Trophos Higher trophic levels in the Southern North Sea

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Scientific publications

• PhD theses

  • Bonne W. (2003) Benthic copepod communities in relation to natural and anthropogenic influences in the North Sea. PhD thesis. Ghent University: Ghent, Belgium. 235 pp. (look up in IMIS)
  
  
  • Brabant R. (2004) Vergelijkende studie van het dieet van de grote Stern Sterna sandvicensis. MA Thesis. Ghent university: Ghent, Belgium. (look up in IMIS)
  
  
  • Del Villar D'Onofrio AMA (2005) Foraging areas for Sandwich and Common Terns in belgian marine waters. MSc Thesis. Univesrity of Brussels: Brussels, Belgium. (look up in IMIS)
  
  
  • Franco M.A. (2007)Nematode response to changing food conditions in shallow marine ans estuarine sediemnts. Phd thesis. Ghent University: Ghent, Belgium. 191 pp (look up in IMIS)
  
  
  • Gysels, E. (2003). Genetic structure and evolutionary patterns in Pomatoschistus gobies on the European Continental Shelf and in the Mediterranean Sea. PhD Thesis. Katholieke Universiteit Leuven: Leuven, Belgium. 206 pp. (look up in IMIS)
  
  
  • Huyse, T. (2002) Evolutionary associations between Gyrodactylus and its goby host: bound forever?. PhD Thesis. Katholieke Universiteit Leuven: Leuven, Belgium. 194 pp. (look up in IMIS)
  
  
  • Larmuseau, M. (2005) Analysis of genmigration of Pomatoschistus minutus (Pallas,17770) int he Southern North Sea and Western Scheldt using microsatellite markers. Thesis. Katholieke Universiteit Leuven: Leuven, Belgium. (look up in IMIS)
  
  
  • Steyaert M. (2003). Spatial and temporal scales of nematode communities in the North Sea and Westerschelde. PhD thesis. Ghent University: Ghent, Belgium. 114 pp. (look up in IMIS)
  
  
  • Stienen E.W.M. (2006). Living with gulls: trading off food and predation in the Sandwich Tern. Ghent University: Ghent, Belgium. 114 pp. (look up in IMIS)
  
  
  • Vanaverbeke J. (2003) Structural and Functional diversity of the meiobenthos on the Belgian Continental Shelf, with emphasis on nematode communities. PhD thesis. Ghent University: Ghent, Belgium. 127pp. (look up in IMIS)
  
  
  • Verstraete, H. (2006) Dieetanalyse van gestrande Zeekoeten Uria aalge en Alken Alca torda aan de hand van otholieten. Msc thesis. Ghent University: Ghent, Belgium. (look up in IMIS)
  
  

• peer-reviewed journals

  • Franco, M.A. et al. (2007). Effect of phytoplankton bloom deposition on benthic bacterial communities in two contrasting sediments in the southern North Sea. Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 48(3): 241-254 (look up in IMIS)
  
  
  • Franco MA Soetaert K, Van Oevelen D, Van Gansbeke D, Costa MJ, Vincx M, Vanaverbeke J (accepted) Density, vertical distribution and trophic responses of metazoan meiobenthos to phytoplankton deposition in contrasting sediment types. Mar Ecol Prog Ser
  
  
  • Gysels E.S., Hellemans B., Pampoulie C. , Volckaert F.A.M. (2004) Phylogeography of the common goby, Pomatoschistus microps, with particular emphasis on the colonisation of the Mediterranean and the North Sea. Molecular Ecology 13: 403 - 417.
    (look up in IMIS)
  
  
  • Gysels E.S., Hellemans B., Patarnello T., Volckaert F.A.M. (2004) Current and historic gene flow of the sand goby Pomatoschistus minutus on the European Continental Shelf and in the Mediterranean Sea. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 83: 561 - 575 (look up in IMIS)
  
