Katholieke Universiteit Leuven; Departement Biologie; Afdeling Dierenecologie en -systematiek; Aquatische Ecologie en Evolutiebiologie, more
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- An experimental ecological investigation of the restoration potential of the aquatic ecosystem of 'de Blankaart' by hydrological isolation and foodweb manipulation, more
- An interdisciplinary study of the evolution of antipredator mechanisms: aquatic invertebrates as a model, more
- Aquaculture of marine species in Chile: bio-technological improvements for reliable and cost-effective production, more
- De invloed van habitat-omvang, genmigratie en een metapopulatie-structuur op de genetische diversiteit van lokale zoöplanktonpopulaties, more
- Ecological genetics: patterns and processes of genetic variation in natural populations, more
- Further exploration, characterization and utilization of the natural brine schrimp Artemia resources in the People's Republic of China, more
- Genetical-ecological research in support of nature conservation in Flanders, more
- Local genetic differentiation in Branchiopoda (Crustacea) : the importance of restingstages, more
- Ontwikkeling van een gedocumenteerde gegevensbank over uitheemse vissoorten in Vlaanderen met bijkomend onderzoek naar de blauwbandgrondel, more
- Predatie door macrozoöplankton: een studie van de ecologische en evolutionaire gevolgen van de macrozoöplanktongemeenschapsstructuur op fytoplankton en de componenten van de microbiële lus, more
- Productivity, structural diversity and predation as determining factors for aquatic biodiversity, more
- Study of the biodiversity of Chinese Artemia strains and their possible application in research and aquaculture, more
- Support of a marine component during the Symposium 'Ecological genetics' on 5-7 February 2003 in Leuven, more
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| A1 Publications (25) [show] |
- Meerhoff, M.; Audet, J.; Davidson, T.A.; De Meester, L.; Hilt, S.; Kosten, S.; Liu, Z.; Mazzeo, N.; Paerl, H.; Scheffer, M.; Jeppesen, E. (2022). Feedback between climate change and eutrophication: revisiting the allied attack concept and how to strike back. Inland Waters 12(2): 187-204. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20442041.2022.2029317, more
 Urban, M.C.; Travis, J.M.J.; Zurell, D.; Thompson, P.L.; Synes, N.W.; Scarpa, A.; Peres-Neto, P.R.; Malchow, A.-K.; James, P.M.A.; Gravel, D.; De Meester, L.; Brown, C.; Bocedi, G.; Albert, C.H.; Gonzalez, A.; Hendry, A.P. (2022). Corrigendum: Coding for Life: Designing a platform for projecting and protecting global biodiversity. BioScience 72(1): 106. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biab127, more- Stock, W.; Callens, M.; Houwenhuyse, S.; Schols, R.; Goel, N.; Coone, M.; Theys, C.; Delnat, V.; Boudry, A.; Eckert, E.M.; Laspoumaderes, C.; Grossart, H.-P.; De Meester, L.; Stoks, R.; Sabbe, K.; Decaestecker, E. (2021). Human impact on symbioses between aquatic organisms and microbes. Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 87: 113-138. https://dx.doi.org/10.3354/ame01973, more
- Ger, K.A.; Naus-Wiezer, S.; De Meester, L.; Lürling, M. (2019). Zooplankton grazing selectivity regulates herbivory and dominance of toxic phytoplankton over multiple prey generations. Limnol. Oceanogr. 64(3): 1214-1227. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1002/lno.11108, more
- Schaffner, L.R.; Govaert, L.; De Meester, L.; Ellner, S.P.; Fairchild, E.; Miner, B.E.; Rudstam, L.G.; Spaak, P.; Hairston Jr, N. (2019). Consumer-resource dynamics is an eco-evolutionary process in a natural plankton community. Nature Ecology & Evolution 3(9): 1351-1358. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-0960-9, more
- Raeymaekers, J.A.M.; Chaturvedi, A.; Hablützel, P.I.; Verdonck, I.; Hellemans, B.; Maes, G.E.; De Meester, L.; Volckaert, F.A.M. (2017). Adaptive and non-adaptive divergence in a common landscape. Nature Comm. 8(1): 9 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00256-6, more
- Scheffers, B.R.; De Meester, L.; Bridge, T.C.L.; Hoffmann, A.A.; Pandolfi, J.M.; Corlett, R.T.; Butchart, S.H.M.; Pearce-Kelly, P.; Kovacs, K.M.; Dudgeon, D.; Pacifici, M.; Rondinini, C.; Foden, W.B.; Martin, T.G.; Mora, C.; Bickford, D.; Watson, J.E.M. (2016). The broad footprint of climate change from genes to biomes to people. Science (Wash.) 354(6313). https://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aaf7671, more
