Ing. Richard S.P. van Logtestijn

Research interests

Hello, my name is Richard and I am a labtechnician. My educational background is Botany and Ecology, and in recent years I am specialized in Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry. 

Research projects

I am involved in many different research projects . My current tasks are: 

• Analysing delta 15N and 13C of plant- and soil samples with a CE- NC2500 elemental analyser coupled to a Finnigan Delta Plus IRMS with ConFlo II.
• Analysing delta 13C of CH4 with a Finnigan PreCon/Gasbench coupled to a Finnigan Delta Plus IRMS. These samples are from experiments which deal with the influence of newly fixed exudates and fresh litter on CH4 emissions of peat lands. 
• Fieldwork at Abisko research station in the north of Sweden Abisko Research Station . Here we have a global warming experiment on a sub-arctic bog near lake Tornetrask. 
• Performing various other analyses, like phenolics, C/N ratios of plant and soil samples, CH4 and CO2 in air samples with a HP5890A GC with TCD/FID.
• Analysing d13C of CO2 with a Gasbench II coupled to a ThermoFinnigan Delta Plus IRMS. This concerns samples for Keeling plots and soil derived CO2.
• Maintaining the research facility for doing flammability experiments with different litter types from the arctic tundra and the Netherlands. 
• Instructing PhD students, students and foreign guests.

Participants

Prof. Dr. Rien Aerts
Prof.dr. J.H.C. (Hans) Cornelissen
Eva Krab MSc.
Dr. Will Cornwell