  
  • Gysels, E.S. et al. (2004). Small-scale clinal variation, genetic diversity and environmental heterogeneity in the marine gobies Pomatoschistus minutus and P. lozanoi (Gobiidae, Teleostei). Heredity Adv. Online Pub.(16 June 2004): [1-7] (look up in IMIS)
  
  
  • Huyse T. & Volckaert F.A.M. (2005) Comparing host and parasite phylogenies: Gyrodactylus flatworms jumping from goby to goby. Systematic Biology 54: 710 - 718 (look up in IMIS)
  
  
  • Huyse, T., Audenaert, V. & Volckaert, F.A.M. (2003) Speciation and host-parasite relationships in the parasite genus Gyrodactylus (Monogenea, Platyhelminthes) infecting gobies of the genus Pomatoschistus (Gobiidae, Teleostei). Int. J. Parasitol. 33(14): 1679-1689. (look up in IMIS)
  
  
  • Huyse, T., Van Houdt, J. & Volckaert, F.A.M. (in print) Paleoclimatic history and vicariant speciation in the "sand goby" group (Gobiidae, Teleostei). Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 32: 324-336.(look up in IMIS)
  
  
  • Huyse, T.; Volckaert, F.A.M. (2002) Identification of a host-associated species complex using molecular and morphometric analyses, with the description of Gyrodactylus rugiensoides n. sp. (Gyrodactylidae, Monogenae). Int. J. Parasitol. 32: 907-919. (look up in IMIS)
  
  
  • Huyse, T. et al. (2002). First report on the occurrence of Gyrodactylus (Monogenea, Platyhelminthes) in the Mediterranean Sea: morphometric and molecular investigations, in: Huyse, T. (2002). Evolutionary associations between Gyrodactylus and its goby host: bound forever?. pp. 83-91(look up in IMIS)
  
  
  • Larmuseau, M.H.D., Hellemans, B., Van Houdt, J.K.J. & Volckaert, F.A.M. (2006) Development and characterization of nine polymorphic microsatellite markers in the sand goby Pomatoschistus minutus. Molecular Ecology notes 7(1): 147 - 149 (look up in IMIS)
  
  
  • Maes, G.E., Pujolar, J.M., Hellemans, B. & Volckaert, F.A.M. (2006) Evidence for isolation-by-time in the European eel (Anguilla anguilla L.). Molecular Ecology 15: 2095 - 2107 (look up in IMIS)
  
  
  • Maes, G.E. & Volckaert, F.A.M. (2002) Clinal genetic variation and isolation by distance in the European eel Anguilla anguilla (L.). Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 77(4): 509-521. (look up in IMIS)
  
  
  • Pampoulie C., Gysels E., Maes G.E., Hellemans B., Leentjes V., Jones A.G. & Volckaert F. A. M. (2004) Evidence for fine scale genetic structure and estuarie colonisation in a potential high gene flow marine goby (Pomatoschistus minutus). Heredity Adv. 92:434 - 445 Online Pub.(3 March 2004): 10.1038/sj.hdy.6800438. (look up in IMIS)
  
  
  • Patarnello T, Volckaert F., Catilho R. (2007) Pillars of Hercules: is the Atlantic–Mediterranean transitiona phylogeographical break? Molecular Ecology (2007) 16, 4426–4444
  
  
  • Remerie, T., Gysels, E., Vierstrate, A., Vanfleteren, J. & Vanreusel, A. (2006a) Phylogeographic patterns of the mysid Mesodopsis slabberi (Crustacea, Mysida) in Western Europe: evidence for high molecular diversity and cryptic speciation. Marine Biology 149: 465 - 481 (look up in IMIS)
  
  
  • Remerie, T., Gysels, E., Vierstraete, A., Vanfleteren, J. & Vanreusel, A. (2006b) Evidence of genetic differentiation of the brakish water mysid Neomysis integer (Crustacea, Mysida) concordant with Pleistocene glaciations. Vie et Milieu-Life and Environment 56: 15 -22 (look up in IMIS)
  
