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Laboratorium voor Ecologie en Systematiek (VUB-ECOL)
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English name: Laboratory of Ecology and Systematics
Parent institute: Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie (VUB-DBIO), more

Thesaurus terms (10) : Biodiversity; Eutrophication; Evolution; Heavy metals; Mangroves; Morphological variation; Organic pollutants; Phylogeny; Plankton; Zooplankton
Taxonomic terms (5) : Amphibia [WoRMS]; Brachyura [WoRMS]; Copepoda [WoRMS]; Echinodermata [WoRMS]; Holothuroidea [WoRMS]
Geographical terms (8) : Africa, East [Marine Regions]; ANE, Netherlands, Delta Area [Marine Regions]; ANE, North Sea [Marine Regions]; ISW, Indian Ocean [Marine Regions]; Kenya [Marine Regions]; Singapore [Marine Regions]; Sri Lanka [Marine Regions]; USA, Texas [Marine Regions]
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Type: Scientific
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Abstract:
The main research topic is the functioning of marine and coastal ecosystems, focusing on the management and conservation of endangered systems. Plankton (particularly phytoplankton) in aquatic systems represents the basis of all food chains. In coastal systems, plants as sea grasses and sea algae have an important contribution to the formation of organic material in the water. In tropical systems, trees, as mangroves play an additional important role in this process. In our research team we are focusing on the role of plankton in open versus coastal systems. The biodiversity and the function show large differences, due to the difference in terrestrial inputs, including pollution. In estuaries this difference is still reinforced: a decrease of biodiversity can be shown in a gradient from open sea to estuarine systems, and an opposite increase of material in suspension from various origins. The functioning of these systems is in turn completely different: in open sea systems food chains are prevalent and in coastal and estuarine systems the microbial so called "loop" prevails. This knowledge is applied in the assessment of the influence of the organic material in suspension on wetlands of the Scheldt estuary. In order to understand this ecological functioning better, comparative research is done at different latitudes: temperate and cold seas versus tropical and equatorial seas. In tropical seas, besides the role of plankton, the role of groundwater regarding the distribution of mangroves and the ethology and developmental biology of the mangrove oyster Saccostrea cucullata is under study. The relevance of the mangrove ecosystem is enormous. However, it is only during the last ten years that its importance has been recognised. Our research results, especially in the field of groundwater flow, are internationally recognised as a new breakthrough towards sustainable management of mangrove forests. Furthermore, the three way chemical communication between adult oysters and their larvae is a new finding in science. Finally, a new research group is starting a study of the phylogeny and biodiversity as a tool for conservation and management of marine and terrestrial tropical systems.
Publications (63)  Top | Persons | Projects 
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  • Peer reviewed article Harlay, J.; Borges, A.V.; Van der Zee, C.; Delille, B.; Godoi, R.H.M.; Schiettecatte, L.S.; Roevros, N.; Aerts, K.; Lapernat, P.E.; Rebreanu, L.; Groom, S.; Daro, M.H.; Van Grieken, R.; Chou, L. (2010). Biogeochemical study of a coccolithophore bloom in the northern Bay of Biscay (NE Atlantic Ocean) in June 2004. Prog. Oceanogr. 86(3-4): 317-336. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2010.04.029, more
  • Peer reviewed article Lionard, M.; Muylaert, K.; Hanoutti, A.; Maris, T.; Tackx, M.; Vyverman, W. (2008). Inter-annual variability in phytoplankton summer blooms in the freshwater tidal reaches of the Schelde estuary (Belgium). Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 79(4): 694-700. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2008.06.013, more
