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Dr Verbruggen, Heroen
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University of Melbourne; School of Botany, more

Function: Senior Lecturer
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AlgaeTraits eds., more

Function: Thematic editor

WoRMS Editorial Board (WoRMS editors), more

Function: Thematic editor

AlgaeTraits: AlgaeTraits eds. (2025). AlgaeTraits: a trait database for (European) seaweeds. Accessed at https://algaetraits.org/ on yyyy-mm-dd, more
Bio-Oracle v2: Assis, J., Tyberghein, L., Bosh, S., Verbruggen, H., Serrão, E. A., & De Clerck, O. (2017). Bio-ORACLE v2.0: Extending marine data layers for bioclimatic modelling. Global Ecology and Biogeography (DOI:10.1111/geb.12693), more
Bio-Oracle v3: Assis, J.; Fernández Bejarano, S.J.; Salazar, V.W.; Schepers, L.; Gouvêa, L.; Fragkopoulou, E.; Leclercq, F.; Vanhoorne, B.; Tyberghein, L.; Serrão, E.A.; Verbruggen, H.; De Clerck, O. (2024). Bio-ORACLE v3.0. Pushing marine data layers to the CMIP6 Earth system models of climate change research. Glob. Ecol. Biogeogr. Early view: e13813. (DOI: 10.1111/geb.13813), more
Bio-Oracle: Tyberghein L., Verbruggen H., Pauly K., Troupin C., Mineur F. & De Clerck O. Bio-ORACLE: a global environmental dataset for marine species distribution modeling. Global Ecology and Biogeography (DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2011.00656.x)., more
Vieira, Christophe et al. (2021), Global biogeography and diversification of a group of brown seaweeds (Phaeophyceae) driven by clade-specific evolutionary processes, Dryad, Dataset,, more

A1 Publications (111) [show]
Assis, J.; Fernández Bejarano, S.J.; Salazar, V.W.; Schepers, L.; Gouvêa, L.; Fragkopoulou, E.; Leclercq, F.; Vanhoorne, B.; Tyberghein, L.; Serrão, E.A.; Verbruggen, H.; De Clerck, O. (2024). Bio-ORACLE v3.0. Pushing marine data layers to the CMIP6 Earth system models of climate change research. Glob. Ecol. Biogeogr. 33(4): e13813. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb.13813, more Díaz-Tapia, P.; Rodríguez-Buján, I.; Maggs, C.A.; Verbruggen, H. (2023). Phylogenomic analysis of pseudocryptic diversity reveals the new genus Deltalsia (Rhodomelaceae, Rhodophyta). J. Phycol. 59(1): 264-276. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.13311, more Wetherbee, R.; Bringloe, T.T.; van de Meene, A.; Andersen, R.A.; Verbruggen, H. (2023). Structure and formation of the perforated theca defining the Pelagophyceae (Heterokonta), and three new genera that substantiate the diverse nature of the class. J. Phycol. 59(1): 126-151. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.13294, more Bringloe, T.T.; Fort, A.; Inaba, M.; Sulpice, R.; Ghriofa, C.N.; Mols-Mortensen, A.; Filbee-Dexter, K.; Vieira, C.; Kawai, H.; Hanyuda, T.; Krause-Jensen, D.; Olesen, B.; Starko, S.; Verbruggen, H. (2022). Whole genome population structure of North Atlantic kelp confirms high-latitude glacial refugia. Mol. Ecol. 31(24): 6473-6488. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.16714, more Bringloe, T.T.; Wilkinson, D.P.; Goldsmit, J.; Savoie, A.M.; Filbee-Dexter, K.; Macgregor, K.A.; Howland, K.L.; McKindsey, C.W.; Verbruggen, H. (2022). Arctic marine forest distribution models showcase potentially severe habitat losses for cryophilic species under climate change. Glob. Chang. Biol. 28(11): 3711-3727. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16142, more Pasella, M.M.; Lee, M.-F.E.; Marcelino, V.R.; Willis, A.; Verbruggen, H. (2022). Ten Ostreobium (Ulvophyceae) strains from Great Barrier Reef corals as a resource for algal endolith biology and genomics. Phycologia 61(4): 452-458. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00318884.2022.2064132, more Bringloe, T.T.; Zaparenkov, D.; Starko, S.; Grant, W.S.; Vieira, C.; Kawai, H.; Hanyuda, T.; Filbee-Dexter, K.; Klimova, A.; Klochkova, T.A.; Krause-Jensen, D.; Olesen, B.; Verbruggen, H. (2021). Whole-genome sequencing reveals forgotten lineages and recurrent hybridizations within the kelp genus Alaria (Phaeophyceae). J. Phycol. 57(6): 1721-1738. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.13212, more Bringloe, T.T.; Sauermann, R.; Krause-Jensen, D.; Olesen, B.; Klimova, A.; Klochkova, T.A.; Verbruggen, H. (2021). High-throughput sequencing of the kelp Alaria (Phaeophyceae) reveals epi-endobiotic associations, including a likely phaeophycean parasite. Eur. J. Phycol. 56(4): 494-504. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09670262.2021.1882704, more Iha, C.; Dougan, K.E.; Varela, J.A.; Avila, V.; Jackson, C.J.; Bogaert, K.A.; Chen, Y.; Judd, L.M.; Wick, R.; Holt, K.E.; Pasella, M.M.; Ricci, F.; Repetti, S.I.; Medina, M.; Marcelino, V.R.; Chan, C.X.; Verbruggen, H. (2021). Genomic adaptations to an endolithic lifestyle in the coral-associated alga Ostreobium. Curr. Biol. 31(7): 1393-1402. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.01.018, more Tonicelli, G.A.; Croce, M.E.; Díaz-Tapia, P.; Fredericq, S.; Freshwater, D.W.; Gauna, M.C.; Parodi, E.R.; Verbruggen, H.; Hommersand, M.H. (2021). Meridionella gen. nov., a new genus of Cystocloniaceae (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta) from the southern hemisphere, including M. obtusangula comb. nov. and M. antarctica sp. nov. J. Phycol. 