Posters

A qualitative study on emotions experienced at the coast and their influence on well-being
A multi stakeholder strategy to delineate issues related to coastal forest conservation: A case study from mangrove ecosystems of the Eastern coasts of Sri Lanka
A new microbially explicit model for organic matter degradation in thawing Arctic subsea permafrost
A new VLIZ workboat: increased seagoing capacity for Flemish researchers
A novel, automated method to identify microplastic polymers based on fluorescent staining with Nile Red
A reflection on mangroves within Brazilian protected areas
A social ecological approach to understanding mangrove utilization by local communities in Sri Lanka
Alphonse Meunier's enigmatic Radiosperma belongs to the ciliates
An accelerometer-based monitoring system for mussel aquaculture off the Belgian coast
An internship on the restauration of hard substrates in the UNESCO World Heritage Site Wadden Sea
An optical sensor or autonomous detection of particulate inorganic carbon concentration in seawater
Analysis of Flap type Wave Energy Converters with OpenFOAM using the Dynamic Mesh Method
Analysis of the Ciara storm impact on a multibarred beach at the Belgian coast
AQUA-LITPROVIDESIDEAS ANDBEST PRACTICES TO TACKLE MARINE LITTERWITH THE HELP OF THE AQUACULTURE SECTOR ACROSS THREE SEA BASINS IN THE EU.
Are all beaches alike? Alongshore variability of the Belgian coast
Array of Point Absorbers in front of a Wall-type Coastal Structures: Optimum Layouts under Regular Waves
Assessing risk of offshore windfarms towards ecosystem services
Assessing the regeneration status of the Ankobra mangrovesystem, Ghana
Assessing the state-of-the-art of plastic clean-up and prevention technologies based on a systematic review of scientific literature in combination with resources from practical applications
Assessment of macro- and microplastics in the mangrove bay of Gazi (Kenya)
ATLANTIC COD IN AN ANTHROPOGENIC NORTH SEA: EFFECTS OF MAN MADE SOUNDS ON COD MOVEMENT BEHAVIOUR
Bacterial community dynamics and predictive function of surf zone seawater in a recreational beach in Oostende, Belgium
Bayesian Belief Networks to reduce unintentional bycatch in riverine and estuarine plastic removal systems
Biceps An opportunity to share Belgian contributions to and experience with ICES as an inspiration for future work
Bioenergetic status of human intestinal Caco-2 cells after exposure to simulated environmental nanoplastics
Bioremediation of dumped chemical warfare agents at the Belgian coast
Blondes do it better? A comparative study on reproductive biology of blonde ray (Raja brachyura) and thornback ray (Raja clavata) in different areas of the Northeast Atlantic
Borderless nature and science: Opportunities and challenges of transboundary conservation: a role for science?
Brackish and anthropogenically modified waters as hotspots of microalgal diversity - The case of Slovenian transitional waters (Adriatic Sea)
Burrowing macrofauna modifies climate change effects on sediment metabolism
Caught on the flip-side: effects of catch composition on the fate of European plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) discarded from Belgian beam trawlers
Citizen observation of plastic pollution in coastal ecosystems to address data gaps in marine litter distribution
Citizen observation of plastic pollution in coastal ecosystems to address data gaps in marine litter distribution
Combined effects of temperature and microplastics on Phaeodactylum tricornutum and Nitokra spinipes
Combined effects of temperature and microplastics on Phaeodactylum tricornutum and Nitokra spinipes
Combined sediment-plastic transport model with population balance modelling approach
Comparison of bacterial communities in coastal bioaerosols collected with AirCube and Coriolis air samplers
CONTROL STRATEGIES OF A WAVE ENERGY CONVERTER FOR THE WECFARM PROJECT
Creating a numerical twin for the physical Coastal & Ocean Basin, a waste of effort?
