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Overview

Willem Renema is affiliated with the Naturalis Biodiversity Center in the Netherlands. Their research spans multiple disciplines within Earth and Environmental Sciences, with significant contributions to the fields of Ecology, Atmospheric Science, Environmental Chemistry, Oceanography, and Geology.

The primary areas of study for Renema include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies

Renema has a robust publication record in scientific journals and repositories. The most frequent venues for their work are:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Data
  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Frontiers in Marine Science

Among their recent papers are:

  • A global database for metacommunity ecology, integrating species, traits, environment and space, 2020, Scientific Data
  • Retracted: Plio-Pleistocene Indonesian Throughflow Variability Drove Eastern Indian Ocean Sea Surface Temperatures, 2020, Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
  • DNA Metabarcoding Methods for the Study of Marine Benthic Meiofauna: A Review, 2021, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Pteropods make thinner shells in the upwelling region of the California Current Ecosystem, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • High dispersal capacity and biogeographic breaks shape the genetic diversity of a globally distributed reef-dwelling calcifier, 2020, Ecology and Evolution

Renema's collaborative network includes frequent co-authors such as Helen McGregor, Donald C. Potts, Jody M. Webster, Juan C. Braga, and Ana Christina Ravelo. These collaborations reflect a multidisciplinary approach linking paleoclimatology, biodiversity, and marine sciences.

The scientist's work extensively addresses the integration of species data with environmental and spatial variables, molecular methods for marine ecology, and paleoceanographic processes. Through their publications, Renema contributes to understanding both contemporary ecological dynamics and historical geophysical changes.

Best Publications

  • Hopping hotspots: global shifts in marine biodiversity.

    Willem Renema;Willem Renema;D. R. Bellwood;Juan Carlos Braga;K. Bromfield

  • Lake Pebas: a palaeoecological reconstruction of a Miocene, long-lived lake complex in western Amazonia

    F.P. Wesselingh;M.E. Räsänen;G. Irion;H.B. Vonhof

  • Eocene greenhouse climate revealed by coupled clumped isotope-Mg/Ca thermometry

    David M Evans;Navjit Sagoo;Willem Renema;Laura J. Cotton

  • Larger foraminifera distribution on a mesotrophic carbonate shelf in SW Sulawesi (Indonesia)

    Willem Renema;Simon R Troelstra

  • Variation in the diversity and composition of benthic taxa as a function of distance offshore, depth and exposure in the Spermonde Archipelago, Indonesia

    Daniel F.R. Cleary;Daniel F.R. Cleary;Leontine E. Becking;Nicole J. de Voogd;Nicole J. de Voogd;Willem Renema

  • Australian shelf sediments reveal shifts in Miocene Southern Hemisphere westerlies

    Jeroen Groeneveld;Jorijntje Henderiks;Willem Renema;Cecilia M. McHugh

  • Indonesian throughflow drove Australian climate from humid pliocene to arid pleistocene

    Beth A. Christensen;Willem Renema;Jorijntje Henderiks;David De Vleeschouwer

  • Biogeography, time, and place : distributions, barriers, and islands

    Willem Renema

  • Large benthic foraminifera from the deep photic zone of a mixed siliciclastic-carbonate shelf off East Kalimantan, Indonesia

    Willem Renema

  • Indirect paleo-seagrass indicators (IPSIs): A review

    S. Reich;E. Di Martino;J.A. Todd;F.P. Wesselingh

  • Habitat selective factors influencing the distribution of larger benthic foraminiferal assemblages over the Kepulauan Seribu

    Willem Renema;Willem Renema

  • Flying high: on the airborne dispersal of aquatic organisms as illustrated by the distribution histories of the gastropod genera Tryonia and Planorbarius

    F.P. Wesselingh;G.C. Cadée;W. Renema

  • Fauna Development of Larger Benthic Foraminifera in the Cenozoic of Southeast Asia

    Willem Renema

  • Biotic Evolution and Environmental Change in Southeast Asia: Biodiversity hotspots, evolution and coral reef biogeography

    David R. Bellwood;Willem Renema;Brian R. Rosen

  • Habitat variables determining the occurrence of large benthic foraminifera in the Berau area (East Kalimantan, Indonesia)

    Willem Renema

  • Coral reef evolution on rapidly subsiding margins

    Jody M. Webster;Jody M. Webster;Juan Carlos Braga;David A. Clague;Christina Gallup

  • Terrestrial influence as a key driver of spatial variability in large benthic foraminiferal assemblage composition in the Central Indo-Pacific

    Willem Renema

  • Beta diversity of tropical marine benthic assemblages in the Spermonde Archipelago, Indonesia

    Leontine E. Becking;Daniel F. R. Cleary;Daniel F. R. Cleary;Nicole J. de Voogd;Nicole J. de Voogd;Willem Renema

  • Variation in the composition of corals, fishes, sponges, echinoderms, ascidians, molluscs, foraminifera and macroalgae across a pronounced in-to-offshore environmental gradient in the Jakarta Bay-Thousand Islands coral reef complex.

    D.F.R. Cleary;A.R.M. Polónia;W. Renema;B.W. Hoeksema;B.W. Hoeksema

  • Evolutionary significance of the microbial assemblages of large benthic Foraminifera.

    Martina Prazeres;Willem Renema

  • Recently discovered landlocked basins in Indonesia reveal high habitat diversity in anchialine systems

    Leontine E. Becking;Willem Renema;Nadiezhda K. Santodomingo;Nadiezhda K. Santodomingo;Bert W. Hoeksema

  • Interannual climate variability in the Miocene: High resolution trace element and stable isotope ratios in giant clams

    Sietske J. Batenburg;Gert-Jan Reichart;Gert-Jan Reichart;Tom Jilbert;Max Janse

Frequent Co-Authors

Jody M. Webster
Jody M. Webster University of Sydney
David De Vleeschouwer
David De Vleeschouwer Münster University of Applied Sciences
Frank P. Wesselingh
Frank P. Wesselingh Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Juan C. Braga
Juan C. Braga University of Granada
Daniel F. R. Cleary
Daniel F. R. Cleary University of Aveiro
Bert W. Hoeksema
Bert W. Hoeksema University of Groningen
Stephen J. Gallagher
Stephen J. Gallagher University of Melbourne
Isla S. Castañeda
Isla S. Castañeda University of Massachusetts Amherst
Jeroen Groeneveld
Jeroen Groeneveld University of Bremen
Jorijntje Henderiks
Jorijntje Henderiks Uppsala University

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