57(3): 797-816. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.13127, more Vieira, C.; Steen, F.; D'hondt, S.; Bafort, Q.; Tyberghein, L.; Fernández-García, C.; Wysor, B.; Tronholm, A.; Mattio, L.; Payri, C.; Kawai, H.; Saunders, G.; Leliaert, F.; Verbruggen, H.; De Clerck, O. (2021). Global biogeography and diversification of a group of brown seaweeds (Phaeophyceae) driven by clade‐specific evolutionary processes. J. Biogeogr. 48(4): 703-715. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14047, more Wetherbee, R.; Bringloe, T.T.; Costa, J.F.; van de Meene, A.; Andersen, R.A.; Verbruggen, H. (2021). New pelagophytes show a novel mode of algal colony development and reveal a perforated theca that may define the class. J. Phycol. 57(2): 396-411. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.13074, more Bringloe, T.T.; Starko, S.; Wade, R.M.; Vieira, C.; Kawai, H.; De Clerck, O.; Cock, J.M.; Coelho, S.M.; Destombe, C.; Valero, M.; Neiva, J.; Pearson, G.A.; Faugeron, S.; Verbruggen, H. (2020). Phylogeny and evolution of the brown algae. Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. 39(4): 281-321. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07352689.2020.1787679, more Bringloe, T.T.; Verbruggen, H.; Saunders, G.W. (2020). Unique biodiversity in Arctic marine forests is shaped by diverse recolonization pathways and far northern glacial refugia. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 117(36): 22590-22596. https://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2002753117, more Del Cortona, A.; Jackson, C.J.; Bucchini, F.; Van Bel, M.; D'hondt, S.; Skaloud, P.; Delwiche, C.F.; Knoll, A.H.; Raven, J.A.; Verbruggen, H.; Vandepoele, K.; De Clerck, O.; Leliaert, F. (2020). Neoproterozoic origin and multiple transitions to macroscopic growth in green seaweeds. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 117(5): 2551-2559. https://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1910060117, more Díaz-Tapia, P.; Maggs, C.A.; Nelson, W.; Macaya, E.C.; Verbruggen, H. (2020). Reassessment of the genus Lophurella (Rhodomelaceae, Rhodophyta) from Australia and New Zealand reveals four cryptic species. Eur. J. Phycol. 55(1): 113-128. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09670262.2019.1659419, more Dumilag, R.V.; Dumago, F.S.; Cabudoy, R.K.R.; Peralta, M.C.E.; Li, C.C.; Gamus, G.V.V.; Romero, R.G.T.; Yap, S.L.; Roleda, M.Y.; Geraldino, P.J.L.; Verbruggen, H.; Leliaert, F.; Draisma, S.G.A.; Liao, L.M.; Kraft, G.T. (2020). The Ulvophyceae (Chlorophyta) of eastern Sorsogon, Philippines, including Halimeda magnicuneata sp. nov. (Bryopsidales). Bot. Mar. 63(5): 439-453. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1515/bot-2020-0017, more Lagourgue, L.; Verbruggen, H.; Ampou, E.E.; Payri, C.E. (2020). One hundred years later, resurrection of Tydemania gardineri A. Gepp & E. Gepp (Udoteaceae, Chlorophyta) based on molecular and morphological data. Eur. J. Phycol. 55(1): 89-99. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09670262.2019.1654618, more Preuss, M.; Verbruggen, H.; Zuccarello, G.C. (2020). The organelle genomes in the photosynthetic red algal parasite Pterocladiophila hemisphaerica (Florideophyceae, Rhodophyta) have elevated substitution rates and extreme gene loss in the plastid genome. J. Phycol. 56(4): 1006-1018. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12996, more Rindi, F.; Pasella, M.M.; Lee, M.-F.E.; Verbruggen, H. (2020). Phylogeography of the mediterranean green seaweed Halimeda tuna (Ulvophyceae, Chlorophyta). J. Phycol. 56(4): 1109-1113. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.13006, more Cremen, C.M.; Leliaert, F.; West, J.; Lam, D.W.; Shimada, S.; Lopez-Bautista, J.M.; Verbruggen, H. (2019). Reassessment of the classification of Bryopsidales (Chlorophyta) based on chloroplast phylogenomic analyses. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 130: 397-405. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2018.09.009, more Pasella, M.M.; Verbruggen, H.; Nelson, W.A.; Díaz-Tapia, P. (2019). The phylogenetic position of the morphologically unusual Pleurostichidium falkenbergii (Rhodomelaceae, Rhodophyta) based on plastid phylogenomics. Phycologia 58(3): 319-325. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00318884.2019.1574462, more Ricci, F.; Marcelino, V.R.; Blackall, L.L.; Kühl, M.; Medina, M.; Verbruggen, H. (2019). Beneath the surface: community assembly and functions of the coral skeleton microbiome. Microbiome 7(1): 159. https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40168-019-0762-y, more Wetherbee, R.; Marcelino, V.R.; Costa, J.F.; Grant, B.; Crawford, S.; Waller, R.F.; Andersen, R.A.; Berry, D.; McFadden, G.I.; Verbruggen, H. (2019). A new marine prasinophyte genus alternates between a flagellate and a dominant benthic stage with microrhizoids for adhesion. J. Phycol. 55(6): 1210-1225. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12909, more Wetherbee, R.; Jackson, C.J.; Repetti, S.I.; Clementson, L.A.; Costa, J.F.; van de Meene, A.; Crawford, S.; Verbruggen, H. (2019). The golden paradox - a new heterokont lineage with chloroplasts surrounded by two membranes. J. Phycol. 