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Dr Leliaert, Frederik
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Dr. Frederik Leliaert is a post-doctoral researcher and teaching assistant. His research focuses on the biology and evolution of marine organisms. He uses molecular, morphological, ecological and geographical data to study marine biodiversity, historical biogeography, and evolutionary relationships. He teaches various courses, including applied biodiversity and conservation, marine field courses, and practical courses in biostatistics. Thesaurus terms: Biodiversity; Biogeography; Evolution; Molecular biology; Population genetics

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Vlaamse overheid; Beleidsdomein Economie, Wetenschap en Innovatie; Plantentuin Meise, more Function: Scientific Director Direct contact at institute: Tel.: +32-(0)2-260 09 39 E-mail: AlgaeTraits eds., more Function: Thematic editor WoRMS Editorial Board (WoRMS editors), more Function: Thematic editor

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Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Fycologie, more From 1998 Period: till 2013 Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie (MARBIOL), more Function: Postdoctoral Research Fellow / Academic Assistant

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Diversiteit en evolutie van bacteriële symbionten in de Siphonocladales (Chlorophyta) en hun effecten op groei en morfogenese van de gastheer, more Systematics and biogeography of Siphonocladales-Cladophorales (Chlorophyta, Algae) in the Indian Ocean, more

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AlgaeTraits: a trait database for (European) seaweeds (dataset), more
AlgaeTraits: AlgaeTraits: a trait database for (European) seaweeds (portal), more
Global biogeography and diversification of a group of brown seaweeds (Phaeophyceae) driven by clade-specific evolutionary processes, more
Presence of the genus Dictyopteris (Dictyotales, Phaeophyta) in the western Indian Ocean between 1985 and 1999, more
Presence of the genus Padina (Dictyotales, Phaeophyta) in the western Indian Ocean between 1985 and 1999, more

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A1 Publications (136) [show]
Tran, L.-A.T.; Leliaert, F.; Vieira, C.; Tran, T.V.; Nguyen, T.V.; Dam, T.D.; De Clerck, O. (2023). Molecular assessment of Ulva (Ulvales, Chlorophyta) diversity in Vietnam including the new species U. vietnamensis. Phycol. Res. 71(1): 13-24. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/pre.12507, more Boo, G.H.; Leliaert, F.; Le Gall, L.; Coppejans, E.; De Clerck, O.; Nguyen, T.V.; Payri, C.E.; Miller, K.A.; Yoon, H.S. (2022). Ancient Tethyan vicariance and long-distance dispersal drive global diversification and cryptic speciation in the red seaweed Pterocladiella. Front. Plant Sci. 13: 849476. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.849476, more Coleman, M.A.; Reddy, M.; Nimbs, M.J.; Marshell, A.; Al-Ghassani, S.A.; Bolton, J.J.; Jupp, B.P.; De Clerck, O.; Leliaert, F.; Champion, C.; Pearson, G.A.; Serrão, E.A.; Madeira, P.; Wernberg, T. (2022). Loss of a globally unique kelp forest from Oman. NPG Scientific Reports 12(1): 5020. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-08264-3, more Hoffman, R.; De Clerck, O.; Leliaert, F. (2022). 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. Latest Articles: 1-13. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09670262.2022.2095442, more Hou, Z.; Ma, X.; Shi, X.; Li, X.; Yang, L.; Xiao, S.; De Clerck, O.; Leliaert, F.; Zhong, B. (2022). Phylotranscriptomic insights into a Mesoproterozoic–Neoproterozoic origin and early radiation of green seaweeds (Ulvophyceae). Nature Comm. 13: 1610. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29282-9, more Lagourgue, L.; Leliaert, F.; Payri, C.E. (2022). Historical biogeographical analysis of the Udoteaceae (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta) elucidates origins of high species diversity in the Central Indo-Pacific, Western Indian Ocean and Greater Caribbean regions. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 169: 107412. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107412, more Leliaert, F.; Kelly, E.L.A.; Janouskovec, J.; Fox, M.D.; Johnson, M.D.; Redfern, F.M.; Eria, T.; Haas, A.F.; Sala, E.; Sandin, S.A.; Smith, J.E. (2022). Brilliantia kiribatiensis, a new genus and species of Cladophorales (Chlorophyta) from the remote coral reefs of the Southern Line Islands, Pacific Ocean. J. Phycol. 