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Dr Segers, Hendrik
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Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen; Belgische Beleidsondersteuningsgroep voor biodiversiteit (BIOPOLS), more

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Belgian Science Policy; Belgian Biodiversity Platform (BBPF), more

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VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium, more

A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure, more
Antarctic Biodiversity Information Facility, more
Belgian Biodiversity Platform, more
Belgian Register of Marine & Coastal Species, more
Distributed Dynamic Diversity Databases for Life, more
Niet-inheemse soorten in het Belgisch deel van de Noordzee en omliggende estuaria, more
SCAR-Marine Biodiversity Information Network, more
Vergelijkend morfologisch- en moleculair-taxonomisch onderzoek van Bacillariophyta, Nematoda, Crustacea en Rotifera, more

A1 Publications (27) [show]
Macedo, R.L.; Segers, H. (2023). Uncovering Rotifera, Cladocera and Copepoda name length patterns for enhanced scientific communication. Zootaxa 5383(2): 167-178. https://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5383.2.4, more Thomson, S.A.; Pyle, R.L.; Ahyong, S.T.; Alonso-Zarazaga, M.; Ammirati, J.; Araya, J.F.; Ascher, J.S.; Audisio, T.L.; Azevedo-Santos, V.M.; Bailly, N.; Baker, W.J.; Balke, M.; Barclay, M.V.L.; Barrett, R.L.; Benine, R.C.; Bickerstaff, J.R.M.; Bouchard, P.; Bour, R.; Bourgoin, T.; Boyko, C.B.; Breure, A.S.H.; Brothers, D.J.; Byng, J.W.; Campbell, D.; Ceríaco, L.M.P.; Cernák, I.; Cerretti, P.; Chang, C.-H.; Cho, S.; Copus, J.M.; Costello, M.J.; Cseh, A.; Csuzdi, C.; Culham, A.; D'Elía, G.; d'Udekem d'Acoz, C.; Daneliya, M.E.; Dekker, R.; Dickinson, E.C.; Dickinson, T.A.; van Dijk, P.P.; Dijkstra, K.-D.B.; Dima, B.; Dmitriev, D.A.; Duistermaat, L.; Dumbacher, J.P.; Eiserhardt, W.L.; Ekrem, T.; Evenhuis, N.L.; Faille, A.; Fiesler, E.; Fishbein, M.; Fordham, B.G.; Freitas, A.V.L.; Friol, N.R.; Fritz, U.; Frøslev, T.; Funk, V.A.; Gaimari, S.D.; Garraffoni, A.R.S.; Geml, J.; Gill, A.C.; Gray, A.; Grazziotin, F.G.; Greenslade, P.; Gutiérrez, E.E.; Harvey, M.S.; Hazevoet, C.J.; He, K.; He, X.; Helfer, S.; Helgen, K.M.; van Heteren, A.H.; Hita Garcia, F.; Holstein, N.; Horváth, M.K.; Hovenkamp, P.H.; Hwang, W.S.; Hyvönen, J.; Islam, M.B.; Iverson, J.B.; Ivie, M.A.; Jaafar, Z.; Jackson, M.D.; Jayat, J.P.; Johnson, N.F.; Kaiser, H.; Klitgård, B.B.; Knapp, D.G.; Kojima, J.; Kõljalg, U.; Kontschán, J.; Krell, F.-T.; Krisai-Greilhuber, I.; Kullander, S.; Latella, L.; Lattke, J.E.; Lencioni, V.; Lewis, G.P.; Lujan, N.K.; Luksenburg, J.A.; Mariaux, J.; Marinho-Filho, J.; Marshall, C.J.; McDonough, M.M.; Michel, E.; Miranda, V.F.O.; Mitroiu, M.