Dr. Ir. Dick van Oevelen
Unravelling the marine food web
The central theme in my work as marine ecologist is the marine food web, which I study in various places, ranging from estuaries (e.g. Dutch Delta), coastal seas (e.g. North Sea and Caribbean Sea), fjords (e.g. Greenland and Antarctica) and open ocean (e.g. Atlantic and Pacific seafloor).
The food web is a relatively simple concept: organisms in the marine environment are linked by interactions that represent the transfer of energy and nutrients. Because of the high biodiversity in the marine ecosystem, the complexity of food webs is however staggering and deciphering these interactions is a challenging task. For example, we can never measure all interactions at the same time, and we also discover new interactions meaning that we have to add linkages to the food web. In my research I use a range of techniques to understand marine food webs, such as stable isotopes at natural abundance and tracer level, compound-specific analysis (carbohydrates, fatty acids and amino acids) and food web modelling (e.g. linear inverse modelling) and data assimilation. A link to several food web modelling and data science tools can be found here.
Many food web studies were done in international collaborations in EU-projects (e.g. HERMES, HERMIONE and CoralFISH) and in the deep-sea mining projects MIDAS and "Ecological aspects of deep-sea mining" (JPI-Oceans). Another topic I worked on was the functioning of warm- and cold-water coral reefs, which is primarily focussed on the mechanisms that allow these hotspot ecosystems to flourish, including the interaction of hydrodynamics and organic matter transport.
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More recently, we also started working on the food web in the water column. For decades, zooplankton has been captured from different depths by pulling a fine net through the water. However, this method has many limitations: by definition, you acquire a collection of organisms from different locations and depths, and these organisms are pulled from the water in a “knocked out” state. We can avoid these problems with a brand-new imaging system (see image above). With the help of a camera that photographs the organisms of 500 micrometres to 2 centimetres in size several times per second, we can gain an accurate image to the nearest centimetre of which organisms live at a certain depth and how their occurrence relates to environmental conditions. Eventually, we want to have computers automatically classifying these images and save an enormous amount of manpower behind the microscope. Furthermore, with this technique, we can see the organisms “in action” in their natural environment. I expect that, in the coming years, this imaging system will enable us to add a new dimension to analysing the marine food web. A dimension we could never have investigated using the old methods and mere manpower. Anna van der Kaaden made a very nice video on this work which you can find here.
Media
Below a few links to items that have made it to the media on my work:
- Podcast "De experts die planktonsoorten op een haartje verschil herkennen" on BNR
- Online aticle "Macro lens" on the site of NWO
- Podcast "Flitsende camera brengt plankton beter in beeld dan ooit" on BNR
- Online article "Oorkwallen overspoelen Veerse Meer" on RTL
- Item "De ecologische impact van windmolens op zee" on Klimaatweb
- Podcast "Hoe kan koraal leven op plekken waar bijna geen eten is?" on NPO Radio 1
- Launch of the ATLAS project featured on the BBC
- Documentary on the sponge loop by the VPRO
- Item "Koudwaterkoralen vormen een luilekkerland" in radio show Vroege Vogels
- Item "Knollen in de diepzee" in radio show Vroege Vogels
- Item "Mijnbouw onder water funest voor zeeleven" in het Reformatorisch Dagblad
It was supercool to see that research by Jasper de Goeij (University of Amsterdam) and myself made it into a VWO school exam!
