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Prof. Dr Stal, Lucas [ retired ]
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Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek der Zee; Marine Microbiology and Biogeochemistry (MMB), more

Function: Head of department

Diversity - Productivity Relationships in Microphytobenthos, more
Marine Microorganisms: Cultivation Methods for Improving their Biotechnological Applications, more
The influence of climatic change on coastal sediment erosion, more
The morphodynamical development of intertidal mudflats, more
The morphological development of intertidal mudflats, more

Dijkman N., Stal L. 2009: Biomarker database of algae cultures at NIOO-CEME, The Netherlands. Netherlands Institute of Ecology; Centre for Estuarine and Marine Ecology, Netherlands. Metadata available at http://mda.nioo.knaw.nl/imis.php?module=dataset&dasid=1087, more
Gonzales-Acinas S., Stal L. 2006: Diversity and biogeography of the cyanobacteria Pseudanabaena. Netherlands Institute of Ecology; Centre for Estuarine and Marine Ecology, Netherlands. dataset available at http://mda.nioo.knaw.nl/imis.php?module=dataset&dasid=1828, more
Mag-SIP: Miyatake T., Stal L. 2008: Linking Microbial Community Function to Phylogeny of Sulfate-Reducing Deltaproteobacteria in Marine Sediments. Netherlands Institute of Ecology; Centre for Estuarine and Marine Ecology, Netherlands. Metadata available at http://mda.nioo.knaw.nl/imis.php?module=dataset&dasid=2148, more
Severin I. and Stal J.L. 2009: Schiermonnikoog-microbial mats 2006-2009 . Netherlands Institute of Ecology; Centre for Estuarine and Marine Ecology, Netherlands. Metadata available at http://mda.nioo.knaw.nl/imis.php?module=dataset&dasid=2396, more
Severin I., Stal L. 2006: Light-dependent nitrogenase activity in Nodularia sp..Netherlands Institute of Ecology; Centre for Estuarine and Marine Ecology, Netherlands. Metadata available at http://mda.nioo.knaw.nl/imis.php?module=dataset&dasid=2153, more
Staal M., Stal L. 2002: Nitrogen fixation of Cyanobacteria from 1997 to 2002. Netherlands Institute of Ecology; Centre for Estuarine and Marine Ecology, Netherlands. Metadata available at http://mda.nioo.knaw.nl/imis.php?module=dataset&dasid=1830, more
Stal L. 2005: Dataset PHOBIA. Netherlands Institute of Ecology; Centre for Estuarine and Marine Ecology, Netherlands. Metadata available at http://mda.nioo.knaw.nl/imis.php?module=dataset&dasid=1773, more
Stal L.; Netherlands Institute of Ecology; Centre for Estuarine and Marine Ecology; Department Marine Microbiology (NIOZ-YMM): Netherlands; (2002): Dataset supporting the CLIMEROD project., more
Wollenzien U.I.A., Stal L. 2009: Global algaeculture collection collected at NIOO-CEME, The Netherlands. Netherlands Institute of Ecology; Centre for Estuarine and Marine Ecology, Netherlands. Metadata available at http://mda.nioo.knaw.nl/imis.php?module=dataset&dasid=1088, more
de Brouwer J., Stal L.: Nieuwe aangroeiwerende verven met natuurlijke biociden voor zeeschepen. Netherlands Institute of Ecology; Centre for Estuarine and Marine Ecology, Netherlands. Metadata available at http://mda.nioo.knaw.nl/imis.php?module=dataset&dasid=1829, more

A1 Publications (88) [show]
Hörnlein, C.; Confurius-Guns, V.; Grego, M.; Stal, L.J.; Bolhuis, H. (2020). Circadian clock-controlled gene expression in co-cultured, mat-forming cyanobacteria. NPG Scientific Reports 10(1). https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-69294-3, more Cardoso, D.C.; Cretoiu, M.S.; Stal, L.J.; Bolhuis, H. (2019). Seasonal development of a coastal microbial mat. NPG Scientific Reports 9: 9035. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-45490-8, more Stal, L.J.; Bolhuis, H.; Cretoiu, M.S. (2019). Phototrophic marine benthic microbiomes: the ecophysiology of these biological entities. Environ. Microbiol. 21(5): 1529-1551. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.14494, more Bale, N.J.; Hopmans, E.C.; Dorhout, D.; Stal, L.J.; Grego, M.; van Bleijswijk, J.D.L.; Sinninghe Damsté, J.S.; Schouten, S. (2018). A novel heterocyst glycolipid detected in a pelagic N₂ -fixing cyanobacterium of the genus Calothrix. Org. Geochem. 123: 44-47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2018.06.009, more Hedayatkhah, A.; Cretoiu, M.S.; Emtiazi, G.; Stal, L.J.; Bolhuis, H. (2018). Bioremediation of chromium contaminated water by diatoms with concomitant lipid accumulation for biofuel production. J. Environ. Manage. 227: 313-320. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.09.011, more Hörnlein, C.; Confurius-Guns, V.; Stal, L.J.; Bolhuis, H. (2018). Daily rhythmicity in coastal microbial mats. npj Biofilms and Microbiomes 4: 11. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41522-018-0054-5, more Ismail, A.; Ktari, L.; Ahmed, M.; Bolhuis, H.; Bouhaouala-Zahar, B.; Stal, L.J.; Boudabbous, A.; El Bour, M. (2018). Heterotrophic bacteria associated with the green alga Ulva rigida: identification and antimicrobial potential. J. Appl. Phycol. 30(5): 2883-2899. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10811-018-1454-x, more Moerdijk-Poortvliet, T.C.W.; van Breugel, P.; Sabbe, K.; Beauchard, O.; Stal, L.J.; Boschker, H.T.S. (2018). Seasonal changes in the biochemical fate of carbon fixed by benthic diatoms in intertidal sediments. Limnol. Oceanogr. 63(2): 550-569. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lno.10648, more Moerdijk-Poortvliet, T.C.W.; Beauchard, O.; Stal, L.J.; Boschker, H.T.S. (2018). Production and consumption of extracellular polymeric substances in an intertidal diatom mat. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 592: 77-95. https://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps12481, more Cardoso, D.C.; Sandionigi, A.; Cretoiu, M.S; Casiraghi, M.; Stal, L.; Bolhuis, H. (2017). Comparison of the active and resident community of a coastal microbial mat. NPG Scientific Reports 7: 2969. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-03095-z, more Guimarães, P.; Yunes, J.S.; Cretoiu, M.S.; Stal, L.J. (2017). Growth Characteristics of an Estuarine Heterocystous Cyanobacterium. Front. Microbiol. 8: 1132. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.01132, more Naghoni, A.; Emtiazi, G.; Amoozegar, M.A.; Cretoiu, M.S.; Stal, L.J.; Etemadifar, Z.; Shahzadeh Fazeli, S.A.; Bolhuis, H. (2017). Microbial diversity in the hypersaline Lake Meyghan, Iran. NPG Scientific Reports 7(1): 11522. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-11585-3, more Stal, L. (2017). The effect of oxygen concentration and temperature on nitrogenase activity in the heterocystous cyanobacterium Fischerella sp. NPG Scientific Reports 7(1): 10. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-05715-0, more Stal, L.J. (2017). Gregarious cyanobacteria. Environ. Microbiol. 19(6): 2105-2109. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.13739, more Ismail, A.; Ktari, L.; Bolhuis, H.; Ahmed, M.; Boudabbous, A.; Stal, L.J.; Cretoiu, M.S.; El Bour, M. (2016). Antimicrobial Activities of Bacteria Associated with the Brown Alga Padina pavonica. Front. Microbiol. 7: 1072. dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2016.01072, more Visser, P.M.; Verspagen, J.M.H.; Sandrini, G.; Stal, L.J.; Matthijs, H.C.P.; Davis, T.W.; Pearl, H.W.; Huisman, J. (2016). How rising CO₂ and global warming may stimulate harmful cyanobacterial blooms. Harmful Algae 54: 145–159. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2015.12.006, more Brauer, V.S.; Stomp, M.; Bouvier, T.; Fouilland, E.; Leboulanger, C.; Confurius-Guns, V.; Weissing, F.J.; Stal, L.J.; Huisman, J. (2015). Competition and facilitation between the marine nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium Cyanothece and its associated bacterial community. Front. Microbiol. 5: 795. dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2014.00795, more Fan, H.; Bolhuis, H.; Stal, L.J. (2015). Drivers of the dynamics of diazotrophs and denitrifiers in North Sea bottom waters and sediments. Front. Microbiol. 6: 738. dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2015.00738, more Fan, H.; Bolhuis, H.; Stal, L.J. (2015). Denitrification and the denitrifier community in coastal microbial mats. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 91(3): 1-11. dx.doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiu033, more Fan, H.; Bolhuis, H.; Stal, L.J. (2015). Nitrification and Nitrifying Bacteria in a Coastal Microbial Mat. Front. Microbiol. 6: 1367. dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2015.01367, more Javaheri, N.; Dries, R.; Burson, A.; Stal, L.J.; Sloot, P.M.A.; Kaandorp, J.A. (2015). Temperature affects the silicate morphology in a diatom. NPG Scientific Reports 5: 11652. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep11652, more Moerdijk-Poortvliet, T.C.W.; Schierbeek, H.; Houtekamer, M.; van Engeland, T.; Derrien, D.; Stal, L.J.; Boschker, H.T.S. (2015). Comparison of gas chromatography/isotope ratio mass spectrometry and liquid chromatography/isotope ratio mass spectrometry for carbon stable-isotope analysis of carbohydrates. Rapid Comm. Mass Spectrom. 