Darwin Center programs and projects2060: Microbial carbon fixation in past and future high CO2 oceans3090: Dynamics of coastal hypoxia: an experimental study of sediment ecosystem recovery from Anoxia1052: Biogeochemistry of archaeal and bacterial nitrification in coastal ecosystems1081: Prokaryotic and metazoan processing of organic matter in sediments2042: Niche engineering and the evolution of marine biogeochemical cycles through timean experimental study of the effects of diffusive and advective bio-irrigation on bacteria and meiofauna2062: Carbon acquisition, allocation and processing by plankton in a high CO2 world3091: Dynamics of coastal hypoxia: an experimental study of sediment ecosystem recovery from anoxia
Darwin Center publicationsCook, P.L.M., Veuger, B., Böer, S., Middelburg, J.J.
(2007). Effect of nutrient availability on carbon and nitrogen incorporation and flows through benthic algae and bacteria in near-shore sandy sediment
. Aquatic Microbial Ecology49: 165-180.
Darwin Center authors: Middelburg J.J., Veuger B.Veuger, B., Eyre, B.D., Maher, D., Middelburg, J.J.
(2007). Nitrogen incorporation and retention by bacteria, algae, and fauna in a subtropical intertidal sediment: An in situ 15N-labeling study
. Limnology and Oceanography52 (5): 1930-1942.
Darwin Center authors: Middelburg J.J., Veuger B.Teugels, B., Bouillon, S., Veuger, B., Middelburg, J.J., Koedam, N. (2008). Kleptoplasts mediate nitrogen acquisition in the sea slug Elysia viridis.
Darwin Center authors: Middelburg J.J., Veuger B.Evrard, V., Cook, P.L.M., Veuger, B., Huettel, M., Middelburg, J.J.
(2008). Tracing carbon and nitrogen incorporation and pathways in the microbial community of a photic subtidal sand
. Aquatic Microbial Ecology53 (3): 257-269.
Darwin Center authors: Middelburg J.J., Veuger B.Gribsholt, B., Veuger, B., Tramper, A., Middelburg, J.J., Boschker, H.T.S.
(2009). Long-term 15N-nitrogen retention in tidal freshwater marsh sediment: Elucidating the microbial contribution
. Limnology and Oceanography54 (1): 13-22.
Darwin Center authors: Boschker H. T. S., Middelburg J.J., Veuger B.Johan Van Frausum, Jack J. Middelburgb, Karline Soetaert, Filip J.R. Meysman (2010). Different proxies for the reactivity of aquatic sediments towards oxygen: A model assessment. Ecological Modelling221: 2054-2067.
Darwin Center authors: van Frausum J., Meysman F., Middelburg J.J., Soetaert K. E. R.de Kluijver, A., Soetaert, K., Schulz, K. G., Riebesell, U., Bellerby, R. G. J., and Middelburg, J. J (2010). Carbon fluxes in natural plankton communities under elevated CO2 levels: a stable isotope labeling study. Biogeosciences Discussions7 (3): 3257-3295.
Darwin Center authors: de Kluijver A., Middelburg J.J., Soetaert K. E. R.Middelburg, J.J. (2011). Chemoautotrophy in the ocean
. Geophysical Research LettersVolume 38, Issue 24:
Darwin Center authors: Middelburg J.J.Carl Van Colen, Francesca Rossi, Francesc Montserrat, Maria G. I. Andersson, Britta Gribsholt,
Peter M. J. Herman, Steven Degraer, Magda Vincx, Tom Ysebaert, Jack J. Middelburg (2012). Organism-Sediment Interactions Govern Post-Hypoxia
Recovery of Ecosystem Functioning. PLOSVolume 7, Issue 11, e49795: 1-10.
Darwin Center authors: Middelburg J.J.Clare Woulds, Jack J. Middelburg, Greg L. Cowie (2012). Alteration of organic matter during infaunal polychaete gut
passage and links to sediment organic geochemistry. Part I:
Amino acids. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta77 (2012): 396-414.
Darwin Center authors: Middelburg J.J.K. Dahnke, A. Moneta, B. Veuger, K. Soetaert, and J. J. Middelburg (2012). Balance of assimilative and dissimilative nitrogen processes in a
diatom-rich tidal flat sediment. Biogeosciences9: 4059-4070.
Darwin Center authors: Middelburg J.J.Anna de Kluijver, Jinlei Yu, Marco Houtekamer, Jack J. Middelburg and Zhengwen Liu (2012). Cyanobacteria as a carbon source for zooplankton in eutrophic Lake Taihu, China,
measured by 13C labeling and fatty acid biomarkers. Limnol. Oceanogr.57 (4): 1245-1254.
Darwin Center authors: de Kluijver A., Middelburg J.J.Bart Veuger, Dick van Oevelen, Jack J. Middelburg (2012). Fate of microbial nitrogen, carbon, hydrolysable amino
acids, monosaccharides, and fatty acids in sediment. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta83: 217-233.
Darwin Center authors: Middelburg J.J., Veuger B.K. A. Koho, K. G. J. Nierop, L. Moodley, J. J. Middelburg, L. Pozzato, K. Soetaert, J. van der Plicht, and
G-J. Reichart (2013). Microbial bioavailability regulates organic matter preservation in
marine sediments. Biogeosciences10: 1131-1141.
Darwin Center authors: Koho K. A., Middelburg J.J., Pozzato L., Reichart G. J., Soetaert K. E. R.A. de Kluijver, K. Soetaert, J. Czerny, K. G. Schulz, T. Boxhammer, U. Riebesell, and J. J. Middelburg (2013). A 13C labelling study on carbon fluxes in Arctic plankton
communities under elevated CO2 levels. Biogeosciences10: 1425-1440.
Darwin Center authors: de Kluijver A., Middelburg J.J., Soetaert K. E. R.Lara Pozzato, Dick van Oevelen, Leon Moodley, Karline Soetaert, Jack J. Middelburg (2013). Carbon processing at the deep-sea floor of the Arabian Sea oxygen minimum zone: A tracer approach. Journal of Sea Research78: 45-58.
Darwin Center authors: Middelburg J.J., Pozzato L., Soetaert K. E. R.Veuger, B., Pitcher, A., Schouten, S., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Middelburg, J.J. (2013). Nitrification and growth of autotrophic nitrifying bacteria and Thaumarchaeota in the coastal North Sea..
Darwin Center authors: Middelburg J.J., Pitcher A., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J. S., Veuger B.Tom Van Engeland, Tjeerd J. Bouma, Edward P. Morris, Fernando G. Brun, Gloria Peralta, Miguel Lara, Iris E. Hendriks, Pieter van Rijswijk, Bart Veuger, Karline Soetaert, Jack J. Middelburg (2013). Dissolved organic matter uptake in a temperate
seagrass ecosystem. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES478: 87-100.
Darwin Center authors: Middelburg J.J., Soetaert K. E. R., Veuger B.Petra L. Schoon, Anna de Kluijver, Jack J. Middelburg, John A. Downing, Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté, Stefan Schouten (2013). Influence of lake water pH and alkalinity on the distribution of core and intact polar branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (GDGTs) in lakes. Organic Geochemistry60: 72-82.
Darwin Center authors: de Kluijver A., Middelburg J.J., Schoon P. L., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J. S.de Kluijver, A., Schoon, P.L., Downing, J.A., Schouten, S., Middelburg, J.J. (2014). Stable carbon isotope biogeochemistry of lakes along a trophic gradient. Biogeosciences11: 6265-6276.
Darwin Center authors: de Kluijver A., Middelburg J.J., Schoon P. L., Schouten S.