English name: Animal Ecology and Ecotoxicology Laboratory;
Parent institute: Université de Liège; Faculté des Sciences; Département de Biologie, Ecologie et Evolution (ULG), more
Address: Quartier Agora
Allée du 6 Août, 11 4000 Liège Belgium
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1 Director: Head of the department 2 Marine scientist: Works in this research group and acts as (co-)author in at least one marine publication in the last 5 years. 3 Specialized personnel: Provides administrative or technical support to marine scientific research.
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The Animal Ecology and Ecotoxicology laboratory (LEAE) of the University of Liège was founded in 1967 under its former name ‘laboratoire de Morphologie, Systématique et écologie Animales’. The laboratory studies freshwater ecology, marine ecology and ecotoxicology. The former research theme includes the study of the relationship between different plankton species and food selection by the rotifera Brachionus calyciflorus. The ecotoxicological focus includes the study of the effect of pollution on an ecosystem and the impact of pollutants on organisms. Furthermore, a central ecotoxicological research theme concerns the study of the endocrine disruption in freshwater invertebrates, with molluscs, rotifers and crustaceans as model organisms and based on proteomic and genomic approaches. The experiments and analyses were performed in the laboratory, as well as in natural ecosystems. LEAE is also specialised in the analyses of organic micropollutants in environmental matrices (water, sediments, organisms). In addition, the group is involved in epidemiological studies in order to evaluate the impact of several xenobiotics on human health in the French Antilles (chlordecone and POPs).
The Marine Ecology unit of the Animal Ecology and Ecotoxicology laboratory performs research on:
- Mediterranean ecosystems: the study of marine bacteria and the impact of ecological changes on those microorganisms, and the changing behaviour of red weeds caused by (human-induced) changes in their environment;
- Coral ecology: the study of the contribution of bacteria and an increasing temperature in the coral bleaching process as well as the study of marine microbacterial communities associated with corals;
- Malacology: systematics and ecology of molluscs.
The Marine Ecology unit collaborates with several French and Monégasque institutes in the BioCoB project, studying biomarkers for coral bleaching. The unit also participates within the research center STARESO (‘Station de Recherches Sous-marines et Océanographiques’) on Corsica. Here, benthic and pelagic ecosystems are studied, as well as temporal changes (associated with climate change) in plankton and other organisms. This research is conducted in order to predict how the marine system will respond to future changes. |
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Dromard, C.R.; Devault, D.A.; Bouchon-Navaro, Y.; Allénou, J.-P.; Budzinski, H.; Cordonnier, S.; Tapie, N.; Reynal, L.; Lemoine, S.; Thome, J.-P.; Thouard, E.; Monti, D.; Bouchon, C. (2022). Environmental fate of chlordecone in coastal habitats: recent studies conducted in Guadeloupe and Martinique (Lesser Antilles). Environm. Sc. & Poll. Res. 29(1): 51-60. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-019-04661-w, more
Matondo, B.N.; Delrez, N.; Bardonnet, A.; Vanderplasschen, A.; Joaquim-Justo, C.; Rives, J.; Benitez, J.-P.; Dierckx, A.; Séleck, E.; Rollin, X.; Ovidio, M. (2022). A complete check-up of European eel after eight years of restocking in an upland river: trends in growth, lipid content, sex ratio and health status. Sci. Total Environ. 807(Part 3): 151020. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151020, more
Bennett, K.A.; Robinson, K.J.; Armstrong, H.C.; Moss, S.E.W.; Scholl, G.; Tranganida, A.; Eppe, G.; Thomé, J.-P.; Debier, C.; Hall, A.J. (2021). Predicting consequences of POP-induced disruption of blubber glucose uptake, mass gain rate and thyroid hormone levels for weaning mass in grey seal pups. Environ. Int. 152: 106506. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2021.106506, more
