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Bacterial precursors and unsaturated long-chain fatty acids are biomarkers of North-Atlantic deep-sea demosponges by de Kluijver, Anna, Nierop, Klaas G J, Morganti, Teresa M, Bart, Martijn C, Slaby, Beate M, Hanz, Ulrike, de Goeij, Jasper M, Mienis, Furu, Middelburg, Jack J

“…Sponges produce distinct fatty acids (FAs) that (potentially) can be used as chemotaxonomic and ecological biomarkers to study endosymbiont-host interactions…”
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Lipid Yield and Composition of Azolla filiculoides and the Implications for Biodiesel Production by Brouwer, Paul, van der Werf, Adrie, Schluepmann, Henriette, Reichart, Gert-Jan, Nierop, Klaas G. J.

“…The aquatic fern Azolla is one of the fastest-growing nitrogen-fixing plants on Earth and therefore considered as a potential source of biomass for bioenergy…”
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Soil Water Repellency: A Potential Driver of Vegetation Dynamics in Coastal Dunes by Siteur, Koen, Mao, Jiefei, Nierop, Klaas G. J., Rietkerk, Max, Dekker, Stefan C., Eppinga, Maarten B.

“…Coastal dunes are valuable and complex ecosystems, meaning that predicting their response to anthropogenic pressure is challenging. A potential driver of…”
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Azolla domestication towards a biobased economy? by Brouwer, Paul, Bräutigam, Andrea, Külahoglu, Canan, Tazelaar, Anne O. E, Kurz, Samantha, Nierop, Klaas G. J, Werf, Adrie, Weber, Andreas P. M, Schluepmann, Henriette

“…Due to its phenomenal growth requiring neither nitrogen fertilizer nor arable land and its biomass composition, the mosquito fern Azolla is a candidate crop to…”
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Thermally Assisted Hydrolysis and Methylation of Purified Tannins from Plants by Nierop, Klaas G. J, Preston, Caroline M, Kaal, Joeri

“…A collection of tannins extracted from various plant species was subjected to thermally assisted hydrolysis and methylation (THM) using tetramethylammonium…”
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Earthworms act as biochemical reactors to convert labile plant compounds into stabilized soil microbial necromass by Angst, Gerrit, Mueller, Carsten W., Prater, Isabel, Angst, Šárka, Frouz, Jan, Jílková, Veronika, Peterse, Francien, Nierop, Klaas G. J.

“…Earthworms co-determine whether soil, as the largest terrestrial carbon reservoir, acts as source or sink for photosynthetically fixed CO 2 . However,…”
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The complementarity of extractable and ester-bound lipids in a soil profile under pine by Nierop, Klaas G. J., Jansen, Boris, Hageman, Jos A., Verstraten, Jacobus M.

“…Extractable and solvent insoluble, ester-bound lipids were analysed in an acid, sandy soil profile under Corsican pine. The n-alkanes and alkanoic acids from…”
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Late Paleocene–early Eocene Arctic Ocean sea surface temperatures: reassessing biomarker paleothermometry at Lomonosov Ridge by Sluijs, Appy, Frieling, Joost, Inglis, Gordon N, Nierop, Klaas G. J, Peterse, Francien, Sangiorgi, Francesca, Schouten, Stefan

“…A series of papers published shortly after the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Arctic Coring Expedition (ACEX, 2004) on Lomonosov Ridge indicated remarkably…”
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Strengthening the soil organic carbon pool by increasing contributions from recalcitrant aliphatic bio(macro)molecules by Lorenz, Klaus, Lal, Rattan, Preston, Caroline M., Nierop, Klaas G.J.

“…Photosynthetically fixed CO 2 is converted into terrestrial bio(macro)molecules and sequestered as soil organic matter (SOM) by (bio)chemical and physical…”
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The influence of vegetation on soil water repellency-markers and soil hydrophobicity by Mao, Jiefei, Nierop, Klaas G.J., Rietkerk, Max, Sinninghe Damsté, Jaap S., Dekker, Stefan C.

