2026

Nguyen, M.Y.; Vanreusel, A.; Ngo, X.Q.; Van Colen, C. (2026). Ecology of sandy beaches in Vietnam: Exploring the effects of environmental gradients and local microplastic pollution for macro – and meiofauna distribution. Regional Studies in Marine Science 93: 104726. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2025.104726
Pieraccini, R.; Vanreusel, A.; Koedam, N.; Marulli, C.; Dolch, T; Van der Stocken, T. (2026). Marine heatwaves disrupt germination and seedling physiology in Zostera marina. Mar. Environ. Res. 215: 107789. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2025.107789
de França, F.J.L.; Noyen, L.; Guden, R.M.; de Oliveira, A.R.M.; dos Santos, G.A.P.; Moens, T. (2026). Polystyrene microplastic exposure reduces fecundity and delays development of the nematode Litoditis marina despite unaltered food absorption. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 224: 119159. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2025.119159
Herman, I.; Martin, B.; Vigliano Relva, J.; Vafeiadou, A.-M.; De Troch, M. (2026). Lipid unsaturation correlates with population dynamics of the copepod Platychelipus littoralis in intertidal mudflats. Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 329: 109691. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2025.109691
Relva, J.V.; Van Colen, C.; De Troch, M. (2026). Costs of thermal adaptation: warm-adapted copepods show increased energetic demands under cold exposure. Mar. Environ. Res. 215: 107791. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2025.107791
Kashem, M.A.; Haniswita, H.; Sumon, T.A.; Vandeputte, M.; Drouillon, M.; Declercq, A.; Bossier, P.; Vanrompay, D. (2026). Probiotic Bacillus species to mitigate acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (AHPND) in shrimp aquaculture. Aquaculture 614: 743483. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2025.743483