58(2): 183-197. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.13230, more Tran, L.-A.T.; Vieira, C.; Steinhagen, S.; Maggs, C.A.; Hiraoka, M.; Shimada, S.; Nguyen, T.V.; De Clerck, O.; Leliaert, F. (2022). An appraisal of Ulva (Ulvophyceae, Chlorophyta) taxonomy. J. Appl. Phycol. 34(5): 2689-2703. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10811-022-02815-x, more Battelli, C.; Leliaert, F. (2021). First report of an aegagropilous form of Cladophora prolifera (Cladophorales, Chlorophyta) from the lagoon of Strunjan (Gulf of Trieste, northern Adriatic). Mediterr. Mar. Sci. 22(3): 496-504. https://dx.doi.org/10.12681/mms.26997, more Christiansen, H.; Heindler, F.M.; Hellemans, B.; Jossart, Q.; Pasotti, F.; Robert, H.; Verheye, M.; Danis, B.; Kochzius, M.; Leliaert, F.; Moreau, C.; Patel, T.; Van de Putte, A.P.; Vanreusel, A.; Volckaert, F.A.M.; Schön, I. (2021). Facilitating population genomics of non-model organisms through optimized experimental design for reduced representation sequencing. BMC Genom. 22(1): 625. https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12864-021-07917-3, more Leliaert, F. (2021). Advancing the science of algal taxonomy. J. Phycol. 57(2): 412-415. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.13134, more van der Loos, L.; Leliaert, F.; Willems, A.; De Clerck, O. (2021). Characterizing the Ulva microbiome with long-reads from nanopore sequencing. Phycologia 60(S1): 38-38. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00318884.2021.1922050, more Vieira, C.; Rasoamanendrika, F.A.; Zubia, M.; Bolton, J.J.; Anderson, R.J.; Engelen, A.H.; D'Hondt, S.; Leliaert, F.; Payri, C.; Kawai, H.; De Clerck, O. (2021). Lobophora (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae) from the western Indian Ocean: diversity and biogeography. S. Afr. J. Bot. 142: 230-246. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2021.06.015, more Vieira, C.; Steen, F.; D'hondt, S.; Bafort, Q.; Tyberghein, L.; Fernández-García, C.; Wysor, B.; Tronholm, A.; Mattio, L.; Payri, C.; Kawai, H.; Saunders, G.; Leliaert, F.; Verbruggen, H.; De Clerck, O. (2021). Global biogeography and diversification of a group of brown seaweeds (Phaeophyceae) driven by clade‐specific evolutionary processes. J. Biogeogr. 48(4): 703-715. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14047, more Ciancia, M.; Fernandez, P.V.; Leliaert, F. (2020). Diversity of sulfated polysaccharides from cell walls of coenocytic green algae and their structural relationships in view of green algal evolution. Front. Plant Sci. 11: 554585. https://hdl.handle.net/10.3389/fpls.2020.554585, more Del Cortona, A.; Jackson, C.J.; Bucchini, F.; Van Bel, M.; D'hondt, S.; Skaloud, P.; Delwiche, C.F.; Knoll, A.H.; Raven, J.A.; Verbruggen, H.; Vandepoele, K.; De Clerck, O.; Leliaert, F. (2020). Neoproterozoic origin and multiple transitions to macroscopic growth in green seaweeds. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 117(5): 2551-2559. https://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1910060117, more Dumilag, R.V.; Dumago, F.S.; Cabudoy, R.K.R.; Peralta, M.C.E.; Li, C.C.; Gamus, G.V.V.; Romero, R.G.T.; Yap, S.L.; Roleda, M.Y.; Geraldino, P.J.L.; Verbruggen, H.; Leliaert, F.; Draisma, S.G.A.; Liao, L.M.; Kraft, G.T. (2020). The Ulvophyceae (Chlorophyta) of eastern Sorsogon, Philippines, including Halimeda magnicuneata sp. nov. (Bryopsidales). Bot. Mar. 63(5): 439-453. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1515/bot-2020-0017, more 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, more Reddy, M.M.; De Clerck, O.; Leliaert, F.; Anderson, R.J.; Bolton, J.J. (2020). An appraisal of the genus Pyropia (Bangiales, Rhodophyta) from southern Africa based on a multi-gene phylogeny, morphology and ecology, including the description of Pyropia meridionalis sp. nov. S. Afr. J. Bot. 131: 18-32. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1016/j.sajb.2019.12.027, more Zhang, Z.; Qu, C.; Zhang, K.; He, Y.; Zhao, X.; Yang, L.; Zheng, Z.; Ma, X.; Wang, X.; Wang, W.; Wang, K.; Li, D.; Zhang, L.; Zhang, X.; Su, D.; Chang, X.; Zhou, M.; Gao, D.; Jiang, W.; Leliaert, F.; Bhattacharya, D.; De Clerck, O.; Zhong, B.; Miao, J. (2020). Adaptation to extreme Antarctic environments revealed by the genome of a sea ice green alga. Curr. Biol. 30(17): 3330-3341. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1016/j.cub.2020.06.029, more Cremen, C.M.; Leliaert, F.; West, J.; Lam, D.W.; Shimada, S.; Lopez-Bautista, J.M.; Verbruggen, H. (2019). Reassessment of the classification of Bryopsidales (Chlorophyta) based on chloroplast phylogenomic analyses. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 130: 397-405. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2018.09.009, more 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, more Sherwood, A.R.; Boedeker, C.; Havens, A.J.; Carlile, A.L.; Wilcox, M.D.; Leliaert, F. (2019). Newly discovered molecular and ecological diversity within the widely distributed green algal genus Pseudorhizoclonium (Cladophorales, Ulvophyceae). Phycologia 58(1): 83-94. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00318884.2018.1517539, more 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, more Fang, L.; Leliaert, F.; Novis, P.M.; Zhang, Z.; Zhu, H.; Liu, G.; Penny, D.; Zhong, B. (2018). Improving phylogenetic inference of core Chlorophyta using chloroplast sequences with strong phylogenetic signals and heterogeneous models. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 127: 248-255. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2018.06.006, more 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, more Reddy, M.M.; De Clerck, O.; Leliaert, F.; Anderson, R.J.; Bolton, J.J. (2018). A rosette by any other name: species diversity in the Bangiales (Rhodophyta) along the South African coast. Eur. J. Phycol. 53(1): 67-82. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09670262.2017.1376256, more Vranken, S.; Bosch, S.; Peña, V.; Leliaert, F.; Mineur, F.; De Clerck, O. (2018). A risk assessment of aquarium trade introductions of seaweed in European waters. Biological Invasions 20(5): 1171-1187. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-017-1618-7, more Yazdani Foshtomi, M.; Leliaert, F.; Derycke, S.; Willems, A.; Vincx, M.; Vanaverbeke, J. (2018). The effect of bio-irrigation by the polychaete Lanice conchilega on active denitrifiers: distribution, diversity and composition of nosZ gene. PLoS One 13(2): e0192391. https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0192391, more Zubia, M.; De Clerck, O.; Leliaert, F.; Payri, C.; Mattio, L.; Vieira, C.; Cambert, H.; Quod, J.P.; Loiseau, N.; Golubic, S.; Lin, S.-M.; Liu, S.-L.; Pinault, M. (2018). Diversity and assemblage structure of tropical marine flora on lava flows of different ages. Aquat. Bot. 144: 20-30. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2017.10.005, more Boedeker, C.; Leliaert, F.; Zuccarello, G.C. (2017). Genetic diversity and biogeography in Chaetomorpha melagonium (Ulvophyceae, Cladophorales) based on internal transcribed spacer (ITS rDNA) sequences. Bot. Mar. 60(3): 319-325. https://dx.doi.org/10.1515/bot-2016-0129, more Del Cortona, A.; Leliaert, F.; Bogaert, K.A.; Turmel, M.; Boedeker, C.; Janouskovec, J.; López-Bautista, J.M.; Verbruggen, H.; Vandepoele, K.; De Clerck, O. (2017). The plastid genome in Cladophorales green algae is encoded by hairpin chromosomes. Curr. Biol. 27(24): 3771-3782. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2017.11.004, more Fang, L.; Leliaert, F.; Zhang, Z.-H.; Penny, D.; Zhong, B.-J. (2017). Evolution of the Chlorophyta: Insights from chloroplast phylogenomic analyses. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 55(4): 322-332. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jse.12248, more Hauquier, F.; Leliaert, F.; Rigaux, A.; Derycke, S.; Vanreusel, A. (2017). Distinct genetic differentiation and species diversification within two marine nematodes with different habitat preference in Antarctic sediments. BMC Evol. Biol. 17: 120. https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-017-0968-1, more Leliaert, F.; De Clerck, O. (2017). Refining species boundaries in algae. J. Phycol. 53(1): 12-16. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12477, more Lins, L.; Leliaert, F.; Riehl, T.; Ramalho, S.P.; Córdova, E.A.; Esteves, A.M.; Vanreusel, A. (2017). Evaluating environmental drivers of spatial variability in free-living nematode assemblages along the Portuguese margin. Biogeosciences 14(3): 651-669. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-651-2017, more Liu, X.; Bogaert, K.; Engelen, A.H.; Leliaert, F.; Roleda, M.Y.; De Clerck, O. (2017). Seaweed reproductive biology: environmental and genetic controls. Bot. Mar. 60(2): 89-108. https://dx.doi.org/10.1515/bot-2016-0091, more Sahraean, N.; Van Campenhout, J.; Rigaux, A.; Mosallanejad, H.; Leliaert, F.; Moens, T. (2017). Lack of population genetic structure in the marine nematodes Ptycholaimellus pandispiculatus and Terschellingia longicaudata in beaches of the Persian Gulf, Iran. Mar. Ecol. (Berl.) 38(3): 10. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/maec.12426, more Vieira, C.; Camacho, O.; Sun, Z.; Fredericq, S.; Leliaert, F.; Payri, C.; De Clerck, O. (2017). Historical biogeography of the highly diverse brown seaweed Lobophora (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae). Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 110: 81-92. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2017.03.007, more Boedeker, C.; Leliaert, F.; Zuccarello, G.C. (2016). Molecular phylogeny of the Cladophoraceae (Cladophorales, Ulvophyceae), with the resurrection of Acrocladus Nägeli and Willeella Børgesen, and the description of Lurbica gen. nov. and Pseudorhizoclonium gen. nov. J. Phycol. 52(6): 905-928. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12457, more Leliaert, F.; Tronholm, A.; Lemieux, C.; Turmel, M.; DePriest, M.S.; Bhattacharya, D.; Karol, K.G.; Fredericq, S.; Zechman, F.W.; López-Bautista, J.M. (2016). Chloroplast phylogenomic analyses reveal the deepest-branching lineage of the Chlorophyta, Palmophyllophyceae class. nov. NPG Scientific Reports 6(25367): 13 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep25367, more Vieira, C.; Camacho, O.; Wynne, M.J.; Mattio, L.; Anderson, R.J.; Bolton, J.J.; Sansón, M.; D'Hondt, S.; Leliaert, F.; Fredericq, S.; Payri, C.; De Clerck, O. (2016). Shedding new light on old algae: matching names and sequences in the brown algal genus Lobophora (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae). Taxon 65(4): 689-707. https://dx.doi.org/10.12705/654.1, more Del Cortona, A.; Leliaert, F.; Verbruggen, H.; Lopez-Bautista, J.; Vandepoele, K.; De Clerck, O. (2015). Towards an understanding of the cytological diversity of green seaweeds (Ulvophyceae). Eur. J. Phycol. 50(Supplement 1): 217-217, more Leliaert, F.; Lopez-Bautista, J. (2015). Horizontal gene transfer from bacteria to the chloroplast genomes of siphonous green algae (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta). Eur. J. Phycol. 50(Supplement 1): 151-151, more Leliaert, F.; Lopez-Bautista, J.M. (2015). The chloroplast genomes of Bryopsis plumosa and Tydemania expeditiones (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta): compact genomes and genes of bacterial origin. BMC Genom. 16: 204. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12864-015-1418-3, more Melton, J.T.; Leliaert, F.; Tronholm, A.; Lopez-Bautista, J.M. (2015). The complete chloroplast and mitochondrial genomes of the green macroalga Ulva sp. UNA00071828 (Ulvophyceae, Chlorophyta). PLoS One 10(4): e0121020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0121020, more Steen, F.; Vieira, V.; Leliaert, F.; Payri, E.C.; De Clerck, O. (2015). Biogeographic affinities of Dictyotales from Madagascar: a phylogenetic approach. Cryptogam., Algol. 36(2): 129-141. http://dx.doi.org/10.7872/crya.v36.iss2.2015.129, more Zhu, H.; Leliaert, F.; Zhao, Z.-J.; Xia, S.; Hu, Z.-Y.; Liu, G-X. (2015). Ulvella tongshanensis (Ulvellaceae, Chlorophyta), a new freshwater species from China, and an emended morphological circumscription of the genus Ulvella. Fottea 15(1): 95-104. http://dx.doi.org/10.5507/fot.2015.008, more Fuciková, K.; Leliaert, F.; Cooper, E.D.; Skaloud, P.; D'hondt, S.; De Clerck, O.; Gurgel, C.F.D.; Lewis, L.A.; Lewis, P.O.; Lopez-Bautista, J.M.; Delwiche, C.F.; Verbruggen, H. (2014). New phylogenetic hypotheses for the core Chlorophyta based on chloroplast sequence data. Front. Ecol. Environ. 2: 63. http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2014.00063, more Leliaert, F.; Verbruggen, H.; D'hondt, S.; López-Bautista, J.M.; De Clerck, O. (2014). The forgotten genus Pseudoderbesia (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta). Cryptogam., Algol. 35(3): 207-219. http://dx.doi.org/10.7872/crya.v35.iss3.2014.207, more Leliaert, F.; Verbruggen, H.; Vanormelingen , P.; Steen, F.; López-Bautista, J.M.; Zuccarello, G.C.; De Clerck, O. (2014). DNA-based species delimitation in algae. Eur. J. Phycol. 49(2): 179–196. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09670262.2014.904524, more Arora, M.; Anil, A.C.; Leliaert, F.; Delany, J.; Mesbahi, E. (2013). Tetraselmis indica (Chlorodendrophyceae, Chlorophyta), a new species isolated from salt pans in Goa, India. Eur. J. Phycol. 