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Hablützel, Pascal
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Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), more Function: Research Group Leader Direct contact at institute: Tel.: +32-(0)59-33 61 66 E-mail:

Previous institutes (3)	Top \| Institute \| Projects \| Datasets
KU Leuven; Departement Biologie; Ecology, Evolution and Biodiversity Conservation Section; Laboratorium voor Biodiversiteit en Evolutionaire Genomica (LBEG), more University of Wales Aberystwyth; Institute of Biological, Environmental & Rural Sciences (IBERS), more Universidad Autónoma del Beni "José Ballivián"; Centro de Investigación de Recursos Acuáticos (CIRA), more

Projects (14)

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A Plan towards an eDNA reference library and data repository for Aquatic Organisms, navigating Europe towards the next generation biodiversity monitoring, more
Association of European Marine Biological Laboratories Expanded, more
Coastbusters 2.0, more
Genetic Tools for Ecosystem Health Assessment in the North Sea Region, more
Integration of biodiversity monitoring data into the Digital Twin Ocean, more
MARine COastal BiOdiversity Long-term Observations, more
Meta-transcriptomics of plankton in the Belgian Part of the North Sea, more
Operational sensing life technologies for marine ecosystems, more
Optimized eDNA Methods for Accurate Biodiversity Assessment, more
Pacific Islands Marine bioinvasions Alert Network, more
PhD Drivers & mechanisms influencing early colonization by marine ecosystem engineers of artificial & natural habitats., more
PhD Molecular traits in plankton ecosystem functions and processes, more
PhD: Optical imaging and analysis for zooplankton observations, more
PhD: Understanding plankton community responses to changing environmental conditions and extreme climatic events using high-throughput observation approaches, more

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NIS BE: Deneudt K., Hablutzel P., Delacauw, S. (2020) DNA-based benthic and planktonic species monitoring at the harbour of Ostend in 2020 by Flanders Marine Institute., more Deneudt K., Hablutzel P., Mortelmans J., Delacauw, S. (2020) ARMS pilot study in 2018 by Flanders Marine Institute, more PPDB: Gutierrez, J.; Hablützel, P.I.; Flanders Marine Institute: Belgium; (2022): Plankton-specific protein sequence database. Marine Data Archive., more eDNA VLIZ: Hablützel P., Delacauw S., Heynderickx H., (2023) eDNA monitoring of Non-Indigenous Species (NIS) in the harbour of Ostend by Flanders Marine Institute., more Li, Y.; Hablützel, P.I.; Liu, Z.; Van Acker, E.; Janssen, C.R.; Asselman, J.; De Rijcke, M.; Flanders Marine Institute; Ghent University; Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Belgium; (2024): Seasonal dynamics of bacterial community structure and function in surf zone seawater of a recreational beach in Ostend, Belgium. Marine Data Archive., more Li, Y.; Liu, Z.; Hablützel, P.I.; Van Beeck, W.; Janssen, C.R.; Lebeer, S.; Asselman, J.; De Rijcke, M.; Flanders Marine Institute; Ghent University; University of Antwerp; Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Belgium; (2024): Marine influence on airborne bacterial community composition and function in coastal zones: a case study from Ostend, Belgium. Marine Data Archive., more HBS GEANS: Obst M., Stæhr P., Sundberg P., Reiss H., Daraghmeh N., Axberg A., Deneudt K., Hablutzel P., Mortelmans J., Delacauw S., Lagaisse R. (2019) Hard Bottom Substrate pilot GEANS, more Schmidlin, S.; Parcerisas, C.; Watson, M.S.; Hablützel, P.I.; Debusschere, E.; Flanders Marine Institute; Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen; (2024): Sound playback files for oyster Magallana gigas settlement experiment. Marine Data Archive., more EMO BON: European Marine Omics Biodiversity Observation Network 2022 genomic observations (18S v4, COI, ITS1F, ITS2) in the Belgian Part of the North Sea, more EMO BON: European Marine Omics Biodiversity Observation Network 2023 genomic observations (18S v4, COI, ITS1F, ITS2) in the Belgian Part of the North Sea, more phdEske: PhD thesis Eske, A.: Plankton responses to extreme climate events: community dynamics and genetics, more
