Projects
Coastal wetland response to sea level rise: an integrative marsh – mangrove study on soil elevation and soil carbon response. University of Antwerp
Quantifying and modelling soil carbon accumulation in mangrove forests in response to sea level rise. University of Antwerp
What moves European sea bass? Understanding the drivers of spatiotemporal patterns in habitat use and migration of Dicentrarchus labrax in the southern North Sea in support of fisheries management. Ghent University
The poor state of the data-deficient European seabass in the southern North Sea calls for an informed fisheries management to protect the intertwined socio-economic and ecological stakes at risk. The highly mobile Dicentrarchus labrax is known to move from shallow, inshore feeding grounds in summer to deeper waters offshore in search of warmer temperatures in winter for spawning. Knowledge on these spatiotemporal changes in movement behaviour ...
A cost-efficient methodology for quantitative provenance analysis and mass budget studies in clastic sedimentary geology (southern North Sea Basin). KU Leuven
Sedimentary provenance analysis attempts to uncover the different sources of a sediment deposited in a certain sedimentary basin, recently or in geological history. Different aspects of the sediment composition, such as bulk petrography, heavy mineral composition or single grain geochemistry can provide clues to determine the source areas. Based on these data, a quantitative mixing model can be constructed describing the proportion of ...
Semi-pelagic fisheries and the role of zooplankton in the North Sea Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
What is the importance of the pelagic ecosystem and the role of zooplankton in the Belgian part of the North Sea? Due to overfishing, there is a global evolution of a demersal (associated with the seabed) dominated system (i.e. trawling) to a system with mainly (semi-) pelagic species (meaning, species living in the water column). Due to the current climate changes, an increase in jellyfish and ...
Environmental change across the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary: An integrated, multi-proxy approach KU Leuven
The Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) boundary mass extinction event is inextricably linked to the direct consequences of the Chicxulub impact 66 million years ago. Yet, it has been argued that other environmental factors, such as climate change caused by pre-impact Deccan Traps mantle degassing, and sea-level change across the K-Pg boundary, could have contributed to this mass extinction event. This dissertation aims to clarify to what extent ...
Erasmus+ KA220-HED : GEOinformation educational resources for CLImate Change Management (GEOCLIC) Vrije Universiteit Brussel
drought, flooding, etc. have caused billions and human lives. These events seriously impact the environment, rural
development and economy. Coastal and marine areas are affected by rising sea levels which push storm surges further
inland, creates more destructive flooding along the coastlines. Urban ...
The calm before the storm? Biotic responses to climate and environmental change in the final chapter of the Cretaceous Period Vrije Universiteit Brussel
caused the sudden biodiversity decline known as the CretaceousPaleogene boundary mass extinction, various studies have
suggested that gradual, but distinct, environmental changes related
to the terminal Cretaceous phase of the Deccan Traps Large Igneous
Province led to an accumulation of ecological stress in the last 0.5
million years before the ...
Impacts of Climate Change on Catchment Runoff for the Paute River Basin in the Southern Ecuadorian Andes KU Leuven
1. Preamble
The National Park Cajas is only 35 km from the city of Cuenca. The altitude of the Park ranges from 3,000 to 3,500 m. The Park measures nearly 30,000 ha (300 km2), contains mountains and 232 glacial lagoons, interconnected by small rivers and streams. Two of the main rivers surrounding Cuenca, the Tomebamba and the Yanuncay, begin in the National Park. The most common vegetation includes ...