29: 1205-1214. dx.doi.org/10.1002/rcm.7217, more Agawin, N.S.R.; Benavides, M.; Busquets, A.; Ferriol, P.; Stal, L.J.; Aristegui, J. (2014). Dominance of unicellular cyanobacteria in the diazotrophic community in the Atlantic Ocean. Limnol. Oceanogr. 59(2): 623-637. http://dx.doi.org/10.4319/lo.2014.59.2.0623, more Ahmed, M.; Wijnholds, A.; Stal, L.J.; Hasnain, S. (2014). Isolation, characterization and localization of extracellular polymeric substances from the cyanobacterium Arthrospira platensis strain MMG-9. Eur. J. Phycol. 49(2): 143-150. dx.doi.org/10.1080/09670262.2014.895048, more Ahmed, M.; Stal, L.J.; Hasnain, S. (2014). Biofilm Formation and Indole-3-Acetic Acid Production by Two Rhizospheric Unicellular Cyanobacteria. J. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 24(8): 1015-1025. http://dx.doi.org/10.4014/jmb.1310.10099, more Ahmed, M.; Stal, L.; Hasnain, S. (2014). The morphology and bioactivity of the rice field cyanobacterium Leptolyngbya. Rev. Biol. Trop. 62(3): 1251-1260. dx.doi.org/10.15517/rbt.v62i3.8657, more Bale, N.; Villanueva, L.; Fan, H.; Hopmans, E.C.; Schouten, S.; Sinninghe Damsté, J.S.; Stal, L.J. (2014). Occurrence and activity of anammox bacteria in surface sediments of the southern North Sea. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 89(1): 99–110. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1574-6941.12338, more Bauersachs, T.; Stal, L.J.; Grego, M.; Schwark, L.; Schwark, L. (2014). Temperature induced changes in the heterocyst glycolipid composition of N2 fixing heterocystous cyanobacteria. Org. Geochem. 69: 98-105. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2014.02.006, more Bolhuis, H.; Cretoiu, M.S.; Stal, L.J. (2014). Molecular ecology of microbial mats. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 90(2): 335-350, more den Haan, J.; Visser, P.M.; Ganase, A.E.; Gooren, E.E.; Stal, L.J.; van Duyl, F.C.; Vermeij, M.J.A.; Huisman, J. (2014). Nitrogen fixation rates in algal turf communities of a degraded versus less degraded coral reef. Coral Reefs 33(4): 1003-1015. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00338-014-1207-5, more Miyatake, T.; Moerdijk-Poortvliet, T.C.W.; Stal, L.J.; Boschker, H.T.S. (2014). Tracing carbon flow from microphytobenthos to major bacterial groups in an intertidal marine sediment by using an in situ 13C pulse-chase method. Limnol. Oceanogr. 59(4): 1275-1287. http://dx.doi.org/10.4319/lo.2014.59.4.1275, more Moerdijk-Poortvliet, T.C.W.; Brasser, J.; de Ruiter, G.; Houtekamer, M.; Bolhuis, H.; Stal, L.J.; Boschker, H.T.S. (2014). A versatile method for simultaneous stable carbon isotope analysis of DNA and RNA nucleotides by liquid chromatography/isotope ratio mass spectrometry. Rapid Comm. Mass Spectrom. 28(12): 1401-1411. dx.doi.org/10.1002/rcm.6919, more Moerdijk-Poortvliet, T.C.W.; Stal, L.J.; Boschker, H.T.S. (2014). LC/IRMS analysis: A powerful technique to trace carbon flow in microphytobenthic communities in intertidal sediments. J. Sea Res. 92: 19–25. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2013.10.002, more Benavides, M.; Agawin, N.S.R.; Aristegui, J.; Peene, J.; Stal, L.J. (2013). Dissolved organic nitrogen and carbon release by a marine unicellular diazotrophic cyanobacterium. Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 69(1): 69-80. dx.doi.org/10.3354/ame01621, more Bolhuis, H.; Fillinger, L.; Stal, L.J. (2013). Coastal Microbial Mat Diversity along a Natural Salinity Gradient. PLoS One 8(5). dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0063166, more Brauer, V.S.; Stomp, M.; Rosso, C.; van Beusekom, S.A.M.; Emmerich, B.; Stal, L.; Huisman, J. (2013). Low temperature delays timing and enhances the cost of nitrogen fixation in the unicellular cyanobacterium Cyanothece. ISME J. 7: 2105-2115. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2013.103, more Voss, B.; Bolhuis, H.; Fewer, D.P.; Kopf, M.; Möke, F.; Haas, F.; El-Shehawy, R.; Hayes, P.; Bergman, B.; Sivonen, K.; Dittmann, E.; Scanlan, D.J.; Hagemann, M.; Stal, L.J.; Hess, W.R. (2013). Insights into the Physiology and Ecology of the Brackish-Water-Adapted Cyanobacterium Nodularia spumigena CCY9414 Based on a Genome-Transcriptome Analysis. PLoS One 8(3). dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0060224, more Ismail-Ben Ali, A.; El Bour, M.; Ktari, L.; Bolhuis, H.; Ahmed, M.; Boudabbous, A.; Stal, L. (2012). Jania rubens-associated bacteria: molecular identification and antimicrobial activity. J. Appl. Phycol. 