Code
01D34813
Duration
01 October 2013 → 17 June 2014
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Fellow
Research disciplines
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Natural sciences
- Geology
- Biochemistry and metabolism
- Aquatic sciences, challenges and pollution
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Medical and health sciences
- Medical biochemistry and metabolism
- Medical biochemistry and metabolism
- Medical biochemistry and metabolism
Keywords
meiofauna
trophic interactions
denitrification
bacteria
marine
Project description
This PhD project will focus on denitrification in marine sediments, with
special emphasis on denitrifying bacteria and their trophic interactions with
small invertebrate grazers. A multidisciplinary approach will be used, in
which both field measurements and lab experiments will be conducted to
identify and quantify the importance of these interactions on denitrification.