  
  • Stefanni S., Gysels E., Volckaert F.A.M., Miller P.J. (2003) Allozyme variation and genetic divergence in the sand goby, Pomatoschistus minutus (Teleostei: Gobiidae). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK 83:1143-1149 (look up in IMIS)
  
  
  • Vanaverbeke, J., Soetaert, K. & Vincx, M. (2004a) Changes in morphometric characteristics of nematode communities during a spring phytoplankton bloom deposition. Marine Ecology Progress Series 273: 139 - 146 (look up in IMIS)
  
  
  • Vanaverbeke, J., Steyaert, M., Soetaert, K., Rousseau, V., Van Gansbeke, D., Parent, J.Y. & Vincx, M. (2004b) Changes in structural and functional diversity of nematode communities during a spring phytoplankton bloom in the southern North Sea. Journal of Sea Research 52: 281 - 292 (look up in IMIS)
  
  
  • Vanaverbeke, J.; Gheskiere, T.; Steyaert, M. & Vincx, M. (2002) Nematode assemblages from subtidal sandbanks in the Southern Bight of the North Sea: effect of small sedimentological differences. Journal of Sea Research 48(3): 197-207 (look up in IMIS)
  
  
  • Vanaverbeke J., Steyaert M., Vanreusel A. & Vincx M. (2003) Nematode biomass spectra as descriptors of functional changes due to human and natural impact. Marine Ecology Progress Series 249: 157-170. (look up in IMIS)
  
  
  • Vercruijsse, H.J.P.; E.W.M. Stienen & J. Van Waeyenberge (2002). First pure pairs of Yellow-legged Gull Larus [cachinnans] michahellis along the North Sea coasts. Atlantic Seabirds 4: 127-129. (look up in IMIS)
  
  
  • Zietara, M.S.; Huyse, T.; Lumme, J.; Volckaert, F.A.M. (2002) Deep divergence among subgenera of Gyrodactylus inferred from rDNA ITS region. Parasitology 124(1): 39-52. (look up in IMIS)
  
  

• non peer-reviewed journals

  • Calewaert J-B, Maes F, Lymbery G, Engelen G, Van Lancker V, Douvere F, Vanaverbeke J, Collins M, Mink E, Elliot M (2007). Conclusions and recommendations, in: Calewaert, J.-B., Maes, F. (Ed.) (2007). Science and sustainable management of the North Sea: Belgian case studies. pp. 251-305.**
  
  
  • Stienen, E.W.M, van beers P.W.M., Brenninkmeijer, A., Habraken J, Raaijmakers M., van Tienen P.,(2000). Reflections of a specialist: patterns in food provisioning and foraging conditions in Sandwich Terns Sterna Sandvicensis. Ardea 88:33-49(look up in IMIS)
  
  
  • Stienen, E.W.M, Brenninkmeijer, A., (2001). Living with gulls: the consequences of Sandwich Terns of breeding in association with Black-headed Gulls. Waterdbirds 24:68-82 (look up in IMIS)
  
  
  • Stienen, E.W.M., J. Van Waeyenberge. & H.J.P. Vercruijsse (2002). Zilvermeeuw Larus argentatus en Kleine Mantelmeeuw Larus fuscus als broedvogels in Vlaanderen. Natuur.oriolus, jg. 68, nr.3, 104-110. (look up in IMIS)
  
  
  • Stienen, E.W.M, Brenninkmeijer, A., (2002a). Foraging decisions of Sandwich tern chicks in the present of kleptoparasitising gulls. Auk 119: 473-486 (look up in IMIS)
  
  
  • Stienen, E.W.M, Brenninkmeijer, A., (2002b).Variation in growth in sandwich tern chicks Sterna sandcicensis and the consequences for pre- and post-fledging mortality. Ibis 144:567-576 (look up in IMIS)
  
  
  • Stienen, E., Courtens, W.,Van de Walle, M., Van Waeyenberge,J., Kuijken, E., (2005). Harbouring nature: port development and dynamic birds provide clues for conservation. In: herrier J_L et al ( EDS. proceedings (Dunes and Estuaries 2005': International Conference on nature restoration practices in European coastal habitats. VLIZ Special Publication 19. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee, Oostende.(look up in IMIS)
  