24(3): 525-534. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10811-011-9758-0, more Pade, N.; Compaoré, J.; Klähn, S.; Stal, L.J.; Hagemann, M. (2012). The marine cyanobacterium Crocosphaera watsonii WH8501 synthesizes the compatible solute trehalose by a laterally acquired OtsAB fusion protein. Environ. Microbiol. 14(5): 1261-1271. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1462-2920.2012.02709.x, more Pfreundt, U.; Stal, L.J.; Voss, B.; Hess, W.R. (2012). Dinitrogen fixation in a unicellular chlorophyll d-containing cyanobacterium. ISME J. 6(7): 1367-1377. dx.doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2011.199, more Severin, I.; Confurius-Guns, V.; Stal, L.J. (2012). Effect of salinity on nitrogenase activity and composition of the active diazotrophic community in intertidal microbial mats. Arch. Microbiol. 194(6): 483-491. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00203-011-0787-5, more Bauersachs, T.; Compaoré, J.; Severin, I.; Hopmans, E.C.; Schouten, S.; Stal, L.J.; Sinninghe Damsté, J.S. (2011). Diazotrophic microbial community of coastal microbial mats of the southern North Sea. Geobiol. 9(4): 349-359. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1472-4669.2011.00280.x, more Dijkman, N.A.; Boschker, H.T.S.; Stal, L.J.; Kromkamp, J.C. (2010). Composition and heterogeneity of the microbial community in a coastal microbial mat as revealed by the analysis of pigments and phospholipid-derived fatty acids. J. Sea Res. 63(1): 62-70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2009.10.002, more Vanelslander, B.; Creach, V.; Vanormelingen, P.; Ernst, A.; Chepurnov, V.A.; Sahan, E.; Muyzer, G.; Stal, L.J.; Vyverman, W.; Sabbe, K. (2009). Ecological differentiation between sympatric pseudocryptic species in the estuarine benthic diatom Navicula phyllepta (Bacillariophyceae). J. Phycol. 45(6): 1278-1289. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1529-8817.2009.00762.x, more Kremer, B.P.; Kazmierczak, J.; Stal, L.J. (2008). Calcium carbonate precipitation in cyanobacterial mats from sandy tidal flats of the North Sea. Geobiol. 6(1): 46-56. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1472-4669.2007.00128.x, more Roeselers, G.; Stal, L.J.; van Loosdrecht, M.C.M.; Muyzer, G. (2007). Development of a PCR for the detection and identification of cyanobacterial nifD genes. J. microbiol. methods 70(3): 550-556. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mimet.2007.06.011, more Sahan, E.; Sabbe, K.; Creach, V.; Hernandez-Raquet, G.; Vyverman, W.; Stal, L.J.; Muyzer, G. (2007). Community structure and seasonal dynamics of diatom biofilms and associated grazers in intertidal mudflats. Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 47(3): 253-266. https://dx.doi.org/10.3354/ame047253, more Staal, M.; te Lintel Hekkert, S.; Jan Brummer, G.; Veldhuis, M.; Sikkens, C.; Persijn, S.; Stal, L.J. (2007). Nitrogen fixation along a north-south transect in the eastern Atlantic Ocean. Limnol. Oceanogr. 52(4): 1305-1316. https://dx.doi.org/10.4319/lo.2007.52.4.1305, more Creach, V.; Ernst, A.; Sabbe, K.; Vanelslander, B.; Vyverman, W.; Stal, L.J. (2006). Using quantitative PCR to determine the distribution Of a semicryptic benthic diatom, Navicula phyllepta (Bacillariophyceae). J. Phycol. 42(5): 1142-1154. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1529-8817.2006.00268.x, more de Brouwer, J.F.C.; Cooksey, K.E.; Wigglesworth-Cooksey, B.; Staal, M.; Stal, L.J.; Avci, R. (2006). Time of flight-secondary ion mass spectrometry on isolated extracellular fractions and intact biofilms of three species of benthic diatoms. J. microbiol. methods 65(3): 562-572. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mimet.2005.10.001, more Forster, R.M.; Créach, V.; Sabbe, K.; Vyverman, W.; Stal, L.J. (2006). Biodiversity-ecosystem function relationship in microphytobenthic diatoms of the Westerschelde estuary. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 311: 191-201. dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps311191, more Mueller, L.N.; De Brouwer, J.F.C.; Almeida, J.S.; Stal, L.J.; Xavier, J.B. (2006). Analysis of a marine phototrophic biofilm by confocal laser scanning microscopy using the new image quantification software PHLIP. BMC Ecology 6(1): 1-15. https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6785-6-1, more Rabouille, S.; Staal, M.; Stal, L.J.; Soetaert, K. (2006). Modeling the dynamic regulation of nitrogen fixation in the cyanobacterium Trichodesmium sp. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72(5): 3217-3227. https://dx.doi.org/10.1128/aem.72.5.3217-3227.2006, more Tolhurst, T.J.; Defew, E.C.; de Brouwer, J.F.C.; Wolfstein, K.; Stal, L.J.; Paterson, D.M. (2006). Small-scale temporal and spatial variability in the erosion threshold and properties of cohesive intertidal sediments. Cont. Shelf Res. 26(3): 351-362. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2005.11.007, more van Bergeijk, S.A.; Wollenzien, U.; Schönefeldt, K.; Stal, L.J. (2006). Seasonal variation in dimethylsulfoniopropionate related to microphytobenthos composition in intertidal estuarine sediments. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 320: 55-63. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps320055, more de Brouwer, J.F.C.; Stal, L.J. (2004). Does warm-water extraction of benthic diatoms yield extracellular polymeric substances or does it extract intracellular chrysolaminaran? Eur. J. Phycol. 39(2): 129-131. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09670260410001703815, more Riera, P.; Stal, L.; Nieuwenhuize, J. (2004). Utilization of food sources by invertebrates in a man-made intertidal ecosystem (Westerschelde, The Netherlands): a δ¹³C and δ¹⁵N stud. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 84(2): 323-326, more Stomp, M.; Hulsman, J.; de Jongh, F.; Veraart, A.J.; Gerla, D.; Rijkeboer, M.; Ibelings, B.; Wollenzien, U.I.A.; Stal, L.J. (2004). Adaptive divergence in pigment composition promotes phytoplankton biodiversity. Nature (Lond.) 432(7013): 104-107, more de Brouwer, J.F.C.; de Deckere, E.M.G.T.; Stal, L.J. (2003). Distribution of extracellular carbohydrates in three intertidal mudflats in Western Europe. Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 56(2): 313-324. dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0272-7714(02)00164-6, more Staal, M.; Stal, L.J.; te Lintel Hekkert, S.; Harren, F.J.M. (2003). Light action spectra of N₂ fixation by heterocystous cyanobacteria from the Baltic Sea. J. Phycol. 39: 668-677. https://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1529-8817.2003.02116.x, more Staal, M.; te Lintel Hekkert, S.; Harren, F.J.M.; Stal, L.J. (2003). Effects of O₂ on N₂ fixation in heterocystous cyanobacteria from the Baltic Sea. Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 33(3): 261-270. https://dx.doi.org/10.3354/ame033261, more Staal, M.; Meysman, F.J.R.; Stal, L.J. (2003). Temperature excludes N₂-fixing heterocystous cyanobacteria in the tropical oceans. Nature (Lond.) 425(6957): 504-507, more Stal, L.J. (2003). Microphytobenthos, their extracellular polymeric substances, and the morphogenesis of intertidal sediments. Geomicrobiol. J. 20(5): 463-478. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/713851126, more Stal, L.J.; Albertano, P.; Bergman, B.; Bröckel, K.V.; Gallon, J.R.; Hayes, P.K.; Sivonen, K.; Walsby, A.E. (2003). BASIC: Baltic Sea cyanobacteria. An investigation of the structure and dynamics of water blooms of cyanobacteria in the Baltic Sea—responses to a changing environment. Cont. Shelf Res. 23(17-19): 1695-1714. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2003.06.001, more van Bergeijk, S.A.; Van der Zee, C.; Stal, L.J. (2003). Uptake and excretion of dimethylsulphoniopropionate is driven by salinity changes in the marine benthic diatom Cylindrotheca closterium. Eur. J. Phycol. 38(4): 341-349. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09670260310001612600, more de Brouwer, J.F.C.; Ruddy, G.K.; Jones, T.E.R.; Stal, L.J. (2002). Sorption of EPS to sediment particles and the effect on the rheology of sediment slurries. Biogeochemistry 61: 57-71, more de Brouwer, J.F.C.; Wolfstein, K.; Stal, L.J. (2002). Physical characterization and diel dynamics of different fractions of extracellular polysaccharides in an axenic culture of a benthic diatom. Eur. J. Phycol. 37: 37-44. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0967026201003419, more De Brouwer, J.F.C.; Stal, L.J. (2002). Daily fluctuations of exopolymers in cultures of the benthic diatoms Cylindrotheca closterium and Nitzschia sp. (Bacillariophyceae). J. Phycol. 38(3): 464-472. https://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1529-8817.2002.01164.x, more Gallon, J.R.; Evans, A.M.; Jones, D.A.; Albertano, P.; Congestri, R.; Bergman, B.; Gundersen, K.; Orcutt, K.M.; von Bröckel, K.; Fritsche, P.; Meyerhöfer, M.; Nachtigall, K.H.; Ohlendieck, U.; te Lintel Hekkert, S.; Sivonen, K.; Repka, S.; Stal, L.J.; Staal, M. (2002). Maximum rates of N₂ fixation and primary production are out of phase in a developing cyanobacterial bloom in the Baltic Sea. Limnol. Oceanogr. 