2025

Semmouri, I.; De Schamphelaere, K.A.C.; Van Nieuwerburgh, F.; Deforce, D.; Janssen, C.; Asselman, J. (2025). Contribution of combined stressors on density and gene expression dynamics of the copepod Temora longicornis in the North Sea. Mol. Ecol. 34(15): e17312. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.17312
Jammar, C.; Reynés-Cardona, A.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Lefaible, N.; Moens, T.; Degraer, S.; Braeckman, U. (2025). Decadal trends in macrobenthic communities in offshore wind farms: Disentangling turbine and climate effects. J. Sea Res. 203: 102557. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2024.102557
Pavloudi, C.; Santi, I.; Azua, I.; Baña, Z.; Bastianini, M.; Belser, C.; Bilbao, J.; Bitz-Thorsen, J.; Broudin, C.; Camusat, M.; Cancio, I.; Caray-Counil, L.; Casotti, R.; Castel, J.; Comtet, T.; Cox, C.J.; Daguin, C.; Díaz, O.; Diaz de Cerio, O.; Exter, K.; Fauvelot, C.; Frada, M.J.; Galand, P.E.; Garczarek, L.; González Fernández, J.; Guillou, L.; Hablützel, P.I.; Heynderickx, H.; Houbin, C.; Kervella, A.E.; Krystallas, A.; Lagaisse, R.; Laroquette, A.; Lescure, L.; Lopes, E.; Loulakaki, M.; Louro, B.; Magalhães, C.; Maidanou, M.; Margiotta, F.; Montresor, M.; Not, F.; Paredes, E.; Percopo, I.; Péru, E.; Poulain, J.; Praebel, K.; Rigaut-Jalabert, F.; Romac, S.; Stavroulaki, M.; Troncoso, J.S.; Thiebaut, E.; Thomas, W.; Tkacz, A.; Trano, A.C.; Wincker, P.; Pade, N. (2025). First release of the European marine omics biodiversity observation network (EMO BON) shotgun metagenomics data from water and sediment samples. Biodiversity Data Journal 13: e143585. https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.13.e143585
Daraghmeh, Nauras; Exter, Katrina; Pagnier, Justine; Balazy, Piotr; Cancio, Ibon; Chatzigeorgiou, Giorgos; Chatzinikolaou, Eva; Chelchowski, Maciej; Chrismas, Nathan Alexis Mitchell; Comtet, Thierry; Dailianis, Thanos; Deneudt, Klaas; Diaz de Cerio, Oihane; Digenis, Markos; Gerovasileiou, Vasilis; González, José; Kauppi, Laura; Kristoffersen, Jon Bent; Kukliński, Piotr; Lasota, Rafał; Levy, Liraz; Małachowicz, Magdalena; Mavrič, Borut; Mortelmans, Jonas; Paredes, Estefania; Poćwierz‐Kotus, Anita; Reiss, Henning; Santi, Ioulia; Sarafidou, Georgia; Skouradakis, Grigorios; Solbakken, Jostein; Staehr, Peter A. U.; Tajadura, Javier; Thyrring, Jakob; Troncoso, Jesus S.; Vernadou, Emmanouela; Viard, Frederique; Zafeiropoulos, Haris; Zbawicka, Małgorzata; Pavloudi, Christina; Obst, Matthias (2025). A long-term ecological research data set from the marine genetic monitoring program ARMS-MBON 2018-2020. Mol. Ecol. Resour. 25(4): e14073. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.14073
Bijnens, K.; Monnens, M.; Thijs, S.; Artois, T.; Smeets, K. (2025). Habitat and feeding behaviour influence microbiome composition in Rhabdocoela (‘Turbellaria’). Freshwat. Biol. 70(2): e70003. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/fwb.70003
Cruz-Laufer, A.J.; Vanhove, M.P.M.; Bachmann, L.; Barson, M.; Bassirou, H.; Bitja Nyom, A.R.; Geraerts, M.; Hahn, C.; Huyse, T.; Kasembele, G.K.; Njom, S.; Resl, P.; Smeets, K.; Kmentová, N. (2025). Adaptive evolution of stress response genes in parasites aligns with host niche diversity. BMC Biology 23(1): 10. https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12915-024-02091-w
de la Rosa, F.; Piloni, N.E.; De Troch, M.; Malanga, G.; Hernando, M. (2025). Increasing temperature counteracts the negative effects of ultraviolet radiation on Microcystis aeruginosa under future climate scenarios in relation to physiological processes. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. C-Toxicol. Pharmacol. 290: 110124. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpc.2025.110124
Loor, A.; Huavas, J.; Bossier, P.; Nevejan, N. (2025). Nutritional value of a novel EMS-induced cell wall-defective strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast for Pacific oyster (Magallana gigas) juveniles. Aquaculture 595: 741534. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2024.741534
Maes, T.; Verheyen, J.; Senghor, B.; Mudavanhu, A.; Schols, R.; Hellemans, B.; Geslain, E.; Volckaert, F.; Gante, H.F.; Huyse, T. (2025). First evidence of a genetic basis for thermal adaptation in a schistosome host snail. Ecol. Monogr. 95(1): e70006. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecm.70006
Larsen-Ledet, K.; Boderskov, T.; Olesen, B.; Larsen, M.M.; Simonsen, N.; Christiansen, E.R.; Nielsen, L.H.; Tran, L.-A.T.; D'Hondt, S.; De Clerck, O.; Bruhn, A. (2025). Strain selection and temperature responses of Ulva and Ulvaria (Chlorophyta) for application in land-based cultivation systems. Algal Research 85: 103858. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2024.103858
Martin, B.; Vafeiadou, A.-M.; Boon, N.; De Troch, M. (2025). Benthic copepod guts as a selective microbial microhabitat in marine sediments. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 756: 19-29. https://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps14800
Pantó, G.; Vanreusel, A.; Vercauteren, M.; Asselman, J.; Van Colen, C. (2025). Seabed microplastics in the European continental shelf: Unravelling physical and biological transport pathways and reciprocal fauna–Polymer relationships. Environ. Pollut. 365: 125392. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2024.125392
van der Loos, L.M.; Steinhagen, S.; Stock, W.; Weinberger, F.; D'hondt, S.; Willems, A.; De Clerck, O. (2025). Low functional change despite high taxonomic turnover characterizes the Ulva microbiome across a 2000-km salinity gradient. Science Advances 11(3): eadr6070. https://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adr6070
Pieraccini, R.; Whatley, L.; Koedam, N.; Vanreusel, A.; Dolch, T.; Dierick, J.; Van der Stocken, T. (2025). Gibberellic acid and light effects on seed germination in the seagrass Zostera marina. Physiol. Plant. 177(2): e70137. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ppl.70137
Nguyen, M.Y.; Vanreusel, A.; Ngo, X.Q.; Vercauteren, M.; Asselman, J.; Van Colen, C. (2025). Microplastic pollution in Vietnamese sandy beaches: Exploring the role of beach morphodynamics and local management. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 214: 117838. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2025.117838
Cueille, M.; Danelian, T.; Skouroliakou, D.-I.; Skampa, E.; Triantaphyllou, M.; Gogou, A.; Kambouri, G.; Stavrakaki, I.; Sabbe, K. (2025). Siliceous plankton flux and radiolarian community structure in the highly oligotrophic Ionian Sea (Eastern Mediterranean) – Imprints of climate variability. Mar. Micropaleontol. 196: 102460. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marmicro.2025.102460
Amadei Martínez, L.; Sabbe, K.; D'Hondt, S.; Dasseville, R.; Daveloose, I.; Verstraete, T.; Chaerle, P.; Brion, N.; Maris, T.; Meire, P.; Vyverman, W. (2025). Freshwater discharge and salinity drive taxonomic and functional turnover of microbial communities in a turbid macrotidal estuary. Environmental Microbiology Reports 17(4): e70135. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1758-2229.70135
Baldrighi, E.; Alvisi, F.; Van Colen, C.; Grassi, E.; Catani, L.; Ape, F.; Vasapollo, C.; Manini, E.; Baguley, J.G.; Semprucci, F. (2025). Characterization of the meiobenthic community inhabiting the Zwin coastal lagoon (Belgium, The Netherlands) and the role of the sedimentary environment. Water 17(18): 2669. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w17182669
De Borger, E.; van Oevelen, D.; Mavraki, N.; De Backer, A.; Braeckman, U.; Soetaert, K.; Vanaverbeke, J. (2025). Offshore wind farms modify coastal food web dynamics by enhancing suspension feeder pathways. Commun. Earth Environ. 6(1): 330. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02253-w
Lefaible, N.; Van Colen, C.; Jammar, C.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Moens, T.; Van Haelst, S.; Norro, A.; Degraer, S.; Braeckman, U. (2025). Laying out the foundations: Assessing the spatial extent and drivers of offshore wind turbine artificial reef effects on soft sediments. J. Sea Res. 208: 102631. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2025.102631
Liu, W.; Semmouri, I.; Bulckaert, S.; Janssen, C.R.; Asselman, J. (2025). Temperature and salinity affect growth and toxin content of cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa (PCC 7806) in estuarine environments. Harmful Algae 146. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2025.102871
