount Pliocene-Pleistocene connectivity events in the Caspian Sea Basin. Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimatol. Palaeoecol. 587: 110802. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2021.110802
    Weiss, G.M.; Lattaud, J.; van der Meer, M.T.J.; Eglinton, T.I. (2022). Co-evolution of the terrestrial and aquatic ecosystem in the Holocene Baltic Sea. Clim. Past 18(2): 233-248. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/cp-18-233-2022
  • 2021
    Butiseaca, G.A.; Vasiliev, I.; Van der Meer, M.T.J.; Krijgsman, W.; Palcu, D.V.; Feurdean, A.; Niedermeyer, E.M.; Mulch, A. (2021). Severe late Miocene droughts affected western Eurasia. Global Planet. Change 206: 103644. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2021.103644
    Campana, S.; Hudspith, M.; Lankes, D.; de Kluijver, A.; Demey, C.; Schoorl, J.; Absalah, S.; van der Meer, M.T.J.; Mueller, B.; de Goeij, J.M. (2021). Processing of naturally sourced macroalgal- and coral-dissolved organic matter (DOM) by high and low microbial abundance encrusting sponges. Front. Mar. Sci. 8: 640583. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.640583
    Lattaud, J.; Balzano, S.; van der Meer, M.T.J.; Villanueva, L.; Hopmans, E.C.; Sinninghe Damsté, J.S; Schouten, S. (2021). Sources and seasonality of long-chain diols in a temperate lake (Lake Geneva). Org. Geochem. 156: 104223. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2021.104223
    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
    Riekenberg, P.M.; Briand, M.J.; Moleana, T.; Sasal, P.; van der Meer, M.T.J.; Thieltges, D.W.; Letourneur, Y. (2021). Isotopic discrimination in helminths infecting coral reef fishes depends on parasite group, habitat within host, and host stable isotope value. NPG Scientific Reports 11: 4638. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-84255-0
    Riekenberg, P.M.; Camalich, J.; Svensson, E.; IJsseldijk, L.L.; Brasseur, S.M.; Witbaard, R.; Leopold, M.F.; Rebolledo, E.B.; Middelburg, J.J.; Van der Meer, M.T.J.; Sinninghe Damsté, J.S.; Schouten, S. (2021). Reconstructing the diet, trophic level and migration pattern of mysticete whales based on baleen isotopic composition. Royal Society Open Science 8(12): 210949. https://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.210949
    Riekenberg, P.M.; Joling, T.; IJsseldijk, L.L.; Waser, A.M.; van der Meer, M.T.J.; Thieltges, D.W. (2021). Stable nitrogen isotope analysis of amino acids as a new tool to clarify complex parasite–host interactions within food webs. Oikos (Kbh.) 31(10): 1650-1664. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/oik.08450
    Suominen, S.; van Vliet, D.M.; Sánchez-Andrea, I.; van der Meer, M.T.J.; Sinninghe Damsté, J.S; Villanueva, L. (2021). Organic matter type defines the composition of active microbial communities originating from anoxic Baltic Sea sediments. Front. Microbiol. 12: 628301. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.628301
    Troina, G.; Riekenberg, P.M.; Van der Meer, M.T.J.; Botta, S.; Dehairs, F.; Secchi, E.R. (2021). Combining isotopic analysis of bulk-skin and individual amino acids to investigate the trophic position and foraging areas of multiple cetacean species in the western South Atlantic. Environ. Res. 201: 111610. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2021.111610
  • 2020
    Quirós‐Collazos, L.; Calvo, E.; Schouten, S.; Van der Meer, M.T.J.; Rodrigo-Gamiz, M.; Pena, L.D.; Cacho, I.; Pelejero, C. (2020). Controls on primary productivity in the Eastern Equatorial Pacific, east of the Galapagos islands, during the penultimate deglaciation. Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 167(5). https://doi.org/10.1029/2019PA003777
    Riekenberg, P.M.; van der Meer, M.T.J.; Schouten, S. (2020). Practical considerations for improved reliability and precision during determination of δ15N values in amino acids using a single combined oxidation-reduction reactor. Rapid Comm. Mass Spectrom. 34(14): e8797. https://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.8797
    Sánchez Barranco, V.; van der Meer, M.T.J.; Kagami, M.; Van den Wyngaert, S.; Van de Waal, D.B.; Van Donk, E.; Gsell, A.S. (2020). Trophic position, elemental ratios and nitrogen transfer in a planktonic host–parasite–consumer food chain including a fungal parasite. Oecologia 194: 541-554. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-020-04721-w
