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UNESCO; UNESCO/IOC Project Office for IODE (IODE), more Function: Project Manager OBIS, GOOS Biology & Ecosystems, IOC Capacity Development Direct contact at institute: Tel.: +32-(0)59-34 01 76 E-mail: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium, more

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Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), more Function: Project manager - Data centre division Period: From 1st Nov 2002 till 30th Apr 2012 De Strandwerkgroep België (SWG), more Function: webmaster

Projects (18)

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A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure, more
Belgian Register of Marine & Coastal Species, more
Belgian Shipwreck: hotspots for Marine Biodiversity, more
Bringing biogeographical data online, more
Creating a long term infrastructure for marine biodiversity research in the European Economic Area and the Newly Associated States, more
Distributed Dynamic Diversity Databases for Life, more
Large scale and long term Networking on the observation of Global Change and its impact on Marine Biodiversity, more
Long term trends in the macrobenthos of the Belgian Continental Shelf, more
Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning - EU Network of Excellence, more
Niet-inheemse soorten in het Belgisch deel van de Noordzee en omliggende estuaria, more
On the Ecological Impacts of Beach Nourishments, more
Pacific Islands Marine bioinvasions Alert Network, more
Publicatie van een atlas en een CD-ROM ter valorisatie van het project MACROBEL, more
Spatial and Temporal Assessment of high Resolution Depth profiles Using novel Sampling Technologies, more
Spatial and Temporal assessment of high Resolution Depth profiles Using novel Sampling Technologies - phase II, more
Support for setting up and managing Centre for bird revalidation in Ostend (VOC) website, more
The Canadian Register of Marine Species, more
Web Accessible Taxonomic Expertise in MarBEF: PROviding an e-Platform for the European Taxonomists, more

Datasets (11)

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ERMS 2.0: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2008). European Register of Marine Species. Http://www.marbef.org/data/erms.php. Accessed on yyyy-mm-dd. [previously: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Emblow, C.; Vanden Berghe, E. (2004). European Register of Marine Species. Available online at http://www.marbef.org/data/erms.php. Consulted on [date]., more
MACROBEL: Degraer, S.; Wittoeck, J.; Appeltans, W.; Cooreman, K.; Deprez, T.; Hillewaert, H.; Hostens, K.; Mees, J.; Vanden Berghe, E.; Vincx, M. (2006) Macrobel: Long term trends in the macrobenthos of the Belgian Continental Shelf. Oostende, Belgium. Http://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/macrobel/, more
TISBE: Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ). Taxonomic Information System for the Belgian coastal area. 10 Aug 2004, Oostende, Belgium, Accessed on [dd/mm/yyyy]., more
Leermakers, M.; Gao, Y.; Gabelle, C.: Lojen, S.; Ouddane, B. Wartel, M; Baeyens, W. (2005). Dataset on the determination of high resolution porewater profiles of trace metals in sediments of the Rupel river (Belgium) using DET (Diffusive Equilibrium in Thin films) and DGT (Diffusive Gradients in Thin films) techniques. Available on (URL), accessed on (date)., more
Macroben: MarBEF (2005). Macroben, an integrated database on benthic invertebrates of European continental shelves. http://www.vliz.be/imis/imis.php?module=dataset&dasid=631, more
MarBEF (2006) MarBEF Publication Series data. Available online on EurOBIS. Consulted on dd-mm-yyyy., more
OBIS: OBIS (YEAR) Ocean Biodiversity Information System. Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO. Www.iobis.org., more
AfReMaS: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2024). African Register of Marine Species. Accessed at https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas on yyyy-mm-dd, more
VLIZ (2004). Data from VLIZ's Marine Species Register, provided by Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)- http://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/aphia/index.htm; searched on dd/mm/yyyy., more
STARDUST Phase 1, more
STARDUST Phase 2, more

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A1 Publications (48) [show]
Meyer, R.; Appeltans, W.; Duncan, W.D.; Dimitrova, M.; Gan, Y.M.; Jeppesen, T.S.; Mungall, C.; Paul, D.L.; Provoost, P.; Robertson, T.; Schriml, L.; Suominen, S.; Walls, R.; Sweetlove, M.; Ung, V.; Van de Putte, A.; Wallis, E.; Wieczorek, J.; Buttigieg, P.L. (2023). Aligning standards communities for Omics Biodiversity Data: sustainable Darwin Core-MIxS interoperability. Biodiversity Data Journal 11: e112420. https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.11.e112420, more Meyer, R.; Davies, N.; Pitz, K.J.; Meyer, C.; Samuel, R.; Anderson, J.; Appeltans, W.; Barker, K.; Chavez, F.P.; Duffy, J.E.; Goodwin, K.D.; Hudson, M.; Hunter, M.E.; Karstensen, J.; Laney, C.M.; Leinen, M.; Mabee, P.; Macklin, J.A.; Muller-Karger, F.; Pade, N.; Pearlman, J.; Phillips, L.; Provoost, P.; Santi, I.; Schigel, D.; Schriml, L.M.; Soccodato, A.; Suominen, S.; Thibault, K.M.; Ung, V.; van de Kamp, J.; Wallis, E.; Walls, R.; Buttigieg, P.L.; Omic BON Exploratory Comm (2023). The founding charter of the Omic Biodiversity Observation Network (Omic BON). GigaScience 12: giad068. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gigascience/giad068, more Müller-Karger, F.E.; Canonico, G.; Aguilar, C.B.; Bax, N.J.; Appeltans, W.; Yarincik, K.; Leopardas, V.; Sousa Pinto, I.; Nakaoka, M.; Aikappu, A.; Giddens, J.; Heslop, E.; Montes, E.; Duffy, J.E. (2023). Marine Life 2030: building global knowledge of marine life for local action in the Ocean Decade. ICES J. Mar. Sci./J. Cons. int. Explor. Mer 80(2): 355-357. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsac084, more Ruhl, H.A.; Bett, B.J.; Ingels, J.; Martin, A.; Gates, A.R.; Yool, A.; Benoist, N.M.A.; Appeltans, W.; Howell, K.L.; Danovaro, R. (2023). Integrating ocean observations across body‐size classes to deliver benthic invertebrate abundance and distribution information. Limnology and Oceanography Letters 8(5): 692-706. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lol2.10332, more Rogers, Alex D.; Appeltans, Ward; Assis, Jorge; Ballance, Lisa T.; Cury, Philippe; Duarte, Carlos; Favoretto, Fabio; Hynes, Lisa A.; Kumagai, Joy A.; Lovelock, Catherine E.; Miloslavich, Patricia; Niamir, Aidin; Obura, David; O’Leary, Bethan C.; Ramirez-Llodra, Eva; Reygondeau, Gabriel; Roberts, Callum; Sadovy, Yvonne; Steeds, Oliver; Sutton, Tracey; Tittensor, Derek P.; Velarde, Enriqueta; Woodall, Lucy; Aburto-Oropeza, Octavio (2022). Discovering marine biodiversity in the 21st century. Adv. Mar. Biol. 92: 23-115. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/bs.amb.2022.09.002, more Estes Jr., M.; Anderson, C.; Appeltans, W.; Bax, N.; Bednaršek, N.; Canonico, G.; Djavidnia, S.; Escobar, E.; Fietzek, P.; Gregoire, M.; Hazen, E.; Kavanaugh, M.; Lejzerowicz, F.; Lombard, F.; Miloslavich, P.; Möller, K.O.; Monk, J.; Montes, E.; Moustahfid, H.; Muelbert, M.M.C.; Muller-Karger, F.; Peavey Reeves, L.E.; Satterthwaite, E.V.; Schmidt, J.O.; Sequeira, A.M.M.; Turner, W.; Weatherdon, L.V. (2021). Enhanced monitoring of life in the sea is a critical component of conservation management and sustainable economic growth. Mar. Policy 132: 104699. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104699, more Horton, T.; Marsh, L.; Bett, B.J.; Gates, A.R.; Jones, D.O.B.; Benoist, N.M.A.; Pfeifer, S.; Simon-Lledó, E.; Durden, J.M.; Vandepitte, L.; Appeltans, W. (2021). Recommendations for the standardisation of open taxonomic nomenclature for image-based identifications. Front. Mar. Sci. 8: 620702. https://hdl.handle.net/10.3389/fmars.2021.620702, more Lear, D.; Herman, P.M.J.; Van Hoey, G.; Schepers, L.; Tonné, N.; Lipizer, M.; Müller-Karger, F.E.; Appeltans, W.; Kissling, W.D.; Holdsworth, N.; Edwards, M.; Pecceu, E.; Nygård, H.; Canonico, G.; Birchenough, S.; Graham, G.; Deneudt, K.; Beja, J. (2021). Supporting the essential - Recommendations for the development of accessible and interoperable marine biological data products, in: Fichaut, M. et al. IMDIS 2021 International Conference on Marine Data and Information Systems 12-14 April, 2021 Online: Book of Abstracts. Bollettino di Geofisica Teorica ed Applicata: an International Journal of Earth Sciences, 62(Suppl. 1): pp. 43-44, more Satterthwaite, Erin V.; Bax, Nicholas J.; Miloslavich, Patricia; Ratnarajah, Lavenia; Canonico, Gabrielle; Dunn, Daniel; Simmons, Samantha E.; Carini, Roxanne J.; Evans, Karen; Allain, Valerie; Appeltans, Ward; Batten, Sonia; Benedetti-Cecchi, Lisandro; Bernard, Anthony T. F.; Bristol, Sky; Benson, Abigail; Buttigieg, Pier Luigi; Gerhardinger, Leopoldo Cavaleri; Chiba, Sanae; Davies, Tammy E.; Duffy, J. Emmett; Giron-Nava, Alfredo; Hsu, Astrid J.; Kraberg, Alexandra C.; Kudela, Raphael M.; Lear, Dan; Montes, Enrique; Muller-Karger, Frank E.; O’Brien, Todd D.; Obura, David; Provoost, Pieter; Pruckner, Sara; Rebelo, Lisa-Maria; Selig, Elizabeth R.; Kjesbu, Olav Sigurd; Starger, Craig; Stuart-Smith, Rick D.; Vierros, Marjo; Waller, John; Weatherdon, Lauren V.; Wellman, Tristan P.; Zivian, Anna (2021). Establishing the foundation for the global observing system for marine life. Front. Mar. Sci. 8: 737416. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.737416, more Lear, D.; Herman, P.; Van Hoey, G.; Schepers, L.; Tonné, N.; Lipizer, M.; Müller-Karger, F.E.; Appeltans, W.; Kissling, W.D.; Holdsworth, N.; Edwards, M.; Pecceu, E.; Nygård, H.; Canonico, G.; Birchenough, S.; Graham, G.; Deneudt, K.; Claus, S.; Oset, P. (2020). Supporting the essential - Recommendations for the development of accessible and interoperable marine biological data products. Mar. Policy 117: 103958. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2020.103958, more Albouy, C.; Archambault, P.; Appeltans, W.; Araujo, M.B.; Beauchesne, D.; Cazelles, K.; Cirtwill, A.R.; Fortin, M.-J.; Galiana, N.; Leroux, S.J.; Pellissier, L.; Poisot, T.; Stouffer, D.B.; Wood, S.A.; Gravel, D. (2019). The marine fish food web is globally connected. Nature Ecology & Evolution 3(8): 1153-1161. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-0950-y, more Bax, N.J.; Miloslavich, P.; Allain, V.; Appeltans, W.; Batten, S.D.; Benedetti-Cecchi, L.; Buttigieg, P.L.; Chiba, S.; Costa, D.P.; Duffy, J.E.; Dunn, D.C.; Johnson, C.R.; Kudela, R.M.; Obura, D.; Rebelo, L.-M.; Shin, Y.-J.; Simmons, S.E.; Tyack, P.L. (2019). A response to scientific and societal needs for marine biological observations. Front. Mar. Sci. 6: 395. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00395, more Bax, N.J.; Miloslavich, P.; Müller-Karger, F.E.; Allain, V.; Appeltans, W.; Batten, S.D.; Benedetti-Cecchi, L.; Buttigieg, P.L.; Chiba, S.; Costa, D.P.; Duffy, J.E.; Dunn, D.C.; Johnson, C.R.; Kudela, R.M.; Obura, D.; Rebelo, L.-M.; Shin, Y.-J.; Simmons, S.E.; Tyack, P.L. (2019). Corrigendum: a response to scientific and societal needs for marine biological observations. Front. Mar. Sci. 6: 643. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00643, more Canonico, G.; Buttigieg, P.L.; Montes, E.; Müller-Karger, F.E.; Stepien, C.; Wright, D.; Benson, A.; Helmuth, B.; Costello, M.; Sousa Pinto, I.; Saeedi, H.; Newton, J.; Appeltans, W.; Bednaršek, N.; Bodrossy, L.; Best, B.D.; Brandt, A.; Goodwin, K.D.; Iken, K.; Marques, A.C.; Miloslavich, P.; Ostrowski, M.; Turner, W.; Achterberg, E.P.; Barry, T.; Defeo, O.; Bigatti, G.; Henry, L.-A.; Ramiro-Sánchez, B.; Durán, P.; Morato, T.; Roberts, J.M.; García-Alegre, A.; Cuadrado, M.S.; Murton, B. (2019). Global observational needs and resources for marine biodiversity. Front. Mar. Sci. 6: 367. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00367, more Dunn, D.C.; Harrison, A.