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Loes J. A. Gerringa

Loes J. A. Gerringa

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
44
Citations
6499
World Ranking
6840
National Ranking
171

Overview

Loes J. A. Gerringa is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands, focusing on research primarily within the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work extensively covers Oceanography, Environmental Chemistry, and Atmospheric Science, contributing to understanding diverse marine and environmental processes.

The scientist's publications address topics such as marine and coastal ecosystems, marine biology and ecology research, methane hydrates and related phenomena, as well as geological studies and exploration. Other research themes include oceanographic and atmospheric processes, geology and paleoclimatology research, and mercury impact and mitigation studies.

Several recent papers illustrate the scope of their research:

  • "The Transpolar Drift as a Source of Riverine and Shelf-Derived Trace Elements to the Central Arctic Ocean" (2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans)
  • "Massive Southern Ocean phytoplankton bloom fed by iron of possible hydrothermal origin" (2021, Nature Communications)
  • "Dissolved Cd, Co, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, and Zn in the Arctic Ocean" (2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans)
  • "Dissolved Trace Metals in the Ross Sea" (2020, Frontiers in Marine Science)
  • "Natural Fe-binding organic ligands in Fram Strait and over the northeast Greenland shelf" (2020, Marine Chemistry)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Gerringa include Rob Middag, Patrick Laan, Kevin R. Arrigo, Eric P. Achterberg, and Dorothea Bauch. These collaborations have contributed to a body of work published mainly in journals such as the Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, Frontiers in Marine Science, Marine Chemistry, Nature Communications, and Biogeosciences.

Publication venues where Loes J. A. Gerringa commonly publishes are:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Marine Chemistry
  • Nature Communications
  • Biogeosciences

Their research provides insight into trace metal distributions and cycling in oceanic environments and explores biogeochemical dynamics influencing marine ecosystems at both regional and broader scales.

Best Publications

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

    Stéphane Blain;Bernard Quéguiner;Leanne Armand;Sauveur Belviso

  • The GEOTRACES Intermediate Data Product 2017

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

  • 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

  • The Distribution of Dissolved Iron in the West Atlantic Ocean

    Micha J. A. Rijkenberg;Rob Middag;Patrick Laan;Loes J. A. Gerringa

  • 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

  • Iron from melting glaciers fuels phytoplankton blooms in the Amundsen Sea (Southern Ocean): Phytoplankton characteristics and productivity

    Anne-Carlijn Alderkamp;Anne-Carlijn Alderkamp;Matthew M. Mills;Gert L. van Dijken;Patrick Laan

  • 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

  • Neodymium isotopic composition and concentration in the western North Atlantic Ocean: Results from the GEOTRACES GA02 section

    Myriam Lambelet;Tina van de Flierdt;Kirsty Crocket;Mark Rehkämper

  • The Transpolar Drift as a Source of Riverine and Shelf-Derived Trace Elements to the Central Arctic Ocean

    Matthew A. Charette;Lauren E. Kipp;Lauren E. Kipp;Laramie T. Jensen;Jessica S. Dabrowski

  • The GEOTRACES Intermediate Data Product 2014

    Edward Mawji;Reiner Schlitzer;Elena Masferrer Dodas;Cyril Abadie

  • 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

  • Southern Ocean control of silicon stable isotope distribution in the deep Atlantic Ocean

    Gregory F. de Souza;Ben C. Reynolds;Joerg Rickli;Joerg Rickli;Martin Frank

  • Enhancement and inhibition of iron photoreduction by individual ligands in open ocean seawater

    Micha J.A. Rijkenberg;Loes J.A. Gerringa;Vicky E. Carolus;Ilona Velzeboer

  • 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

  • Efficiency of carbon removal per added iron in ocean iron fertilization

    Hein J. W. de Baar;Loes J. A. Gerringa;Patrick Laan;Klaas R. Timmermans

  • Speciation of Fe in the Eastern North Atlantic Ocean

    C-E Thuroczy;L. J. A. Gerringa;M. B. Klunder;R. Middag

  • Kinetic study reveals weak Fe-binding ligand, which affects the solubility of Fe in the Scheldt estuary

    L. J. A. Gerringa;M. J. A. Rijkenberg;H. Th. Wolterbeek;T. G. Verburg

  • Effect of trace metal availability on coccolithophorid calcification

    K. G. Schulz;I. Zondervan;L. J. A. Gerringa;K. R. Timmermans

  • Dissolved aluminium in the ocean conveyor of the West Atlantic Ocean: Effects of the biological cycle, scavenging, sediment resuspension and hydrography

    R. Middag;M. M. P. van Hulten;H. M. Van Aken;M. J. A. Rijkenberg

  • Observation of consistent trends in the organic complexation of dissolved iron in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean

    C.-E. Thuróczy;L.J.A. Gerringa;M.B. Klunder;P. Laan

Frequent Co-Authors

Hein J W de Baar
Hein J W de Baar University of Groningen
Klaas R. Timmermans
Klaas R. Timmermans Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
Kevin R. Arrigo
Kevin R. Arrigo Stanford University
Gert L. van Dijken
Gert L. van Dijken Stanford University
Anita G. J. Buma
Anita G. J. Buma University of Groningen
Matthew M. Mills
Matthew M. Mills Stanford University
Michiel M Rutgers van der Loeff
Michiel M Rutgers van der Loeff Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Géraldine Sarthou
Géraldine Sarthou French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Mark Rehkämper
Mark Rehkämper Imperial College London
Eric P. Achterberg
Eric P. Achterberg GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel

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