  
  • Stienen, E.W.M, Brenninkmeijer, A., (2006). effect of brood size and hatching sequence on prefledging mortality of Sandwich terns: why lay two eggs? J. Orn. 147:520-530. (look up in IMIS)
  
  
  • Vanaverbeke J, Courtens W, Deneudt K, Franco MA, Gysels ES, Hellemans B, Huyse T, Larmuseau M, Mees J, Moodley L, Pampoulie C, Provoost P, Remerie T, Soetaert K, Stienen E, Vanden Berghe E, Van de Walle M, van Oevelen D, Volckaert FAM, Vincx M (2007). TROPHOS: Fundamental research for policy and sustainable management, in: Calewaert, J.-B., Maes, F. (Ed.) (2007). Science and sustainable management of the North Sea: Belgian case studies. pp. 21-81.**
  
  
  • Van Waeyenberge, J., Stienen, E.W.M. & Vercruijsse, H.J.P. (2002). Kleurringproject van Zilvermeeuw Larus argentatus en Kleine Mantelmeeuw Larus fuscus aan de Belgische kust: overzicht van algemene resultaten. Natuur.oriolus, jg. 68, nr.3, 146-156.
    (look up in IMIS)
  
  
  • Van Waeyenberge, J. & E.W.M. Stienen (2002). Watervogels op de Noordzee. Vliegtuigtellingen 1999-2002. Vogelnieuws, ornithologische nieuwsbrief van het Instituut voor Natuurbehoud, Nr 4 (oktober 2002): 19-20.(look up in IMIS)
  
  
  • Van Waeyenberge, J & E.W.M. Stienen (2002b). Broedsucces van sternen in de Zeebrugse voorhaven: overzicht van enkele resultaten van de Visdief. Vogelnieuws, ornithologische nieuwsbrief van het Instituut voor Natuurbehoud, Nr 3 (mei 2002) : 16-20.(look up in IMIS)
  
  
  • Vercruijsse, H.J.P., E.W.M. Stienen & J. Van Waeyenberge (2002). Geelpootmeeuw Larus michahellis als nieuwe broedvogel in Vlaanderen. Natuur.oriolus, jg. 68, nr.3, 120-122. (look up in IMIS)
  
  

• Project Reports

  • Final report - 2002: 'Structural and functional biodiversity of North Sea ecosystems: species and their habitats as indicators for a sustainable development of the Belgian Continental Shelf' (1997-2001). (look up in IMIS)
  
  
  • First Trophos intermediate scientific report 2002 - 2003: 'Higher trophic levels in the Southern North Sea: scientific report 01/02/2002 - 31/01/2003'.
  
  
  • Second Trophos intermediate scientific report 2003 - 2004: 'Higher trophic levels in the Southern North Sea: scientific report 01/02/2003 - 31/01/2004'.
  • Final report -2007: ' Higher trophic levels in the southern North Sea TROPHOS Belgian Science Policy: Brussel, Belgium. 89 pp (look up in IMIS)
  
  

• Other Reports

  • Calewaert, J.-B. et al. (2007). Conclusions and recommendations, in: Calewaert, J.-B.; Maes, F. (Ed.) (2007). Science and sustainable management of the North Sea: Belgian case studies. pp. 251-305 (look up in IMIS)
  
  
  • Braarup Cuykens, A. (2003). Analyse de la nutrition des Sternes Caugek adultes de Zeebrugge (2001/2002). Rapport Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, Lille. (look up in IMIS)
  
  
  • Courtens W., Stienen E.(2004). Voorstel tot afbakening van een vogelrichtlijngebied voor het duurzaam in stand houden van de broedpopulaties van kustbroedvogels te Zeeebrugge-Heist. Advies van het Instituut voor natuurbehoud. IN.A.2004.100. INBO , Brussel (look up in IMIS)
  