Maes, S.; Verheye, M.; Bouchard, C.; Geslain, E.; Hellemans, B.; Johansen, T.; Lucassen, M.; Mark, F.C.; Ólafsdóttir, A.H.; Snoeijs-Leijonmalm, P.; Zelenina, D.; MOSAiC Team Eco; Volckaert, F.A.M.; Christiansen, H.; Flores, H. (2025). Reduced‐representation sequencing detects Trans‐Arctic connectivity and local adaptation in Polar cod (Boreogadus saida). Mol. Ecol. 34(7): e17706. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.17706
Servetto, N.; De Troch, M.; Gazeau, F.; de Aranzamendi, C.; Alurralde, G.; González, G.; Sahade, R. (2025). Fatty acid response of calcifying benthic Antarctic species to ocean acidification and warming. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 217: 118111. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2025.118111
Vafeiadou, Anna-Maria; De Troch, M. (2025). Beyond competition: food availability shapes trophic interactions between benthic harpacticoid copepods and free-living nematodes. Mar. Environ. Res. 212: 107591. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2025.107591
van der Loos, L.M.; Van De Weghe, L.; Knoop, J.; Daniels, B.; D'hondt, S.; Karremans, M.; Perk, F.; Steinhagen, S.; Leliaert, F.; De Clerck, O. (2025). Incorporating historic specimens to reassess Ulva diversity in the Netherlands and Belgium. Taxon 74(6): 1314-1334. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/tax.70058
Blomme, J.; Ribera, J.A.; De Clerck, O.; Jacobs, T.B. (2025). Consolidating Ulva functional genomics: gene editing and new selection systems. New Phytol. 246(4): 1710-1723. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nph.70068
Maes, S.M.; Pinchuk, A.I.; Mueter, F.; Christiansen, H.; Hellemans, B.; ten Boer, R.; Volckaert, F.A.M.; Flores, H. (2025). DNA metabarcoding reveals surprisingly diverse diet in under-ice polar cod during autumn. Polar Biol. 48(2): 66. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00300-025-03376-8
Monnens, M.; Schockaert, E.R.; Diez, Y.L.; Revis, N.J.P.; Janssen, T.; Jouk, P.E.H.; Tessens, B.S.; Van Steenkiste, N.W.L.; Artois, T.J. (2025). On the genus Lagenopolycystis Artois and Schockaert, 2000 (Platyhelminthes, Kalyptorhynchia, Polycystididae). Zootaxa 5659(3): 357-376. https://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5659.3.3
Monnissen, J.; Thijs, S.; Artois, T.; Jouk, P.; Van de Reydt, E.; Van Dijck, T.; Monnens, M. (2025). Where Meiofauna? An assessment of interstitial fauna at a Belgian beach. Diversity 17(4): 287. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d17040287
Pantó, G.; Jacob, O.; Vanreusel, A.; Ivleva, N.P.; Van Colen, C. (2025). Exploring microplastics’ presence in free-living marine nematodes from natural ecosystems using µ-Raman Spectroscopy. Microplastics  4(2): 20. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microplastics4020020
Pfister, C.A.; Berlinghof, J.; Bogan, M.; Cardini, U.; Hamon-Giraud, P.; Hart, J.; Jimenez, N.; Siegel, A.; Stanfield, E.; Vallet, M.; Leblanc, C.; Rousseau, C.; Thomas, F.; Stock, W.; Dittami, S.M. (2025). Evolutionary history and association with seaweeds shape the genomes and metabolisms of marine bacteria. mSphere 10(6): e00996-24. https://dx.doi.org/10.1128/msphere.00996-24
Jorissen, M.W.P.; Vanschoenwinkel, B.; Pariselle, A.; Artois, T.; Danadu, C.; Huyse, T.; Kapepula Kasembele, G.; Muterezi Bukinga, F.; Šimková, A.; Snoeks, J.; Van Sever, W.; Vreven, E.J.; Wamuini Lunkayilakio, S.; Vanhove, M.P.M. (2025). Do parasite communities differ between invasive and native fish hosts? A case of monogeneans infecting the gills of Nile tilapia. Hydrobiologia 852(15): 3911-3928. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-024-05789-8
Bilcke, G.; Campese, L.; Annunziata, R.; Amadei Martínez, L.; Borgonuovo, C.; Rijsdijk, N.; Chaerle, P.; Van Den Berge, K.; D’hondt, S.; Iudicone, D.; Montresor, M.; Ferrante, M.I.; Vandepoele, K.; Vyverman, W. (2025). Conserved genetic markers reveal widespread diatom sexual reproduction in the global ocean. Nature Comm. 16(1): 10029. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-65296-9
Kmentová, N.; Topic, M.; Vanhove, M.P.M.; Atkinson, S.D. (2025). Monomyxum ligophori n. sp. in a ParasiteBlitz: monopisthocotylans as myxozoan hosts in South Carolina and monophyly of a cosmopolitan hyperparasitic clade. J. Helminthol. 99: e127. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022149x25100904
Lourenço, T.M.; Abatih, E.; Bossier, P.; Declercq, A.M. (2025). Fatty acid degradation of PUFA in gut-evacuated Artemia strains. Aquacult. Int. 33(6): 457. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10499-025-02114-5
Monnens, M.; Artois, T.; Briscoe, A.; Diez, Y.L.; Fraser, K.P.P.; Leander, B.S.; Littlewood, D.T.J.; Santos, M.J.; Smeets, K.; Van Steenkiste, N.W.L.; Vanhove, M.P.M. (2025). Signatures of endosymbiosis in mitochondrial genomes of rhabdocoel flatworms. Mol. Ecol. 34(21): e70015. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.70015
Morcillo, J.; De Clerck, O.; D'hondt, S.; Leliaert, F.; Vranken, S.; Knoop, J. (2025). Spatio-temporal variation in reproductive strategies of Porphyra umbilicalis along the Northeast Atlantic coast. Eur. J. Phycol. Early view: 1-14. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09670262.2025.2581105
Verhelst, P.; Boyen, J.; Monroig, Ó.; Rigaux, A.; Vlaeminck, B.; Moens, T.; De Troch, M. (2025). Abundance of long‐chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in European eel (Anguilla anguilla L.) is determined by diet rather than biosynthesis. J. Fish Biol. 106(6): 1752-1765. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfb.16052
Pontón-Cevallos, J.; Vafeiadou, A.-M.; Moity, N.; Ramírez-González, J.; Rendón, M.J.; Borbor-Cordova, M.J.; Moens, T.; Bermúdez-Monsalve, J.R.; Goethals, P.L.M. (2025). The role of mangroves in early-life trophic interactions supporting fishery production in the Galapagos. Front. Mar. Sci. 12: 1571071. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2025.1571071
Servetto, N.; De Troch, M.; Alurralde, G.; Ferrero, L.; de Aranzamendi, M.C.; Sahade, R. (2025). Effects of ocean acidification on fatty acid composition in the Antarctic snail Neobuccinum eatoni. Front. Mar. Sci. 12: 1645755. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2025.1645755
Sioen, M.; Chaerle, P.; Vercauteren, M.; Blust, R.; Town, R.M.; Janssen, C.; Asselman, J. (2025). Beyond growth: comparative impact of plastics and natural particles on EPS dynamics and aggregation in Rhodomonas salina. NPG Scientific Reports 15(1): 32994. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-17863-9
Semmouri, I.; Vanhercke, S.; Ferreira, A.S.; Knoop, J.; De Clerck, O.; Nunes, C.; Coimbra, M.A.; de Souza Mesquita, L.M.; Ventura, S.P.M.; Janssen, C.; Asselman, J. (2025). The effect of high temperatures on the growth and biochemical composition of cultivated Palmaria palmata (Rhodophyta). Mar. Biotechnol. 27(6): 167. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10126-025-10548-4
Van de Vloet, A.; Prost-Boxoen, L.; Bafort, Q.; Paing, Y.T.; Casteleyn, G.; Jomat, L.; Lemaire, S.D.; De Clerck, O.; Van de Peer, Y. (2025). Expanding the toolkit for ploidy manipulation in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. New Phytol. 246(3): 1403-1412. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nph.70095
Amadei Martínez, L.; Sabbe, K.; Fettweis, M.; Desmit, X.; Israel, Y.; Bakker, W.; Dasseville, R.; D'hondt, S.; Daveloose, I.; Verstraete, T.; Chaerle, P.; Brion, N.; Maris, T.; Vyverman, W. (2025). Phytoplankton enhances the flocculation of suspended particulate matter in a turbid estuary. Limnol. Oceanogr. 70(11): 3431-3446. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lno.70216
Sanjuan, C.; Curini-Galletti, M.; Monnens, M.; Diez, Y.L.; Artois, T. (2025). Molecular reassessment of the phylogeny of Coelogynoporidae (Platyhelminthes, Proseriata), with the description of two new genera and three new species from Cuba and the Pacific coast of Panama. Mar. Biodiv. 55(4): 57. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12526-025-01538-9
Pieraccini, R.; Picatto, L.; Koedam, N.; Vanreusel, A.; Dolch, T.; Van der Stocken, T. (2025). Unlocking seagrass germination: divergent roles of strigolactones and smoke-water in Zostera marina (Zosteraceae). Front. Plant Sci. 16: 1629832. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2025.1629832