- Asselman, J.; De Coninck, D.I.M.; Vandegehuchte, M.B.; Jansen, M.; Decaestecker, E.; De Meester, L.; Vanden Bussche, J.; Vanhaecke, L.; Janssen, C.R.; De Schamphelaere, K.A.C. (2015). Global cytosine methylation in Daphnia magna depends on genotype, environment, and their interaction. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 34(5): 1056-1061. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/etc.2887, more
- Lemmens, P.; Mergeay, J.; Vanhove, T.; De Meester, L.; Declerck, S.A.J. (2015). Suppression of invasive topmouth gudgeon Pseudorasbora parva by native pike Esox lucius in ponds. Aquat. Conserv. 25(1): 41-48. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aqc.2479, more
- Lima-Mendez, G.; Faust, K.; Henry, N.; Decelle, J.; Colin, S.; Carcillo, F.; Chaffron, S.; Ignacio-Espinoza, J.C.; Roux, S.; Vincent, F.; Bittner, L.; Darzi, Y.; Wang, J.; Audic, S.; Berline, L.; Bontempi, G.; Cabello, A.M.; Coppola, L.; Cornejo-Castillo, F.M.; De Meester, L.; Ferrera, I.; Garet-Delmas, M.-J.; Guidi, L.; Lara, E.; Pesant, S.; Royo-Llonch, M.; Salazar, G.; Sánchez, P.; Sebastian, M.; Souffreau, C.; Dimier, C.; Picheral, M.; Searson, S.; Kandels-Lewis, S.; Gorsky, G.; Not, F.; Ogata, H.; Speich, S.; Stemmann, L.; Weissenbach, J.; Wincker, P.; Acinas, S.G.; Sunagawa, S.; Bork, P.; Sullivan, M.B.; Karsenti, E.; Bowler, C.; de Vargas, C.; Raes, J. (2015). Determinants of community structure in the global plankton interactome. Science (Wash.) 348(6237): 9 pp. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1262073, more
- Matthews, B.; De Meester, L.; Jones, C.G.; Ibelings, B.W.; Bouma, T.J.; Nuutinen, V.; van de Koppel, J.; Odling-Smee, J. (2014). Under niche construction: an operational bridge between ecology, evolution, and ecosystem science. Ecol. Monogr. 84(2): 245-263. https://dx.doi.org/10.1890/13-0953.1, more
- Nedli, J.; De Meester, L.; Major, A.; Schwenk, K.; Szivak, I.; Forro, L. (2014). Salinity and depth as structuring factors of cryptic divergence in Moina brachiata (Crustacea: Cladocera). Fundam. Appl. Limnol. 184(1): 69-85. dx.doi.org/10.1127/1863-9135/2014/0462, more
- Raeymaekers, J.A.M.; Konijnendijk, N.; Larmuseau, M.H.D.; Hellemans, B.; De Meester, L.; Volckaert, F.A.M. (2014). A gene with major phenotypic effects as a target for selection vs. homogenizing gene flow. Mol. Ecol. 23(1): 162-181. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.12582, more
- Moss, B.; Kosten, S.; Meerhoff, M.; Battarbee, R.W.; Jeppesen, E.; Mazzeo, N.; Havens, K.; Lacerot, G.; Liu, Z.; De Meester, L.; Paerl, H.; Scheffer, M. (2011). Allied attack: climate change and eutrophication. Inland Waters 1(2): 101-105. https://dx.doi.org/10.5268/IW-1.2.359, more
- van Gremberghe, I.; Leliaert, F.; Mergeay, J.; Vanormelingen, P.; Van der Gucht, K.; Debeer, A.-E.; Lacerot, G.; De Meester, L.; Vyverman, W. (2011). Lack of phylogeographic structure in the freshwater cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa suggests global dispersal. PLoS One 6(5): e19561. dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0019561, more
- Louette, G.; Declerck, S.; Vandekerkhove, J.; De Meester, L. (2009). Evaluation of restoration measures in a shallow lake through the comparison of present day zooplankton communities with historical samples. Restor. Ecol. 17(5): 629-640. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1526-100X.2008.00409.x, more
- Louette, G.; De Meester, L.; Declerck, S. (2008). Assembly of zooplankton communities in newly created ponds. Freshwat. Biol. 53(11): 2309-2320. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2427.2008.02052.x, more
- Louette, G.; De Bie, T.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Declerck, S.; De Meester, L. (2007). Analysis of the inland cladocerans of Flanders (Belgium) – Inferring changes over the past 70 years. Belg. J. Zool. 137(1): 117-123, more
- Declerck, S.; Geenens, V.; Podoor, N.; Conde Porcuna, J.M.; De Meester, L. (2003). Intraspecific density dependence in the dynamics of zooplankton under hypertrophic conditions. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 60(8): 919-928. dx.doi.org/10.1139/f03-077, more