  • Peer reviewed article Beenaerts, N.; Vanden Berghe, E. (2005). Comparative study of three transect methods to assess coral cover, richness and diversity. Western Indian Ocean J. Mar. Sci. 4(1): 29-37, more
  • Peer reviewed article Antajan, E.; Chrétiennot-Dinet, M.-J.; Leblanc, C.; Daro, M.-H.; Lancelot, C. (2004). 19'-hexanoyloxyfucoxanthin may not be the appropriate pigment to trace occurrence and fate of Phaeocystis: the case of P. globosa in Belgian coastal waters. J. Sea Res. 52(3): 165-177. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2004.02.003, more
  • Peer reviewed article Antajan, E.; Gasparini, S. (2004). Assessment of Cryptophyceae ingestion by copepods using alloxanthin pigment: a caution. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 274: 191-198. https://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps274191, more
  • Peer reviewed article Gillikin, D.P. (2004). Osmoregulatory ability of Chiromantes ortmanni (Crosnier, 1965) subjected to dilute and hypersaline seawater. Crustaceana 77(1): 67-74. dx.doi.org/10.1163/156854004323037892, more
  • Peer reviewed article Gillikin, D.P.; De Wachter, B.; Tack, J.F. (2004). Physiological responses of two ecologically important Kenyan mangrove crabs exposed to altered salinity regimes. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 301(1): 93-109. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2003.09.024, more
  • Peer reviewed article Obade, P.T.; Dahdouh-Guebas, F.; Koedam, N.; De Wulf, R.; Tack, J. (2004). GIS-based integration of interdisciplinary ecological data to detect land-cover changes in Creek Mangroves at Gazi Bay, Kenya. Western Indian Ocean J. Mar. Sci. 3(1): 11-27, more
  • Peer reviewed article Tackx, M.L.; De Pauw, N.; Van Mieghem, R.; Azémar, F.; Hannouti, A.; Van Damme, S.; Fiers, F.; Daro, N.; Meire, P. (2004). Zooplankton in the Schelde estuary, Belgium and the Netherlands: spatial and temporal patterns. J. Plankton Res. 26(2): 133-141. dx.doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbh016, more
  • Peer reviewed article Appeltans, W.; Hannouti, A.; Van Damme, S.; Soetaert, K.; Vanthomme, R.; Tackx, M. (2003). Zooplankton in the Schelde estuary (Belgium/The Netherlands). The distribution of Eurytemora affinis: effect of oxygen? J. Plankton Res. 25(11): 1441-1445. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbg101, more
  • Peer reviewed article Samyn, Y. (2003). Shallow-water regular echinoids (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) from Kenya. African Zoology 38(2): 193-212, more
  • Peer reviewed article Tackx, M.L.M.; Herman, P.M.J.; Gasparini, S.; Irigoien, X.; Billiones, R.; Daro, M.H. (2003). Selective feeding of Eurytemora affinis (Copepoda, Calanoida) in temperate estuaries: model and field observations. Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 56(2): 305-311. dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0272-7714(02)00182-8, more
  • Peer reviewed article De Brabandere, L.; Dehairs, F.A.; Van Damme, S.; Brion, N.; Meire, P.; Daro, N. (2002). d15N and d13C dynamics of suspended organic matter in freshwater and brackish waters of the Scheldt estuary. J. Sea Res. 48(1): 1-15. dx.doi.org/10.1016/s1385-1101(02)00132-6, more
  • Peer reviewed article Bolton, J. J.; Coppejans, E.; Anderson, R. J.; De Clerck, O.; Samyn, Y.; Leliaert, F.; Thandar, A. S. (2001). Biodiversity of seaweeds and echinoderms in the western Indian Ocean. S. Afr. J. Sci. = S.-Afr. Tydskr. Wet. 97: 453-454, more
  • Peer reviewed article Gillikin, D.P.; De Grave, S.; Tack, J.F. (2001). The occurrence of the semi-terrestrial shrimp Merguia oligodon (De Man, 1888) in Neosarmatium smithi H. Milne Edwards, 1853 burrows in Kenyan mangroves. Crustaceana 74: 505-507. dx.doi.org/10.1163/156854001750243081, more