2024

Dairain, A.; Voet, H.; Vafeiadou, A.-M.; De Meester, N.; Rigaux, A.; Van Colen, C.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Moens, T. (2024). Structurally stable but functionally disrupted marine microbial communities under a future climate change scenario: Potential importance for nitrous oxide emissions. Sci. Total Environ. 907: 167928. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167928
Delva, S.; de la Hoz, C.F.; Bafort, Q.; D'hondt, S.; Shabaka, S.; Hamdy Rashedy, S.; Sherwood, A.R.; Guy-Haim, T.; Israel, A.; De Clerck, O. (2024). Tracing the introduction of Dictyota acutiloba (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae) in the Mediterranean Sea, with a reassessment of its geographic distribution. Eur. J. Phycol. 59(1): 38-50. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09670262.2023.2214184
Guden, R.M.; Derycke, S.; Moens, T. (2024). Resource diversity mitigates the effects of intraspecific competition in co-occurring cryptic nematode species. Front. Mar. Sci. 11: 1240802. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1240802
van der Loos, L.M.; De Wilde, C.; Willems, A.; De Clerck, O.; Steinhagen, S. (2024). The cultivated sea lettuce (Ulva) microbiome: Successional and seasonal dynamics. Aquaculture 585: 740692. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2024.740692
Vafeiadou, A.-M.; Geldhof, K.; Barhdadi, W.; Baetens, J.M.; De Baets, B.; Moens, T.; Daly, A.J. (2024). Temperature-driven dynamics: unraveling the impact of climate change on cryptic species interactions within the Litoditis marina complex. PeerJ 12: e17324. https://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17324
Zupan, M.; Coolen, J.; Mavraki, N.; Degraer, S.; Moens, T.; Kerckhof, F.; Lopez Lopez, L.; Vanaverbeke, J. (2024). Life on every stone: Characterizing benthic communities from scour protection layers of offshore wind farms in the southern North Sea. J. Sea Res. 201: 102522. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2024.102522
Pantó, G.; Aguilera Dal Grande, P.; Vanreusel, A.; Van Colen, C. (2024). Fauna – Microplastics interactions: Empirical insights from benthos community exposure to marine plastic waste. Mar. Environ. Res. 200: 106664. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2024.106664
Van Daele, M.; Van Bastelaere, B.; De Clercq, J.; Meyer, I.; Vercauteren, M.; Asselman, J. (2024). Mud and organic content are strongly correlated with microplastic contamination in a meandering riverbed. Commun. Earth Environ. 5(1): 453. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01613-2
Boyen, J.; Rodríguez, M.T.; Vlaeminck, B.; Fink, P.; Hablützel, P.I.; De Troch, M. (2024). Temperature, pH, and diet interactively affect biosynthesis of polyunsaturated fatty acids in a benthic harpacticoid copepod. Limnol. Oceanogr. 70(2): 334-348. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lno.12763

2023

van der Loos, L.M.; D'hondt, S.; Engelen, A.H.; Pavia, H.; Toth, G.B.; Willems, A.; Weinberger, F.; De Clerck, O.; Steinhagen, S. (2023). Salinity and host drive Ulva-associated bacterial communities across the Atlantic-Baltic Sea gradient. Mol. Ecol. 32(23): 6260-6277. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.16462
Voet, H.E.E.; Vlaminck, E.; Van Colen, C.; Bodé, S.; Boeckx, P.; Degraer, S.; Moens, T.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Braeckman, U. (2023). Organic matter processing in a [simulated] offshore wind farm ecosystem in current and future climate and aquaculture scenarios. Sci. Total Environ. 857(Part 1): 159285. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159285
Zupan, M.; Rumes, B.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Degraer, S.; Kerckhof, F. (2023). Long-term succession on offshore wind farms and the role of species interactions. Diversity 15(2): 288. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d15020288
Boyen, J.; Ribes-Navarro, A.; Kabeya, N.; Monroig, Ó.; Rigaux, A.; Fink, P.; Hablützel, P.I.; Navarro, J.C.; De Troch, M. (2023). Functional characterization reveals a diverse array of metazoan fatty acid biosynthesis genes. Mol. Ecol. 32(4): 970-982. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.16808
Festjens, F.; Buyse, J.; De Backer, A.; Hostens, K.; Lefaible, N.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Van Hoey, G. (2023). Functional trait responses to different anthropogenic pressures. Ecol. Indic. 146: 109854. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2022.109854
Hoffman, R.; De Clerck, O.; Leliaert, F. (2023). First records of the non-indigenous green algal species Siphonocladus tropicus (Cladophorales, Chlorophyta) and Caulerpa integerrima (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta) in the Mediterranean Sea. Eur. J. Phycol. 58(3): 255-267. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09670262.2022.2095442
Vieira, C.; De Clerck, O.; De Ramon N’Yeurt, A.; D'Hondt, S.; Millet, L.; Kim, M.S.; Payri, C.; Zubia, M. (2023). Diversity, systematics and biogeography of French Polynesian Lobophora (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae). Eur. J. Phycol. 58(2): 226-253. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09670262.2022.2092216
Voet, H.; Soetaert, K.; Moens, T.; Bodé, S.; Boeckx, P.; Van Colen, C.; Vanaverbeke, J. (2023). N2O production by mussels: Quantifying rates and pathways in current and future climate settings. Front. Mar. Sci. 10: 1101469. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1101469
Daudi, L.D.; Uku, J.N.; De Troch, M. (2023). Effects of habitat complexity on the abundance and diversity of seagrass leaf meiofauna communities in tropical Kenyan seagrass meadows. Aquat. Bot. 187: 103651. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2023.103651
Gonçalves, G.R.L.; dos Santos, P.V.M.; Negreiros-Fransozo, M.L.; Castilho, A.L.; De Troch, M. (2023). Environmental factors modulated the fatty acid profile of the shrimp Xiphopenaeus spp. in Cananéia and Ubatuba southeast Brazilian coast. Environm. Sc. & Poll. Res. 30(31): 76936-76949. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-27846-w
Lefaible, N.; Braeckman, U.; Degraer, S.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Moens, T. (2023). A wind of change for soft-sediment infauna within operational offshore windfarms. Mar. Environ. Res. 188: 106009. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2023.106009
Delva, S.; De Baets, B.; Baetens, J.M.; De Clerck, O.; Stock, W. (2023). No bacterial-mediated alleviation of thermal stress in a brown seaweed suggests the absence of ecological bacterial rescue effects. Sci. Total Environ. 876: 162532. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162532
Gobbin, T.P.; Vanhove, M.P.M.; Veenstra, R.; Maan, M.E.; Seehausen, O. (2023). Variation in parasite infection between replicates of speciation in Lake Victoria cichlid fish. Evolution 77(7): 1682-1690. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/evolut/qpad080
Monnens, M.; Halajian, A.; Littlewood, D.T.J.; Briscoe, A.G.; Artois, T.; Vanhove, M.P.M. (2023). Can avian flyways reflect dispersal barriers of clinostomid parasites? First evidence from the mitogenome of Clinostomum complanatum. Gene 851: 146952. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gene.2022.146952
Saenen, N.D.; Witters, M.S.; Hantoro, I.; Tejeda, I.; Ethirajan, A.; Van Belleghem, F.; Smeets, K. (2023). Polystyrene microplastics of varying sizes and shapes induce distinct redox and mitochondrial stress responses in a Caco-2 monolayer. Antioxidants 12(3): 739. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antiox12030739
Diez, Y.L.; Sanjuan, C.; Monnens, M.; Artois, T. (2023). New species of Polycystididae (Platyhelminthes: Kalyptorhynchia) from Cuba and the Pacific coast of Panama. Eur. J. Taxon. 856: 67-86. https://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2023.856.2029
Santi, Ioulia; Beluche, Odette; Beraud, Mélanie; Buttigieg, Pier Luigi; Casotti, Raffaella; Cox, Cymon J.; Cunliffe, Michael; Davies, Neil; de Cerio, Oihane Diaz; Exter, Katrina; Kervella, Anne Emmanuelle; Kotoulas, Georgios; Lagaisse, Rune; Laroquette, Arnaud; Louro, Bruno; Not, Fabrice; Obst, Matthias; Pavloudi, Christina; Poulain, Julie; Præbel, Kim; Vanaverbeke, Jan; Pade, Nicolas (2023). European marine omics biodiversity observation network: A strategic outline for the implementation of omics approaches in ocean observation. Front. Mar. Sci. 10(1118120): 1-13. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1118120
Semmouri, I.; De Schamphelaere, K.; Mortelmans, J.; Mees, J.; Asselman, J.; Janssen, C.R. (2023). Decadal decline of dominant copepod species in the North Sea is associated with ocean warming: Importance of marine heatwaves. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 193: 115159. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115159
Semmouri, I.; Vercauteren, M.; Van Acker, E.; Pequeur, E.; Asselman, J.; Janssen, C.R. (2023). Distribution of microplastics in freshwater systems in an urbanized region: a case study in Flanders (Belgium). Sci. Total Environ. 872: 162192. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162192
Vercauteren, M.; Semmouri, I.; Van Acker, E.; Pequeur, E.; Janssen, C.; Asselman, J. (2023). Toward a better understanding of the contribution of wastewater treatment plants to microplastic pollution in receiving waterways. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 42(3): 642-654. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/etc.5540
Vlaminck, E.; Cepeda, E.; Moens, T.; Van Colen, C. (2023). Ocean acidification modifies behaviour of shelf seabed macrofauna: A laboratory study on two ecosystem engineers, Abra alba and Lanice conchilega. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 558: 151831. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2022.151831
Blomme, J.; Wichard, T.; Jacobs, T.B.; De Clerck, O. (2023). Ulva: An emerging green seaweed model for systems biology. J. Phycol. 59(3): 433-440. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.13341
Hernández, S.; García, A.G.; Arenas, F.; Escribano, M.P.; Jueterbock, A.; De Clerck, O.; Maggs, C.A.; Franco, J.N.; Martinez, B.D.C. (2023). Range-edge populations of seaweeds show niche unfilling and poor adaptation to increased temperatures. J. Biogeogr. 50(4): 780-791. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14572
van der Loos, L.M.; De Coninck, L.; Zell, R.; Lequime, S.; Willems, A.; De Clerck, O.; Matthijnssens, J. (2023). Highly divergent CRESS DNA and picorna-like viruses associated with bleached thalli of the green seaweed Ulva. Microbiology Spectrum 11(5): 1-25. https://dx.doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.00255-23
Vieira, C.; Kim, M.S.; N'Yeurt, A.D.R.; Payri, C.; D’Hondt, S.; De Clerck, O.; Zubia, M. (2023). Marine flora of French Polynesia: an updated list using DNA barcoding and traditional approaches. Biology-Basel 12(8): 1124. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biology12081124
Vranken, S.; Robuchon, M.; Dekeyzer, S.; Bárbara, I.; Bartsch, I.; Blanfuné, A.; Boudouresque, C.-F.; Decock, W.; Destombe, C.; de Reviers, B.; Díaz Tapia, P; Herbst, A.; Julliard, R.; Karez, R.; Kersen, P.; Krueger-Hadfield, S.A.; Kuhlenkamp, R.; Peters, A.F.; Peña, V.; Piñeiro-Corbeira, C.; Rindi, F.; Rousseau, F.; Rueness, J.; Schubert, H.; Sjøtun, K.; Sansón, M.; Smale, D.; Thibaut, T.; Valero, M.; Vandepitte, L.; Vanhoorne, B.; Vergés, A.; Verlaque, M.; Vieira, C.; Le Gall, L.; Leliaert, F.; De Clerck, O. (2023). AlgaeTraits: a trait database for (European) seaweeds. ESSD 15(7): 2711-2754. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-2711-2023