47(5): 1514-1521. https://dx.doi.org/10.4319/lo.2002.47.5.1514, more Karl, D.M.; Michaels, A.; Bergman, B.; Capone, D.; Carpenter, E.; Letelier, R.; Lipschultz, F.; Paerl, H.W.; Sigman, D.M.; Stal, L. (2002). Dinitrogen fixation in the world's oceans. Biogeochemistry 57-58: 47-98, more Riera, P.; Stal, L.J.; Nieuwenhuize, J. (2002). δ¹³C versus δ¹⁵N of co-occurring molluscs within a communitydominated by Crassostrea gigas and Crepidula fornicata (Oosterschelde, The Netherlands). Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 240: 291-295. https://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps240291, more Riera, P.; Stal, L.J.; Nieuwenhuize, J. (2002). d¹³C versus d¹⁵N of co-occurring molluscs within a community dominated by Crassostrea gigas and Crepidula fornicata (Oosterschelde, The Netherlands). Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 240: 291-295, more van Bergeijk, S.A.; Schönefeldt, K.; Stal, L.J.; Huisman, J. (2002). Production and consumption of dimethylsulfide (DMS) and dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) in a diatom-dominated intertidal sediment. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 231: 37-46. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps231037, more Wolfstein, K.; de Brouwer, J.F.C.; Stal, L.J. (2002). Biochemical partitioning of photosynthetically fixed carbon by benthic diatoms during short-term incubations at different irradiances. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 245: 21-31. https://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps245021, more de Brouwer, J.F.C.; Stal, L.J. (2001). Short-term dynamics in microphytobenthos distribution and associated extracellular carbohydrates in surface sediments of an intertidal mudfat. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 218: 33-44, more De Wit, R.; Stal, L.J.; Lomstein, B.A.; Herbert, R.A.; van Gemerden, H.; Viaroli, P.; Cecherelli, V.-U.; Rodríguez-Valera, F.; Bartoli, M.; Giordani, G.; Azzoni, R.; Schaub, B.; Welsh, D.T.; Donnelly, A.; Cifuentes, A.; Antón, J.; Finster, K.; Nielsen, L.B.; Underlien Pedersen, A.-G.; Neubauer, A.T.; Colangelo, M.A.; Heijs, S.K. (2001). ROBUST: the ROle of BUffering capacities in STabilizing coastal lagoon ecosystems. Cont. Shelf Res. 21: 2021-2041. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0278-4343(01)00040-1, more Staats, N.; de Deckere, E.M.G.T.; De Winder, B.; Stal, L.J. (2001). Spatial patterns of benthic diatoms, carbohydrates and mud on a tidal flat in the Ems-Dollard estuary. Hydrobiologia 448(1-3): 107-115. https://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1017545204214, more Blanchard, G.F.; Paterson, D.M.; Stal, L.J.; Richard, P.; Galois, R.; Huet, V.; Kelly, J.; Honeywill, C.; de Brouwer, J.; Dyer, K.; Christie, M.C.; Seguignes, M. (2000). The effect of geomorphological structures on potential biostabilisation by microphytobenthos on intertidal mudflats. Cont. Shelf Res. 20(10-11): 1243-1256. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0278-4343(00)00021-2, more de Brouwer, J.F.C.; Bjelic, S.; de Deckere, E.M.G.T.; Stal, L.J. (2000). Interplay between biology and sedimentology in a mudflat (Biezelingse Ham, Westerschelde, The Netherlands). Cont. Shelf Res. 20(10-11): 1159-1177. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0278-4343(00)00017-0, more Evans, A.M.; Gallon, J.R.; Jones, A.; Staal, M.; Stal, L.J.; Villbrandt, M.; Walton, T.J. (2000). Nitrogen fixation by Baltic cyanobacteria is adapted to the prevailing photon flux density. New Phytol. 147(2): 285-297. https://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1469-8137.2000.00696.x, more Riera, P.; Stal, L.J.; Nieuwenhuize, J. (2000). Heavy d¹⁵N in intertidal benthic algae and invertebrates in the Scheldt Estuary (The Netherlands): effect of river nitrogen inputs. Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 51(3): 365-372. http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/ecss.2000.0684, more Staats, N.; Stal, L.J.; De Winder, B.; Mur, L.R. (2000). Oxygenic photosynthesis as driving process in exopolysaccharide production of benthic diatoms. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 193: 261-269. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps193261, more Stal, L.J.; Walsby, A.E. (2000). Photosynthesis and nitrogen fixation in a cyanobacterial bloom in the Baltic Sea. Eur. J. Phycol. 35: 97-108. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09670260010001735681, more De Winder, B.; Staats, N.; Stal, L.J.; Paterson, D.M. (1999). Carbohydrate secretion by phototrophic communities in tidal sediments. J. Sea Res. 42: 131-146, more Riera, P.; Stal, L.J.; Nieuwenhuize, J.; Richard, P.; Blanchard, G.; Gentil, F. (1999). Determination of food sources for benthic invertebrates in a salt marsh (Aiguillon Bay, France) by carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes: importance of locally produced sources. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 187: 301-307, more Staats, N.; De Winder, B.; Stal, L.J.; Mur, L.R. (1999). Isolation and characterization of extracellular polysaccharides from the epipelic diatoms Cylindrotheca closterium and Navicula salinarum. Eur. J. Phycol. 34(2): 161-169. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09670269910001736212, more Stal, L.J.; Staal, M.; Villbrandt, M. (1999). Nutrient control of cyanobacterial blooms in the Baltic Sea. Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 18: 165-173. https://dx.doi.org/10.3354/ame018165, more Stal, L.J.; Walsby, A.E. (1998). The daily integral of nitrogen fixation by planktonic cyanobacteria in the Baltic Sea. New Phytol. 139(4): 665-671. https://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1469-8137.1998.00228.x, more
Peer reviewed publications (2) [show]
Albertano, P.; Viaggiu, E.; Stal, L.J. (1999). Photoacclimation response of Baltic Sea Picocyanobacteria in culture. Bull. Inst. Océanogr. Monaco Special no. 19: 217-222, more Stal, L.J. (1999). Nitrogen fixation in microbial mats and stromatolites. Bull. Inst. Océanogr. Monaco Special no. 19: 357-363, more
Books (2) [show]
Stal, L.J.; Cretoiu, M.S. (Ed.) (2016). The marine microbiome: An untapped source of biodiversity and biotechnological potential. Springer International Publishing: Switzerland. ISBN 978-3-319-32998-7. XIV, 498 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33000-6, more Sharma, N.K.; Rai, A.K.; Stal, L.J. (2014). Cyanobacteria : an economic perspective . Wiley-Blackwell: Chichester, West Sussex. ISBN 9781118402221. 376 pp. dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118402238, more
Book chapters (13) [show]
Stal, L.J.; Bolhuis, H.; Cretoiu, M.S. (2017). Phototrophic Microbial Mats, in: Hallenbeck, P.C. Modern Topics in the Phototrophic Prokaryotes : environmental and applied aspects . pp. 295-321. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007%2F978-3-319-46261-5_9, more Stal, L.J. (2016). The euphotic realm, in: Stal, L.J. et al. (Ed.) The marine microbiome. An untapped source of biodiversity and biotechnological potential. pp. 209-225. dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33000-6_7, more Stal, L.J. (2016). Coastal sediments: transition from land to sea, in: Stal, L.J. et al. (Ed.) The marine microbiome. An untapped source of biodiversity and biotechnological potential. pp. 283-304. dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33000-6_10, more Stal, L.J.; Cretoiu, M.S. (2016). Preface, in: Stal, L.J. et al. (Ed.) The marine microbiome. An untapped source of biodiversity and biotechnological potential. pp. ix-xi. dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33000-6, more Schuurmans, R.M.; Matthijs, H.C.P.; Stal, L.J.; Hellingwerf, K.J. (2014). Cyanobacterial cellulose synthesis in the light of the photanol concept, in: Sharma, N.K. et al. Cyanobacteria : an economic perspective. pp. 181-195. dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118402238.ch11, more Sharma, N.K.; Rai, A.K.; Stal, L.J. (2014). Introduction, in: Sharma, N.K. et al. Cyanobacteria : an economic perspective. pp. xxi-xxiv. dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118402238.fmatter, more Sharma, N.K.; Stal, L.J. (2014). The economics of cyanobacteria-based biofuel production: challenges and opportunities, in: Sharma, N.K. et al. Cyanobacteria : an economic perspective. pp. 167-180. dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118402238.ch10, more Vanelslander, B.; Creach, V.; Vanormelingen, P.; Ernst, A.; Chepurnov, V.A.; Sahan, E.; Muyzer, G.; Stal, L.J.; Vyverman, W.; Sabbe, K. (2011). Ecological differentiation between sympatric pseudocryptic species in the estuarine benthic diatom Navicula phyllepta (Bacillariophyceae), in: Vanelslander, B. Diversity and ecosystem