-L.; Curtice, C.; DeLand, S.; Donnelly, B.; Fujioka, E.; Heywood, E.; Kot, C.Y.; Poulin, S.; Whitten, M.; Åkesson, S.; Alberini, A.; Appeltans, W.; Arcos, J.M.; Bailey, H.; Ballance, L.T.; Block, B.; Blondin, H.; Boustany, A.M.; Brenner, J.; Catry, P.; Cejudo, D.; Cleary, J.; Corkeron, P.; Costa, D.P.; Coyne, M.; Ortuño Crespo, G.; Davies, T.E.; Dias, M.P.; Douvere, F.; Ferretti, F.; Formia, A.; Freestone, D.; Friedlaender, A.S.; Frisch-Nwakanma, H.; Barrio Froján, C.; Gjerde, K.M.; Glowka, L.; Godley, B.J.; González-Solis, J.; Granadeiro, J.P.; Gunn, V.; Hashimoto, Y.; Hawkes, L.M.; Hays, G.C.; Hazin, C.; Jiménez, J.; Johnson, D.E.; Luschi, P.; Maxwell, S.M.; McClellan, C.; Modest, M.; Di Sciara, G.N.; Palacio, A.H.; Palacios, D.M.; Pauly, A.; Rayner, M.; Rees, A.F.; Salazar, E.R.; Secor, D.; Sequeira, A.M.M.; Spalding, M.; Spina, F.; Van Parijs, S.; Wallace, B.; Varo Cruz, N.; Virtue, M.; Weimerskirch, H.; Wilson, L.; Woodward, B.; Halpin, P.N. (2019). The importance of migratory connectivity for global ocean policy. Proc. - Royal Soc., Biol. Sci. 286(1911): 20191472. https://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.1472, more Guerra, C.A.; Pendleton, L.H.; Drakou, E.G.; Proença, V.; Appeltans, W.; Domingos, T.; Geller, G.; Giamberini, S.; Gill, M.; Hummel, H.; Imperio, S.; McGeoch, M.A.; Provenzale, A.; Serral, I.; Stritih, A.; Turak, E.; Vihervaara, P.; Ziemba, A.; Pereira, H.M. (2019). Finding the essential: Improving conservation monitoring across scales. Global Ecology and Conservation 18: e00601. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2019.e00601, more Klein, E.; Appeltans, W.; Provoost, P.; Saeedi, H.; Benson, A.; Bajona, L.; Peralta, A.C.; Bristol, R.S. (2019). OBIS infrastructure, lessons learned, and vision for the future. Front. Mar. Sci. 6: 588. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00588, more Lombard, F.; Boss, E.; Waite, A.M.; Vogt, M.; Uitz, J.; Stemmann, L.; Sosik, H.M.; Schulz, J.; Romagnan, J.-B.; Picheral, M.; Pearlman, J.; Ohman, M.D.; Niehoff, B.; Möller, K.O.; Miloslavich, P.; Lara-Lpez, A.; Kudela, R.; Lopes, R.M.; Kiko, R.; Karp-Boss, L.; Jaffe, J.S.; Iversen, M.H.; Irisson, J.-O.; Fennel, K.; Hauss, H.; Guidi, L.; Gorsky, G.; Giering, S.L.C.; Gaube, P.; Gallager, S.; Dubelaar, G.; Cowen, R.K.; Carlotti, F.; Briseño-Avena, C.; Berline, L.; Benoit-Bird, K.; Bax, N.; Batten, S.; Artigas, L.F.; Appeltans, W. (2019). Globally consistent quantitative observations of planktonic ecosystems. Front. Mar. Sci. 6: 196. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00196, more Obura, D.O.; Aeby, G.; Amornthammarong, N.; Appeltans, W.; Bax, N.; Bishop, J.; Brainard, R.E.; Chan, S.; Fletcher, P.; Gordon, T.A.C.; Gramer, L.; Gudka, M.; Halas, J.; Hendee, J.; Hodgson, G.; Huang, D.; Jankulak, M.; Jones, A.; Kimura, T.; Levy, J.; Miloslavich, P.; Chou, L.M.; Muller-Karger, F.; Osuka, K.; Samoilys, M.; Simpson, S.D.; Tun, K.; Wongbusarakum, S. (2019). Coral reef monitoring, reef assessment technologies, and ecosystem-based management. Front. Mar. Sci. 6: 580. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00580, more Rabone, M.; Harden-Davies, H.; Collins, J.E.; Zajderman, S.; Appeltans, W.; Droege, G.; Brandt, A.; Pardo-Lopez, L.; Dahlgren, T.G.; Glover, A.G.; Horton, T. (2019). Access to Marine Genetic Resources (MGR): raising awareness of best-practice through a new agreement for Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ). Front. Mar. Sci. 6: 520. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00520, more Tanhua, T.; McCurdy, A.; Fischer, A.; Appeltans, W.; Bax, N.; Currie, K.; DeYoung, B.; Dunn, D.; Heslop, E.; Glover, L.K.; Gunn, J.; Hill, K.; Ishii, M.; Legler, D.; Lindstrom, E.; Miloslavich, P.; Moltmann, T.; Nolan, G.; Palacz, A.; Simmons, S.; Sloyan, B.; Smith, L.M.; Smith, N.; Telszewski, M.; Visbeck, M.; Wilkin, J. (2019). What we have learned from the framework for ocean observing: evolution of the Global Ocean Observing System. Front. Mar. Sci. 6: 471. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00471, more Bax, N.J.; Appeltans, W.; Brainard, R.; Duffy, J.E.; Dunstan, P.; Hanich, Q.; Davies, H.H.; Hills, J.; Miloslavich, P.; Müller-Karger, F.E.; Simmons, S.; Aburto-Oropeza, O.; Batten, S.; Benedetti-Cecchi, L.; Checkley, D.; Chiba, S.; Fischer, A.; Garcia, M.A.; Gunn, J.; Klein, E.; Kudela, R.M.; Marsac, F.; Obura, D.; Shin, Y.-J.; Sloyan, B.; Tanhua, T.; Wilkin, J. (2018). Linking capacity development to GOOS monitoring networks to achieve sustained ocean observation. Front. Mar. Sci. 5: 346. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2018.00346, more Bosch , S.; Provoost, P.; Appeltans, W. (2018). Fit for purpose? Identifying and resolving quality issues with marine biodiversity datasets in R. PeerJ 6: e26776v1. https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26776v1, more Dornelas, M.; Antão, L.H.; Moyes, F.; Akhmetzhanova, A.; Appeltans, W.; Arcos, J.M.; Arnold, H.; Ayyappan, N.; Badihi, G.; Baird, A.H.; Barbosa, M.; Barreto, T.E.; Bässler, C.; Bellgrove, A.; Belmaker, J.; Benedetti-Cecchi, L.; Bett, B.J.; Bjorkman, A.D.; Blazewicz, M.; Blowes, S.A.; Bloch, C.P.; Bonebrake, T.C.; Boyd, S.; Bradford, M.; Brooks, A.J.; Brown, J.H.; Bruelheide, H.; Budy, P.; Carvalho, F.; Castañeda-Moya, E.; Chen, C.A.; Chamblee, J.F.; Chase, T.J.; Siegwart Collier, L.; Collinge, S.K.; Condit, R.; Cooper, E.J.; Cornelissen, J.H.C.; Cotano, U.; Kyle Crow, S.; Damasceno, G.; Davies, C.H.; Davis, R.A.; Day, F.P.; Degraer, S.; Doherty, T.S.; Dunn, T.E.; Durigan, G.; Duffy, J.E.; Edelist, D.; Edgar, G.J.; Elahi, R.; Elmendorf, S.C.; Enemar, A.; Ernest, S.K.M.; Escribano, R.; Estiarte, C.; Evans, B.S.; Fan, T.-Y.; Turini Farah, F.; Loureiro Fernandes, L.; Farneda, F.Z.; Fidelis, A.; Fitt, R.; Fosaa, A.M.; Daher Correa Franco, G.A.; Frank, G.E.; Fraser, W.R.; García, H.; Cazzolla Gatti, R.; Givan, O.; Gorgone-Barbosa, E.; Gould, W.A.; Gries, C.; Grossman, G.D.; Gutierréz, J.R.; Hale, S.; Harmon, M.E.; Harte, J.; Haskins, G.; Henshaw, D.L.; Hermanutz, L.; Hidalgo, P.; Higuchi, P.; Hoey, A.S.; Van Hoey, G.; Hofgaard, A.; Holeck, K.T.; Hollister, R.D.; Holmes, R.; Hoogenboom, M.O.; Hsieh, C.-h.; Hubbell, S.P.; Huettmann, F.; Huffard, C.L.; Hurlbert, A.H.; Macedo Ivanauskas, N.; Janík, D.; Jandt, U.; Jazdzewska, A.; Johannessen, T.; Johnstone, J.; Jones, J.; Jones, F.A.M.; Kang, J.; Kartawijaya, T.; Keeley, E.C.; Kelt, D.A.; Kinnear, R.; Klanderud, K.; Knutsen, H.; Koenig, C.C.; Kortz, A.R.; Král, K.; Kuhnz, L.A.; Kuo, C.-Y.; Kushner, D.J.; Laguionie-Marchais, C.; Lancaster, L.T.; Min Lee, C.; Lefcheck, J.S.; Lévesque, E.; Lightfoot, D.; Lloret, F.; Lloyd, J.D.; López-Baucells, A.; Louzao, M.; Madin, J.S.; Magnússon, B.; Malamud, S.; Matthews, I.; McFarland, K.P.; McGill, B.; McKnight, D.; McLarney, W.O.; Meador, J.; Meserve, P.L.; Metcalfe, D.J.; Meyer, C.F.J.; Michelsen, A.; Milchakova, N.A.; Moens, T.; Moland, E.; Moore, J.; Mathias Moreira, C.; Müller, J.; Murphy, G.; Myers-Smith, I.H.; Myster, R.W.; Naumov, A.; Neat, F.; Nelson, J.A.; Paul Nelson, M.; Newton, S.F.; Norden, N.; Oliver, J.C.; Olsen, E.M.; Onipchenko, V.G.; Pabis, K.; Pabst, R.J.; Paquette, A.; Pardede, S.; Paterson, D.M.; Pélissier, R.; Peñuelas, J.; Pérez-Matus, A.; Pizarro, O.; Pomati, F.; Post, E.; Prins, H.H.T.; Priscu, J.C.; Provoost, P.; Prudic, K.L.; Pulliainen, E.; Ramesh, B. (2018). BioTIME: A database of biodiversity time series for the Anthropocene. Glob. Ecol. Biogeogr. 