2022

Loaiza, I.; De Boeck, G.; Alcazar, J.; Moura-Campos, D.; Cárdenas-Alayza, S.; Ganoza, M.; Gómez-Sanchez, M.; Miglio, M.; De Troch, M. (2022). Trophic interactions and metal transfer in marine ecosystems driven by the Peruvian scallop Argopecten purpuratus aquaculture. J. World Aquacult. Soc. 53(2): 452-474. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jwas.12822
Voet, H.E.E.; Van Colen, C.; Vanaverbeke, J. (2022). Climate change effects on the ecophysiology and ecological functioning of an offshore wind farm artificial hard substrate community. Sci. Total Environ. 810: 152194. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152194
Loaiza, I.; De Boeck, G.; De Troch, M. (2022). Peruvian marine ecosystems under metal contamination: First insights for marine species consumption and sustainable management. Sci. Total Environ. 826: 154132. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154132
Cronin, T.J.; Conrad, I.; Kerkhove, T.; Hellemans, B.; De Troch, M.; Volckaert, F.A.M.; Baeza, J.A. (2022). Characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome of the Atlantic seabob shrimp Xiphopenaeus kroyeri Heller, 1862 (Decapoda: Dendrobranchiata: Penaeidae), with insights into the phylogeny of Penaeidae. J. Crust. Biol. 42(1): 1-10. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/ruac004
Bogaert, K.A.; Blomme, J.; Beeckman, T.; De Clerck, O. (2022). Auxin's origin: do PILS hold the key? Trends Plant Sci. 27(3): 227-236. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2021.09.008
Cruz-Laufer, A.J.; Artois, T.; Koblmüller, S.; Pariselle, A.; Smeets, K.; Van Steenberge, M.; Vanhove, M.P.M. (2022). Explosive networking: The role of adaptive host radiations and ecological opportunity in a species‐rich host–parasite assembly. Ecol. Lett. 25(8): 1795-1812. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele.14059
Cruz-Laufer, A.J.; Pariselle, A.; Jorissen, M.W.P.; Muterezi Bukinga, F.; Al Assadi, A.; Van Steenberge, M.; Koblmüller, S.; Sturmbauer, C.; Smeets, K.; Huyse, T.; Artois, T.; Vanhove, M.P.M. (2022). Somewhere I belong: phylogeny and morphological evolution in a species‐rich lineage of ectoparasitic flatworms infecting cichlid fishes. Cladistics (Print) 38(4): 465-512. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cla.12506
Paredes-Coral, E.; Deprez, T.; Mokos, M.; Vanreusel, A.; Roose, H. (2022). The blue survey: validation of an instrument to measure ocean literacy among adults. Mediterr. Mar. Sci. 23(2): 321-326. https://dx.doi.org/10.12681/mms.26608
Petrucciani, A.; Chaerle, P.; Norici, A. (2022). Diatoms versus copepods: could frustule traits have a role in avoiding predation? Front. Mar. Sci. 8: 804960. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.804960
Geraerts, M.; Huyse, T.; Barson, M.; Bassirou, H.; Bilong Bilong, C.F.; Bitja Nyom, A.R.; Chocha Manda, A.; Cruz-Laufer, A.J.; Kalombo Kabalika, C.; Kapepula Kasembele, G.; Muterezi Bukinga, F.; Njom, S.; Artois, T.; Vanhove, M.P.M. (2022). Mosaic or melting pot: The use of monogeneans as a biological tag and magnifying glass to discriminate introduced populations of Nile tilapia in sub-Saharan Africa. Genomics (S. Diego Calif.) 114(3): 110328. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ygeno.2022.110328
Houben, A.M.; Monnens, M.; Proesmans, W.; Artois, T. (2022). Limnoterrestrial ‘Typhloplanidae’ (Rhabdocoela, Platyhelminthes), with the description of four new species and a new genus. Eur. J. Taxon. 798: 70–102. https://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.798.1671
Jorissen, M.W.P.; Vanhove, M.P.M.; Pariselle, A.; Snoeks, J.; Vreven, E.; Simková, A.; Wamuini Lunkayilakio, S.; Manda, A.C.; Kapepula Kasembele, G.; Muterezi Bukinga, F.; Artois, T.; Huyse, T. (2022). Molecular footprint of parasite co-introduction with Nile tilapia in the Congo Basin. Org. Divers. Evol. 22: 1003-1019. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13127-022-00563-x
Gobert, S.; Armonies, W.; Diez, Y.L.; Jouk, P.E.H.; Monnens, M.; Revis, N.; Reygel, P.; Smith, J.; Van Steenkiste, N.; Artois, T. (2022). Orostylis gen. nov., a new genus of Dalytyphloplanida with seven new species (Platyhelminthes: Rhabdocoela). Zootaxa 5115(1): 29-46. https://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5115.1.2
Pezzoni, M.; De Troch, M.; Pizarro, R.A.; Costa, C.S. (2022). Homeophasic adaptation in response to UVA radiation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Changes of membrane fatty acid composition and induction of desA and desB expression. Photochemistry and Photobiology 98(4): 886-893. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/php.13548
Cruz-Laufer, A.J.; Artois, T.; Koblmüller, S.; Pariselle, A.; Smeets, K.; Van Steenberge, M.; Vanhove, M.P.M. (2022). The role of phylogeny and ecological opportunity in host-parasite interactions: network metrics, host repertoire, and network link prediction. Authorea (Preprints) September 27. https://dx.doi.org/10.22541/au.163274253.31016446/v1
Sahota, R.; Boyen, J.; Semmouri, I.; Bodé, S.; De Troch, M. (2022). An inter-order comparison of copepod fatty acid composition and biosynthesis in response to a long-chain PUFA deficient diet along a temperature gradient. Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 169: 133. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-022-04121-z
Vlaminck, E.; Moens, T.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Van Colen, C. (2022). Physiological response to seawater pH of the bivalve Abra alba, a benthic ecosystem engineer, is modulated by low pH. Mar. Environ. Res. 179: 105704. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2022.105704
Liu, X.; Blomme, J.; Bogaert, K.A.; D'Hondt, S.; Wichard, T.; Deforce, D.; Van Nieuwerburgh, F.; De Clerck, O. (2022). Transcriptional dynamics of gametogenesis in the green seaweed Ulva mutabilis identifies an RWP-RK transcription factor linked to reproduction. BMC Plant Biol. 22(1): 19. https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12870-021-03361-3
Vieira, C.; Schils, T.; Kawai, H.; D'Hondt, S.; Paiano, M.O.; Sherwood, A.R.; De Clerck, O.; Zubia, M. (2022). Phylogenetic position of Newhousia (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae) and the description of N. sumayensis sp. nov. from Guam. Phycologia 61(3): 255-264. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00318884.2022.2034364
Filek, K.; Lebbe, L.; Willems, A.; Chaerle, P.; Vyverman, W.; Žižek, M.; Bosak, S. (2022). More than just hitchhikers: a survey of bacterial communities associated with diatoms originating from sea turtles. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 98(10): fiac104. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiac104
Filek, K.; Lebbe, L.; Willems, A.; Chaerle, P.; Vyverman, W.; Žižek, M.; Bosak, S. (2022). More than just hitchhikers: a survey of bacterial communities associated1 with diatoms originating from marine reptiles. bioRxiv 2022: 1-27. https://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2022.04.19.488760
Ktari, L.; Ajjabi, L.C.; De Clerck, O.; Pinchetti, J.L.G.; Rebours, C. (2022). Seaweeds as a promising resource for blue economy development in Tunisia: current state, opportunities, and challenges. J. Appl. Phycol. 34(1): 489-505. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10811-021-02579-w
Loor, A.; Wang, D.; Bossier, P.; Nevejan, N. (2022). β-1,3-glucan/chitin unmasking in the Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutant, Δmnn9, promotes immune response and resistance of the Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) to Vibrio coralliilyticus infection. Fish Shellfish Immunol. 131: 470-479. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fsi.2022.09.019
Maes, S.M.; Schaafsma, F.L.; Christiansen, H.; Hellemans, B.; Lucassen, M.; Mark, F.C.; Flores, H.; Volckaert, F.A.M. (2022). Comparative visual and DNA-based diet assessment extends the prey spectrum of polar cod Boreogadus saida. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 698: 139-154. https://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps14145
Rodríguez-Prieto, C.; De Clerck, O.; Guiry, M.D.; Lin, S.-M. (2022). Revisiting the systematics of the genera Grateloupia, Phyllymenia, and Prionitis (Halymeniaceae, Rhodophyta) with a description of a new species-Prionitis taiwani-borealis. J. Phycol. 58(2): 234-250. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.13226
Sauvage, J.; Wikfors, G.H.; Dixon, M.S.; Kapareiko, D.; Sabbe, K.; Li, X.; Joyce, A. (2022). Bacterial exudates as growth-promoting agents for the cultivation of commercially relevant marine microalgal strains. J. World Aquacult. Soc. 53(6): 1101-1119. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jwas.12910
Vafeiadou, A.-M.; Derycke, S.; Rigaux, A.; De Meester, N.; Guden, R.M.; Moens, T. (2022). Microbiome differentiation among coexisting nematode species in estuarine microhabitats: a metagenetic analysis. Front. Mar. Sci. 9: 881566. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.881566
Vercauteren, M.; Ampe, B.; Devriese, L.; Moons, C.P.H.; Decostere, A.; Aerts, J.; Chiers, K. (2022). Explorative study on scale cortisol accumulation in wild caught common dab (Limanda limanda). BMC Veterinary Research 18(1): 324. https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12917-022-03385-3
Geraerts, M.; Vangestel, C.; Artois, T.; de Oliveira Fernandes, J.M.; Jorissen, M.W.P.; Chocha Manda, A.; Danadu Mizani, C.; Smeets, K.; Snoeks, J.; Sonet, G.; Tingbao, Y.; Van Steenberge, M.; Vreven, E.; Lunkayilakio Wamuini, S.; Vanhove, M.P.M.; Huyse, T. (2022). Population genomics of introduced Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Repeated introductions since colonial times with multiple sources. Mol. Ecol. 31(12): 3304-3322. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.16479
Seelam, J.S.; Fernandes de Souza, M.; Chaerle, P.; Willems, B.; Michels, E.; Vyverman, W.; Meers, E. (2022). Maximizing nutrient recycling from digestate for production of protein-rich microalgae for animal feed application. Chemosphere 290: 133180. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.133180
Vanwijnsberghe, S.; Peeters, C.; Cnockaert, M.; De Canck, E.; Vandamme, P. (2022). Paraburkholderia gardini sp. nov. and Paraburkholderia saeva sp. nov.: Novel aromatic compound degrading bacteria isolated from garden and forest soil samples. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 45(3): 126318. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.syapm.2022.126318
Wood, C.L.; Vanhove, M.P.M. (2022). Is the world wormier than it used to be? We'll never know without natural history collections. J. Anim. Ecol. 92(2): 250-262. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13794
Vieira, C.; Schils, T.; Kawai, H.; D’hondt, S.; Paiano, M.O.; Sherwood, A.R.; De Clerck, O.; Zubia, M. (2022). Phylogenetic position of Newhousia (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae) and the description of N. sumayensis sp. nov. from Guam. Phycologia 61(3): 255-264. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00318884.2022.2034364