Gismondi, E.; Daneels, L.; Damseaux, F.; Lehnert, K.; Siebert, U.; Das, K. (2021). Preliminary study of oxidative stress biomarkers and trace elements in North Sea harbour seals. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 163: 111905. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111905, more
Robinson, K.J.; Hall, A.J.; Scholl, G.; Debier, C.; Thomé, J.-P.; Eppe, G.; Adam, C.; Bennett, K.A. (2019). Investigating decadal changes in persistent organic pollutants in Scottish grey seal pups. Aquat. Conserv. 29(S1): 86-100. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3137, more
Zanuttini, C.; Gally, F.; Scholl, G.; Thomé, J.-P.; Eppé, G.; Das, K. (2019). High pollutant exposure level of the largest European community of bottlenose dolphins in the English Channel. NPG Scientific Reports 9(1): 10 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-48485-7, more
Robinson, K.J.; Hall, A.J.; Debier, C.; Eppe, G.; Thome, J.-P.; Bennett, K.A. (2018). Persistent organic pollutant burden, experimental POP exposure, and tissue properties affect metabolic profiles of blubber from gray seal pups. Environ. Sci. Technol. 52(22): 13523-13534. https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b04240, more
Schnitzler, J.G.; Pinzone, M.; Autenrieth, M.; van Neer, A.; IJsseldijk, L.L.; Barber, J.L.; Deaville, R.; Brownlow, A.; Schaffeld, T.; Thomé, J.-P.; Tiedemann, R.; Das, K.; Siebert, U. (2018). Inter-individual differences in contamination profiles as tracer of social group association in stranded sperm whales. NPG Scientific Reports 8(1): 10958. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-29186-z, more
Damseaux, F.; Kiszka, J.J.; Heithaus, M.R.; Scholl, G.; Eppe, G.; Thomé, J.-P.; Lewis, J.; Hao, W.; Fontaine, M.C.; Das, K. (2017). Spatial variation in the accumulation of POPs and mercury in bottlenose dolphins of the Lower Florida Keys and the coastal Everglades (South Florida). Environ. Pollut. 220(Part A): 577-587. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2016.10.005, more
Bonnineau, C.; Scaion, D.; Lemaire, B.; Belpaire, C.; Thomé, J.-P.; Thonon, M.; Leermaker, M.; Gao, Y.; Debier, C.; Silvestre, F.; Kestemont, P.; Rees, J.-F. (2016). Accumulation of neurotoxic organochlorines and trace elements in brain of female European eel (Anguilla anguilla). Environ. Toxicol. Pharmacol. 45: 346-355. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.etap.2016.06.009, more
Legrand, E.; Forget-Leray, J.; Duflot, A.; Olivier, S.; Thomé, J.-P.; Danger, J.-M.; Boulangé-Lecomte, C. (2016). Transcriptome analysis of the copepod Eurytemora affinis upon exposure to endocrine disruptor pesticides: focus on reproduction and development. Aquat. Toxicol. 176: 64-75. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2016.04.010, more
Lemaire, B.; Mignolet, E.; Debier, C.; Calderon, P.B.; Thomé, J.-P.; Rees, J.F. (2016). High hydrostatic pressure influences the in vitro response to xenobiotics in Dicentrarchus labrax liver. Aquat. Toxicol. 173: 43-52. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2016.01.004, more
Adjeroud, M.; Mauguit, Q.; Penin, L. (2015). The size-structure of corals with contrasting life-histories: a multi-scale analysis across environmental conditions. Mar. Environ. Res. 112(Part A): 131-139. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2015.10.004, more
Dyc, C.; Covaci, A.; Debier, C.; Leroy, C.; Delcroix, E.; Thomé, J.-P.; Das, K. (2015). Pollutant exposure in green and hawksbill marine turtles from the Caribbean region. Regional Studies in Marine Science 2: 158-170. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2015.09.004, more
Pinzone, M.; Budzinski, H.; Tasciotti, A.; Ody, D.; Lepoint, G.; Schnitzler, J.; Scholl, G.; Thomé, J.-P.; Tapie, N.; Eppe, G.; Das, K. (2015). POPs in free-ranging pilot whales, sperm whales and fin whales from the Mediterranean Sea: influence of biological and ecological factors. Environ. Res. 142: 185-196. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2015.06.021, more
Ladrière, O.; Penin, L.; Van Lierde, E.; Vidal-Dupiol, J.; Kayal, M.; Roberty, S.; Poulicek, M.; Adjeroud, M. (2014). Natural spatial variability of algal endosymbiont density in the coral Acropora globiceps: a small- scale approach along environmental gradients around Moorea ( French Polynesia). J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 94(1): 65-74. dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315413001252, more
