On Friday the 5th of February 2004 the 4th edition of the VLIZ Young Marine Scientists' Day took place in the KHBO in Brugge. It was a successful day where young scientists and marine professionals met each other. The multidisciplinairy seascience in Flanders was located with the scientific results presented in posters by the young scientists. The present public and a professional jury voted for the best poster. The winners of the VLIZ Thesis Award Marine Sciences and the North Sea Award had an opportunity to share their work to the audience.
The abstracts of all participants and winners of the VLIZ awards can be found in the Book of Abstracts.
Poster award - Public jury:
De Vos Leen - Optimisation of scour protection of offshore wind farms under combined hydrodynamical loading
Poster award - Professional jury:
Van de Vijver K.I., Hoff P., Das K., Van Dongen W., Esmans E.L., Bouquegneau J.M., Blust R. en De Coen W.M. - Perfluorinated organochemicals: new threat for marine mammals
North Sea Award 2003:
dr. Tim Verslycke - 'Endocrine disruption in the estuarine invertebrate Neomysis integer (Crustacea: Mysidacea)' - [Ph.D. thesis]
VLIZ Thesis Award Marine Sciences 2003:
Anouk de Brauwere - 'Optimalisatie en validatie van biogeochemische modellen' - [Thesis]
Anton Van de Putte - 'Modellering van groei en predatie van haring (Clupea harengus) in het Schelde-estuarium' - [Thesis]
More pictures of the Young Marine Scientists' Day 2004 are available in the VLIZ-photogallery.