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  • 2010 - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Hein J W de Baar is affiliated with the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with particular emphasis on subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Geochemistry and Petrology, Geophysics, and Ecology.

The scientist's work covers topics including Marine and coastal ecosystems, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, and Marine animal studies overview.

Recent publications include:

  • The Distribution of Nickel in the West-Atlantic Ocean, Its Relationship With Phosphate and a Comparison to Cadmium and Zinc (2020), published in Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Assessing neodymium isotopes as an ocean circulation tracer in the Southwest Atlantic (2022), published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Generalised additive models to investigate environmental drivers of Antarctic minke whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis) spatial density in austral summer (2023), published in The journal of cetacean research and management. Special issue
  • Corrigendum to "Iron from melting glaciers fuels the phytoplankton blooms in Amundsen Sea (Southern Ocean): iron biogeochemistry" (Gerringa et al., 2012) (2020), published in Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography
  • Calcium carbonate saturation states along the West Antarctic Peninsula (2021), published in Antarctic Science

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Hein J W de Baar include:

  • Rob Middag
  • Kenneth W. Bruland
  • Steven van Heuven
  • Yingzhe Wu
  • Leopoldo D. Pena

They have contributed to a variety of publication venues, notably:

  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • The journal of cetacean research and management. Special issue
  • Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography
  • Antarctic Science

In recognition of their contributions, Hein J W de Baar was awarded membership in the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2010.

Best Publications

  • Climatological mean and decadal change in surface ocean pCO2, and net sea–air CO2 flux over the global oceans

    Taro Takahashi;Stewart C. Sutherland;Rik H. Wanninkhof;Colm Sweeney

  • Importance of iron for plankton blooms and carbon dioxide drawdown in the Southern Ocean

    Hein J. W. de Baar;Jeroen T. M. de Jong;Dorothée C. E. Bakker;Bettina M. Löscher

  • Synthesis of iron fertilization experiments: From the iron age in the age of enlightenment

    Hein J.W. de Baar;Philip W. Boyd;Kenneth H. Coale;Michael R. Landry

  • Rare earth elements in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans

    Hein J.W. De Baar;Michael P. Bacon;Peter G. Brewer;Kenneth W. Bruland

  • Enhanced Open Ocean Storage of CO2 from Shelf Sea Pumping

    Helmuth Thomas;Yann Bozec;Khalid Elkalay;Hein J. W. de Baar

  • Rare earth element distributions in anoxic waters of the Cariaco Trench

    Hein J.W de Baar;Christopher R German;Henry Elderfield;Pauline van Gaans

  • The GEOTRACES Intermediate Data Product 2017

    Reiner Schlitzer;Robert F. Anderson;Elena Masferrer Dodas;Maeve Lohan

  • Corrigendum to "Climatological mean and decadal change in surface ocean pCO2, and net sea-air CO2 flux over the global oceans" Deep Sea Res. II 56 (2009) 554-577 (DOI:10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.12.009)

    T Takahashi;SC Sutherland;R Wanninkhof;C Sweeney

  • Rare-earth distributions with a positive Ce anomaly in the Western North Atlantic Ocean

    H. J. W. De Baar;M. P. Bacon;P. G. Brewer

  • Corrigendum to "Climatological mean and decadal change in surface ocean pCO2, and net sea-air CO2 flux over the global oceans" [Deep Sea Res. II 56 (2009) 554-577]

    Taro Takahashi;Stewart C. Sutherland;Rik H. Wanninkhof;Colm Sweeney

  • Substantial advective iron loss diminishes phytoplankton production in the Antarctic Zone

    Mario Hoppema;Mario Hoppema;Hein J. W. de Baar;Eberhard Fahrbach;Hartmut H. Hellmer

  • Organic complexation of iron in the Southern Ocean

    Marie Boye;Constant M.G. van den Berg;Jeroen T.M. de Jong;Harry Leach

  • Iron from melting glaciers fuels the phytoplankton blooms in Amundsen Sea (Southern Ocean): Iron biogeochemistry

    Loes J. A. Gerringa;Anne-Carlijn Alderkamp;Patrick Laan;Charles-Edouard Thuroczy

  • Cadmium versus phosphate in the world ocean

    Hein J.W. de Baar;Paul M. Saager;Rob F. Nolting;Jaap van der Meer

  • Growth rates, half‐saturation constants, and silicate, nitrate, and phosphate depletion in relation to iron availability of four large, open‐ocean diatoms from the Southern Ocean

    Klaas R. Timmermans;Bas van der Wagt;Hein J. W. de Baar

  • GEOTRACES – An international study of the global marine biogeochemical cycles of trace elements and their isotopes

    G.M. Henderson;R.F. Anderson;J. Adkins;P. Andersson

  • Anomalies in rare earth distributions in seawater: Gd and Tb☆

    Hein J.W. De Baar;Peter G. Brewer;Michael P. Bacon

  • Atmospheric iron deposition and sea-surface dissolved iron concentrations in the eastern Atlantic Ocean

    Géraldine Sarthou;Alex R. Baker;Stéphane Blain;Eric P. Achterberg

  • Ocean iron fertilization-Moving forward in a sea of uncertainty

    Ken O. Buesseler;Scott C. Doney;David M. Karl;Philip W. Boyd

  • The Carbon budget of the North Sea

    H. Thomas;Y. Bozec;H. J. W. de Baar;K. Elkalay

  • Metal enrichment experiments in the Weddell-Scotia Seas: Effects of iron and manganese on various plankton communities

    Anita G. J. Buma;Hein J. W. de Baar;Rob F. Nolting;Aleido J. van Bennekom

Frequent Co-Authors

Michiel M Rutgers van der Loeff
Michiel M Rutgers van der Loeff Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Ulrich Bathmann
Ulrich Bathmann Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Loes J. A. Gerringa
Loes J. A. Gerringa Utrecht University
Klaas R. Timmermans
Klaas R. Timmermans Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
Peter Croot
Peter Croot University of Galway
Eberhard Fahrbach
Eberhard Fahrbach Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Kevin R. Arrigo
Kevin R. Arrigo Stanford University
Anita G. J. Buma
Anita G. J. Buma University of Groningen
Mario Hoppema
Mario Hoppema Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Matthew M. Mills
Matthew M. Mills Stanford University

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