-D.; Molinari, J.; Monks, S.; Moore, A.J.; Moratelli, R.; Murányi, D.; Nakano, T.; Nikolaeva, S.; Noyes, J.; Ohl, M.; Oleas, N.H.; Orrell, T.; Páll-Gergely, B.; Pape, T.; Papp, V.; Parenti, L.R.; Patterson, D.; Pavlinov, I.Y.; Pine, R.H.; Poczai, P.; Prado, J.; Prathapan, D.; Rabeler, R.K.; Randall, J.E.; Rheindt, F.E.; Rhodin, A.G.J.; Rodriguez, S.M.; Rogers, D.C.; de O. Roque, F.; Rowe, K.C.; Ruedas, L.A.; Salazar-Bravo, J.; Salvador, R.B.; Sangster, G.; Sarmiento, C.E.; Schigel, D.S.; Schmidt, S.; Schueler, F.W.; Segers, H.; Snow, N.; Souza-Dias, P.G.B.; Stals, R.; Stenroos, S.; Stone, R.D.; Sturm, C.F.; Štys, P.; Teta, P.; Thomas, D.C.; Timm, R.M.; Tindall, B.J.; Todd, J.A.; Triebel, D.; Valdecasas, A.G.; Vizzini, A.; Vorontsova, M.S.; de Vos, J.M.; Wagner, P.; Watling, L.; Weakley, A.; Welter-Schultes, F.; Whitmore, D.; Wilding, N.; Will, K.; Williams, J.; Wilson, K.; Winston, J.E.; Wüster, W.; Yanega, D.; Yeates, D.K.; Zaher, H. (2018). Taxonomy based on science is necessary for global conservation. PLoS Biology 16(3): e2005075. https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2005075, more Mills, S.; Alcantara-Rodriguez, J.A.; Ciros-Perez, J.; Gómez, A.; Hagiwara, A.; Galindo, K.H.; Jersabek, C.D.; Malekzadeh-Viayeh, R.; Leasi, F.; Lee, J.-S.; Welch, D.B.M.; Papakostas, S.; Riss, S.; Segers, H.; Serra, M.; Shiel, R.; Smolak, R.; Snell, T.W.; Stelzer, C.-P.; Tang, C.Q.; Wallace, R.L.; Fontaneto, D.; Walsh, E.J. (2017). Fifteen species in one: deciphering the Brachionus plicatilis species complex (Rotifera, Monogononta) through DNA taxonomy. Hydrobiologia 796(1): 39-58. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-016-2725-7, more Costello, M.J.; Appeltans, W.; Bailly, N.; Berendsohn, W.G.; de Jong, Y.; Edwards, M.; Froese, R.; Huettmann, F.; Los, W.; Mees, J.; Segers, H.; Bisby, F.A. (2014). Strategies for the sustainability of online open-access biodiversity databases. Biol. Conserv. 173: 155-165. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2013.07.042, more Appeltans, W.; Ahyong, S.T.; Anderson, G.; Angel, M.V.; Artois, T.; Bailly, N.; Bamber, R.N.; Barber, A.; Bartsch, I.; Berta, A.; Blazewicz-Paszkowycz , M.; Bock, P.; Boxshall, G.; Boyko, C.B.; Nunes Brandão, S.; Bray, R.A.; Bruce, N.L.; Cairns, S.D.; Chan, T.-Y.; Cheng, L.; Collins, A.G.; Cribb, T.H.; Curini-Galletti, M.; Dahdouh-Guebas, F.; Davie, P.J.F.; Dawson, M.N.; De Clerck, O.; Decock, W.; De Grave, S.; de Voogd, N.J.; Domning, D.P.; Emig, C.C.; Erséus, Ch.; Eschmeyer, W.; Fauchald, K.; Fautin, D.G.; Feist, S.W.; Fransen, C.H.J.M.; Furuya, H.; García-Alvarez, O.; Gerken, S.; Gibson, D.; Gittenberger, A.; Gofas, S.; Gómez-Daglio, L.; Gordon, D.P.; Guiry, M.D.; Hernandez, F.; Hoeksema, B.W.; Hopcroft, R.R.; Jaume, D.; Kirk, P.; Koedam, N.; Koenemann, S.; Kolb, J.B.; Kristensen, R.M.; Kroh, A.; Lambert, G.; Lazarus, D.B.; Lemaitre, R.; Longshaw, M.; Lowry, J.; MacPherson, E.; Madin, L.P.; Mah, C.; Mapstone, G.; McLaughlin, P.A.; Mees, J.; Meland, K.; Messing, C.G.; Mills, C.E.; Molodtsova, T.N.; Mooi, R.; Neuhaus, B.; Ng, P.K.L.; Nielsen, C.; Norenburg, J.; Opresko, D.M.; Osawa, M.; Paulay, G.; Perrin, W.; Pilger, J.F.; Poore, G.C.B.; Pugh, Ph.R.; Read, G.B.; Reimer, J.D.; Rius, M.; Rocha, R.M.; Sáiz Salinas, J.I.; Scarabino, V.; Schierwater, B.; Schmidt-Rhaesa, A.; Schnabel, K.E.; Schotte, M.; Schuchert, P.; Schwabe, E.; Segers, H.; Self-Sullivan, C.; Shenkar, N.; Siegel, V.; Sterrer, W.; Stöhr, S.; Swalla, B.; Tasker, M.L.; Thuesen, E.V.; Timm, T.; Todaro, M.A.; Turon, X.; Tyler, S.; Uetz, P.; van der Land, J.; Vanhoorne, B.; van Ofwegen, L.P.; Van Soest, R.W.M.