27(7): 760-786. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb.12729, more Miloslavich, P.; Bax, N.J.; Simmons, S.E.; Klein, E.; Appeltans, W.; Aburto-Oropeza, O.; Garcia, M.A.; Batten, S.D.; Benedetti-Cecchi, L.; Checkley Jr., D.M.; Chiba, S.; Duffy, J.M.; Dunn, D.C.; Fischer, A.; Gunn, J.; Kudela, R.; Marsac, F.; Müller-Karger, F.E.; Obura, D.; Shin, Y.-J. (2018). Essential ocean variables for global sustained observations of biodiversity and ecosystem changes. Glob. Chang. Biol. 24(6): 2416-2433. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14108, more Müller-Karger, F.E.; Hestir, E.L.; Ade, C.; Turpie, K.; Roberts, D.A.; Siegel, D.A.; Miller, R.J.; Humm, D.; Izenberg, N.; Keller, M.; Morgan, F.; Frouin, R.J.; Dekker, A.G.; Gardner, R.; Goodman, J.; Schaeffer, B.; Franz, B.A.; Pahlevan, N.; Mannino, A.G.; Concha, J.A.; Ackleson, S.G.; Cavanaugh, K.C.; Romanou, A.; Tzortziou, M.; Boss, E.S.; Pavlick, R.; Freeman, A.; Rousseaux, C.S.; Dunne, J.; Long, M.C.; Klein, E.; McKinley, G.A.; Goes, J.; Letelier, R.; Kavanaugh, M.T.; Roffer, M.; Bracher, A.; Arrigo, K.R.; Dierssen, H.M.; Zhang, X.; Davis, F.W.; Best, B.; Guralnick, R.; Moisan, J.; Sosik, H.M.; Kudela, R.M.; Mouw, C.B.; Barnard, A.H.; Palacios, S.; Roesler, C.S.; Drakou, E.G.; Appeltans, W.; Jetz, W. (2018). Satellite sensor requirements for monitoring essential biodiversity variables of coastal ecosystems. Ecol. Appl. 28(3): 749-760. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/eap.1682, more Müller-Karger, F.E.; Miloslavich, P.; Bax, N.J.; Simmons, S.E.; Costello, M.J.; Sousa Pinto, I.; Canonico, G.; Turner, W.; Gill, M.J.; Montes, E.; Best, B.; Pearlman, J.; Halpin, P.; Dunn, D.; Benson, A.; Martin, C.; Weatherdon, L.; Appeltans, W.; Provoost, P.; Klein, E.; Kelble, C.; Miller, R.J.; Chavez, F.P.; Iken, K.; Chiba, S.; Obura, D.; Navarro, L.M.; Pereira, H.M.; Allain, V.; Batten, S.; Benedetti-Cecchi, L.; Duffy, J.E.; Kudela, R.M.; Rebelo, L.-M.; Shin, Y.; Geller, G.N. (2018). Advancing marine biological observations and data requirements of the complementary Essential Ocean Variables (EOVs) and Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) frameworks. Front. Mar. Sci. 5: 211. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2018.00211, more De Pooter, D.; Appeltans, W.; Bailly, N.; Bristol, S.; Deneudt, K.; Eliezer, M.; Fujioka, E.; Giorgetti, A.; Goldstein, P.; Lewis, M.; Lipizer, M.; Mackay, K.; Marin, M.; Moncoiffe, G.; Nikolopoulou, S.; Provoost, P.; Rauch, S.; Roubicek, A.; Torres, C.; Van de Putte, A.; Vandepitte, L.; Vanhoorne, B.; Vinci, M.; Wambiji, N.; Watts, D.; Salas, E.K.; Hernandez, F. (2017). Toward a new data standard for combined marine biological and environmental datasets - expanding OBIS beyond species occurrences. Biodiversity Data Journal 5: e10989. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.5.e10989, more Weatherdon, L.; Appeltans, W.; Bowles-Newark, N.; Brooks, T.M; Davis, F.E.; Despot-Belmonte, K.; Fletcher, S.; Garilao, C.; Hilton-Taylor, C.; Hirsch, T.; Juffe-Bignoli, D.; Kaschner, K.; Kingston, N.; Malsch, K.; Regan, E.C.; Kesner-Reyes, K.; Rose, D.C.; Wetzel, F.T.; Wilkinson, T.; Martin, C.S. (2017). Blueprints of effective biodiversity and conservation knowledge products that support marine policy. Front. Mar. Sci. 4(96): 16 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2017.00096, more Vandepitte, L.; De Pooter, D.; Deneudt, K.; Vanhoorne, B.; Provoost, P.; Appeltans, W.; Bailly, N.; Eliezer, M.; Fujioka, E.; Goldstein, P.; Giorgetti, A.; Lewis, M.N.; Lipizer, M.; Mackay, K.A.; Moncoiffe, G.; Nikolopoulou, S.; Rauch, S.; Roubicek, A.; Torres, C.; Van de Putte, A.; Vinci, M.; Wambiji, N.W.; Hernandez, F. (2016). Expanding the Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) beyond species occurrences, by including associated environmental data - experiences from the OBIS-ENV-DATA project, in: IMDIS 2016 International Conference on Marine Data and Information Systems, 11-13 October 2016, Gdansk, Poland. Bollettino di Geofisica Teorica ed Applicata: an International Journal of Earth Sciences, 57(Suppl.): pp. 155-157, more Coro, G.; Webb, T.J.; Appeltans, W.; Bailly, N.; Cattrijsse, A.; Pagano, P. (2015). Classifying degrees of species commonness: North Sea fish as a case study. Ecol. Model. 312: 272-280. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2015.05.033, more Costello, M.J.; Vanhoorne, B.; Appeltans, W. (2015). Conservation of biodiversity through taxonomy, data publication, and collaborative infrastructures. Conserv. Biol. 29(4): 1094-1099. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12496, more de Jong, Y.; Kouwenberg, J.; Boumans, L.; Hussey, C.; Hyam, R.; Nicolson, N.; Kirk, P.; Paton, A.; Michel, E.; Guiry, M.D.; Boegh, P.S.; Pedersen, H.A.; Enghoff, H.; von Raab-Straube, E.; Güntsch, A.; Geoffroy, M.; Müller, A.; Kohlbecker, A.; Berendsohn, W.; Appeltans, W.; Arvanitidis, C.; Vanhoorne, B.; Declerck, J.; Vandepitte, L.; Hernandez, F.; Nash, R.; Costello, M.J.; Ouvrard, D.; Bezard-Falgas, P.; Bourgoin, T.; Wetzel, F.T.; Glöckler, F.; Korb, G.; Ring, C.; Hagedorn, G.; Haüser, C.; Aktaç, N.; Asan, A.; Ardelean, A.; Vieira Borges, P.A.; Dhora, D.; Khachatryan, H.; Malicky, M.; Ibrahimov, S.; Tuzikov, A.; De Wever, A.; Moncheva, S.; Spassov, N.; Chobot, K.; Popov, A.; Borsic, I.; Sfenthourakis, S.; Kõljalg, U.; Uotila, P.; Olivier, G.; Dauvin, J.C.; Tarkhnishvili, D.; Chaladze, G.; Tuerkay, M.; Legakis, A.; Peregovits, L.; Gudmundsson, G.A.; Ólafsson, E.; Lysaght, L.; Galil, B.S.; Raimondo, F.M.; Domina, G.; Stoch, F.; Minelli, A.; Spungis, V.; Budrys, E.; Olenin, S.; Turpel, A.; Walisch, T.; Krpach, V.; Gambin, M.T.; Ungureanu, L.; Karaman, G.; Kleukers, R.M. J. C.; Stur, E.; Aagaard, K.; Valland, N.; Moen, T.L.; Bogdanowicz, W.; Tykarski, P.; Weslawski, J.M.; Kendra, M.; de Frias Martins, A.M.; Abreu, A.D.; Silva, R.; Medvedev, S.; Ryss, A.; Simic, S.; Marhold, K.; Stloukal, E.; Tome, D.; Ramos, M.A.; Valdés, B.; Pina, F.; Kullander, S.O.; Telenius, A.; Gonsenth, Y.; Tschudin, P.; Sergeyeva, O.; Vladymyrov, V.; Rizun, W.B.; Raper, C.; Lear, D.; Stoev, P.; Penev, L.; Rubio, A.C.; Backeljau, T.; Saarenmaa, H.; Ulenberg, S. (2015). PESI - a taxonomic backbone for Europe. Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e5848. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.3.e5848, more Garcia, H.E.; Cosca, C.; Kozyr, A.; Mayorga, E.; Chandler, C.; Thomas, R.W.; O'Brien, K.; Appeltans, W.; Hankin, S.; Newton, J.A.; Gutierrez, A.; Gattuso, J.P.; Hansson, L.; Zweng, M.; Pfeil, B. (2015). Data management strategy to improve global use of ocean acidification data and information. Oceanography 28(2): 226-228. http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2015.45, more Costello, M.J.; Appeltans, W.; Bailly, N.; Berendsohn, W.G.; de Jong, Y.; Edwards, M.; Froese, R.; Huettmann, F.; Los, W.; Mees, J.; Segers, H.; Bisby, F.A. (2014). Strategies for the sustainability of online open-access biodiversity databases. Biol. Conserv. 173: 155-165. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2013.07.042, more Hobern, D.; Appeltans, W.; Costello, M.J. (2014). Advancing online databases and information systems for biodiversityconservation. Biol. Conserv. 173: 65-67. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1016/j.biocon.2014.04.008, more Appeltans, W.; Pissierssens, P.; Coro, G.; Italiano, A.; Pagano, P.; Ellenbroek, A.; Webb, T. (2013). Trendylyzer: a long-term trend analysis on biogeographic data, in: IMDIS 2013 International Conference on Marine Data and Information Systems 23-25 September, 2013 - Lucca (Italy). Bollettino di Geofisica Teorica ed Applicata: an International Journal of Earth Sciences, 54(Supplement): pp. 203-205, more Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Fauchald, K.; Gordon, D.; Hoeksema, B.W.; Poore, G.C.B.; Van Soest, R.W.M.; Stöhr, S.; Walter, T.C.; Vanhoorne, B.; Decock, W.; Appeltans, W. (2013). Global coordination and standardisation in marine biodiversity through the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) and related databases. PLoS One 8(1): 20 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0051629, more Appeltans, W.; Ahyong, S.T.; Anderson, G.; Angel, M.V.; Artois, T.; Bailly, N.; Bamber, R.N.; Barber, A.; Bartsch, I.; Berta, A.; Blazewicz-Paszkowycz , M.; Bock, P.; Boxshall, G.; Boyko, C.B.; Nunes Brandão, S.; Bray, R.A.; Bruce, N.L.; Cairns, S.D.; Chan, T.-Y.; Cheng, L.; Collins, A.G.; Cribb, T.H.; Curini-Galletti, M.; Dahdouh-Guebas, F.; Davie, P.J.F.; Dawson, M.N.; De Clerck, O.; Decock, W.; De Grave, S.; de Voogd, N.J.; Domning, D.P.; Emig, C.C.; Erséus, Ch.; Eschmeyer, W.; Fauchald, K.; Fautin, D.G.; Feist, S.W.; Fransen, C.H.J.M.; Furuya, H.; García-Alvarez, O.; Gerken, S.; Gibson, D.; Gittenberger, A.; Gofas, S.; Gómez-Daglio, L.; Gordon, D.P.; Guiry, M.D.; Hernandez, F.; Hoeksema, B.W.; Hopcroft, R.R.; Jaume, D.; Kirk, P.; Koedam, N.; Koenemann, S.; Kolb, J.B.; Kristensen, R.M.; Kroh, A.; Lambert, G.; Lazarus, D.B.; Lemaitre, R.; Longshaw, M.; Lowry, J.; MacPherson, E.; Madin, L.P.; Mah, C.; Mapstone, G.; McLaughlin, P.A.; Mees, J.; Meland, K.; Messing, C.G.; Mills, C.E.; Molodtsova, T.N.; Mooi, R.; Neuhaus, B.; Ng, P.K.L.; Nielsen, C.; Norenburg, J.; Opresko, D.M.; Osawa, M.; Paulay, G.; Perrin, W.; Pilger, J.F.; Poore, G.C.B.; Pugh, Ph.R.; Read, G.B.; Reimer, J.D.; Rius, M.; Rocha, R.M.; Sáiz Salinas, J.I.; Scarabino, V.; Schierwater, B.; Schmidt-Rhaesa, A.; Schnabel, K.E.; Schotte, M.; Schuchert, P.; Schwabe, E.; Segers, H.; Self-Sullivan, C.; Shenkar, N.; Siegel, V.; Sterrer, W.; Stöhr, S.; Swalla, B.; Tasker, M.L.; Thuesen, E.V.; Timm, T.; Todaro, M.A.; Turon, X.; Tyler, S.; Uetz, P.; van der Land, J.; Vanhoorne, B.; van Ofwegen, L.P.; Van Soest, R.W.M.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Walker-Smith, G.K.; Walter, T.C.; Warren, A.; Williams, G.C.; Wilson, S.P.; Costello, M.J. (2012). The magnitude of global marine species diversity. Curr. Biol. 22(23): 2189-2202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2012.09.036, more Vandepitte, L.; Hernandez, F.; Claus, S.; Vanhoorne, B.; De Hauwere, N.; Deneudt, K.; Appeltans, W.; Mees, J. (2011). Analysing the content of the European Ocean Biogeographic Information System (EurOBIS): available data, limitations, prospects and a look at the future. Hydrobiologia 667(1): 1-14 + suppl. material (28 pages). dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-011-0656-x, more Vandepitte, L.; Hernandez, F.; Claus, S.; Vanhoorne, B.; De Hauwere, N.; Deneudt, K.; Appeltans, W.; Mees, J. (2011). Erratum to: Analysing the content of the European Ocean Biogeographic Information System (EurOBIS): available data, limitations, prospects and a look at the future. Hydrobiologia 669(1): 265-266. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-011-0712-6, more Massó i Alemán, S.; Bourgeois, C.; Appeltans, W.; Vanhoorne, B.; De Hauwere, N.; Stoffelen, P.; Heughebaert, A.; Dahdouh-Guebas, F. (2010). The 'Mangrove Reference Database and Herbarium'. Plant Ecol. Evol. 143(2): 225-232. dx.doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.2010.439, more Costello, M.J.; Boxshall, G.A.; Boyko, C.B.; Høeg, J.T.; Markham, J.; Appeltans, W. (2009). Development of sustainable authoritative online species databases. Integrative and Comparative Biology 49: E217-E217, more Costello, M.J.; Boxshall, G.A.; Boyko, C.B.; Høeg, J.T.; Markham, J.; Appeltans, W. (2009). How can we best make authoritative biological information available online? Integrative and Comparative Biology 49: E38-E38, more Vanden Berghe, E.; Claus, S.; Appeltans, W.; Faulwetter, S.; Arvanitidis, C.; Somerfield, P.J.; Aleffi, I.F.; Amouroux, J.M.; Anisimova, N.; Bachelet, G.; Cochrane, S.J.; Costello, M.J.; Craeymeersch, J.A.; Dahle, S.; Degraer, S.; Denisenko, S.; Deprez, T.; Dounas, C.; Duineveld, G.; Emblow, C.; Escaravage, V.; Fabri, M.-C.; Fleischer, D.; Grémare, A.; Herrmann, M.; Hummel, H.; Karakassis, I.; Kedra, M.; Kendall, M.A.; Kingston, P.; Kotwicki, L.; Labrune, C.; Laudien, J.; Nevrova, E.L.; Occhipinti-Ambrogi, A.; Olsgard, F.; Palerud, R.; Petrov, A.; Rachor, E.; Revkov, N.K.; Rumohr, H.; Sardá, R.; Sistermans, W.C.H.; Speybroeck, J.; Janas, U.; Van Hoey, G.; Vincx, M.; Whomersley, P.; Willems, W.; Wlodarska-Kowalczuk, M.; Zenetos, A.; Zettler, M.L.; Heip, C.H.R. (2009). MacroBen integrated database on benthic invertebrates of European continental shelves: a tool for large-scale analysis across Europe. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 382: 225-238. dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps07826, more Massin, C.; Appeltans, W.; Van Hoey, G.; Vincx, M.; Degraer, S. (2005). Leptosynapta minuta (Becher, 1906) (Echinodermata, Holothuroidea), a new record for Belgian marine waters. Belg. J. Zool. 135(1): 83-86, more Samyn, Y.; Appeltans, W.; Kerr, A.M. (2005). Phylogeny of Labidodemas and the Holothuriidae (Holothuroidea: Aspidochirotida) as inferred from morphology. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 144(1): 103-120. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00158.x, more Appeltans, W.; Hannouti, A.; Van Damme, S.; Soetaert, K.; Vanthomme, R.; Tackx, M. (2003). Zooplankton in the Schelde estuary (Belgium/The Netherlands). The distribution of Eurytemora affinis: effect of oxygen? J. Plankton Res. 25(11): 1441-1445. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbg101, more
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Gan, Y.-M.; Perez Perez, R.; Provoost, P.; Benson, A.; Peralta Brichtova, A.C.; Lawrence, E.; Nicholls, J.; Konjarla, J.; Sarafidou, G.; Saeedi, H.; Lear, D.; Penzlin, A.; Wambiji, N.; Appeltans, W. (2023). Promoting high-quality data in OBIS: Insights from the OBIS Data Quality Assessment and Enhancement Project Team. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards 7: e112018. https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/biss.7.112018, more Arvanitidis, C.; Warwick, R.M.; Somerfield, P.J.; Pavloudi, C.; Pafilis, E.; Oulas, A.; Chatzigeorgiou, G.; Gerovasileiou, V.; Patkos, T.; Bailly, N.; Hernandez, F.; Vanhoorne, B.; Vandepitte, L.; Appeltans, W.; Keklikoglou, K.; Chatzinikolaou, E.; Michalakis, N.; Filiopoulou, I.; Panteri, E.; Gougousis, A.; Bravakos, P.; Christakis, C.; Kassapidis, P.; Kotoulas, G.; Magoulas, A. (2019). The collaborative potential of research infrastructures in addressing global scientific questions. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards 3: e37289. https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/biss.3.37289, more Benson, A.; Appeltans, W.; Bajona, L.; Bosch, B.; Cowley, P.D.; De Pooter, D.; Desmet, P.; Harcourt, R.; Hoenner, X.; Pye, J.; Van de Putte, A.; Walsh, P.; Woodward, B. (2018). Outcomes of the International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange Ocean Biogeographic Information System OBIS-Event-Data Workshop on Animal Tagging and Tracking. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards 2: e25728. https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/biss.2.25728, more De Pooter, D.; Appeltans, W.; Bailly, N.; Bristol, S.; Deneudt, K.; Eliezer, M.; Fujioka, E.; Giorgetti, A.; Goldstein, P.; Lewis, M.; Lipizer, M.; Mackay, K.; Marin, M.; Moncoiffe, G.; Nikolopoulou, S.; Provoost, P.; Rauch, S.; Roubicek, A.; Torres, C.; van de Putte, A.P.; Vandepitte, L.; Vanhoorne, B.; Vinci, M.; Wambiji, N.; Watts, D.; Klein, E.; Hernandez, F. (2017). Expanding the Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) beyond species occurrences. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards 1: e20196. https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20196, more Provoost, P.; De Pooter, D.; Appeltans, W.; Bailly, N.; Bristol, S.; Deneudt, K.; Eliezer, M.; Fujioka, E.; Giorgetti, A.; Goldstein, P.; Lewis, M.; Lipizer, M.; Mackay, K.; Marin, M.; Moncoiffe, G.; Nikolopoulou, S.; Rauch, S.; Roubicek, A.; Torres, C.; Van de Putte, A.; Vandepitte, L.; Vanhoorne, B.; Vinci, M.; Wambiji, N.; Watts, D.; Klein, E.; Hernandez, F. (2017). Expanding the Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) beyond species occurrences. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards 1: e20515. https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20515, more Kennedy, M.K.; Nozères, C.; Miller, R.; Vanhoorne, B.; Appeltans, W. (2011). The Canadian Register of Marine Species photo gallery: A user's guide. Version 1. Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences = Rapport Technique Canadien des Sciences Halieutiques et Aquatiques, 2933. Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada: Ottawa. v + 42 pp., more
Books (16) [show]
Müller-Karger, F.E.; Tan, A.S.H.; Allcock, L.; Appeltans, W.; Barón Aguilar, C.; Blanco, A.; Bograd, S.J.; Buttigieg, P.L.; Costello, M.J.; Darnaude, A.M.; Dupuis, B.; Evaux, L.M.; Friedman, K.; Goodwin, K.; Jungbluth, S.; Leinen, M.; Levin, L.; Mahapatra, P.; Martone, R.G.; Mtwana Nordlund, L.; Ndah, A.B.; Pante, E.; Pearlman, J.; Pelletier, D.; Pendleton, L.; Relano, V.; Rogers, A.D.; San Diego-McGlone, M.L.; Seeyave, S.; Sequeira, A.; Soares, J.; Stiasny, M.H.; Taylor, S.; Vavia, A. (2024). Ocean Decade Vision 2030 White Papers: Challenge 2. Protect and restore ecosystems and biodiversity. IOC Ocean Decade Series, 51.2. UNESCO-IOC: Paris. 30 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.25607/y60m-4329, more Rickards, L.; Pissierssens, P.; Appeltans, W.; Boyer, T.P.; Garcia, H.; Reed, G.; Scott, L.; Simpson, P. (Ed.) (2022). Guide for establishing an IODE National Oceanographic Data Centre, IODE Associate Data Unit or IODE Associate Information Unit. 3rd revised edition. IOC Manuals and Guides, 5. Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO: Paris. 32 pp., more Rogers, A.D.; Aburto-Oropeza, O.; Appeltans, W.; Assis, J.; Ballance, L.T.; Cury, P.; Duarte, C. M.; Favoretto, F.; Kumagai, J.; Lovelock, C.E.; Miloslavich, P.; Niamir, A.; Obura, D.; O'Leary, B.C.; Reygondeau, G.; Roberts, C.; Sadovy, Y.; Sutton, T.; Tittensor, D.; Velarde, E. (2020). Critical habitats and biodiversity: Inventory, thresholds and governance. High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy (HLP): Washington, DC. 87 pp., more Nozères, C.; Vandepitte, L.; Appeltans, W.; Kennedy, M. (2012). Best practice guidelines in the development and maintenance of regional marine species checklists. version 1.0, released on August 2012. Global Biodiversity Information Facility: Copenhagen. ISBN 978-87-92020-46-8. 