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Wednesday 05 February 2025
1.4 million euros for Dutch research into impact of deep-sea mining
The Dutch contributing partners of the international MiningImpact3 consortium have been awarded 1.4 million euros, to study the long-term ecological impacts of deep-sea mining, as well as the legal and technological aspects of it. The Dutch…
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…
Friday 07 July 2023
Dossier: deep sea
Two-thirds of the earth's surface consists of oceans and seas. The deep-sea is the largest biome on earth, making up 90% of the ocean’s volume. Below 200 meters depth it is dark, as hardly any sunlight can penetrate, the pressure increases and food…
Friday 10 March 2023
Strong currents supply food towards deep-sea reefs
Marine biologist Evert de Froe discovered how cold-water corals and sponges can make thriving reefs in the deep, dark and cold sea: ocean currents ensure the supply of sufficient food to the ocean floor. Using a simulation model, De Froe can now…
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 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 29 January 2021
Cold-water coral reefs: Oases in a world without sun
The deep sea, a vast area beneath 200 meters of water depth. Hidden from the eye, its seafloor harbours one of the most biodiverse ecosystems on our planet. For food, most life here relies on organic material that is produced at the ocean surface.…
Thursday 01 October 2020
Unravelling the ecosystem effects of bottom trawling in the North Sea
The ban on pulse fishing that will be implemented from 1 July 2021, didn’t stop a young scientists’ research on the impact of the much-debated technique versus beam trawling. On Friday, 2 October, Justin Tiano (NIOZ and Ghent University) defends his…
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…
Sunday 07 May 2017
NIOZ@Sea: Rockall Bank Expedition
Surviving in a Deep-Sea Desert – Uncovering the Functioning of Cold-Water Coral Reefs in the Deep Ocean
NIOZ publications
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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.2024.1359597de Froe, E.; Yashayaev, I.; Mohn, C.; Vad, J.; Mienis, F.; Duineveld, G.; Kenchington, E.; Head, E.; Ross, S.W.; Blackbird, S.; Wolff, G.A.; Roberts, J.M.; MacDonald, B.; Tulloch, G.; van Oevelen, D. (2024). Characterizing regional oceanography and bottom environmental conditions at two contrasting sponge grounds on the northern Labrador Shelf. Biogeosciences 21(23): 5407-5433. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-21-5407-2024Pint, S.; Stevens, M.; Musimwa, R.; Standaert, W.; De Troch, M.; van Oevelen, D.; Heymans, J.J.; Everaert, G. (2024). A food web model of the Southern Bight of the North Sea. Ocean Coast. Manag. 255: 107256. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2024.107256Stuart-Lee, A.E.; Møller, E.F.; Winding, M.H.S.; van Oevelen, D.; Hendry, K.R.; Meire, L. (2024). Contrasting copepod community composition in two Greenland fjords with different glacier types. J. Plankton Res. 46(6): 619-632. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbae060
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2023
Cecchetto, M.M.; Moser, A.; Smith, C.R.; van Oevelen, D.; Sweetman, A.K. (2023). Abyssal seafloor response to fresh phytodetrital input in three areas of particular environmental interest (APEIs) in the western clarion-clipperton zone (CCZ). Deep-Sea Res., Part 1, Oceanogr. Res. Pap. 195: 103970. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2023.103970Horn, 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.2023.102357Maier, S.R.; Brooke, S.; De Clippele, L.H.; de Froe, E.; van der Kaaden, A.-S.; Kutti, T.; Mienis, F.; van Oevelen, D. (2023). On the paradox of thriving cold‐water coral reefs in the food‐limited deep sea. Biol. Rev. 98(5): 1768-1795. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/brv.12976Mohn, 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.2023.103031Rios-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.2023.108227Rios-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.2022.104904Stratmann, T.; van Breugel, P.; Sweetman, A.K.; Van Oevelen, D. (2023). Deconvolving feeding niches and strategies of abyssal holothurians from their stable isotope, amino acid, and fatty acid composition. Mar. Biodiv. 53(6). https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12526-023-01389-2van 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/ecs2.4654van Hoytema, N.; de Goeij, J.M.; Kornder, N.A.; El-Khaled, Y.; van Oevelen, D.; Rix, L.; Cardini, U.; Bednarz, V.N.; Naumann, M.S.; Al-Horani, F.A.; Wild, C. (2023). A carbon cycling model shows strong control of seasonality and importance of sponges on the functioning of a northern Red Sea coral reef. Coral Reefs 42: 367-381. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00338-022-02339-3
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2022
Baussant, T.; Arnberg, M.; Lyng, E.; Ramanand, S.; Bamber, S.; Berry, M.; Myrnes Hansen, I.; van Oevelen, D.; van Breugel, P. (2022). Identification of tolerance levels on the cold-water coral Desmophyllum pertusum (Lophelia pertusa) from realistic exposure conditions to suspended bentonite, barite and drill cutting particles. PLoS One 17(2): e0263061. https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0263061de 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.2022.103854Jak, R.G.; van Walraven, L.; van Oevelen, D. (2022). Voorstel voor monitoring van zoöplankton in de Noordzee.Monitoringplan zoöplankton MONS ID14. Wageningen Marine Research Report, C014/22. Wageningen Marine Research: Den Helder. 54 pp. https://doi.org/10.18174/566824Russell, D.G.; Kessler, A.J.; Wong, W.W.; van Oevelen, D.; Cook, P.L.M. (2022). Constraining nitrogen sources to a seagrass-dominated coastal embayment by using an isotope mass balance approach. Mar. Freshw. Res. 73(5): 703-709. https://dx.doi.org/10.1071/mf21320van 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.
