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Enrichment and shifts in macrobenthic assemblages in an offshore wind farm area in the Belgian part of the North Sea by Coates, Delphine A., Deschutter, Yana, Vincx, Magda, Vanaverbeke, Jan

“…The growing development of offshore wind energy installations across the North Sea is producing new hard anthropogenic structures in the natural soft…”
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Exponential Decline of Deep-Sea Ecosystem Functioning Linked to Benthic Biodiversity Loss by Danovaro, Roberto, Gambi, Cristina, Dell'Anno, Antonio, Corinaldesi, Cinzia, Fraschetti, Simonetta, Vanreusel, Ann, Vincx, Magda, Gooday, Andrew J.

“…Recent investigations suggest that biodiversity loss might impair the functioning and sustainability of ecosystems. Although deep-sea ecosystems are the most…”
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The Link between Microbial Diversity and Nitrogen Cycling in Marine Sediments Is Modulated by Macrofaunal Bioturbation by Yazdani Foshtomi, Maryam, Braeckman, Ulrike, Derycke, Sofie, Sapp, Melanie, Van Gansbeke, Dirk, Sabbe, Koen, Willems, Anne, Vincx, Magda, Vanaverbeke, Jan

“…The marine benthic nitrogen cycle is affected by both the presence and activity of macrofauna and the diversity of N-cycling microbes. However, integrated…”
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The effect of bio-irrigation by the polychaete Lanice conchilega on active denitrifiers: Distribution, diversity and composition of nosZ gene by Yazdani Foshtomi, Maryam, Leliaert, Frederik, Derycke, Sofie, Willems, Anne, Vincx, Magda, Vanaverbeke, Jan

“…The presence of large densities of the piston-pumping polychaete Lanice conchilega can have important consequences for the functioning of marine sediments. It…”
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Trophic ecology of Atlantic seabob shrimp Xiphopenaeus kroyeri: Intertidal benthic microalgae support the subtidal food web off Suriname by Willems, Tomas, De Backer, Annelies, Kerkhove, Thomas, Dakriet, Nyasha Nanseerà, De Troch, Marleen, Vincx, Magda, Hostens, Kris

“…A combination of stomach content analyses and dual stable isotope analyses was used to reveal the trophic ecology of Atlantic seabob shrimp Xiphopenaeus…”
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The early life history of the clam Macoma balthica in a high CO2 world by Van Colen, Carl, Debusschere, Elisabeth, Braeckman, Ulrike, Van Gansbeke, Dirk, Vincx, Magda

“…This study investigated the effects of experimentally manipulated seawater carbonate chemistry on several early life history processes of the Baltic tellin…”
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Meiofauna metabolism in suboxic sediments: currently overestimated by Braeckman, Ulrike, Vanaverbeke, Jan, Vincx, Magda, van Oevelen, Dick, Soetaert, Karline

“…Oxygen is recognized as a structuring factor of metazoan communities in marine sediments. The importance of oxygen as a controlling factor on meiofauna (32…”
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Integrating Ecosystem Engineering and Food Web Ecology: Testing the Effect of Biogenic Reefs on the Food Web of a Soft-Bottom Intertidal Area by De Smet, Bart, Fournier, Jérôme, De Troch, Marleen, Vincx, Magda, Vanaverbeke, Jan

“…The potential of ecosystem engineers to modify the structure and dynamics of food webs has recently been hypothesised from a conceptual point of view…”
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Empirical evidence reveals seasonally dependent reduction in nitrification in coastal sediments subjected to near future ocean acidification by Braeckman, Ulrike, Van Colen, Carl, Guilini, Katja, Van Gansbeke, Dirk, Soetaert, Karline, Vincx, Magda, Vanaverbeke, Jan

“…Research so far has provided little evidence that benthic biogeochemical cycling is affected by ocean acidification under realistic climate change scenarios…”
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Patterns in nematode community during and after experimentally induced anoxia in the northern Adriatic Sea by Taheri, Mehrshad, Grego, Mateja, Riedel, Bettina, Vincx, Magda, Vanaverbeke, Jan