Customizing sequence databases for system level analysis of gene expression in marine microbial plankton
Cytotoxicity of sea-dumped chemical munitions in rainbow trout gill (RTgill-W1) and human colon adenocarcinoma (Caco2) cells
Decadal trends and dynamics in the abundance and biomass of copepods in the Belgian part of the North Sea
Decadal trends and dynamics in the abundance and biomass of marine branchiopods in the Belgian part of the North Sea
Detecting windmill parks in the ocean based on Sentinel satellite imagery
Distribution of electrogenic cable bacteria in a subtropical estuary
Diving Impact: Frequentation, Diver Behavior and Consequences on the Mediterranenan Fish Community
Do habitat type and dredge disposal intensity determine sensitivity of the marine benthic ecosystem
Do we inhale aerosolized microplastics on the beach?
Does moonlight affect newborn reef shark behaviour in a tide-free environment?
Ecosystem health scores to aid in conservation and restoration project reporting
eDNA metabarcoding reveals distinct fish and invertebrate diversity patterns in the shallow and well-mixed Belgian part of the North Sea
Effects of de-eutrophication and changes in turbidity on phytoplankton blooms in the freshwater and brackish tidal reaches of the Scheidt estuary (Belgium)
Effects of marine bacteria and their endotoxin in sea spray aerosols on pro-inflammatory gene expression in human cells
Enhancing the restoration success of Laminaria ochroleuca through microbiome manipulation
Environmental change and trophic ecology explain different THg bioaccumulation in two subpopulations of the Arctic ringed seal Pusa hispida
European Marine Biological Resource Centre (EMBRC): Support and services for marine biological research and innovation
Exotic oyster Saccostrea Cucullata in mangroves in protected areas on the southeastern coast of Sao Paulo (Brazil)
EXPERIMENTAL TESTING OF A WAVE ENERGY CONVERTER FOR THE WECFARM PROJECT
Field observations of Infragravity waves along the Belgian coast
Finding psychological restoration along the Belgian coast: spatial variation and the influence of the environment’s physical constituents
Floating microplastics at the Greek Seas
Flow cytometry for microplastic observation in the marine environment
Forever intimate: Investigating the evolutionary implications of seaweed-bacterial symbiosis in Bryopsis
Freshwater input variability and water mass distribution in the system of fjords in the Ummannaq area, Western Greenland
Friend or foe? – Larvae of the invasive Pacific oyster (Magallana gigas) trade off positive and negative cues in their decision making for settlement
From the delta to the sea: Multi-scale modelling of biogeochemical fluxes along the Danube-Black Sea continuum
Genetic connectivity of the commercially important cephalopod Octopus cyanea (Gray, 1849) in the Western Indian Ocean
Good questions on dispersal of mangroves by observers in the 19th and early 20th century Have we already answered them ?
Growing dunes, erosive shoreface
Growth performance of the rabbitfish Siganus sutor raised at outdoor rearing ponds in Toliara, South Western Madagascar
H OW DO DIFFERENT HUMAN ACTIVITIES AFFECT FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY IN SOFT BOTTOM MACROBENTHOS
HEALTH OF MANGROVES AND LANDING CRAB IN BRAZILIAN RAMSAR SITE AND ITS SURROUNDINGS
Health status of the mangrove forest on the southeastern coast of the State of São Paulo (Brazil): from the bottom (soil salinity and vegetation biomass) upwards (canopy)
Historical forestry for charcoal trade in MatangMangrove Forest Reserve, Malaysia
How the blue economy changes phytoplankton dynamics in the BPNS: A modelling approach
Humpback whale population characteristics off the Pacific coast of Nicaragua, Central America
Hydroacoustic imaging of underwater gas seepage: investigating the use of echosounders for fluid discharge detection in a nearby natural laboratory (Laacher See, Germany)