55(2): 257-278. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12822, more Assis, J.; Tyberghein, L.; Bosch, S.; Verbruggen, H.; Serrão, E.A.; De Clerck, O. (2018). Bio-ORACLE v2.0: extending marine data layers for bioclimatic modelling. Glob. Ecol. Biogeogr. 27(3): 277-284. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb.12693, more Croce, M.E.; Díaz-Tapia, P.; Verbruggen, H. (2018). Molecular systematics of the siphonous green algal genus Codium in eastern Victoria, Australia. Cryptogam., Algol. 39(4): 391-407. https://dx.doi.org/10.7872/crya/v39.iss4.2018.391, more Díaz-Tapia, P.; Maggs, C.A.; Macaya, E.C.; Verbruggen, H. (2018). Widely distributed red algae often represent hidden introductions, complexes of cryptic species or species with strong phylogeographic structure. J. Phycol. 54(6): 829-839. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12778, more Díaz-Tapia, P.; Pasella, M.; Verbruggen, H. (2018). Molecular analyses resolve the phylogenetic position of Polysiphonia adamsiae (Rhodomelaceae, Rhodophyta) and reveal a strong phylogeographic structure in Australia. Phycologia 57(5): 593-600. https://dx.doi.org/10.2216/18-36.1, more Hoffman, R.; Wynne, M.J.; Schils, T.; Lopez-Bautista, J.; Verbruggen, H. (2018). Codium pulvinatum (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta), a new species from the Arabian Sea, recently introduced into the Mediterranean Sea. Phycologia 57(1): 79-89. https://dx.doi.org/10.2216/17-74.1, more Jackson, C.; Knoll, A.H.; Chan, C.X.; Verbruggen, H. (2018). Plastid phylogenomics with broad taxon sampling further elucidates the distinct evolutionary origins and timing of secondary green plastids. NPG Scientific Reports 8: 1523. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-18805-w, more Leliaert, F.; Payo, D.A.; Gurgel, C.F.D.; Schils, T.; Draisma, S.G.A.; Saunders, G.W.; Kamiya, M.; Sherwood, A.R.; Lin, S.-M.; Huisman, J.M.; Le Gall, L.; Anderson, R.J.; Bolton, J.J.; Mattio, L.; Zubia, M.; Spokes, T.; Vieira, C.; Payri, C.E.; Coppejans, E.; D'hondt, S.; Verbruggen, H.; De Clerck, O. (2018). Patterns and drivers of species diversity in the Indo-Pacific red seaweed Portieria. J. Biogeogr. 45(10): 2299-2313. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13410, more Marcelino, V.R.; van Oppen, M.J.H.; Verbruggen, H. (2018). Highly structured prokaryote communities exist within the skeleton of coral colonies. ISME J. 12(1): 300-303. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2017.164, more Del Cortona, A.; Leliaert, F.; Bogaert, K.A.; Turmel, M.; Boedeker, C.; Janouskovec, J.; López-Bautista, J.M.; Verbruggen, H.; Vandepoele, K.; De Clerck, O. (2017). The plastid genome in Cladophorales green algae is encoded by hairpin chromosomes. Curr. Biol. 27(24): 3771-3782. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2017.11.004, more Steen, F.; Aragay, J.; Zuljevic, A.; Verbruggen, H.; Mancuso, F.P.; Bunker, F.; Vitales, D.; Garreta, A.G.; De Clerck, O. (2017). Tracing the introduction history of the brown seaweed Dictyota cyanoloma (Phaeophyceae, Dictyotales) in Europe. Eur. J. Phycol. 52(1): 31-42. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09670262.2016.1212998, more Verbruggen, H.; Brookes, M.J.L.; Costa, J.F. (2017). DNA barcodes and morphometric data indicate that Codium fragile (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta) may consist of two species. Phycologia 56(1): 54-62. https://dx.doi.org/10.2216/16-54.1, more Alós, J.; Tomas, F.; Terrados, J.; Verbruggen, H.; Ballesteros, E. (2016). Fast-spreading green beds of recently introduced Halimeda incrassata invade Mallorca island (NW Mediterranean Sea). Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 558: 153-158. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps11869, more Fernández-García, C.; Wysor, B.; Riosmena-Rodríguez, R.; Peña-Salamanca, E.; Verbruggen, H. (2016). DNA-assisted identification of Caulerpa (Caulerpaceae, Chlorophyta) reduces species richness estimates for the Eastern Tropical Pacific. Phytotaxa 252(3): 185-204. https://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.252.3.2, more Marcelino, V.R.; Verbruggen, H. (2015). Ecological niche models of invasive seaweeds. J. Phycol. 51(4): 606-620. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12322, more Pazoutova, M.; De Clerck, O.; Del Cortona, A.; Dauchot, N.; Kosnar, J.; Peters, A.; Rindi, F.; Sherwood, A.; Smith, D.; Verbruggen, H.; Rombauts, S. (2015). Whole genome sequencing of the Antarctic green alga Prasiola crispa. Eur. J. Phycol. 50(Supplement 1): 54-54, more Fuciková, K.; Leliaert, F.; Cooper, E.D.; Skaloud, P.; D'hondt, S.; De Clerck, O.; Gurgel, C.F.D.; Lewis, L.A.; Lewis, P.O.; Lopez-Bautista, J.M.; Delwiche, C.F.; Verbruggen, H. (2014). New phylogenetic hypotheses for the core Chlorophyta based on chloroplast sequence data. Front. Ecol. Environ. 2: 63. http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2014.00063, more Leliaert, F.; Verbruggen, H.; Vanormelingen , P.; Steen, F.; López-Bautista, J.M.; Zuccarello, G.C.; De Clerck, O. (2014). DNA-based species delimitation in algae. Eur. J. Phycol. 49(2): 179–196. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09670262.2014.904524, more Leliaert, F.; Verbruggen, H.; D'hondt, S.; López-Bautista, J.M.; De Clerck, O. (2014). The forgotten genus Pseudoderbesia (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta). Cryptogam., Algol. 35(3): 207-219. http://dx.doi.org/10.7872/crya.v35.iss3.2014.207, more De Clerck, O.; Guiry, M.D.; Leliaert, F.; Samyn, Y.; Verbruggen, H. (2013). Algal taxonomy: a road to nowhere? J. Phycol. 49(2): 215-225. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12020, more Hollants, J.; Leliaert, F.; Verbruggen, H.; De Clerck, O.; Willems, A. (2013). Host specificity and coevolution of Flavobacteriaceae endosymbionts within the siphonous green seaweed Bryopsis. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 67(3): 608-614. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2013.02.025, more Hollants, J.; Leliaert, F.; Verbruggen, H.; Willems, A.; De Clerck, O. (2013). Permanent residents or temporary lodgers: characterizing intracellular bacterial communities in the siphonous green alga Bryopsis. Proc. - Royal Soc., Biol. Sci. 280(1754): 8 pp. dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2012.2659, more Jueterbock, A.; Tyberghein, L.; Verbruggen, H.; Coyer, J.A.; Olsen, J.L.; Hoarau, G. (2013). Climate change impact on seaweed meadow distribution in the North Atlantic rocky intertidal. Ecol. Evol. 3(5): 1356-1373. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.541, more Payo, D.A.; Leliaert, F.; Verbruggen, H.; D'hondt, S.; Calumpong, H.P.; De Clerck, O. (2013). Extensive cryptic species diversity and fine-scale endemism in the marine red alga Portieria in the Philippines. Proc. - Royal Soc., Biol. Sci. 280(1753). dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2012.2660, more Sauvage, T.; Payri, C.; Draisma, S.G.A.; van Reine, W.F.P.; Verbruggen, H.; Belton, G.S.; Gurgel, C.F.D.; Gabriel, D.; Sherwood, A.R.; Fredericq, S. (2013). Molecular diversity of the Caulerpa racemosa-Caulerpa peltata complex (Caulerpaceae, Bryopsidales) in New Caledonia, with new Australasian records for C. racemosa var. cylindracea. Phycologia 52(1): 6-13. dx.doi.org/10.2216/11-116.1, more Verbruggen, H.; Tyberghein, L.; Belton, G.S.; Mineur, F.; Jueterbock, A.; Hoarau, G.; Gurgel, C. F.D.; De Clerck, O. (2013). Improving transferability of introduced species' distribution models: New tools to forecast the spread of a highly invasive seaweed. PLoS One 8(6): e68337. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1371/journal.pone.0068337, more Ciancia, M.; Alberghina, J.; Arata, P.X.; Benavides, H.; Leliaert, F.; Verbruggen, H.; Estevez, J.M. (2012). Characterization of cell wall polysaccharides of the coenocytic green seaweed Bryopsis plumosa (Bryopsidaceae, Chlorophyta) from the Argentine coast. J. Phycol. 48(2): 326-335. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1529-8817.2012.01131.x, more De Oliveira-Carvalho, M.D.F.; Oliveira, M.C.; Pereira, S.M.B.; Verbruggen, H. (2012). Phylogenetic analysis of Codium species from Brazil, with the description of the new species C. pernambucensis (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta). Eur. J. Phycol. 47(4): 355-365. dx.doi.org/10.1080/09670262.2012.718363, more Dijoux, L.; Verbruggen, H.; Mattio, L.; Duong, N.; Payri, C. (2012). Diversity of Halimeda (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta) in New Caledonia: a combined morphological and molecular study. J. Phycol. 48(6): 1465-1481. dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12002, more Leliaert, F.; Hollants, J.; Verbruggen, H.; Willems, A.; De Clerck, O. (2012). Diversity and evolution of endosymbiotic bacteria in the siphonous green alga Bryopsis (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta). J. Phycol. 48: S10-S10, more Leliaert, F.; Smith, D.R.; Moreau, H.; Herron, M.D.; Verbruggen, H.; Delwiche, C.F.; De Clerck, O. (2012). Phylogeny and molecular evolution of the green algae. Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. 31(1): 1-46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07352689.2011.615705, more Maeda, T.; Hirose, E.; Chikaraishi, Y.; Kawato, M.; Takishita, K.; Yoshida, T.; Verbruggen, H.; Tanaka, J.; Shimamura, S.; Takaki, Y.; Tsuchiya, M.; Iwai, K.; Maruyama, T. (2012). Algivore or phototroph? Plakobranchus ocellatus (Gastropoda) continuously acquires kleptoplasts and nutrition from multiple algal species in nature. PLoS One 7(7): e42024. dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0042024, more Tronholm, A.; Leliaert, F.; Sansón, M.; Afonso-Carrillo, J.; Tyberghein, L.; Verbruggen, H.; De Clerck, O. (2012). Contrasting geographical distributions as a result of thermal tolerance and long-distance dispersal in two allegedly widespread tropical brown algae. PLoS One 7(1): e30813. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0030813, more Tyberghein, L.; Verbruggen, H.; Pauly, K.; Troupin, C.; De Clerck, O. (2012). Bio-ORACLE: a global environmental dataset for marine species distribution modelling. Glob. Ecol. Biogeogr. 21(2): 272-281. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1466-8238.2011.00656.x, more Verbruggen, H.; Pauly, K.; De Clerck, O. (2012). The new species Codium recurvatum from Tanzania. Eur. J. Phycol. 