Book of abstracts & lists presentations
The abstracts of all participants and award winners can be found in the Book of Abstracts (VLIZ Special Publications 55). It gives you a nice overview of the current marine research in Flanders and surroundings.
Twenty contestants were invited to prepare a short pitch presentation (max. 5 minutes) for the plenary session. The others could present their work during the poster session. The audience could vote the best oral and the best scientific poster.
Top-3 pitch presentations:
1: Michiel Vandegehuchte - Plastic waste in the Belgian coastal waters: where and how much? [pitch presentation:
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2: Lisbeth Van Cauwenberghe - Selective uptake of microplastics by a marine bivalve (Mytilus edulis) [pitch presentation:]
3: Ronny Merken - Wetland suitability and connectivity for migratory birds along the Ionian Flyway in Greece [pitch presentation:]
Top-3 scientific posters:
1: Smolders Sven, Stefaan Ides, Yves Plancke, Patrick Meire and Stijn Temmerman - Morphological management as a tool to optimize the three main functions of the Scheldt Estuary: safety, accessibility and ecology [] [Clip]
2: Vanden Eede Sarah and Magda Vincx - Can we protect our coastline and the beach ecosystem at the same time? [] [Clip]
3: Desender Marieke, Hans Polet, Koen Chiers, Maarten Soetaert and Annemie Decostere - Evaluation of the impact of electro shrimp trawl fishery [] [Clip]
Other poster presentations delivered to VLIZ, are made available in the Open Marine Archive (OMA).
Keynote speakers:
Inge Van Nieuwerburgh (Ghent University, Digital Library) - Boosting your visibility in Open Access [pitch presentation via ]
Jean Berlamont (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Hydraulics Laboratory) - Why do we love the sea? Because it makes us think of things we like to think [pitch presentatioon via ] [Clip]
Michael N. Moore (Plymouth Marine Laboratory) - Oceans and Human Health [only abstract available] [Clip]
North Sea Award 2011:
dr. Eric Struyf: 'Historical land use change has lowered terrestrial silica mobilization' - [research article in Nature Communications (2010)] [pitch presentation:]
VLIZ Thesis Award for Marine Sciences 2011:
Elisabeth Debusschere: 'Effect of ocean acidification on the early life stages of the Baltic tellin Macoma balthica' - [M.Sc. scriptie UGent - EMBC] [pitch presentation:]
Lorenz Meire: 'Impact of global change on coastal hypoxia' - [M.Sc. scriptie UGent - MARELAC] [pitch presentation:]
All winners of the Young Marine Scientists' Day on a row.
Pictures, video-clips and a short reportation are available in the VLIZ-photogallery.