Lebrun, D; Leroy, D.; Giusti, A.; Gourlay-France, C; Thomé, J.-P. (2014). Bioaccumulation of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in Gammarus pulex: relative importance of different exposure routes and multipathway modeling. Aquat. Toxicol. 154: 107-113. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2014.05.015, more
Peterson, H; Hassrick, L; Lafontaine, A.; Thome, J.-P.; Crocker, E; Debier, C.; Costa, P (2014). Effects of age, adipose percent, and reproduction on PCB concentrations and profiles in an extreme fasting North Pacific marine mammal. PLoS One 9(4): -. dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0096191, more
Roberty, S.; Bailleul, B.; Berne, N.; Franck, F.; Cardol, P. (2014). PSI Mehler reaction is the main alternative photosynthetic electron pathway in Symbiodinium sp., symbiotic dinoflagellates of cnidarians. New Phytol. 204(1): 81-91. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nph.12903, more
Fransolet, D.; Roberty, S.; Herman, A.-C.; Tonk, L; Hoegh-Guldberg, O; Plumier, J.-C. (2013). Increased cell proliferation and mucocyte density in the sea anemone Aiptasia pallida recovering from bleaching. PLoS One 8(5): -. dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0065015, more
Debier, C.; Crocker, D.E.; Houser, D.S.; Vanden Berghe, M.; Fowler, M.; Mignolet, E.; de Tillesse, T.; Rees, J.F.; Thomé, J.-P.; Larondelle, Y. (2012). Differential changes of fat-soluble vitamins and pollutants during lactation in northern elephant seal mother-pup pairs. Comp. Biochem. Physiol., Part A Mol. Integr. Physiol. 162(4): 323-330. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpa.2012.04.001, more
Fransolet, D.; Roberty, S.; Plumier, J.-C. (2012). Establishment of endosymbiosis: the case of cnidarians and Symbiodinium. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 420-421: 1-7. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2012.03.015, more
Lemaire, B.; Debier, C.; Calderon, P.B.; Thomé, J.-P.; Stegeman, J.; Mork, J.; Rees, J.F. (2012). Precision-cut liver slices to investigate responsiveness of deep-sea fish to contaminants at high pressure. Environ. Sci. Technol. 46(18): 10310-10316. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es301850e, more
Richir, J.; Velimirov, B.; Poulicek, M.; Gobert, S. (2012). Use of semi-quantitative kit methods to study the heterotrophic bacterial community of Posidonia oceanica meadows: limits and possible applications. Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 109: 20-29. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2012.05.013, more
Thi Tu, H.; Silvestre, F.; De Meulder, B.; Thomé, J.-P.; Thanh Phuong, N.; Kestemont, P. (2012). Combined effects of deltamethrin, temperature and salinity on oxidative stress biomarkers and acetylcholinesterase activity in the black tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon). Chemosphere 86(1): 83-91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.09.022, more
Lemaire, B.; Beck, M.; Jaspart, M.; Debier, C.; Calderon, P.B.; Thomé, J.-P.; Rees, J.F. (2011). Precision-Cut Liver Slices of Salmo salar as a tool to investigate the oxidative impact of CYP1A-mediated PCB 126 and 3-methylcholanthrene metabolism. Toxicology in vitro 25(1): 335-342. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tiv.2010.10.002, more
Praca, E.; Laran, S.; Lepoint, G.; Thomé, J.P.; Quetglas, A.; Belcari, P.; Sartor, P.; Dhermain, F.; Ody, D.; Tapie, N.; Budzinski, H.; Das, K. (2011). Toothed whales in the northwestern Mediterranean: Insight into their feeding ecology using chemical tracers. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 62(5): 1058-1065. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.02.024, more
Schnitzler, J.G.; Thomé, J.-P.; Lepage, M.; Das, K. (2011). Organochlorine pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls and trace elements in wild European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) off European estuaries. Sci. Total Environ. 409(19): 3680-3686. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.06.018, more