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EMBRC-BE Joint Development Activity: Optimisation of in-situ sampling from ARMS in dynamic coastal environments, more EMO BON: European Marine Omics Biodiversity Observation Network 2024 genomic observations (18S v4, COI, ITS1F, ITS2) in the Belgian Part of the North Sea, more

Publications (84)	Top \| Institute \| Projects \| Datasets
A1 Publications (37) [show]
Ollevier, A.; Mortelmans, J.; Boone, W.; Deneudt, K.; De Troch, M.; Develter, R.; Goossens, C.; Meire, L.; Möller, K.O.; Ponsoni, L.; Hablützel, P. (2025). Picturing plankton: Complementing net‐based plankton community assessments with optical imaging across diverse marine environments. Limnol. Oceanogr., Methods 23(4): 246-260. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lom3.10674, more Pavloudi, C.; Santi, I.; Azua, I.; Baña, Z.; Bastianini, M.; Belser, C.; Bilbao, J.; Bitz-Thorsen, J.; Broudin, C.; Camusat, M.; Cancio, I.; Caray-Counil, L.; Casotti, R.; Castel, J.; Comtet, T.; Cox, C.J.; Daguin, C.; Díaz, O.; Diaz de Cerio, O.; Exter, K.; Fauvelot, C.; Frada, M.J.; Galand, P.E.; Garczarek, L.; González Fernández, J.; Guillou, L.; Hablützel, P.I.; Heynderickx, H.; Houbin, C.; Kervella, A.E.; Krystallas, A.; Lagaisse, R.; Laroquette, A.; Lescure, L.; Lopes, E.; Loulakaki, M.; Louro, B.; Magalhães, C.; Maidanou, M.; Margiotta, F.; Montresor, M.; Not, F.; Paredes, E.; Percopo, I.; Péru, E.; Poulain, J.; Praebel, K.; Rigaut-Jalabert, F.; Romac, S.; Stavroulaki, M.; Troncoso, J.S.; Thiebaut, E.; Thomas, W.; Tkacz, A.; Trano, A.C.; Wincker, P.; Pade, N. (2025). First release of the European marine omics biodiversity observation network (EMO BON) shotgun metagenomics data from water and sediment samples. Biodiversity Data Journal 13: e143585. https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.13.e143585, more Boyen, J.; Rodríguez, M.T.; Vlaeminck, B.; Fink, P.; Hablützel, P.I.; De Troch, M. (2024). Temperature, pH, and diet interactively affect biosynthesis of polyunsaturated fatty acids in a benthic harpacticoid copepod. Limnol. Oceanogr. 70(2): 334-348. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lno.12763, more Katsanevakis, S.; Zaiko, A.; Olenin, S.; Costello, M.J.; Gallardo, B.; Tricarico, E.; Adriaens, T.; Jeschke, J.M.; Sini, M.; Burke, N.; Ellinas, K.; Rütten, S.; Poursanidis, D.; Marchini, A.; Brys, R.; Raeymaekers, J.A.M.; Noé, N.; Hermoso, V.; Blaalid, R.; Lucy, F.E.; Verbrugge, L.N.H.; Staehr, P.A.U.; Vandepitte, L.; de Groot, D.; Elliott, M.; Reuver, M.; Maclaren, J.; Li, M.; Oldoni, D.; Mazaris, A.; Trygonis, V.; Hablützel, P.I.; Everts, T.; Pistevos, J.C.A.; Dekeyzer, S.; Kimmig, S.; Rickowski, F.S.; Panov, V. (2024). GuardIAS – Guarding European waters from invasive alien species. Manag. Biol. Inv. 15(4): 701-730. https://dx.doi.org/10.3391/mbi.2024.15.4.14, more Li, Y.; Hablützel, P.I.; Liu, Z.; Van Acker, E.; Janssen, C.R.; Asselman, J.; De Rijcke, M. (2024). Seasonal dynamics of bacterial community structure and function in the surf zone seawater of a recreational beach in Ostend, Belgium. Environmental Microbiology Reports 16(6): e70031. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1758-2229.70031, more Mortelmans, J.; Semmouri, I.; Perneel, M.; Lagaisse, R.; Amadei Martínez, L.; Rommelaere, Z.; Hablützel, P.; Deneudt, K. (2024). Temperature-induced copepod depletion and the associated wax of Bellerochea in Belgian coastal waters: Implications and shifts in plankton dynamics. J. Sea Res. 201: 102523. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2024.102523, more Ollevier, A.; Mortelmans, J.; Deneudt, K.; Hablützel, P.I.; De Troch, M. (2024). Diel vertical migration and tidal influences on plankton densities in dynamic coastal systems. Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 300: 108701. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2024.108701, more Perneel, M.; Lagaisse, R.; Mortelmans, J.; Maere, S.; Hablützel, P. (2024). Seasonal metabolic dynamics of microeukaryotic plankton: A year-long metatranscriptomic study in a temperate sea. mBio Online first(8): 1-17. https://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mbio.00383-24, more Schmidlin, S.; Parcerisas, C.; Hubert, J.; Watson, M.S.; Mees, J.; Botteldooren, D.; Devos, P.; Debusschere, E.; Hablützel, P.I. (2024). Comparison of the effects of reef and anthropogenic soundscapes on oyster larvae settlement. NPG Scientific Reports 14(1): 12580. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-63322-2, more Boyen, J.; Ribes-Navarro, A.; Kabeya, N.; Monroig, Ó.; Rigaux, A.; Fink, P.; Hablützel, P.I.; Navarro, J.C.; De Troch, M. (2023). Functional characterization reveals a diverse array of metazoan fatty acid biosynthesis genes. Mol. Ecol. 32(4): 970-982. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.16808, more Calboli, F.C.F.; Delahaut, V.; Deflem, I.; Hablützel, P.I.; Hellemans, B.; Kordas, A.; Raeymaekers, J.A.M.; Bervoets, L.; De Boeck, G.; Volckaert, F. (2021). Association between Chromosome 4 and mercury accumulation in muscle of the three‐spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus). Evol. Appl. 14(10): 2553-2567. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eva.13298, more Hablützel, P.I.; Rombouts, I.; Dillen, N.; Lagaisse, R.; Mortelmans, J.; Ollevier, A.; Perneel, M.; Deneudt, K. (2021). Exploring new technologies for plankton observations and monitoring of ocean health, in: Kappel, E.S. et al. Frontiers in ocean observing: Documenting ecosystems, understanding environmental changes, forecasting hazards. Oceanography, Suppl. 34(4): pp. 20-25. https://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2021.supplement.02-09, more Rodriguez-Ezpeleta, N.; Morissette, O.; Bean, C.W.; Manu, S.; Banerjee, P.; Lacoursière-Roussel, A.; Beng, K.C.; Alter, S.E.; Roger, F.; Holman, L.E.; Stewart, K.A.; Monaghan, M.T.; Mauvisseau, Q.; Mirimin, L.; Wangensteen, O.S.; Antognazza, C.M.; Helyar, S.J.; Boer, H.; Monchamp, M.-E.; Nijland, R.; Abbott, C.L.; Doi, H.; Barnes, M.A.; Leray, M.; Hablützel, P.I.; Deiner, K. (2021). Trade‐offs between reducing complex terminology and producing accurate interpretations from environmental DNA: Comment on “Environmental DNA: What's behind the term?” by Pawlowski et al., (2020). Mol. Ecol. 30(19): 4601-4605. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1111/mec.15942, more Boyen, J.; Fink, P.; Mensens, C.; Hablützel, P.I.; De Troch, M. (2020). Fatty acid bioconversion in harpacticoid copepods in a changing environment: a transcriptomic approach. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. (B Biol. Sci.) 375(1804): 20190645. https://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0645, more Jackson, J.A.; Friberg, I.M.; Hablützel, P.I.; Masud, N.; Stewart, A.; Synnott, R.; Cable, J. (2020). Partitioning the environmental drivers of immunocompetence. Sci. Total Environ. 747: 141152. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141152, more Obst, M.; Exter, K.; Allcock, A.L.; Arvanitidis, C.; Axberg, A.; Bustamante, M.; Cancio, I.; Carreira-Flores, D.; Chatzinikolaou, E.; Chatzigeorgiou, G.; Chrismas, N.; Clark, M.S.; Comtet, T.; Dailianis, T.; Davies, N.; Deneudt, K.; de Cerio, O.D.; Fortic, A.; Gerovasileiou, V.; Hablützel, P.I.; Keklikoglou, K.; Kotoulas, G.; Lasota, R.; Leite, B.R.; Loisel, S.; Lévêque, L.; Levy, L.; Malachowicz, M.; Mavric, B.; Meyer, C.; Mortelmans, J.; Norkko, J.; Pade, N.; Power, A.M.; Ramšak, A.; Reiss, H.; Solbakken, J.; Staehr, P.A.; Sundberg, P.; Thyrring, J.; Troncoso, J.; Viard, F.; Wenne, R.; Yperifanou, E.I.; Zbawicka, M.; Pavloudi, C. (2020). A Marine Biodiversity Observation Network for genetic monitoring of hard-bottom communities (ARMS-MBON). Front. Mar. Sci. 7: 572680. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.572680, more Delerue-Ricard, S.; Stynen, H.; Barbut, L.; Morat, F.; Mahé, K.; Hablützel, P.I.; Hostens, K.; Volckaert, F.A.M. (2019). Size-effect, asymmetry, and small-scale spatial variation in otolith shape of juvenile sole in the Southern North Sea. Hydrobiologia 845(1): 95-108. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-018-3736-3, more Masud, N.; Synnott, R.; Hablützel, P.I.; Friberg, I.M.; Cable, J.; Jackson, J.A. (2019). Not going with the flow: locomotor activity does not constrain immunity in a wild fish. Ecol. Evol. 9(21): 12089-12098. