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Desmit, Xavier
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Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen; Operationele Directie Natuurlijk Milieu; Beheerseenheid Mathematisch Model Noordzee en Schelde-estuarium (BMM), more

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Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen; Departement Beheer van het Mariene Ecosysteem; Beheerseenheid Mathematisch Model Noordzee en Schelde-estuarium; Brussel (KBIN-BMM), more

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4 Decades of Belgian Marine monitoring: uplifting historical data to today's needs, more BioGeochemical PARTicle interactions and feedback loops on the Belgian Continental Shelf, more

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Marine phytoplankton community composition data from the Belgian part of the North Sea, 1968-2010, more

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A1 Publications (12) [show]
Fettweis, M.; Riethmüller, R.; Van der Zande, D.; Desmit, X. (2023). Sample based water quality monitoring of coastal seas: how significant is the information loss in patchy time series compared to continuous ones? Sci. Total Environ. 873: 162273. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162273, more van Leeuwen, S.M.; Lenhart, H.-J.; Prins, T.C.; Blauw, A.N.; Desmit, X.; Fernand, L.; Friedland, R.; Kerimoglu, O.; Lacroix, G.; van der Linden, A.; Lefebvre, A.; van der Molen, J.; Plus, M.; Ruvalcaba Baroni, I.; Silva, T.H.; Stegert, C.; Troost, T.A.; Vilmin, L. (2023). Deriving pre-eutrophic conditions from an ensemble model approach for the North-West European seas. Front. Mar. Sci. 10: 1129951. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1129951, more Fettweis, M.; Schartau, M.; Desmit, X.; Lee, B.J.; Terseleer, N.; Van der Zande, D.; Parmentier, K.; Riethmüller, R. (2022). Organic matter composition of biomineral flocs and its influence on suspended particulate matter dynamics along a nearshore to offshore transect. JGR: Biogeosciences 127(1): e2021JG006332. https://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2021JG006332, more Desmit, X.; Nohe, A.; Borges, A.V.; Prins, T.; De Cauwer, K.; Lagring, R.; Van der Zande, D.; Sabbe, K. (2020). Changes in chlorophyll concentration and phenology in the North Sea in relation to de-eutrophication and sea surface warming. Limnol. Oceanogr. 65(4): 828-847. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lno.11351, more Desmit, X.; Thieu, V.; Billen, G.; Campuzano, F.; Dulière, V.; Garnier, J.; Lassaletta, L.; Ménesguen, A.; Neves, R.; Pinto, L.; Silvestre, M.; Sobrinho, J.L.; Lacroix, G. (2018). Reducing marine eutrophication may require a paradigmatic change. Sci. Total Environ. 635: 1444-1466. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.04.181, more Ménesguen, A.; Desmit, X.; Dulière, V.; Lacroix, G.; Thouvenin, B.; Thieu, V.; Dussauze, M. (2018). How to avoid eutrophication in coastal seas? A new approach to derive river-specific combined nitrate and phosphate maximum concentrations. Sci. Total Environ. 628-629: 400-414. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.02.025, more Nohe, A.; Knockaert, C.; Goffin, A.; Dewitte, E.; De Cauwer, K.; Desmit, X.; Vyverman, W.; Tyberghein, L.; Lagring, R.; Sabbe, K. (2018). Marine phytoplankton community composition data from the Belgian part of the North Sea, 1968-2010. Scientific Data 5: 180126. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2018.126, more Desmit, X.; Ruddick, K.; Lacroix, G. (2015). Salinity predicts the distribution of chlorophyll a spring peak in the southern North Sea continental waters. J. Sea Res. 103: 59-74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2015.02.007, more Prins, T.C.; Desmit, X.; Baretta-Bekker, J.G. (2012). Phytoplankton composition in Dutch coastal waters responds to changes in riverine nutrient loads. J. Sea Res. 73: 49-62. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2012.06.009, more Lenhart, H.-J.; Mills, D.K.; Baretta-Bekker, J.G.; van Leeuwen, S.M.; van der Molen, J.; Baretta, J.W.; Blaas, M.; Desmit, X.; Kühn, W.; Lacroix, G.; Lose, H.; Menesguen, A.; Neves, R.; Proctor, R.; Ruardij, P.; Skogen, M.D.; Vanhoutte-Brunier, A.; Villars, M.T.; Wakelin, S.L. (2010). Predicting the consequences of nutrient reduction on the eutrophication status of the North Sea. J. Mar. Syst. 81(1-2): 148-170. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2009.12.014, more Baretta-Bakker, J.G.; Baretta, J.W.; Latuhihin, M.J.; Desmit, X.; Prins, T.C. (2009). Description of the long-term (1991–2005) temporal and spatial distribution of phytoplankton carbon biomass in the Dutch North Sea. J. Sea Res. 61(1-2): 50-59. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2008.10.007, more Desmit, X.; Vanderborght, J. P.; Regnier, P.; Wollast, R. (2005). Control of phytoplankton production by physical forcing in a strongly tidal, well-mixed estuary. Biogeosciences 2(2): 205-218. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-2-205-2005, more