48(1): 61-78. dx.doi.org/10.1080/09670262.2013.768357, more Boedeker, C.; Karsten, U.; Leliaert, F.; Zuccarello, G.C. (2013). Molecular, biochemical and morphological data suggest an affiliation of Spongiochrysis hawaiiensis with the Trentepohliales (Ulvophyceae, Chlorophyta). Phycol. Res. 61(2): 133-144. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/pre.12011, more Collado-Vides, L.; Blair, S.; Avila, C.; Leliaert, F.; Rodriguez, D.; Lirman, D. (2013). A persistent bloom of Anadyomene J.V. Lamouroux (Anadyomenaceae, Chlorophyta) in Biscayne Bay, Florida. Phycologia 52(4): 19-20, more Collado-Vides, L.; Avila, C.; Blair, S.; Leliaert, F.; Rodriguez, D.; Thyberg, T.; Schneider, S.; Rojas, J.; Sweeney, P.; Drury, C.; Lirman, D. (2013). A persistent bloom of Anadyomene J.V. Lamouroux (Anadyomenaceae, Chlorophyta) in Biscayne Bay, Florida. Aquat. Bot. 111: 95-103. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2013.06.010, more De Clerck, O.; Guiry, M.D.; Leliaert, F.; Samyn, Y.; Verbruggen, H. (2013). Algal taxonomy: a road to nowhere? J. Phycol. 49(2): 215-225. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12020, more Hollants, J.; Leliaert, F.; De Clerck, O.; Willems, A. (2013). What we can learn from sushi: a review on seaweed-bacterial associations. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 83(1): 1-16. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6941.2012.01446.x, more Hollants, J.; Leliaert, F.; Verbruggen, H.; De Clerck, O.; Willems, A. (2013). Host specificity and coevolution of Flavobacteriaceae endosymbionts within the siphonous green seaweed Bryopsis. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 67(3): 608-614. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2013.02.025, more Hollants, J.; Leliaert, F.; Verbruggen, H.; Willems, A.; De Clerck, O. (2013). Permanent residents or temporary lodgers: characterizing intracellular bacterial communities in the siphonous green alga Bryopsis. Proc. - Royal Soc., Biol. Sci. 280(1754): 8 pp. dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2012.2659, more Leliaert, F.; Payo, D.A.; De Clerck, O. (2013). The geographic scale of speciation in the marine red alga Portieria. Phycologia 52(4): 60-61, more Payo, D.A.; Leliaert, F.; Verbruggen, H.; D'hondt, S.; Calumpong, H.P.; De Clerck, O. (2013). Extensive cryptic species diversity and fine-scale endemism in the marine red alga Portieria in the Philippines. Proc. - Royal Soc., Biol. Sci. 280(1753). dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2012.2660, more Silberfeld, T.; Bittner, L.; Fernandez-Garcia, C.; Cruaud, C.; Rousseau, F.; de Reviers, B.; Leliaert, F.; Payri, C.E.; De Clerck, O. (2013). Species diversity, phylogeny and large scale biogeographic patterns of the Genus Padina (Phaeophyceae, Dictyotales). J. Phycol. 49(1): 130-142. dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12027, more Skaloud, P.; Peksa, O.; Rindi, F.; Nemcova, Y.; Elias, M.; Leliaert, F.; Kalina, T.; Neustupa, J. (2013). Evolving out of the water: uncovering the hidden diversity in aerophytic green algae. Phycologia 52(4): 102-103, more Skaloud, P.; Kalina, T.; Nemjová, K.; De Clerck, O.; Leliaert, F. (2013). Morphology and phylogenetic position of the freshwater green microalgae Chlorochytrium (Chlorophyceae) and Scotinosphaera (Scotinosphaerales, ord. nov., Ulvophyceae). J. 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Trekels, M.; Beirinckx, L.; Claerhout, T.; Dugardin, C.; Leliaert, F.; Pereboom, Z.; Slos, D.; Van Baelen, A.; Vandepitte, L.; Veltjen, E.; Verstockt, S.; Mergen, P. (2022). DiSSCo Flanders: A regional natural science collections management infrastructure in an international context. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards 6: e94350. https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/biss.6.94350, more Rimet, F.; Aylagas, E.; Borja, A.; Bouchez, A.; Canino, A.; Chauvin, C.; Chonova, T.; Ciampor Jr, F.; Costa, F.O.; Ferrari, B.J.D.; Gastineau, R.; Goulon, C.; Gugger, M.; Holzmann, M.; Jahn, R.; Kahlert, M.; Kusber, W.-H.; Laplace-Treyture, C.; Leese, F.; Leliaert, F.; Mann, D.G.; Marchand, F.; Méléder, V.; Pawlowski, J.; Rasconi, S.; Rivera, S.; Rougerie, R.; Schweizer, M.; Trobajo, R.; Vasselon, V.; Vivien, R.; Weigand, A.; Witkowski, A.; Zimmermann, J.; Ekrem, T. (2021). Metadata standards and practical guidelines for specimen and DNA curation when building barcode reference libraries for aquatic life. Metabarcoding and Metagenomics 5: e58056. https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mbmg.5.58056, more Coppejans, E.; Leliaert, F.; Dargent, O.; Gunasekara, R.; De Clerck, O. (2009). Sri Lankan seaweeds: Methodologies and field guide to the dominant species. Abc Taxa, 6. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussel. viii, 264 pp., more Huisman, J.M.; Leliaert, F.; Verbruggen, H.; Townsend, R.A. (2009). Marine benthic plants of Western Australia’s shelf-edge atolls. Rec. W. Aust. Mus. Suppl. 77: 50-87, more Leliaert, F.; Coppejans, E. (2006). Cladophora mamillata (Cladophorophyceae, Chlorophyta): a little-known algal species from New Caledonia. Belg. J. Bot. 139(1): 120-123, more Leliaert, F.; Vanreusel, W.; De Clerck, O.; Coppejans, E. (2001). Epiphytes on the seagrasses of Zanzibar Island (Tanzania), floristic and ecological aspects. Belg. J. Bot. 134(1): 3-20, more Leliaert, F.; Kerckhof, F.; Coppejans, E. (2000). Eerste waarnemingen van Undaria pinnatifida (Harvey) Suringar (Laminariales, Phaeophyta) en de epifyt Pterothamnion plumula (Ellis) Nägeli (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta) in Noord Frankrijk en België. Dumortiera 75: 5-10, more Leliaert, F.; Coppejans, E.; De Clerck, O. (1998). The Siphonocladales sensu Egerod (Chlorophyta) from Papua New Guinea and Indonesia (Snellius-II expedition). Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belg. 130(2): 177-197, more Leliaert, F.; Coppejans, E.; De Clerck, O. (1997). The Siphonocladales sensu Egerod (Chlorophyta) from Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. Belg. J. Bot. 130: 177-197, more
Books (2) [show]
Coppejans, E.; Prathep, A.; Lewmanomont, K.; Hayashizaki, K.-I.; De Clerck, O.; Leliaert, F.; Terada, R. (2017). Seaweeds and seagrasses of the southern Andaman Sea coast of Thailand. Kagoshima Univ Museum: Kagoshima. ISBN 978-4-905464-09-9. ix, 244 pp., more Coppejans, E.; Prathep, A.; Lewmanomont, K.; Leliaert, F.; De Clerck, O. (2010). Seaweeds of Mu Ko Tha Lae Tai (SE Thailand): Methodologies and field guide to the dominant species. BRT Book Series, 11. Biodiversity Research and Training Program: Bangkok. ISBN 978-616-12-0085-5. 274 pp., more
Book chapters (13) [show]
Vranken, S.; Bosch, S.; Peña, V.; Leliaert, F.; Mineur, F.; De Clerck, O. (2017). A risk assessment of aquarium trade introductions of seaweed in European waters, in: Bosch, S. Marine species distributions: from data to predictive models. pp. 119-146, more Verbruggen, H.; Tyberghein, L.; Pauly, K.; Vlaeminck, C.; Van Nieuwenhuyze, K.; Kooistra, W.H.C.F.; Leliaert, F.; De Clerck, O. (2012). Macroecology meets macroevolution: evolutionary niche dynamics in the seaweed Halimeda, in: Tyberghein, L. Evolution, diversity and niche dynamics of seaweeds. pp. 68-97, more Leliaert, F.; De Clerck, O.; Coppejans, E. (2011). Marine macroalgae, seaweeds, in: Richmond, M. (Ed.) A field guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. pp. 80-105, more Verbruggen, H.; Tyberghein, L.; Pauly, K.; Vlaeminck, C.; Van Nieuwenhuyze, K.; Kooistra, W.H.C.F.; Leliaert, F.; De Clerck, O. (2011). Macroecology meets macroevolution: evolutionary niche dynamics in the seaweed Halimeda, in: Pauly, K. GIS-based environmental analysis, remote sensing and niche modeling of seaweed communities. pp. 67-96, more Casteleyn, G.; Leliaert, F.; Backeljau, T.; Debeer, A.E.; Kotaki, Y.; Rhodes, L.; Lundholm, N.; Sabbe, K.; Vyverman, W. (2009). Macrogeographic population genetic differentiation in the cosmopolitan marine planktonic diatom Pseudo-nitzschia pungens var. pungens, in: Casteleyn, G. Species structure and biogeography of Pseudo-nitzschia pungens* = Soortstructuur en biogeografie van Pseudo-nitzschia pungens.* pp. 103-119, more Casteleyn, G.; Chepurnov, V.A.; Leliaert, F.; Mann, D. G.; Bates, S. S.; Lundholm, N.; Rhodes, L.; Sabbe, K.; Vyverman, W. (2009). Pseudo-nitzschia pungens (Bacillariophyceae): a cosmopolitan diatom species?, in: Casteleyn, G. Species structure and biogeography of Pseudo-nitzschia pungens* = Soortstructuur en biogeografie van Pseudo-nitzschia pungens.