Thijs de Boer (1946). Graduated as chemical technician at the Laboratory School in Groningen in 1967. In 1966 he started at the "Coöperatieve Condensfabriek Friesland" in Leeuwarden working on the development of baby food, concentrating on the uptake of fatty acids and amino acids. From 1970 until 1991 he worked at the Limnological Institute in Oosterzee. Behind all kind of chemical analyses in surface waters he assisted in the study on the role of humic substances in the aquatic environment. In 1991, he moved to the NIOO Centre for Limnology in Nieuwersluis where he initially continued his work on humic substances. Especially the role and efffects of UV-b on the degradation of the humic substances were studied. In 1993 he joined the Department of Plant-Animal Interactions. Within this group he is working on the population dynamics, phenotypic plasticity and the controlling processes of submerged ‘clonal’ water plants in shallow water ecosystems.
Personal Notes
preparing for the digging of the biggest tubers
the man and the amazing sophisticated tuber digger
1998: Pechora delta, Russia (1 month) with Marcel Klaassen and Helen Hangelbroek
Kak da , Ni kak da (our guesthouse in the Pechora delta
Russian and Frisian lessons (me and Sasja)
1996, Donana, Spain (3 weeks) with Luis Santamaria
National Parque (Te amaré siempre)
1993, south-east China (2 weeks) with Herman Gons
sampling trip lake Chaohu (Hefei)
Lake Taihu, buying grasscarp and icefish. Fieldstation Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology (NIGL)
2004-2005 Estonia expeditions
The occupation of a famous part (Haeska, Matsalu laht) of Estonia by some 'wild' Frisians
leaving Matsalu laht with a lot of interesting plantsamples from our exclosures
Matsalu laht by nigth, the holes digged by Bewick's swans can be seen
FUNCTION & DEPARTMENT: Research assistant Aquatic Ecology
