Article
Environmental Sciences
Joop W. P. Coolen, Jan Vanaverbeke, Jennifer Dannheim, Clement Garcia, Silvana N. R. Birchenough, Roland Krone, Jan Beermann
Summary: Through a meta-analysis of monitoring data from offshore wind farms in the southern North Sea, we identified the impacts of offshore wind farms on marine biodiversity. Our results indicate that depth, season, and distance to structures are key factors influencing biodiversity and abundance. We also found that age and country affiliation play a significant role in certain indices. We propose that meta-analyses should be an essential tool for managing the effects of offshore wind farms in the future.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Arjen R. Boon, Jan van Dalfsen
Summary: This study focused on the long-term changes of macrobenthic assemblages in dredged harbour sediment disposed of in sand extraction pits. The study found a strong association between sediment grain size and benthic assemblage composition. Over the course of ten years, the disposal sites and surrounding environment became more similar in terms of sediment composition and benthic assemblages.
MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Jean-Claude Dauvin, Abir Fersi, Jean-Philippe Pezy, Ali Bakalem, Lassad Neifar
Summary: The study conducted in the north-western part of the Gulf of Gabes in Tunisia from 2016 to 2017 revealed the impact of various anthropogenic pressures on the invertebrate population in the area. Despite the disturbances, different species exhibited specific changes in abundance and distribution across seasons and locations.
MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Chen Li, Joop W. P. Coolen, Laura Scherer, Jose M. Mogollon, Ulrike Braeckman, Jan Vanaverbeke, Arnold Tukker, Bernhard Steubing
Summary: Large-scale offshore wind energy developments have (negative or positive) impacts on marine biodiversity, creating artificial reefs and reducing bottom trawling. The long-term cumulative impacts are unknown. This study integrates these impacts into life cycle assessment and suggests no net adverse impacts on benthic communities within offshore wind farms. Artificial reefs could increase species richness and abundance, while seabed occupation may result in minor biodiversity losses. The trawling avoidance benefits were inconclusive. The developed characterization factors provide a stepping stone for a better representation of biodiversity in life cycle assessment.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Gijs de Boer, Radiance Calmer, Gina Jozef, John J. Cassano, Jonathan Hamilton, Dale Lawrence, Steven Borenstein, Abhiram Doddi, Christopher Cox, Julia Schmale, Andreas Preusser, Brian Argrow
Summary: Scientists conducted a five-month expedition in the central Arctic Ocean from March to July 2020 using two small uncrewed aircraft systems to measure the thermodynamic and kinematic state of the lower atmosphere and document ice properties. Over 120 flights were conducted, collecting data under extreme conditions ranging from -35 to 15 degrees Celsius.
Review
Oceanography
Eric Jorda-Molina, Arunima Sen, Bodil A. Bluhm, Paul E. Renaud, Maria Wlodarska-Kowalczuk, Joanna Legezynska, Barbara Oleszczuk, Henning Reiss
Summary: The study found that macrofauna communities in the Barents Sea do not show strong signs of seasonal variation, but some weak signs of seasonality were observed at certain stations. Additionally, there were highly structured environmental regimes and associated macrofauna communities from the shelf to slope and basin locations.
PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Mario Lebrato, Juan-Carlos Molinero, Justin G. Mychek-Londer, Elena Mateo Gonzalez, Daniel O. B. Jones
Summary: This study assessed the impacts of sinking jellyfish carbon deposits on benthic communities after intense jellyfish blooms. The results showed that jellyfish carbon deposition can affect benthic megafaunal species abundance and diversity, with peak biomass corresponding to reduced abundance and diversity. Additionally, single-species aggregations triggered dominance events at specific depth strata.
FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Michal Saniewski, Tamara Zalewska, Wojciech Krasniewski
Summary: The study found that Limecola balthica could potentially serve as bioindicators for shallow and deep-sea areas in the southern Baltic Sea, while widely spread Mytillus trossulus exhibited large size variability in samples and showed no significant correlation between activities in species and seawater.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Melissa Kass, Margarita Chikina, Andrey Vedenin, Santiago E. A. Pineda-Metz, Thomas Soltwedel
Summary: This study investigated the functional structure of macrofauna communities in deep-sea ecosystems, finding that their functional structure is driven by food availability. Through sampling and analysis in the Fram Strait region, different stations were clustered into three groups based on their trait compositions.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2021)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Panit Potisomporn, Christopher R. Vogel
Summary: This study analyzed the spatial and temporal characteristics of offshore wind energy production in the UK, finding seasonal variations in low wind power events. The correlation in output between offshore wind farm pairs decreases with distance, albeit at a slower rate. Conditional probability assessments show certain regions are more susceptible to low wind energy production simultaneously during limited wind energy production periods in specific areas.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Marta Szczepanek, Marc J. Silberberger, Katarzyna Koziorowska-Makuch, Monika Kedra
Summary: Macrobenthos is a crucial component of organic carbon storage and energy flow in marine systems. Riverine organic matter enters the marine food web mainly through the feeding behavior of benthic primary consumers. Changes in the structure and feeding modes of benthic communities can affect their ability to utilize riverine organic matter.
FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Torcuato Pulido Mantas, Camilla Roveta, Barbara Calcinai, Martina Coppari, Cristina Gioia Di Camillo, Veronica Marchesi, Teo Marrocco, Stefania Puce, Carlo Cerrano
Summary: This study used SfM photogrammetry to assess the abundance and spatial distribution of benthic organisms inside a semi-submerged marine cave, with a special focus on the impact of illegal fishing on a particular mussel species. The results showed that SfM and traditional approaches provided similar results in terms of species richness, percentage cover, and most seascape metrics, but differed in taxa density estimations.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Andrew Gunn, Roger Dargaville, Christian Jakob, Shayne McGregor
Summary: To meet the demand for electricity from renewable energy, it is important to choose wind farm locations that minimize variability in output, especially during the night when solar photovoltaics are unreliable. The location of wind farms must consider grid proximity, resource potential, and wind correlation between farms.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Geography, Physical
Jose F. Cabrera-Ortiz, Javier Dorador, Francisco J. Rodriguez-Tova
Summary: This study presents a detailed ichnological and sedimentological integration analysis of Miocene muddy turbiditic deposits from the westernmost Mediterranean. The findings reveal variations in depositional conditions within the turbiditic system, with generalized low energy conditions in the lower part and higher energy conditions in the upper part.
PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Wojciech Majewski, Witold Szczucinski, Andrew J. Gooday
