Dr Sebastiaan van de Velde

2026

Journal - Research Article

Friedlingstein, P., O'Sullivan, M., Jones, M. W., Andrew, R. M., Bakker, D. C. E., Hauck, J., … van de Velde, S. J., … Zeng, J. (2026). Global Carbon Budget 2025. Earth System Science Data, 18(5), 3211-3288. doi: 10.5194/essd-18-3211-2026

Goossens, C., van de Velde, S. J., & Meysman, F. J. R. (2026). A revised estimate of calcium carbonate dissolution in coastal and shelf sediments suggests large shelf exports in the marine CaCO₃ cycle. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 40(3), e2025GB008936. doi: 10.1029/2025GB008936

van de Velde, S. J., Vervoort, P., Smith, R. O., Law, C. S., & Currie, K. (2026). Anthropogenically stimulated carbonate dissolution in the global shelf seafloor is potentially an important and fast climate feedback. AGU Advances, 7(1), e2025AV001865. doi: 10.1029/2025AV001865

2025

Journal - Research Article

Placitu, S., van de Velde, S. J., Hylén, A., Eriksson, M., Hall, P. O. J., & Bonneville, S. (2025). Limited physical protection leads to high organic carbon reactivity in anoxic Baltic Sea sediments. Biogeosciences, 22, 8065-8076. doi: 10.5194/bg-22-8065-2025

Hylén, A., Ekeroth, N., Berk, H., Dale, A. W., Kononets, M., Lenstra, W. K., … van de Velde, S. J., … Hall, P. O. J. (2025). In situ-measured benthic fluxes of dissolved inorganic phosphorus in the Baltic Sea. Earth System Science Data, 17, 6423-6443. doi: 10.5194/essd-17-6423-2025

Huysmans, T., Meysman, F. J. R., & van de Velde, S. J. (2025). Reviews and syntheses: Potential and limitations of oceanic carbon dioxide storage via reactor-based accelerated weathering of limestone. Biogeosciences, 22(20), 5557-5572. doi: 10.5194/bg-22-5557-2025

Khedri, P., Gourgue, O., Depestele, J., Arndt, S., & van de Velde, S. J. (2025). Reconciling the impact of mobile bottom-contact fishing on marine organic carbon sequestration. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 82(9), fsaf154. doi: 10.1093/icesjms/fsaf154

van de Velde, S. J., Hylén, A., & Meysman, F. J. R. (2025). Ocean alkalinity destruction by anthropogenic seafloor disturbances generates a hidden CO₂ emission. Science Advances, 11, eadp9112. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adp9112

Journal - Research Other

Hendry, K. R., Sales de Freitas, F., Arndt, S., Beaton, A., Friberg, L., Hatton, J. E., … van de Velde, S. J., … Woodward, E. M. S. (2025). Insights into silicon cycling from ice sheet to coastal ocean from isotope geochemistry. Communications Earth & Environment, 6, 305. doi: 10.1038/s43247-025-02264-7

2024

Journal - Research Article

Burdorf, L. D. W., van de Velde, S. J., Hidalgo-Martinez, S., & Meysman, F. J. R. (2024). Cable bacteria delay euxinia and modulate phosphorous release in coastal hypoxic systems. Royal Society Open Science, 11, 231991. doi: 10.1098/rsos.231991

2023

Journal - Research Article

Xu, X., Weng, N., Zhang, H., van de Velde, S. J., Hermans, M., Wu, F., & Huo, S. (2023). Cable bacteria regulate sedimentary phosphorus release in freshwater sediments. Water Research, 242, 120218. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2023.120218

van de Velde, S. J., Hylén, A., Eriksson, M., James, R. K., Kononets, M. Y., Robertson, E. K., & Hall, P. O. J. (2023). Exceptionally high respiration rates in the reactive surface layer of sediments underlying oxygen-deficient bottom waters. Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 479, 20230189. doi: 10.1098/rspa.2023.0189

van de Velde, S. J., Dale, A. W., & Arndt, S. (2023). Bioturbation and the δ⁵⁶Fe signature of dissolved iron fluxed from marine sediments. Royal Society Open Science, 10, 220010. doi: 10.1098/rsos.220010

