Publications

2013
Romano, C.; Coenjaerts, J.; Flexas, M.M.; Zuniga, D.; Vanreusel, A.; Company, J.B.; Martin, D. (2013). Spatial and temporal variability of meiobenthic density in the Blanes submarine canyon (NW Mediterranean). Prog. Oceanogr. 118: 144-158. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2013.07.026
De Troch, M.; Reubens, J.T.; Heirman, E.; Degraer, S.; Vincx, M. (2013). Energy profiling of demersal fish: A case-study in wind farm artificial reefs. Mar. Environ. Res. 92: 224-233. hdl.handle.net/10.1016/j.marenvres.2013.10.001
Stelzenmüller, V.; Breen, P.; Stamford, T.; Thomsen, F.; Badalamenti, F.; Borja, A.; Buhl-Mortensen, L.; Carlstöm, J.; D'Anna, G.; Dankers, N.M.J.A.; Degraer, S.; Dujin, M.; Fiorentino, F.; Galparsoro, I.; Giakoumi, S.; Gristina, M.; Johnson, K.; Jones, P.J.S.; Katsanevakis, S.; Knittweis, L.; Kyriazi, Z.; Pipitone, C.; Piwowarczyk, J.; Rabaut, M.; Sørensen, T.K.; van Dalfsen, J.A.; Vassilopoulou, V.; Fernández, T.V.; Vincx, M.; Vöge, S.; Weber, A.; Wijkmark, N.; Jak, R.; Qiu, W.; ter Hofstede, R. (2013). Monitoring and evaluation of spatially managed areas: A generic framework for implementation of ecosystem based marine management and its application. Mar. Policy 37: 149-164. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2012.04.012
De Troch, M.; Roelofs, M.; Riedel, B.; Grego, M. (2013). Structural and functional responses of harpacticoid copepods to anoxia in the Northern Adriatic: an experimental approach. Biogeosciences 10(6): 4259-4272. hdl.handle.net/10.5194/bg-10-4259-2013
Vafeiadou, A.-M.; Adao, H.; De Troch, M.; Moens, T. (2013). Sample acidification effects on carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios of macrofauna from a Zostera noltii bed. Mar. Freshw. Res. 64(8): 741-745. dx.doi.org/10.1071/MF12169
Derycke, S.; Backeljau, T.; Moens, T. (2013). Dispersal and gene flow in free-living marine nematodes. Front. Zool. 10: 1. hdl.handle.net/10.1186/1742-9994-10-1
Vafeiadou, A.-M.; Materatski, P.; Adão, H.; De Troch, M.; Moens, T. (2013). Food sources of macrobenthos in an estuarine seagrass habitat (Zostera noltii) as revealed by dual stable isotope signatures. Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 160(9): 2517-2523. hdl.handle.net/10.1007/s00227-013-2238-0
Dolan, E.; Tyler, P.A.; Yesson, C.; Rogers, A.D. (2013). Phylogeny and systematics of deep-sea sea pens (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Pennatulacea). Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 69(3): 610-618. hdl.handle.net/10.1016/j.ympev.2013.07.018
Van Cauwenberghe, L.; Vanreusel, A.; Mees, J.; Janssen, C.R. (2013). Microplastic pollution in deep-sea sediments. Environ. Pollut. 182: 495-499. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2013.08.013
Gerard, K; Guilloton, E; Arnaud-Haond, S; Aurelle, D; Bastrop, R; Chevaldonne, P; Derycke, S.; Hanel, R; Lapegue, S; Lejeusne, C; Mousset, S; Ramsak, A; Remerie, T.; Viard, F; Feral, P; Chenuil, A (2013). PCR survey of 50 introns in animals: cross-amplification of homologous EPIC loci in eight non-bilaterian, protostome and deuterostome phyla. Marine Genomics 12: 1-8. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.margen.2013.10.001
Van Cauwenberghe, L.; Claessens, M.; Vandegehuchte, M.B.; Mees, J.; Janssen, C.R. (2013). Assessment of marine debris on the Belgian Continental Shelf. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 73(1): 161-169. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.05.026
Ghasemi, A.F.; Taheri, M.; Jam, A. (2013). Does the introduced polychaete Alitta succinea establish in the Caspian Sea? Helgol. Mar. Res. 67(4): 715-720. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10152-013-0356-1
Van Colen, C.; Thrush, S.F.; Vincx, M.; Ysebaert, T. (2013). Conditional responses of benthic communities to interference from an intertidal bivalve. PLoS One 8(6): e65861. hdl.handle.net/10.1371/journal.pone.0065861
