On March 7th 2014, several demo sessions at the VLIZ Marine Scientist Day in Bruges (Belgium) highlighted different aspects of the Flemish LifeWatch infrastructure, and its related components:
- The Flemish contributions to LifeWatch - A general overview [Dekeyzer Stefanie, Klaas Deneudt, Leen Vandepitte, Annelies Goffin, Simon Claus and Francisco Hernandez]
- Building a digital Zooplankton sample library as part of the LifeWatch marine observatory (live demo of the ZooScan) [Mortelmans Jonas, Lennert Tyberghein, Klaas Deneudt and Francisco Hernandez]
- Big brother is watching you! An acoustic receiver network to track the whereabouts of fishes [Reubens Jan, Ans Mouton, Klaas Deneudt, Francisco Hernandez and André Cattrijsse]
- GPS tags reveal movements of Herring and Lesser Black-backed Gulls along the Belgian coast [Stienen Eric W.M., Peter Desmet, Luc Lens, Hans Matheve, Francisco Hernandez and Willem Bouten]
- Demo of the LifeWatch web services: online data processing tools for biodiversity research [Waumans Filip, Robin Houthoofdt, Bart Vanhoorne, Stefanie Dekeyzer, Aina Trias Verbeeck, Leen Vandepitte, Klaas Deneudtand Francisco Hernandez]
Oral presentations mentioning/based on the Belgian LifeWatch infrastructure:
- Big brother is watching you! An acoustic receiver network to track the whereabouts of fishes [Reubens Jan, Ans Mouton, Klaas Deneudt, Francisco Hernandez and André Cattrijsse]
- Combining GPS tracking and stable isotope analysis to predict changes in guii dynamics [Sotillo Alejandro, Eric Stienen, Magda Vincx and Luc Lens]
Poster presentations mentioning/based on the Belgian LifeWatch infrastructure:
- Investigating evolution of closely related, sympatric cryptic species using complete mitochondrial DNA [Grosemans Tara, Sofie Derycke and Tom Moens]
- Towards a compilation of biological trait data for European macroalgae [Vranken Sofie, Stefanie Dekeyzer, Leen Vandepitte, Simon Claus, Olivier De Clerck]
The book of abstracts is available here.
Venue:
VIVES
Xaverianenstraat 10
8200 Bruges
BelgiumStart/End:
Friday, March 7, 2014 - 09:00 to 17:00