“…Soil water repellency (SWR) markers are defined as hydrophobic compounds in soil causing SWR and are mainly derived from plants. Previous studies have shown…”
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Biochemical Origin and Refractory Properties of Humic Acid Extracted from Maize Plants: The Contribution of Lignin by Adani, Fabrizio, Spagnol, Manuela, Nierop, Klaas G. J.

“…The soil organic carbon (SOC) pool is the largest terrestrial reservoir of carbon and plant residues play an important role in its maintenance. Up to 70-80% of…”
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Short- and Long-term Tannin Induced Carbon, Nitrogen and Phosphorus Dynamics in Corsican Pine Litter by Nierop, K.G.J, Verstraten, J.M, Tietema, A, Westerveld, J.W, Wartenbergh, P.E

“…Pine litter amended with either tannic acid (TA) or condensed tannins (CTs) was studied to assess the effects on C, N and P mineralization in relation to the…”
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Comparison of Michigan and Dutch Podzolized Soils: Organic Matter Characterization by Micromorphology and Pyrolysis-GC/MS by Buurman, Peter, Jongmans, Antoine G, Nierop, Klaas G.J

“…Soil organic matter in a chronosequence of Michigan soils (Spodic Udipsamments and precursors) was studied in thin section and by pyrolysis-gas…”
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Fate of Tannins in Corsican Pine Litter by Nierop, K.G.J, Verstraten, J.M

“…Tannins are ubiquitous in higher plants and also in litter and soils where they affect many biogeochemical processes. Despite this well-recognized role, their…”
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Growing Azolla to produce sustainable protein feed: the effect of differing species and CO2 concentrations on biomass productivity and chemical composition by Brouwer, Paul, Schluepmann, Henriette, Nierop, Klaas GJ, Elderson, Janneke, Bijl, Peter K, van der Meer, Ingrid, de Visser, Willem, Reichart, Gert‐Jan, Smeekens, Sjef, van der Werf, Adrie

“…BACKGROUND Since available arable land is limited and nitrogen fertilizers pollute the environment, cropping systems ought to be developed that do not rely on…”
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Roots induce stronger soil water repellency than leaf waxes by Mao, Jiefei, Nierop, Klaas G.J., Sinninghe Damsté, Jaap S., Dekker, Stefan C.

“…Hydrophobic organic compounds in soils, mainly derived from plants, cause soil water repellency (SWR). The relation between such hydrophobic compounds, which…”
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Can isoprenoids in leaves and roots of plants serve as biomarkers for past vegetation changes? A case study from the Ecuadorian Andes by Jansen, Boris, Nierop, Klaas G. J, Tonneijck, Femke H, van der Wielen, Frans W. M, Verstraten, Jacobus M

“…Large-scale clear-cutting and burning caused the altitude of the natural upper forest line (UFL) in the Northern Ecuadorian Andes to decline to the point that…”
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Copper complexation by tannic acid in aqueous solution by Kraal, Peter, Jansen, Boris, Nierop, Klaas G.J., Verstraten, Jacobus M.

“…The speciation of titrated copper in a dissolved tannic acid (TA) solution with an initial concentration of 4 mmol organic carbon (OC)/l was investigated in a…”
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Amorphous and condensed organic matter domains: the effect of persulfate oxidation on the composition of soil/sediment organic matter by Cuypers, Chiel, Grotenhuis, Tim, Nierop, Klaas G.J., Franco, Elena Maneiro, de Jager, Adrie, Rulkens, Wim

“…The composition of amorphous and condensed soil/sediment organic matter (SOM) domains was investigated for one soil sample and four sediment samples. These…”
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Carbon respiration and nitrogen dynamics in Corsican pine litter amended with aluminium and tannins by Kraal, Peter, Nierop, Klaas G.J., Kaal, Joeri, Tietema, Albert

“…We investigated the carbon (C) mineralisation and nitrogen (N) dynamics in litter from a Corsican pine forest in response to individual and combined additions…”
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