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Henko de Stigter is affiliated with the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research in the Netherlands. Their work spans a variety of topics primarily within the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. The scientist's research includes significant contributions to Oceanography, Geochemistry and Petrology, Earth-Surface Processes, Atmospheric Science, and Ecology.

Their research interests cover a broad spectrum of subjects including:

  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena

Henko de Stigter has contributed to publications in several frequent venues, notably:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Marine Geology
  • Biogeosciences
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Among recent scientific papers, the following are included with publication years and venues:

  • Assessing plume impacts caused by polymetallic nodule mining vehicles (2022, Marine Policy)
  • Heavy metal pollution in a reforested mangrove ecosystem (Can Gio Biosphere Reserve, Southern Vietnam): Effects of natural and anthropogenic stressors over a thirty-year history (2020, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • Numerical Simulation of Deep-Sea Sediment Transport Induced by a Dredge Experiment in the Northeastern Pacific Ocean (2021, Frontiers in Marine Science)
  • 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)
  • Dispersion of Benthic Plumes in Deep-Sea Mining: What Lessons Can Be Learned From Dredging? (2022, Frontiers in Earth Science)

Frequent co-authors associated with Henko de Stigter include:

  • Gert-Jan Reichart
  • Matthias Haeckel
  • Sabine Haalboom
  • Kaveh Purkiani
  • Mário Mil-Homens

Best Publications

  • A conceptual model explaining benthic foraminiferal microhabitats

    Frans J. Jorissen;Henko C. de Stigter;Joen G.V. Widmark

  • The Avaatech XRF Core Scanner: technical description and applications to NE Atlantic sediments

    Thomas O. Richter;Sjerry van der Gaast;Bob Koster;Aad Vaars

  • Organic carbon in shelf seas: sinks or sources, processes and products

    Henk de Haas;Tjeerd C.E van Weering;Henko de Stigter

  • 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

  • Deep-water coral development as a function of hydrodynamics and surface productivity around the submarine banks of the Rockall Trough, NE Atlantic

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  • Recent sediment transport and deposition in the Nazaré Canyon, Portuguese continental margin.

    Henko C. de Stigter;Wim Boer;Pedro A. de Jesus Mendes;Carlos César Jesus

  • 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

  • Sedimentary labile organic carbon and pore water redox control on species distribution of benthic foraminifera: A case study from Lisbon–Setúbal Canyon (southern Portugal)

    K.A. Koho;R. García;H.C. de Stigter;E. Epping

  • Organic matter in sediments of canyons and open slopes of the Portuguese, Catalan, Southern Adriatic and Cretan Sea margins

    Antonio Pusceddu;Silvia Bianchelli;Miquel Canals;Anna Sanchez-Vidal

  • 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

  • Structure and development of giant carbonate mounds at the SW and SE Rockall Trough margins, NE Atlantic Ocean

    Tjeerd C.E. van Weering;H. de Haas;H.C. de Stigter;H. Lykke-Andersen

  • Benthic foraminifera in the Nazaré Canyon, Portuguese continental margin: Sedimentary environments and disturbance

    K.A. Koho;T.J. Kouwenhoven;H.C. de Stigter;G.J. van der Zwaan;G.J. van der Zwaan

  • Carbonate mound development at the SW Rockall Trough margin based on high resolution TOBI and seismic recording

    F. Mienis;T. van Weering;H. de Haas;H. de Stigter

  • Biodiversity of macrofaunal assemblages from three Portuguese submarine canyons (NE Atlantic)

    Marina R. Cunha;Gordon L.J. Paterson;Teresa Amaro;Teresa Amaro;Sabena Blackbird

  • Europe’s Grand Canyon: Nazaré submarine canyon

    Paul Tyler;Teresa Amaro;Raquel Arzola;Marina R Cunha

  • Near-bed particle deposition and resuspension in a cold-water coral mound area at the Southwest Rockall Trough margin, NE Atlantic