    Simon, M.H.; Ziegler, M.; Barker, S.; van der Meer, M.T.J.; Schouten, S.; Hall, I.R. (2020). A late Pleistocene dataset of Agulhas Current variability. Scientific Data 7: 385. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-020-00689-7
    Weiss, G.M.; Massalska, B.; Hennekam, R.; Reichart, G.-J.; Sinninghe Damsté, J.S; Schouten, S.; van der Meer, M.T.J. (2020). Alkenone distributions and hydrogen isotope ratios show changes in haptophyte species and source water in the Holocene Baltic Sea. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. 21(2): e2019GC008751. https://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2019gc008751
    Witkowski, C.R.; van der Meer, M.T.J.; Blais, B.; Sinninghe Damsté, J.S.; Schouten, S. (2020). Algal biomarkers as a proxy for pCO2: Constraints from late quaternary sapropels in the eastern Mediterranean. Org. Geochem. 150: 104123. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2020.104123
    Witkowski, C.R.; van der Meer, M.T.J.; Smit, N.T.; Sinninghe Damsté, J.S.; Schouten, S. (2020). Testing algal-based pCO2 proxies at a modern CO2 seep (Vulcano, Italy). NPG Scientific Reports 10(1): 10508. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-67483-8
  • 2019
    Bale, N.J.; Hennekam, R.; Hopmans, E.C.; Dorhout, D.; Reichart, G.-J.; Van der Meer, M.T.J.; Villareal, T.A.; Sinninghe Damsté, J.S; Schouten, S. (2019). Biomarker evidence for nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterial blooms in a brackish surface layer in the Nile River plume during sapropel deposition. Geology (Boulder Colo.) 47(11): 1088-1092. https://dx.doi.org/10.1130/g46682.1
    Besseling, M.A.; Hopmans, E.C.; Koenen, M.; van der Meer, M.T.J.; Vreugdenhil, S.; Schouten, S.; Sinninghe Damsté, J.S; Villanueva, L. (2019). Depth-related differences in archaeal populations impact the isoprenoid tetraether lipid composition of the Mediterranean Sea water column. Org. Geochem. 135: 16-31. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2019.06.008
    Jung, A.S.; van der Veer, H.W.; van der Meer, M.T.J.; Philippart, C.J.M. (2019). Seasonal variation in the diet of estuarine bivalves. PLoS One 14(6): e0217003. https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217003
    Lattaud, J.; Erdem, Z.; Weiss, G.M.; Rush, D.; Balzano, S.; Chivall, D.; van der Meer, M.T.J.; Hopmans, E.C.; Sinninghe Damsté, J.S; Schouten, S. (2019). Hydrogen isotopic ratios of long-chain diols reflect salinity. Org. Geochem. 137: 103904. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2019.103904
    Lattaud, J.; Lo, L.; Zeeden, C.; Liu, Y.-J.; Song, S.-R.; Van der Meer, M.T.J.; Sinninghe Damsté, J.S.; Schouten, S. (2019). A multiproxy study of past environmental changes in the Sea of Okhotsk during the last 1.5 Ma. Org. Geochem. 132: 50-61. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2019.04.003
    Rush, D.; Talbot, H.M.; Van der Meer, M.T.J.; Hopmans, E.C.; Douglas, B.; Sinninghe Damsté, J.S (2019). Biomarker evidence for the occurrence of anaerobic ammonium oxidation in the eastern Mediterranean Sea during Quaternary and Pliocene sapropel formation. Biogeosciences 16(12): 2467-2479. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-2467-2019
    Weiss, G.M.; de Bar, M.W.; Stolwijk, D.J.; Schouten, S.; Sinninghe Damsté, J.S.; van der Meer, M.T.J. (2019). Paleosensitivity of hydrogen isotope ratios of long‐chain alkenones to salinity changes at the Chile Margin. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology 34(6): 978-989. https://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2019pa003591
    Weiss, G.M.; Roepert, A.; Middelburg, J.J.; Schouten, S.; Sinninghe Damsté, J.S; van der Meer, M.T.J. (2019). Hydrogen isotope fractionation response to salinity and alkalinity in a calcifying strain of Emiliania huxleyi. Org. Geochem. 134: 62-65. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2019.06.001
    Weiss, G.M.; Schouten, S.; Sinninghe Damsté, J.S; Van der Meer, M.T.J. (2019). Constraining the application of hydrogen isotopic composition of alkenones as a salinity proxy using marine surface sediments. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 250: 34-48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2019.01.038