Summary: Sub-Antarctic fjords in South Georgia were studied to understand the effect of climate change on living benthic foraminifera. Four distinct foraminiferal assemblages were identified, with Miliammina earlandi dominating in glacier-proximal habitats, Cassidulinoides aff. parkerianus in mid-fjord areas, and Globocassidulina aff. rossensis and an assemblage dominated by Ammobaculites rostratus, Reophax subfusiformis, and Astrononion echolsi in the outer fjords. Miliammina earlandi showed adaptability to glacial influence and high sedimentation rates, while C. aff. parkerianus was well-suited to inner-fjord conditions.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Willem M. G. M. van Loon, Dennis J. J. Walvoort, Gert van Hoey, Christina Vina-Herbon, Abigayil Blandon, Roland Pesch, Petra Schmitt, Joerg Scholle, Karin Heyer, Marc Lavaleye, Graham Phillips, Gerard C. A. Duineveld, Mats Blomqvist
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2018)
Article
Ecology
Ashley M. Fowler, Anne-Mette Jorgensen, Jon C. Svendsen, Peter I. Macreadie, Daniel O. B. Jones, Arjen R. Boon, David J. Booth, Robin Brabant, Emily Callahan, Jeremy T. Claisse, Thomas G. Dahlgren, Steven Degraer, Quenton R. Dokken, Andrew B. Gill, David G. Johns, Robert J. Leewis, Han J. Lindeboom, Olof Linden, Roel May, Albertinka J. Murk, Geir Ottersen, Donna M. Schroeder, Sunil M. Shastri, Jonas Teilmann, Victoria Todd, Gert Van Hoey, Jan Vanaverbeke, Joop W. P. Coolen
FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
(2018)
Article
Marine & Freshwater Biology
Naomi T. Breine, Annelies De Backer, Carl Van Colen, Tom Moens, Kris Hostens, Gert Van Hoey
ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE
(2018)
Article
Ecology
Maria Dornelas, Laura H. Antao, Faye Moyes, Amanda E. Bates, Anne E. Magurran, Dusan Adam, Asem A. Akhmetzhanova, Ward Appeltans, Jose Manuel Arcos, Haley Arnold, Narayanan Ayyappan, Gal Badihi, Andrew H. Baird, Miguel Barbosa, Tiago Egydio Barreto, Claus Baessler, Alecia Bellgrove, Jonathan Belmaker, Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi, Brian J. Bett, Anne D. Bjorkman, Magdalena Blazewicz, Shane A. Blowes, Christopher P. Bloch, Timothy C. Bonebrake, Susan Boyd, Matt Bradford, Andrew J. Brooks, James H. Brown, Helge Bruelheide, Phaedra Budy, Fernando Carvalho, Edward Castaneda-Moya, Chaolun Allen Chen, John F. Chamblee, Tory J. Chase, Laura Siegwart Collier, Sharon K. Collinge, Richard Condit, Elisabeth J. Cooper, J. Hans C. Cornelissen, Unai Cotano, Shannan Kyle Crow, Gabriella Damasceno, Claire H. Davies, Robert A. Davis, Frank P. Day, Steven Degraer, Tim S. Doherty, Timothy E. Dunn, Giselda Durigan, J. Emmett Duffy, Dor Edelist, Graham J. Edgar, Robin Elahi, Sarah C. Elmendorf, Anders Enemar, S. K. Morgan Ernest, Ruben Escribano, Marc Estiarte, Brian S. Evans, Tung-Yung Fan, Fabiano Turini Farah, Luiz Loureiro Fernandes, Fabio Z. Farneda, Alessandra Fidelis, Robert Fitt, Anna Maria Fosaa, Geraldo Antonio Daher Correa Franco, Grace E. Frank, William R. Fraser, Hernando Garcia, Roberto Cazzolla Gatti, Or Givan, Elizabeth Gorgone-Barbosa, William A. Gould, Corinna Gries, Gary D. Grossman, Julio R. Gutierrez, Stephen Hale, Mark E. Harmon, John Harte, Gary Haskins, Donald L. Henshaw, Luise Hermanutz, Pamela Hidalgo, Pedro Higuchi, Andrew Hoey, Gert Van Hoey, Annika Hofgaard, Kristen Holeck, Robert D. Hollister, Richard Holmes, Mia Hoogenboom, Chih-hao Hsieh, Stephen P. Hubbell, Falk Huettmann, Christine L. Huffard, Allen H. Hurlbert, Natalia Macedo Ivanauskas, David Janik, Ute Jandt, Anna Jazdzewska, Tore Johannessen, Jill Johnstone, Julia Jones, Faith A. M. Jones, Jungwon Kang, Tasrif Kartawijaya, Erin C. Keeley, Douglas A. Kelt, Rebecca Kinnear, Kari Klanderud, Halvor Knutsen, Christopher C. Koenig, Alessandra R. Kortz, Kamil Kral, Linda A. Kuhnz, Chao-Yang Kuo, David J. Kushner, Claire Laguionie-Marchais, Lesley T. Lancaster, Cheol Min Lee, Jonathan S. Lefcheck, Esther Levesque, David Lightfoot, Francisco Lloret, John D. Lloyd, Adria Lopez-Baucells, Maite Louzao, Joshua S. Madin, Borgpor Magnusson, Shahar Malamud, Iain Matthews, Kent P. McFarland, Brian McGill, Diane McKnight, William