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Article Reference Baelen « Nereth 2 » : le mobilier lithique, où en sommes-nous ?
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2023
Article Reference The HabitAnt Project – Past and future habitability in Antarctic lakes
The rising temperatures associated with climate change could lead to increased ice melt on the Antarctic continent, causing the expansion of ice-free areas. With the decreasing distance between these areas, connectivity increases, which could have a significant impact on Antarctic ecosystems. Antarctic biota are characterized by high levels of endemism, likely as a result of their isolation and long-term evolution in glacial refugia. The combination of higher connectivity and a milder climate could enhance the establishment of invasive species and increase competition, which eventually could lead to the loss of endemic species and biotic homogenization. The HabitAnt project aims to assess how Antarctic freshwater systems could evolve under different climate change scenarios by studying the past and present habitability of lakes and their catchments. To achieve these goals, dated lake sediment cores from the Larsemann Hills, Syowa Oasis and Schirmacher Oasis will be analysed. Ancient DNA will be extracted from the cores and a metabarcoding approach will be used to assess biological succession over time and in response to environmental changes. We have already redesigned metabarcoding primers for the invertebrate taxa Copepoda, Cladocera, Rotifera, Ostracoda and Tardigrada. Furthermore, for one core of the Schirmacher Oasis, 18S rRNA and fossil pigment data are already available. Metabarcoding data will be complemented with microfossil analyses, and time-calibrated phylogenies will be constructed from the obtained aDNA sequencing reads. In addition, recent lake sediment samples will be analysed to assess the present-day community structure of freshwater biota in different lakes. The obtained datasets will allow us to determine locations of glacial refugia and to study processes such as colonization, long-term persistence in glacial refugia, diversification and extinction. We will also model optima and tolerances for several important environmental factors, enabling us to predict how freshwater biota might respond to future environmental changes.
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2023
Inproceedings Reference A tool for feeding and mating: the Swiss Army stylet of Gyratrix hermaphroditus (Rhabdocoela, Platyhelminthes)
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2023 OA
Inproceedings Reference Contextualising skeletal analyses: combining burial context and paleodemographic data to study the social composition on St.Rombout's cemetery, Mechelen (10th-18th centuries AD)
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2022
Inproceedings Reference Leprosy in Byzantine Sagalassos (Anatolia), a case study from the Middle Byzantine cemetery (11th-13th century CE)
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2023
Inproceedings Reference Memor: creating an inventory and guidelines for handling collections of archaeological human remains in Flanders, Belgium
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2023
Inproceedings Reference St. Anna's cemetery in Koekelberg, Brussels): The potential impact of urbanisation and industrialisation on a 19th -early 20th century Belgian population
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2021
Inproceedings Reference Museum collections, barcoding and mitogenomics to detect co-introduction, transmission, and magnifying glass potential of invasive Nile tilapia parasites in African freshwater systems
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2023 OA
Inproceedings Reference Molecular Identification of an Invasive Sarotherodon Species from the Atchakpa Freshwater Reservoir (Ouémé River Basin, Benin) and Comparison within S. melanotheron Using COI Markers
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2023 OA
Inproceedings Reference A reappraisal of the growth parameters and status of exploited fish stocks in lakes Edward and George, East Africa
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2023 OA