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Desmit, X.; Vanderborght, J. P.; Regnier, P.; Wollast, R. (2005). Control of phytoplankton production by physical forcing in a strongly tidal, well-mixed estuary. Biogeosci. Discuss. 2(1): 37-75, more
Book chapters (4) [show]
Desmit, X.; Van der Zande, D.; Bonne, W.; De Cauwer, K.; Geneviève, L. (2018). Eutrofiëring (D5), in: Belgische Staat Actualisatie van de initiële beoordeling voor de Belgische mariene wateren. Kaderrichtlijn Mariene Strategie – Art 8 lid 1a & 1b: België 2018-2024. pp. 26-34, more Desmit, X.; El Serafy, G.Y.; Aguilar, S.G.; Lacroix, G. (2013). Probabilistic estimate of the uncertainty due to physical forcings in phytoplankton models, in: The 45th International Liège Colloquium on Ocean Dynamics. The variability of primary production in the ocean: from the synoptic to the global scale, Liège, Belgium, 13-17 May, 2013: Abstracts. pp. [1], more Martini, E.; Desmit, X.; Lacroix, G.; Kerckhof, F.; Degraer, S. (2013). Assessing bivalve's distribution as a response to phytoplankton/inorganic suspended particles ratio in the Belgian coastal zone: a trait based model, in: The 45th International Liège Colloquium on Ocean Dynamics. The variability of primary production in the ocean: from the synoptic to the global scale, Liège, Belgium, 13-17 May, 2013: Abstracts. pp. [1], more Desmit, X.; Vanderborcht, J.P.; Wollast, R. (2002). Suspended solids, light penetration and primary production in the Scheldt estuary, in: ECSA Local Meeting: ecological structures and functions in the Scheldt Estuary: from past to future, Antwerp, Belgium October 7-10, 2002: abstract book. pp. 14, more
Thesis [show]
Desmit, X. (2005). Etude et modélisation de la production phytoplanctonique dans l’estuaire de l‘Escaut. PhD Thesis. Université Libre de Bruxelles: Bruxelles. 196 pp., more
Abstracts (9) [show]
Fettweis, M.; Schartau, M.; Desmit, X.; Terseleer, N.; Lee, B.J.; Van der Zande, D.; Riethmüller, R. (2021). The characteristics of the organic matter in biomineral flocs, in: INTERCOH2021, 13-17 September 2021 - Delft, The Netherlands: book of abstracts. pp. 74, more De Cauwer, K.; De Witte, B.; Desmit, X.; Lauwaert, B.; Parmentier, K.; Van der Zande, D.; Van Hoey, G. (2016). Evaluation of the Belgian coastal waters in the frame of the EU Water Framework Directive, in: Degraer, S. et al. (Ed.) North Sea Open Science Conference 7-10/11/2016. Abstract Booklet. pp. 96, more Desmit, X.; Van der Zande, D.; Lacroix, G. (2016). Spatial patterns of chlorophyll a variability in the North East Atlantic, in: Degraer, S. et al. (Ed.) North Sea Open Science Conference 7-10/11/2016. Abstract Booklet. pp. 94, more Desmit, X.; Thieu, V.; Dulière, V.; Campuzano, F.; Silvestre, M.; Garnier, J.; Sobrinho, J.; Pinto, L.; Gypens, N.; Lancelot, C.; Neves, R.; Ménesguen, A.; Billen, G.; Lacroix, G. (2016). Past, present and future eutrophication levels in the North East Atlantic, in: Degraer, S. et al. (Ed.) North Sea Open Science Conference 7-10/11/2016. Abstract Booklet. pp. 23, more Nohe, A.; Lagring, R.; De Cauwer, K.; Goffin, A.; Tyberghein, L.; Deneudt, K.; Desmit, X.; Vyverman, W.; Sabbe, K. (2016). Long-term phytoplankton monitoring data (1970-2010) from the Belgian North Sea reveal shifts in seasonal dynamics and community composition, in: Degraer, S. et al. (Ed.) North Sea Open Science Conference 7-10/11/2016. Abstract Booklet. pp. 52, more Tyberghein, L.; Borges, A.V.; Deneudt, K.; Desmit, X.; De Witte, B.; Gauquie, J.; Goffin, A.; Lagring, R.; Nohe, A.; Sabbe, K.; Strobbe, F.; Van der Zande, D.; De Cauwer, K. (2015). 