Darwin Center programs and projects
3020: Double Trouble - Consequences of Ocean Acidification - Past, Present and Future
1073: Subproject 3, the biogeochemical component
2031: Biological validation of proxies for temperature, salinity, oxygenation and pCO2 based on experimental evidence using benthic foraminiferal cultures
3022: Double Trouble: Consequences of Ocean Acidification - Past, Present and Future - Evolutionary changes in calcification mechanisms
3042: Validation of seasonal proxies using planktic foraminifera

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Darwin Center publications
De Nooijer L.J., Reichart G.J., Duenas-Bohorquez A., Wolthers M., Ernst S.R., Mason P.R.D., Van Der Zwaan G.J. (2007). Copper incorporation in foraminiferal calcite: Results from culturing experiments . Biogeosciences4: 493-504.
Darwin Center authors: Reichart G. J., van der Zwaan G. J.

Blaga, C.I., Reichart, G.J., Heiri, O., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. (2009). Tetraether membrane lipid distributions in water-column particulate matter and sediments: a study of 47 European lakes along a north-south transect.. Journal of Paleolimnology41: 523-540.
Darwin Center authors: Blaga C. I., Heiri O. M., Reichart G. J., Sinninghe Damsté J. S.

Appy Sluijs, Stefan Schouten, Timme H. Donders, Petra L. Schoon, Ursula Röhl, Gert-Jan Reichart, Francesca Sangiorgi, Jung-Hyun Kim, Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté and Henk Brinkhuis (2009). Warm and wet conditions in the Arctic region during Eocene Thermal Maximum 2. Nature geoscience2: 777-780.
Darwin Center authors: Brinkhuis H., Reichart G. J., Schoon P. L., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J. S., Sluijs A.

Speelman, E.N., van Kempen, M.M.L., Barke, J., Brinkhuis, H., Reichart, G.J., Smolders, A.J.P., Roelofs, J.G.M., Sangiorgi, F., de Leeuw, J.W., Lotter, A.F., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. (2009). The Eocene Arctic Azolla bloom: environmental conditions, productivity and carbon drawdown . Geobiology7 (2): 155-170.
Darwin Center authors: Barke J., Brinkhuis H., van Kempen M. M. L., Lotter A. F., Reichart G. J., Roelofs J. G. M., Sinninghe Damsté J. S., Speelman E. N.

Speelman, E.N., Reichart, G.-J., de Leeuw, J.W., Rijpstra, W.I.C., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. (2009). Biomarker lipids of the freshwater fern Azolla and its fossil counterpart from the Eocene Arctic Ocean . Organic Geochemistry40 (5): 628-637.
Darwin Center authors: Reichart G. J., Sinninghe Damsté J. S., Speelman E. N.

Brader, A.V., van Winden, J.F., Bohncke, S.J.P., Beets, C.J., Reichart, G.J., de Leeuw, J.W. (2010). Fractionation of hydrogen, oxygen and carbon isotopes in n-alkanes and cellulose of three Sphagnum species. Organic Geochemistry41: 1277-1284.
Darwin Center authors: Reichart G. J., van Winden J. F.

Ní Fhlaithearta, S., G.-J. Reichart, F. J. Jorissen, C. Fontanier, E. J. Rohling, J. Thomson, and G. J. De Lange (2010). Reconstructing the seafloor environment during sapropel formation using benthic foraminiferal trace metals, stable isotopes, and sediment composition. Paleoceanography25:
Darwin Center authors: de Lange G. J., Ni Fhlaithearta S., Reichart G. J.

Raitzsch M, Duenas-Bohorquez A, Reichart GJ, De Nooijer LJ, Bickert T (2010). Incorporation of Mg and Sr in calcite of cultured benthic foraminifera: impact of calcium concentration and associated calcite saturation state. BIOGEOSCIENCES7: 869-881.
Darwin Center authors: de Nooijer L.J., Reichart G. J.

Bauersachs, T., Speelman, E.N., Hopmans, E.C., Reichart, G.J., Schouten, S., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. (2010). Fossilized glycolipids reveal past oceanic N2 fixation by heterocystous cyanobacteria. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA (PNAS)107: 19190-19194.
Darwin Center authors: Bauersachs T., Hopmans E. C., Reichart G. J., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J. S., Speelman E. N.

