Search publications of the members of the Royal Belgian institute of natural Sciences
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First results on AI seroprevalence on Mute Swans in Belgium.
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Spatial analysis of Avian Influenza.
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Espèces invasives : oiseaux d'eau non indigènes à Bruxelles. Incidences, évaluation des risques et panel de mesures.
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Feasability study of a capture and testing system for wild birds to set up an ”early warning system” for West Nile virus in horse and bird in Belgium.
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In natura follow-up of LPAI infections among wild waterfowl.
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Assessment of H5N1 high pathogenic avian influenza virus persistence in water from different aquatic bird habitats.
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Monitoring through ringing: Distribution and importance of the ringing activity in Belgium and interest of the gathered data. “Monitoring, indicators and targets".
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Using Belgian Ringing Data to Estimate Bird Population Trends: A comparative Analysis. “Monitoring, indicators and targets".
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What is best? Ringing or satellite tagging birds? Evaluation applied on Common Shelduck marked in Belgium.
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Development of NS1 ELISA as a early viral detection tools for WN infected target birds.
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Different role of Canada Goose and Mute Swan in the ecology of avian influenza is supported by serological and virological investigations.
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The waterbirds’ringing station in Evros delta, Greece.
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Le Faucon pèlerin à Bruxelles: retour réussi et public conquis.
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Table-ronde « Tour d’Europe des programmes de baguage coloré ».
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Groundwater biodiversity in Europe.
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Redescription of Speocyclops orcinus Kiefer, 1937 (Copepoda Cyclopoida Cyclopidae) from the type locality, Cave Iriberi, in Southern France.
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Redescription of Spelaeocamptus spelaeus '(Chappuis, 1925), a subterranean copepod endemic to the Apusini Mountains in Romania (Copepoda Harpacticoida).
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Biodiversity of Belgian groundwaters and characterization of their stygobiotic fauna from a historical and ecological perspective
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Slender-billed Curlew observation protocol.
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Diversity and environmental control of benthic harpacticoids of an offshore post-dredging pit in coastal waters of Puck Bay, Baltic Sea
- Placer extraction in Puck Bay, a shallow (3 m depth) area of the Baltic Sea, resulted in the formation of post-dredging pits. Such dredging activities led to a considerable local disturbance of the soft-bottom communities. Topography and sedimentary characteristics of the disturbed area have been radically changed. It is therefore a matter of concern as to whether these alterations to the environment resulted in any serious permanent changes to the biological communities in the affected areas. Benthic copepod assemblages were examined 10 years after termination of placer digging in one of the post-dredging pits and compared with the fauna in a natural depression (Kuźnicka Hollow) and on the shallow sandy bottom surrounding the pits. Samples were collected on four occasions in 2001–2003. This study has generated ecological information on the status of harpacticoid species inhabiting the dredged and undredged areas in the vicinity. Analyses of data showed that the sampling stations differed significantly, during all the sampling events, in harpacticoid abundance, taxonomic composition and Shannon–Wiener diversity index. The natural depression and the shallow sandy bottom of Puck Bay were found to support specific harpacticoid assemblages. Interstitial and sand-burrowing species (e.g. Paraleptastacus spinicauda) dominate the shallow sandy bottom, and the Kuźnicka Hollow is inhabited mainly by epibenthic and silt-burrowing species (e.g. Halectinosoma curticorne, Tachidius discipes, Microarthridion littorale). The post-dredging pit assemblage showed the presence of epibenthic species, e.g. Tachidius discipes, Dactylopusia euryhalina, and Stenhelia palustris, passively transported into the pit by wave action and currents, possibly with algal mats and/or plant remains. The taxonomic composition and occurrence of harpacticoid species in the post-dredging area is therefore random and accidental.