4 decades of Belgian marine monitoring: uplifting historical data to today's needs – 4DEMON, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Young Scientists’ Day. Brugge, Belgium, 20 February 2015. VLIZ Special Publication, 71: pp. 135, more Dulière, V.; Gypens, N.; Luyten, P.; Desmit, X.; Lacroix, G. (2014). Linking human activities to eutrophication along the river-ocean continuum with an ecological model, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Young Scientists’ Day. Brugge, Belgium, 7 March 2014. VLIZ Special Publication, 67: pp. 55, more Lacroix, G.; Desmit, X.; Dulière, V.; Gypens, N.; Lancelot, C.; Billen, C.; Garnier, J.; Thieu, V.; Silvestre, M.; Passy, P.; Lassaletta, L.; Guittard, G.; Théry, S.; Ménesguen, A.; Thouvenin, B.; Dussauze, M.; Mateus, M.; Neves, R.; Sobrinho, J.; Ascione Kenov, I.; Garcia, C.; Lenhart, H.; Los, H.; Troost, T.; Vander Molen, J. (2014). Ecosystem Models as Support to Eutrophication Management in the North Atlantic Ocean (EMoSEM), in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Young Scientists’ Day. Brugge, Belgium, 7 March 2014. VLIZ Special Publication, 67: pp. 76, more Martini, E.; Desmit, X.; Lacroix, G.; Kerckhof, F.; Degraer, S. (2013). Testing macrobenthos adaptation with a trait based model (TBM) in the Belgian Coastal Zone, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Young Marine Scientists' Day. Brugge, Belgium, 15 February 2013. VLIZ Special Publication, 63: pp. 65, more
Reports (8) [show]
Fettweis, M.; Silori, S.; Desmit, X. (2024). Monitoring en modellering van het cohesieve sedimenttransport en evaluatie van de effecten op het mariene ecosysteem ten gevolge van bagger- en stortoperatie (MOMO): activiteitsrapport (1 juli - 31 december 2023). KBIN-OD Natuur - BMM: Brussel. 29 + app. pp., more Fettweis, M.; Desmit, X. (2023). Monitoring en modellering van het cohesieve sedimenttransport en evaluatie van de effecten op het mariene ecosysteem ten gevolge van bagger- en stortoperatie (MOMO): activiteitsrapport (1 januari - 30 juni 2023). KBIN-OD Natuur - BMM: Brussel. 29 + bijl. pp., more Fettweis, M.; Desmit, X. (2023). Monitoring en modellering van het cohesieve sedimenttransport en evaluatie van de effecten op het mariene ecosysteem ten gevolge van bagger- en stortoperatie (MOMO): activiteitsrapport (1 juli - 31 december 2022). KBIN-OD Natuur - BMM: Brussel. 27 + app. pp., more Fettweis, M.; Baeye, M.; Van den Eynde, D. (2022). Monitoring en modellering van het cohesieve sedimenttransport en evaluatie van de effecten op het mariene ecosysteem ten gevolge van bagger- en stortoperatie (MOMO): activiteitsrapport (1 januari - 30 juni 2022). KBIN-OD Natuur - BMM: Brussel. 21 + bijl. pp., more Lenhart, H.; Blauw, A.; Desmit, X.; Fernand, L.; Friedland, R.; Heyden, B.; Kerimoglu, O.; Lacroix, G.; Van der Linden, J.; van der Molen, J.; Plus, M.; Prins, T.; Ruvalcaba, J.L.; Stegert, C.; Thewes, D.; Troost, T.; Vilmin, L.M.; van Leeuwen, S. (2022). ICG-EMO report on model comparison for historical scenarios as basis to derive new threshold values. ICG: [s.l.]. , more Fettweis, M.; Desmit, X.; Terseleer, N. (2021). Monitoring en modellering van het cohesieve sedimenttransport en evaluatie van de effecten op het mariene ecosysteem ten gevolge van bagger- en stortoperatie (MOMO): activiteitsrapport (1 juli - 31 december 2020). KBIN-OD Natuur - BMM: Brussel. 45 + bijl. pp., more Lagring, R.; De Witte, B.; Bekaert, K.; Borges, A.V.; Desmit, X.; Le, H.M.; Nohe, A.; Sabbe, K.; Strobbe, F.; Tyberghein, L.; Vandenberghe, T.; Van der Zande, D. (2018). 4 Decades of Belgian Marine Monitoring: uplifting historical data to today’s needs - Final Report. Belgian Science Policy Office/BRAIN-be (Belgian Research Action through Interdisciplinary Networks): Brussels. 104 pp., more De Cauwer, K.; Van der Zande, D.; Desmit, X.; Lacroix, G. (2016). Report on the third application of the OSPAR comprehensive procedure to the Belgian marine waters. Scientific Service MUMM, Operational Directorate Natural Environment (RBINS): Brussels. 37 pp., more
Other publications (2) [show]
Lacroix, G.; Desmit, X.; Dulière, V.; Gypens, N.; Lancelot, C.; Billen, G.; Garnier, J.; Thieu, V.; Silvestre, M.; Passy, P.; Lassaletta, L.; Guittard, G.; Théry, S.; Ménesguen, A.; Thouvenin, B.; Dussauze, M.; Mateus, M.; Neves, R.; Sobrinho, J.; Ascione Kenov, I.; Garcia, C.; Lenhart, H.; Los, H.; Troost, T.; van der Molen, J. (2014). Ecosystem models as support to eutrophication management in the North Atlantic Ocean (EMoSEM). Poster at the VLIZ Young Scientist's Day 7 March 2014. Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences: Brussels. 1 poster pp., more Desmit, X.; Los, H.; van Duren, L. (2008). Effects of silt availability on ecology in the Westerschelde. Deltares: [s.l.]. 1 pp., more

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