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30 Years of Belgian North Sea Aerial Surveillance – Evolution, Trends, and Developments.
https://biblio.naturalsciences.be/library-1/rbins-staff-publications-2023/bookreference.2024-02-22.4746356053
No publisherReportRBINS Publication(s)Open AccessPDF available2024/02/22 15:47:02 GMT+1Book ReferenceAssessing the influences of bee’s (Hymnoptera: Apidae) floral preference on cashew (Anacardiacae) agronomics performances in Côte d’Ivoire.
https://biblio.naturalsciences.be/library-1/rbins-staff-publications-2022/articlereference.2023-03-15.0305068525
This study aimed to assess the influence of bees’ floral preference on cashew agronomics performances in Côte d’Ivoire. Therefore, a sampling design with a total of 40 cashew trees preferred by bees and 40 trees that were not preferred by bees was established in 4 main producing regions. In addition, bees’ foragers and agronomics performances of trees were sampled. As results, a total of 46 bee’ species with a foraging activity of 4±0.32 visits per minute were observed. Apis mellifera (60% of visits, with 2.27±0.17 of visitors per minute) followed by Meliponula bocandei (23% of visits with 0.91±0.18 of visits per minute) contributes significantly to the reproduction of cashew trees, compare to the 44 other bees’ species (17% of visits; with an activity of 0.69±0.03 of visitors per minute). The preferred trees recorded 40.54±0.57 kg of nuts per tree, with 18.39±0.48 fruits per inflorescence, including 37.12±0.4% of useful kernel per raw nut (yield ratio of 65.45±0.66 pound of useful kernel). Conversely, the non-preferred trees obtained 5.24±0.44kg of nuts per tree, with 1.7±0.21 fruits per inflorescence, including 28.69±0.65% of useful kernel per raw nut (50.6±1.15 pound of useful kernel). Hence, the foraging preference of these two Apidae significantly increased the fruiting rate (83.7±0.01%), the yields (87.08±0.0%), and the kernel rate (22.68±1.76%) in raw cashew nuts. Based in these results, we suggest the foraging preference of Apis mellifera as good indicator of high-yielding cashew plants. Moreover, we suggests combination of apicultural and meliponicultrual in cashew farming to boost the yields and farmers livelihoods.No publisherRBINS Publication(s)RBINS Collection(s)PDF availableOpen AccessImpact FactorPeer Review2024/02/22 14:05:00 GMT+1Article ReferenceOcean acidification modifies behaviour of shelf seabed macrofauna: A laboratory study on two ecosystem engineers, Abra alba and Lanice conchilega
https://biblio.naturalsciences.be/library-1/rbins-staff-publications-2023/articlereference.2023-12-08.6424403313
The feeding activity and burrow ventilation by benthic invertebrates importantly affect the biodiversity and functioning of seafloor sediments. Here we investigated how ocean acidification can modify these behavioural activities in two common and abundant macrofaunal ecosystem engineering species in temperate continental shelf communities: the white furrow shell Abra alba and the sand mason Lanice conchilega. Using time-lapse imagery and sediment porewater hydraulic signatures we show that both species adapt their behaviour in response to predicted future pH conditions (-0.3 units). During a three-week laboratory experiment, A. alba reduced the duration per feeding event when suspension and deposit feeding (by 86 and 53%, respectively), and almost completely ceased suspension feeding under reduced seawater pH in comparison to ambient seawater pH (pH ~ 8.2). This behavioural change reduces the intake of low pH water during feeding and respiration. L. conchilega increased its piston-pumping frequency by 30 and 52%, respectively, after one and two weeks of exposure to future pH conditions (-0.3 units) relative to ambient conditions. This change in irrigation activity suggests higher metabolic demands under low seawater pH, and also extended low water column pH conditions deeper into the seafloor. Because the distribution of other populations depends on the physicochemical setting by our focal species, we argue that the demonstrated behavioural plasticity will likely have cascading effects on seafloor diversity and functioning, highlighting the complexity of how ocean acidification, and climate change in general, will affect seafloor ecology.No publisherRBINS Publication(s)Open AccessPDF available2024/02/22 14:02:31 GMT+1Article ReferenceAssessment of PRISMA water reflectance using autonomous hyperspectral radiometry
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Hyperspectral remote sensing reflectance (Rrs) derived from PRISMA in the visible and infrared range was evaluated for two inland and coastal water sites using above-water in situ reflectance measurements from autonomous hyper- and multispectral radiometer systems. We compared the Level 2D (L2D) surface reflectance, a standard product distributed by the Italian Space Agency (ASI), as well as outputs from ACOLITE/DSF, now adapted for processing of PRISMA imagery. Near-coincident Sentinel-3 OLCI (S3/OLCI) observations were also compared as it is a frequent data source for inland and coastal water remote sensing applications, with a strong calibration and validation record. In situ measurements from two optically diverse sites in Italy, equipped with fixed autonomous hyperspectral radiometer systems, were used: the REmote Sensing for Trasimeno lake Observatory (RESTO), positioned in a shallow and turbid lake in Central Italy, and the Acqua Alta Oceanographic Tower (AAOT), located 15 km offshore from the lagoon of Venice in the Adriatic Sea, which is characterised by clear to moderately turbid waters. 