James, R. K., Keyzer, L. M., van de Velde, S. J., Herman, P. M. J., van Katwijk, M. M., & Bouma, T. J. (2023). Climate change mitigation by coral reefs and seagrass beds at risk: How global change compromises coastal ecosystem services. Science of the Total Environment, 857, 159576. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159576

Figueroa, M. C., van de Velde, S. J., Gregory, D. D., Lemieux, S., Drake, J., Treude, T., … Lyons, T. W. (2023). Early diagenetic processes in an iron-dominated marine depositional system. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 341, 183-199. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2022.11.026

Cribb, A. T., van de Velde, S. J., Berelson, W. M., Bottjer, D. J., & Corsetti, F. A. (2023). Ediacaran-Cambrian bioturbation did not extensively oxygenate sediments in shallow marine ecosystems. Geobiology, 21, 435-453. doi: 10.1111/gbi.12550

Journal - Research Other

Hiddink, J. G., van de Velde, S. J., McConnaughey, R. A., De Borger, E., Tiano, J., Kaiser, M. J., … Sciberras, M. (2023). Quantifying the carbon benefits of ending bottom trawling [Matters arising]. Nature, 617, E1-E2. doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06014-7

2022

Journal - Research Article

Zheng, S., Feng, Q., van de Velde, S. J., Chang, S., Zhang, L., & Gao, B. (2022). Microfossil assemblages and indication of the source and preservation pattern of organic matter from the early Cambrian in South China. Journal of Earth Science, 33(3), 802-819. doi: 10.1007/s12583-020-1117-0

van de Velde, S. J., Burdorf, L. D. W., Hidalgo-Martinez, S., Leermakers, M., & Meysman, F. J. R. (2022). Cable bacteria activity modulates arsenic release from sediments in a seasonally hypoxic marine basin. Frontiers in Microbiology, 13, 907976. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.907976

Hülse, D., Vervoort, P., van de Velde, S. J., Kanzaki, Y., Boudreau, B., Arndt, S., … Ridgwell, A. (2022). Assessing the impact of bioturbation on sedimentary isotopic records through numerical models. Earth-Science Reviews, 234, 104213. doi: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2022.104213

2021

Journal - Research Article

van de Velde, S. J., James, R. K., Callebaut, I., Hidalgo-Martinez, S., & Meysman, F. J. R. (2021). Bioturbation has a limited effect on phosphorus burial in salt marsh sediments. Biogeosciences, 18, 1451-1461. doi: 10.5194/bg-18-1451-2021

van de Velde, S. J., Hülse, D., Reinhard, C. T., & Ridgwell, A. (2021). Iron and sulfur cycling in the cGENIE.muffin Earth system model (v0.9.21). Geoscientific Model Development, 14(5). doi: 10.5194/gmd-14-2713-2021

Hylén, A., van de Velde, S. J., Kononets, M., Luo, M., Almroth-Rosell, E., & Hall, P. O. J. (2021). Deep-water inflow event increases sedimentary phosphorus release on a multi-year scale. Biogeosciences, 18, 2981-3004. doi: 10.5194/bg-18-2981-2021

Hülse, D., Lau, K. V., van de Velde, S. J., Arndt, S., Meyer, K. M., & Ridgwell, A. (2021). End-Permian marine extinction due to temperature-driven nutrient recycling and euxinia. Nature Geoscience, 14, 862-867. doi: 10.1038/s41561-021-00829-7

2020

Journal - Research Article

van de Velde, S. J., Reinhard, C. T., Ridgwell, A., & Meysman, F. J. R. (2020). Bistability in the redox chemistry of sediments and oceans. PNAS, 117(52), 33043-33050. doi: 10.1073/PNAS.2008235117

van de Velde, S. J., Hylén, A., Kononets, M., Marzocchi, U., Leermakers, M., Choumiline, K., … Meysman, F. J. R. (2020). Elevated sedimentary removal of Fe, Mn, and trace elements following a transient oxygenation event in the Eastern Gotland Basin, central Baltic Sea. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 271, 16-32. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2019.11.034

van de Velde, S. J., Hidalgo-Martinez, S., Callebaut, I., Antler, G., James, R. K., Leermakers, M., & Meysman, F. J. R. (2020). Burrowing fauna mediate alternative stable states in the redox cycling of salt marsh sediments. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 276, 31-49. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2020.02.021