Ghekiere, A.; Verdonck, F.; Claessens, M.; Monteyne, E.; Roose, P.; Wille, K.; Goffin, A.; Rappé, K.; Janssen, C.R. (2013). Monitoring micropollutants in marine waters, can quality standards be met? Mar. Pollut. Bull. 69(1-2): 243-250. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.12.024
Van Hoey, G.; Permuy, D.C.; Vandendriessche, S.; Vincx, M.; Hostens, K. (2013). An ecological quality status assessment procedure for soft-sediment benthic habitats: weighing alternative approaches. Ecol. Indic. 25: 266-278. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.09.024
Grego, M.; Stachowitsch, M.; De Troch, M.; Riedel, B. (2013). CellTracker Green labelling vs. rose bengal staining: CTG wins by points in distinguishing living from dead anoxia-impacted copepods and nematodes. Biogeosciences 10(7): 4565-4575. dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-4565-2013
Van Tomme, J.; Vanden Eede, S.; Speybroeck, J.; Degraer, S.; Vincx, M. (2013). Macrofaunal sediment selectivity considerations for beach nourishment programmes. Mar. Environ. Res. 84: 10-16. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2012.11.002
Guilini, K.; Veit-Köhler, G.; De Troch, M.; Van Gansbeke, D.; Vanreusel, A. (2013). Latitudinal and temporal variability in the community structure and fatty acid composition of deep-sea nematodes in the Southern Ocean. Prog. Oceanogr. 110: 80-92. hdl.handle.net/10.1016/j.pocean.2013.01.002

2012
Van Tomme, J.; Van Colen, C.; Degraer, S.; Vincx, M. (2012). Encounter competition partly explains the segregation of the sandy beach amphipods Bathyporeia pilosa and Bathyporeia sarsi. A mesocosm experiment. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 438: 118-124. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2012.09.012
Appeltans, W.; Ahyong, S.T.; Anderson, G.; Angel, M.V.; Artois, T.; Bailly, N.; Bamber, R.N.; Barber, A.; Bartsch, I.; Berta, A.; Blazewicz-Paszkowycz , M.; Bock, P.; Boxshall, G.; Boyko, C.B.; Nunes Brandão, S.; Bray, R.A.; Bruce, N.L.; Cairns, S.D.; Chan, T.-Y.; Cheng, L.; Collins, A.G.; Cribb, T.H.; Curini-Galletti, M.; Dahdouh-Guebas, F.; Davie, P.J.F.; Dawson, M.N.; De Clerck, O.; Decock, W.; De Grave, S.; de Voogd, N.J.; Domning, D.P.; Emig, C.C.; Erséus, Ch.; Eschmeyer, W.; Fauchald, K.; Fautin, D.G.; Feist, S.W.; Fransen, C.H.J.M.; Furuya, H.; García-Alvarez, O.; Gerken, S.; Gibson, D.; Gittenberger, A.; Gofas, S.; Gómez-Daglio, L.; Gordon, D.P.; Guiry, M.D.; Hernandez, F.; Hoeksema, B.W.; Hopcroft, R.R.; Jaume, D.; Kirk, P.; Koedam, N.; Koenemann, S.; Kolb, J.B.; Kristensen, R.M.; Kroh, A.; Lambert, G.; Lazarus, D.B.; Lemaitre, R.; Longshaw, M.; Lowry, J.; MacPherson, E.; Madin, L.P.; Mah, C.; Mapstone, G.; McLaughlin, P.A.; Mees, J.; Meland, K.; Messing, C.G.; Mills, C.E.; Molodtsova, T.N.; Mooi, R.; Neuhaus, B.; Ng, P.K.L.; Nielsen, C.; Norenburg, J.; Opresko, D.M.; Osawa, M.; Paulay, G.; Perrin, W.; Pilger, J.F.; Poore, G.C.B.; Pugh, Ph.R.; Read, G.B.; Reimer, J.D.; Rius, M.; Rocha, R.M.; Sáiz Salinas, J.I.; Scarabino, V.; Schierwater, B.; Schmidt-Rhaesa, A.; Schnabel, K.E.; Schotte, M.; Schuchert, P.; Schwabe, E.; Segers, H.; Self-Sullivan, C.; Shenkar, N.; Siegel, V.; Sterrer, W.; Stöhr, S.; Swalla, B.; Tasker, M.L.; Thuesen, E.V.; Timm, T.; Todaro, M.A.; Turon, X.; Tyler, S.; Uetz, P.; van der Land, J.; Vanhoorne, B.; van Ofwegen, L.P.; Van Soest, R.W.M.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Walker-Smith, G.K.; Walter, T.C.; Warren, A.; Williams, G.C.; Wilson, S.P.; Costello, M.J. (2012). The magnitude of global marine species diversity. Curr. Biol. 22(23): 2189-2202. hdl.handle.net/10.1016/j.cub.2012.09.036
Vansteenbrugge, L.; Van Ginderdeuren, K.; Van Regenmortel, T.; Hostens, K.; Vincx, M. (2012). Larval mantis shrimp Rissoides desmaresti (Risso, 1816) (Stomatopoda) in the Belgian part of the North Sea. Belg. J. Zool. 142(2): 154-158
Bosman, D.S.; Vercruijsse, H.J.P.; Stienen, E.W.M.; Vincx, M.; De Neve, L.; Lens, L. (2012). Effects of body size on sex-related migration vary between two closely related gull species with similar size dimorphism. Ibis 154(1): 52-60. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919X.2011.01182.x