20 PRISMA images were available for the match-up analysis across both sites. Good performance of L2D was found for RESTO, with the lowest relative (Mean Absolute Percentage Difference, MAPD 25\%) and absolute errors (Bias 0.002) in the bands between 500 and 680 nm, with similar performance for ACOLITE. The lowest median and interquartile ranges of spectral angle (SA 8°) denoted a more similar shape to the RESTO in situ data, indicating pigment absorption retrievals should be possible. ACOLITE showed better statistical performance at AAOT compared to L2D, providing R2 0.5, Bias 0.0015 and MAPD 35\%, in the range between 470 and 580 nm, i.e. in the spectral range with highest reflectances. The addition of a SWIR based sun-glint correction to the default atmospheric correction implemented in ACOLITE further improved performance at AAOT, with lower uncertainties and closer spectral similarity to the in situ measurements, suggesting that ACOLITE with glint correction was able to best reproduce the spectral shape of in situ data at AAOT. We found good results for PRISMA Rrs retrieval in our study sites, and hence demonstrated the use of PRISMA for aquatic ecosystem mapping. Further studies are needed to analyse performance in other water bodies, over a wider range of optical properties.No publisherRBINS Publication(s)PDF availableOpen AccessImpact FactorPeer ReviewInternational Redaction Board2024/02/22 14:02:26 GMT+1Article ReferenceSpiegelhuis Zoutleeuw. Natuursteendecoratie in de voorgevel. Studie t.a.v. Jan Peeters, eigenaar
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No publisherReportRBINS Publication(s)2024/02/22 14:02:25 GMT+1Book ReferenceArcheologische opgraving Noorderterras. Natuursteen in de depositie van ballaststeen en hergebruikte bouwmaterialen van de Burcht, Scheldekaaien/Noorderterras. Studie uitgevoerd in opdracht van de stadsdienst Archeologie, Onroerend Erfgoed Stad Antwerpen
https://biblio.naturalsciences.be/library-1/rbins-staff-publications-2022/biblioid26782
No publisherReportRBINS Publication(s)Popular Science2024/02/22 14:02:25 GMT+1Book ReferenceMise au jour d’une nouvelle partie de la collection de François Beaufays (dit « l’Horloger ») contenant des vestiges humains de Spy (Prov. de Namur, BE)
https://biblio.naturalsciences.be/library-1/rbins-staff-publications-2023-oa/articlereference.2024-02-22.5172713186
No publisherRBINS Publication(s)Open AccessPDF availableRBINS Collection(s)2024/02/22 08:45:00 GMT+1Article ReferenceContribution to the knowledge of the fauna of the family Pyramidellidae Gray, 1840 (Mollusca, Gastropoda) on the islands of Saint Helena and Ascension
https://biblio.naturalsciences.be/library-1/rbins-staff-publications-2023-oa/Oliveretal2023
The Pyramidellidae of the islands of Saint Helena and Ascension are studied. New information is provided on the Pyramidellids described in the work of SMITH (1890a). Five species new to science are described: Cingulina boirai n. sp, Miralda verhaeghei n. sp., Parthenina stanyi n. sp., Odostomia lucsegersi n. sp. and Odostomia templadoi n. sp. Syntypes of Obeliscus (Syrnola) sanctaehelenae, Obeliscus (Syrnola) pumilio, Turbonilla truncatelloides, Turbonilla haroldi, Turbonilla brachia, Turbonilla assimilans, Leucotina minuta and Odostomia glaphyra are figured. A lectotype is designated for Turbonilla (Dunkeria) eritima, considered a synonym of T. assimilans. New generic allocations are proposed for seven species.No publisherRBINS Publication(s)Peer ReviewInternational Redaction BoardImpact Factor2024/02/20 10:26:57 GMT+1Article ReferenceSixteen issid planthopper species in one day in Dong Son-Ky Thuong Nature Reserve in North Vietnam: Eight new species, one new genus and additional new records (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Issidae)
https://biblio.naturalsciences.be/library-1/rbins-staff-publications-2023/articlereference.2024-02-06.6440030484
No publisherRBINS Publication(s)RBINS Collection(s)PDF availableOpen AccessImpact FactorPeer ReviewInternational Redaction Board2024/02/06 14:59:00 GMT+1Article Reference Environmental Impacts of Offshore Wind Farms in the Belgian Part of the North Sea: Progressive Insights in Changing Species Distribution Patterns Informing Marine Management. Memoirs on the M
https://biblio.naturalsciences.be/library-1/rbins-staff-publications-2023/bookreference.2024-02-02.8162694172
No publisherReportRBINS Publication(s)PDF available2024/02/02 14:55:00 GMT+1Book ReferenceDegraer, S., Brabant, R., Rumes, B. & Vigin, L. (eds). 2023. Environmental Impacts of Offshore Wind Farms in the Belgian Part of the North Sea: Progressive Insights in Changing Species Distribution Patterns Informing Marine Management. Memoirs on the M
https://biblio.naturalsciences.be/library-1/rbins-staff-publications-2023/bookreference.2024-02-01.0870539794
No publisherReportRBINS Publication(s)PDF available2024/02/01 15:55:00 GMT+1Book ReferenceÉlaboration d'une vision sur l'AQUACULTURE dans la partie belge de la mer du Nord.
https://biblio.naturalsciences.be/library-1/rbins-staff-publications-2023/techreportreference.2024-01-31.2808724356
No publisherReportRBINS Publication(s)PDF available2024/01/31 09:10:00 GMT+1Techreport ReferenceVisievorming AQUACULTUUR in het Belgisch deel van de Noordzee.
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No publisherReportRBINS Publication(s)PDF available2024/01/31 09:05:00 GMT+1Techreport ReferenceVision paper DECOMMISSIONING OFFSHORE WINDPARKS in the Belgian part of the North Sea.
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No publisherReportRBINS Publication(s)PDF available2024/01/31 08:55:00 GMT+1Techreport ReferenceÉlaboration d'une vision DÉMANTÈLEMENT DES PARCS ÉOLIENS OFFSHORE dans la partie belge de la mer du Nord.
https://biblio.naturalsciences.be/library-1/rbins-staff-publications-2023/techreportreference.2024-01-31.4135907722
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