    F. Mienis;H.C. de Stigter;H. de Haas;T.C.E. van Weering

  • Validation of accumulation rates in Teluk Banten (Indonesia) from commonly applied 210Pb models, using the 1883 Krakatau tephra as time marker

    W. Boer;G.D. van den Bergh;H. de Haas;H.C. de Stigter

  • Recent sediments, sediment accumulation and carbon burial at Goban Spur, N.W. European Continental Margin (47–50°N)

    Tj.C.E. van Weering;I.R. Hall;H.C. de Stigter;I.N. McCave

  • Live (stained) benthic foraminifera in the Whittard Canyon, Celtic margin (NE Atlantic)

    P. Duros;C. Fontanier;E. Metzger;Antonio Pusceddu

  • Distribution of meiobenthos in the Nazaré canyon and adjacent slope (western Iberian Margin) in relation to sedimentary composition

    R. Garcia;K. A. Koho;H. C. De Stigter;E. Epping

  • Tracing anthropogenic Hg and Pb input using stable Hg and Pb isotope ratios in sediments of the central Portuguese Margin

    Mário Mil-Homens;Joel Blum;João Canário;Miguel Caetano

  • The Whittard Canyon: a case study of submarine canyon processes

    T. Amaro;V.A.I. Huvenne;A.L. Allcock;T. Aslam;T. Aslam

  • Carbonate removal by acidification causes loss of nitrogenous compounds in continental margin sediments

    Lutz Lohse;Rikus T Kloosterhuis;Henko C de Stigter;Willem Helder

  • Canyon conditions impact carbon flows in food webs of three sections of the Nazaré canyon

    D. van Oevelen;K. Soetaert;R. Garcia;R. Garcia;H. C. de Stigter

  • Differential rates of benthic foraminiferal test production in surface and subsurface sediment habitats in the southern Adriatic Sea

    H.C de Stigter;G.J van der Zwaan;L Langone

  • Disturbance, productivity and diversity in deep-sea canyons: A worm's eye view

    Gordon L.J. Paterson;Adrian G. Glover;Marina R. Cunha;Lenka Neal

  • Late winter coccolithophore bloom off central Portugal in response to river discharge and upwelling

    Catarina Guerreiro;Anabela Oliveira;Henko de Stigter;Mário Cachão

  • Electrogenic Sulfur Oxidation by Cable Bacteria in Bivalve Reef Sediments

    Sairah Y. Malkin;Dorina Seitaj;Laurine D. W. Burdorf;Sil Nieuwhof

  • LIVE BENTHIC FORAMINIFERAL FAUNAS ALONG A BATHYMETRICAL TRANSECT (282–4987 M) ON THE PORTUGUESE MARGIN (NE ATLANTIC)

    Mark Phipps;Frans Jorissen;Antonio Pusceddu;Silvia Bianchelli

  • Heavy metal pollution in a reforested mangrove ecosystem (Can Gio Biosphere Reserve, Southern Vietnam): Effects of natural and anthropogenic stressors over a thirty-year history.

    Sandra Costa-Böddeker;Lê Xuân Thuyên;Philipp Hoelzmann;Henko C. de Stigter

  • Organic matter enrichment in the Whittard Channel; its origin and possible effects on benthic megafauna

    Teresa Amaro;Henko de Stigter;Marc Lavaleye;Gerard Duineveld

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerard C.A. Duineveld
Gerard C.A. Duineveld Utrecht University
Tjeerd C.E. van Weering
Tjeerd C.E. van Weering Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Geert-Jan A. Brummer
Geert-Jan A. Brummer Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
Karl-Heinz Baumann
Karl-Heinz Baumann University of Bremen
Gerhard Fischer
Gerhard Fischer University of Colorado Boulder
Jan-Berend W Stuut
Jan-Berend W Stuut Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Gert-Jan Reichart
Gert-Jan Reichart Utrecht University
Jens Greinert
Jens Greinert GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Miguel Caetano
Miguel Caetano Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera
Frans Jorissen
Frans Jorissen University of Angers

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