Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
Phone number
+31 (0)222 36 9386
Location
Texel
Department
Ocean Systems (OCS)
Function
Senior Research Assistant
Expertise
  • Development of analytical methods for geological applications
  • Elemental/calcium ratios in forams and corals to reconstruct climate changes
  • Anthropogenic and natural radionuclides for dating of sediments
  • Particle characterization
  • LASER ABLATION-Q-ICPMS, SF-ICPMS, LASER DIFFRACTION, SEM, ALPHA&GAMMA SPEC

Wim Boer

Senior Research Assistant

NIOZ publications

  • 2023
    de Winter, N.J.; van Sikkeleras, S.; Goudsmit-Harzevoort, B.; Boer, W.; de Nooijer, L.; Reichart, G.-J.; Claeys, P.; Witbaard, R. (2023). Tracing timing of growth in cultured molluscs using strontium spiking. Front. Mar. Sci. 10: 1157929. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1157929
    Mojtahid, M.; Depuydt, P.; Mouret, A.; Le Houedec, S.; Fiorini, S.; Chollet, S.; Massol, F.; Dohou, F.; Filipsson, H.L.; Boer, W.; Reichart, G.-J.; Barras, C. (2023). Assessing the impact of different carbonate system parameters on benthic foraminifera from controlled growth experiments. Chem. Geol. 623: 121396. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2023.121396
  • 2022
    Boer, W.; Nordstad, S.; Weber, M.; Mertz-Kraus, R.; Hönisch, B.; Bijma, J.; Raitzsch, M.; Wilhelms-Dick, D.; Foster, G.L.; Goring-Harford, H.; Nürnberg, D.; Hauff, F.; Kuhnert, H.; Lugli, F.; Spero, H.; Rosner, M.; van Gaever, P.; de Nooijer, L.J.; Reichart, G.-J. (2022). New calcium carbonate nano‐particulate pressed powder pellet (NFHS‐2‐NP) for LA‐ICP‐OES, LA‐(MC)‐ICP‐MS and µXRF. Geostand. Geoanal. Res. 46(3): 411-432. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ggr.12425
  • 2019
    Mojtahid, M.; Hennekam, R.; de Nooijer, L.J.; Reichart, G.-J.; Jorissen, F.; Boer, W.; Le Houedec, S.; de Lange, G.J. (2019). Evaluation and application of foraminiferal element/calcium ratios: Assessing riverine fluxes and environmental conditions during sapropel S1 in the Southeastern Mediterranean. Mar. Micropaleontol. 153: 101783. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marmicro.2019.101783
  • 2017
    van Dijk, I.; de Nooijer, L.J.; Boer, W.; Reichart, G.-J. (2017). Sulfur in foraminiferal calcite as a potential proxy for seawater carbonate ion concentration. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 470: 64-72. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2017.04.031
  • 2016
    Mezger, E.M.; de Nooijer, L.J.; Boer, W.; Brummer, G.-J.A.; Reichart, G.-J. (2016). Salinity controls on Na incorporation in Red Sea planktonic foraminifera. Paleoceanography 31(12): 1562–1582. dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016PA003052
  • 2015
    Coughlan, M.; Wheeler, A.J.; Dorschel, B.; Lordan, C.; Boer, W.; van Gaever, P.; de Haas, H.; Mörz, T. (2015). Record of anthropogenic impact on the Western Irish Sea mud belt. Anthropocene 9: 56-69. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ancene.2015.06.001
  • 2014
    Goudeau, M.-L.S.; Grauel, A.-L.; Tessarolo, C.; Leider, A.; Chen, L.; Bernasconi, S.M.; Versteegh, G.J.M.; Zonneveld, K.A.F.; Boer, W.; Alonso-Hernandez, C.M.; De Lange, G.J. (2014). The Glacial-Interglacial transition and Holocene environmental changes in sediments from the Gulf of Taranto, central Mediterranean. Mar. Geol. 348: 88-102. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2013.12.003
  • 2013
    Hathorne, E.C.; Gagnon, A.; Felis, T.; Adkins, J.; Asami, R.; Boer, W.; Caillon, N.; Case, D.; Cobb, K.M.; Douville, E.; deMenocal, P.; Eisenhauer, A.; Garbe-Schönberg, D.; Geibert, W.; Goldstein, S.; Hughen, K.; Inoue, M.; Hodaka, K.; Kölling, M.; Le Cornec, F.; Linsley, B.K.; McGregor, H.V.; Montagna, P.; Nurhati, I.S.; Quinn, T.R.; Raddatz, J.; Rebaubier, H.; Robinson, L.F.; Sadekov, A.; Sherrell, R.; Sinclair, D.; Tudhope, A.W.; Wei, G.; Wong, H.; Wu, H.C.; You, C.-F. (2013). Interlaboratory study for coral Sr/Ca and other element/Ca ratio measurements. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. 14(9). hdl.handle.net/10.1002/ggge.20230
    Mil-Holmens, M.; Blum, J.; Canário, J.; Caetano, M.; Costa, A.M.; Lebreiro, S.M.; Trancoso, M.; Richter, T.O.; de Stigter, H.; Johnson, M.; Branco, V.; Cesário, R.; Mouro, F.; Mateus, M.; Boer, W.; Melo, Z. (2013). Tracing anthropogenic Hg and Pb input using stable Hg and Pb isotope ratios in sediments of the central Portuguese Margin. Chem. Geol. 336: 62-71. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.02.018
  • 2012
    Fallet, U.; Castañeda, I.S; Henry-Edwards, A; Richter, T.O.; Boer, W.; Schouten, S.; Brummer, G.J. (2012). Sedimentation and burial of organic and inorganic temperature proxies in the Mozambique Channel, SW Indian Ocean. Deep-Sea Res., Part 1, Oceanogr. Res. Pap. 59: 37-53. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2011.10.002
    Grove, C.A.; Zinke, J.; Scheufen, T.; Maina, J.; Epping, E.; Boer, W.; Randriamanantsoa, B.; Brummer, G.-J.A. (2012). Spatial linkages between coral proxies of terrestrial runoff across a large embayment in Madagascar. Biogeosciences 9(8): 3063-3081. dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-9-3063-2012
  • 2011
    Costa, A.M.; Mil-Homens, M.; Lebreiro, S.M.; Richter, T.O.; de Stigter, H.; Boer, W.; Trancoso, M.A.; Melo, Z.; Mouro, F.; Mateus, M.; Canário, J.; Branco, V.; Caetano, M. (2011). Origin and transport of trace metals deposited in the canyons off Lisboa and adjacent slopes (Portuguese Margin) in the last century. Mar. Geol. 282(3-4): 169-177. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2011.02.007
    de Stigter, H.C.; Jesus, C.C.; Boer, W.; Richter, T.O.; Costa, A.; van Weering, T.C.E. (2011). Recent sediment transport and deposition in the Lisbon-Setúbal and Cascais submarine canyons, Portuguese continental margin. Deep-Sea Res., Part II, Top. Stud. Oceanogr. 58(23-24): 2321-2344. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2011.04.001
    Jilbert, T.; Slomp, C.P.; Gustafsson, B.G.; Boer, W. (2011). Beyond the Fe-P-redox connection: preferential regeneration of phosphorus from organic matter as a key control on Baltic Sea nutriënt cycles. Biogeosciences 8(6): 1699-1720. dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-8-1699-2011
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