Vidal-Dupiol, J.; Ladrière, O.; Destoumieux-Garzon, D.; Sautiere, P.E.; Meistertzheim, A.L.; Tambutte, E.; Tambutte, S.; Duval, D.; Foure, L.; Adjeroud, M.; Mitta, G. (2011). Innate immune responses of a scleractinian coral to Vibriosis. J. Biol. Chem. 286(25): 22688-22698. dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M110.216358, more
Vidal-Dupiol, J.; Ladrière, O.; Meistertzheim, A.; Foure, L.; Adjeroud, M.; Mitta, G. (2011). Physiological responses of the scleractinian coral Pocillopora damicornis to bacterial stress from Vibrio coralliilyticus. J. Exp. Biol. 214(9): 1533-1545. https://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.053165, more
Guirlet, E.; Das, K.; Thomé, J.-P.; Girondot, M. (2010). Maternal transfer of chlorinated contaminants in the leatherback turtles, Dermochelys coriacea, nesting in French Guiana. Chemosphere 79(7): 720-726. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.02.047, more
Lemaire, B.; Priede, I.G.; Collins, M.A.; Bailey, D.M.; Schtickzelle, N.; Thomé, J.P.; Rees, J.F. (2010). Effects of organochlorines on cytochrome P450 activity and antioxidant enzymes in liver of roundnose grenadier Coryphaenoides rupestris. Aquat. Biol. 8(2): 161-168. dx.doi.org/10.3354/ab00227, more
Thi Tu, H.; Silvestre, F.; Wang, N.; Thomé, J.-P.; Thanh Phuong, N.; Kestemont, P. (2010). A multi-biomarker approach to assess the impact of farming systems on black tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon). Chemosphere 81(10): 1204-1211. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.09.039, more
Vanden Berghe, M.; Mat, A.; Arriola, A.; Polain, S.; Stekke, V.; Thomé, J.-P.; Gaspart, F.; Pomeroy, P.; Larondelle, Y.; Debier, C. (2010). Relationships between vitamin A and PCBs in grey seal mothers and pups during lactation. Environ. Pollut. 158(5): 1570-1575. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2009.12.012, more
Thi Tu, H.; Silvestre, F.; Scippo, M.-L.; Thomé, J.-P.; Thanh Phuong, N.; Kestemont, P. (2009). Acetylcholinesterase activity as a biomarker of exposure to antibiotics and pesticides in the black tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon). Ecotoxicol. Environ. Saf. 72(5): 1463-1470. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2009.04.008, more
Ladriere, O.; Compere, P.; Decloux, N.; Vandewalle, P.; Poulicek, M. (2008). Morphological alterations of zooxanthellae in bleached cnidarian hosts. Cah. Biol. Mar. 49(3): 215-227, more
Schnitzler, J.G.; Koutrakis, E.T.; Siebert, U.; Thomé, J.-P.; Das, K. (2008). Effects of persistent organic pollutants on the thyroid function of the European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) from the Aegean sea, is it an endocrine disruption? Mar. Pollut. Bull. 56(10): 1755-1764. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.06.011, more
Rees, J.F.; Zal, F.; Thomé, J.P. (2007). Enfer et paradis: la toxicité de l'oxygène chez les organismes abyssaux = Heaven and Hell: Oxygen toxicity in abyssal organisms. Océanis (Paris) 30(3): 277-291, more
Debier, C.; Chalon, C.; Le Bœuf, B.J.; de Tillesse, T.; Larondelle, Y.; Thomé, J.-P. (2006). Mobilization of PCBs from blubber to blood in northern elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris) during the post-weaning fast. Aquat. Toxicol. 80(2): 149-157. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2006.08.002, more
Lepoint, G.; Cox, A.-S.; Dauby, P.; Poulicek, M.; Gobert, S. (2006). Food sources of two detritivore amphipods associated with the seagrass Posidonia oceanica leaf litter. Mar. Biol. Res. 2(5): 355-365. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17451000600962797, more
Debier, C.; Pomeroy, P.P.; Thomé, J.-P.; Mignolet, E.; de Tillesse, T.; Larondelle, Y. (2004). An unexpected parallelism between Vitamin A and PCBs in seal milk. Aquat. Toxicol. 68(2): 179-183. dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0166-445X(04)00098-0, more
Debier, C.; Pomeroy, P.P.; Dupont, C.; Joiris, C.; Comblin, V.; Le Boulengé, E.; Larondelle, Y.; Thomé, J.-P. (2003). Dynamics of PCB transfer from mother to pup during lactation in UK grey seals Halichoerus grypus: differences in PCB profile between compartments of transfer and changes during the lactation period. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 247: 249-256. dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps247249, more