Braeckman, U.; Provoost, P.; Sabbe, K.; Soetaert, K.; Middelburg, J.J.; Vincx, M.; Vanaverbeke, J. (2012). Temporal dynamics in the diet of two marine polychaetes as inferred from fatty acid biomarkers. J. Sea Res. 68: 6-19. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2011.11.003
Callens, M.; Gheerardyn, H.; Ndaro, S.G.M.; De Troch, M.; Vanreusel, A. (2012). Harpacticoid copepod colonization of coral fragments in a tropical reef lagoon (Zanzibar, Tanzania). J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 92(7): 1535-1545. dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315411001597
Daudi, L.D.; Lugomela, C.; Uku, J.N.; De Troch, M. (2012). Effect of nutrient enrichment on seagrass associated meiofauna in Tanzania. Mar. Environ. Res. 82: 49-58. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1016/j.marenvres.2012.09.005
De Meester, N.; Derycke, S.; Moens, T. (2012). Differences in time until dispersal between cryptic species of a marine nematode species complex. PLoS One 7(8): e42674. hdl.handle.net/10.1371/journal.pone.0042674
De Troch, M.; Boeckx, P.; Cnudde, C.; Van Gansbeke, D.; Vanreusel, A.; Vincx, M.; Caramujo, M.J. (2012). Bioconversion of fatty acids at the basis of marine food webs: insights from a compound-specific stable isotope analysis. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 465: 53-67. hdl.handle.net/10.3354/meps09920
De Troch, M.; Vergaerde, I.; Cnudde, C.; Vanormelingen, P.; Vyverman, W.; Vincx, M. (2012). The taste of diatoms: the role of diatom growth phase characteristics and associated bacteria for benthic copepod grazing. Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 67(1): 47-58. hdl.handle.net/10.3354/ame01587
Derycke, S.; Sheibani-Tezerji, R.; Rigaux, A.; Moens, T. (2012). Investigating the ecology and evolution of cryptic marine nematode species through quantitative real-time PCR of the ribosomal ITS region. Mol. Ecol. Resour. 12(4): 607-619. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-0998.2012.03128.x
Decker, C.; Morineaux, M.; Van Gaever, S.; Caprais, J.-C.; Lichtschlag, A.; Gauthier, O.; Andersen, A.C.; Olu, K. (2012). Habitat heterogeneity influences cold-seep macrofaunal communities within and among seeps along the Norwegian margin. Part 1: Macrofaunal community structure. Mar. Ecol. (Berl.) 33(2): 205-230. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0485.2011.00503.x
Decker, C.; Morineaux, M.; Van Gaever, S.; Caprais, J.C.; Lichtschlag, A.; Gauthier, O.; Andersen, A.C.; Olu, K. (2012). Habitat heterogeneity influences cold-seep macrofaunal communities within and among seeps along the Norwegian margin. Part 1: macrofaunal community structure. Mar. Ecol. (Berl.) 33(2): 205-230. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0485.2011.00503.x
Degen, R.; Riavitz, L.; Gollner, S.; Vanreusel, A.; Plum, C.; Bright, M. (2012). Community study of tubeworm-associated epizooic meiobenthos from deep-sea cold seeps and hot vents. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 468: 135-148. dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps09889
Garlitska, L.; Neretina, T.; Schepetov, D.; Mugue, N.; De Troch, M.; Baguley, J.G.; Azovsky, A. (2012). Cryptic diversity of the ‘cosmopolitan’ harpacticoid copepod Nannopus palustris: genetic and morphological evidence. Mol. Ecol. 21(21): 5336-5347. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1111/mec.12016
Gatune, C.; Vanreusel, A.; Cnudde, C.; Ruwa, R. K.; Bossier, P.; De Troch, M. (2012). Decomposing mangrove litter supports a microbial biofilm with potential nutritive value to penaeid shrimp post larvae. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 426-427: 28-38. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2012.05.015
Gonçalves, A.M.M.; Azeiteiro, U.M.; Pardal, M.A.; De Troch, M. (2012). Fatty acid profiling reveals seasonal and spatial shifts in zooplankton diet in a temperate estuary. Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 109: 70-80. hdl.handle.net/10.1016/j.ecss.2012.05.020