“…The effect of short and long-term induced anoxia on a benthic nematode community and its potential for recovery after reoxygenation were investigated in an in…”
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Climate change and marine benthos: a review of existing research and future directions in the North Atlantic by Birchenough, Silvana N.R., Reiss, Henning, Degraer, Steven, Mieszkowska, Nova, Borja, Ángel, Buhl-Mortensen, Lene, Braeckman, Ulrike, Craeymeersch, Johan, De Mesel, Ilse, Kerckhof, Francis, Kröncke, Ingrid, Parra, Santiago, Rabaut, Marijn, Schröder, Alexander, Van Colen, Carl, Van Hoey, Gert, Vincx, Magda, Wätjen, Kai

“…There is growing evidence that climate change could affect marine benthic systems. This review provides information of climate change‐related impacts on the…”
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Selective feeding by pelagic fish in the Belgian part of the North Sea by Van Ginderdeuren, Karl, Vandendriessche, Sofie, Prössler, Yves, Matola, Hakimu, Vincx, Magda, Hostens, Kris

“…Pelagic fish and their planktonic prey are susceptible to a changing climate, giving rise to mismatches and planktonic bottlenecks. A detailed examination of…”
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Effect of short-term hypoxia on marine nematode community structure and vertical distribution pattern in three different sediment types of the North Sea by Taheri, Mehrshad, Braeckman, Ulrike, Vincx, Magda, Vanaverbeke, Jan

“…The responses of nematode communities to short-term hypoxia (1 and 7 days) were investigated in three North Sea stations with different sediment types (coarse…”
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Organism-sediment interactions govern post-hypoxia recovery of ecosystem functioning by Van Colen, Carl, Rossi, Francesca, Montserrat, Francesc, Andersson, Maria G I, Gribsholt, Britta, Herman, Peter M J, Degraer, Steven, Vincx, Magda, Ysebaert, Tom, Middelburg, Jack J

“…Hypoxia represents one of the major causes of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning loss for coastal waters. Since eutrophication-induced hypoxic events are…”
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Conditional Responses of Benthic Communities to Interference from an Intertidal Bivalve by Van Colen, Carl, Thrush, Simon F, Vincx, Magda, Ysebaert, Tom

“…Habitat-modifying organisms that impact other organisms and local functioning are important in determining ecosystem resilience. However, it is often unclear…”
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Biological vs. physical mixing effects on benthic food web dynamics by Braeckman, Ulrike, Provoost, Pieter, Moens, Tom, Soetaert, Karline, Middelburg, Jack J, Vincx, Magda, Vanaverbeke, Jan

“…Biological particle mixing (bioturbation) and solute transfer (bio-irrigation) contribute extensively to ecosystem functioning in sediments where physical…”
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In situ mortality experiments with juvenile sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) in relation to impulsive sound levels caused by pile driving of windmill foundations by Debusschere, Elisabeth, De Coensel, Bert, Bajek, Aline, Botteldooren, Dick, Hostens, Kris, Vanaverbeke, Jan, Vandendriessche, Sofie, Van Ginderdeuren, Karl, Vincx, Magda, Degraer, Steven

“…Impact assessments of offshore wind farm installations and operations on the marine fauna are performed in many countries. Yet, only limited quantitative data…”
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Very-high resolution side-scan sonar mapping of biogenic reefs of the tube-worm Lanice conchilega by Degraer, Steven, Moerkerke, Geert, Rabaut, Marijn, Van Hoey, Gert, Du Four, Isabelle, Vincx, Magda, Henriet, Jean-Pierre, Van Lancker, Vera

“…Reefs of the tube-building polychaete Lanice conchilega are known to represent hotspots of biodiversity within inter- and subtidal soft sediments of the North…”
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Age of first breeding interacts with pre- and post-recruitment experience in shaping breeding phenology in a long-lived gull by Bosman, Davy S, Vercruijsse, Harry J P, Stienen, Eric W M, Vincx, Magda, Lens, Luc

“…Individual variation in timing of breeding is a key factor affecting adaptation to environmental change, yet our basic understanding of the causes of such…”
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Floating seaweed and the influences of temperature, grazing and clump size on raft longevity — A microcosm study by Vandendriessche, Sofie, Vincx, Magda, Degraer, Steven

“…Laboratory experiments were conducted to evaluate the longevity, and consequently also the rafting capacity of the brown seaweeds Fucus vesiculosus and…”
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