Geelhoed, J. S., van de Velde, S. J., & Meysman, F. J. R. (2020). Quantification of cable bacteria in marine sediments via qPCR. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11, 1506. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01506

2019

Journal - Research Article

Oueslati, W., van de Velde, S. J., Helali, M. A., Added, A., Aleya, L., & Meysman, F. J. R. (2019). Carbon, iron and sulphur cycling in the sediments of a Mediterranean lagoon (Ghar El Melh, Tunisia). Estuarine, Coastal & Shelf Science, 221, 156-169. doi: 10.1016/j.ecss.2019.03.008

2018

Journal - Research Article

Zhou, C., van de Velde, S., Baeyens, W., & Gao, Y. (2018). Comparison of Chelex based resins in diffusive gradients in thin-film for high resolution assessment of metals. Talanta, 186, 397-405. doi: 10.1016/j.talanta.2018.04.085

van de Velde, S., Van Lancker, V., Hidalgo-Martinez, S., Berelson, W. M., & Meysman, F. J. R. (2018). Anthropogenic disturbance keeps the coastal seafloor biogeochemistry in a transient state. Scientific Reports, 8, 5582. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-23925-y

van de Velde, S., Mills, B. J. W., Meysman, F. J. R., Lenton, T. M., & Poulton, S. W. (2018). Early Palaeozoic ocean anoxia and global warming driven by the evolution of shallow burrowing. Nature Communications, 9, 2554. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-04973-4

Marzocchi, U., Bonaglia, S., van de Velde, S., Hall, P. O. J., Schramm, A., Risgaard-Petersen, N., & Meysman, F. J. R. (2018). Transient bottom water oxygenation creates a niche for cable bacteria in long-term anoxic sediments of the Eastern Gotland Basin. Environmental Microbiology, 20(8), 3031-3041. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.14349

2017

Journal - Research Article

van de Velde, S., Callebaut, I., Gao, Y., & Meysman, F. J. R. (2017). Impact of electrogenic sulfur oxidation on trace metal cycling in a coastal sediment. Chemical Geology, 452, 9-23. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2017.01.028

Schobben, M., van de Velde, S., Gliwa, J., Leda, L., Korn, D., Struck, U., … Wignall, P. B. (2017). Latest Permian carbonate carbon isotope variability traces heterogeneous organic carbon accumulation and authigenic carbonate formation. Climate of the Past, 13, 1635-1659. doi: 10.5194/cp-13-1635-2017

Hall, P. O. J., Almroth Rosell, E., Bonaglia, S., Dale, A. W., Hylén, A., Kononets, M., … van de Velde, S., & Viktorsson, L. (2017). Influence of natural oxygenation of baltic proper deep water on benthic recycling and removal of phosphorus, nitrogen, silicon and carbon. Frontiers in Marine Science, 4, 27. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2017.00027

2016

Journal - Research Article

van de Velde, S., Lesven, L., Burdorf, L. D. W., Hidalgo-Martinez, S., Geelhoed, J. S., van Rijswijk, P., … Meysman, F. J. R. (2016). The impact of electrogenic sulfur oxidation on the biogeochemistry of coastal sediments: A field study. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 194, 211-232. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2016.08.038

van de Velde, S., & Meysman, F. J. R. (2016). The influence of bioturbation on iron and sulphur cycling in marine sediments: A model analysis. Aquatic Geochemistry, 22, 469-504. doi: 10.1007/s10498-016-9301-7

2015

Journal - Research Article

Gao, Y., van de Velde, S., Williams, P. N., Baeyens, W., & Zhang, H. (2015). Two-dimensional images of dissolved sulfide and metals in anoxic sediments by a novel diffusive gradients in thin film probe and optical scanning techniques. Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 66, 63-71. doi: 10.1016/j.trac.2014.11.012

2014

Journal - Research Article

Van Den Houwe, K., van de Velde, S., Evrard, C., Van Hoeck, E., Van Loco, J., & Bolle, F. (2014). Evaluation of the migration of 15 photo-initiators from cardboard packaging into Tenax^® using ultra-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS). Food Additives & Contaminants: Part A, 31(4), 767-775. doi: 10.1080/19440049.2014.886340