  
  • Haelters, J, F. Kerckhof, F & E.W.M. Stienen (2003). Het Tricolor incident: de gevolgen voor zeevogels in Belgische zeegebieden. Rapport van de Beheerseenheid van het Mathematische Model van de Noordzee (BMM/KBIN), Brussel. (look up in IMIS)
  
  
  • Lutterop, D. & Kasemir, G. (2006) Griend, vogels en bewaking 2005. Rapport Vereniging Natuurmonumenten,'s Graveland (look up in IMIS)
  
  
  • Provoost, S., E. Stienen, L. De Bruyn, J.-L. Herrier (2003). Kust. In: Dumortier et al. (eds.). Natuurrapport 2003. Toestand van de natuur in Vlaanderen: cijfers voor het beleid. Mededeling van het Instituut voor Natuurbehoud nr. 21, Brussel. (look up in IMIS)
  
  
  • Provoost, S. et al. (2005). Coast, in: Dumortier, M. et al. (Ed.) (2005). Nature Report 2005: status of nature in Flanders: figures for policy purposes. Mededeling van het Instituut voor Natuurbehoud, 24: pp. 170-178 (look up in IMIS)
  
  
  • Stienen E.W.M. & J. van Waeyenberge (2002). Belang van de Thorntonbank voor de mariene avifauna. Adviesnota Instituut voor Natuurbehoud IN.A.2002.101, Brussel.(look up in IMIS)
  
  
  • Stienen, E.W.M. et al. (2002). Seabirds at the northern part of 'de Vlakte van de Raan': environmental impact study on the effects of an offshore windfarm on seabirds. Rapport Instituut voor Natuurbehoud, A.2002.213. Instituut voor Natuurbehoud: Brussel, Belgium. 45 pp(look up in IMIS)
  
  
  • Stienen E.W.M., J. Van Waeyenberge & E. Kuijken (2002). De avifauna van de Wenduinebank: studie ter beoordeling en monitoring van de impact van een offshore windpark op de mariene avifauna. Rapport Instituut voor Natuurbehoud IN.A.2002.33, Brussel.(look up in IMIS)
  
  
  • Stienen E.W.M., J. Van Waeyenberge & E. Kuijken (2002a). Studie naar te verwachten impact van windmolenparken op zee ten aanzien van de mariene avifauna in het kader van een MER voor plaatsing van windturbines thv de Vlakte van Raan. Deelstudie 'avifauna' van MER 'TotalFinaElf'-project. Adviesnota IN.A.2002.179, Instituut voor Natuurbehoud, Brussel.(look up in IMIS)
  
  
  • Stienen, E.W.M.; Van Waeyenberge, J. & E. Kuijken (2002). Nota van toelichting bij zeevogelgegevens van het Instituut voor Natuurbehoud. Nota in opdracht van BMM, Adviesnota IN.A.2002.205, oktober 2002, 8p. (look up in IMIS)
  
  
  • Stienen, E.W.M., J. Van Waeyenberge. & E. Kuijken (2003). Zeezoogdieren in Belgisch mariene wateren. Nota IN.A.2003.152. Instituut voor Natuurbehoud, Brussel.(look up in IMIS)
  
  
  • Stienen, E.W.M & E. Kuijken (2003). Het belang van de Belgische zeegebieden voor zeevogels. Rapport Instituut voor Natuurbehoud IN.A.2003.208, Brussel. (look up in IMIS)
  
  
  • Stienen, E.W.M., Brenninkmeijer, A.(1992). Ecologisch profiel van de visdief Sterna hirundo. RIN Rapport 92/18. INBO Instituut voor Bos- en Natuuronderzoek, Arnhem (look up in IMIS)
  
  
  • Stienen, E.W.M.; Van Waeyenberge, J. (2004). ---. [Kustbroedvogels: teruggedrongen dynamiek en toegenomen verstoring], in: Provoost, S.; Bonte, D. (Ed.) (2004). Animated dunes: a view of biodiversity at the Flemish coast. Mededelingen van het Instituut voor Natuurbehoud, 22: pp. 176-183 (look up in IMIS)
  