    Witkowski, C.R.; Agostini, S.; Harvey, B.P.; van der Meer, M.T.J.; Sinninghe Damsté, J.S.; Schouten, S. (2019). Validation of carbon isotope fractionation in algal lipids as a pCO2 proxy using a natural CO2 seep (Shikine Island, Japan). Biogeosciences 16(22): 4451-4461. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-4451-2019
  • 2018
    Heinzelmann, S.M.; Villanueva, L.; Lipsewers, Y.A.; Sinke-Schoen, D.; Sinninghe Damsté, J.S.; Schouten, S.; Van der Meer, M.T.J. (2018). Assessing the metabolism of sedimentary microbial communities using the hydrogen isotopic composition of fatty acids. Org. Geochem. 124: 123-132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2018.07.011
    Lattaud, J.; Kirkels, F.; Peterse, F.; Freymond, C.V.; Eglinton, T.I.; Hefter, J.; Mollenhauer, G.; Balzano, S.; Villanueva, L.; van der Meer, M.T.J.; Hopmans, E.C.; Sinninghe Damsté, J.S.; Schouten, S. (2018). Long-chain diols in rivers: distribution and potential biological sources. Biogeosciences 15(13): 4147-4161. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-4147-2018
    van Bree, L.G.J.; Peterse, F.; van der Meer, M.T.J.; Middelburg, J.J.; Negash, A.M.D.; De Crop, W.; Cocquyt, C.; Wieringa, J.J.; Verschuren, D.; Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. (2018). Seasonal variability in the abundance and stable carbon-isotopic composition of lipid biomarkers in suspended particulate matter from a stratified equatorial lake (Lake Chala, Kenya/Tanzania): Implications for the sedimentary record. Quat. Sci. Rev. 192: 208-224. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.05.023
  • 2017
    Kaiser, J.; van der Meer, M.T.J.; Arz, H.W. (2017). Long-chain alkenones in Baltic Sea surface sediments: New insights. Org. Geochem. 112: 93-104. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2017.07.002
    Kandiano, E.S.; van der Meer, M.T.J.; Schouten, S.; Fahl, K.; Sinninghe Damsté, J.S.; Bauch, H.A. (2017). Response of the North Atlantic surface and intermediate ocean structure to climate warming of MIS 11. NPG Scientific Reports 7: 46192. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep46192
    Randlett, M.-E.; Bechtel, A.; van der Meer, M.T.J.; Peterse, F; Litt, T.; Pickarski, N.; Kwiecien, O.; Stockhecke, M.; Wehrli, B.; Schubert, C.J. (2017). Biomarkers in Lake Van sediments reveal dry conditions in eastern Anatolia during 110.000-10.000 years B.P. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. 18(2): 571-583. dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016gc006621
    Weiss, G.M.; Pfannerstill, E.Y.; Schouten, S.; Sinninghe Damsté, J.S.; van der Meer, M.T.J. (2017). Effects of alkalinity and salinity at low and high light intensity on hydrogen isotope fractionation of long-chain alkenones produced by Emiliania huxleyi. Biogeosciences 14(24): 5693-5704. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-5693-2017
  • 2016
    Heinzelmann, S.M.; Bale, N.J.; Villanueva, L.; Sinke-Schoen, D.; Philippart, C.J.M.; Sinninghe Damsté, J.S.; Schouten, S.; Van der Meer, M.T.J. (2016). Seasonal changes in the D  /  H ratio of fatty acids of pelagic microorganisms in the coastal North Sea. Biogeosciences 13: 5527-5539. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-5527-2016
    Kandiano, E.S.; Van der Meer, M.T.J.; Bauch, H.A.; Helmke, J.; Sinninghe Damsté, J.S.; Schouten, S. (2016). A cold and fresh ocean surface in the Nordic Seas during MIS 11: Significance for the future ocean. Geophys. Res. Lett. 43(20): 10,929–10,937. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016GL070294
    Nieto-Moreno, V.; Rohrmann, A.; van der Meer, M.T.J.; Sinninghe Damsté, J.S.; Sachse, D.; Tofelde, S.; Niedermeyer, E.M.; Strecker, M.R.; Mulch, A. (2016). Elevation-dependent changes in n-alkane δD and soil GDGTs across the South Central Andes. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 453: 234–242. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2016.07.049
    van der Meer, M.T.J. (2016). Cruise report 64PE406, NESSC East Med, Limassol-Istanbul, January 12th-January 28th.. NIOZ: Texel. 60 pp.