  • Peer reviewed article Gasparini, S.; Daro, M.H.; Antajan, E.; Tackx, M.; Rousseau, V.; Parent, J.-Y.; Lancelot, C. (2000). Mesozooplankton grazing during the Phaeocystis globosa bloom in the Southern Bight of the North Sea. J. Sea Res. 43(3-4): 345-356. dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1385-1101(00)00016-2, more
  • Peer reviewed article Meyer, A.A.; Tackx, M.; Daro, N. (2000). Xanthophyll cycling in Phaeocystis globosa and Thalassiosira sp.: a possible mechanism for species succession. J. Sea Res. 43(3-4): 373-384. dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1385-1101(00)00031-9, more
  • Peer reviewed article Muylaert, K.; Van Mieghem, R.; Sabbe, K.; Tackx, M.; Vyverman, W. (2000). Dynamics and trophic roles of heterotrophic protists in the plankton of a freshwater tidal estuary. Hydrobiologia 432(1-3): 25-36. https://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1004017018702, more
  • Peer reviewed article Rousseau, V.; Becquevort, S.; Parent, J.-Y.; Gasparini, S.; Daro, M.H.; Tackx, M.; Lancelot, C. (2000). Trophic efficiency of the planktonic food web in a coastal ecosystem dominated by Phaeocystis colonies. J. Sea Res. 43(3-4): 357-372. dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1385-1101(00)00018-6, more
  • Peer reviewed article Samyn, Y. (2000). Conservation of aspidochirotid holothurians in the littoral waters of Kenya. SPC Beche-de-mer Information Bulletin 13: 12-17, more
  • Peer reviewed article Dahdouh-Guebas, F.; Verneirt, M.; Tack, J.F.; Van Speybroeck, D.; Koedam, N. (1998). Propagule predators in Kenyan mangroves and their possible effect on regeneration. Mar. Freshw. Res. 49(4): 345-350, more
  • Peer reviewed article Dahdouh-Guebas, F.; Verneirt, M.; Tack, J.F.; Koedam, N. (1997). Food preferences of Neosarmatium meinerti de Man (Decapoda: Sesarminae) and its possible effect on the regeneration of mangroves. Hydrobiologia 347: 83-89, more
  • Peer reviewed article Osore, M. K. W.; Tackx, M.L.M.; Daro, M.H. (1997). The effect of rainfall and tidal rhythm on the community structure and abundance of the zooplankton of Gazi Bay, Kenya. Hydrobiologia 356: 117-126. dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1003147525611, more
  • Peer reviewed article Cannicci, S.; Dahdouh-Guebas, F.; Anyona, D.; Vannini, M. (1996). Natural diet and feeding habits of Thalamita crenata (Decapoda, Portunidae). J. Crust. Biol. 16(4): 678-683, more
  • Peer reviewed article Cannicci, S.; Anyona, D.; Dahdouh-Guebas, F. (1994). Homing in the mangrove swimming crab Thalamita crenata (Decapoda: Portunidae). Boll. Zool. 61(Suppl. 001): 92. dx.doi.org/10.1080/11250009409355930, more
  • Peer reviewed article Giuggioli, M.; Dahdouh-Guebas, F.; Cannicci, S. (1994). Feeding specialization and activity in certain mangrove crabs. Boll. Zool. 61(Suppl. 001): 41. dx.doi.org/10.1080/11250009409355978, more
  • Peer reviewed article Okemwa, E. N.; Revis, N. (1986). Planktonic copepods from coastal and inshore waters of Tudor Creek, Mombasa. Kenya J. Sci. (B Biol. Sci.) 7(2): 27-34, more
  • Peer reviewed article Joiris, C. (1978). Ecological implications of July seabird distribution in the northern North Sea. Ibis 120(1): 125-126, more
  • Beenaerts, N. (2007). Capacity building, training and education in ICZM, in: Claus, S. et al. (Ed.) Background report First BeNCoRe Conference: State of the Art and future of Belgian Coastal Research. BeNCoRe and its relation to the Green Paper on a future European Maritime Policy, Leuven, 26 April 2007. pp. 22, more
  • Lancelot, C.; Rousseau, V.; Gypens, N.; Parent, J.-Y.; Bissar, A.; Lemaire, J.; Breton, E.; Daro, M.H.; Lacroix, G.; Ruddick, K.; Ozer, J.; Spitz, Y.; Soetaert, K.; Chrétiennot-Dinet, M.-J.; Lantoine, F.; Rodriguez, F. (2007). Advanced modeling and research on eutrophication AMORE II: final report. Belgian Science Policy: Brussel. 84 pp., more