* pp. 37-64, more Leliaert, F.; Boedeker, C. (2007). Cladophorales, in: Brodie, J. et al. (Ed.) The green seaweeds of Britain and Ireland. pp. 131-183, more Pröschold, T.; Leliaert, F. (2007). Systematics of the green algae: conflict of classic and modern approaches, in: Brodie, J. et al. (Ed.) Unravelling the algae: the past, present, and future of algal systematics. The Systematics Association Special Volume Series, 75: pp. 123-153, more Coppejans, E.; Leliaert, F.; Verbruggen, H. (2005). Green algae Chlorophyceae, in: De Clerck, O. et al. Guide to the seaweeds of KwaZulu-Natal. Scripta Botanica Belgica, 33: pp. 39-93, more Hoffmann, M.; Adam, S.; Baert, L.; Bonte, D.; Chavatte, N.; Claus, R.; De Belder, W.; De Fré, B.; Degraer, S.; De Groote, D.; Dekoninck, W.; Desender, K.; Devos, K.; Engledow, H.; Grootaert, P.; Hardies, N.; Leliaert, F.; Maelfait, J.-P.; Monbaliu, J.; Pollet, M.; Provoost, S.; Stichelmans, E.; Toorman, E.; Van Nieuwenhuyse, H.; Vercruysse, E.; Vincx, M.; Wittoeck, J. (2005). Integrated monitoring of nature restoration along ecotones, the example of the Yser Estuary, in: Herrier, J.-L. et al. (Ed.) Proceedings 'Dunes and Estuaries 2005': International Conference on nature restoration practices in European coastal habitats, Koksijde, Belgium 19-23 September 2005. VLIZ Special Publication, 19: pp. 191-208, more Leliaert, F.; Coppejans, E. (2004). Seagrasses and seaweeds, in: Standard Survey Methods for Key Habitats and Key Species in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. PERSGA Technical Series No. 10. PERSGA, Jeddah. pp. 101-124, more Bolton, J.J.; Coppejans, E.; Anderson, R.J.; De Clerck, O.; Samyn, Y.; Leliaert, F.; Thandar, A.S. (2003). Biodiversity studies on seaweeds and echinoderms in the transition between temperate southern Africa and the tropical western lndian Ocean, in: Samyn, Y. Towards an understanding of the shallow-water holothuroid fauna (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) of the western Indian Ocean. pp. 338-339, more Coppejans, E.; De Clerck, O.; Leliaert, F.; Dargent, O. (2000). Progress of the taxonomic research on benthic marine algae (Chlorophyta, Phaeophyta and Rhodophyta) along the East African coast, in: Richmond, M.D. et al. Marine science development in Tanzania and eastern Africa: proceedings of the 20th Anniversary Conference on Advances in Marine Science in Tanzania, 28 June-1 July 1999, Zanzibar, Tanzania. , more
Theses (2) [show]
Leliaert, F. (2004). Taxonomic and phylogenetic studies in the Cladophorophyceae (Chlorophyta). PhD Thesis. Universiteit Gent. Faculteit Wetenschappen: Gent. 294 pp., more Leliaert, F. (1996). Taxonomisch morfologische studie van het Siphonocladales-Cladophorales complex in Papoea Nieuw-Guinea en Indonesië. MSc Thesis. Universiteit Gent. Faculteit Wetenschappen: Gent. 2 vol. pp., more
Abstracts (11) [show]
Schön, I.; Christiansen, H.; Danis, B.; De Ridder, C.; Dubois, P.; Dettai, A.; Dulière, V.; Frédérich, B.; Heindler, F.M.; Jossart, Q.; Kochzius, M.; Leliaert, F.; Lepoint, G.; Michel, L.; Pasotti, F.; Robert, H.; Van de Putte, A.; Vanreusel, A.; Volckaert, F.A.M. (2019). Refugia and ecosystem tolerance in the Southern Ocean – the RECTO project, in: 51^st International Liège Colloquium on Ocean Dynamics. Polar Ocean facing changes. , more Hauquier, F.; Derycke, S.; Rigaux, A.; Tytgat, B.; Leliaert, F.; Verleyen, E.; Vanreusel, A. (2016). What drives marine nematode species distribution across various spatial scales in Antarctic continental shelf sediments? Insights from community and population genetic analyses, in: Lampadariou, N. et al. 16^th International Meiofauna Conference, Book of Abstracts. pp. 14, more Lins, L.; Leliaert, F.; Riehl, T.; Ramalho, S.P.; Córdova, E.A.; Esteves, A.M.; Vanreusel, A. (2016). A multifaceted approach to understanding spatial turnover and connectivity in the deep sea, in: Lampadariou, N. et al. 16^th International Meiofauna Conference, Book of Abstracts. pp. 17-18, more Vranken, S.; Bosch, S.; Peña, V.P.; Leliaert, F.; Mineur, F.; De Clerck, O. (2016). The risk of aquarium trade toward introductions of seaweed in European waters, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Scientist Day. Brugge, Belgium, 12 February 2016. VLIZ Special Publication, 75: pp. 137, more Yazdani Foshtomi, M.; Braeckman, U.; Derycke, S.; Leliaert, F.; Willems, A.; Vincx, M.; Vanaverbeke, J. (2016). The interaction between macro and micro-organisms affects biogeochemical cycles in coastal sediments, in: Degraer, S. et al. (Ed.) North Sea Open Science Conference 7-10/11/2016. Abstract Booklet. pp. 38, more Del Cortona, A.; Leliaert, F.; Vandepoele, K.; De Clerck, O. (2015). Comparative transcriptomics and green seaweeds: a novel approach to unravel the remarkable morphology of Ulvophyceae, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Young Scientists’ Day. Brugge, Belgium, 20 February 2015. VLIZ Special Publication, 71: pp. 54, more Hollants, J.; Leroux, O.; Leliaert, F.; De Clerck, O.; Willems, A. (2011). The art nouveau of biology: exhibiting seaweed-bacterial symbioses, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) VLIZ Young Marine Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 25 February 2011: book of abstracts. pp. 38, more Cocquyt, E.; Leliaert, F.; Verbruggen, H.; De Clerck, O. (2008). Hunting for nuclear markers in green algal lineages: molecular evolution of glucose-6-phosphate isomerase, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) VLIZ Young Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium, 29 February 2008: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 40: pp. 40, more Leliaert, F.; Rousseau, F.; de Reviers, B.; Coppejans, E. (2003). Phylogeny of the Cladophorophyceae (Chlorophyta) inferred from partial LSU rRNA gene sequences: is the recognition of a separate order Siphonocladales justified?, in: Mees, J. et al. VLIZ Young Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 28 February 2003: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 12: pp. 43, more Leliaert, F.; Anderson, R. J.; Bolton, J. J.; Coppejans, E. (2001). Subtidal understorey algal community structure in kelp beds around the Cape Peninsula (Western Cape, South Africa), in: VLIZ Young Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 23 February 2001: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 1: pp. 48, more Schils, T.; De Clerck, O.; Leliaert, F.; Bolton, J. J.; Coppejans, E. (2001). The change in macroalgal assemblages through the Saldanha Bay/Langebaan Lagoon ecosystem (South Africa), in: VLIZ Young Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 23 February 2001: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 1: pp. 56, more
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Van Baelen, A.; Poot, N.; Beirinckx, L.; Bogaerts, A.; Bellefroid, E.; Claerhout, T.; De Smedt, S.; Dugardin, C.; Engledow, H.; Leliaert, F.; Ossaer, J.; Pereboom, Z.; Semal, P.; Slos, D.; Smirnova, L.; Trekels, M.; Vandepitte, L.; Veltjen, E. (2022). DiSSCo-Flanders. Detailed inventory of the collections. WP2 - task 2.1. DiSSCo: Flanders. 31 pp., more
Other publications (5) [show]
Cocquyt, E.; Leliaert, F.; Verbruggen, H.; De Clerck, O. (2008). Hunting for nuclear markers in green algal lineages: molecular evolution of glucose-6-phosphate isomerase. Universiteit Gent: Gent. 1 poster pp., more Coppejans, E.; De Clerck, O.; Leliaert, F.; Schils, T.; Engledow, H.; Verbruggen, J. (2004). Seaweeds as indicators of biodiversity in marine benthic ecosystems, in: Segers, H. et al. (Ed.) 'Scientific tools for biodiversity conservation: monitoring, modelling and experiments': Proceedings of the 5th meeting of the European Platform for Biodiversity Research Strategy meeting held under the Belgian EU Presidency, 2-4 December 2001, Brussels. pp. 204, more Coppejans, E.; Leliaert, F.; De Clerck, O. (2000). Annotated list of new records of marine macroalgae for Kenya and Tanzania, since Isaac's and Jaasund's publications. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea 67(1): 31-93, more Coppejans, E.; De Clerck, O.; Leliaert, F.; Dargent, O. (1999). Progress of the taxonomic research on the macroalgae (Chlorophyta, Phaeophyta and Rhodophyta) along the East African coast, in: Richmond, M.D. et al. (2000). Marine science development in Tanzania and eastern Africa: proceedings of the 20th Anniversary Conference on Advances in Marine Science in Tanzania, 28 June-1 July 1999, Zanzibar, Tanzania. pp. 401-418, more Leliaert, F.; Coppejans, E. (1998). The Siphonocladales sensu Egerod from Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea 65: 161-162, more
Thesis supervisor (2) [show]
De Smet, I. (2000). Taxonomische en biogeografische studie van het genus Dictyopteris (Dictyotales, Phaeophyta) in de westelijke Indische Oceaan. Taxonomic and biogeographic study of the genus Dictyopteris (Dictyotales, Phaeophyta) in the western Indian Ocean.. MSc Thesis. Rijksuniversiteit Gent. Faculteit Wetenschappen: Gent. 192 pp., more Muylle, J. (2000). Taxonomische en biogeografische studie van het genus Padina (Dictyotales, Phaeophyta) in de westelijke Indische Oceaan. Taxonomic and biogeographical study of the genus Padina (Dictyotales, Phaeophyta) in the west Indian Ocean.. MSc Thesis. Rijksuniversiteit Gent. Faculteit Wetenschappen: Gent. 222 pp., more

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