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Walker-Smith, G.K.; Walter, T.C.; Warren, A.; Williams, G.C.; Wilson, S.P.; Costello, M.J. (2012). The magnitude of global marine species diversity. Curr. Biol. 22(23): 2189-2202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2012.09.036, more Fontaine, B.; van Achterberg, K.; Alonso-Zarazaga, M.A.; Araujo, A.; Asche, M.; Aspöck, H.; Aspöck, U.; Audisio, P.; Aukema, B.; Bailly, N.; Balsamo, M.; Bank, R.A.; Belfiore, C.; Bogdanowicz, W.; Boxshall, G.; Burckhardt, D.; Chylarecki, P.; Deharveng, L.; Dubois, A.; Enghoff, H.; Fochetti, R.; Fontaine, C.; Gargominy, O.; Lopez, M.S.G.; Goujet, D.; Harvey, M.S.; Heller, K.; van Helsdingen, P.; Hoch, H.; de Jong, Y.; Karsholt, O.; Los, W.; Magowski, W.; Massard, J.A.; McInnes, S.J.; Mendes, L.; Mey, E.; Michelsen, V.; Minelli, A.; Nafria, J.M.N.; van Nieukerken, E.J.; Pape, T.; De Prins, W.; Ramos, M.; Ricci, C.; Roselaar, C.; Rota, E.; Segers, H.; Timm, T.; Van Tol, J.; Bouchet, P. (2012). New species in the Old World: Europe as a frontier in biodiversity exploration, a test bed for 21st century taxonomy. PLoS One 7(5): e36881. https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0036881, more Segers, H.; De Smet, W.H.; Fischer, C.; Fontaneto, D.; Michaloudi, E.; Wallace, R.L.; Jersabek, C.D. (2012). Towards a list of available names in Zoology, partim Phylum Rotifera. Zootaxa 3179: 61-68, more Azemar, F.; Maris, T.; Mialet, B.; Segers, H.; Van Damme, S.; Meire, P.; Tackx, M. (2010). Rotifers in the Schelde estuary (Belgium): a test of taxonomic relevance. J. Plankton Res. 32(7): 981-997. dx.doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbq030, more Balian, E.V.; Segers, H.; Lévêque, C.; Martens, K. (2008). The freshwater animal diversity assessment: an overview of the results. Hydrobiologia 595(1): 627-637. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-007-9246-3, more Fontaneto, D.; Segers, H.; Melone, G. (2008). Marine rotifers from the Northern Adriatic Sea, with description of Lecane insulaconae sp. nov. (Rotifera : Monogononta : Lecanidae). J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 88(2): 253-258. dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315408000544, more Segers, H. (2008). Global diversity of rotifers (Rotifera) in freshwater. Hydrobiologia 595(1): 49-59. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-007-9003-7, more Segers, H.; De Smet, W.H. (2008). Diversity and endemism in Rotifera: a review, and Keratella Bory de St Vincent. Biodivers. Conserv. 17(2): 303-316. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10531-007-9262-7, more Segers, H. (2007). Annotated checklist of the rotifers (Phylum Rotifera), with notes on nomenclature, taxonomy and distribution. Zootaxa 1564: 1-104, more Sørensen, M.V.; Segers, H.; Funch, P. (2005). On a new Seison Grube, 1861 from coastal waters of Kenya, with a reappraisal of the classification of the Seisonida (Rotifera). Zool. Stud. 44(1): 34-43, more Segers, H.; Shiel, R.J. (2003). Microfaunal diversity in a biodiversity hotspot: new rotifers from Southwestern Australia. Zool. Stud. 42(4): 516-521, more Segers, H. (2001). Zoogeography of the Southeast Asian Rotifera. Hydrobiologia 446-447(1): 233-246. https://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1017524011783, more Segers, H. (1998). Notes on the taxonomy and distribution of the interstitial Rotifera from a dune pool. Belg. J. Zool. 128(1): 35-47, more Segers, H.; Melone, G. (1998). A comparative study of trophi morphology in Seisonidea (Rotifera). J. Zool. (1987) 244(2): 201-207. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1998.tb00025.x, more Segers, H. (1996). The biogeography of littoral Lecane Rotifera. Hydrobiologia 323: 169-197. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00007845, more Segers, H. (1996). Scaridium elongatum n.sp., a new monogonont rotifer from Brazil. Belg. J. Zool. 126(1): 57-63, more Segers, H.; De Smet, W.H.O.; Bonte, D. (1996). Description of Lepadella deridderae deridderae n. sp., n. subsp. and L. deridderae alaskae n. sp., n. subsp. (Rotifera: Monogononta, Colurellidae). Belg. J. Zool. 126(2): 117-122, more Segers, H.; Dumont, H.J. (1995). 102+ rotifer species (Rotifera : Monogononta) in Broa reservoir (SP., Brazil) on 26 August 1994, with the description of three new species. Hydrobiologia 316: 183-197, more Segers, H.; Mbogo, D.K.; Dumont, H. J. (1994). New Rotifera from Kenya, with a revision of the Ituridae. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 110(2): 193-206. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1994.tb01476.x, more Segers, H.; Sanoamuang, L. (1994). Two more new species of Lecane (Rotifera, Monogononta) from Thailand. Belg. J. Zool. 124(1): 39-46, more Maas, S.; Segers, H. (1993). Zoogeography of the Copepoda and Rotifera of the Seychelles. Belg. J. Zool. 123(Suppl. 1): 48, more Segers, H. (1993). Report on rotifera from Papua New Guinea. Belg. J. Zool. 123(Suppl. 1): 66, more Segers, H.; Dos Santos-Silva, N.; De Oliveira-Neto, A.L. (1993). New and rare species of Lecane and Lepadella (Rotifera: Lecanidae ; Colurellidae) from Brazil. Belg. J. Zool. 123(2): 113-121, more
Peer reviewed publications (2) [show]
Segers, H. (1995). World records of Lecanidae (Rotifera, Monogononta). Studiedocumenten van het K.B.I.N. = Documents de Travail de l'I.R.Sc.N.B., 81. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussel. 114 pp., more Segers, H. (1994). Redescription of Lecane fadeevi (Neiswestnowa-Shadina, 1935) (Rotifera, Lecanidae). Bull. Kon. Belg. Inst. Natuurwet. Biologie 64: 235-238, more
Books (7) [show]
Segers, H.; Branquart, E. (Ed.) (2010). Science facing aliens. Proceedings of a scientific meeting on invasive aliens species. Belgian Biodiversity Platform: Brussel. ISBN 978901815114903. 93 pp., more Branquart, E.; Segers, H. (Ed.) (2009). Abstract volume of the Science facing aliens meeting, Brussels 11th May 2009. Belgian Biodiversity Platform: Brussel. 64 + Presentations pp., more Balian, E.V.; Lévêque, C.; Segers, H.; Martens, K. (2008). Freshwater animal diversity assessment. Reprinted from Hydrobiologia 595. Developments in Hydrobiology, 198. Springer: Dordrecht. ISBN 978-1-4020-8258-0; e-ISBN 978-1-4020-8259-7. XVI, 637 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8259-7, more Segers, H.; Martens, K. (Ed.) (2005). Aquatic biodiversity II: The diversity of aquatic ecosystems. Developments in Hydrobiology, 180. Springer: Dordrecht. ISBN 978-90-481-6951-1; e-ISBN 978-1-4020-4111-2. X, 390 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4111-X, more Segers, H.; Branquart, E.; Caudron, A.; Tack, J. (Ed.) (2004). 