[ report an error in this record ] Lefaible, Nene ORCID Institute  Top | Institute | Publications | Project  Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie (MARBIOL), more Function: Scientific staff Direct contact at institute: E-mail:   Project  Top | Institute | Publications | Project  CODEVCO farm Westdiep: follow-up of changes in benthic habitat and community composition, more Publications (25)  Top | Institute | Publications | Project  A1 Publications (10) [show] Jammar, C.; Reynés-Cardona, A.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Lefaible, N.; Moens, T.; Degraer, S.; Braeckman, U. (2025). Decadal trends in macrobenthic communities in offshore wind farms: Disentangling turbine and climate effects. J. Sea Res. 203: 102557. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2024.102557, more Lefaible, N.; Macheriotou, L.; Pape, E.; Molari, M.; Haeckel, M.; Zeppilli, D.; Vanreusel, A. (2024). Industrial mining trial for polymetallic nodules in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone indicates complex and variable disturbances of meiofaunal communities. Front. Mar. Sci. 11: 1380530. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1380530, more Festjens, F.; Buyse, J.; De Backer, A.; Hostens, K.; Lefaible, N.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Van Hoey, G. (2023). Functional trait responses to different anthropogenic pressures. Ecol. Indic. 146: 109854. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2022.109854, more Lefaible, N.; Braeckman, U.; Degraer, S.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Moens, T. (2023). A wind of change for soft-sediment infauna within operational offshore windfarms. Mar. Environ. Res. 188: 106009. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2023.106009, more Lefaible, N.; Macheriotou, L.; Purkiani, K.; Haeckel, M.; Zeppilli, D.; Pape, E.; Vanreusel, A. (2023). Digging deep: lessons learned from meiofaunal responses to a disturbance experiment in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone. Mar. Biodiv. 53(4): 48. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12526-023-01353-0, more Gollner, S.; Haeckel, M.; Janssen, F.; Lefaible, N.; Molari, M.; Papadopoulou, S.; Reichart, G.-J.; Trabucho-Alexandre, J.; Vink, A.; Vanreusel, A. (2022). Restoration experiments in polymetallic nodule areas. Integr. Environ. Assess. Manag. 18(3): 682-696. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ieam.4541, more Braeckman, U.; Pasotti, F.; Hoffmann, R.; Vázquez, S.; Wulff, A.; Schloss, I.R.; Falk, U.; Deregibus, D.; Lefaible, N.; Torstensson, A.; Al-Handal, A.; Wenzhöfer, F.; Vanreusel, A. (2021). Glacial melt disturbance shifts community metabolism of an Antarctic seafloor ecosystem from net autotrophy to heterotrophy. Communications Biology 4(1): 148. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-01673-6, more Pasotti, F.; Mevenkamp, L.; Pape, E.; Blazewicz, M.; Bonifacio, P.; Riehl, T.; De Smet, B.; Lefaible, N.; Lins, L.; Vanreusel, A. (2021). A local scale analysis of manganese nodules influence on the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone macrobenthos. Deep-Sea Res., Part 1, Oceanogr. Res. Pap. 168: 103449. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2020.103449, more Préat, N.; Lefaible, N.; Alvarenga, R.A.F.; Taelman, S.E.; Dewulf, J. (2021). Development of a life cycle impact assessment framework accounting for biodiversity in deep seafloor ecosystems: a case study on the Clarion Clipperton Fracture Zone. Sci. Total Environ. 770: 144747. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144747, more Hoffmann, R.; Pasotti, F.; Vázquez, S.; Lefaible, N.; Torstensson, A.; MacCormack, W.; Wenzhöfer, F.; Braeckman, U. (2018). Spatial variability of biogeochemistry in shallow coastal benthic communities of Potter Cove (Antarctica) and the impact of a melting glacier. PLoS One 13(12): e0207917. https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0207917, more Book chapters (9) [show] Degraer, S.; Brabant, R.; Rumes, B.; Vigin, L.; Braeckman, U.; Buyse, J.; Courtens, W.; De Backer, A.; Haelters, J.; Hostens, K.; Jammar, C.; Lefaible, N.; Moens, T.; Paoletti, S.; Reynés-Cardona, A.; Stienen, E.W.M.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Van de walle, M.; Vanermen, N.; Van Maele, T.M.; Verstraete, H. (2023). Executive summary: Progressive insights in changing species distribution patterns informing marine management, in: Degraer, S. et al. Environmental impacts of offshore wind farms in the Belgian part of the North Sea: Progressive insights in changing species distribution patterns informing marine management. Memoirs on the Marine Environment, : pp. 7-9, more Jammar, C.; Reynés-Cardona, A.