  
  • Vanaverbeke, J. et al. (2007). TROPHOS: Fundamental research for policy and sustainable management, in: Calewaert, J.-B.; Maes, F. (Ed.) (2007). Science and sustainable management of the North Sea: Belgian case studies. pp. 21-81 (look up in IMIS)
  
  
  • Van Waeyenberge, J & E.W.M. Stienen (2002a). Behoud/bescherming van natuurwaarden in Voorhaven van Zeebrugge. Nota Instituut voor Natuurbehoud, IN.A.2002.7, Brussel. (look up in IMIS)
  
  
  • Van Waeyenberge, J & E.W.M. Stienen (2002c). Broedplaatsen van sternen, meeuwen en plevieren in de Voorhaven van Zeebrugge. Adviesnota Instituut voor Natuurbehoud, IN.A.2002.168, Brussel.(look up in IMIS)
  
  
  • Van Waeyenberge, J., E.W.M. Stienen & E. Kuijken (2002). Toekomstperspectieven voor kustbroedvogels in de voorhaven van Zeebrugge. Adviesnota in het kader van de instandhouding van de populaties van kustbroedvogels. Nota in opdracht van Groep Planning/Aminal Afd. Natuur. Adviesnota IN.A.2002.231, december 2002, 34p. (look up in IMIS)
  
  

Posters and oral presentations

• Oral presentations:

  Meeting: 27/11-29/11/2002 at Oostende, Belgium

  • Vincx (2002): 'Structural and functional biodiversity of North Sea ecosystems: species and their habitats as indicators for a sustainable development of the Belgian Continental Shelf'
    at the symposium: 'Sustainable management of the North Sea 1997-2001': 21-22/01/2002, Belgium.
  
  
  • Vanaverbeke J., Steyaert M. & Vincx M. (2002):'The response of nematode communities to phytoplankton deposition during a spring bloom at two contrasting sites at the Belgian Continental Shelf'
    at the symposium: 'Ecology and impact assessment of Phaeocystis blooms in the Eastern Channel and Southern Bight of the North Sea.' 27-29/11/2002, Oostende, Belgium.
  
  
  • Soetaert K., Moodley L., van Oevelen, D. & Bogaards, R. What is the fate of ungrazed Phaeocystis in the sediments ? (Ecology and impact assessment of Phaeocystis blooms in the Eastern Channel and Southern Bight of the North Sea, 27/11-29/11/2002 Oostende)
  
  
  • Vanaverbeke J., Steyaert M. & Vincx M. The response of nematode communities to phytoplankton sedimentation during a spring bloom at two contrasting sites at the Belgian Continental Shelf. (Ecology and impact assessment of Phaeocystis blooms in the Eastern Channel and Southern Bight of the North Sea, 27/11-29/11/2002 Oostende)
  
  

  38th EMBS, Aveiro Portugal, 8-12/ 09/2003

  • T. Remerie, J. Vanfleteren, A. Vanreusel: Molecular biogeography of the mysids Neomysis integer and Mesopodopsis slabberi (Crustacea, Mysida): high levels of molecular diversity and population differentation. (38th EMBS, Aveiro Portugal, 8-12/ 09/2003)
  
  
  • J. Vanaverbeke, M. Steyaert, K. Soetaert, M. Vincx: Functional and structural diversity of nematode communities during sedimentation of a spring phytoplankton bloom in a sandy North Sea site. (38th EMBS, Aveiro Portugal, 8-12/ 09/2003)
  
  

  Twelfth International Meiofauna Conference, 11-16/07/2004, Ravenna, Italy

  • Remerie T., Bourgois T., Vanfleteren J., Vanreusel A.: Genetic differentiation and gene flow among European populations of the mysids Neomysis integer and Mesopodopsis slabberi (Crustacea, Mysida). (International Symposium: ‘Dispersal in fragmented landscapes.’ Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium 4/04/2003)
  
