On February 12th 2016, several demo sessions at the VLIZ Marine Scientist Day in Bruges (Belgium) highlighted different aspects of the Flemish LifeWatch infrastructure, and its related components:
- The LifeWatch infrastructure (demo through poster series) [Dekeyzer Stefanie, Klaas Deneudt, Leen Vandepitte, Annelies Goffin, Simon Claus and Francisco Hernandez]
- Building an online and interactive scientific data explorer for LifeWatch observatory data [Deneudt Klaas, Pieter Maes, Bart Vanhoorne and Francisco Hernandez]
- Marine data archeology: a heritage for future science [Goffin Annelies, Carolien Knockaert and Elien Dewitte]
- Lifewatch acoustic receiver network: setup of a PostgreSQL database, web interface and collaborative environment to cope with big data [Reubens Jan, Pieterjan Verhelst, Klaas Deneudt and Francisco Hernandez]
- MarineRegions.org: a standard list of marine georeferenced place names and areas [Oset Garcia Paula, Simon Claus, Nathalie De Hauwere, Bart Vanhoorne, Francisco Souza Dias, Francisco Hernandez and Jan Mees]
Oral presentations mentioning/based on the Belgian LifeWatch infrastructure:
- HPLC-pigment fingerprinting for long-term monitoring of coastal phytoplankton [De Blok Reinhoud, Anja Nohe, Lennert Tyberghein, Klaas Deneudt, Jonas Mortelmans, Thanos Gkritzalis, Koen Sabbe Koen and Wim Vyverman]
- Measuring biodiversity with a bottle of water: development and field validation of an eDNA approach with plaice [Grosemans Tara, Jana Asselman, Pieter Boets, Karel De Schamphelaere and Colin R. Janssen]
- Raising healthy chicks: diet effects on chick development of Lesser Black-backed Gulls [Sotillo Alejandro, Catia Santos and Luc Lens]
Poster presentations mentioning/based on the Belgian LifeWatch infrastructure:
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A Marine Species Benchmark Dataset for Ecological Modelling [Bosch Samuel, Lennert Tyberghein and Olivier De Clerck]
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Long-term phytoplankton monitoring data (1970-2015) from the Belgian North Sea reveal shifts in community composition and seasonal dynamics [Nohe Anja, Ruth Lagring, Karien De Cauwer, Annelies Goffin, Lennert Tyberghein, Klaas Deneudt, Wim Vyverman and Koen Sabbe]
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Marine migration routes of North-western European silver eel (Anguilla anguilla L.) [Verhelst Pieterjan]
The book of abstracts is available here.
Venue:
VIVES
Xaverianenstraat 10
8200 Brugge
BelgiumStart/End:
Friday, February 12, 2016 - 09:00 to 17:00