English name: Laboratory of Biological Oceanology
Thesaurus terms (9) : Benthos; Biodiversity; Ecotoxicology; Marine mammals; Pathology; Plankton; Sea grass; Trophic relationships; Zoobenthos
MRG keywords (4) : Biodiversity; Ecosystem functioning; Microbiology; Pollutants
Taxonomic term : Posidonia oceanica (Linnaeus) Delile, 1813 [WoRMS]
Address:
Quartier Agora
Allée du 6 Août 19
4000 Liège
Belgium
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Tel.: +32-(0)4-366 33 29
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Type: Scientific
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| Abstract: |
The laboratory of Oceanology studies a variety of topics such as seagrass ecology, trophic ecology, marine ecotoxicology, the development of tools for the detection of pollution, coastal management, understanding of short- and long-term plankton variability and, stable isotopes applications.
This research unit published studies related to the following marine topics:
- seagrass ecology;
- the ecotoxicology of marine vertebrates ( trace element, organic and emergent pollutants);
- the use of stable carbon, sulfur and nitrogen isotopes in animal and plant ecology;
- long-term study of Mediterranean phyto- and zooplankton, including jellyfishes;
- use of planktonic and benthic ecosystem as indicators of water quality;
- macrophytodetritus dynamic and ecology.
The research takes place at many locations, from the Arctic to Antarctic, including Mediterranean Sea and benefits from the oceanographic station STARESO (ULiège).
The laboratory has participated in national and international projects dealing with oceans such as the European (FP7) project SESAME (assessing and modelling ecosystem changes of Mediterranean and Black Sea ecosystems), the Belspo project PEACE (to study the role of pelagic calcification and export of carbonate production in climate change) and the European MEDSEA project (dealing with Mediterranean Sea acidification due to the changing climate). The laboratory participated in the vERSO and RECTO project (Brain-Be, BELSPO) (Antarctic Sciences) and FNRS project. Our team was involved in the Science education project 'Marine Mammals science education' funded by EU. The research group collaborates with many institutes in and outside Belgium. The laboratory is involved in the Master Eramus Mundus MER (as main partners) and in the Master Erasmus Mundus IMBRSea (as associated partner). |
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 Cnudde, C.; Moens, T.; Werbrouck, E.; Lepoint, G.; Van Gansbeke, D.; De Troch, M. (2015). Trophodynamics of estuarine intertidal harpacticoid copepods based on stable isotope composition and fatty acid profiles. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 524: 225-239. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps11161, more- Van Ael, E.; Covaci, A.; Das, K.; Lepoint, G.; Blust, R.; Bervoets, L. (2013). Factors influencing the bioaccumulation of persistent organic pollutants in food webs of the Scheldt estuary. Environ. Sci. Technol. 47(19): 11221-11231. dx.doi.org/10.1021/es400307s, more
- Schnitzler, J.G.; Klaren, P.H.M.; Bouquegneau, J.-M.; Das, K. (2012). Environmental factors affecting thyroid function of wild sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) from European coasts. Chemosphere 87(9): 1009-1017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.11.039, more
- Schnitzler, J.G.; Thomé, J.-P.; Lepage, M.; Das, K. (2011). Organochlorine pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls and trace elements in wild European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) off European estuaries. Sci. Total Environ. 409(19): 3680-3686. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.06.018, more
- Van Ael, E.; Covaci, A.; Das, K.; Blust, R.; Bervoets, L. (2013). Biomagnification of persistent organic pollutants in food webs from the Scheldt Estuary (Belgium), in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Young Marine Scientists' Day. Brugge, Belgium, 15 February 2013. VLIZ Special Publication, 63: pp. 91, more
- Baeyens, W.; Gillain, G.; Hoenig, M.; Dehairs, F. (1986). Mobilization of major trace elements at the water-sediment interface in the Belgian coastal area and the Scheldt Estuary, in: Nihoul, J.C.J. (Ed.) Marine interfaces ecohydrodynamics: proceedings of the 17th International Liège Colloquium on Ocean Hydrodynamics. Elsevier Oceanography Series, 42: pp. 453-485. dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0422-9894(08)71059-6, more
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