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Lefaible, N.; Moens, T.; Braeckman, U. (2023). Long-term impact of turbine presence on macrobenthic communities in the Belgian part of the North Sea, in: Degraer, S. et al. Environmental impacts of offshore wind farms in the Belgian part of the North Sea: Progressive insights in changing species distribution patterns informing marine management. Memoirs on the Marine Environment, : pp. 21-41, more Lefaible, N.; Blomme, E.; Braeckman, U.; Moens, T. (2022). Incorporating hyperbenthos sampling in OWF monitoring surveys: current knowledge, challenges and opportunities, in: Degraer, S. et al. Environmental impacts of offshore wind farms in the Belgian part of the North Sea: Getting ready for offshore wind farm expansion in the North Sea. Memoirs on the Marine Environment, : pp. 37-54, more Degraer, S.; Brabant, R.; Rumes, B.; Vigin, L.; Braeckman, U.; Buyse, J.; Courtens, W.; De Backer, A.; Hostens, K.; Lefaible, N.; Moens, T.; Stienen, E.; Van de walle, M.; Vanermen, N.; Van Vooren, K.; Verstraete, H.; Wyns, L.; Zupan, M. (2021). Executive summary: Attraction, avoidance and habitat use at various spatial scales, in: Degraer, S. et al. Environmental impacts of offshore wind farms in the Belgian part of the North Sea: Attraction, avoidance and habitat use at various spatial scales. Memoirs on the Marine Environment, : pp. 7-10, more Lefaible, N.; Van Vooren, K.; Braeckman, U.; Moens, T. (2021). Macrobenthos communities of a nearshore windfarm: distribution and first post-construction results, in: Degraer, S. et al. Environmental impacts of offshore wind farms in the Belgian part of the North Sea: Attraction, avoidance and habitat use at various spatial scales. Memoirs on the Marine Environment, : pp. 77-92, more Braeckman, U.; Lefaible, N.; Bruns, E.; Moens, T. (2020). Turbine-related impacts on macrobenthic communities: an analysis of spatial and temporal variability, in: Degraer, S. et al. Environmental impacts of offshore wind farms in the Belgian part of the North Sea: Empirical evidence inspiring priority monitoring, research and management. Memoirs on the Marine Environment, : pp. 61-78, more Degraer, S.; Brabant, R.; Rumes, B.; Vigin, L.; Braeckman, U.; Bruns, E.; Buyse, J.; Courtens, W.; De Backer, A.; Hostens, K.; Lefaible, N.; Mavraki, N.; Moens, T.; Norro, A.; Stienen, E.W.M.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Van de walle, M.; Vanermen, N.; Verstraete, H. (2020). Executive summary: Empirical evidence inspiring priority monitoring, research and management, in: Degraer, S. et al. Environmental impacts of offshore wind farms in the Belgian part of the North Sea: Empirical evidence inspiring priority monitoring, research and management. Memoirs on the Marine Environment, : pp. 7-11, more Lefaible, N.; Colson, L.; Braeckman, U.; Moens, T. (2019). Evaluation of turbine-related impacts on macrobenthic communities within two offshore wind farms during the operational phase, in: Degraer, S. et al. Environmental impacts of offshore wind farms in the Belgian part of the North Sea: making a decade of monitoring, research and innovation. Memoirs on the Marine Environment, : pp. 47-63, more Lefaible, N.; Braeckman, U.; Moens, T. (2019). Monitoring impacts of offshore wind farms on hyperbenthos: a feasibility study, in: Degraer, S. et al. Environmental impacts of offshore wind farms in the Belgian part of the North Sea: making a decade of monitoring, research and innovation. Memoirs on the Marine Environment, : pp. 65-71, more Abstracts (4) [show] Fernandes, J.; Van Hoey, G.; Braeckman, U.; De Backer, A.; Depestele, J.; Lefaible, N.; Tiano, J.; T’Jampens, M.; Toussaint, E.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Hostens, K. (2021). Sediment Profile Imagery (SPI) applicability for environmental impact assessment in shallow coastal environments, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day, Online event 3 March 2021. VLIZ Special Publication, 85: pp. 56-57, more Festjens, F.; Breine, N.; Lefaible, N.; De Backer, A.; Van Hoey, G. (2021). The pressure is on! How different human activities affect functional diversity in soft-bottom macrobenthos, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day, Online event 3 March 2021. VLIZ Special Publication, 85: pp. 59-60, more Festjens, F.; Breine, N.T.; Lefaible, N.; De Backer, A.; Van Hoey, G. (2021). Biological trait modality responses to different anthropogenic pressures in the Belgian Part of the North Sea, in: 52nd Liège Colloquium on Ocean Dynamics: Towards an understanding and assessment of human impact on coastal marine environments: Online event May 17th to 21st 2021. , more Festjens, F.; Breine, N.; Lefaible, N.; Wittoeck, J.; Van Hoey, G. (2020). How do different human activities affect functional diversity in soft-bottom macrobenthos?, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day. Oostende, Belgium, 18 March 2020. VLIZ Special Publication, 84: pp. 27, more Reports (2) [show] ICES (2021). Working Group on Marine Benthal Renewable Developments (WGMBRED). ICES Scientific Reports = Rapports Scientifiques du CIEM, 3(63). International Council for the Exploration of the Sea: Copenhagen. iii, 24 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.8209, more Festjens, F.; Van Hoey, G.; Wittoeck, J.; Lefaible, N.; Moens, T.; Van Colen, C. (2019). Ecologische monitoring havengeul Nieuwpoort i.k.v. bouw stormvloedkering. ILVO Mededeling, 255. ILVO: Oostende. 28 pp., more All data in the Integrated Marine Information System (IMIS) is subject to the VLIZ privacy policy  Top | Institute | Publications | Project