Hyperspectral reflectance of dry, wet and submerged plastics polymers under environmentally relevant conditions
Identification and removal of microplastics from water sources in Kolhapur region
Impact of artificial reefs on biodiversity in the marine environment
Impact of global warming and plastic leachates from conventional and bio-based polymers on the growth of Phaeodactylum tricornutum
Impacts of plastic and other hazards on the healing properties of the Belgian coast
Influence of changing water temperature and plastics leachates on an individual and molecular level of the harpacticoid copepod Nitokra spinipes
Integrating the land-ocean aquatic continuum into a regional shelf sea model
Interaction of marine algae and nanoplastics, and the possible impact on the bioavailability of nanoplastics to primary consumers through the food-pathway
Interaction of marine algae and nanoplastics: Impact on growth and EPS production
Interaction of phytoplankton and suspended particulate matter in Scheldt estuary (Belgium)
Investigating chemical settlement cues and their interactions for Pacific oysters (Magallanagigas) using video analysis
Is there a conflict between tourism and conservation? An investigation of participatory management of sea turtles in Sri Lanka
Macrobenthic functional diversity on tidal mud flats - an experimental approach to quantify the impact of bioturbation on cohesive sediment transport
Mangrove forest dynamism at Galle-Unawatuna in Sri Lanka: a case study based on high resolution remote sensing data
Mangrove forest dynamism at Galle-Unawatuna in Sri Lanka: a case study based on high resolution remote sensing data
Mangrove forests under extreme events at the southeastern coast of the State of São Paulo, Brazil
Mangrove management in Northern Sri Lanka: a social network perspective
Mangroves social-ecological system in Jaffna Peninsula: mapping stakeholder perceptions for mangroves conservation
Marine Station Oostende extends its size and capabilities with "Ocean Innovation Space"
Metabarcoding of marine zooplankton communities in the North Sea using nanopore sequencing
Microalgae as flavouring agents in plant based food
MICROBIAL MONITORING OF DUMPED WORLD WAR I MUNITION AT THE COAST OF KNOKKE HEIST
Microbiomes of live feed products have an important contribution to rearing water microbiomes in Litopenaeus vannamei larviculture
Microplastic formation from a bio-based composite after ultraviolet irradiation
Microplastic Formation from a Newly Developed Biocomposite
Microplastics transfer from the ocean to the atmosphere through aerosolization
Microplastics transfer from the ocean to the atmosphere through aerosolization
Microwave-assisted solubilization of the brown seaweed Ascophyllum nodosum and screening of antioxidant characteristics
Modelling the effect of mussel beds on the hydrodynamics
Monogenean parasites: what can COI barcoding reveal?
MOZES: Research on the morphologic interaction between the sea bottom and the Belgian coastline
Nature-based solutions for coastal defense
New methods for the detection of old munition on the sea
No ocean too wide? Global-scale ocean dispersal simulations support genetic evidence for trans-ocean dispersal and connectivity in mangroves
NUMERICAL MODELLING OF A WAVE ENERGY CONVERTER FOR THE WECFARM PROJECT
Oceanic drivers, nutrient dynamics and plankton communities in West-Greenland’s fjord system: A multidisciplinary study
On the Development of a Generic Computational Tool for the Time-Domain Analysis of Hybrid Offshore Wind and Wave Energy Floating Systems
Physico-chemical parameters and bacteria as indicators of sewage pollution in Negombo lagoon, Sri Lanka
Probing the single-cell activity of Alcanivorax venustensis during deep-sea oil degradation
PROspectionfor BIOactivecompounds in the North Sea (PROBIO): creating a knowledge base for blue biotech innovation in Flanders
Raywatch
Reproducible are DNA Metabarcoding Data for Marine Macrobenthos?
