Search publications of the members of the Royal Belgian institute of natural Sciences
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Description of a new species of Favartia (Pygmaepterys) (Gastropoda: Muricidae: Muricopsinae) from Hawaii
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Description of two new Chicomurex species (Gastropoda: Muricidae) from the Philippine Islands
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Two remarkable new gastropods (Muricidae: Muricinae) from the Mascarene Plateau, Indian Ocean
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Note sur la présence de Indothais blanfordi (Melvill, 1893) (Muricidae: Rapaninae) au Sénégal et en Guinée-Bissau et commentaires sur deux autres espèces d’ Afrique Occidentale
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The discovery of the syntypes of Trophon birileffi Lischke, 1871 (Gastropoda: Muricidae: Ergalataxinae), its taxonomic implication and note about the distributional records
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Description of new Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) collected during the Atimo Vatae expedition to Madagascar “Deep South”
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Color variations in Muricopsis principensis Rolán & Fernandes, 1991 (Gastropoda, Muricidae) from Príncipe Island
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The genus Daphnellopsis (Gastropoda: Muricidae) in the Recent and Quaternary of the Indo-West Pacific province
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Taxocoenoses of amphipod crustaceans
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Canine mitochondrial genome sequencing to improve the genetic profiling of dog hair
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Improving mtDNA profiling of dog hair by coding region SNP analysis
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Spatial variability of fruit fly agricultural pests (Diptera: Tephritidae) in rural areas and tropical forests of Central Congo
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A propos de la présence d'Atypus affinis Eichwald, 1830 (Araneae, Atypidae) dans la région bruxelloise
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L'aranéofaune de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale. Cinquième partie: le cimetière de verrewinckel à Uccle
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"Distance to target" modelling asessment OSPAR Commission. Report produced by the Intersessional Correspondance Group on Eutrophication Modelling. 79 p.
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Ecosystem Models as Support to Eutrophication Management in the North Atlantic Ocean (EMOSEM), Annual Scientific Report for the period 01/01/2013 to 31/12/2013, 54p.
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A box model for bivalves in the Belgian part of the North Sea (BPNS). Poster presented at the VLIZ Young Marine Scientists'Day, 15 February 2013, Brugge, Belgium.
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Ecosystem Models as support to eutrophication management in the North Atlantic Ocean (EMOSEM). In: "European Geophysical Union (EGU) General Assembly", Vienna (Austria), 7-12 April 2013.
- One of the leading challenges in marine science and governance is to improve scientific guidance of management measures to mitigate eutrophication nuisances in the EU seas. Existing approaches do not integrate the eutrophication process in space (continuum river-ocean) and in time (past, present and future status). A strong need remains for (i) knowledge/identification of all the processes that control eutrophication and its consequences, (ii) consistent and harmonized reference levels assigned to each eutrophication-related indicator, (iii) identification of the main rivers directly or indirectly responsible for eutrophication nuisances in specific areas, (iv) an integrated transboundary approach and (v) realistic and scientific-based nutrient reduction scenarios. The SEAS-ERA project EMoSEM aims to develop and combine the state-of-the-art modelling tools describing the river-ocean continuum in the North-East Atlantic (NEA) continental seas. This will allow to link the eutrophication nuisances in specific marine regions to anthropogenic inputs, trace back their sources up to the watersheds, then test nutrient reduction options that might be implemented in these watersheds, and propose consistent indicators and reference levels to assess the Good Environmental Status (GES). At the end, EMoSEM will deliver coupled river-coastal-sea mathematical models and will provide guidance to end-users (policy- and decision makers) for assessing and combating eutrophication problems in the NEA continental waters.
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Optimizing phytoplankton time series analysis in the North Sea in support of trophic synchronization studies of sole larvae. Poster presented at the "The Future of Oparational Oceanography 2013 (FUTOORE)" Hamburg, 8 - 10 October 2013
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Ecosystem Models as Support to Eutrophication Management in the North Atlantic Ocean (EMOSEM). In: "Estuaries and Coastal areas in times of intense change (ECSA53)", Shanghai (China), 13-17 October 2013.
- A major challenge in EU marine governance is to reach the good environmental status (GES) in the north-eastern Atlantic (NEA). Existing approaches do not integrate the eutrophication process in space (continuum river-ocean) and in time (past, present and future status). A strong need remains for (i) knowledge/identification of all the processes that control eutrophication and its consequences, (ii) consistent and harmonized reference levels assigned to each eutrophication-related indicator, (iii) identification of the main rivers directly or indirectly responsible for eutrophication nuisances in specific areas, (iv) an integrated transboundary approach and (v) realistic and scientific-based nutrient reduction scenarios. The SEAS-ERA project EMoSEM aims to develop and combine the state-of-the-art modelling tools describing the river-ocean continuum in the NEA continental seas with the objective to: (i) suggest innovative ecological indicators to account for HABs in the GES definition, (ii) estimate the needs to reach GES in all marine areas (distance-to-target requirement, DTTR), (iii) identify “realistic” scenarios of nutrient reduction in the river watersheds of NEA and (iv) assess the impact of the “realistic” scenarios in the sea, and compare to DTTR. Marine ecological models will be used to track the nutrients in the sea, and trace back their riverine or oceanic sources with the transboundary nutrient transport method (TBNT). TBNT application is a prerequisite for DTTR estimates. A generic watershed model applied to NEA rivers will calculate terrestrial nutrient exports to the sea under different scenarios: (i) A past “pristine-like” scenario, where natural nutrient exports are estimated in the absence of human influence and (ii) a series of future “realistic” scenarios, where different wastewater treatments and agricultural practices are combined. EMoSEM will deliver coupled river-coastal-sea mathematical models and will provide guidance to end-users (policy- and decision makers) for assessing and combating eutrophication problems in the NEA continental waters.