Debier, C.; Pomeroy, P.P.; Dupont, C.; Joiris, C.; Comblin, V.; Le Boulengé, E.; Larondelle, Y.; Thomé, J.-P. (2003). Quantitative dynamics of PCB transfer from mother to pup during lactation in UK grey seals Halichoerus grypus. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 247: 237-248. dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps247237, more
Baras, E.; Ndao, M.; Maxi, M.Y.J.; Jeandrain, D.; Thomé, J.-P.; Vandewalle, P.; Mélard, C. (2000). Sibling cannibalism in dorada under experimental conditions. I. Ontogeny, dynamics, bioenergetics of cannibalism and prey size selectivity. J. Fish Biol. 57(4): 1001-1020. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2000.tb02207.x, more
Poulicek, M.; Bussers, J.-C.; Vandewalle, P. (2000). Analyse fonctionnelle des peuplements bactériens associés aux scléractiniaires, in: Pichon, M. et al. Les récifs coralliens: 2. Aspects biologiques. Océanis (Paris), 26(3): pp. 351-388, more
Bianchi, A.; Garcin, J.; Gorsky, G.; Poulicek, M.; Tholosan, O. (1999). Stimulation du potentiel de dégradation dans les eaux marines profondes par les bactéries barotolérantes colonisant les fèces du plancton migrateur = Stimulation of the potential heterotrophic activity in deep seawater by barotolerant bacteria colonizing faecal pellets produced by migrating zooplankton. C. R. Acad. Sci., Sér. 3 Sci. Vie 322(12): 1113-1120. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0764-4469(99)00111-0, more
Poulicek, M.; Bussers, J.-C.; Vandewalle, P. (1997). Biology and description of Antisabia juliae sp. nov., new Hipponicid gastropod commensal on Turbo spp. in Laing Island (Papua New Guinea). Sci. Mar. (Barc.) 61(Supl. 2): 5-14, more
Poulicek, M.; Danckers, V. (1995). L'ATP et la charge énergétique adénylique (ECA) en écologie microbienne des milieux aquatiques. Océanis (Paris) 21(1): 191-223, more
- Damseaux, F.; Kiszka, JK; Heithaus, MH; Scholl, G.; Eppe, G.; Thomé, J.-P.; Lewis, JL; Das, K. (2016). Spatial variation in the concentrations of mercury and persistent organic pollutants in free-ranging bottlenose dolphins from South Florida, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Scientist Day. Brugge, Belgium, 12 February 2016. VLIZ Special Publication, 75: pp. 31, more
- Pinzone, M.; Budzinski, H.; Tasciotti, A.; Ody, D.; Lepoint, G.; Schnitzler, J.; Scholl, G.; Thomé, J.-P.; Tapie, N.; Eppe, G.; Das, K. (2015). Influences of blubber composition and profile in the assessment of POPs levels in free-ranging cetaceans, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Young Scientists’ Day. Brugge, Belgium, 20 February 2015. VLIZ Special Publication, 71: pp. 107, more
- Fransolet, D.; Herman, A.-C.; Roberty, S.; Plumier, J.-C. (2012). Increased number of mucocytes in Aiptasia pallida following bleaching, in: Yellowlees, D. et al. (Ed.) Proceedings of the 12th International Coral Reef Symposium. pp. 5, more
- Vanden Berghe, M.; Matt, M.; Pomeroy, P.; Polan, S.; Stekke, V.; Thomé, J.-P.; Debier, C. (2008). Mobilisation and transfer of vitamin A in grey seals: relationships with organochlorines, in: Philips, E. (Ed.) Marine mammals in time: past, present and future: 22nd Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society, 10-12 March 2008, Egmond aan Zee, The Netherlands: Abstract Book. pp. 222, more
- Poulicek, M.; Desormeaux, C.; Plaza, S.; Gobert, S. (2007). Suivi de l’état des populations de quatre especes de gorgones (region de Calvi, Mediterranee Occidentale) entre 1998 et 2006, in: 38th CIESM Congress Proceedings. pp. 575, more
- Poulicek, M.; Desormeaux, C.; Decloux, N.; Gobert, S. (2007). Suivi de la cinétique de colonisation secondaire post nécrose des axes de quatre espèces de gorgones (région de Calvi, Corse, Méditerranée Occidentale) entre 1998 et 2006, in: 38th CIESM Congress Proceedings. pp. 574, more
- Ladriere, O. (2006). Le blanchiment des coraux : implications microbiennes et nouvelle voie d'investigation. MSc Thesis. Université de Liège: Liège. 93 p., 3 annexes pp., more
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- BENCORE: Belgian Network for Coastal Reseach, more
- Description and comparison of the animal biodiversity in tropical zones and of mechanisms underlying its emergence and maintenance, more
- European microbiology of particulate systems, more
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