- Muylaert, K.; Declerck, S.; Geenens, V.; Van Wichelen, J.; Degans, H.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Van Der Gucht, K.; Vloemans, N.; Rommens, W.; Rejas, D.; Urrutia, R.; Sabbe, K.; Gillis, M.; Decleer, K.; De Meester, L.; Vyverman, W. (2003). Zooplankton, phytoplankton and the microbial food web in two turbid and two clearwater shallow lakes in Belgium. Aquat. Ecol. 37(2): 137-150. dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1023988702926, more
- Naihong, X.; Audenaert, E.; Vanoverbeke, J.; Brendonck, L.; Sorgeloos, P.; De Meester, L. (2000). Low among-population genetic differentiation in Chinese bisexual Artemia populations. Heredity 84: 238-243. https://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2540.2000.00664.x, more
- Desender, K.; Backeljau, T.; Delahaye, K.; De Meester, L. (1998). Age and size of European saltmarshes and the population genetic consequences for ground beetles. Oecologia 114(4): 503-513. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s004420050474, more
- De Meester, L.; Vandenberghe, J.; Desender, K.; Dumont, H.J. (1994). Genotype-dependent daytime vertical distribution of Daphnia magna in a shallow pond. Belg. J. Zool. 124(1): 3-9, more
- De Meester, L. (1993). Co-adaptation of life history characteristics and habitat preference in Daphnia (Crustacea, Cladocera), in: Chardon, M. et al. Third Belgian Congress of Zoology, 5-6 November 1993. Belgian Journal of Zoology, 123(Suppl. 1): pp. 19, more
- De Meester, L.; Vyverman, W. (1993). The vertical distribution of rotifers in a coastal meromictic lake of Papua New Guinea (Lake Nagada, Madang province), in: Chardon, M. et al. Third Belgian Congress of Zoology, 5-6 November 1993. Belgian Journal of Zoology, 123(Suppl. 1): pp. 20, more
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| Reports (2) [show] |
- De Meester, L.; van Tienderen, P.; Werger, M.; Hector, A.; Wörheide, G.; Niemelä, J.; Aguilar, A.; Smets, E.; Godfray, C.; Sutherland, W.J.; Bauhus, J.; Courchamp, F.; Gandini, G.; Koch, M.; Le Maho, Y.; Manuel, M.; Pawlowski, J.; Quéinnec, E.; Owens, I. (2010). Challenges for biodiversity research in Europe. LERU Advice Paper, 4. League of European Research Universities: Leuven. 18 pp., more
- De Smedt, P.; Rommens, W.; Declerck, S.; Vyverman, W.; Peeters, B.; Belpaire, C.; Denayer, B.; De Meester, L.; Van Assche, J.; Ollevier, F. (1997). Ecologisch onderzoek in en rond het erkend natuurreservaat 'De Blankaart'. Katholieke Universiteit Leuven: Leuven. 91 pp., more
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| Other publications (7) [show] |
- Brendonck, L.; De Meester, L.; Riddoch, B. (1998). Genetic differentiation in Branchipodopsis wolfi (Crustacea: Anostraca). Biol. Jb. Dodonaea 65: 112-113, more
- Cottenie, K.; Enis, S.; De Meester, L. (1998). Zooplankton community structure in 14 interconnected ponds in relation to abiotic and biotic factors. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea 65: 118, more
- De Meester, L.; Michels, E.; Vanoverbeke, J.; Cousyn, C.; Degans, H.; Audenaert, E.; Desender, K.; Maelfait, J.-P. (1998). Population genetic studies on zooplankton: patterns of genetic variation in organisms inhabiting insular habitats as a means of comparing the merits of different nature conservation strategies. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea 65: 129-130, more
- Desender, K.; Backeljau, T.; Delahaye, K.; De Meester, L. (1998). Age and size of European saltmarshes and its population genetic consequences: a case study on two ground beetle species. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea 65: 142, more
- Michels, E.; De Meester, L. (1998). The influence of food quality on the phototactic behaviour of Daphnia magna Straus. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea 65: 166, more
- Vanoverbeke, J.; De Meester, L. (1998). The influence of habitatsize on clonal diversity within populations and on genetic differentiation among populations, in a cyclical parthenogen: Daphnia magna. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea 65: 197, more
- Decleer, K.; Conde-Porcuna, J.-M.; De Meester, L.; Kuijken, E.; Declerck, S. (1995). Ecologisch herstel van hypertrofe waterplassen: een praktijkvoorbeeld uit Vlaanderen: De Blankaart (Diksmuide, Prov. West-Vlaanderen). Water 35(81): 95, more
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