  • Antajan, E.; Chrétiennot-Dinet, M.-J.; Leblanc, C.; Daro, M.-H.; Lancelot, C. (2004). 19'-hexanoyloxyfucoxanthin may not be the appropriate pigment to trace occurrence and fate of Phaeocystis: the case of P. globosa in Belgian coastal waters, in: Antajan, E. Responses of calanoid copepods to changes in phytoplankton dominance in the diatoms - Phaeocystis globosa dominated Belgium coastal waters. pp. 48-62, more
  • Antajan, E.; Gasparini, S. (2004). Assessment of Cryptophyceae ingestion by copepods using alloxanthin pigment: a caution, in: Antajan, E. Responses of calanoid copepods to changes in phytoplankton dominance in the diatoms - Phaeocystis globosa dominated Belgium coastal waters. pp. 68-84, more
  • ECOMAMA students; Mubiana, V.; Beenaerts, N. (2004). International ECOMAMA community meets benthic communities at De Panne, in: Mees, J. et al. VLIZ Young Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 5 March 2004: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 17: pp. 48, more
  • Bolton, J.J.; Coppejans, E.; Anderson, R.J.; De Clerck, O.; Samyn, Y.; Leliaert, F.; Thandar, A.S. (2003). Biodiversity studies on seaweeds and echinoderms in the transition between temperate southern Africa and the tropical western lndian Ocean, in: Samyn, Y. Towards an understanding of the shallow-water holothuroid fauna (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) of the western Indian Ocean. pp. 338-339, more
  • ECOMAMA students; Mubiana, V.; Beenaerts, N. (2003). Flux 'n stock around the clock: a 24-h survey of carbon and nutrient dynamics in the Spuikom lagoon (Ostend, Belgium), in: Mees, J. et al. VLIZ Young Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 28 February 2003: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 12: pp. 36, more
  • Samyn, Y. (2003). Conservation of aspidochirotid holothurians in the littoral waters of Kenya, in: Samyn, Y. Towards an understanding of the shallow-water holothuroid fauna (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) of the western Indian Ocean. pp. 370-375, more
  • Polk, P. (2002). Oesters van weleer: een historische schets van de oesterkweek in de Oostendse Spuikom, in: Mees, J. et al. De Oostendse Spuikom: historiek, onderzoek en perspectieven. Relaas Spuikom Studiedag 8 december 2000 Duin en Zee (Oostende). pp. 9-12, more
  • Samyn, Y. (2002). Knowing and understanding the shallow-water holothurian biodiversity of the western Indian Ocean will even the path for conservation, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) VLIZ Young Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 13 March 2002: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 7: pp. 24, more
  • Samyn, Y.; Appeltans, W. (2002). Maintaining native levels of shallow-water holothurian biodiversity in the western Indian Ocean (poster), in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) VLIZ Young Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 13 March 2002: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 7: pp. 42, more
  • Samyn, Y. (2001). Taxonomy, systematics and faunistics of the Holothuroidea from the Western Indian Ocean, in: VLIZ Young Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 23 February 2001: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 1: pp. 55, more
  • Samyn, Y.; Vanden Berghe, E. (2000). Faunistics as an impetus for conservation of sea cucumbers (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) in the littoral waters of Kenya. CM Documents - ICES, C.M. 2000(Mini:14). ICES: Copenhagen. 1 pp., more
  • Muylaert, K.; Van Mieghem, R.; Sabbe, K.; Tackx, M.; Vyverman, W. (1999). Dynamics and trophic roles of heterotrophic protists in the plankton of a freshwater tidal estuary, in: Muylaert, K. Distribution and dynamics of protist communities in a freshwater tidal estuary = Verspreiding en dynamiek van protistengemeenschappen in een zoetwatergetijdengebied. pp. 71-86, more
  • Tack, J. F. (1999). Behavioural aspects of the mangrove oyster Saccostrea cucullata (von Born, 1778) explaining its macro and micro distribution along the Kenyan coast. Vrije Universiteit Brussel: VUB. 245 pp., more
  • Van Hout, T. (1998). Patterns of distribution of Echinothrix diadema (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) in the Mombasa Marine National Park and Reserve, Kenya. MSc Thesis. Vrije Universiteit Brussel: Brussel. 71 pp., more
  • Van Mieghem, R. (1996). Mesozooplankton in de Zeeschelde. MSc Thesis. Vrije Universiteit Brussel: Brussel. 28 + annexes pp., more
  • Aernaudts, H. (1990). Seston in mangrove ecosysteem (Gazi, Kenia) = Seston in a mangrove ecosystem (Gazi, Kenya). MSc Thesis. VUB: Brussel. 52 pp., more
  • Delbeke, K.; Bossicart, M.; Joiris, C.; Bogaert, M.; Vanthomme, R. (1988). Huidige situatie van de verontreiniging van mariene en estuariene sedimenten door PCB's en lindaan. Beheerseenheid van het Mathematisch Model van de Noordzee en het Schelde-estuarium: Brussel. Vol. 1: tekst (45 p.); Vol. 2 (bijlagen) pp., more
  • Joiris, C. (1988). Goelands d'Audouin (Larus audouinii) et railleur (Larus genei) en baie de Calvi (Corse), in: Actes du colloque: recherches oceanographiques en mer Mediterranee (biologie, chimie, géologie, physique). pp. 193-195, more
  • Packard, T.T.; Joiris, C.; Lasserre, P.; Minas, H.J.; Pamatmat, M.; Skjoldal, A.R.; Ulanowicz, R.E.; Vosjan, J.H.; Warwick, R.M.; Le B. Williams, P.J. (1984). Respiration, in: Fasham, M.J.R. (Ed.) Flows of Energy and Materials in Marine Ecosystems: Theory and practice. Proceedings of a NATO Advanced Research Institute, held May 13-19, 1982, in Carcans, France. NATO Conference Series. IV. Marine Sciences, 13: pp. 641-649, more
  • Bossicart, M. (1981). Etude du zooplancton en Mer du Nord. W.H./1981 - 01. Ekologie en Systematiek, V.U.B.: Brussel. 73 pp., more
  • Bossicart, M. (1980). Etude du zooplancton en Mer du Nord. Croisière "Hétérogenéité spatiale" 17-18-19 avril 1978. Ekologie en Systematiek, V.U.B.: Brussel. 86 pp., more
  • Bossicart, M. (1980). Etude du zooplancton en Mer du Nord. W.H./1980 - 01. Ekologie en Systematiek, V.U.B.: Brussel. 69 pp., more
  • Bossicart, M. (1979). Etude du zooplancton en Mer du Nord. W.H./1979 - 01. Ekologie en Systematiek, V.U.B.: Brussel. 62 pp., more
  • Wijnant, J. (1979). Bijdrage tot de studie van carbohydraten ecometabolismen in mariene biotopen. OM/1979:03. Geconcerteerde Aktie Oceanografie: Brussel. 6 pp., more
  • Billen, G.; Smitz, J. (1978). Mathematical model of water quality in a highly polluted estuary, in: Nihoul, J.C.J. Hydrodynamics of estuaries and fjords : proceedings of the 9th International Liège Colloquium on Ocean Hydrodynamics, 1977. Elsevier Oceanography Series, 23: pp. 55-62, more
  • Joiris, C.; Vanthomme, R.; Wijnant, J.; Swaelens, R. (1978). Zuurstofconcentratie en mikrobiologische aktiviteiten in de Belgische kustzone in 1977. SURVEY 1978:05. Geconcerteerde Aktie Oceanografie: Brussel. 1 + table pp., more
  • Nijs, J. (1978). Chlorophyl- en pheophytine waarden organische stoffen mei & juli 1978. Technical Reports I.C.W.B. - C.I.P.S., OM/1978:17. [S.n.]: [s.l.]. 1 pp., more
  • Podamo, J. (1975). The secondary production cycle of the herbivorous zooplankton. Technical Reports I.C.W.B. - C.I.P.S.. Lab. v Ekologie en Systematiek, V.U.B.: Brussel. 10 pp., more
  • Bossicart, M. (1974). Etude du zooplancton: croisière avril - mai 1974. Technical Reports I.C.W.B. - C.I.P.S., 1974/05 BIOL(01). Laboratorium voor Ekologie en Systematiek: Brussel. 7 pp., more
  • Heyden, D.; Moermans, R.; Bossicart, M. (1974). Observations sur la reproductibilité des mesures de respiration du zooplancton au Bassin de chasse d'Ostende (Spuikom) et en mer et variabilité dans le comptage de 10 sous-échantillons de zooplancton. Technical Reports I.C.W.B. - C.I.P.S., 1974/BIOL(01). Laboratoire de Biologie Marine (U.Lg.)/Laboratorium voor Ekologie en Systematiek (V.U.B.): Liège. 15 pp., more
