Curriculum Vitae
I graduated from Utrecht University in 1997. During my MSc- study I investigated the mechanisms in algal bloom formation in Dutch coastal waters using a chemostat approach (N.I.O.Z/Groningen University). Furthermore, I studied sustainable exploitation of a wood forest resource in Zimbabwe (Utrecht University).
From 1998-2003 I combined these two research interests, i.e. tropical ecology and marine ecology, in my PhD-study on macrophyte diversity on coral reefs in the Philippines. In my PhD-thesis, marine macrophyte diversity is explored at different levels of organization, from the levels of genes, individuals and populations within the genus chlorophyte genus Caulerpa to overall macrophyte species, and to guilds or functional groups.
June 1 2004, I finished my PhD thesis entitled "Assessing macrophyte diversity on coral reefs in the Phillipines: Evaluation of the use indicator species, functional groups and other surrogates. Reprints are available on request at library@nioo.knaw.nl.
From 2004-2006, I worked as a NWO-funded post-doc on climate induced biodiversity shifts in freshwater ecosystem at the Department of Aquatic Food Webs at the NIOO-CL. By imposing different temperature regimes on defined phytoplankton and zooplankton communities in freshwater microcosms, I investigated the effect of climate change on biotic interactions and species composition of different trophic levels in pelagic freshwater habitats.
In 2007 I evaluated the use of past satellite imagery in modelling algal blooms in bays, estuaries and coastal ponds in the gulf of Mexico. This research was carried out in the group of Prof. Dr. Leibold at the University of Texas at Austin (U.S.A.) and funded by the Texas Water Development Board.
As off January 2008 I have started on the Post-doc project I wrote for NWO-Open competition.The questions I am addressing in my project are on decoupling and adapatation of trophic interactions in aquatic food webs under climate change.
Projects
Research Interests
Our planet's environment is changing at an unprecedented rate. To my opinion, these global rapid environmental changes pose both a unique incentive as well as a challenge for understanding species distributions in space and time. The observed responses of individual species to global environmental change are just the starting point of tackling the ecological complexity of ecosystem responses.
In my work, I focus on how different components of human-induced global changes, such as climate warming, eutrophication, and habitat fragmentation affect species interactions. Underlying is my fundamental interest in how communities are structured by their environment at different temporal and spatial scales. I strive to combine modeling, long time series analyses and experimentation to get a mechanistic insight into complex phenomena. Planktonic communities, be it fresh water or marine, are relatively easy to manipulate in lab and field and have proven to be an ideal ‘model system’, even more so since their short generation span allows me to put some of my ideas in a more evolutionary context.
DECADAP: Decoupling and adaptation of trophic interactions in aquatic food webs under climate change
Currently, I am working on a post-doc project I wrote for the NWO-open competition, entitled ‘Decoupling and adaptation of trophic interactions in aquatic food webs under climate change (DECADAP).’ In this project, I link trophic interactions within the aquatic food web with the life cycle decisions of key players of this food web. Taking Cushing ‘s (1990) match-mismatch hypothesis on marine fish-larvae and their prey as a starting point, I look at the potential of climate warming to change the validity of the proxies different species uses for the suitability of their environment for successful reproduction and growth.
Questions I address in DECADAP are:
(1) What proxies do different species use?
(2) Could projected climate warming invalidate the use of these proxies and lead to a decoupling of trophic interactions?
(3) Can adaptation to projected climate warming maintain or restore trophic interactions ?
At present I am testing the hypotheses generated from these fundamental questions, using a fresh water food web. However, documented differential phenological responses to climate warming of members of the marine pelagic and benthic food web (e.g. (Bos et al. 2006; Edwards and Richardson 2004)), show the huge potential for testing these hypotheses in the marine realm. In the future, I would like to reinforce my interest on addressing research questions on the interface between ecology and evolution. Keeping up with the novel environments created by rising CO2 levels, changes in precipitation and increasing temperatures may require substantial adaptation in traits determining fitness. I see the increasing availability of new and challenging molecular tools as a unique opportunity for a better understanding of mechanisms of response to environmental changes.
Co-Operation
Prof. Dr. M. Leibold (University of Texas, Austin, USA)
Prof. Dr. U. Sommer (Leibniz-Institut fur Meereswissenschaften, Kiel University, Germany)
Prof. Dr. M. Scheffer (WU)
Dr. E. van Nes (WU)
Dr. S. Hülsmann (Institute of Hydrobiology, Dresden University of Technology, Germany)
Prof. Dr. J. Huisman (UvA)
Dr. Pedro Peres-Neto (Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada)
Selected Publications
Ibelings B. W., Gsell A. S., Mooij W. M., Donk E. v., Wyngaert S. v. d. & De Senerpont Domis L. N. 2011. Chytrid infections of diatom spring blooms: paradoxical effects of climate warming on fungal epidemics in lakes. Freshwater Biology 56754-766
Mooij W., Trolle D., Jeppesen E., Arhonditsis G., Belolipetsky P., Chitamwebwa D., Degermendzhy A., DeAngelis D., De Senerpont Domis L., Downing A., Elliott J., Fragoso C., Gaedke U., Genova S., Gulati R., Håkanson L., Hamilton D., Hipsey M., ‘t Hoen J., Hülsmann S., Los F., Makler-Pick V., Petzoldt T., Prokopkin I., Rinke K., Schep S., Tominaga K., Van Dam A., Van Nes E., Wells S. & Janse J. 2010 Challenges and opportunities for integrating lake ecosystem modelling approaches. Aquatic Ecology 44, 633-667.