2021

Antacli, J.C.; Hernando, M.P.; De Troch, M.; Malanga, G.; Mendiolar, M.; Hernández, D.R.; Varela, D.E.; Antoni, J.; Sahade, R.J.; Schloss, I.R. (2021). Ocean warming and freshening effects on lipid metabolism in coastal Antarctic phytoplankton assemblages dominated by sub-Antarctic species. Sci. Total Environ. 790: 147879. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147879
Bezerra, T.N.; Pape, E.; Hauquier, F.; Vanreusel, A. (2021). Description and distribution of Erebussau nom. nov. pro Erebus Bussau, 1993 nec Erebus Latreille, 1810 with description of a new specie, and of Odetenema gesarae gen. nov., sp. nov. (Nematoda: Desmoscolecida) from nodule-bearing abyssal sediments in the Pacific. Zootaxa 4903(4): 542-562. https://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4903.4.4
Bilcke, G.; Van den Berge, K.; Bonneure, E.; Poulsen, N.; Bulankova, P.; Osuna-Cruz, C.M.; Dickenson, J.; Sabbe, K.; Pohnert, G.; Vandepoele, K.; Mangelinckx, S.; Clement, L.; De Veylder, L.; Vyverman, W. (2021). Mating type specific transcriptomic response to sex inducing pheromone in the pennate diatom Seminavis robusta. ISME J. 15(2): 562-576. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41396-020-00797-7
de la Rosa, F.; De Troch, M.; Gabriela, M.; Marcelo, H. (2021). Physiological responses and specific fatty acids composition of Microcystis aeruginosa exposed to total solar radiation and increased temperature. Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. 20(6): 805-821. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s43630-021-00061-7
Hernando, M.; De Troch, M.; de la Rosa, F.; Giannuzzi, L. (2021). Fatty acid response of the invasive bivalve Limnoperna fortunei fed with Microcystis aeruginosa exposed to high temperature. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. C-Toxicol. Pharmacol. 240: 108925. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpc.2020.108925
Pontes, L.P.; Vafeiadou, A.-M.; de França, F.J.L.; Cavalcante, R.A.; de Araújo França, D.A.; Brito, C.M.; Alves, R.N.; de Carvalho, P.S.M.; dos Santos, G.A.P. (2021). Toxic effects of phenanthrene intensify with an increase of temperature for the populations of a free-living nematode. Ecol. Indic. 120: 106868. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106868
Rahmani, A.; Vercauteren, M.; Vranckx, K.; Boyen, F.; Bidault, A.; Pichereau, V.; Decostere, A.; Paillard, C.; Chiers, K. (2021). MALDI-TOF MS as a promising tool to assess potential virulence of Vibrio tapetis isolates. Aquaculture 530: 735729. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2020.735729
Toussaint, E.; De Borger, E.; Braeckman, U.; De Backer, A.; Soetaert, K.; Vanaverbeke, J. (2021). Faunal and environmental drivers of carbon and nitrogen cycling along a permeability gradient in shallow North Sea sediments. Sci. Total Environ. 767: 144994. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.144994
Vafeiadou, A.-M.; Moens, T. (2021). Effects of temperature and interspecific competition on population fitness of free-living marine nematodes. Ecol. Indic. 120: 106958. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106958
Van Colen, C.; Moereels, L.; Vanhove, B.; Vrielinck, H.; Moens, T. (2021). The biological plastic pump: Evidence from a local case study using blue mussel and infaunal benthic communities. Environ. Pollut. 274: 115825. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115825
Bonneure, E.; De Baets, A.; De Decker, S.; Van den Berge, K.; Clement, L.; Vyverman, W.; Mangelinckx, S. (2021). Altering the sex pheromone cyclo(L-Pro-L-Pro) of the diatom Seminavis robusta towards a chemical probe. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 22(3): 1037. https://hdl.handle.net/10.3390/ijms22031037
Fang, X.; Moens, T.; Knights, A.; Soetaert, K.; Van Colen, C. (2021). Allometric scaling of faunal-mediated ecosystem functioning: A case study on two bioturbators in contrasting sediments. Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 254: 107323. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2021.107323
Macheriotou, L.; Rigaux, A.; Olu, K.; Zeppilli, D.; Derycke, S.; Vanreusel, A. (2021). Corrigendum: deep-sea nematodes of the Mozambique Channel: evidence of random community assembly dynamics in seep sediments. Front. Mar. Sci. 8: 685177. https://hdl.handle.net/10.3389/fmars.2021.685177
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Sauvage, J.; Wikfors, G.H.; Sabbe, K.; Nevejan, N.; Goderis, S.; Claeys, P.; Li, X.; Joyce, A. (2021). Biodegradable, metal-chelating compounds as alternatives to EDTA for cultivation of marine microalgae. J. Appl. Phycol. 33(6): 3519-3537. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10811-021-02583-0
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Cruz-Laufer, A.J.; Artois, T.; Smeets, K.; Pariselle, A.; Vanhove, M.P.M. (2021). The cichlid–Cichlidogyrus network: a blueprint for a model system of parasite evolution. Hydrobiologia 848(16): 3847-3863. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-020-04426-4
Rat, R.; Naranjo, H.D.; Lebbe, L.; Cnockaert, M.; Krigas, N.; Grigoriadou, K.; Maloupa, E.; Willems, A. (2021). Roseomonas hellenica sp. nov., isolated from roots of wild-growing Alkanna tinctoria. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 44(3): 126206. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.syapm.2021.126206
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Tahon, G.; Gök, D.; Lebbe, L.; Willems, A. (2021). Description and functional testing of four species of the novel phototrophic genus Chioneia gen. nov., isolated from different East Antarctic environments. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 44(6): 126250. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.syapm.2021.126250

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Bringloe, T.T.; Starko, S.; Wade, R.M.; Vieira, C.; Kawai, H.; De Clerck, O.; Cock, J.M.; Coelho, S.M.; Destombe, C.; Valero, M.; Neiva, J.; Pearson, G.A.; Faugeron, S.; Verbruggen, H. (2020). Phylogeny and evolution of the brown algae. Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. 39(4): 281-321. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07352689.2020.1787679
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Dow, L.; Stock, F.; Peltekis, A.; Szamosvári, D.; Prothiwa, M.; Lapointe, A.; Böttcher, T.; Bailleul, B.; Vyverman, W.; Kroth, P.G.; Lepetit, B. (2020). The multifaceted inhibitory effects of an alkylquinolone on the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum. ChemBioChem 21(8): 1206-1216. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cbic.201900612
Dumolin, C.; Peeters, C.; Ehsani, E.; Tahon, G.; De Canck, E.; Cnockaert, M.; Boon, N.; Vandamme, P. (2020). Achromobacter veterisilvae sp. nov., from a mixed hydrogen-oxidizing bacteria enrichment reactor for microbial protein production. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 70(1): 530-536. https://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.003786
Geraerts, M.; Muterezi Bukinga, F.; Vanhove, M.P.M.; Pariselle, A.; Chocha Manda, A.; Vreven, E.; Huyse, T.; Artois, T. (2020). Six new species of Cichlidogyrus Paperna, 1960 (Platyhelminthes: Monogenea) from the gills of cichlids (Teleostei: Cichliformes) from the Lomami River Basin (DRC: Middle Congo). Parasites & Vectors 13(1): 187. https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-020-3927-4
Jorissen, M.W.P.; Huyse, T.; Wamuini Lunkayilakio, S.; Muterezi Bukinga, F.; Chocha Manda, A.; Kapepula Kasembele, G.; Vreven, E.J.; Snoeks, J.; Decru, E.; Artois, T.; Vanhove, M.P.M. (2020). Historical museum collections help detect parasite species jumps after tilapia introductions in the Congo Basin. Biological Invasions 22(9): 2825-2844. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-020-02288-4
Kumar, V.; Roy, S.; Baruah, K.; Van Haver, D.; Impens, F.; Bossier, P. (2020). Environmental conditions steer phenotypic switching in acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease‐causing Vibrio parahaemolyticus, affecting PirAVP/PirBVP toxins production. Environ. Microbiol. 22(10): 4212-4230. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.14903
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Macheriotou, L.; Rigaux, A.; Derycke, S.; Vanreusel, A. (2020). Phylogenetic clustering and rarity imply risk of local species extinction in prospective deep-sea mining areas of the Clarion–Clipperton Fracture Zone. Proc. - Royal Soc., Biol. Sci. 287(1924): 20192666. https://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.2666
Mavraki, N.; Degraer, S.; Moens, T.; Vanaverbeke, J. (2020). Functional differences in trophic structure of offshore wind farm communities: A stable isotope study. Mar. Environ. Res. 157: 104868. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2019.104868
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Mestdagh, S.; Ysebaert, T.; Moens, T.; Van Colen, C. (2020). Dredging-induced turbid plumes affect bio-irrigation and biogeochemistry in sediments inhabited by Lanice conchilega (Pallas, 1766). ICES J. Mar. Sci./J. Cons. int. Explor. Mer 77(3): 1219-1226. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsy122
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Peña, V.; Vieira, C.; Braga, J.C.; Aguirre, J.; Rösler, A.; Baele, G.; De Clerck, O.; Le Gall, L. (2020). Radiation of the coralline red algae (Corallinophycidae, Rhodophyta) crown group as inferred from a multilocus time-calibrated phylogeny. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 150: 106845. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106845
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Stock, F.; Bilcke, G.; De Decker, S.; Osuna-Cruz, C.M.; Van den Berge, K.; Vancaester, E.; De Veylder, L.; Vandepoele, K.; Mangelinckx, S.; Vyverman, W. (2020). Distinctive growth and transcriptional changes of the diatom Seminavis robusta in response to quorum sensing related compounds. Front. Microbiol. 11: 1240. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.01240
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Van Colen, C.; Ong, E.Z.; Briffa, M.; Wethey, D.S.; Abatih, E.; Moens, T.; Woodin, S.A. (2020). Clam feeding plasticity reduces herbivore vulnerability to ocean warming and acidification. Nat. Clim. Chang. 10(2): 162-166. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41558-019-0679-2
Van Colen, C.; Vanhove, B.; Diem, A.; Moens, T. (2020). Does microplastic ingestion by zooplankton affect predator-prey interactions? An experimental study on larviphagy. Environ. Pollut. 256: 113479. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2019.113479
Van Landuyt, J.; Cimmino, L.; Dumolin, C.; Chatzigiannidou, I.; Taveirne, F.; Mattelin, V.; Zhang, Y.; Vandamme, P.; Scoma, A.; Williamson, A.; Boon, N. (2020). Microbial enrichment, functional characterization and isolation from a cold seep yield piezotolerant obligate hydrocarbon degraders. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 96(9): fiaa097. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiaa097
Vercauteren, M.; Decostere, A.; Chiers, K. (2020). First report of lesions resembling red mark syndrome observed in wild-caught common dab (Limanda limanda). J. Fish Dis. 43(1): 147-151. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfd.13104
Vieira, C.; Morrow, K.; D'Hondt, S.; Camacho, O.; Engelen, A.H.; Payri, C.E.; De Clerck, O. (2020). Diversity, ecology, biogeography, and evolution of the prevalent brown algal genus Lobophora in the Greater Caribbean Sea, including the description of five new species. J. Phycol. 56(3): 592-607. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12986
Boyen, J.; Fink, P.; Mensens, C.; Hablützel, P.I.; De Troch, M. (2020). Fatty acid bioconversion in harpacticoid copepods in a changing environment: a transcriptomic approach. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. (B Biol. Sci.) 375(1804): 20190645. https://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0645
Daudi, L.D.; Uku, J.N.; De Troch, M. (2020). Pigment and fatty acid profiling reveal differences in epiphytic microphytes among tropical Thalassodendron ciliatum meadows. Aquat. Bot. 166: 103253. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2020.103253
de la Rosa, F.; De Troch, M.; Malanga, G.; Hernando, M. (2020). Differential sensitivity of fatty acids and lipid damage in Microcystis aeruginosa (cyanobacteria) exposed to increased temperature. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. C-Toxicol. Pharmacol. 235: 108773. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpc.2020.108773
Diez, Y.L.; Monnens, M.; Aguirre, R.I.; Yurduseven, R.; Jouk, P.E.H.; Van Steenkiste, N.W.L.; Leander, B.S.; Schockaert, E.; Reygel, P.; Smeets, K.; Artois, T.J. (2020). Taxonomy and phylogeny of Koinocystididae (Platyhelminthes, Kalyptorhynchia), with the description of three new genera and twelve new species. Zootaxa 4948(4): 451-500. https://hdl.handle.net/10.11646/zootaxa.4948.4.1
Huang, Q.; Olenin, S.; Li, L.; Sun, S.; De Troch, M. (2020). Meiobenthos as food for farmed shrimps in the earthen ponds: Implications for sustainable feeding. Aquaculture 521: 735094. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2020.735094
Kmentová, N.; Koblmüller, S.; Van Steenberge, M.; Raeymaekers, J.A.M.; Artois, T.; De Keyzer, E.L.S.; Milec, L.; Muterezi Bukinga, F.; Mulimbwa N'sibula, T.; Masilya Mulungula, P.; Ntakimazi, G.; Volckaert, F.A.M.; Gelnar, M.; Vanhove, M.P.M. (2020). Weak population structure and recent demographic expansion of the monogenean parasite Kapentagyrus spp. infecting clupeid fishes of Lake Tanganyika, East Africa. Int. J. Parasitol. 50(6-7): 471-486. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2020.02.002
Lin, S.-M.; De Clerck, O.; Leliaert, F.; Chuang, Y.-C. (2020). Systematics and biogeography of the red algal genus Yonagunia (Halymeniaceae, Rhodophyta) from the Indo-Pacific including the description of two new species from Taiwan. J. Phycol. 56(6): 1542-1556. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1111/jpy.13055
Monnens, M.; Thijs, S.; Briscoe, A.G.; Clark, M.; Frost, E.J.; Littlewood, D.T.J.; Sewell, M.; Smeets, K.; Artois, T.; Vanhove, M.P.M. (2020). The first mitochondrial genomes of endosymbiotic rhabdocoels illustrate evolutionary relaxation of atp8 and genome plasticity in flatworms. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 162: 454-469. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.06.025
Obst, M.; Exter, K.; Allcock, A.L.; Arvanitidis, C.; Axberg, A.; Bustamante, M.; Cancio, I.; Carreira-Flores, D.; Chatzinikolaou, E.; Chatzigeorgiou, G.; Chrismas, N.; Clark, M.S.; Comtet, T.; Dailianis, T.; Davies, N.; Deneudt, K.; de Cerio, O.D.; Fortic, A.; Gerovasileiou, V.; Hablützel, P.I.; Keklikoglou, K.; Kotoulas, G.; Lasota, R.; Leite, B.R.; Loisel, S.; Lévêque, L.; Levy, L.; Malachowicz, M.; Mavric, B.; Meyer, C.; Mortelmans, J.; Norkko, J.; Pade, N.; Power, A.M.; Ramšak, A.; Reiss, H.; Solbakken, J.; Staehr, P.A.; Sundberg, P.; Thyrring, J.; Troncoso, J.; Viard, F.; Wenne, R.; Yperifanou, E.I.; Zbawicka, M.; Pavloudi, C. (2020). A Marine Biodiversity Observation Network for genetic monitoring of hard-bottom communities (ARMS-MBON). Front. Mar. Sci. 7: 572680. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.572680
Randon, M.; Le Pape, O.; Ernande, B.; Mahé, K.; Volckaert, F.A.M.; Petit, E.J.; Lassalle, G.; Le Berre, T.; Réveillac, E. (2020). Complementarity and discriminatory power of genotype and otolith shape in describing the fine-scale population structure of an exploited fish, the common sole of the Eastern English Channel. PLoS One 15(11): e0241429. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1371/journal.pone.0241429
Tran, P.T.N.; Kumar, V.; Bossier, P. (2020). Do acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease-causing PirABVP toxins aggravate vibriosis? Emerging Microbes & Infections 9(1): 1919-1932. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/22221751.2020.1811778
Kmentová, N.; Koblmüller, S.; Van Steenberge, M.; Artois, T.; Muterezi Bukinga, F.; Mulimbwa N'sibula, T.; Muzumani Risasi, D.; Masilya Mulungula, P.; Gelnar, M.; Vanhove, M.P.M. (2020). Failure to diverge in African Great Lakes: The case of Dolicirroplectanum lacustre gen. nov. comb. nov. (Monogenea, Diplectanidae) infecting latid hosts. J. Great Lakes Res. 46(5): 1113-1130. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2019.09.022
Gobbin, T.P.; Vanhove, M.P.M.; Pariselle, A.; Groothuis, T.G.G.; Maan, M.E.; Seehausen, O. (2020). Temporally consistent species differences in parasite infection but no evidence for rapid parasite-mediated speciation in Lake Victoria cichlid fish. J. Evolution. Biol. 33(5): 556-575. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jeb.13615