    van der Meer, M.T.J. (2016). Cruise report 64PE408, NESSC Black Sea, Istanbul-Istanbul, January 28th-February 5th. NIOZ: Texel. 68 pp.
    van der Meer, M.T.J. (2016). Cruise report 64PE410, NIOZ Baltic 2016, Texel-Nynäshamn (Sweden), May 16th- May 28th. NIOZ: Texel. 119 pp.
    Warden, L.; Van der Meer, M.T.J.; Moros, M.; Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. (2016). Sedimentary alkenone distributions reflect salinity changes in the Baltic Sea over the Holocene. Org. Geochem. 102: 30–44. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2016.09.007
  • 2015
    Heinzelmann, S.M.; Chivall, D.; M'boule, D.; Sinke-Schoen, D.; Villanueva, L.; Sinninghe Damsté, J.S.; Schouten, S.; van der Meer, M.T.J. (2015). Comparison of the effect of salinity on the D/H ratio of fatty acids of heterotrophic and photoautotrophic microorganisms. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 362(10). dx.doi.org/10.1093/femsle/fnv065
    Heinzelmann, S.M.; Villanueva, L. ; Sinke-Schoen, D.; Sinninghe Damsté, J.S.; Schouten, S.; Van der Meer, M.T.J. (2015). Impact of metabolism and growth phase on the hydrogen isotopic composition of microbial fatty acids. Front. Microbiol. 6: 408. dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2015.00408
    Kasper, S.; van der Meer, M.T.J.; Castañeda, I.S; Tjallingii, R.; Brummer, G.J.A.; Sinninghe Damsté, J.S.; Schouten, S. (2015). Testing the alkenone D/H ratio as a paleo indicator of sea surface salinity in a coastal ocean margin (Mozambique Channel). Org. Geochem. 78: 62-68. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2014.10.011
    Petrick, B.F.; McClymont, E.L.; Marret, F.; van der Meer, M.T.J. (2015). Changing surface water conditions for the last 500ka in the Southeast Atlantic: Implications for variable influences of Agulhas leakage and Benguela upwelling. Paleoceanography 30(9): 1153–1167. dx.doi.org/10.1002/2015PA002787
    Simon, M.H.; Gong, X.; Hall, I.R.; Ziegler, M.; Barker, S.; Knorr, G.; van der Meer, M.T.J.; Kasper, S.; Schouten, S. (2015). Salt exchange in the Indian-Atlantic Ocean Gateway since the Last Glacial Maximum: A compensating effect between Agulhas Current changes and salinity variations? Paleoceanography 30(10): 1318–1327. dx.doi.org/10.1002/2015PA002842
    van der Meer, M.T.J.; Benthien, A.; French, K.L.; Epping, E.; Zondervan, I.; Reichart, G.J.; Bijma, J.; Sinninghe Damsté, J.S.; Schouten, S. (2015). Large effect of irradiance on hydrogen isotope fractionation of alkenones in Emiliania huxleyi. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 160: 16-24. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2015.03.024
  • 2014
    Chivall, D.; M'Boule, D.; Sinke-Schoen, D.; Sinninghe Damsté, J.S.; Schouten, S.; van der Meer, M.T.J. (2014). Impact of salinity and growth phase on alkenone distributions in coastal haptophytes. Org. Geochem. 67: 31-34. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2013.12.002
    Chivall, D.; M'Boule, D.; Sinke-Schoen, D.; Sinninghe Damsté, J.S.; Schouten, S.; van der Meer, M.T.J. (2014). The effects of growth phase and salinity on the hydrogen isotopic composition of alkenones produced by coastal haptophyte algae. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 140: 381–390. hdl.handle.net/10.1016/j.gca.2014.05.043
    Heinzelmann, S.M.; Bale, N.J.; Hopmans, E.C.; Sinninghe Damsté, J.S.; Schouten, S.; van der Meer, M.T.J. (2014). Critical Assessment of Glyco- and Phospholipid Separation by Using Silica Chromatography. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 80(1): 360-365. dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.02817-13