Guilini, K.; Levin, L.A.; Vanreusel, A. (2012). Cold seep and oxygen minimum zone associated sources of margin heterogeneity affect benthic assemblages, diversity and nutrition at the Cascadian margin (NE Pacific Ocean). Prog. Oceanogr. 96(1): 77-92. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2011.10.003
Ingels, J.; Vanreusel, A.; Brandt, A.; Catarino, A.I.; David, B.; De Ridder, C.; Dubois, P.; Gooday, A.J.; Martin, P.; Pasotti, F.; Robert, H. (2012). Possible effects of global environmental changes on Antarctic benthos: a synthesis across five major taxa. Ecol. Evol. 2(2): 453-485. dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.96
Leduc, D.; Rowden, A.A.; Probert, P.K.; Pilditch, C.A.; Nodder, S.D.; Vanreusel, A.; Duineveld, G.C.A.; Witbaard, R. (2012). Further evidence for the effect of particle-size diversity on deep-sea benthic biodiversity. Deep-Sea Res., Part 1, Oceanogr. Res. Pap. 63: 164-169. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2011.10.009
Maria, T.F.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Esteves, A.M.; De Troch, M.; Vanreusel, A. (2012). The importance of biological interactions for the vertical distribution of nematodes in a temperate ultra-dissipative sandy beach. Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 97: 114-126. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2011.11.030
Munga, C.; Ndegwa, S.; Fulanda, B.; Manyala, J.; Kimani, E.; Ohtomi, J.; Vanreusel, A. (2012). Bottom shrimp trawling impacts on species distribution and fishery dynamics; Ungwana Bay fishery Kenya before and after the 2006 trawl ban. Fish. Sci. 78(2): 209-219. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12562-011-0458-0
Munga, C.N.; Mohamed, M.O.S.; Amiyo, N.; Dahdouh-Guebas, F.; Obura, D.O.; Vanreusel, A. (2012). Status of coral reef fish communities within the Mombasa Marine Protected Area, Kenya, more than a decade after establishment. Western Indian Ocean J. Mar. Sci. 10(2): 169-184
Pasotti, F.; De Troch, M.; Raes, M.; Vanreusel, A. (2012). Feeding ecology of shallow water meiofauna: insights from a stable isotope tracer experiment in Potter Cove, King George Island, Antarctica. Polar Biol. 35(11): 1629-1640. hdl.handle.net/10.1007/s00300-012-1203-6
Reubens, J.T.; Delbare, D.; Degraer, S.; Vincx, M. (2012). The effect of insertion of a dummy acoustic transmitter on the survival of pouting, Trisopterus luscus L. Belg. J. Zool. 142(2): 130-132
Reveillaud, J.; Allewaert, C.; Perez, T.; Vacelet, J.; Banaigs, B.; Vanreusel, A. (2012). Relevance of an integrative approach for taxonomic revision in sponge taxa: case study of the shallow-water Atlanto-Mediterranean Hexadella species (Porifera: Ianthellidae: Verongida). Invertebrate Systematics 26(3): 230-248. dx.doi.org/10.1071/IS11044
Salomidi, M.; Katsanevakis, S.; Borja, A.; Braeckman, U.; Damalas, D.; Galparsoro, I.; Mifsud, R.; Mirto, S.; Pascual, M.; Pipitone, C.; Rabaut, M.; Todorova, V.; Vassilopoulou, V.; Vega Fernández, T. (2012). Assessment of goods and services, vulnerability, and conservation status of European seabed biotopes: a stepping stone towards ecosystem-based marine spatial management. Mediterr. Mar. Sci. 13(1): 49-88. https://hdl.handle.net/10.12681/mms.23
Silva de Oliveira, D.A.; Decraemer, W.; Holovachov, O.; Burr, J.; De Ley, I.T.; De Ley, P.; Moens, T.; Derycke, S. (2012). An integrative approach to characterize cryptic species in the Thoracostoma trachygaster Hope, 1967 complex (Nematoda: Leptosomatidae). Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 164(1): 18-35. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00758.x
Tchesunov, A.V.; Ingels, J.; Popova, E.V. (2012). Marine free-living nematodes associated with symbiotic bacteria in deep-sea canyons of north-east Atlantic Ocean. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 92(6): 1257-1271. dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315411002116
