A5054148805- Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
- Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Soil erosion and sediment transport
- Integrated Water Resources Management
- Geological formations and processes
- Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
- Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
- Water Quality and Pollution Assessment
Ghent University
2021-2024
Ghent University Hospital
2022
This paper explores the impact of environmental, e.g. sea level rise, and climatic events, abrupt cooling on Mesolithic populations (ca. 11,350 to 6600 cal BP) living in western Scheldt basin Belgium Northern France. The this study-area has been extensively studied during last few decades, leading an extensive database radiocarbon dates (n = 418), sites 157) excavated loci 145). A multi-proxy analysis reveals important changes both chronologically geographically, which are interpreted terms...
This study presents a multiproxy palaeodemographic perspective by combining radiocarbon dates with counts of archaeological site phases in the western Scheldt basin, spanning from beginning Neolithic to Early Bronze Age. The results were assessed critically, accounting for differences research methodology, soil conditions and changes building traditions. indicate dynamic region characterized almost continual growth. Moreover, two distinct sub-regions basin could be compared, thereby...
Abstract. Elevated phosphate (PO4) concentrations can harm the ecological status in water by eutrophication. In majority of surface waters lowland regions such as Flanders (Belgium), local PO4 levels exceed limits defined environmental policy and fail to decrease, despite decreasing total phosphorus (P) emissions. order underpin definition current limits, this study was set up identify pre-industrial background concentration Scheldt River, a tidal river Flanders. We used sedimentary records...
The reference (pristine) concentrations of total dissolved phosphorus (TDP) in surface waters are difficult to define lowland regions because their high population density. Here, we estimated conditions TDP from headwaters and riverbed sediments (n=140) old forests. Surface were collected the region Belgium as transects starting 20 different forests (<1775; pristine) up 1.5 km outside forest edge (disturbed). Sediment P disturbed samples readily increased with increasing distance borders...
Abstract. Elevated phosphate (PO4) concentrations can harm the ecological status in water by eutrophication. In majority of surface waters lowland regions such as Flanders (Belgium), local PO4 levels exceed limits defined environmental policy and fail to decrease, despite decreasing total phosphorus (P) emissions. order underpin definition currents limits, this study was set up identify pre-industrial background concentration Scheldt river, a tidal river Flanders. We used sedimentary records...