  • Aubert, J.; Joiris, C. (1971). Action antibiotique de quelques espèces phytoplanctoniques marines vis-a-vis de différentes salmonelles. Rev. Int. Océanogr. Méd. 22-23: 143-149, more
  • Leloup, E.; Polk, P. (1966). Les bacteries marines du littoral Belge. IV. La salissure d'une plaque en tufnol immergée dans le port d'Ostende. [S.n.]: [s.l.]. bijlages + 5 pp., more
  • Polk, P.; Okemwa, E. N. [s.d.]. Kenya project general information. Laboratorium voor Ekologie en Systematiek. VUB: Brussel. , more
Projects (40)  Top | Persons | Publications 
  • AMORE II: Advanced modelling and research on eutrophication: linking eutrophication and biological resources, more
  • AMORE: Advanced modelling and research on eutrophication
  • Anthropogenically Induced Changes in Groundwater Outflow and Quality and the Functioning of Eastern African Nearshore Ecosystems
  • Assessment of mangrove degradation and resilience in the Indian Sub-continent: the cases of Godavari Estuary and South West Sri Lank
  • BENCORE: Belgian Network for Coastal Reseach, more
  • Benthos, nekton and plankton of the North Sea and the Delta area. I
  • Benthos, nekton and plankton of the North Sea and the Delta area. II
  • Bioconcentration of organic micropollutants in marine ecosystems, more
  • Biodiversity studies on seaweeds and echinoderms in the transition between temperate southern Africa and the tropical western Indian Ocean
  • Biological availability of heavy metals in sediments and benthos of the Scheldt estuary
  • Biotic interactions in turbid estuarine systems, more
  • Causal factors of biodiversity : community structure, phylogeny and biogeography. A comparative study of the fauna of tropical and subtropical estuaries and lagoons
  • Causal factors of biodiversity: community structure, phylogeny and biogeography. A comparative study of the fauna of tropical and subtropical estuaries and lagoons. Study 1996
  • CCCC: Role of oceanic production and dissolution of calcium carbonate in climate change, more
  • COMETS: Cluster Eutrophication
  • Cooperation in the investigations over long-term exploitation of natural resources in mangrove forests
  • Cursus in Kustecologie, -beheer en -bescherming
  • De invloed van grondwateruitstroming langsheen de Oost-Afrikaanse kustzone op het voedings- en kolonisatiegedrag van de mangroveoester Saccostrea cucullata (von Born, 1778)
  • Ecology of commercially exploitable seacucumbers of Kenya
  • ECOMAMA: Ecological Marine Management
  • Exploitation on mangrove forest wood reforestation and oyster culture research project
  • FAME: Fundamental and Applied Marine Ecology
  • Faunistics of the Echinodermata of the western Indian Ocean
  • Fundamental and ecological aspects of the mangrove-ecosystem and its evolution under increasing anthropogenic pressure
  • Interaction of water column and the tide land in the Sea-Scheldt
  • JEEP: Major biological processes in European tidal estuaries
  • Lipofilicity and normalization of organic micro- pollutants in organic systems
  • Management mangroves of Kenya: synthesis ecological data
  • Marine and estuarine plankton, especially in the Western Indian Ocean and Indo-Pacific
  • Marine ecosystems functioning, more
  • MATURE: Biogeochemistry of the maximum turbidity zone in estuaries
  • Molecular systematics and phylogeny of holothurians, more
  • Nutrition of zooplankton on particular material : selection and digestion
  • OMES 1 Main: Research on the environmental effects of the SIGMA plan, more
  • OMES 1: Characterisation of organic matter and plankton of the Zeeschelde
  • Pigment analysis on suspended particulate matter
  • Study of the fate and impact of organic and inorganic polluants in the Costa Rican coastal zone
  • Systematics, ecology and biogeography of marine organisms in the Indian Ocean. I
  • Systematics, ecology and biogeography of marine organisms in the Indian Ocean. II
  • Trophical relations in tidal-bounded systems, more
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