M.D. MacKay, P.J. Neale, C.D. Arp, L.N. De Senerpont Domis, X. Fang, G. Gal, K.D. Jöhnk, G. Kirillin, J.D. Lenters, E. Litchman, S. MacIntyre, P. Marsh, J. Melack, W.M. Mooij, F. Peeters, A. Quesada,S.G. Schladow,M. Schmid, C. Spence,S.L. Stokes 2009.Modeling lakes and reservoirs in the climate system. Limnology and Oceanography 54:2315-2329
W.M. Mooij, L.N. De Senerpont Domis, J.H. Janse. 2009. Linking species- and ecosystem-level impacts of climate change in lakes with a complex and a minimal model
Ecological modelling 220:3011-3020.
G. Mulderij, B. Mau, L. N. De Senerpont Domis, A. J.P. Smolders, E. Van Donk. 2009. Interaction between the macrophyte Stratiotes aloides and filamentous algae: Is there an indication for allelopathy? Aquatic Ecology 43:305-312
Janse, JH, De Senerpont Domis, LN, Scheffer, M, Lijklema, L, van Liere, L, Klinge, M, Mooij, WM. 2008. Critical phosphorus loading of different types of shallow lakes and the consequences for management estimated with the ecosystem model PCLake Limnologica 38:203-219
Mooij, WM, De Senerpont Domis, LN, Hülsmann, S 2008
The impact of climate warming on water temperature, timing of hatching and young-of-the-year growth of fish in shallow lakes in the Netherlands
Journal of Sea Research 60:32-43
De Senerpont Domis, L.N. Mooij, W. M. Huisman, J. 2007
Climate-induced shifts in an experimental phytoplankton community: a mechanistic approach
Hydrobiologia 584:403-413
Mooij, W.M. Janse, J.H. De Senerpont Domis, L.N. Hülsmann, S. Ibelings, B.W. 2007
Predicting the effect of climate change on temperate shallow lakes with the ecosystem model PCLake
Hydrobiologia 584:443-454
De Senerpont Domis, L. N. Mooij, Wolf M. Hülsmann, S. van Nes. E. H. Scheffer, M. 2007
Can overwintering vs. diapausing strategy in Daphnia determine match-mismatch events in zooplankton-algae interactions?
Oecologia 150:682-698
Mooij, W.M. Hülsmann, S. De Senerpont Domis, L.N. Nolet, B.A. Bodelier, P.L.E. Boert, C.M. Dionisio Pires, L.M. Gons, H.J. Ibelings, B.W. Noordhuis, R. Portielje, R. Wolfstein, K. Mammers, H.R.R. 2005 The impact of climate change on lakes in the Netherlands: a review
Aquatic Ecology 39: 381-400
W.F. Prud'homme van Reine, L.N. de Senerpont Domis, and S.G.A. Draisma (2005). Marine Lakes, Reefs and Seaweeds in NE Kalimantan, Indonesia. Phycologia 44:84-84
De Senerpont Domis, L.N. Fama, P. Bartlett, A.J., Van Reine, W.F.P. Espinosa, C.A. Trono, G.C. 2003
Defining taxon boundaries in members if the morphologically and genetically plastic genus Caulerpa (Caulerpales, Chlorophyta)
Journal of Phycology 39:1019-1037
L.N. de Senerpont Domis, C.A. Armenata Espinasa, W.F. Prd'homme van Reine and G.C. Trono Jr. 2001. Transplantation and culture experiments on Caulerpa Lamouroux: an assessment of its phenotypic plasticity. Phycologia 40:22-23
Riegman, R. De Boer, M. De Senerpont Domis, L.N. 1996
Growth of harmful marine algae in multispecies cultures
Journal of Plankton Research 18: 1851-1866
Links
Internships are available, for info: www.nioo.knaw.nl/content/decoupling-and-adaptation-trophic-interactions-aquatic-food-webs-under-climate-change-alleen
Academy colloquium Predictability of plankton communities in an unpredictable world
Together with Miquel Lurling from Wageningen University, we have organized a three-day conference on 'Predictability of plankton communities in an unpredictable world", April 7-9 2010 in Amsterdam. In this modern day field of plankton ecology with its continuous flow of new challenging ideas to be tested, we brought together creative minds in plankton ecology to invoke discussion on three topical subjects: chaos vs. predictability in plankton dynamics, global patterns vs. regional differences in plankton dynamics, and climate induced changes in plankton dynamics. Keynote speakers were: Prof. Dr. Eric Jeppesen (National Environmental Research Institute of Denmark); Prof. dr. Jef Huisman (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands); Prof. Dr. Mathew Leibold (University of Texas, USA); Prof. Dr. Elena Litchman (Michigan State University, USA); Prof. Dr. H. Paerl (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , USA) ; Prof. Dr. Marten Scheffer ( Wageningen University, The Netherlands); Prof. Dr. Ulrich Sommer (Leibniz-Institut für Meereswissenschaften, Germany); Prof. Dr. Ellen Van Donk ( NIOO-KNAW, The Netherlands); Dr. Monica Winder ( University of California, USA ). As a follow-up on the meeting we are now preparing a special issue in the journal Freshwater Biology on the very topic of the meeting: Predictability of plankton in an unpredictable world. For information check : http://websites.nioo.knaw.nl/plankton
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Flyer on 3 day symposium "Predictability of plankton communities in an unpredictable world".
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