functioning in estuarine intertidal microphytobenthos. pp. 21-54, more Vyverman, W.; Stal, L.J.; Muyzer, G.; Sabbe, K.; Vanelslander, B.; Créach, V.; Forster, R.M.; Kromkamp, J.C. (2011). Diversity-productivity relationships in estuarine microphytobenthos, in: Heip, C. et al. (Ed.) Aspects of coastal research in contribution to LOICZ in the Netherlands and Flanders (2002-2010). LOICZ Research & Studies, 38: pp. 162-170, more Amaral-Zettler, L.; Artigas, L.F.; Baross, J.A.; Bharathi, P.A.L.; Boetius, A.; Chandramohan, D.; Herndl, G.J.; Kogure, K.; Neal, P.R.; Pedrós-Alió, C.; Ramette, A.; Schouten, S.; Stal, L.J.; Thessen, A.; de Leeuw, J.W.; Sogin, M.L. (2010). A global census of marine microbes, in: Mcintyre, A.D. (Ed.) Life in the world's oceans: diversity, distribution, and abundance. pp. 223-245, more de Brouwer, J.; Neu, T.R.; Stal, L.J. (2006). On the function of secretion of extracellular polymeric substances by benthic diatoms and their role in intertidal mudflats: A review of recent insights and views, in: Kromkamp, J. et al. (Ed.) Functioning of microphytobenthos in estuaries: Proceedings of the Colloquium, Amsterdam, 21-23 August 2003. Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, Afdeling Natuurkunde, Tweede Reeks, 103: pp. 45-61, more Stal, L.J. (2003). Nitrogen cycling in marine cyanobacterial mats, in: Krumbein, W.E. et al. Fossil and Recent biofilms: a natural history of life on Earth. pp. 119-140. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0193-8_7, more Staats, N.; de Deckere, E.M.G.T.; De Winder, B.; Stal, L.J. (2001). Spatial patterns of benthic diatoms, carbohydrates and mud on a tidal flat in the Ems-Dollard estuary, in: de Deckere, E.M.G.T. (2003). Faunal influence on sediment stability in intertidal mudflats. NIOO Thesis, 20: pp. 57-67, more
Report [show]
Glöckner, F.O.; Stal, L.J.; Sandaa, R.-A.; Gasol, J.M.; O'Gara, F.; Hernandez, F.; Labrenz, M.; Stoica, E.; Varela, M.M.; Bordalo, A.; Pitta, P. (2012). Marine microbial diversity and its role in ecosystem functioning and environmental change. European Marine Board Position Paper, 17. Marine Board-ESF: Ostend. ISBN 978-2-918428-71-8. 80 pp., more
Other publications (3) [show]
Stal, L.J. (2015). Nitrogen Fixation in Cyanobacteria. Encycl. Life Sci. (Online) December: 1-9. dx.doi.org/10.1002/9780470015902.a0021159.pub2, more Stal, L.J.; de Brouwer, J.F.C. (2003). Biofilm formation by benthic diatoms and their influence on the stabilization of intertidal mudflats. Berichte (Forsch.zent. Terramare) 12: 109-111, more Stal, L.J.; van Gemerden, H. (1984). Microbiële matten: vliesdun ecosysteem geeft kleur aan het wad. Nat. tech. 52(11): 870-889, more
Thesis (co-)promotor (9) [show]
Fan, H. (2016). Investigations on the nitrogen cycle in the coastal North Sea. PhD Thesis. UvA: Amsterdam. ISBN 978-94-91407-32-1. 156 pp. hdl.handle.net/11245/1.522126, more Grosse, J. (2016). Resource limitation and the biochemical composition of marine phytoplankton. PhD Thesis. UvA: Amsterdam. ISBN 978-94-91407-37-6. hdl.handle.net/11245/1.541502, more Moerdijk-Poortvliet, T.C.W. (2016). Carbon cycling in benthic diatom mats: Novel applications of LC/IRMS. PhD Thesis. Universiteit van Amsterdam: Amsterdam. ISBN 978-94-91407-44-4. 270 pp. hdl.handle.net/11245/1.547921, more Vasquez-Cardenas, D. (2016). Bacterial chemoautotrophy in coastal sediments. PhD Thesis. UvA: Amsterdam. ISBN 978-94-91407-33-8. 215 pp. hdl.handle.net/11245/1.531841, more Ly, J. (2013). Microalgal primary producers and their limiting resources. PhD Thesis. Universiteit van Amsterdam: [s.l.]. ISBN 9789461918321. 174 pp. hdl.handle.net/11245/1.398714, more Staal, M. (2003). New insights in N₂ fixation by heterocystous cyanobacteria: the advantage of on-line measurements. PhD Thesis. Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen: Nijmegen. ISBN 90-9016979-2. 170 pp., more de Brouwer, J.F.C. (2002). Dynamics in extracellular carbohydrate production by marine benthic diatoms. PhD Thesis. Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen: Nijmegen. ISBN 9090155465. 167 pp. https://hdl.handle.net/2066/19100 , more Van Bergeijk, S.A. (2000). Production of dimethylsulfoniopropionate and dimethylsulfide in intertidal sediment ecosystems. PhD Thesis. Universiteit van Amsterdam: Amsterdam. ISBN 90-5776-054-1. 157 pp., more Staats, N. (1999). Exopolysaccharide production by marine benthic diatoms. PhD Thesis. Universiteit van Amsterdam: Amsterdam. 100 pp., more

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