4. Department of Microbiology Microbial ecology of marine ecosystems Centre for Coastal and Estuarine Science CCES
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6. Identify important ecosystems Survey of selected ecosystems Identify microbial ‘key players’ Enrichment & isolation Physiology, genome & proteome Back to the ecosystem Application Understanding the role of microbes in the biogeochemical nitrogen cycle Dep. Microbiology CCES
7. Role of microbes in the marine nitrogen cycle Who are the dominant ammonia-oxidizing microbes in the ocean? Darwin projects NIOO, NIOZ & RU Marine Anammox bacteria in the lab Marine Anammox bacteria in the ocean Nitrosopumilus crenarchaea (K ö nneke et al. Nature 2005) Nitrosomonas bacteria - O 2 + O 2 Dep. Microbiology CCES
8. Are microbes the only players in the marine nitrogen cycle? Darwin project UU & RU Sedimentation of dead foraminifera Sorting living foraminifera White cliffs of Dover Eukaryotes produce N 2 Dep. Microbiology CCES
10. Zebrafish leptin Fish Adaptation Physiology Stress Physiology, Thyroidology & Immunology Calcium Physiology & Osmoregulation Regulation of Food Intake Bone Physiology & Drug Development Fish Aquaculture & Welfare Collaborations: IMARES, WUR, SMARTMIX and many others…. Dep. Animal Physiology CCES CRH ACTH CRH
11. Department of Animal Ecology and Ecophysiology Centre for Coastal and Estuarine Science CCES
12. Coastal research Bio-invasions Ecology of tropical coastal systems Focus is on fishes & invertebrates in fresh, brackish and salt water, in the Netherlands, Europe and the tropics Dep. Animal Ecology and Ecophysiology CCES
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15. Department of Environmental Science Centre for Coastal and Estuarine Science CCES
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17. Department of Environmental Science & Department of Aquatic Ecology and Environmental Biology Centre for Coastal and Estuarine Science CCES
20. Department of Spatial Ecology Centre for Estuarine and Marine Ecology Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO) Yerseke Centre for Coastal and Estuarine Science CCES
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22. Research across scales Field & flume experiments Large - scale characteristics (dynamics/patterns) Small - scale processes (mechanisms) interaction between physical and biological constraints Dep. Spatial Ecology NIOO CCES