47(3): 216-222. dx.doi.org/10.1080/09670262.2012.690106, more Verbruggen, H.; Schils, T. (2012). Rhipilia coppejansii, a new coral reef-associated species from Guam (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta). J. Phycol. 48(5): 1090-1098. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1529-8817.2012.01199.x, more Coppejans, E.; Leliaert, F.; Verbruggen, H.; Prathep, A.; De Clerck, O. (2011). Rhipidosiphon lewmanomontiae sp. nov. (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta), a calcified udoteacean alga from the central Indo-Pacific based on morphological and molecular investigations. Phycologia 50(4): 403-412. dx.doi.org/10.2216/10-90.1, more De Clerck, O.; Verbruggen, H.; Tyberghein, L.; Leliaert, F. (2011). Historical biogeography, diversification and niche shifts of marine macroalgae. Eur. J. Phycol. 46(Supplement 1): 98-98, more Leliaert, F.; D'hondt, S.; Tyberghein, L.; Verbruggen, H.; De Clerck, O. (2011). Atypical development of Chaetomorpha antennina in culture (Cladophorales, Chlorophyta). Phycol. Res. 59(2): 91-97. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1835.2010.00604.x, more Leliaert, F.; Payo, D.A.; Tronholm, A.; Verbruggen, H.; De Clerck, O. (2011). DNA-based species delimitation in algae. Eur. J. Phycol. 46(Supplement 1): 29-29, more Leliaert, F.; Verbruggen, H.; Zechman, F. W. (2011). Into the deep: new discoveries at the base of the green plant phylogeny. BioEssays 33(9): 683-692. dx.doi.org/10.1002/bies.201100035, more LoDuca, S. T. ; Melchin, M. J. ; Verbruggen, H. (2011). Complex noncalcified macroalgae from the Silurian of Cornwallis island, Arctic Canada. J. Paleontol. 85(1): 111-121. dx.doi.org/10.1666/10-025.1, more Souffreau, C.; Verbruggen, H.; Wolfe, A. P.; Vanormelingen, P.; Siver, P. A.; Cox, E. J.; Mann, D. G.; Van de Vijver, B.; Sabbe, K.; Vyverman, W. (2011). A time-calibrated multi-gene phylogeny of the diatom genus Pinnularia. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 61(3): 866-879. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2011.08.031, more Verbruggen, H. (2011). Diversity and taxonomy of seaweeds: an evolutionary perspective. Eur. J. Phycol. 46(Supplement 1): 19-19, more Verbruggen, H.; Tribollet, A. (2011). Boring algae. Curr. Biol. 21(21): R876-R877. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2011.09.014, more Verbruggen, H.; Tyberghein, L. (2011). Geographic and ecological aspects of speciation in marine macroalgae. J. Phycol. 47: 21-21, more Cocquyt, E.; Verbruggen, H.; Leliaert, F.; De Clerck, O. (2010). Evolution and cytological diversification of the green seaweeds (Ulvophyceae). Mol. Biol. Evol. 27(9): 2052-2061. dx.doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msq091, more Cocquyt, E.; Gile, G. H.; Leliaert, F.; Verbruggen, H.; Keeling, P. J. ; De Clerck, O. (2010). Complex phylogenetic distribution of a noncanonical genetic code in green algae. BMC Evol. Biol. 10: 327. dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-10-327, more Silberfeld, T.; Leigh, J. W.; Verbruggen, H.; Cruaud, C.; de Reviers, B.; Rousseau, F. (2010). A multi-locus time-calibrated phylogeny of the brown algae (Heterokonta, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae): Investigating the evolutionary nature of the ‘‘brown algal crown radiation”. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 56(2): 659-674. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2010.04.020, more Tronholm, A.; Steen, F.; Tyberghein, L.; Leliaert, F.; Verbruggen, H.; Ribera Siguan, M. A.; De Clerck, O. (2010). Species delimitation, taxonomy, and biogeography of Dictyota in Europe (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae). J. Phycol. 46(6): 1301-1321. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1529-8817.2010.00908.x, more Tronholm, A.; Sansón, M.; Afonso-Carrillo, J.; Verbruggen, H.; De Clerck, O. (2010). Niche partitioning and the coexistence of two cryptic Dictyota (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae) species from the Canary Islands. J. Phycol. 46(6): 1075-1087. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1529-8817.2010.00912.x, more Verbruggen, H.; Maggs, C.A.; Saunders, G. W.; Le Gall, L.; Yoon, H. S.; De Clerck, O. (2010). Data mining approach identifies research priorities and data requirements for resolving the red algal tree of life. BMC Evol. Biol. 10: 16. dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-10-16, more Zechman, F. W.; Verbruggen, H.; Leliaert, F.; Ashworth, M.; Buchheim, M.A.; Fawley, M.W.; Spalding, H.; Pueschel, C.M.; Buchheim, J.A.; Verghese, B.; Hanisak, M. D. (2010). An unrecognized ancient lineage of green plants persists in deep marine waters. J. Phycol. 46(6): 1288-1295. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1529-8817.2010.00900.x, more Cocquyt, E.; Verbruggen, H.; Leliaert, F.; Zechman, F. W.; Sabbe, K.; De Clerck, O. (2009). Gain and loss of elongation factor genes in green algae. BMC Evol. Biol. 9(39). dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-9-39, more Cocquyt, E.; Verbruggen, H.; Leliaert, F.; De Clerck, O. (2009). Phylogeny and diversification of the green algae inferred from nuclear and chloroplast genes. Phycologia 48(4): 24-25, more Leliaert, F.; Verbruggen, H.; Wysor, B.; De Clerck, O. (2009). DNA taxonomy in morphologically plastic taxa: Algorithmic species delimitation in the Boodlea complex (Chlorophyta: Cladophorales). Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 53(1): 122-133. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2009.06.004, more Leliaert, F.; Zhang, X.; Ye, N.; Malta, E.-J.; Engelen, A. H.; Mineur, F.; Verbruggen, H.; De Clerck, O. (2009). The identity of the Qingdao algal bloom. Phycol. Res. 57(2): 147-151. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1835.2009.00532.x, more Leliaert, F.; Rueness, J.; Boedeker, C.; Maggs, C.A.; Cocquyt, E.; Verbruggen, H.; De Clerck, O. (2009). Systematics of the marine microfilamentous green algae Uronema curvatum and Urospora microscopica (Chlorophyta). Eur. J. Phycol. 44(4): 487-496. dx.doi.org/10.1080/09670260903229540, more Leliaert, F.; Boedeker, C.; Peña, V.; Bunker, F.; Verbruggen, H.; De Clerck, O. (2009). Cladophora rhodolithicola sp. nov. (Cladophorales, Chlorophyta), a diminutive species from European maerl beds. Eur. J. Phycol. 44(2): 155-169. dx.doi.org/10.1080/09670260802573113, more Pauly, K.; Verbruggen, H.; Tyberghein, L.; Mineur, F.; Maggs, C.A.; Shimada, S.; De Clerck, O. (2009). Predicting spread and bloom risk areas of introduced and invasive seaweeds. Phycologia 48(4): 103, more Payo, D.A.; Leliaert, F.; Verbruggen, H.; Calumpong, H.; De Clerck, O. (2009). Evolution and species boundaries of the Portieria-complex (Rhodophyta: Gigartinales). Phycologia 48(4): 103, more Payri, C. E.; Verbruggen, H. (2009). Pseudocodium mucronatum, a new species from New Caledonia, and an analysis of the evolution of climatic preferences in the genus (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta). J. Phycol. 45(4): 953-961. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1529-8817.2009.00717.x, more Payri, C.E.; Verbruggen, H. (2009). Diversity of the genus Codium (Codiales, Chlorophyta) in New Caledonia (South West Pacific). Phycologia 48(4): 103-104, more Verbruggen, H. (2009). Deciphering macroevolutionary patterns in the algae. Phycologia 48(4): 137, more Verbruggen, H.; Vlaeminck, C.; Sauvage, T.; Sherwood, A.R.; Leliaert, F.; De Clerck, O. (2009). Phylogenetic analysis of Pseudochlorodesmis strains reveals cryptic diversity above the family level in the siphonous green algae (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta). J. Phycol. 45(3): 726-731. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1529-8817.2009.00690.x, more Verbruggen, H.; Ashworth, M.; LoDuca, S. T. ; Vlaeminck, C.; Cocquyt, E.; Sauvage, T.; Zechman, F. W.; Littler, D.S.; Littler, M. M.; Leliaert, F.; De Clerck, O. (2009). A multi-locus time-calibrated phylogeny of the siphonous green algae. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 50(3): 642-653. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2008.12.018, more Verbruggen, H.; Tyberghein, L.; Pauly, K.; Vlaeminck, C.; Van Nieuwenhuyze, K.; Kooistra, W.H.C.F.; Leliaert, F.; De Clerck, O. (2009). Macroecology meets macroevolution: evolutionary niche dynamics in the seaweed Halimeda. Glob. Ecol. Biogeogr. 18(4): 393-405. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1466-8238.2009.00463.x, more Wynne, M. J. ; Verbruggen, H.; Angel, D. L. (2009). The recognition of Caulerpa integerrima (Zanardini) comb. et stat. nov. (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta) from the Red Sea. Phycologia 48(4): 291-301. dx.doi.org/10.2216/08-78.1, more Zuccarello, G. C.; Price, N.; Verbruggen, H.; Leliaert, F. (2009). Analysis of a plastid multigene dataset and the phylogenetic position of the marine macroalga Caulerpa filiformis (Chlorophyta). J. Phycol. 45(5): 1206-1212. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1529-8817.2009.00731.x, more De Clerck, O.; Verbruggen, H.; Huisman, J.M.; Faye, E. J. ; Leliaert, F.; Schils, T.; Coppejans, E. (2008). Systematics and biogeography of the genus Pseudocodium (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta), including the description of P. natalense sp. nov. from South Africa. Phycologia 47(2): 225-235. dx.doi.org/10.2216/07-79.1, more Leliaert, F.; Wysor, B.; Verbruggen, H.; Vlaeminck, C.; De Clerck, O. (2008). Phyllodictyon robustum (Setchell et Gardner) comb. nov (Siphonocladales, Chlorophyta), a morphologically variable species from the tropical Pacific coast of America. Cryptogam., Algol. 29(3): 217-233, more Verbruggen, H.; Theriot, E. C. (2008). Building trees of algae: some advances in phylogenetic and evolutionary analysis. Eur. J. Phycol. 43(3): 229-252. dx.doi.org/10.1080/09670260802207530, more Leliaert, F.; De Clerck, O.; Verbruggen, H.; Boedeker, C.; Coppejans, E. (2007). Molecular phylogeny of the Siphonocladales (Chlorophyta: Cladophorophyceae). Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 44(3): 1237-1256. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2007.04.016, more Verbruggen, H.; Littler, D.S.; Littler, M. M. (2007). Halimeda pygmaea and Halimeda pumila (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta): two new dwarf species from fore reef slopes in Fiji and the Bahamas. Phycologia 46(5): 513-520. dx.doi.org/10.2216/07-01.1, more Verbruggen, H.; Leliaert, F.; Maggs, C.A.; Shimada, S.; Schils, T.; Provan, J.; Booth, D.; Murphy, S.; De Clerck, O.; Littler, D. S.; Littler, M. M.; Coppejans, E. (2007). Species boundaries and phylogenetic relationships within the green algal genus Codium (Bryopsidales) based on plastid DNA sequences. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 44(1): 240-254. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2007.01.009, more De Clerck, O.; Leliaert, F.; Verbruggen, H.; Lane, C. E. ; De Paula, J. C. ; Payo, D. A. ; Coppejans, E. (2006). A revised classification of the Dictyoteae (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae) based on rbcL and 26S ribosomal DNA sequence analyses. J. Phycol. 42(6): 1271-1288. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1529-8817.2006.00279.x, more Verbruggen, H.; De Clerck, O.; N'Yeurt, A.D.R.; Spalding, H.; Vroom, P.S. (2006). Phylogeny and taxonomy of Halimeda incrassata, including descriptions of H. kanaloana and H. heteromorpha spp. nov (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta). Eur. J. Phycol. 41(3): 337-362. dx.doi.org/10.1080/09670260600709315, more Kooistra, W.H.C.F.; Verbruggen, H. (2005). Genetic patterns in the calcified tropical seaweeds Halimeda opuntia, H. distorta, H. hederacea, and H. minima (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta) provide insights in species boundaries and interoceanic dispersal. J. Phycol. 41(1): 177-187. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1529-8817.2005.04095.x, more Verbruggen, H.; De Clerck, O.; Cocquyt, E.; Kooistra, W.H.C.F.; Coppejans, E. (2005). Morphometric taxonomy of siphonous green algae: A methodological study within the genus Halimeda (Bryopsidales). J. Phycol. 41(1): 126-139. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1529-8817.2005.04080.x, more Verbruggen, H.; De Clerck, O.; Schils, T.; Kooistra, W.H.C.F.; Coppejans, E. (2005). Evolution and phylogeography of Halimeda section Halimeda (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta). Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 37(3): 789-803. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2005.06.015, more Verbruggen, H.; De Clerck, O.; Kooistra, W.H.C.F.; Coppejans, E. (2005). Molecular and morphometric data pinpoint species boundaries in Halimeda section Rhipsalis (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta). J. Phycol. 41(3): 606-621. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1529-8817.2005.00083.x, more Verbruggen, H.; De Clerck, O.; Coppejans, E. (2005). Deviant segments hamper a morphometric approach towards Halimeda taxonomy. Cryptogam., Algol. 26(3): 259-274, more Verbruggen, H.; De Clerck, O.; Schils, T.; Kooistra, W.H.C.F.; Coppejans, E. (2005). Evolution and biogeography of the Halimeda cuneata-Discoidea tuna cryptic species complex. Phycologia 44(4): 23-24, more Coppejans, E.; Leliaert, F.; Verbruggen, H.; De Clerck, O.; Schils, T.; De Vriese, T.; Marie, D. (2004). The marine green and brown algae of Rodrigues (Mauritius, Indian Ocean). J. Nat. Hist. 38(23-24): 2959-3020, more De Clerck, O.; Coppejans, E.; Schils, T.; Verbruggen, H.; Leliaert, F.; De Vriese, T.; Marie, D. (2004). The marine red algae of Rodrigues (Mauritius, Indian Ocean). J. Nat. Hist. 38(23-24): 3021-3057, more Schils, T.; Coppejans, E.; Verbruggen, H.; De Clerck, O.; Leliaert, F. (2004). The marine flora of Rodrigues (Republic of Mauritius, Indian Ocean): an island with low habitat diversity or one in the process of colonization? J. Nat. Hist. 38(23-24): 3059-3076, more Verbruggen, H.; Kooistra, W.H.C.F. (2004). Morphological characterization of lineages within the calcified tropical seaweed genus Halimeda (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta). Eur. J. Phycol. 39(2): 213-228. dx.doi.org/10.1080/0967026042000202163, more
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Verbruggen, H.; Marcelino, V.R.; Costa, J.F. (2014). Evolutionary dynamics of algal traits and diversity. Perspectives in Phycology 1(1): 53-60. https://dx.doi.org/10.1127/2198-011x/2014/0007, more Huisman, J.M.; Leliaert, F.; Verbruggen, H.; Townsend, R.A. (2009). Marine benthic plants of Western Australia’s shelf-edge atolls. Rec. W. Aust. Mus. Suppl. 77: 50-87, more
Books (2) [show]
Verbruggen, H. (2005). Resegmenting Halimeda: Molecular and morphometric studies of species boundaries within a green algal genus. Ghent University. Department of Biology, Phycology Research Group : Gent. 213 pp. pp., more Payri, C. E. ; Pichon, M.; Benzoni, F.; N'Yeurt, A. D. R. ; Verbruggen, H.; Andréfouët, S. (2002). Contribution à l'étude de la biodiversité dans les recifs coralliens de Wallis: scléractiniaires et macrophytes. Atelier Marin Wallis: France. 52 pp., more