2019

Alves, R.M.S.; Van Colen, C.; Rabaut, M.; De Wulf, A.; Vincx, M.; Stal, C. (2019). Cost-effective coastal habitat mapping: detecting intertidal polychaete aggregations with low-altitude photogrammetry. Photogramm. Eng. Remote Sens. 85(12): 899-905. https://dx.doi.org/10.14358/PERS.85.12.899
Bogaert, K.A.; Blommaert, L.; Ljung, K.; Beeckman, T.; De Clerck, O. (2019). Auxin function in the brown alga Dictyota dichotoma. Plant Physiol. 179(1): 280-299. https://dx.doi.org/10.1104/pp.18.01041
Deschutter, Y.; De Schamphelaere, K.; Everaert, G.; Mensens, C.; De Troch, M. (2019). Seasonal and spatial fatty acid profiling of the calanoid copepods Temora longicornis and Acartia clausi linked to environmental stressors in the North Sea. Mar. Environ. Res. 144: 92-101. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2018.12.008
Diez, Y.L.; Reygel, P.; Artois, T. (2019). Schizorhynchia (Platyhelminthes, Rhabdocoela) from eastern Cuba, with the description of fifteen new species. Zootaxa 4646(1): 1-30. https://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4646.1.1
Ehsani, E.; Dumolin, C.; Arends, J.B.A.; Kerckhof, F.-M.; Hu, X.; Vandamme, P.; Boon, N. (2019). Enriched hydrogen-oxidizing microbiomes show a high diversity of co-existing hydrogen-oxidizing bacteria. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 103(19): 8241-8253. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00253-019-10082-z
Fang, X.; Mestdagh, S.; Ysebaert, T.; Moens, T.; Soetaert, K.; Van Colen, C. (2019). Spatio-temporal variation in sediment ecosystem processes and roles of key biota in the Scheldt estuary. Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 222: 21-31. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2019.04.001
Giraldo, J.B.; Stock, W.; Dow, L.; Roef, L.; Willems, A.; Mangelinckx, S.; Kroth, P.G.; Vyverman, W.; Michiels, M. (2019). Influence of the algal microbiome on biofouling during industrial cultivation of Nannochloropsis sp. in closed photobioreactors. Algal Research 42: 101591. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2019.101591
Huang, Q.; Olenin, S.; Jiang, T.; Sun, S.; De Troch, M. (2019). Assessing environmental effects of the bay scallop Argopecten irradians culture in China: Using abiotic and biotic indicators. Aquaculture 499: 316-328. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2018.09.050
Jouk, P.E.H.; Revis, N.J.P.; Artois, T. (2019). Coelogynopora schockaerti n. sp. (Proseriata: Coelogynoporidae), a remnant of a platyhelminth coldwater fauna in the northwestern Mediterranean? Zootaxa 4686(3): 409-418. https://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4686.3.6
Kerkhove, T.; Hellemans, B.; De Troch, M.; De Backer, A.; Volckaert, F.A.M. (2019). Isolation and characterisation of 14 novel microsatellite markers through Next Generation Sequencing for the commercial Atlantic seabob shrimp Xiphopenaeus kroyeri. Molecular biology reports 46(6): 6565-6569. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11033-019-05026-9
Kerkhove, T.R.H.; Boyen, J.; De Backer, A.; Mol, J.; Volckaert, F.A.M.; Leliaert, F.; De Troch, M. (2019). Multilocus data reveal cryptic species in the Atlantic seabob shrimp Xiphopenaeus kroyeri (Crustacea: Decapoda). Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 127(4): 847-862. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blz065
Koedooder, C.; Stock, W.; Willems, A.; Mangelinckx, S.; De Troch, M.; Vyverman, W.; Sabbe, K. (2019). Diatom-bacteria interactions modulate the composition and productivity of benthic diatom biofilms. Front. Microbiol. 10: 1255. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.01255
Küpper, F.C.; Peters, A.F.; Kytinou, E.; Asensi, A.O.; Vieira, C.; Macaya, E.C.; De Clerck, O. (2019). Dictyota falklandica sp. nov. (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae) from the Falkland Islands and southernmost South America. Phycologia 58(6): 640-647. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00318884.2019.1648990
Lin, Y.; Reygel, P.; Feng, W.; Chen, J.; Tessens, B.; Van Steenkiste, N.W.L.; Schockaert, E.R.; Artois, T.J.; Wang, A. (2019). Four new species of the genus Paraustrorhynchus (Rhabdocoela: Kalyptorhynchia: Polycystididae). Zootaxa 4550(3): 357-373. https://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4550.3.4
Lopes-dos-Santos, R.M.A.; De Troch, M.; Bossier, P.; Van Stappen, G. (2019). Archivory in hypersaline aquatic environments: Haloarchaea as a dietary source for the brine shrimp Artemia. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 95(12): 7. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiz178
Lopes-dos-Santos, R.M.A.; Groot, R.; Sui, L.; Bossier, P.; Van Stappen, G. (2019). Halophilic bacteria as a food source for the brine shrimp Artemia. Aquaculture 500: 631-639. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2018.10.0613
Mevenkamp, L.; Guilini, K.; Boetius, A.; De Grave, J.; Laforce, B.; Vandenberghe, D.; Vincze, L.; Vanreusel, A. (2019). Responses of an abyssal meiobenthic community to short-term burial with crushed nodule particles in the south-east Pacific. Biogeosciences 16(11): 2329-2341. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-2329-2019
Monnens, M.; Frost, E.J.; Clark, M.; Sewell, M.A.; Vanhove, M.P.M.; Artois, T. (2019). Description and ecophysiology of a new species of Syndesmis Silliman, 1881 (Rhabdocoela: Umagillidae) from the sea urchin Evechinus chloroticus (Valenciennes, 1846) Mortensen, 1943 in New Zealand. IJP 10: 71-82. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2019.07.005
Rodríguez-Prieto, C.; De Clerck, O.; Huisman, J.M.; Lin, S.-M. (2019). Characterisation of Nesoia latifolia (Halymeniaceae, Rhodophyta) from Europe with emphasis on cystocarp development and description of Nesoia mediterranea sp. nov. Phycologia 58(4): 393-404. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00318884.2019.1591879
Stock, W.; Blommaert, L.; Daveloose, I.; Vyverman, W.; Sabbe, K.; Blommaert, L. (2019). Assessing the suitability of Imaging-PAM fluorometry for monitoring growth of benthic diatoms. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 513: 35-41. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2019.02.003
Stock, W.; Blommaert, L.; De Troch, M.; Mangelinckx, S.; Willems, A.; Vyverman, W.; Sabbe, K. (2019). Host specificity in diatom-bacteria interactions alleviates antagonistic effects. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 95(11): fiz171. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiz171
Vercauteren, M.; De Swaef, E.; Declercq, A.M.; Polet, H.; Aerts, J.; Ampe, B.; Romalde, J.L.; Haesebrouck, F.; Devriese, L.; Decostere, A.; Chiers, K.; Aerts, J. (2019). Scrutinizing the triad of Vibrio tapetis, the skin barrier and pigmentation as determining factors in the development of skin ulcerations in wild common dab (Limanda limanda). Vet. Res. 50(1): 41. https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13567-019-0659-6
Vieira, C.; De Clerck, O.; Millet, L.; Payri, C.E. (2019). Description of ten new Lobophora species from the Bismarck Sea (Papua New Guinea). Phycol. Res. 67(3): 228-238. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/pre.12372

