- Biogeochemical cycles
- Sediment-water interactions
- Environmental modelling
- Scientific computing
- Open source software (R)
Prof. Dr. Karline Soetaert
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.
Read more +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!).
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).
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).
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.
Recently started projects
Several new projects started in 2022-2023, where I am the PI; here you see a collage of them:
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.
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
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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.2024.1359597Chevalier, S.; Beauchard, O.; Teaca, A.; Soetaert, K.; Grégoire, M. (2024). Partial recovery of macrozoobenthos on the northwestern shelf of the Black Sea. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 207: 116857. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116857Ghorai, 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.2024.2361009Rijnsdorp, A.D.; Boute, P.G.; Tiano, J.C.; de Haan, D.; Kraan, M.; Polet, H.; Schram, E.; Soetaert, M.; Steins, N.A.; Lankheet, M.J.; Soetaert, K. (2024). Electrotrawling can improve the sustainability of the bottom trawl fishery for sole: a review of the evidence. Rev. Fish Biol. Fish. 34(3): 959-993. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11160-024-09867-x
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2023
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.2023.1303909Beauchard, 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/meps14270Horn, 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.2023.102357Jiang, 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.12336Mohn, 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.2023.103031Poiesz, 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/meps14267Raimonet, 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.2023.1269142Rios-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.2022.104904Stuart-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.2023.108271van 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/ecs2.4654Voet, 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.2023.1101469Zhang, 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
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2022
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.2022.103854Hendriks, 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.2022.106953Jiang, 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/fsac023Jiang, 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/fsac176Nmor, 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-15-7325-2022van 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
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/s12237-020-00889-9Cheng, 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.12657Cheng, 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-9-1335-2021De 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.2020.104327De 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.2021.632243De 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-18-2539-2021de 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.2020.596251Fang, 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.2021.747833Fang, 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.2021.107323Fischer, 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.1c03201Glatzel, 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.15426Ivanov, 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.2021.631799Maier, 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.2021.103574Meyer, 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.10475Poiesz, 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/meps13855Seepma, 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.0c01403Stratmann, 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.2021.151628Toussaint, 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.2021.144994van 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.2021.103641van 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.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.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-18-6501-2021Weber, 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
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2020
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.2019.104037Cheng, 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/jmse8060409De 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-17-1701-2020de 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.2020.102446Ivanov, 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.2020.101682Ivanov, 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. 59Jiang, 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-17-4135-2020Jiang, 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-16-307-2020Luciano, 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.2020.120391Mestdagh, 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.2020.105096Middelburg, J.J.; Soetaert, K.; Hagens, M. (2020). Ocean alkalinity, buffering and biogeochemical processes. Rev. Geophys. 58(3): e2019RG000681. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019rg000681Pilotto, 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-yPoiesz, 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.2019.106570Ramalho, 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.2020.00457Rijnsdorp, 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/10.18174/519729Schulz, 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/s41597-020-0551-2Tiano, 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.2020.104964van 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.2020.00631Xu, 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
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2019
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.11125Cox, 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/s41598-019-48978-5Degraer, 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/s10750-019-04109-9Fang, 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.2019.04.001Grenz, 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.2019.01.012Jiang, 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.2019.03.003Jiang, 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.2019.101821Stratmann, 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/s41597-019-0259-3Tiano, 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/fsz060Vlaminck, 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
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2018
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/10.1029/2018gl079858Husson, 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.2018.03.007Ivanov, 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. 94Lessin, 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.2018.00019Snelgrove, 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.2017.11.004van 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
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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-14-5271-2017Geerts, 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.2017.04.009Holding, 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.10526Ivanov, 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.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.2017.02.002Maugendre, 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.2015.12.018Schwarz, 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
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.2016.03.006De 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.2015.11.005De 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/meps11747Soetaert, 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/srep35057Ulses, 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/10.1002/2016JC011818Van 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. 36Yevenes, 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
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2015
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.2015.04.010Cox, 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/lom3.10046Le 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.2015.09.010Maugendre, 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/fsu161Meire, 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
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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.0108153Braeckman, 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/s10021-014-9755-7Mohn, 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.2013.12.003Moneta, 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
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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 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-10-1425-2013Koho, 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-10-1131-2013Meire, 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-10-2633-2013Morris, 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/10.1215/21573689-2397024Pape, 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.2013.01.002Provoost, 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.2013.01.008Tecchio, 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.0063796Van 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
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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.2011.11.003Dähnke, 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-9-4059-2012Evrard, 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/meps09676Mazzia, 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.2012.03.014Soetaert, K. (2012). Solving differential equations in R. Springer: London; Berlin. ISBN 9783642280702. 1-248 pp.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.2011.08.011Soetaert, 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.2012.57.2.0645
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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
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