Online data access and analysis services
Toxicological experiments (using qPCR)
Access to meeting rooms at UHasselt
In-house catering for coffee breaks and lunches
Database with long-term data on subtidal artificial hard subtrates and intertidal artifical hard substrates. Marine mammal database http://marinemammals.be. Information on marine mammals in Belgian waters since 2011 (incl. strandings data, necropsy data, observations). Database on physico-chemical and biological environment data collected with public federal financial means (IDOD). Focus: Belgian part of the North Sea. Offshore wind effect database (WinMon): monitoring the effects of the installation of off shore wind farms on the marine environment
SEM and FTIR imaging, flow cytometer. Image analysis of protists, histopathological slides, animal behaviour, microplastics (FTIR microscopy). Hyperspectral monitoring (underwater) surfaces
Image analysis of histopathological slides. Special stainings such as PAS, Giemsa, Von Gieson, as well as immunohistochemical staining with specific biomarkers. FTIR microscopy for microplastic detection, identifiication and quantification
Access to office space and meeting rooms for visiting researchers
Access to in-house catering facilities
Research vessel for access to subtidal sediments and gravel beds of the North Sea Belgian zone. RHIB transport available
Sampling upon request of the North Sea Belgian Zone, either with research vessel or diving team. Habitat types: Littoral Rock and other hard substrates (intertidal) in northern France, Belgium and the Netherlands (natural and artificial hard substrates), Littoral sediment (intertidal) in northern France, Belgium and the Netherlands (sandy beach and tidal flat), Infralittoral Rock and other hard substrata in northern France, Belgium and the Netherlands (natural and artificial hard substrates), Circalittoral rock and other hard substrata in northern France, Belgium and the Netherlands (muddy to coarse sands), Sublittoral sediment in the North Sea (focus on Belgian Part of the North Sea), Sublittoral gravel beds in the North Sea (focus on Belgian Part of the North Sea), Deep-sea bed in the NE Atlantic (focus on NE Atlantic), Pelagic water column in the North Sea and the NE Atlantic (focus on Belgian Part of the North Sea), Ice-associated marine habitats, Coastal dunes and sandy shores, Subtidal artificial hard substrates in the Belgian Part of the North Sea (shipwrecks, windmill farms), Intertidal artificial hard substrates in the Belgian Part of the North Sea (groins, harbour walls), Special: artificial hard substrate garden in the Belgian Part of the North Sea: This is an in-situ experimental platform, spanning the water column, for experimental research with artificial hard substrates
Access to imaging facilities