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5658, more Meyer, B.S.; Hablützel, P.I.; Roose, A.K.; Hofmann, M.J.; Salzburger, W.; Raeymaekers, J.A.M. (2019). An exploration of the links between parasites, trophic ecology, morphology, and immunogenetics in the Lake Tanganyika cichlid radiation. Hydrobiologia 832(1): 215-233. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-018-3798-2, more Diopere, E.; Vandamme, S.G.; Hablützel, P.I.; Cariani, A.; Van Houdt, J.; Rijnsdorp, A.; Tinti, F.; FishPopTrace Consortium; Volckaert, F.A.M.; Maes, G.E. (2018). Seascape genetics of a flatfish reveals local selection under high levels of gene flow. ICES J. Mar. Sci./J. Cons. int. Explor. Mer 75(2): 675-689. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsx160, more Kmentová, N.; Van Steenberge, M.; Raeymaekers, J.A.M.; Koblmüller, S.; Hablützel, P.I.; Bukinga, F.M.; N’sibula, T.M.; Mulungula, P.M.; Nzigidahera, B.; Ntakimazi, G.; Gelnar, M.; Vanhove, M.P.M. (2018). Monogenean parasites of sardines in Lake Tanganyika: diversity, origin and intra-specific variability. Contributions to Zoology 87(2): 105-132. https://dx.doi.org/10.1163/18759866-08702004, more Stewart, A.; Hablützel, P.I.; Watson, H.V.; Brown, M.; Friberg, I.M.; Cable, J.; Jackson, J.A. (2018). Physical cues controlling seasonal immune allocation in a natural piscine model. Frontiers in Immunology 9(582): 1-15. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2018.00582, more Stewart, A.; Hablützel, P.I.; Brown, M.; Watson, H.V.; Parker-Norman, S.; Tober, A.V.; Thomason, A.G.; Friberg, I.M.; Cable, J.; Jackson, J.A. (2018). Half the story: thermal effects on within-host infectious disease progression in a warming climate. Glob. Chang. Biol. 24(1): 371-386. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13842, more Van Steenberge, M.; Raeymaekers, J.A.M.; Hablützel, P.I.; Vanhove, M.P.M.; Koblmüller, S.; Snoeks, J. (2018). Delineating species along shifting shorelines: Tropheus (Teleostei, Cichlidae) from the southern subbasin of Lake Tanganyika. Front. Zool. 15(1): 42. https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12983-018-0287-4, more Hablützel, P. I.; Vanhove, M.P.M.; Deschepper, P.; Grégoir, A.F.; Roose, A.K.; Volckaert, F.A.M.; Raeymaekers, J.A.M. (2017). Parasite escape through trophic specialization in a species flock. J. Evolution. Biol. 30(7): 1437-1445. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jeb.13111, more Hablützel, P.I.; Pantel, J.H. (2017). Strong spatial turnover in cichlid fish assemblages in the upper río Madera (Amazon basin) despite the absence of hydrological barriers. Hydrobiologia 791(1): 221-235. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-016-2853-0, more Raeymaekers, J.A.M.; Chaturvedi, A.; Hablützel, P.I.; Verdonck, I.; Hellemans, B.; Maes, G.E.; De Meester, L.; Volckaert, F.A.M. (2017). Adaptive and non-adaptive divergence in a common landscape. Nature Comm. 8(1): 9 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00256-6, more Brown, M.; Hablützel, P.; Friberg, I.M.; Thomason, A.G.; Stewart, A.; Pachebat, J.A.; Jackson, J.A. (2016). Seasonal immunoregulation in a naturally-occurring vertebrate. BMC Genom. 17(1): 369. https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12864-016-2701-7, more Hablützel, P. I.; Grégoir, A.F.; Vanhove, M.P.M.; Volckaert, F.A.M.; Raeymaekers, J.A.M. (2016). Weak link between dispersal and parasite community differentiation or immunogenetic divergence in two sympatric cichlid fishes. Mol. Ecol. 25(21): 5451-5466. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.13833, more Hablützel, P.I.; Brown, M.; Friberg, I.M.; Jackson, J.A. (2016). Changing expression of vertebrate immunity genes in an anthropogenic environment: a controlled experiment. BMC Evol. Biol. 16(1): 175. https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-016-0751-8, more Vanhove, M.P.M.; Hablützel, P.I.; Pariselle, A.; Simková, A.; Huyse, T.; Raeymaekers, J.A.M. (2016). Cichlids: a host of opportunities for evolutionary parasitology. Trends Parasitol. 32(10): 820-832. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2016.07.002, more Grégoir, A.F.; Hablützel, P.I.; Vanhove, M.P.M.; Pariselle, A.; Bamps, J.; Volckaert, F.A.M.; Raeymaekers, J.A.M. (2015). A link between host dispersal and parasite diversity in two sympatric cichlids of Lake Tanganyika. Freshwat. Biol. 60(2): 323-335. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/fwb.12492, more Vanhove, M.P.M.; Pariselle, A.; Van Steenberge, M.; Raeymaekers, J.A.M.; Hablützel, P.I.; Gillardin, C.; Hellemans, B.; Breman, F.C.; Koblmüller, S.; Sturmbauer, C.; Snoeks, J.; Volckaert, F.A.M.; Huyse, T. (2015). Hidden biodiversity in an ancient lake: phylogenetic congruence between Lake Tanganyika tropheine cichlids and their monogenean flatworm parasites. NPG Scientific Reports 5(1): 13669. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep13669, more Hablützel, P. I.; Vanhove, M.P.M.; Grégoir, A.F.; Hellemans, B.; Volckaert, F.A.M.; Raeymaekers, J.A.M. (2014). Intermediate number of major histocompatibility complex class IIBlength variants relates to enlarged perivisceral fat deposits in the blunt-head cichlid Tropheus moorii. J. Evolution. Biol. 27(10): 2177-2190. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jeb.12467, more Hablützel, P.I.; Volckaert, F.A.M.; Hellemans, B.; Raeymaekers, J.A.M. (2013). Differential modes of MHC class IIB gene evolution in cichlid fishes. Immunogenetics 65(11): 795-809. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00251-013-0725-6, more Raeymaekers, J.A.M.; Hablützel, P.I.; Grégoir, A.F.; Bamps, J.; Roose, A.K.; Vanhove, M.P.M.; Van Steenberge, M.; Pariselle, A.; Huyse, T.; Snoeks, J.; Volckaert, F.A.M. (2013). Contrasting parasite communities among allopatric colour morphs of the Lake Tanganyika cichlid Tropheus. BMC Evol. Biol. 13(1): 41. https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-13-41, more Hablützel, P.I. (2012). A preliminary survey of the fish fauna in the vicinity of Santa Ana del Yacuma in Bolivia (río Mamoré drainage). Biota Neotropica 12(4): 156-165. https://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s1676-06032012000400017, more
Peer reviewed publications (3) [show]
Hablützel, P.I.; Huanto, R.B. (2020). Checklist and practical identification key for the cichlid fishes (Cichliformes: Cichlidae) of the La Plata drainage in Bolivia, including three new geographical records. Ecologia en Bolivia 55(1): 46-61, more Bulteel, L.; Reyserhove, L.; Macke, E.; Lens, L.; Teyssier, A.; White, J.; Rouffaer, L.O.; Baardsen, L.F.; Bonte, D.; Raeymakers, J.; Hablützel, P.; Heylen, D.; Stoks, R.; Ruyts, S.; Martel, A.; Verheyen, K.; Volckaert, F.; Hendrickx, F.; Matthysen, E.; Decaestecker, E. (2018). Parasitisme en symbiose: wat verandert er in de stad? Natuur.Focus 17(2): 75-81, more Raeymaekers, J.; Deflem, I.; Hablützel, P.I.; Bal, T.; Volckaert, F. (2018). Verstedelijkte vissen. Natuur.Focus 17(2): 83-84, more
Book [show]
Vandegehuchte, M.; De Rijcke, M.; Everaert, G.; Missiaen, T.; Hablützel, P.; Mees, J. (2018). VLIZ Research Framework. VLIZ Special Publication, 80. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee - Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ): Ostend. 68 pp., more
Abstracts (31) [show]
Dujardin, J.; Perneel, M.; De Rijcke, M.; Hablützel, P.I. (2025). The role of Phaeocystis globosa in the carbon cycle through photosynthetic activity and marine gel synthesis: A biomolecular field study, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day, 5 March 2025, Brugge. VLIZ Special Publication, 94: pp. 62, more Eske, A.I.; Semmouri, I.; Mortelmans, J.; Muñiz, C.; Hablützel, P.I.; Janssen, C. (2025). Characterization of Belgian marine heatwaves and their impacts on plankton dynamics, in: EGU General Assembly 2025. Vienna, Austria & Online \| 27 April–2 May 2025. pp. EGU25-15734. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-15734, more Eske, A.I.; Hablützel, P.; Semmouri, I.; Mortelmans, J.; Janssen, C.; Muñiz, C. (2025). Detecting marine heatwaves in the Belgian part of the North Sea: Effects on plankton blooms and diversity, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day, 5 March 2025, Brugge. VLIZ Special Publication, 94: pp. 64, more Exter, K.; Boulanger, E.; Woollard, P.; Picazo, A.; Camacho, A.; Pavloudi, C.; Rimet, F.; Hablützel, P. (2025). Landscaping results and recommendations for improving eDNA-based data published in biodiversity archives, in: Living Data 2025: Unified information driving transformation = Datos Vivos 2025: Información que unida transforma, Bogotá, Colombia, 21-24 October, 2025. pp. 