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2021
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.2020.596251Maier, 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.2021.103574Rakka, M.; Maier, S.R.; Van Oevelen, D.; Godinho, A.; Bilan, M.; Orejas, C.; Carreiro-Silva, M. (2021). Contrasting metabolic strategies of two co-occurring deep-sea octocorals. NPG Scientific Reports 11(1): 10633. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1038/s41598-021-90134-5Stratmann, 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/s41598-021-91703-4Tiano, 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.2021.151628van 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.2021.103641Vonnahme, T.R.; Leroy, M.; Thoms, S.; van Oevelen, D.; Harvey, H.R.; Kristiansen, S.; Gradinger, R.; Dietrich, U.; Völker, C. (2021). Modeling silicate–nitrate–ammonium co-limitation of algal growth and the importance of bacterial remineralization based on an experimental Arctic coastal spring bloom culture study. Biogeosciences 18(5): 1719-1747. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-1719-2021
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2020
Daggers, T.D.; van Oevelen, D.; Herman, P.M.J.; Boschker, H.T.S.; van der Wal, D. (2020). Spatial variability in macrofaunal diet composition and grazing pressure on microphytobenthos in intertidal areas. Limnol. Oceanogr. 65(11): 2819-2834. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lno.11554de 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.2020.102446Kazanidis, G.; Orejas, C.; Borja, A.; Kenchington, E.; Henry, L.-A.; Callery, O.; Carreiro-Silva, M.; Egilsdottir, H.; Giacomello, E.; Grehan, A.; Menot, L.; Morato, T.; Ragnarsson, S.A.; Rueda, J.L.; Stirling, D.; Stratmann, T.; van Oevelen, D.; Palialexis, A.; Johnson, D.; Roberts, J.M. (2020). Assessing the environmental status of selected North Atlantic deep-sea ecosystems. Ecol. Indic. 119: 106624. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106624Maier, S.R.; Bannister, R.J.; van Oevelen, D.; Kutti, T. (2020). Seasonal controls on the diet, metabolic activity, tissue reserves and growth of the cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa. Coral Reefs 39: 173-187. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00338-019-01886-6Maier, S.R.; Kutti, T.; Bannister, R.J.; Fang, J.K.-H.; van Breugel, P.; van Rijswijk, P.; van Oevelen, D. (2020). Recycling pathways in cold-water coral reefs: Use of dissolved organic matter and bacteria by key suspension feeding taxa. NPG Scientific Reports 10(1): 13 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-66463-2Morato, T.; González‐Irusta, J.-M.; Dominguez‐Carrió, C.; Wei, C.-L.; Davies, A.; Sweetman, A.K.; Taranto, G.H.; Beazley, L.; García‐Alegre, A.; Grehan, A.; Laffargue, P.; Murillo, F.J.; Sacau, M.; Vaz, S.; Kenchington, E.; Arnaud‐Haond, S.; Callery, O.; Chimienti, G.; Cordes, E.; Egilsdottir, H.; Freiwald, A.; Gasbarro, R.; Gutiérrez‐Zárate, C.; Gianni, M.; Gilkinson, K.; Wareham Hayes, V.E.; Hebbeln, D.; Hedges, K.; Henry, L.‐A.; Johnson, D.; Koen‐Alonso, M.; Lirette, C.; Mastrototaro, F.; Menot, L.; Molodtsova, T.; Durán Muñoz, P.; Orejas, C.; Pennino, M.G.; Puerta, P.; Ragnarsson, S.Á.; Ramiro‐Sánchez, B.; Rice, J.; Rivera, J.; Roberts, J.M.; Ross, S.W.; Rueda, J.L.; Sampaio, Í.; Snelgrove, P.; Stirling, D.; Treble, M.A.; Urra, J.; Vad, J.; van Oevelen, D.; Watling, L.; Walkusz, W.; Wienberg, C.; Woillez, M.; Levin, L.A.; Carreiro‐Silva, M. (2020). Climate‐induced changes in the suitable habitat of cold‐water corals and commercially important deep‐sea fishes in the North Atlantic. Glob. Chang. Biol. 26(4): 2181-2202. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14996Rakka, M.; Orejas, C.; Maier, S.R.; van Oevelen, D.; Godinho, A.; Bilan, M.; Carreiro-Silva, M. (2020). Feeding biology of a habitat-forming antipatharian in the Azores Archipelago. Coral Reefs 39(5): 1469-1482. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-020-01980-0Rix, L.; Ribes, M.; Coma, R.; Jahn, M.T.; de Goeij, J.M.; van Oevelen, D.; Escrig; Meibom, A.; Hentschel, U. (2020). Heterotrophy in the earliest gut: a single-cell view of heterotrophic carbon and nitrogen assimilation in sponge-microbe symbioses. ISME J. 14(10): 2554-2567. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41396-020-0706-3Schulz, 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.2020.103456Stratmann, 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/s41597-020-0551-2van 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.2020.00631van Duyl, F.C.; Lengger, S.K.; Schouten, S.; Lundälv, T.; van Oevelen, D.; Müller, C.E. (2020). Dark CO2 fixation into phospholipid-derived fatty acids by the cold-water coral associated sponge Hymedesmia (Stylopus) coriacea (Tisler Reef, NE Skagerrak). Mar. Biol. Res. 16(1): 1-17. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2019.1704019
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2019
Bart, M.C.; de Vet, S.J.; de Bakker, D.M.; Alexander, B.E.; Van Oevelen, D.; van Loon, E.E.; van Loon, J.W.A.; de Goeij, J.M. (2019). Spiculous skeleton formation in the freshwater sponge Ephydatia fluviatilis under hypergravity conditions. PeerJ 6: 6055. https://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6055de Froe; Rovelli; Glud, R.N.; Maier, S.R.; Duineveld, G.; Mienis, F.; Lavaleye, M.; van Oevelen, D. (2019). Benthic oxygen and nitrogen exchange on a cold-water coral reef in the North-East Atlantic Ocean. Front. Mar. Sci. 6. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00665Johnson, D.E.; Barrio Froján, C.; Neat, F.; van Oevelen, D.; Stirling, D.; Gubbins, M.J.; Roberts, J.M. (2019). Rockall and Hatton: Resolving a super wicked marine governance problem in the High Seas of the northeast Atlantic Ocean. Front. Mar. Sci. 6: 69. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00069Maier, S.R.; Kutti, T.; Bannister, R.J.; van Breugel, P.; van Rijswijk, P.; van Oevelen, D. (2019). Survival under conditions of variable food availability: Resource utilization and storage in the cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa. Limnol. Oceanogr. 64(4): 1651-1671. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lno.11142Mienis, F.; Bouma, T.J.; Witbaard, R.; van Oevelen, D.; Duineveld, G.C.A. (2019). Experimental assessment of the effects of coldwater coral patches on water flow. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 609: 101-117. https://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps12815Orejas, C.; Taviani, M.; Ambroso, S.; Andreou, V.; Bilan, M.; Bo, M.; Brooke, S.; Buhl-Mortensen, P.; Cordes, E.; Dominguez-Carrió, C.; Ferrier-Pagès, C.; Godinho, A.; Gori, A.; Grinyó, J.; Gutiérrez-Zárate, C.; Hennige, S.; Jiménez, C.; Larsson, A.I.; Lartaud, F.; Lunden, J.; Maier, C.; Maier, S.R.; Movilla, J.; Murray, F.; Peru, E.; Purser, A.; Rakka, M.; Reynaud, S.; Roberts, J.M.; Siles, P.; Strömberg, S.M.; Thomsen, L.; van Oevelen, D.; Veiga, A.; Carreiro-Silva, M. (2019). 38 Cold-Water Coral in Aquaria: Advances and Challenges. A Focus on the Mediterranean, in: Orejas, C. et al. Mediterranean cold-water corals: Past, present and future. Understanding the deep-sea realms of coral. Coral Reefs of the World, 9: pp. 435-471. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91608-8_38Schratzberger, M.; Holterman; van Oevelen, D.; Helder, J. (2019). A worm's world: Ecological flexibility pays off for free-living nematodes in sediments and soils. BioScience 69(11): 867-876. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biz086Stratmann, 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/s41597-019-0259-3Sweetman, A.K.; Smith, C.R.; Shulse, C.N.; Maillot, B.; Lindh, M.; Church, M.J.; Meyer, K.S.; van Oevelen, D.; Stratmann, T.; Gooday, A.J. (2019). Key role of bacteria in the short-term cycling of carbon at the abyssal seafloor in a low particulate organic carbon flux region of the eastern Pacific Ocean. Limnol. Oceanogr. 64(2): 694-713. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lno.11069Tiano, 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/fsz060van Engeland, T.; Godø, O.R.; Johnsen, E.; Duineveld, G.C.A.; van Oevelen, D. (2019). Cabled ocean observatory data reveal food supply mechanisms to a cold-water coral reef. Prog. Oceanogr. 172: 51-64. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2019.01.007