2018

De Clerck, O.; Kao, S.-M.; Bogaert, K.A.; Blomme, J.; Foflonker, F.; Kwantes, M.; Vancaester, E.; Vanderstraeten, L.; Aydogdu, E.; Boesger, J.; Califano, G.; Charrier, B.; Clewes, R.; Del Cortona, A.; D’Hondt, S.; Fernandez-Pozo, N.; Gachon, C.M.; Hanikenne, M.; Lattermann, L.; Leliaert, F.; Liu, X.; Maggs, C.A.; Popper, Z.A.; Raven, J.A.; Van Bel, M.; Wilhelmsson, P.K.I.; Bhattacharya, D.; Coates, J.C.; Rensing, S.A.; Van Der Straeten, D.; Vardi, A.; Sterck, L.; Vandepoele, K.; Van de Peer, Y.; Wichard, T.; Bothwell, J.H. (2018). Insights into the evolution of multicellularity from the sea lettuce genome. Curr. Biol. 28(18): 2921-2933.e5. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2018.08.015
D'Hondt, A.-S.; Stock, W.; Blommaert, L.; Moens, T.; Sabbe, K. (2018). Nematodes stimulate biomass accumulation in a multispecies diatom biofilm. Mar. Environ. Res. 140: 78-89. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2018.06.005
Guden, R.M.; Vafeiadou, A.-M.; De Meester, N.; Derycke, S.; Moens, T. (2018). Living apart-together: microhabitat differentiation of cryptic nematode species in a saltmarsh habitat. PLoS One 13(9): e0204750. https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0204750
Hernando, M.; Schloss, I.R.; Almandoz, G.O.; Malanga, G.; De Troch, M. (2018). Combined effects of temperature and salinity on fatty acid content and lipid damage in Antarctic phytoplankton. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 503: 120-128. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2018.03.004
Huang, Q; Olenin, S.; Sun, S.; De Troch, M. (2018). Impact of farming non-indigenous scallop Argopecten irradians on benthic ecosystem functioning: a case-study in Laizhou Bay, China. Aquaculture Environment Interactions 10: 227-241. https://dx.doi.org/10.3354/aei00264
Jorissen, M.W.P.; Pariselle, A.; Huyse, T.; Vreven, E.J.; Snoeks, J.; Decru, E.; Kusters, T.; Lunkayilakio, S.W.; Bukinga, F.M.; Artois, T.; Vanhove, M.P.M. (2018). Six new dactylogyrid species (Platyhelminthes, Monogenea) from the gills of cichlids (Teleostei, Cichliformes) from the Lower Congo Basin. Parasite 25: 64. https://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2018059
Leliaert, F.; Payo, D.A.; Gurgel, C.F.D.; Schils, T.; Draisma, S.G.A.; Saunders, G.W.; Kamiya, M.; Sherwood, A.R.; Lin, S.-M.; Huisman, J.M.; Le Gall, L.; Anderson, R.J.; Bolton, J.J.; Mattio, L.; Zubia, M.; Spokes, T.; Vieira, C.; Payri, C.E.; Coppejans, E.; D'hondt, S.; Verbruggen, H.; De Clerck, O. (2018). Patterns and drivers of species diversity in the Indo-Pacific red seaweed Portieria. J. Biogeogr. 45(10): 2299-2313. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13410
Mestdagh, S.; Bagaço, L.; Braeckman, U.; Ysebaert, T.; De Smet, B.; Moens, T.; van Colen, C.; De Smet, B. (2018). Functional trait responses to sediment deposition reduce macrofauna-mediated ecosystem functioning in an estuarine mudflat. Biogeosciences 15(9): 2587-2599. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-2587-2018
Mevenkamp, L.; Ong, E.Z.; Van Colen, C.; Vanreusel, A.; Guilini, K. (2018). Combined, short-term exposure to reduced seawater pH and elevated temperature induces community shifts in an intertidal meiobenthic assemblage. Mar. Environ. Res. 133: 32-44. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2017.11.002
Tahon, G.; Tytgat, B.; Lebbe, L.; Carlier, A.; Willems, A. (2018). Abditibacterium utsteinense sp. nov., the first cultivated member of candidate phylum FBP, isolated from ice-free Antarctic soil samples. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 41(4): 279-290. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.syapm.2018.01.009
Vafeiadou, A.-M.; Bretaña, B.L.P.; Van Colen, C.; dos Santos, G.A.P.; Moens, T. (2018). Global warming-induced temperature effects to intertidal tropical and temperate meiobenthic communities. Mar. Environ. Res. 142: 163-177. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2018.10.005
Vercauteren, M.; De Swaef, E.; Declercq, A.; Bosseler, L.; Gulla, S.; Balboa, S.; Romalde, J.L.; Devriese, L.; Polet, H.; Boyen, F.; Chiers, K.; Decostere, A.; Devriese, L. (2018). First isolation of Vibrio tapetis and an atypical strain of Aeromonas salmonicida from skin ulcerations in common dab (Limanda limanda) in the North Sea. J. Fish Dis. 41(2): 329-335. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfd.12729

2015

LeRoux, F.; Wegner, K.; Baker-Austin, C.; Vezzulli, L.; Osorio, C.; Amaro, C.; Ritchie, J.; Defoirdt, T.; Destoumieux-Garzon, D.; Blokesch, M.; Mazel, D.; Jacq, A.; Cava, F.; Gram, L.; Wendling, C.; Strauch, E.; Kirschner, A.; Huehn, S. (2015). The emergence of Vibrio pathogens in Europe: ecology, evolution, and pathogenesis (Paris, 11-12th March 2015). Front. Microbiol. 6: 830. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2015.00830