PhD: "Blue-Green Catastrophe: remote sensing of mass viral lysis of cyanobacteria" (2002-2006) Abstract / pdf

M.Sc. Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (1997-2002)

Research topics: Cloudforest regrowth in relation to landscape patterns; Nutrient competition in biofilms; Complementary chromatic adaptation

Bio-optics, remote sensing, phytoplankton ecophysiology

Publications:

• Simis, S. G. H., M. Tijdens, H. L. Hoogveld, and H. J. Gons. 2007. Optical signatures of the filamentous cyanobacterium Leptolyngbya boryana during mass viral lysis. Limnology and Oceanography 52: 184-197. link.
• Simis, S. G. H., A. Ruiz-Verdú, J. A. Domínguez, R. Peña-Martinez, S. W. M. Peters, and H. J. Gons. 2007. Influence of Phytoplankton Pigment Composition on Remote Sensing of Cyanobacterial Biomass. Remote Sensing of Environment 106(4): 414-427. link.
• H. J. Gons, H. L. Hoogveld, S. G. H. Simis, M. Tijdens. 2006. Dynamic modelling of viral impact on cyanobacterial populations in shallow lakes: implications of burst size. Journal of the marine biological association of the UK 86: 537-542. link.
• Simis, S. G. H., M. Tijdens, H. L. Hoogveld, and H. J. Gons. 2005. Optical changes associated with cyanobacterial bloom termination by viral lysis. Journal of Plankton Research 27: 937-949. link.
• Simis, S. G. H., S. W. M. Peters, and H. J. Gons. 2005. Remote sensing of the cyanobacterial pigment phycocyanin in turbid inland water. Limnology and Oceanography 50: 237-245. link.
• Simis, S. G. H., M. Tijdens, S. W. M. Peters, and H. J. Gons. 2005. Optical characterization of cyanobacterial bloom termination. SIL 2004 Proceedings. Verhandlungen Internationale Vereinigung für theoretische und angewandte Limnologie 29(2): 941-944.
• Gons, H. J., H. Hakvoort, S. W. M. Peters, and S. G. H. Simis. 2005. Optical detection of cyanobacterial blooms: shipboard observation and remote sensing. p. 177-199. In J. Huisman, H. C. P. Matthijs and P. M. Visser [eds.], Harmful cyanobacteria. Springer.
• Van der Grinten, E., M. Janssen, S. G. H. Simis, C. Barranguet, and W. Admiraal. 2004. Phosphate regime structures species composition in cultured phototrophic biofilms. Freshwater Biology 49: 1-13.
• Van der Grinten, E., S. G. H. Simis, C. Barranguet, and W. Admiraal. 2004. Dominance of diatoms over cyanobacterial species in nitrogen-limited biofilms. Archiv Fur Hydrobiologie 161: 99-112.