A5035784611- Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
- Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Hydrological Forecasting Using AI
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology
- Environmental Science and Water Management
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Data Mining Algorithms and Applications
- Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
- Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
- Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
- Water Quality and Pollution Assessment
- Environmental Conservation and Management
- E-Learning and Knowledge Management
- Neural Networks and Applications
- Advanced Computational Techniques and Applications
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Water Quality Monitoring and Analysis
- Statistical and Computational Modeling
- Water resources management and optimization
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development
Flanders Environment Agency
2018-2022
Environment Agency
2015
Flemish Government
2009-2013
Ghent University
2001-2009
Ghent University Hospital
2007
Biological invasions of freshwater macroinvertebrates are gaining more and interest because the ecological economical impact some these species is high. Since crustacean taxa appear to be successful groups invading new areas, an inventory macrocrustaceans in Flanders was made. At least 22 macrocrustacean have been reported from Flemish water bodies. A detailed study six canals, one small artificial watercourse natural river eastern part revealed that invaders such as Dikerogammarus villosus,...
In this study we developed and applied a multimetric index to assess the biological water quality of rivers in Vietnam as complementary tool traditional physical–chemical analysis. Macroinvertebrate samples were collected at 15 monitoring sites Cau river basin, Northern Vietnam. Eighteen candidate metrics tested for their range, stability, sensitivity responsiveness anthropogenic impacts. The MMI was calculated arithmetic mean five that retained being Biological Monitoring Working Party...
Artificial Neural Network models (ANNs) were used to predict habitat suitability for 12 macroinvertebrate taxa, using environmental input variables. This modelling technique was applied a dataset of 102 measurement series collected in 31 sampling sites the Greek river Axios. The database consisted seven physical-chemical and structural variables, as well abundances 90 taxa. A seasonal variable included allow description potential temporal changes communities. induced performed predicting...
(2006). Development of a multimetric assessment system based on macroinvertebrates for rivers in Flanders (Belgium) according to the European Water Framework Directive. SIL Proceedings, 1922-2010: Vol. 29, No. 5, pp. 2279-2282.
The Flanders Environment Agency (VMM) has been performing biological water quality assessments on inland waters in (Belgium) since 1989 and sediment 2000. monitoring network is a combined physico-chemical network, the component focusing macro-invertebrates. programme produces data to assess quality. Both programmes aim provide index values, applying similar conceptual methodology based presence of obtained from both networks are consolidated VMM macro-invertebrates database include...