724, more Boyen, J.; Kabeya, N.; Monroig, Ó.; Fink, P.; Hablützel, P.I.; De Troch, M. (2024). Evolution of polyunsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis in copepods, in: Zoology 2024: Celebrating biodiversity between land and sea. Mons, Belgium, December 12 – 13, 2024: Conference Booklet. pp. 31, more Dujardin, J.; Perneel, M.; Lagaisse, R.; Larrinoa, N.; Mortelmans, J.; Theetaert, H.; Verbrugge, S.; Gkritzalis, T.; De Rijcke, M.; Maere, S.; Hablützel, P.I. (2024). From bloom to foam: Tracing the role of Phaeocystis in marine gel formation, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day, 6 March 2024, Oostende. VLIZ Special Publication, 91: pp. 18-19, more Eske, A.I.; Muñiz, C.; Hablützel, P.I.; Semmouri, I.; Mortelmans, J.; Janssen, C. (2024). Understanding the effects of changing environmental conditions and climate events on plankton communities using automated image sensors, in: Zoology 2024: Celebrating biodiversity between land and sea. Mons, Belgium, December 12 – 13, 2024: Conference Booklet. pp. 129, more Schmidlin, S.; Mees, J.; Parcerisas, C.; Treherne, Y.; Hablützel, P. (2024). Oysters as a model organism for settlement of reef-building organisms in response to complex sensory landscapes of chemical, tactile, and sound cues, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day, 6 March 2024, Oostende. VLIZ Special Publication, 91: pp. 114, more Schmidlin, S.; Mees, J.; Hablützel, P.I. (2024). Oysters as a model organism for settlement of reef-building organisms in response to complex sensory landscapes of chemical, tactile, and sound cues, in: Zoology 2024: Celebrating biodiversity between land and sea. Mons, Belgium, December 12 – 13, 2024: Conference Booklet. pp. 88, more Gutiérrez, J.; Hablützel, P. (2023). A system-level view on the function of natural eukaryotic biomes through taxonomically resolved metabolic pathway profiling, in: 54th International Liège Colloquium on Ocean Dynamics: machine learning and data analysis in oceanography. pp. 1, more Ollevier, A.; Ponsoni, L.; Develter, R.; Mortelmans, J.; Lagaisse, R.; De Troch, M.; Hablützel, P.; Boone, W. (2023). Oceanic drivers, nutrient dynamics and plankton communities in West-Greenland’s fjord system: A multidisciplinary study, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day, 1 March 2023, Bruges. VLIZ Special Publication, 90: pp. 79, more Perneel, M.; Hablützel, P.; Maere, S. (2023). Unveiling the hidden dynamics of planktonic ecosystems: a seasonal perspective of microeukaryotic plankton in the Belgian North Sea, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day, 1 March 2023, Bruges. VLIZ Special Publication, 90: pp. 86, more Pint, S.; Moulaert, I.; Pirlet, H.; Langedock, K.; Semeraro, A.; Van Hoey, G.; Sterckx, T.; Boone, W.; Everaert, G.; Hablützel, P. (2023). Subtidal mussel reefs: A feasible nature-based approach for coastal protection along the Belgian coast?, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day, 1 March 2023, Bruges. VLIZ Special Publication, 90: pp. 88, more Schmidlin, S.; Treherne, Y.; Mees, J.; Hablützel, P.I. (2023). Friend or foe? – Larvae of the invasive Pacific oyster (Magallana gigas) trade off positive and negative cues in their decision making for settlement, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day, 1 March 2023, Bruges. VLIZ Special Publication, 90: pp. 97, more Bilsen, A.; Schols, R.; Delacauw, S.; Volckaert, F.; Deneudt, K.; Hablützel, P.I. (2022). Time and cost efficient DNA-based monitoring of marine non-indigenous species in the harbour of Ostend (Belgium) using nanopore sequencing, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day, Online event 2 March 2022. VLIZ Special Publication, 88: pp. 36, more Gutiérrez, J.; Hablützel, P. (2022). Customizing sequence databases for system level analysis of gene expression in marine microbial plankton, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day, Online event 2 March 2022. VLIZ Special Publication, 88: pp. 52, more Lagaisse, R.; Dillen, N.; Deneudt, K.; Hablützel, P. (2022). Working in a new era of automated classification in micro- (phyto)plankton monitoring: a FlowCAM case study, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day, Online event 2 March 