27 pp., more Heip, C.H.R.; Hummel, H.; van Avesaath, P.H.; Appeltans, W.; Arvanitidis, C.; Aspden, R.; Austen, M.; Boero, F.; Bouma, T.J.; Boxshall, G.; Buchholz, F.; Crowe, T.; Delaney, A.E.; Deprez, T.; Emblow, C.; Feral, J.-P.; Gasol, J.M.; Gooday, A.J.; Harder, J.; Ianora, A.; Kraberg, A.C.; MacKenzie, B.R.; Ojaveer, H.; Paterson, D.; Rumohr, H.; Schiedek, D.; Sokolowski, A.; Somerfield, P.J.; Sousa Pinto, I.; Vincx, M.; Weslawski, J.M.; Nash, R. (2009). Marine biodiversity & ecosystem functioning. MarBEF EU Network of Excellence: Dublin. 100 pp., more Vanden Berghe, E.; Appeltans, W.; Costello, M.J.; Pissierssens, P. (Ed.) (2007). Proceedings Ocean Biodiversity Informatics: International Conference on Marine Biodiversity Data Management, Hamburg, Germany 29 November to 1 December, 2004. VLIZ Special Publication, 37. IOC Workshop Report, 202. VI, 192 pp., more Degraer, S.; Wittoeck, J.; Appeltans, W.; Cooreman, K.; Deprez, T.; Hillewaert, H.; Hostens, K.; Mees, J.; Vanden Berghe, E.; Vincx, M. (2006). L'atlas du macrobenthos de la partie belge de la Mer du Nord. Politique scientifique fédérale: Bruxelles. ISBN 90-810081-7-X. 164, photographs, 1 cd-rom pp., more Degraer, S.; Wittoeck, J.; Appeltans, W.; Cooreman, K.; Deprez, T.; Hillewaert, H.; Hostens, K.; Mees, J.; Vanden Berghe, E.; Vincx, M. (2006). De macrobenthosatlas van het Belgisch deel van de Noordzee. Federaal Wetenschapsbeleid: Brussel. ISBN 90-810081-5-3. 164, photographs, 1 cd-rom pp., more Degraer, S.; Wittoeck, J.; Appeltans, W.; Cooreman, K.; Deprez, T.; Hillewaert, H.; Hostens, K.; Mees, J.; Vanden Berghe, E.; Vincx, M. (2006). The macrobenthos atlas of the Belgian part of the North Sea. Belgian Science Policy: Brussel. ISBN 90-810081-6-1. 164, photographs, 1 cd-rom pp., more Wartel, M.; Baeyens, W.F.J.; Appeltans, W.; Mees, J. (Ed.) (2005). Onze onderwaterbodems: verzegelde bewaarkast of tijdbom? Infosessie, Menen, 3 juni 2005 = Nos lits de rivières: enfouissement définitif ou bombe à retardement? Session d'information, Menin, 3 juin 2005. VLIZ Special Publication, 24. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. V, 32 pp., more Emblow, C.S.; Vanden Berghe, E.; Appeltans, W.; Cuvelier, D.; van Avesaath, P.H.; Hummel, H.; Heip, C.H.R.; Mees, J. (Ed.) (2004). Electronic conference on ‘Sustaining Livelihoods and Biodiversity - attaining the 2010 target in the European Biodiversity Strategy’: summary of discussions, 13 to 30 April, 2004. Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ): Oostende. III, 30 pp., more Heip, C.H.R.; Vanden Berghe, E.; Appeltans, W.; Cuvelier, D.; van Avesaath, P.H.; Hummel, H.; Mees, J. (2004). Electronic conference on 'Marine biodiversity research that matters!': summary of discussions, 15 to 26 November 2004. Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ): Oostende. IX, 35 pp., more Magni, P.; Malej, A.; Moncheva, S.; Vanden Berghe, E.; Appeltans, W.; Cuvelier, D.; van Avesaath, P.H.; Hummel, H.; Heip, C.H.R.; Mees, J. (Ed.) (2004). Electronic conference on 'The Southern and Eastern Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea: new challenges for marine biodiversity research and monitoring': summary of discussions, 6 to 24 September, 2004. Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ): Oostende. VIII, 108 pp., more Arvanitidis, C.; Eleftheriou, A.; Vanden Berghe, E.; Appeltans, W.; van Avesaath, P.H.; Heip, C.H.R.; Mees, J. (2003). Electronic conference on 'Marine Biodiversity in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea': summary of discussions, 7 to 20 April, 2003. MARBENA Proceedings, 3. Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ): Oostende. IV, 74 pp., more Hiscock, K.; Vanden Berghe, E.; Appeltans, W.; van Avesaath, P.H.; Hummel, H.; Heip, C.H.R.; Mees, J. (Ed.) (2003). Electronic conference on ‘Genetic biodiversity in marine ecosystems: measurement, understanding and management’: summary of discussions, 6 to 17 October, 2003. MARBENA Proceedings, 5. Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ): Oostende. VI, 55 pp., more Weslawski, J.M.; Ojaveer, H.; Vanden Berghe, E.; Appeltans, W.; van Avesaath, P.H.; Hummel, H.; Heip, C.H.R.; Mees, J. (2003). Electronic conference on ‘Newly Associated States and Marine Biodiversity Research’: summary of discussions, 2 - 12 June 2003. MARBENA Proceedings, 4. Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ): Oostende. V, 63 pp., more
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Dupont, S.; Muller-Karger, F.; Canonico, G.; Schoo, K.L.; Castillo-Briceno, P.; Johnson, M.D.; Widdicombe, S.; Kavousi, J.; Appeltans, W.; Findlay, H.S.; Bellerby, R.G.J.; Isensee, K. (2024). OARS Outcome 4: Increase understanding of ocean acidification impacts to protect marine life by 2030, in: IOC-UNESCO Ocean acidification research for sustainability: A community vision for the Ocean Decade. pp. 37-45, more Costello, M.J.; Webb, J.T.; Provoost, P.; Appeltans, W. (2022). New knowledge on and threats to marine biodiversity, in: IOC-UNESCO State of the ocean report 2022: Pilot edition. Technical Series. Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission = Série technique, 173: pp. 26-27, more Costello, M.J.; Basher, Z.; McLeod, L.; Asaad, I.; Claus, S.; Vandepitte, L.; Yasuhara, M.; Gislason, H.; Edwards, M.; Appeltans, W.; Enevoldsen, H.; Edgar, G.J.; Miloslavich, P.; De Monte, S.; Pinto, I.S.; Obura, D.; Bates, A.E. (2017). Methods for the study of marine biodiversity, in: Walters, M. et al. The GEO handbook on biodiversity observation networks. pp. 129-163. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27288-7_6, more Appeltans, W.; Dujardin, F.; Flavell, M.; Miloslavich, P.; Webb, T.J. (2016). Biodiversity baselines in the global ocean, in: UNESCO-IOC et al. The open ocean: Status and trends. pp. 220-238, more Appeltans, W.; Vanden Berghe, E. (2005). Gegevens- en informatiebeheer binnen het STARDUST project, in: Wartel, M. et al. Onze onderwaterbodems: verzegelde bewaarkast of tijdbom? Infosessie, Menen, 3 juni 2005 = Nos lits de rivières: enfouissement définitif ou bombe à retardement? Session d'information, Menin, 3 juin 2005. pp. 25-26, more Samyn, Y.; Appeltans, W.; Kerr, A.M. (2003). Phylogeny of Labidodemas and the Holothuriidae (Holothuroidea: (Aspidochirotida) as inferred from morphology, in: Samyn, Y. Towards an understanding of the shallow-water holothuroid fauna (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) of the western Indian Ocean. pp. 138-156, more
