Search publications of the members of the Royal Belgian institute of natural Sciences
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The Oriental lanternfly Pyrops itoi (Satô & Nagai, 1994): New synonymy and distribution records (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoridae)
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L'anomalie radioactive de Daverdisse et les minéraux uranifères associés
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Les minéralisations en Belgique
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Contribution à l'étude minéralogique de l'indice radioactif de Daverdisse
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Les gisements plombo-zincifères de l'Est de la Belgique
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Setting the Context for Offshore Wind Development Effects on Fish and Fisheries
- Changes to fisheries that result from offshore wind farm (OWF) installations may be considered good or bad depending on various stakeholders’ perspectives. OWFs can act as artificial reefs that may benefit secondary fish production, but such effects may also have ecological consequences. The fisheries exclusion effect that turns some OWFs into no-go areas, hence effectively no-take zones, could provide resource enhancements or redistribution. However, the displacement of fishing effort may have consequences to fisheries elsewhere. Changes in the sensory environment related to sound, as well as electromagnetic fields and physical alterations of current and wind wakes, may have as yet unknown impacts on fisheries resources. Understanding the interactions among effect type, OWF development phase, and spatiotemporal population dynamics of commercial and recreational species remains challenging, exemplified by the commercial fishery lobster genus Homarus in European and North American waters. While knowledge of the interactions between resource species and OWFs is improving, there remain questions on the wider interaction between and consequences of OWFs and fisheries. Studies of this wider relevance should aim to improve understanding of the economic and societal impacts of OWFs linked to ecosystem services that support fisheries. Furthermore, assisting fisheries management and providing advice requires monitoring and survey data collection at appropriate spatiotemporal scales. This information will help to determine whether OWFs have any meaningful impact on regional fisheries, and increased investments will be needed to target scientifically appropriate monitoring of OWFs and fisheries, which is supported by better integrated policy and regulation.
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Chromite détritique dans le Dévonien inférieur à Daverdisse
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Environmental impacts of offshore wind farms in the Belgian part of the North Sea: Emperical evidence inspiring priority monitoring, research and management
- This report, targeting marine scientists, marine managers and policy makers, and offshore wind farm developers, presents an overview of the scientific findings of the Belgian offshore wind farm environmental monitoring programme (WinMon. BE), based on data collected up to and including 2019.
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Bats at the southern North Sea in 2017 & 2018
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Revisiting the trend analysis of relative mean sea level rise in Oostende (southern North Sea – Belgian coast)
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Climate change: analysis of time series of sea water temperature at the Belgian coast
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Analysis of climate changes in the time series of wind speed, significant wave height and storm surges at the Belgian coast
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BiodivERsA: BiodivERsA Policy Guide
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Matériel et méthodes
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Analyse des ossements humains
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Paléopathologie du ventre : apport de l’étude des tissus mous et des calcifications biologiques
- Cet article traite de l’apport de l'étude des tissus mous et des calcifications biologiques à la connaissance des pathologies du ventre des populations du passé. Il aborde le type de matériel analysé, les méthodes d’étude employées ainsi que des exemples d’application datant principalement de l’Antiquité, du Moyen Âge et de l’Époque moderne. En plus des précieuses données paléo-épidémiologiques collectées, ce type de recherche permet d’en savoir plus sur les conditions de vie et les habitudes de nos ancêtres. This paper discusses how studies on soft tissue and biological calcification contribute to greater knowledge of abdominal pathologies from past populations. The paper looks at the type of material analysed, the study methods used and examples of application which date mainly from the Antiquity, the Middle Ages and the Modern Era. In addition to the valuable palaeo-epidemiological data collected, this type of research allows us to learn more about the living conditions and past habits of our ancestors.
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Sexing the bony labyrinth: A morphometric investigation in a subadult and adult Belgian identified sample
- In forensic anthropology, sex estimation is a fundamental step in assessing individual biological profiles when analyzing human skeletons. Yet, current methods are not reliable enough to allow an accurate sex identification of highly fragmented, burnt, or subadult remains. This paper aims to investigate sexual dimorphism of the bony labyrinth on both identified subadult and adult individuals. The bony labyrinth is of particular interest for sex estimation since it is alleged to complete size and maturation pre-pubertally and is located inside the petrous part of the temporal bone which protects it from taphonomic processes. The study was performed on 93 CT scans of identified individuals from two Belgian osteological collections (19-20th century) and from current pediatric images (Erasme hospital, Brussels). Linear and angular measurements were taken on 2D slices of right bony labyrinths. Intra- and interobservers error measurements were calculated. Statistical tests were used to unravel any morphological variations between subadult and adult bony labyrinths and to highlight differences between females and males, separately in subadults and adults. Linear discriminant functions were established by cross-validation and tested on an independent sample from Belgium. Some measurements were significantly different between subadults and adults, and between females and males within both subadult and adult samples. Univariate functions achieved 72.7% in subadults and 68.4% in adults whereas multivariate equations increased accuracy respectively up to 84.9% and 78.4%. This study entails promising results to design a sex estimation method suitable for fragmented and/or subadult remains. Further metric approaches are needed to explore bony labyrinth sexual dimorphism.
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Entheseal changes and estimation of adult age-at-death
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Bruniquel-Grotte. Fouille programmée (2015)
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Speleothem-based chronology and environmental context of deposits from the Mishin Kamik Cave, NW Bulgaria–A contribution to the archaeological study of the Late Pleistocene human occupation in the Balkans