Co-author on the following publications

• James T. Weedon, George A. Kowalchuk, Rien Aerts, Jurgen van Hal, Richard van Logtestijn, Neslihan Taş, Wilfred F. M. Röling and Peter M. van Bodegom.  Summer warming accelerates sub-arctic peatland nitrogen cycling without changing enzyme pools or microbial community structure GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 18, 138–150b 2012
• Krab E.J. Van Logtestijn R.S.P. Cornelissen J.H.C. and Berg M.P.. Reservations about preservations: storage methods affect d13C signatures differently even in closely related soil fauna. METHODS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION doi: 10.1111/j.2041-210X.2011.00126 2011
• Johannes H. C. Cornelissen, Florus Sibma, Richard S. P. Van Logtestijn, Rob A. Broekman and Ken Thompson. Leaf pH as a plant trait: species-driven rather than soil-driven variation. FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY Vol  25, 449–455  2011
• Frida Keuper, Ellen Dorrepaal, Peter van Bodegom, Rien Aerts, Richard S . P. Van Logtestijn , Terry V. Callaghan and Johannes H . C . Cornelissen. A Race for Space? How Sphagnum fuscum stabilizes vegetation composition during long-termclimate manipulations. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY Vol. 17, 2162–2171 2011
• Koert G. van Geffen, Lourens Poorter,  Ute Sass-Klaassen, Richard S.P. van Logtestijn and Johannes H.C. Cornelissen. The trait contribution to wood decomposition rates of 15 Neotropical tree species ECOLOGY Vol 91(12), 3686–3697 2010
• N.A. Soudzilovskaia, J. H. C. Cornelissen, H. J. During,  R. S. P. Van Logtestijn, S. I. Lang and R. Aerts  Similar cation exchange capacities among bryophyte species refute a presumed mechanism of peatland acidification. ECOLOGY Vol 91(9): 2716–2726  2010 
• Gavazov, Konstantin S. , Soudzilovskaia, Nadejda A. ,van Logtestijn, Richard S. P. , Braster, Martin , Cornelissen, Johannes H. C.   Isotopic analysis of cyanobacterial nitrogen fixation associated with subarctic lichen and bryophyte species. PLANT AND SOIL Vol 333 (1-2): 507-517 2010
• Andre T.C Dias, Bart Hoorens, Richard S.P. van Logtestijn, Jan E. Vermaat and Rien Aerts. Plant species composition can be used as a proxy to predict methane emissions in peatland ecosystems after land-use changes. ECOSYSTEMS (13): 526-538  2010
• Pancotto VA, van Bodegom PA, van Hal J, van Logtestijn RSP, Blokker P, Toet S, Aerts R    N deposition and elevated CO2 on methane emissions: Differential responses of indirect effects compared to direct effects through litter chemistry feedbacks.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-BIOGEOSCIENCES Vol 115 2010
• Gregoire T. Freschet, Johannes H.C. Cornelissen, Richard S.P van Logtestijn and Rien Aerts Substantial nutrient resorption from leaves, stems and roots in a subarctic flora: what is the link with other resource economics traits? NEW PHYTOLOGIST Vol 186 (4): 779-789 2010
• Oscar Godoy, Pilar Castro Diez, Richard S.P van Logtestijn, Johannes H.C. Cornelissen and Fernando Valladares. Leaf traits of invasive species slow down decomposition compared to Spanish natives: a broad phylogenetic comparison.  OECOLOGIA Vol 162 (3):781-790  2010  
• Gregoire T. Freschet, Johannes H.C. Cornelissen, Richard S.P van Logtestijn and Rien Aerts  Evidence of the 'plant economics spectrum' in a subarctic flora. JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY  98 (2): 362-373 2010
• Dorrepaal, E Toet, S van Logtestijn, RSP Swart, E van de Weg, MJ Callaghan,T V Aerts, R   Carbon respiration from subsurface peat accelerated by climate warming 
  in the subarctic  NATURE Vol. 460 (7255): 616-619. 2009
• Aerts, R Callaghan, TV Dorrepaal, E van Logtestijn, RSP Cornelissen, JHC  Seasonal climate manipulations result in species-specific changes in leaf nutrient levels and isotopic composition in a sub-arctic bog FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY Vol. 23(4:) 680-688. 2009 
• Onipchenko, VG Makarov, MI van Logtestijn, RSP Ivanov, VB Akhmetzhanova, AA Tekeev,   DK Ermak, AA Salpagarova, FS Kozhevnikova,AD Cornelissen, JHC   New nitrogen uptake strategy: specialized snow roots ECOLOGY LETTERS  Vol 12(8): 758-764   2009
• Simone I. Lang, Johannes H. C. Cornelissen, Thorsten Klahn, Richard S. P. van Logtestijn, Rob Broekman, Wenka Schweikert and Rien Aerts  An experimental comparison of chemical traits and litter decomposition rates in a diverse range of subarctic bryophyte, lichen and vascular plant species.  JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY Vol. 97: 886-900. 2009
• Krab, E.J., Cornelissen, J.H.C., Lang, S.I., Logtestijn, R.S.P. van  Amino acid uptake among wide-ranging moss species may contribute to their strong position in higher-latitude ecosystems. PLANT AND SOIL Vol. 304 (1-2) : 199-208.  2008
• Makarov, M.I., Malysheva, T.I., Cornelissen, J.H.C., Logtestijn, R.S.P. van, Glasser, B..  Consistent patterns of 15N distribution through soil profiles in diverse alpine and tundra ecosystems. SOIL BIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY Vol .40 (5): 1082-1089. 2008
• Johannes H.C. Cornelissen, Peter M. van Bodegom, Rien Aerts, Terry V. Callaghan, Richard S.P. van Logtestijn et al. Global negative vegetation feedback to climate warming responses of leaf litter decomposition rates in cold biomes. ECOLOGY LETTERS 10 (7), 619–627. 2007
• Tanja R. Scheublin, Richard S. P. van Logtestijn, Marcel G. A. van der Heijden. Presence and identity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi influence competitive interactions between plant species JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY 95 (4), 631–638. 2007 
• Aerts, R., J.H.C. Cornelissen, R.S.P. van Logtestijn, T.V. Gallaghan. Climate change has only minot impact on nutrient resorption parameters in a high-latitude peatland. OECOLOGIA 151: 132-139. 2007