Sand(de)fence: testing short term capacity of natural solution materials
Self-reinforced polylactic acid (SR-PLA) is more resistant to releasing microplastic than polypropylene (PP) after UV irradiance
SENSITIVITY OF GRAVEL BED SPECIES TO BURIAL
Shallow gas at the Paardenmarkt WWI munition dumpsite
Shrimp Farming, a Major Threat to Mangrove and Lagoon Ecosystem in the Pambala Chilaw Lagoon Complex, Sri Lanka
Slippery mess: macroplastic pollution in slipways at the Port of Ostend
SNAPPING FISH SELFIES! Hook less fishing with a camera
Social network analysis to support mangrove management: A case study from Sri Lanka
Spatial planning of global mangrove ecosystems for conservation and fishing
Spatial structuring and migratory destination of humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, from Nicaragua
Spatio-temporal distribution of shrimp species in the complex lake Nokoué- Cotonou channel in southern Benin
Study of the biodiversity of Monogenea and Digenea (Metazoans, Platyhelminthes) Parasites of Sparus aurata (Sparidae, Teleosteans ) of the Algerian coast
Sustainable monitoring of commercial fish in the Belgian part of the North Sea through eDNA ddPCR analyses
Testing genetic tools for marine ecosystem health assessment: A pilot on non indigenous species
The 1st ICOS OTC pCO2 instruments Inter-Comparison 2021: Initial results
The Brown Bank (Southern North Sea) a geo-archaeological investigation
The corrosion rate of the gas shells at the "Paardenmarkt"
The corrosion rate of the toxic ammunition at the “Paardenmarkt”
The dolphin external ear canal, from physical towards virtual reality
The global diversity of electricity producing cable bacteria
THE HIDDEN ALLERGIC CONCERNS OF ANISAKIDAE, FISHBORNE ZOONOTIC NEMATODES
The impact of bottom trawl fisheries on sediment and organic carbon dynamics in the Greater North Sea
The importance of grid resolution, temperature and salinity for modelling the hydrodynamic regime in the Gulf of Guinea
The Ocean InfoHub Project
The Open Science initiative at VLIZ
The potential of Diffusive Gradients in Thin films (DGT) technique as a monitoring tool for uranium in the aquatic environment
The potential of multibeam sonars as 3D turbidity and SPM monitoring tool in the North Sea
The role of anaerobic oxidation of methane on hydrate-related benthic carbon fluxes
The starry smooth-hound shark meets acoustic telemetry: Visualising movements of Mustelus asterias for non-scientists to promote policy-making
The use of brushwood fences and marram grass for dune development
The World’s 230 Exclusive Economic Zones from largest to smallest
Time and cost efficient DNA-based monitoring of marine non-indigenous species in the harbour of Ostend (Belgium) using nanopore sequencing
Time-domain wave propagation modelling for assessing the impact of WECs on the local morphodynamics and sediment transport
Towards a link between benthic iron cycling and benthic fauna community: A case study in Swedish fjord sediments
Towards estimating the contribution of fouling fauna to the marine organic matter pool in offshore wind farms
Tracking the downstream spawning migration of an aquatic invader
Tropical Excellence: Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree in Tropical Biodiversity and Ecosystems (TROPIMUNDO)
Understanding the biogeochemical interactions of the Scheldt-North Sea river-ocean-continuum through multiscale modelling
Unraveling the chemical composition of modern, resistant, organic-walled dinoflagellate cysts via FTIR spectroscopy
Unravelling the stock identity and biomass of common sole (Solea solea) using DNA and eDNA
VESSEL MOTION PREDICTION NEAR A MONOPILE OFFSHORE WIND TURBINE
Viability of autonomous underwater vehicles for monitoring of mussel dropper lines in a high energy shallow water environment
Wake up your marine data for the Blue Society
Wave overtopping discharge over a dike for variable water level
What drives the diversity of electricity-producing cable bacteria?
What it takes to go global: Lessons from a study on Ocean literacy
Where did we take those samples from? Georeferencing your research with MarineRegions.org
Where do juvenile sharks and rays reside in the North sea?
Working in a new era of automated classification in micro phyto )plankton monitoring: a FlowCAM case study
‘Building with Nature’: Coastal Sand Dunes