Cornelia I. Blaga, Gert-Jan Reichart, Stefan Schouten, André F. Lotter, Josef P. Werne, Sarian Kosten, Nestor Mazzeo, Gissell Lacerot, Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté (2010). Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers in lake sediments: Can they be used as temperature and pH proxies?. Organic Geochemistry41: 1225-1234.
Darwin Center authors: Blaga C. I., Lotter A. F., Reichart G. J., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J. S.

Julia F. van Winden, Nardy Kip, Gert-Jan Reichart, Mike S.M. Jetten, Huub J.M. Op den Camp, Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté (2010). Lipids of symbiotic methane-oxidizing bacteria in peat moss studied using stable carbon isotopic labelling. Organic Geochemistry41: 1040-1044.
Darwin Center authors: op den Camp H. J. M., Jetten M. S. M., Kip D. J., Reichart G. J., Sinninghe Damsté J. S., van Winden J. F.

Eveline N. Speelman, Jacob O. Sewall, David Noone, Matthew Huber, Anna von der Heydt, Jaap Sinninghe Damsté, Gert-Jan Reichart (2010). Modeling the influence of a reduced equator-to-pole sea surface temperature gradient on the distribution of water isotopes in the Early/Middle Eocene. Earth and Planetary Science Letters298: 57-65-
Darwin Center authors: Reichart G. J., Sinninghe Damsté J. S., Speelman E. N.

Nardy Kip, Julia F. van Winden, Yao Pan, Levente Bodrossy, Gert-Jan Reichart, Alfons J. P. Smolders, Mike S. M. Jetten, Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté and Huub J. M. Op den Camp (2010). Global prevalence of methane oxidation by symbiotic bacteria in peat-moss ecosystems. Nature Geosciences3: 617-621.
Darwin Center authors: op den Camp H. J. M., Jetten M. S. M., Kip D. J., Reichart G. J., Sinninghe Damsté J. S., van Winden J. F.

F. Verbruggen, O. Heiri, G.-J. Reichart, A.F. Lotter (2010). Chironomid d18O as a proxy for past lake water d18O: a Lateglacial record from Rotsee (Switzerland). Quaternary Science Reviews29: 2271-2279.
Darwin Center authors: Heiri O. M., Lotter A. F., Reichart G. J., Verbruggen F.

F. Verbruggen, O. Heiri, G.-J. Reichart, J. W. De Leeuw, K. G. J. Nierop and A. F. Lotter (2010). Effects of chemical pretreatments on δ18O measurements, chemical composition, and morphology of chironomid head capsules. Journal of Paleolimnology43: 857-872.
Darwin Center authors: Heiri O. M., Lotter A. F., Reichart G. J., Verbruggen F.

Duenas-Bohorquez A, da Rocha RE, Kuroyanagi A, De Nooijer LJ, Bijma J, Reichart GJ (2011). Interindividual variability and ontogenetic effects on Mg and Sr incorporation in the planktonic foraminifer Globigerinoides sacculifer. GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA75: 520-532.
Darwin Center authors: Bijma J., de Nooijer L.J., Reichart G. J.

Cornelia I. Blaga, Gert-Jan Reichart, Elisabeth W. Vissers, André F. Lotter, Flavio S. Anselmetti, Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté (2011). Seasonal changes in glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether concentrations and fluxes in a perialpine lake: Implications for the use of the TEX86 and BIT proxies. Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaVolume 75, Issue 21: 6416-6428.
Darwin Center authors: Blaga C. I., Lotter A. F., Reichart G. J., Sinninghe Damsté J. S., Vissers E. W.

Nardy Kip Wenjing Ouyang Julia van Winden Ashna Raghoebarsing Laura van Niftrik Arjan Pol Yao Pan Levente Bodrossy Elly G. van Donselaar Gert-Jan Reichart Mike S. M. Jetten Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté and Huub J. M. Op den Camp (2011). Detection, Isolation, and Characterization of Acidophilic Methanotrophs from Sphagnum Mosses. applied and environmental microbiology77: 5643-5654.
Darwin Center authors: op den Camp H. J. M., Jetten M. S. M., Kip D. J., van Niftrik L.A.M.P., Reichart G. J., Sinninghe Damsté J. S., van Winden J. F.