'Scientific tools for biodiversity conservation: monitoring, modelling and experiments': Proceedings of the 5th meeting of the European Platform for Biodiversity Research Strategy meeting held under the Belgian EU Presidency, 2-4 December 2001, Brussels. European Platform for Biodiversity Research Strategy (EPBRS): Brussel. 225 pp., more Sanoamuang, L.; Segers, H.; Shiel, R.J.; Gulati, R.D. (Ed.) (2001). Rotifera IX: Proceedings of the IXth international rotifer symposium, held in Khon Kaen, Thailand, 16-23 January 2000. Developments in Hydrobiology, 153. Springer Science+Business Media: Dordrecht. ISBN 978-94-010-3820-1; e-ISBN 978-94-010-0756-6. 395 pp. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1007/978-94-010-0756-6, more Wurdak, E.; Wallace, R.; Segers, H. (1998). Rotifera VIII - A comparative approach: Proceedings of the VIIIth international rotifer symposium, held in Collegeville, Minn., U.S.A., 22-27 June 1997. Developments in Hydrobiology, 134. Springer Science+Business Media: Dordrecht. ISBN 978-94-010-6009-7; e-ISBN 978-94-011-4782-8. 498 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4782-8, more
Book chapters (2) [show]
Branquart, E.; Brosens, D.; Gonzales, B.; Segers, H. (2009). Biological invasions: a Belgian perspective, in: Branquart, E. et al. (Ed.) Abstract volume of the Science facing aliens meeting, Brussels 11th May 2009. pp. 27-33, more Samyn, Y.; Vanden Spiegel, D.; Franklin, A.; Réveillon, A.; Segers, H.; Van Goethem, J. (2004). The Belgian focal point to the global taxonomy initiative and its role in strengthening individual and institutional taxonomic capacity for, inter alia, sea cucumbers, in: Lovatelli, A. et al. (Ed.) Advances in sea cucumber aquaculture and management. FAO Fisheries Technical Paper = FAO Document technique sur les pêches, 463: pp. 415-418, more
Theses (2) [show]
Segers, H. (1995). Zoogeography of littoral Rotifera, with special reference to the Lecanidae, part 1. PhD Thesis. Universiteit Gent: Gent. IX, 198 pp., more Segers, H. (1995). Zoogeography of littoral Rotifera, with special reference to the Lecanidae, part II. Morphology and taxonomy of Lecane. PhD Thesis. Universiteit Gent: Gent. 223 pp., more
Report [show]
Grant, F.; de Jong, Y.; Kirschner, J.; Petrik, P.; Segers, H.; Sharman, M.; Tillier, S.; Watt, A.; Young, J. (Ed.) (2009). Strategies in taxonomy: research in a changing world. NERC/Centre for Ecology & Hydrology/BioStrat: [s.l.]. ISBN 978-80-86188-32-4. 65 pp., more
Other publications (2) [show]
Van de Putte, A.; Segers, H. (2013). www.biodiversity.aq. De toegangspoort tot biodiversiteitsgegevens van het Zuidpoolgebied. Sci. connect. (Ned. ed.) 41: 16-19, more Segers, H. (1998). Taxonomical and ecological notes on the monogonont Rotifera from a dune pool in Belgium. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea 65: 173, more

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