    Kasper, S.; van der Meer, M.T.J.; Mets, A.; Zahn, R.; Sinninghe Damsté, J.S.; Schouten, S. (2014). Salinity changes in the Agulhas leakage area recorded by stable hydrogen isotopes of C37 alkenones during Termination I and II. Clim. Past 10(1): 251-260. dx.doi.org/10.5194/cp-10-251-2014
    M'boule, D.; Chivall, D.; Sinke-Schoen, D.; Sinninghe Damsté, J.S.; Schouten, S.; van der Meer, M.T.J. (2014). Salinity dependent hydrogen isotope fractionation in alkenones produced by coastal and open ocean haptophyte algae. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 130: 126-135. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2014.01.029
    Schouten, S.; Villanueva, L.; Hopmans, E.C.; van der Meer, M.T.J.; Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. (2014). Are Marine Group II Euryarchaeota significant contributors to tetraether lipids in the ocean? Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 111(41): e4285. dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1416176111
  • 2013
    Bauersachs, T.; Miller, S.R.; van der Meer, M.T.J.; Hopmans, E.C.; Schouten, S.; Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. (2013). Distribution of long chain heterocyst glycolipids in cultures of the thermophilic cyanobacterium Mastigocladus laminosus and a hot spring microbial mat. Org. Geochem. 56: 19-24. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2012.11.013
    Gibson, R.A.; van der Meer, M.T.J.; Hopmans, E.C.; Reysenbach, A.-L.; Schouten, S.; Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. (2013). Comparison of intact polar lipid with microbial community composition of vent deposits of the Rainbow and Lucky Strike hydrothermal fields. Geobiol. 11(1): 72-85. dx.doi.org/10.1111/gbi.12017
    Hamilton-Brehm, S.D.; Gibson, R.A.; Green, S.J.; Hopmans, E.C.; Schouten, S.; van der Meer, M.T.J.; Shields, J.P.; Sinninghe Damsté, J.S.; Elkins, J.G. (2013). Thermodesulfobacterium geofontis sp nov., a hyperthermophilic, sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from Obsidian Pool, Yellowstone National Park. Extremophiles 17(2): 251-263. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00792-013-0512-1
    van der Meer, M.T.J.; Benthien, A.; Bijma, J.; Schouten, S.; Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. (2013). Alkenone distribution impacts the hydrogen isotopic composition of the C37:2 and C37:3 alkan-2-ones in Emiliania huxleyi. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 111: 162-166. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2012.10.041
  • 2012
    Sachse, D.; Billault, I.; Bowen, G.J.; Chikaraishi, Y.; Dawson, T.E.; Feakins, S.J.; Freeman, Katherine; Magill, C.R.; McInerney, F.A.; van der Meer, M.T.J.; Polissar, P.; Robins, R.J.; Sachs, J.P.; Schmidt, H.L.; Sessions, A.L.; White, J.W.C.; West, J.B.; Kahmen, A. (2012). Molecular Paleohydrology: Interpreting the Hydrogen- Isotopic Composition of Lipid Biomarkers from Photosynthesizing Organisms. Annu. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci. 40: 221-249. dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev-earth-042711-105535
  • 2011
    Trommer, G.; Siccha, M.; Rohling, E.J.; Grant, K.; van der Meer, M.T.J.; Schouten, S.; Baranowski, U.; Kucera, M. (2011). Sensitivity of Red Sea circulation to sea level and insolation forcing during the last interglacial. Clim. Past 7(3): 941-955. dx.doi.org/10.5194/cp-7-941-2011

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