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Tyberghein, L.; Verbruggen, H.; Pauly, K.; Troupin, C.; Mineur, F.; De Clerck, O. (2012). Bio-ORACLE: a global environmental dataset for marine species distribution modeling, in: Tyberghein, L. Evolution, diversity and niche dynamics of seaweeds. pp. 14-43, more Tyberghein, L.; Verbruggen, H.; De Clerck, O. (2012). Biogeography and thermal niche evolution of warm-temperate marine macroalgae in the Western Indo-Pacific ocean, in: Tyberghein, L. Evolution, diversity and niche dynamics of seaweeds. pp. 98-125, more Tyberghein, L.; Verbruggen, H.; Drake, C.; De Clerck, O. (2012). Shifting niches promote diversification along a thermal gradient, in: Tyberghein, L. Evolution, diversity and niche dynamics of seaweeds. pp. 126-166, more Verbruggen, H.; Tyberghein, L.; Belton, G.S.; Mineur, F.; Jueterbock, A.; Hoarau, G.; Gurgel, F.D.; De Clerck, O. (2012). Improving the transferability of introduced species' distribution models: new tools to forecast spreading of a highly invasive seaweed, in: Tyberghein, L. Evolution, diversity and niche dynamics of seaweeds. pp. 44-66, more Verbruggen, H.; Tyberghein, L.; Pauly, K.; Vlaeminck, C.; Van Nieuwenhuyze, K.; Kooistra, W.H.C.F.; Leliaert, F.; De Clerck, O. (2012). Macroecology meets macroevolution: evolutionary niche dynamics in the seaweed Halimeda, in: Tyberghein, L. Evolution, diversity and niche dynamics of seaweeds. pp. 68-97, more Tyberghein, L.; Verbruggen, H.; Pauly, K.; Troupin, C.; De Clerck, O. (2011). Bio-ORACLE: a global environmental dataset for marine species distribution modelling, in: Pauly, K. GIS-based environmental analysis, remote sensing and niche modeling of seaweed communities. pp. 97-124, more Verbruggen, H.; Tyberghein, L.; Pauly, K.; Vlaeminck, C.; Van Nieuwenhuyze, K.; Kooistra, W.H.C.F.; Leliaert, F.; De Clerck, O. (2011). Macroecology meets macroevolution: evolutionary niche dynamics in the seaweed Halimeda, in: Pauly, K. GIS-based environmental analysis, remote sensing and niche modeling of seaweed communities. pp. 67-96, more Maggs, C.A.; Verbruggen, H.; De Clerck, O. (2007). Molecular systematics of red algae: building future structures on firm foundations, in: Brodie, J. et al. (Ed.) Unravelling the algae: the past, present, and future of algal systematics. The Systematics Association Special Volume Series, 75: pp. 103-121, more Coppejans, E.; Leliaert, F.; Verbruggen, H. (2005). Green algae Chlorophyceae, in: De Clerck, O. et al. Guide to the seaweeds of KwaZulu-Natal. Scripta Botanica Belgica, 33: pp. 39-93, more
Abstracts (6) [show]
Fernández Bejarano, S.J.; Salazar, V.; Assis, J.; Vanhoorne, B.; Leclercq, F.; Tyberghein, L.; De Clerck, O.; Serrao, E.; Verbruggen, H.; Schepers, L. (2024). A case study: Transitioning the Bio-Oracle dataset version 3 to ERDDAP, in: Simoncelli, S. et al. International Conference on Marine Data and Information Systems: Proceedings Volume, IMDIS 2024 Bergen (Norway) 27-29 May 2024. Miscellanea INGV, 80: pp. 170-171, more Van der Aa, P.; Vieira, C.; Guiry, M.D.R.; Verbruggen, H.; De Clerck, O. (2019). Supertree: Toward a comprehensive phylogeny for brown seaweeds (Phaeophyceae, Ochrophyta), in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day. Bredene, Belgium, 13 March 2019. VLIZ Special Publication, 83: pp. 148, more Tyberghein, L.; Verbruggen, H.; Pauly, K.; Troupin, C.; Mineur, F.; De Clerck, O. (2011). Bio-ORACLE: a global environmental dataset for marine species distribution modeling, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) VLIZ Young Marine Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 25 February 2011: book of abstracts. pp. 89, more Tyberghein, L.; Verbruggen, H.; Pauly, K. (2009). Macroecology meets macroevolution: evolutionary niche dynamics in the seaweed Halimeda, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) VLIZ Young Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 6 March 2009: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 41: pp. 67, more Verbruggen, H.; Pauly, K.; Tyberghein, L.; Mineur, F.; Maggs, C. (2009). Niche models of invasive seaweed species: predicting spread and areas at risk of suffering blooms, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) VLIZ Young Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 6 March 2009: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 41: pp. 18, more Cocquyt, E.; Leliaert, F.; Verbruggen, H.; De Clerck, O. (2008). Hunting for nuclear markers in green algal lineages: molecular evolution of glucose-6-phosphate isomerase, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) VLIZ Young Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium, 29 February 2008: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 40: pp. 40, more
Other publications (2) [show]
Tyberghein, L.; Verbruggen, H.; Pauly, K. (2009). Macroecology meets macroevolution: evolutionary niche dynamics in the seaweed Halimeda. Ghent University. Phycology Research Group and Center for Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution: Gent. 1 poster pp., more Cocquyt, E.; Leliaert, F.; Verbruggen, H.; De Clerck, O. (2008). Hunting for nuclear markers in green algal lineages: molecular evolution of glucose-6-phosphate isomerase. Universiteit Gent: Gent. 1 poster pp., more
Thesis (co-)promotor (3) [show]
Tyberghein, L. (2012). Evolution, diversity and niche dynamics of seaweeds. PhD Thesis. Universiteit Gent, Faculty of Sciences, Phycology Research Group: Gent. 185 pp., more Leroy, M. (2010). Niche models in marine invasion biology. MSc Thesis. Universiteit Gent; MARELAC: Gent. 39 pp., more Tyberghein, L. (2008). Combining phylogenetic, geographic and macro-ecological data to determine niche evolution and biogeography of the marine green algal genus Halimeda. MSc Thesis. Universiteit Gent; MARELAC: Gent. 29 pp., more

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