O. McLarney, Jason Meador, Peter L. Meserve, Daniel J. Metcalfe, Christoph F. J. Meyer, Anders Michelsen, Nataliya Milchakova, Tom Moens, Even Moland, Jon Moore, Carolina Mathias Moreira, Joerg Mueller, Grace Murphy, Isla H. Myers-Smith, Randall W. Myster, Andrew Naumov, Francis Neat, James A. Nelson, Michael Paul Nelson, Stephen F. Newton, Natalia Norden, Jeffrey C. Oliver, Esben M. Olsen, Vladimir G. Onipchenko, Krzysztof Pabis, Robert J. Pabst, Alain Paquette, Sinta Pardede, David M. Paterson, Raphael Pelissier, Josep Penuelas, Alejandro Perez-Matus, Oscar Pizarro, Francesco Pomati, Eric Post, Herbert H. T. Prins, John C. Priscu, Pieter Provoost, Kathleen L. Prudic, Pulliainen Erkki, B. R. Ramesh, Olivia Mendivil Ramos, Andrew Rassweiler, Jose Eduardo Rebelo, Daniel C. Reed, Peter B. Reich, Suzanne M. Remillard, Anthony J. Richardson, J. Paul Richardson, Itai van Rijn, Ricardo Rocha, Victor H. Rivera-Monroy, Christian Rixen, Kevin P. Robinson, Ricardo Ribeiro Rodrigues, Denise de Cerqueira Rossa-Feres, Lars Rudstam, Henry Ruhl, Catalina S. Ruz, Erica M. Sampaio, Nancy Rybicki, Andrew Rypel, Sofia Sal, Beatriz Salgado, Flavio A. M. Santos, Ana Paula Savassi-Coutinho, Sara Scanga, Jochen Schmidt, Robert Schooley, Fakhrizal Setiawan, Kwang-Tsao Shao, Gaius R. Shaver, Sally Sherman, Thomas W. Sherry, Jacek Sicinski, Caya Sievers, Ana Carolina da Silva, Fernando Rodrigues da Silva, Fabio L. Silveira, Jasper Slingsby, Tracey Smart, Sara J. Snell, Nadejda A. Soudzilovskaia, Gabriel B. G. Souza, Flaviana Maluf Souza, Vinicius Castro Souza, Christopher D. Stallings, Rowan Stanforth, Emily H. Stanley, Jose Mauro Sterza, Maarten Stevens, Rick Stuart-Smith, Yzel Rondon Suarez, Sarah Supp, Jorge Yoshio Tamashiro, Sukmaraharja Tarigan, Gary P. Thiede, Simon Thorn, Anne Tolvanen, Maria Teresa Zugliani Toniato, Orjan Totland, Robert R. Twilley, Gediminas Vaitkus, Nelson Valdivia, Martha Isabel Vallejo, Thomas J. Valone, Carl Van Colen, Jan Vanaverbeke, Fabio Venturoli, Hans M. Verheye, Marcelo Vianna, Rui P. Vieira, Tomas Vrska, Con Quang Vu, Lien Van Vu, Robert B. Waide, Conor Waldock, Dave Watts, Sara Webb, Tomasz Wesolowski, Ethan P. White, Claire E. Widdicombe, Dustin Wilgers, Richard Williams, Stefan B. Williams, Mark Williamson, Michael R. Willig, Trevor J. Willis, Sonja Wipf, Kerry D. Woods, Eric J. Woehler, Kyle Zawada, Michael L. Zettler
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY
(2018)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Gert Van Hoey, Julia Wischnewski, Johan Craeymeersch, Jennifer Dannheim, Lisette Enserink, Laurent Guerin, Francisco Marco-Rius, Joey O'Connor, Henning Reiss, Anne F. Sell, Marie Vanden Berghe, Michael L. Zettler, Steven Degraer, Silvana N. R. Birchenough
ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT
(2019)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Mayya Gogina, Michael L. Zettler, Jan Vanaverbeke, Jennifer Dannheim, Gert Van Hoey, Nicolas Desroy, Alexa Wrede, Henning Reiss, Steven Degraer, Vera Van Lancker, Aurelie Foveau, Ulrike Braeckman, Dario Fiorentino, Jan Holstein, Silvana N. R. Birchenough
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2020)
Article
Fisheries
A. D. Rijnsdorp, J. G. Hiddink, P. D. van Denderen, N. T. Hintzen, O. R. Eigaard, S. Valanko, F. Bastardie, S. G. Bolam, P. Boulcott, J. Egekvist, C. Garcia, G. van Hoey, P. Jonsson, P. Laffargue, J. R. Nielsen, G. J. Piet, M. Skold, T. van Kooten, Steven Degraer
ICES JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE
(2020)
Article
Reproductive Biology
Liam Wyns, Alexia Semeraro, Tomas Sterckx, Daan Delbare, Gert Van Hoey
INVERTEBRATE REPRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT
(2020)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Clare Greathead, Paolo Magni, Jan Vanaverbeke, Lene Buhl-Mortensen, Urszula Janas, Mats Blomqvist, Johan A. Craeymeersch, Jennifer Dannheim, Alexander Darr, Steven Degraer, Nicolas Desroy, Annick Donnay, Yessica Griffiths, Ivan Guala, Laurent Guerin, Hayley Hinchen, Celine Labrune, Henning Reiss, Gert Van Hoey, Silvana N. R. Birchenough
AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS
(2020)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Francesca Pilotto, Ingolf Kuehn, Rita Adrian, Renate Alber, Audrey Alignier, Christopher Andrews, Jaana Baeck, Luc Barbaro, Deborah Beaumont, Natalie Beenaerts, Sue Benham, David S. Boukal, Vincent Bretagnolle, Elisa Camatti, Roberto Canullo, Patricia G. Cardoso, Bruno J. Ens, Gert Everaert, Vesela Evtimova, Heidrun Feuchtmayr, Ricardo Garcia-Gonzalez, Daniel Gomez Garcia, Ulf Grandin, Jerzy M. Gutowski, Liat Hadar, Lubos Halada, Melinda Halassy, Herman Hummel, Kaisa-Leena Huttunen, Bogdan Jaroszewicz, Thomas C. Jensen, Henrik Kalivoda, Inger Kappel Schmidt, Ingrid Kroencke, Reima Leinonen, Filipe Martinho, Henning Meesenburg, Julia Meyer, Stefano Minerbi, Don Monteith, Boris P. Nikolov, Daniel Oro, Davis Ozolins, Bachisio M. Padedda, Denise Pallett, Marco Pansera, Miguel Angelo Pardal, Bruno Petriccione, Tanja Pipan, Juha Poeyry, Stefanie M. Schaefer, Marcus Schaub, Susanne C. Schneider, Agnija Skuja, Karline Soetaert, Gunta Springe, Radoslav Stanchev, Jenni A. Stockan, Stefan Stoll, Lisa Sundqvist, Anne Thimonier, Gert Van Hoey, Gunther Van Ryckegem, Marcel E. Visser, Samuel Vorhauser, Peter Haase
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2020)
Article
Veterinary Sciences
Maaike Vercauteren, Gert Van Hoey, Annemie Decostere, Filip Boyen, Bart Ampe, Lisa Devriese, Koen Chiers
Summary: Environmental changes or stressors can lead to the development of diseases in marine species. A study on the prevalence of skin ulceration in common dab in the Belgian part of the North Sea revealed that factors such as fish body condition, seawater temperature and pH, and fishing vessel density were correlated with the development of skin ulcerations. This research highlights the importance of considering various factors, including human activities like fishing, in understanding and mitigating the impacts of environmental changes on marine ecosystems.
JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Marine
Celine Labrune, Olivier Gauthier, Anxo Conde, Jacques Grall, Mats Blomqvist, Guillaume Bernard, Regis Gallon, Jennifer Dannheim, Gert Van Hoey, Antoine Gremare
Summary: A new general-purpose biotic index (GPBI) based on deviation from a valid reference is proposed for realistic assessments of benthic habitats. GPBI successfully detects the impact of various pressures on benthic fauna and outperforms commonly used pressure-specific indices.
JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Marine
Alice D'Hurlaborde, Alexia Semeraro, Thomas Sterckx, Gert Van Hoey
Summary: This study developed innovative artificial substrate screening methodologies using an optimized recirculating aquaculture system (RAS), successfully screening and identifying a substrate that significantly enhances the settlement of L. conchilega. The results demonstrate that this method allows for efficient evaluation of larval settlement ability of artificial substrates in a short period of time.
JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Justin C. Tiano, Jochen Depestele, Gert Van Hoey, Joao Fernandes, Pieter van Rijswijk, Karline Soetaert
Summary: Dynamic sandy environments are generally less vulnerable to mechanical stress compared to silty low-energy habitats. However, biogenic reef communities may provide an exception to this. This study explores the effects of bottom trawl fishing on a coastal ecosystem dominated by the tube-building polychaete Lanice conchilega.
Article
Environmental Studies
D. Lear, P. Herman, G. Van Hoey, L. Schepers, N. Tonne, M. Lipizer, F. E. Muller-Karger, W. Appeltans, W. D. Kissling, N. Holdsworth, M. Edwards, E. Pecceu, H. Nygard, G. Canonico, S. Birchenough, G. Graham, K. Deneudt, S. Claus, P. Oset
