Presentations:
Jan Mees – Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)
Welcome [
- Read only ]
René Van Grieken – Universiteit Antwerpen, Centrum voor Micro- en Sporenanalyse
The air quality over the North Sea: has it changed during the last 30 years? [ - Read only] [Movie: CO from biomass burning © Mopitt, first year]
Gregory Maes & Filip Volckaert – KULeuven, Laboratory of Animal Diversity and Systematics Fish Genetics Group
Is the European eel slipping away towards extinction? A review of research and management challenges
[presentation on demand]
Griet De Backer & Charlotte Beels – UGent, Civil Engineering Department
Waves in the North Sea: powering our future? [ - Read only] [Movies: Pelamis © Ocean Power Delivery (www.pelamiswave.com) - Point Absorber © De Backer & Vantorre - Wave Dragon © Wave Dragon (www.wavedragon.net) ]
Jan Seys & Evy Copejans - VLIZ
Planeet Zee: a new educational marine scientific project [ - Read only]
Isabelle Dufour, Els Verfaillie & Vera Van Lancker – UGent, Renard Centre of Marine Geology
Mapping the seabed of the Belgian part of the North Sea to improve management [ - Read only]
Han Lindeboom – Wageningen IMARES, The Netherlands
The North Sea, past and present: shifting baselines and human uses [ - Read only]
Poster award - Public jury:
1. Rappé Karen and Magda Vincx: “Blue mussel and Pacific oysters in Belgian coastal harbours as test organisms for environmental stress” [
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2. Neukermans Griet and Kevin Ruddick: “High temporal resolution mapping of total suspended matter in Belgian coastal waters with SEVIRI data: a feasibility study”
3. Verstraete Hilbran, Eric W.M. Stienen and Marc Van de Walle: “Beached birds on the Flemish beaches”
Poster award - Professional jury:
1. Claessens Michiel, Els Monteyne, Patrick Roose and Colin Janssen: “The use of integrative passive samplers as a source of contaminant mixtures in ecotoxicological laboratory experiments” []
2. Claessens Michiel, Karen Rappé, Els Monteyne, Klaas Wille, Herlinde Noppe, Magda Vincx, Hubert De Brabander, Patrick Roose, Jan Mees and Colin Janssen: “INRAM – Integrated risk assessment and monitoring of micropollutants in the Belgian coastal zone” []
3. Neukermans Griet and Kevin Ruddick: “High temporal resolution mapping of total suspended matter in Belgian coastal waters with SEVIRI data: a feasibility study”
VLIZ Thesis Award for Marine Sciences 2007:
Virginie Demaerel (UGent, Marine Biology Section) - Onderzoek naar de verspreiding van vlokreeftjes van het genus Bathyporeia (Crustacea, Amphipoda) met behulp van genetische merkers [ - Read only]
Sarah Denys (VUB, Geografie, Fysisch milieu) - De contrasterende Holocene sediment successie langsheen het westelijk en oostelijk deel van de Belgische kust: oorzaak en gevolgen [ - Read only]
North Sea Award 2007:
Vandendriessche Sofie (UGent, Marine Biology Section) - Floating seaweed as ephemeral neustonic habitat [ - Read only]
Photo contest - Public jury:
1.Charlotte Beels (34 votes)
2.Cecile Baeteman (30 votes)
3.Yann-Michael De Hauwere (29 votes)
Photo contest - Professional jury:
1.Hans De Blauwe
2.John Nuyts
3.Griet De Backer
For more pictures of the Young Marine Scientists' Day 2008 visit the VLIZ-photogallery.