A5048907894- Marine and fisheries research
- Coastal and Marine Management
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
- Migration, Policy, and Dickens Studies
- Marine and environmental studies
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Advanced Computational Techniques and Applications
- Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Environmental Conservation and Management
- demographic modeling and climate adaptation
- Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Geographic Information Systems Studies
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Crustacean biology and ecology
- Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
- Corporate Management and Leadership
- Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
- Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Arctic and Russian Policy Studies
Flanders Marine Institute
2015-2024
Ghent University Hospital
2018-2024
Ghent University
2002-2023
National Research Council
2019
University of Tasmania
2019
Gesellschaft für Klinische Forschung
1995
Netherlands Institute of Ecology
1992-1994
We performed an environmental risk assessment for microplastics (<5 mm) in the marine environment by estimating order of magnitude past, present and future concentrations based on global plastic production data. In 2100, from 9.6 to 48.8 particles m-3 are predicted float around ocean, which is a 50-fold increase compared present-day concentrations. From meta-analysis with effect data available literature, we derived safe concentration 6650 buoyant below adverse effects not likely occur. Our...
Despite the ubiquitous and persistent presence of microplastic (MP) in marine ecosystems, knowledge its potential harmful ecological effects is low. In this work, we assessed risk floating MP (1 μm–5 mm) to ecosystems by comparing ambient concentrations global ocean with available ecotoxicity data. The integration twenty-three species-specific effect threshold concentration data a species sensitivity distribution yielded median unacceptable level 1.21 ∗ 105 m−³ (95% CI: 7.99 103–1.49 106...
Prey items of 0‐ and 1‐group plaice Pleuronectes platessa , sole Solea solea brill Scophthalmus rhombus turbot S. maximus dab Limanda limanda the surf zone a Belgian sandy beach, included hyperbenthic (e.g. mysids), endobenthic polychaetes) epibenthic shrimps) species. Little dietary overlap was observed. If diet did occur, it mainly involved prey species that are dominant in beaches, such as shrimps mysids. These results suggest an opportunistic utilization by flatfish available food...
The Neomysis integer (Leach, 1814) (Crustacea, Mysidacea) population of the brackish part Westerschelde estuary was sampled on a fortnightly basis from November 1990 to December 1991.Denslty, biomass, structure and brood size were recorded.The Bhattacharya method applied length-frequency data for detection separation cohorts.Growth is described both by generalised von Bertalanffy function incorporating seasonal oscdlations in growth.Secondary production estimated each cohort using 4...
The World Register of Marine species (WoRMS) has been established for a decade. early history the database involved compilation existing global and regional registers. This aggregation, combined with changes to data types changing needs WoRMS users, resulted in an evolution data-entry consistency over time. With task aggregating accepted names all marine approaching completion, our focus shifted improving quality held while keeping pace addition > 2000 new described annually. paper...
The Citizen Observation of Local Litter in coastal ECosysTems (COLLECT) project (2021-2022) is a citizen science initiative, supported by the Partnership for Global Ocean (POGO), which aimed to acquire distribution and abundance data plastic litter seven countries: Africa (Benin, Cabo Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Morocco, Nigeria) Asia (Malaysia). In this paper, we describe workflow used establish run project, as well methodologies data. COLLECT consisted training local students (15 - 18...
The demersal fish fauna of the mesohaline zone Westerschelde estuary (south‐west Netherlands) was sampled intensively in period 1990–1992. Almost 500 beam trawl samples were taken both subtidal (330 samples) and intertidal (144 habitats. These yielded 44 species, mostly as juveniles. area functioned a nursery for several harboured large populations hyperbenthic mysids. Three gobies, three flatfish, one clupeoid gadoid dominated fauna, while mysid species important components...
The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2017. WoRMS is a unique database: there no comparable global database for marine species, which driven by large, expert community, supported Data Management Team and can rely on permanent host institute, dedicated to keeping online. Over the past ten years, content has grown steadily, system currently contains more than 242,000 accepted species. not yet reached completeness: approximately 2,000 newly described...
The order Mysida (2 families, 178 genera, 1132 species) contains species across a broad range of habitats, such as subterranean, fresh, brackish, coastal, and surface to deep-sea habitats. Stygiomysida 2 16 species), however, are found primarily in subterranean waters, but always waters with marine influence. body is divided into three main regions: cephalon, thorax, abdomen. They shrimp-like appearance, containing morphological features earlier referred defining "caridoid facies"....
Through regular sampling surveys, the Flanders Marine Institute is generating long term data series for Belgian coastal water and sand bank systems, a designated site in Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) network. The built on activities initiated 2002, but gradually upgraded extended framework of LifeWatch marine observatory Integrated Carbon Observation System (ICOS) participation. Nine nearshore stations are sampled monthly, with additional seasonal eight offshore stations. This paper...