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2018
Brown, A.; Hauton, C.; Stratmann, T.; Sweetman, A.; Van Oevelen, D.; Jones, D.O.B. (2018). Metabolic rates are significantly lower in abyssal Holothuroidea than in shallow-water Holothuroidea. Royal Society Open Science 5: 172162. https://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.172162Husson, 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.2018.03.007Kazanidis, G.; Van Oevelen, D.; Veuger, B.; Witte, U.F.M. (2018). Unravelling the versatile feeding and metabolic strategies of the cold-water ecosystem engineer Spongosorites coralliophaga (Stephens, 1915). Deep-Sea Res., Part 1, Oceanogr. Res. Pap. 141: 71-82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2018.07.009Rix, L.; de Goeij, J.M.; Van Oevelen, D.; Struck, U.; Al-Horani, F.A.; Wild, C.; Naumann, M.S. (2018). Reef sponges facilitate the transfer of coral-derived organic matter to their associated fauna via the sponge loop. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 589: 85-96. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12443Stratmann, T.; Lins, L.; Purser, A.; Rodrigues, C.F.; Ravara, A.; Cunha, M.R.; Simon-Lledó, E.; Jones, D.O.B.; Sweetman, A.K.; Köser, K.; Van Oevelen, D. (2018). Abyssal plain faunal carbon flows remain depressed 26 years after a simulated deep-sea mining disturbance. Biogeosciences 15(13): 4131-4145. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-4131-2018Stratmann, T.; Mevenkamp, L.; Sweetman, A.K.; Vanreusel, A.; van Oevelen, D. (2018). Has phytodetritus processing by an abyssal soft-sediment community recovered 26 years after an experimental disturbance? Front. Mar. Sci. 5: 59. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2018.00059Stratmann, T.; Voorsmit, I.; Gebruk, A.; Brown, A.; Purser, A.; Marcon, Y.; Sweetman, A.K.; Jones, D.O.B.; Van Oevelen, D. (2018). Recovery of Holothuroidea population density, community composition, and respiration activity after a deep-sea disturbance experiment. Limnol. Oceanogr. 63(5): 2140-2153. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.10929van 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/10.1080/17451000.2017.1398404Van Oevelen, D.; Mueller, C.E.; Lundälv, T.; van Duyl, F.C.; de Goeij, J.M.; Middelburg, J.J. (2018). Niche overlap between a cold-water coral and an associated sponge for isotopically-enriched particulate food sources. PLoS One 13(3): e0194659. https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0194659
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2017
Bell, J.B.; Woulds, C.; van Oevelen, D. (2017). Hydrothermal activity, functional diversity and chemoautotrophy are major drivers of seafloor carbon cycling. NPG Scientific Reports 7(1): 12025. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-12291-wDurden, J.M.; Ruhl, H.A.; Pebody, C.; Blackbird, S.J.; Van Oevelen, D. (2017). Differences in the carbon flows in the benthic food webs of abyssal hill and plain habitats. Limnol. Oceanogr. 62(4): 1771-1782. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lno.10532Gollner, S.; Kaiser, S.; Menzel, L.; Jones, D.O.B.; Brown, A.; Mestre, N.C.; Van Oevelen, D.; Menot, L.; Colaço, A.; Canals, M.; Cuvelier, D.; Durden, J.M.; Gebruk, A.; Egho, G.A.; Haeckel, M.; Marcon, Y.; Mevenkamp, L.; Morato, T.; Pham, C.K.; Purser, A.; Sanchez-Vidal, A.; Vanreusel, A.; Vink, A.; Martinez Arbizu, P. (2017). Resilience of benthic deep-sea fauna to mining activities. Mar. Environ. Res. 129: 76-101. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2017.04.010Hossain, M.; Stewart, T.J.; Arhonditsis, G.B.; Van Oevelen, D.; Minns, C.K.; Koops, M.A. (2017). Uncertainty assessment of trophic flows in Hamilton Harbour : A linear inverse modellinganalysis. Aquat. Ecosyst. Health Manag. 20(3): 265-277. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14634988.2017.1342517Maugendre, 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.2015.12.018Mevenkamp, L.; Stratmann, T.; Guilini, K.; Moodley, L.; Van Oevelen, D.; Vanreusel, A.; Westerlund, S.; Sweetman, A.K. (2017). Impaired short-term functioning of a benthic community from a deep Norwegian Fjord following deposition of mine tailings and sediments. Front. Mar. Sci. 4(169): 1-16. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2017.00169Rix, L.; de Goeij, J.M.; Van Oevelen, D.; Struck, U.; Al-Horani, F.A.; Wild, C.; Naumann, M.S. (2017). Differential recycling of coral and algal dissolved organic matter via the sponge loop. Funct. Ecol. 31(3): 778-789. dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.12758Schwarz, 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
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2016
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/meps11747Dunlop, K.M.; Van Oevelen, D.; Ruhl, H.A.; Huffard, C.L.; Kuhnz, L.A.; Smith, K.L. (2016). Carbon cycling in the deep eastern North Pacific benthic food web: Investigating the effect of organic carbon input. Limnol. Oceanogr. 61(6): 1956–1968. dx.doi.org/10.1002/lno.10345Rix, L.; de Goeij, J.M.; Mueller, C.E.; Struck, U.; Middelburg, J.J.; van Duyl, F.C.; Al-Horani, F.A.; Wild, C.; Naumann, M.S.; Van Oevelen, D. (2016). Coral mucus fuels the sponge loop in warm- and cold-water coral reef ecosystems. NPG Scientific Reports 6(18715): 11 pp. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep18715Soetaert, 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/srep35057Sweetman, A.K.; Chelsky, A.; Pitt, K.A.; Andrade, H.; Van Oevelen, D.; Renaud, P.E. (2016). Jellyfish decomposition at the seafloor rapidly alters biogeochemical cycling and carbon flow through benthic food-webs. Limnol. Oceanogr. 61(4): 1449–1461. dx.doi.org/10.1002/lno.10310Van Oevelen, D.; Mueller, C.E.; Lundälv, T.; Middelburg, J.J. (2016). Food selectivity and processing by the cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa. Biogeosciences 13: 5789–5798. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-5789-2016Zetsche, E.-M.; Baussant, T.; Meysman, F.J.R.; Van Oevelen, D. (2016). Direct visualization of mucus production by the cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa with digital holographic microscopy. PLoS One 11(2): e0146766. dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0146766Zetsche, E.-M.; Baussant, T.; Van Oevelen, D. (2016). Ciliary removal of particles by the cold‐water coral Lophelia pertusa. Reef Encounter 31(1): 53-56
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2015
Cathalot, C.; Van Oevelen, D.; Cox, T.; Kutti, T.; Lavaleye, M.S.S.; Duineveld, G.C.A.; Meysman, F.J.R. (2015). Cold-water coral reefs and adjacent sponge grounds: hotspots of benthic respiration and organic carbon cycling in the deep sea. Front. Mar. Sci. 2: 12 pp. dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2015.00037Kędra, M.; Moritz, C.; Choy, E.S.; David, C.; Degen, R.; Duerksen, S.; Ellingsen, I.; Górska, B.; Grebmeier, J.M.; Kirievskaya, D.; van Oevelen, D.; Piwosz, K.; Samuelsen, A.; We? slawski, J.M. (2015). Status and trends in the structure of Arctic benthic food webs. Pol. Res. 34: 23775. dx.doi.org/10.3402/polar.v34.23775Middelburg, J.J.; Mueller, C.E.; Veuger, B.; Larsson, A.I.; Form, A.; van Oevelen, D. (2015). Discovery of symbiotic nitrogen fixation and chemoautotrophy in cold-water corals. NPG Scientific Reports 5(17962): 9 pp. hdl.handle.net/10.1038/srep17962
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2014