2022. VLIZ Special Publication, 88: pp. 58, more Plijnaar, L.; Niu, Z.; Anglada Segura, S.; De Schamphelaere, K.; Hablützel, P.; Everaert, G.; Catarino, A.I. (2022). Influence of changing water temperature and plastics leachates on an individual and molecular level of the harpacticoid copepod Nitokra spinipes, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day, Online event 2 March 2022. VLIZ Special Publication, 88: pp. 77, more Schmidlin, S.; Mees, J.; Hablützel, P. (2022). Investigating chemical settlement cues and their interactions for Pacific oysters (Magallana gigas) using video analysis, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day, Online event 2 March 2022. VLIZ Special Publication, 88: pp. 82, more Delacauw, S.; Deneudt, K.; GEANS Consortium; Hablützel, P. (2021). Testing genetic tools for marine ecosystem health assessment: A pilot on non-indigenous species, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day, Online event 3 March 2021. VLIZ Special Publication, 85: pp. 49, more Boyen, J.; Hablützel, P.; Fink, P.; Mensens, C.; De Troch, M. (2020). A characterization of the fatty acid metabolism genes of the harpacticoid copepod Platychelipus littoralis, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day. Oostende, Belgium, 18 March 2020. VLIZ Special Publication, 84: pp. 51, more Delacauw, S.; Deneudt, K.; GEANS consortium; Hablützel, P.I. (2020). Non-indigenous species pilot in GEANS, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day. Oostende, Belgium, 18 March 2020. VLIZ Special Publication, 84: pp. 53, more Mortelmans, J.; De Tender, C.; De Rijcke, M.; Devriese, L.; Everaert, G.; Haegeman, A.; Knockaert, C.; Maes, S.; Deneudt, K.; Hablützel, P.I. (2020). Deterministic community re-assembly shapes bacterioplankton diversity across a freshwater plume, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day. Oostende, Belgium, 18 March 2020. VLIZ Special Publication, 84: pp. 66, more Boyen, J.; Fink, P.; Mensens, C.; Wellens, S.; Hablützel, P.I.; De Troch, M. (2019). Unraveling fatty acid bioconversion in harpacticoid copepods facing a changing environment, in: Adão, H. et al. (Ed.) Book of Abstracts: Sevent IMCO - Seventeenth International Meiofauna Conference, University of Évora, Portugal, 7-12 July, 2019. University of Évora, Special Publication, : pp. 58-59, more Hablützel, P.I. (2019). Parasite infection and immunogenetic adaptation in a cichlid radiation, in: Cichlid Science 2019, Madrid, Spain 9-12 September: Abstract Book. pp. T3.1, more Hablützel, P.I.; Vandegehuchte, M. (2019). mtDNA enrichment from preserved samples for meta-genomic skimming, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day. Bredene, Belgium, 13 March 2019. VLIZ Special Publication, 83: pp. 113, more Hillen, J.E.J.; Hablützel, P.I.; Maes, G.E.; Herten, K.; Hellemans, B.; Chaturvedi, A.; Ogden, R.; Taylor, M.I.; Maroso, F.; Verheyden, D.; Cambie, G.; Gkagkavouzis, K.; Triantafyllidis, A.; De Innocentiis, S.; Aquatrace Consortium; Coscia, I.; Volckaert, F.A.M. (2019). Seascape-mediated patterns and processes of population differentiation in European seabass, in: Abstracts of the BICEpS19 Colloquium. pp. 10, more Missiaen, T.; Hablützel, P.I.; De Rijcke, M.; Lambert, O.; Germonpre, M.; Langeveld, B. (2019). The Scheur: A unique prehistoric fossil graveyard off the Belgian coast, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day. Bredene, Belgium, 13 March 2019. VLIZ Special Publication, 83: pp. 124, more Hablützel, P.I.; Langeveld, B.; De Clercq, M.; Post, P.; Mol, D.; Vandorpe, T.; De Rijcke, M.; Lambert, O.; Missiaen, T.; Vandegehuchte, M.B. (2018). The walrus (Odobenus rosmarus): a distinctive member of the Pleistocene megafauna in Belgium, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – 53^rd European Marine Biology Symposium. Oostende, Belgium, 17-21 September 2018. VLIZ Special Publication, 82: pp. 46, more Vandegehuchte, M.; Vandepitte, L.; Hablützel, P.I.; De Rijcke, M.; Seys, J.; Dekeyzer, S.; Mortelmans, J.; Everaert, G.; Deneudt, K.; Hernandez, F.; Mees, J. (2018). BeRMS 2020 – Innovative census of Belgian marine biodiversity, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – 53^rd European Marine Biology Symposium. Oostende, Belgium, 17-21 September 2018. VLIZ Special Publication, 82: pp. 63, more Volckaert, F.; Hillen, J.; Hablützel, P.; Maes, G.; Herten, K.; Chaturvedi, A.; Ogden, R.; Taylor, M.; Maroso, F.; Verheyden, D.; Cambiè, G.; Gkagkavouzis, K.; Triantafyllidis, A.; De Innocentiis, S.; Coscia, I. (2018). Seascape-mediated patterns and processes of population differentiation in European seabass, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – 53^rd European Marine Biology Symposium. Oostende, Belgium, 17-21 September 2018. VLIZ Special Publication, 82: pp. 98, more
