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De Meester, Nele
ORCID

Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie (MARBIOL), more

Function: Postdoctoral Academic assistant

WoRMS Editorial Board (WoRMS editors), more

Buys, B.; Derycke, S.; De Meester, N.; Moens, T.; Marine Biology Research Group. Ghent University: Belgium; (2021): Colonization of macroalgal deposits by estuarine nematodes through air and potential for rafting inside algal structures. Marine Data Archive., more
Guden, R.M.E.; Vafeiadou, A.M.; De Meester, N.; Derycke, S.; Moens, T.; Marine Biology Research Group - Ugent, Belgium (2018): Relative abundance data of 4 cryptic lineages of the nematode Litoditis marina in a saltmarsh habitat in the Western-Scheldt estuary, more
Experiment on the effect of the diversity of cryptic species of L. marina on decomposition processes, more
Fluctuating temperature experiment, more

A1 Publications (15) [show]
Dairain, A.; Voet, H.; Vafeiadou, A.-M.; De Meester, N.; Rigaux, A.; Van Colen, C.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Moens, T. (2024). Structurally stable but functionally disrupted marine microbial communities under a future climate change scenario: Potential importance for nitrous oxide emissions. Sci. Total Environ. 907: 167928. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167928, more Vafeiadou, A.-M.; Derycke, S.; Rigaux, A.; De Meester, N.; Guden, R.M.; Moens, T. (2022). Microbiome differentiation among coexisting nematode species in estuarine microhabitats: a metagenetic analysis. Front. Mar. Sci. 9: 881566. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.881566, more Buys, B.; Derycke, S.; De Meester, N.; Moens, T. (2021). Colonization of macroalgal deposits by estuarine nematodes through air and potential for rafting inside algal structures. PLoS One 16(4): e0246723. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1371/journal.pone.0246723, more Daly, A.J.; De Meester, N.; Baetens, J.M.; Moens, T.; De Baets, B. (2021). Untangling the mechanisms of cryptic species coexistence in a nematode community through individual-based modelling. Oikos (Kbh.) 130(4): 587-600. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1111/oik.07989, more De Meester, N.; Van Daele, T.; Van Malderen, J.; Monteiro, L.; Van Colen, C.; Derycke, S.; Moens, T. (2018). Active and species-specific dispersal behaviour in a marine nematode cryptic species complex. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 600: 71-83. https://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps12658, more Guden, R.M.; Vafeiadou, A.-M.; De Meester, N.; Derycke, S.; Moens, T. (2018). Living apart-together: microhabitat differentiation of cryptic nematode species in a saltmarsh habitat. PLoS One 13(9): e0204750. https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0204750, more Monteiro, L.C.; Van Butsel, J.; De Meester, N.; Traunspurger, W.; Derycke, S.; Moens, T. (2018). Differential heavy-metal sensitivity in two cryptic species of the marine nematode Litoditis marina as revealed by developmental and behavioural assays. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 502: 203-210. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2017.05.016, more De Meester, N.; Gingold, R.; Rigaux, A.; Derycke, S.; Moens, T. (2016). Cryptic diversity and ecosystem functioning: a complex tale of differential effects on decomposition. Oecologia 182(2): 559-571. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00442-016-3677-3, more Derycke, S.; De Meester, N.; Rigaux, A.; Creer, S.; Bik, H.; Thomas, W.K.; Moens, T. (2016). Coexisting cryptic species of the Litoditis marina complex (Nematoda) show differential resource use and have distinct microbiomes with high intraspecific variability. Mol. Ecol. 25(9): 2093-2110. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.13597, more De Meester, N.; Derycke, S.; Rigaux, A.; Moens, T. (2015). Active dispersal is differentially affected by inter- and intraspecific competition in closely related nematode species. Oikos (Kbh.) 124(5): 561-570. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/oik.01779, more De Meester, N.; dos Santos, G.A.P.; Rigaux, A.; Valdes, Y.; Derycke, S.; Moens, T. (2015). Daily temperature fluctuations alter interactions between closely related species of marine nematodes. PLoS One 10(7): e0131625. https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0131625, more De Meester, N.; Derycke, S.; Rigaux, A.; Moens, T. (2015). Temperature and salinity induce differential responses in life histories of cryptic nematode species. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 472: 54-62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2015.07.002, more Macheriotou, L.; Braeckman, B.P.; Rigaux, A.; De Meester, N.; Moens, T.; Derycke, S. (2015). Intraspecific functional trait variability does not result in higher fitness under thermal stress in a free-living marine nematode. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 472: 14-23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2015.06.016, more De Meester, N.; Derycke, S.; Moens, T. (2012). Differences in time until dispersal between cryptic species of a marine nematode species complex. PLoS One 7(8): e42674. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0042674, more De Meester, N.; Derycke, S.; Bonte, D.; Moens, T. (2011). Salinity effects on the coexistence of cryptic species: a case study on marine nematodes. Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 158(12): 2717-2726. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-011-1769-5, more
Abstracts (14) [show]
