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Klaas R. Timmermans is affiliated with the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research in the Netherlands. Their research spans several domains within Earth and Planetary Sciences, Environmental Science, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with notable emphasis on marine and coastal environments.

Their work frequently appears in the following publication venues:

  • Journal of Applied Phycology
  • Journal of Phycology
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • ICES Journal of Marine Science
  • Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Timmermans's research fields include:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Subfields specifically covered are:

  • Oceanography
  • Ecology
  • Aquatic Science
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Global and Planetary Change

Their main scientific topics involve:

  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Seaweed-derived Bioactive Compounds
  • Algal biology and biofuel production
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies

Among their recent published papers are:

  • Potential of microalgae as flavoring agents for plant-based seafood alternatives, 2022, Future Foods
  • Extraction and analysis of free amino acids and 5'-nucleotides, the key contributors to the umami taste of seaweed, 2021, Food Chemistry
  • The biogeographic differentiation of algal microbiomes in the upper ocean from pole to pole, 2021, Nature Communications
  • The Effect of Nitrogen Starvation on Biomass Yield and Biochemical Constituents of Rhodomonas sp., 2020, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Effect of light quality and quantity on productivity and phycoerythrin concentration in the cryptophyte Rhodomonas sp., 2021, Journal of Applied Phycology

Timmermans collaborates frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Christos Latsos
  • Jasper van Houcke
  • Alexander Ebbing
  • Tjeerd J. Bouma
  • Jacco C. Kromkamp

Best Publications

  • Growth physiology and fate of diatoms in the ocean: a review

    Géraldine Sarthou;Klaas R. Timmermans;Stéphane Blain;Paul Tréguer

  • 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

  • Effect of natural iron fertilization on carbon sequestration in the Southern Ocean

    Stéphane Blain;Bernard Quéguiner;Leanne Armand;Sauveur Belviso

  • Cell death in phytoplankton: correlation between changes in membrane permeability, photosynthetic activity, pigmentation and growth

    Marcel J.W. Veldhuis;Gijsbert W. Kraay;Klaas R. Timmermans

  • 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

  • Offshore macroalgae biomass for bioenergy production: Environmental aspects, technological achievements and challenges

    Francois Fernand;Francois Fernand;Alvaro Israel;Jorunn Skjermo;Thomas Wichard

  • Growth rates of large and small Southern Ocean diatoms in relation to availability of iron in natural seawater

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

  • Low dissolved Fe and the absence of diatom blooms in remote Pacific waters of the Southern Ocean

    Hein J.W. de Baar;Jeroen T.M. de Jong;Rob F. Nolting;Klaas R. Timmermans

  • Titan: A new facility for ultraclean sampling of trace elements and isotopes in the deep oceans in the international Geotraces program

    H. J. W. De Baar;K.R. Timmermans;Patrick Laan;H.H. De Porto

  • Picophytoplankton - a comparative study of their biochemical composition and photosynthetic properties

    Marcel J.W. Veldhuis;Klaas R. Timmermans;Peter Croot;Bas van der Wagt

  • The fate of biogenic iron during a phytoplankton bloom induced by natural fertilisation: Impact of copepod grazing

    Géraldine Sarthou;Dorothée Vincent;Urania Christaki;Ingrid Obernosterer;Ingrid Obernosterer

  • Fe (III) speciation in the high nutrient, low chlorophyll Pacific region of the Southern Ocean

    R.F. Nolting;L.J.A. Gerringa;M.J.W. Swagerman;Klaas Timmermans

  • Physiological responses of three species of marine pico-phytoplankton to ammonium, phosphate, iron and light limitation

    K.R. Timmermans;B. van der Wagt;M.J.W. Veldhuis;A. Maatman

  • Abiotic and biotic factors influencing in situ trace metal levels in macroinvertebrates in freshwater ecosystems

    Bert van Hattum;Klaas R. Timmermans;Harrie A. Govers

  • Iron-mediated effects on nitrate reductase in marine phytoplankton

    Klaas Timmermans;W. Stolte;de Henricus Baar

  • Co-limitation by iron and light of Chaetoceros brevis, C. dichaeta and C. calcitrans (Bacillariophyceae)

    Klaas R. Timmermans;Margaret S. Davey;Bas van der Wagt;Josje Snoek

  • A comparison of iron limitation of phytoplankton in natural oceanic waters and laboratory media conditioned with EDTA

    L.J.A. Gerringa;de Henricus Baar;K.R. Timmermans

  • Variability in the speciation of iron in the northern North Sea

    Martha Gledhill;Constant M.G van den Berg;Rob F Nolting;Klaas R Timmermans

  • The influence of UV irradiation on the photoreduction of iron in the Southern Ocean

    M.J.A. Rijkenberg;A.C. Fischer;J.J. Kroon;L.J.A. Gerringa

  • Major deviations of iron complexation during 22 days of a mesoscale iron enrichment in the open Southern Ocean

    Marie Boye;Jun Nishioka;Peter L. Croot;Patrick Laan

  • Spatial and temporal distribution of Fe(II) and H2O2 during EisenEx, an open ocean mescoscale iron enrichment

    Peter L. Croot;Patrick Laan;Jun Nishioka;Volker Strass

  • Cadmium, zinc, lead and copper inChironomus riparius (Meigen) larvae (Diptera, Chironomidae): uptake and effects

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Frequent Co-Authors

Hein J W de Baar
Hein J W de Baar University of Groningen
Loes J. A. Gerringa
Loes J. A. Gerringa Utrecht University
Marcel J.W. Veldhuis
Marcel J.W. Veldhuis Apollo Vredestein
Peter Croot
Peter Croot University of Galway
Corina P. D. Brussaard
Corina P. D. Brussaard Utrecht University
Géraldine Sarthou
Géraldine Sarthou French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Anita G. J. Buma
Anita G. J. Buma University of Groningen
Jun Nishioka
Jun Nishioka Hokkaido University
Ulf Riebesell
Ulf Riebesell GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Julia Uitz
Julia Uitz Université Paris Cité

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