Reports (3) [show]
Pint, S.; Moulaert, I.; Langedock, K.; Hablützel, P.; Everaert, G. (2024). Coastbusters 2.0: Habitat suitability model. Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ): Ostend. 34 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.48470/83, more Suominen, S.; Provoost, P.; Principe, S.; Boulanger, E.; Burrows, M.T.; Campoy, A.N.; Costello, M.J.; Earl, C.; Gante, H.F.; Gillard, E.; Hablützel, P.I.; Douvere, F.; Appeltans, W. (2024). Engaging communities to safeguard ocean life: UNESCO Environmental DNA Expeditions. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO): Paris. ISBN 978-92-3-100726-2. 23 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.58337/CBXU3518, more Sapkota, R.; Winding, A.; Staehr, P.A.U.; Andersen, N.R.; Buur, H.; Hablützel, P.I. (2023). Use of metabarcoding to detect non-indigenous species in Danish harbors: methods comparison. Scientific Report from DCE – Danish Centre for Environment and Energy, 267. Aarhus University, DCE – Danish Centre for Environment and Energy: Aarhus. 30 pp., more
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Gutiérrez, J.; Hablützel, P. (2022). A system-level view on the function of natural eukaryotic biomes through taxonomically resolved metabolic pathway profiling. bioRxiv Preprint: 1-23. https://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2022.07.27.501711, more Scenna, L.; Perneel, M.; Vlaeminck, B.; De Troch, M.; Hablützel, P. (2022). Combining multi-omics data to study in situ biosynthesis in natural plankton communities. Poster presented at the 53rd International Colloquium on Ocean Dynamics in Liège (16-20 May 2022) . Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)/Ghent University, Marine Biology Research Group: Oostende, Gent. 1 poster pp., more Perneel, M.; Maere, S.; Hablützel, P. (2021). Metatranscriptomics of North Sea microeukaryotic plankton. Flanders Marine Institute/VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology: Oostende, Ghent. 1 poster pp., more Volckaert, F.; Maes, G.; Hablützel, P.; Devriese, L.; Derycke, S.; Robbens, J. (2019). Het DNA van de zee: op speurtocht!, in: De Grote Rede 49. De Grote Rede: Nieuws over onze Kust en Zee, 49: pp. 10-14, more
Thesis (co-)promotor (5) [show]
Perneel, M. (2025). Spatiotemporal metatranscriptomics of surface microeukaryotic plankton communities in the Southern North Sea. VLIZ PhD Theses, 10. PhD Thesis. Ghent University – Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics/Flanders Marine Institute: Gent, Oostende. 313 pp., more Schmidlin, S. (2025). Early colonization by marine ecosystem engineers: settlement and metamorphosis of the Pacific oyster (Magallana gigas) in a complex sensory landscape of chemical, tactile and sound cues. VLIZ PhD Theses, 9. PhD Thesis. Ghent University, Faculty of Sciences, Marine Biology/Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ): Gent, Oostende. 222 pp., more Ollevier, A. (2024). Through the lens of a Video Plankton Recorder: Optical imaging and insights into zooplankton ecology. VLIZ PhD Theses, 1. PhD Thesis. Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)/Ghent University, Faculty of Sciences, Biology Department: Ostend/Ghent. x, 183 pp., more Boyen, J. (2023). Polyunsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis in copepods: A mechanism for climate change resilience. PhD Thesis. Ghent University: Ghent. 256 pp. https://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-01HE04K891H46GEBWHVQ2827YW, more Bilsen, A. (2021). Intercepting invaders: Metabarcoding for monitoring non-indigenous species in a North Sea harbour. MSc Thesis. KU Leuven: Leuven. 71 pp., more

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