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Article Reference An incredibly massive ancient whale skeleton reveals a new way to become a giant
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2023
Article Reference chemical/x-mdl-sdfile An integrated high-resolution bathymetric model for the Danube Delta system
Acting as a buffer between the Danube and the Black Sea, the Danube Delta plays an important role in regulating the hydro-biochemical flows of this land-sea continuum. Despite its importance, very few studies have focused on the impact of the Danube Delta on the different fluxes between the Danube and the Black Sea. One of the first step to characterize this land-sea continuum is to describe the bathymetry of the Delta. However, there is no complete, easily accessible bathymetric data on all three branches of the Delta to support hydrodynamic, biogeochemical or ecological studies. In this study, we aim to fill this gap by combining 4 different datasets, three in the river and one for the riverbanks, each varying in density and spatial distribution, to create a high-resolution bathymetry dataset. The bathymetric data was interpolated on a hybrid curvilinear-unstructured mesh with an anisotropic Inverse Distance Weighting (IDW) interpolation method. The resulting product offers resolutions ranging from 2 m in a connection zone to 100 m in one of the straight unidirectional channel. Cross validation of the dataset underlined the importance of the data source spatial pattern, with average Root Mean Square Error (RRMSE) of 0.55 %, 6.3 % and 27.6%, for river segments covered by the densest to the coarsest dataset. These error rates are comparable to those observed in bathymetry interpolation in rivers with similar source datasets. The bathymetry presented in this study is the first unique, high-resolution, comprehensive and easily accessible bathymetric model covering all three branches of the Danube Delta. The dataset is available at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14055741.
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2025
Article Reference An Integrated taxonomic tool for Online Dissemination of Concise, Verified and Visualized Information on Biodiversity, Retgrieved from Data and Text Mining of natural History Collections and Libraries
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2016
Article Reference An interdisciplinary study around the reliquary of the late cardinal Jacques de Vitry
The reliquary of Jacques de Vitry, a prominent clergyman and theologian in the early 13th century, has experienced several transfers over the last centuries, which seriously question the attribution of the remains to the late Cardinal. Uncertainty about the year of his birth poses an additional question regarding his age at death in 1240. The reliquary, located in the Saint Marie d’Oigines church, Belgium, was reopened in 2015 for an interdisciplinary study around his relics as well as the Treasure of Oignies, a remarkable cultural heritage notably built from Jacques de Vitry’s donation. Anthropological, isotopic and genetic analyses were performed independently on the remains found in the reliquary. Results of the analyses provided evidence that the likelihood that these remains are those of Jacques de Vitry is very high: the remains belong to the same human male individual and the historical tradition about his age is confirmed. In addition, a separate relic (left tibia) was analysed and found to match with the remains of the reliquary (right tibia). The unique Jacques de Vitry’s mitre, made of parchment, was sampled non-destructively and the extracted parchment collagen was analysed by a proteomic method in order to determine the animal species. The results showed that, surprisingly, not all parts of the mitre were made from the same species. All together, these findings are expected to fertilize knowledge carried by historical tradition around the relics of Jacques de Vitry and his related cultural heritage.
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2019
Article Reference An introduction to the survey of the diversity of the flies (Diptera) in the centennial Botanic Garden Jean Massart (Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium)
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2023 OA
Article Reference An Overlooked Group of Citizen Scientists in Non-Indigenous Species (NIS) Information: Shell Collectors and Their Contribution to Molluscan NIS Xenodiversity
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2024
Inproceedings Reference An overview of the promises and pitfalls of the identification of flies (Diptera) of forensic interest using DNA sequence data
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications
Article Reference An unexpected record of an African mangrove crab, Perisesarma alberti Rathbun, 1921, (Decapoda: Brachyura: Sesarmidae) in European waters
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2017
Article Reference An unusual juvenile coloration of the whip snake Dolichophis jugularis (Linnaeus, 1758) observed in Southwestern Anatolia, Turkey
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications
Article Reference An unusually patterned Italian tree frog Hyla intermedia from Salento Peninsula, southern Italy (Amphibia: Hylidae)
Hyla intermedia is an endemic Italian tree frog species, distributed from the southern edge of the Alpine massif to the tip of Calabria and into Sicily. Previously referred as the widespread Hyla arborea, it has only recently been recognized as a distinct species. It shows a bright, uniformly green dorsal coloration. We report a previously unknown colour variant, displayed by an individual collected in Salento Peninsula. It differs from the typical form by its dark olive-brown background color with a contrasting marbled pattern on its dorsal and lateral surfaces. Similarly to typical individuals, this specimen was able to lighten its background color under the effect of stress, but its unusual marbled pattern was permanent. Marbled patterns are also known in other Hyla species, but were not so far recorded in H. intermedia.
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2020