De Meester, N.; Voet, H.; Vlaeminck, E.; Rigaux, A.; Degraer, S.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Moens, T. (2019). Effect of climate change on the microbiome of the blue mussel, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day. Bredene, Belgium, 13 March 2019. VLIZ Special Publication, 83: pp. 101, more De Meester, N.; Derycke, S.; Rigaux, A.; Moens, T. (2019). Inter-and intraspecific competition influence the resource utilization and niche width of closely related nematode species, in: Adão, H. et al. (Ed.) Book of Abstracts: SeventIMCO - Seventeenth International Meiofauna Conference, University of Évora, Portugal, 7-12 July, 2019. University of Évora, Special Publication, : pp. 65-66, more Guden, R.M.; De Meester, N.; Derycke, S.; Moens, T. (2019). Differential effects of resource diversity on taxis to food, population development, and interspecific interactions of cryptic marine nematode species, in: Adão, H. et al. (Ed.) Book of Abstracts: SeventIMCO - Seventeenth International Meiofauna Conference, University of Évora, Portugal, 7-12 July, 2019. University of Évora, Special Publication, : pp. 40-41, more Guden, R.M.; De Meester, N.; Derycke, S.; Moens, T. (2019). Differential effects of resource diversity on taxis to food, population growth, and interspecific interactions of cryptic marine nematode species, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day. Bredene, Belgium, 13 March 2019. VLIZ Special Publication, 83: pp. 112, more Vafeiadou, A.-M.; De Meester, N.; Rigaux, A.; Derycke, S.; Moens, T.; Derycke, S. (2019). Microbiome partitioning of coexisting nematode species in shared microhabitats: insights of a metagenetic analysis, in: Adão, H. et al. Book of Abstracts: SeventIMCO - Seventeenth International Meiofauna Conference, University of Évora, Portugal, 7-12 July, 2019. University of Évora, Special Publication, : pp. 70, more Guden, R.M.; Vafeiadou, A.-M.; De Meester, N.; Derycke, S.; Moens, T. (2018). Living apart-together: microhabitat differentiation of cryptic nematode species in a saltmarsh habitat, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Scientist Day. Bredene, Belgium, 21 March 2018. VLIZ Special Publication, 80: pp. 90, more Guden, R.M.; Vafeiadou, A.-M.; De Meester, N.; Rigaux, A.; Derycke, S.; Moens, T. (2016). Microhabitat choice of cryptic species: do closely related nematode species really occur together?, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Scientist Day. Brugge, Belgium, 12 February 2016. VLIZ Special Publication, 75: pp. 57, more Guden, R.M.E.; Vafeiadou, A.-M.; De Meester, N.; Rigaux, A.; Derycke, S.; Moens, T. (2016). Co-occurrence of cryptic nematode species: true coexistence or mediated by differential microhabitat preferences?, in: Lampadariou, N. et al. 16^th International Meiofauna Conference, Book of Abstracts. pp. 123-124, more Moens, T.; De Meester, N.; Guilini, K.; Vafeiadou, A.-M.; Vanreusel, A.; Derycke, S. (2016). Experimental elucidation of meiofaunal trophic interactions: from radioactive tracer techniques to next generation sequencing, in: Lampadariou, N. et al. 16^th International Meiofauna Conference, Book of Abstracts. pp. 6-7, more De Meester, N.; dos Santos, G.A.P.; Rigaux, A.; Valdes, Y.; Derycke, S.; Moens, T. (2015). Daily temperature fluctuations alter interactions between closely related species of marine nematodes, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Young Scientists’ Day. Brugge, Belgium, 20 February 2015. VLIZ Special Publication, 71: pp. 44, more De Meester, N.; Derycke, S.; Moens, T. (2012). To stay or go: differential dispersal rates in cryptic species of a marine nematode, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts - VLIZ Young Marine Scientists' Day. Brugge, Belgium, 24 February 2012. VLIZ Special Publication, 55: pp. 21, more De Meester, N.; Derycke, S.; Moens, T. (2011). Same looks, different preferences: salinity effects on the coexistence of cryptic species, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) VLIZ Young Marine Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 25 February 2011: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 48: pp. 26, more Moens, T.; De Meester, N.; Derycke, S. (2011). Nematodes and ecosystem functioning: does (cryptic) species diversity matter?, in: World Conference on Marine Biodiversity 2011. Our Oceans, Our Future: Digital Object Abstract Booklet. pp. 24, more Van Campenhout, J.; Bezerra, T.N.; Fonseca, G.; Steyaert, M.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Ingels, J.; Braeckman, U.; Merckx, B.; De Groote, A.; Pape, E.; De Meester, N.; Maria, T.; Guilini, K.; Moens, T.; Vanreusel, A.; Deprez, T.; Vincx, M. (2010). NEMYS: an online nematode indication and taxonomical tool, in: Gheerardyn, H. et al. Fourteenth International Meiofauna Conference, Aula Academica, Ghent, 11-16 July 2010. Book of Abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 44: pp. 199, more
Other publications (3) [show]
Guden, R.M.E.; Vafeiadou, A.-M.; De Meester, N.; Rigaux, A.; Derycke, S.; Moens, T. (2016). Microhabitat choice of cryptic species: Do closely related nematode species really occur together? Poster at the VLIZ Marine Scientist Day 12 February 2016. Ghent University, Marine Biology Section: Gent. 1 poster pp., more De Meester, N.; dos Santos, G.A.P.; Rigaux, A.; Valdes, Y.; Derycke, S.; Moens, T. (2015). Daily temperature fluctuations alter interactions between closely related species of marine nematodes. Poster presented at the VLIZ Young Marine Scientist's Day 20 February 2015. Mariene Biologie. Universiteit Gent: Gent. 1 poster pp., more De Meester, N.; Derycke, S.; Moens, T. (2012). To stay or go: differential dispersal rates in cryptic species of a marine nematode. Marine Biology, Ghent University: Gent. 1 poster pp., more
Thesis (co-)promotor [show]
Van Butsel, J. (2014). Alternative methods for the assessment of pollution in marine nematodes: Behavioral analysis versus developmental and reproductive assay. MSc Thesis. Universiteit Gent: Gent. 45 pp., more

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