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Laboratorium voor Protistologie en Aquatische Ecologie (UGent-PAE)
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www.pae.ugent.be
English name: Laboratory of Protistology and Aquatic Ecology

Thesaurus terms (17) : Algae; Biodiversity; Climatic changes; Communities (ecological); Cultured species; Cultures; Diatoms; Education: Formation; Life cycle; Limnology; Palaeoecology; Phytobenthos; Phytoplankton; Plankton; Protists; Reproductive cycle; Research: Ecology
MRG keywords (6) : Biodiversity; Biotechnology; Ecosystem functioning; Microbiology; Molecular biology; Phycology
Taxonomic terms (4) : Amoebida [WoRMS]; Bacillariophyceae [WoRMS]; Chlorophyta [WoRMS]; Xanthophyta [WoRMS]
Address:
Krijgslaan 281 (S8)
9000 Gent
Belgium
Tel.: +32-(0)9-264 85 88
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Type: Scientific
Persons (2)  Top | Publications | Datasets 
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Abstract:
The laboratory of Protistology and Aquatic Ecology (PAE) studies marine, freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems, with an emphasis on coastal systems and polar-alpine and temperate regions. There is a strong focus on the biodiversity, ecological roles and evolutionary history of unicellular eukaryotes as well as on past and present impacts of global change on the composition and function of microbiomes in these systems. The lab hosts the BCCM/DCG, a public Biological Resource Center (BRC), specialised in diatoms and other microalgae and part of the Belgian coordinated collections of microorganisms.

The lab has a long-standing history of research on diatoms, which are the focus of a long-term integrative research line, including cell biology of new model diatom species, population genomics and macroecological and biogeographical studies. In an applied context, the group focuses among others on harmful algal bloom monitoring and control, and algal biotechnology. Research topics include:
  • species diversity, speciation and micro-evolution of protists;

  • aquatic and soil microbiome biogeography and function;

  • chemical ecology of microbial interactions;

  • life cycle regulation and genotype-phenotype relationships in microalgae;

  • (palaeo)environmental change in lake, estuarine and coastal ecosystems.
Publications (3)  Top | Persons | Datasets 
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  • Sabbe, K.; Vyverman, W. (2013). De ‘bloei van het water’, of hoe fytoplankton de wereld beheerst, in: De Grote Rede 35. De Grote Rede: Nieuws over onze Kust en Zee, 35: pp. 3-9, more
  • Chou, L.; Carbonnel, V.; Rebreanu, L.; Vanderborght, J.-P.; Roevros, N.; Tsagaris, M.; Van der Zee, C.; Lionard, M.; Muylaert, K.; Dasseville, R.; Vyverman, W.; Arndt, S.; Aguilera, D.; Regnier, P. (2007). Silica retention in the Scheldt continuum and its impact on coastal eutrophication (SISCO): Final report EV/17. Belgian Science Policy: Brussel. 95 pp., more
  • Rousseau, V.; Park, Y.; Ruddick, K.; Vyverman, W.; Parent, J.-Y.; Lancelot, C. (2006). Phytoplankton blooms in response to nutrient enrichment, in: Rousseau, V. et al. (Ed.) Current status of eutrophication in the Belgian coastal zone. pp. 45-59, more
Datasets (5)  Top | Persons | Publications 
  • Laboratory of Protistology and Aquatic Ecology (PAE). Ugent; De Vlaamse Waterweg NV: Belgium; (2020): OMES: Monitoring phytoplankton in the Zeeschelde., more
  • Phytoplankton dataset: monitoring at Hamme veer (August 1996 - October 1996; every 2 days), more
  • Phytoplankton dataset: riverine, brackish and freshwater tidal estuarine stations in the Schelde estuary (summer 1995 and spring 1996), more
  • Phytoplankton species information for the North Sea, more
  • Pictures Phytoplankton from Belgian coastal waters, more
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