• Ruben Milla, Johannes H.C. Cornelissen, Richard S.P. van Logtestijn, Sylvia Toet and Rien Aerts. Vascular plant responses to elevated CO2 in a temperate lowland Sphagnum peatland. PLANT ECOLOGY 182:13-24. 2006
• Sylvia Toet, Johannes H.C. Cornelissen, Rien Aerts, Richard S.P. van Logtestijn, Miranda de Beus and Rob Stoevelaar.. Moss responses to elevated CO2 and variation. in hydrology in a temperate lowland peatland. PLANT ECOLOGY 182: 27-40. 2006
• van der Heijden, MGA; Bakker, R; Verwaal, J; Scheublin, TR; Rutten, M; van Logtestijn, R; Staehelin, C. Symbiotic bacteria as a determinant of plant community structure and plant productivity in dune grassland. FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY, 56 (2) 178-187. 2006
• Dorrepaal, E; Aerts, R; Cornelissen, JHC; Van Logtestijn, RSP; Callaghan, TV Sphagnum modifies climate-change impacts on subarctic vascular bogPlants. FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY 20(1) 31-41. 2006
• Cornelissen, JHC; Quested, HM; Van Logtestijn, RSP; Perez-Harguindeguy, N; Gwynn-Jones, D; Diaz, S; Callaghan, TV; Press, MC; Aerts, R. Foliar pH as a new plant trait: can it explain variation in foliar chemistry and carbon cycling processes among subarctic plant species and types? OECOLOGIA 147(2) 315-326. 2006
• Aerts, R; van Logtestijn, RSP; Karlsson, PS. Nitrogen supply differentially affects litter decomposition rates and nitrogen dynamics of sub-arctic bog species. OECOLOGIA 146(4) 652-658. 2006
• van Heerwaarden, LM; Toet, S; van Logtestijn, RSP; Aerts, R. Internal nitrogen dynamics in the graminoid Molinia caerulea under higher N supply and elevated CO2 concentrations. PLANT AND SOIL 277(1-2) 255-264. 2005
• Toet, S; Van Logtestijn, RSP; Schreijer, M; Kampf, R; Verhoeven, JTA. The functioning of a wetland system used for polishing effluent from a sewage treatment plant. ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING 25(1) 101-124. 2005
• Dorrepaal, E; Cornelissen, JHC; Aerts, R; Wallen, B; Van Logtestijn, RSP. Are growth forms consistent predictors of leaf litter quality and decomposability across peatlands along a latitudinal gradient? JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY 93(4) 817-828. 2005
• Toet, S; Van Logtestijn, RSP; Kampf, R; Schreijer, M; Verhoeven, JTA. The effect of hydraulic retention time on the removal of pollutants from sewage treatment plant effluent in a surface-flow wetland system. WETLANDS 25(2) 375-391. 2005
• Aerts. R., J.H.C. Cornelissen, E. Dorrepaal, R.S.P. van Logtestijn, T.V. Callaghan. Effects of experimentally imposed climate scenarios on flowering phenology and flower production of subarctic bog species. Global Change Biology 10(9): 1599-1609. 2004
• Cornelissen, JHC; Quested, HM; Gwynn-Jones, D; Van Logtestijn, RSP; De Beus, MAH; Kondratchuk, A; Callaghan, TV; Aerts, R. Leaf digestibility and litter decomposability are related in a wide range of subarctic plant species and types. FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY 18(6) 779-786. 2004
• Dorrepaal, E; Aerts, R; Cornelissen, JHC; et al. Summer warming and increased winter snow cover affect Sphagnum fuscum growth, structure and production in a sub-arctic bog. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOL, 10 (1): 93-104. 2004
• Toet, S; Huibers, LHFA; Van Logtestijn, RSP; et al. Denitrification in the periphyton associated with plant shoots and in the sediment of a wetland system supplied with sewage treatment plant effluent. HYDROBIOLOGIA, 501 (1-3): 29-44. 2003
• Meuleman, AFM; van Logtestijn, R; Rijs, GBJ; et al. Water and mass budgets of a vertical-flow constructed wetland used for wastewater treatment. ECOL ENG, 20 (1): 31-44. 2003
• Verhoeven, JTA; Whigham, DF; van Logtestijn, R; et al. A comparative study of nitrogen and phosphorus cycling in tidal and non-tidal riverine wetlands. WETLANDS, 21 (2): 210-222. 2001
• Scheffer, RA; van Logtestijn, RSP; Verhoeven, JTA. Decomposition of Carex and Sphagnum litter in two mesotrophic fens differing in dominant plant species. OIKOS, 92 (1): 44-54. 2001
• deKlein, CAM; vanLogtestijn, RSP; vandeMeer, HG; et al. Nitrogen losses due to denitrification from cattle slurry injected into grassland soil with and without a nitrification inhibitor. PLANT SOIL, 183 (2): 161-170 1996
• Verhoeven, JTA; Keuter, A; VanLogtestijn, R; et al. Control of local nutrient dynamics in mires by regional and climatic factors: A comparison of Dutch and Polish sites. J ECOL, 84 (5): 647-656. 1996
• DeKlein, CAM; VanLogtestijn, RSP. Denitrification in grassland soils in The Netherlands in relation to irrigation, N-application rate, soil water content and soil temperature. SOIL BIOL BIOCHEM, 28 (2): 231-237. 1996
• Aerts, R; VanLogtestijn,R; VanStaalduinen,M et al. Nitrogen supply effects on productivity and potential leaf litter decay on carex species from peatlands differing in nutrient limitation. OECOLOGIA, 104 (4): 447-453. 1995
• DeKlein, CAM: VanLogtestijn, RSP. Denitrification and N2O emission from urine-affected grassland soil. PLANT SOIL, 163 (2): 235-241. 1994
• DeKlein, CAM;VanLogtestijn, RSP. Denitrification in the top-soil of managed grasslands in the Netherlands in relation to soil type and fertilizer level. PLANT SOIL, 163 (1): 33-44. 1994

Something about Richard

I like being in the outdoors, either on foot, on ski or on the bike. My favourite country is Norway, see for all kind of information about the Norwegian mountains the link provided below.

Other passions are cycling, cross country skiing, malt whisky (esp. Islay malts!), and music.  My favourite band right now is The Tragically Hip.  
 

West Coast Peaks
Tragically Hip

 


Last update: January 5th 2012