Pitcher, A., Villanueva, L., Hopmans, E.C. , Schouten, S., Reichart, G.-J., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. (2011). Niche segregation of ammonia-oxidizing archaea and anammox bacteria in the Arabian Sea oxygen minimum zone . ISME JournalVolume 5, Issue 12: 1896-1904.
Darwin Center authors: Hopmans E. C., Pitcher A., Reichart G. J., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J. S., Villanueva L.

Nierop, K.G.J., Speelman, E.N., de Leeuw, J.W., Reichart, G.-J. (2011). The omnipresent water fern Azolla caroliniana does not contain lignin . Organic GeochemistryVolume 42, Issue 7: 846-850.
Darwin Center authors: Reichart G. J., Speelman E. N.

Barke, J., Abels, H.A., Sangiorgi, F., Greenwood, D.R., Sweet, A.R., Donders, T., Reichart, G.-J. , Lotter, A.F., Brinkhuis, H. (2011). Orbitally forced Azolla blooms And Middle Eocene Arctic hydrology: Clues from palynology . GeologyVolume 39, Issue 5: 427-430.
Darwin Center authors: Barke J., Brinkhuis H., Lotter A. F., Reichart G. J.

Lengger, S.K., Hopmans, E.C., Reichart, G.-J., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S., Schouten, S. (2012). Intact polar and core glycerol dibiphytanyl glycerol tetraether lipids in the Arabian Sea Water Oxygen Minimum Zone: II. Selective preservation and degradation in sediments and consequences for the TEX86.. Geochimica.et Cosmochimica Acta98: 244-258.
Darwin Center authors: Hopmans E. C., Lengger S., Reichart G. J., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damsté J. S.

van Winden, J.F., Reichart, G.J., McNamara, N.P., Benthien, A., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. (2012). Temperature-induced increase in methane release from peat bogs: A mesocosm experiment. PloS One7:
Darwin Center authors: Reichart G. J., Sinninghe Damsté J. S., van Winden J. F.

van Winden, J.F., Talbot, H.M., Kip, N., Reichart, G.J., Pol, A., McNamara, N.P., Jetten, M.S., Op den Camp, H.J., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. (2012). Bacteriohopanepolyol signatures as markers for methanotrophic bacteria in peat moss. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta77: 52-61.
Darwin Center authors: op den Camp H. J. M., Jetten M. S. M., Kip D. J., Reichart G. J., Sinninghe Damsté J. S., van Winden J. F.

van Winden, J.F., Talbot, H.M., De Vleeschouwer, F., Reichart, G.J., Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. (2012). Variation in methanotroph-related proxies in peat deposits from Misten Bog, Hautes-Fagnes, Belgium. Organic Geochemistry53: 73-79.
Darwin Center authors: Reichart G. J., Sinninghe Damsté J. S., van Winden J. F.

Jonkers L, De Nooijer LJ, Reichart GJ, Zahn R, Brummer G-JA (2012). Encrustration and trace element composition of Neogloboquadrina dutertrei assessed from single chamber analysis: Implications for paleotemperature estimates. Biogeosciences9: 4851-4860.
Darwin Center authors: de Nooijer L.J., Reichart G. J.

Wit JC, De Nooijer LJ, Barras C, Jorissen FJ, Reichart GJ (2012). A reappraisal of the vital effect in cultured benthic foraminifer Bulimina marginata on Mg/Ca values: assessing temperature uncertainty relationships. Biogeosciences9: 3693-3704.
Darwin Center authors: de Nooijer L.J., Reichart G. J., Wit J. C.

Judith Barke, Johan van der Burgh, Johanna H.A. van Konijnenburg-van Cittert, Margaret E. Collinson, Martin A. Pearce, Jonathan Bujak, Claus Heilmann-Clausen, Eveline N. Speelman, Monique M.L. van Kempen, Gert-Jan Reichart, André F. Lotter, Henk Brinkhuis (2012). Coeval Eocene blooms of the freshwater fern Azolla in and around Arctic and Nordic seas. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology337-338: 108-119.
Darwin Center authors: Barke J., Brinkhuis H., van Kempen M. M. L., Lotter A. F., Reichart G. J., Speelman E. N.

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.

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