  
  • Vanaverbeke J., Steyaert M., Soetaert K., Vincx M. Functional response of nematode communities during a spring phytoplankton bloom sedimentation in the Southern Bight of the North Sea. (Twelfth International Meiofauna Conference, 11-16/07/2004, Ravenna, Italy)
  
  
  • Steyaert M., Moodley L., Vanaverbeke J., Soetaert K., Vincx M. Laboratorial experiments on infaunal activity of meiofauna. (Twelfth International Meiofauna Conference, 11-16/07/2004, Ravenna, Italy)
  
  
  • Franco M., Steyaert M, Vincx M, Costa M.J., Vanaverbeke J. Structural aspects of meiobenthic communities at two contrasting sites on the Belgian Continental Shelf. (Twelfth International Meiofauna Conference, 11-16/07/2004, Ravenna, Italy)
  
  
  • Vanaverbeke J., Steyaert M, Moodley M., Soetaert K., Vincx M. Functional and structural aspects of nematode communities in relation to human and natural impact. (MARBEF Theme II Kick-off workshop, 17-18/05/2004, Palma de Mallorca, Spanje)
  
  

  varia

  • E. W.M. Stienen & J. Van Waeyenberge (2002). Verstoken van verstoring: het belang van de Baai van Heist als rust- en broedgebied voor vogels. Academische studiedag '5 jaar strand-natuurreservaat De Baai van Heist'. De Vlaamse stranden: steriele zandbakken of natuurpatrimonium?', 14 juni 2002, Zeebrugge. (look up in IMIS)
  
  
  • Vanaverbeke J., Moodley M., Franco M., Steyaert M., Soetaert K., Vincx M. Benthic processes and nematode community patterns at contrasting sites on the Belgian Continental Shelf. (Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Stability, 16-18/03/2005, /Tavira//, Portugal/)
  
  
  • Vanaverbeke J., Franco M, Moodley L. Steyaert M., Provoost P., van Oevelen D., Soetaert K., Vincx M. Benthic response to phytolankton sedimentation on the Belgian Continental Shelf. Phytoplankton and Remote Sensing,21/10/2005, /Brussel//, Belgium/)
  
  
  • Vanaverbeke J. Trophos: Higher Tropic Levels in the Southern North Sea. (SUMANOS workshop, 18/01/2005, Gent, Belgium)
  
  
  • Vanaverbeke J., Stienen E., Volckaert F. Trophos: Higher Trophic levels in the Southern North Sea. (SUMANOS workshop 23-24/11/2006,Gent, Belgium)
  
  
  • Franco MA., Soetaert K., Van Oevelen D., Van Gansbeke D., Costa MJ., Vincx M., Vanaverbeke J. Trophic resource and position of metazoan meiobenthos at contrasting subtidal sediments: combining carbon and nitrogen stable isotope analysis and labelling of food resources. (13^th International Meiofauna Conference, 29 July – 3 August 2007, /Recife//, Brazil/).
  
  

• Poster presentations

• General informative poster about the TROPHOS project: TROPHOS - Higher trophic levels in the Southern North Sea. pdf-version of poster (663kb)


• Stienen, E.W.M.; Van Waeyenberge, J.; Seys, J.; Offringa, H.; Meire, P.; Kuijken, E. (2002). Seabirds in Belgian marine waters: implications for policy and management (poster). Pp 43 in Mees, J.; Seys, J. (Ed.): VLIZ Young Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 13 March 2002: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 7. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende, Belgium. (look up in IMIS)

Outreach

• Within the TROPHOS project, a set of 8 posters was created to inform the public at large about the complexity and richness of the fauna and flora of the Belgian marine waters. This set of posters comprise a general introduction, a poster on the hydrographical characteristics of the BCP, the marine foodweb, the plankton of the BCP, the benthos on the BCP, the fishes of the BCP, birds and mammals of the Belgian marine waters. (Check out the posters set: 'Onze zee, rijker dan je denkt')

Supported by the Belgian Federal Science Policy Office

General coordination: Magda Vincx, Jan Vanaverbeke Web site and databases hosted by VLIZ