Baussant, T.; Nilsen, M.; Westerlund, S.; Ramanand, S.; Ravagnan, E.; Zetsche, E.M.; Gerla, D.J.; van Oevelen, D. (2014). Study of Lophelia pertusa coral under different food conditions and varying drill cutting exposure concentrations. Report IRIS – 2014/075. [S.n.]: [s.l.].Gillis, L.G.; Ziegler, A.D.; van Oevelen, D.; Cathalot, C.; Herman, P.; Wolters, J.W.; Bouma, T.J. (2014). Tiny is mighty: seagrass beds have a large role in the export of organic material in the tropical coastal zone. PLoS One 9(11): e111847. https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0111847Kunihiro, T.; Veuger, B.; Vasquez Cardenas, D.; Pozzato, L.; Le Guitton, M.; Moriya, K.; Kuwae, M.; Omori, K.; Boschker, H.T.S.; Van Oevelen, D. (2014). Phospholipid-Derived Fatty Acids and Quinones as Markers for Bacterial Biomass and Community Structure in Marine Sediments. PLoS One 9(4): e96219. dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0096219Mueller, C.E.; Larsson, A.I.; Veuger, B.; Middelburg, J.J.; van Oevelen, D. (2014). Opportunistic feeding on various organic food sources by the cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa. Biogeosciences 11(1): 123-133. dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-123-2014
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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.2013.63.1.8Braeckman, 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.0059289de Goeij, J.M.; van Oevelen, D.; Vermeij, M.J.A.; Osinga , R.; Middelburg, J.J.; de Goeij, A.F.P.M.; Admiraal, W. (2013). Surviving in a marine desert: The sponge loop retains resources within coral reefs. Science (Wash.) 342(6154): 108-110. hdl.handle.net/10.1126/science.1241981Larsson, A.I.; Lundälv, T.; van Oevelen, D. (2013). Skeletal growth, respiration rate and fatty acid composition in the cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa under varying food conditions. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 483: 169-184. dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps10284Larsson, A.I.; van Oevelen, D.; Purser, A.; Thomsen, L. (2013). Tolerance to long-term exposure of suspended benthic sediments and drill cuttings in the cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 70(1-2): 176-188. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.02.033Mueller, C.E.; Lundälv, T.; Middelburg, J.J.; van Oevelen, D. (2013). The Symbiosis between Lophelia pertusa and Eunice norvegica Stimulates Coral Calcification and Worm Assimilation. PLoS One 8(3). dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0058660Pape, 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.2013.05.018Pozzato, 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-10-6879-2013Pozzato, 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.2013.01.002Tecchio, 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
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2012
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-9-5341-2012van 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.2012.57.2.0645Veuger, B.; van Oevelen, D.; Middelburg, J.J. (2012). Fate of microbial nitrogen, carbon, hydrolysable amino acids, monosaccharides, and fatty acids in sediment. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 83: 217-233. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2011.12.016
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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
Linked projects
NWO-VIDI Surviving in a Deep-Sea Desert - Uncovering the Functioning of Cold-Water Coral Reefs in the Deep Ocean
Supervisor
Dick van Oevelen
Funder
Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research
Project duration
1 Jul 2014 - 30 Jun 2019
JPIO_Structure and (mal) functioning of an abyssal food web following a large-scale disturbance revealed with stable isotope tracer experiments and food-web modelling
Supervisor
Dick van Oevelen
Funder
Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research
Project duration
1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2017