Van Colen, C.; Rossi, F.; Montserrat, F.; Andersson, M.G.I.; Gribsholt, B.; Herman, P.M.J.; Degraer, S.; Vincx, M.; Ysebaert, T.; Middelburg, J.J,. (2012). Organism-sediment interactions govern post-hypoxia recovery of ecosystem functioning. PLoS One 7(11): e49795. hdl.handle.net/10.1371/journal.pone.0049795
Van Colen, C.; Debusschere, E.; Braeckman, U.; Van Gansbeke, D.; Vincx, M. (2012). The early life history of the clam Macoma balthica in a high CO₂ world. PLoS One 7(9): e44655. hdl.handle.net/10.1371/journal.pone.0044655
Van Ginderdeuren, K.; Hostens, K.; Hoffman, S.; Vansteenbrugge, L.; Soenen, K.; De Blauwe, H.; Robbens, J.; Vincx, M. (2012). Distribution of the invasive ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi in the Belgian part of the North Sea. Aquat. Invasions 7(2): 163-169. dx.doi.org/10.3391/ai.2012.7.2.002
Van Ginderdeuren, K.; Fiers, F.; De Backer, A.; Vincx, M.; Hostens, K. (2012). Updating the zooplankton species list for the Belgian part of the North Sea. Belg. J. Zool. 142(1): 3-22
Van Ginderdeuren, K.; Hoffman, S.; Vandendriessche, S.; Vincx, M.; Hostens, K. (2012). First record of the pelagic fish species blue whiting Micromesistius poutassou in the Belgian part of the North Sea. Belg. J. Zool. 142(1): 93-96

2011
Rappé, K.; Fockedey, N.; Van Colen, C.; Cattrijsse, A.; Mees, J.; Vincx, M. (2011). Spatial distribution and general population characteristics of mysid shrimps in the Westerschelde estuary (SW Netherlands). Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 91(2): 187-197. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2010.10.017
Reubens, J.T.; Degraer, S.; Vincx, M. (2011). Aggregation and feeding behaviour of pouting (Trisopterus luscus) at wind turbines in the Belgian part of the North Sea. Fish. Res. 108(1): 223-227. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2010.11.025
Reveillaud, J.; Van Soest, R.W.M.; Derycke, S.; Picton, B.E.; Rigaux, A.; Vanreusel, A. (2011). Phylogenetic relationships among NE Atlantic Plocamionida Topsent (1927) (Porifera, Poecilosclerida): under-estimated diversity in reef ecosystems. PLoS One 6(2): e16533. dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0016533
Adam, S.; De Backer, A.; De Wever, A.; Sabbe, K.; Toorman, E.A.; Vincx, M.; Monbaliu, J. (2011). Bio-physical characterization of sediment stability indicators for mudflats using remote sensing: a laboratory experiment, in: Le Hir, P. et al. (Ed.) Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Nearshore and Estuarine Cohesive Sediment Transport Processes (INTERCOH '07), Brest, France, September 25-28, 2007. Continental Shelf Research, 31(10, Suppl.): pp. S26-S35. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2009.12.008
Sandulli, R.; De Leonardis, C.; Vincx, M.; Vanaverbeke, J. (2011). Geographical and depth-related patterns in nematode communities from some Italian Marine Protected Areas. Ital. J. Zoolog. 78(4): 505-516. dx.doi.org/10.1080/11250003.2011.560580
Birchenough, S.N.R.; Degraer, S.; Reiss, H.; Borja, A.; Braeckman, U.; Craeymeersch, J.; De Mesel, I.; Kerckhof, F.; Kröncke, I.; Mieszkowska, N.; Parra, S.; Rabaut, M.; Schröder, A.; Van Colen, C.; Van Hoey, G.; Vincx, M.; Wätjen, K. (2011). Responses of marine benthos to climate change, in: Reid, P.C. et al. (Ed.) ICES status report on climate change in the North Atlantic. ICES Cooperative Research Report, 310: pp. 123-146
Tu, N.D.; Smol, N.; Vanreusel, A.; Thanh, N.V. (2011). Six new species of the genus Onyx Cobb, 1891 (Nematoda: Desmodoridae) from coastal areas in Vietnam. Rus. J. Nematol. 19(1): 1-20
Braeckman, U.; Van Colen, C.; Soetaert, K.; Vincx, M.; Vanaverbeke, J. (2011). Contrasting macrobenthic activities differentially affect nematode density and diversity in a shallow subtidal marine sediment. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 422: 179-191. dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps08910

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