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Gerard C.A. Duineveld

Gerard C.A. Duineveld

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
52
Citations
9017
World Ranking
4528
National Ranking
122

Overview

Gerard C.A. Duineveld is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Their research focuses primarily on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, emphasizing oceanography and ecology within these fields. The work spans several subfields, including global and planetary change, biotechnology, and paleontology.

Their main topics of study reflect extensive engagement with marine ecosystems and biological processes, particularly relating to coral and marine ecosystems, marine sponges and natural products, marine biology and ecology research, as well as marine and coastal plant biology. Other notable research areas include marine and fisheries research, marine ecology and invasive species, and the interactions within marine and coastal ecosystems.

Gerard C.A. Duineveld has been involved in publishing research in several scientific venues, with multiple appearances in:

  • Biogeosciences
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers
  • Functional Ecology
  • Marine Geology

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Furu Mienis
  • Marc Lavaleye
  • Gert-Jan Reichart
  • Dick van Oevelen
  • Evert de Froe

Among their recent publications are:

  • "The important role of sponges in carbon and nitrogen cycling in a deep-sea biological hotspot," 2022, Functional Ecology
  • "Reef communities associated with 'dead' cold-water coral framework drive resource retention and recycling in the deep sea," 2021, Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers
  • "Suspended particulate matter in a submarine canyon (Whittard Canyon, Bay of Biscay, NE Atlantic Ocean): Assessment of commonly used instruments to record turbidity," 2021, Marine Geology
  • "Long-term Observations Reveal Environmental Conditions and Food Supply Mechanisms at an Arctic Deep-Sea Sponge Ground," 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • "Patterns of (trace) metals and microorganisms in the Rainbow hydrothermal vent plume at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge," 2020, Biogeosciences

Best Publications

  • Marine litter distribution and density in European seas, from the shelves to deep basins.

    Christopher K. Pham;Eva Ramirez-Llodra;Eva Ramirez-Llodra;Claudia H. S. Alt;Teresa Amaro

  • Particle flux and food supply to a seamount cold-water coral community (Galicia Bank, NW Spain)

    G. C. A. Duineveld;M. S. S. Lavaleye;E. M. Berghuis

  • Benthic response to particulate fluxes in different trophic environments: a comparison between the Gulf of Lions–Catalan Sea (western-Mediterranean) and the Cretan Sea (eastern-Mediterranean)

    R Danovaro;A Dinet;G Duineveld;A Tselepides

  • Downwelling and deep-water bottom currents as food supply mechanisms to the cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa (Scleractinia) at the Mingulay Reef complex

    Andrew J. Davies;Gerard C. A. Duineveld;Marc S. S. Lavaleye;Magda J. N. Bergman

  • Hydrodynamic controls on cold-water coral growth and carbonate-mound development at the SW and SE Rockall Trough Margin, NE Atlantic Ocean

    F. Mienis;H.C. de Stigter;M. White;G. Duineveld

  • Bacteria and Foraminifera: key players in a short-term deep-sea benthic response to phytodetritus

    Leon Moodley;Jack J. Middelburg;Hendricus T. S. Boschker;Gerard C. A. Duineveld

  • The benthic infauna of the North Sea: species distribution and assemblages

    A. Künitzer;D. Basford;J.A. Craeymeersch;J.-M. Dewarumez

  • The cold-water coral community as hotspot of carbon cycling on continental margins: A food-web analysis from Rockall Bank (northeast Atlantic)

    Dick van Oevelen;Gerard Duineveld;Marc Lavaleye;Furu Mienis

  • Trophic structure of a cold-water coral mound community (Rockall Bank, NE Atlantic) in relation to the near-bottom particle supply and current regime

    Gerard C. A. Duineveld;Marc S. S Lavaleye;Magda J. N. Bergman;Henko de Stigter

  • Major outputs of the recent multidisciplinary biogeochemical researches undertaken in the Aegean Sea

    V Lykousis;G Chronis;A Tselepides;N.B Price

  • Cold-water coral reefs and adjacent sponge grounds: hotspots of benthic respiration and organic carbon cycling in the deep sea

    Cecile Cathalot;Dick Van Oevelen;Tom J.S. Cox;Tina Kutti

  • Nucleic Acid (DNA, RNA) Quantification and RNA/DNA Ratio Determination in Marine Sediments: Comparison of Spectrophotometric, Fluorometric, and HighPerformance Liquid Chromatography Methods and Estimation of Detrital DNA

    A. Dell’Anno;M. Fabiano;G. C. A. Duineveld;A. Kok

  • Trends in biomass, density and diversity of North Sea macrofauna

    C. Heip;D. Basford;J. A. Craeymeersch;J. M. Dewarumez

  • Spatial patterns of infauna, epifauna, and demersal fish communities in the North Sea

    Henning Reiss;Steven Degraer;Gerard C. A. Duineveld;Ingrid Kröncke

  • The macrobenthos of the north sea

    G.C.A. Duineveld;A. Künitzer;U. Niermann;P.A.W.J. De Wilde

  • The role of the benthic biota in sedimentary metabolism and sediment-water exchange processes in the Goban Spur area (NE Atlantic)

    Carlos Heip;G Duineveld;E Flach;G Graf

  • Linking benthic hydrodynamics and cold-water coral occurrences: A high-resolution model study at three cold-water coral provinces in the NE Atlantic

    Christian Mohn;Anna Rengstorf;Martin White;Gerard Duineveld

  • A Long-Term Growth Record Derived from Arctica Islandica (Mollusca, Bivalvia) from the Fladen Ground (Northern North Sea)

    R. Witbaard;G.C.A. Duineveld;P.A.W.J. De Wilde

  • Activity and composition of the benthic fauna in the Whittard Canyon and the adjacent continental slope (NE Atlantic)

    Gérard Duineveld;Marc Lavaleye;Eilke Berghuis;Peter de Wilde

  • Changes in North Sea macrofauna communities and species distribution between 1986 and 2000

    Ingrid Kröncke;Henning Reiss;Jacqueline D. Eggleton;John Aldridge

  • The macrobenthos of the North Sea

    G. C. A. Duineveld;A. Künitzer;U. Niermann;P. A. W. J. De. Wilde

Frequent Co-Authors

Henko de Stigter
Henko de Stigter Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
Steve W. Ross
Steve W. Ross University of North Carolina Wilmington
Steven Degraer
Steven Degraer Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
Ingrid Kröncke
Ingrid Kröncke Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
Gert-Jan Reichart
Gert-Jan Reichart Utrecht University
Karline Soetaert
Karline Soetaert Utrecht University
Carlo H. R. Heip
Carlo H. R. Heip Ghent University
Roberto Danovaro
Roberto Danovaro Marche Polytechnic University
Peter M. J. Herman
Peter M. J. Herman Delft University of Technology
George A. Wolff
George A. Wolff University of Liverpool

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