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Appeltans, W. (2002). Phylogeny of the Holothuriidae (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) inferred from morphology. MSc Thesis. Vrije Universiteit Brussel: Brussel. 94 pp., more Appeltans, W. (2001). Distribution of Eurytemora affinis (Poppe, 1880) (Copepoda: Calanoida) in the Schelde estuary (Belgium - The Netherlands): the effect of oxygen? BSc Thesis. Free University of Brussels: Brussel. 15 pp., more
Abstracts (37) [show]
Principe, S.; Provoost, P.; Appeltans, W.; Costello, M. (2024). Reaching the target: predicting the distribution of European marine species to support the implementation of Marine Protected Areas, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day, 6 March 2024, Oostende. VLIZ Special Publication, 91: pp. 110, more Suominen, S.; Provoost, P.; Appeltans, W. (2021). The PacMAN project: Building capacity in pacific small island developing states on marine bioinvasions, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day, Online event 3 March 2021. VLIZ Special Publication, 85: pp. 114, more Appeltans, W.; Provoost, P. (2019). The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) - Demo of its new portal, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day. Bredene, Belgium, 13 March 2019. VLIZ Special Publication, 83: pp. 59, more Appeltans, W.; Provoost, P.; Bosch, S.; Bristol, S.; Klein, E. (2018). OBIS 2.0: Towards real-time integration, quality control, and analysis of rich marine data streams, 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. 69, more Arvanitidis, C.; Warwick, R.M.; Somerfield, P.J.; Pavloudi, C.; Pafilis, E.; Oulas, A.; Chatzigeorgiou, G.; Gerovasileiou, V.; Patkos, T.; Bailly, N.; Hernandez, F.; Vanhoorne, B.; Vandepitte, L.; Appeltans, W.; Keklikoglou, K.; Chatzinikolaou, E.; Michalakis, N.; Filiopoulou, I.; Panteri, E.; Gougousis, A. (2018). Research Infrastructures offer capacity to address scientific questions never attempted before: Are all taxa equal?, 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. 71, more Pissierssens, P.; Appeltans, W. (2015). Looking beyond your microscope: contributing data and information to the global community, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Young Scientists’ Day. Brugge, Belgium, 20 February 2015. VLIZ Special Publication, 71: pp. 108, more Appeltans, W.; Costello, M.J.; Decock, W.; Vanhoorne, B.; Deneudt, K.; Hernandez, F. (2012). How many known species in the Ocean and in WoRMS?, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts - VLIZ Young Marine Scientists' Day. Brugge, Belgium, 24 February 2012. VLIZ Special Publication, 55: pp. 11, more Deneudt, K.; Vanhoorne, B.; Appeltans, W.; Hernandez, F. (2012). Talking to the WoRMS: what can VLIZ web services do for you?, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts - VLIZ Young Marine Scientists' Day. Brugge, Belgium, 24 February 2012. VLIZ Special Publication, 55: pp. 23, more Appeltans, W.; Claus, S.; Vandepitte, L.; Herman, P.; Holdsworth, N.; Maudire, G.; Ó Tuama, É.; Pesant, S.; Schaap, D.M.A.; Vanden Berghe, E.; Vladymyrov, V.; Hernandez, F. (2011). Progress towards a European portal on marine species observations, in: The future of the 21st century ocean: Marine Sciences and European Research Infrastructures. An International Symposium, 28th June - 1 July 2011 Brest, France. pp. 31, more Appeltans, W.; Decock, W.; Vanhoorne, B.; Hernandez, F.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Fauchald, K.; Gordon, D.P.; Poore, G.C.B.; van Soest, R.; Stöhr, S.; Walter, C.; Costello, M.J. (2011). The World Register of Marine Species: an authoritative, open-access web-resource for all marine species, in: The future of the 21st century ocean: Marine Sciences and European Research Infrastructures. An International Symposium, 28th June - 1 July 2011 Brest, France. pp. 30, more Appeltans, W.; Costello, M.J. (2011). How many species in the oceans?, in: World Conference on Marine Biodiversity 2011. Our Oceans, Our Future: Oral Abstract Booklet. pp. 102, more Christos, A.; Faulwetter, S.; Appeltans, W.; Vasileiadou, A.; Chatzigeorgiou, G.; Markantonatou, V.; Vandepitte, L.; Vanden Berghe, E.; MarBEF Data Contributors (2011). Biodiversity pattern interrelations in ecosystem components: a sythesis from the databases assembled during the MarBEF NoE, in: World Conference on Marine Biodiversity 2011. Our Oceans, Our Future: Oral Abstract Booklet. pp. 76, more Vandepitte, L.; Claus, S.; Deneudt, K.; Appeltans, W.; De Hauwere, N.; Vanhoorne, B.; Hernandez, F.; Mees, J. (2011). Integration of marine ecological data from different sources = added-value for data, science and policy, in: World Conference on Marine Biodiversity 2011. Our Oceans, Our Future: Oral Abstract Booklet. pp. 66, more Appeltans, W.; Decock, W.; De Hauwere, N.; Vandepitte, L.; Claus, S.; Deneudt, K.; Vanhoorne, B.; Hernandez, F.; Mees, J. (2010). Marine Species Information Systems at VLIZ, in: A decade of discovery: Census of Marine Life 2010. The J. Frederick Grassle Scientific Symposium on the Census of Marine Life: Poster abstracts. pp. [1], more Appeltans, W.; Decock, W.; Vanhoorne, B.; Hernandez, F.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Fauchald, K.; Gordon, D.P.; Poore, G.C.B.; Hoeksema, B.W.; van Soest, R.W. (2010). The World Register of Marine Species, the first online inventory of all marine species, in: A decade of discovery: Census of Marine Life 2010. The J. Frederick Grassle Scientific Symposium on the Census of Marine Life: Poster abstracts. pp. [1], more Claus, S.; Vandepitte, L.; Appeltans, W.; Deneudt, K.; Vanhoorne, B.; Hernandez, F.; Mees, J.; Heip, C.H.R.; Holdsworth, N.; Maudire, G.; McDonough, N.; Ó Tuama, É.; Pesant, S.; Pissierssens, P.; Schaap, D.M.A.; Vanden Berghe, E.; Vladymyrov, V. (2010). Development of a Marine Biological Data Portal within the framework of the European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODNet), in: Fichaut, M. et al. (Ed.) International Marine Data and Information Systems Conference IMDIS 2010, 29-31 March 2010, Paris, France: Book of abstracts. pp. 57, more de Jong, Y.; Kouwenberg, J.; Boegh, P.; Costello, M.J.; Hussey, C.; Hyam, R.; Bourgin, T.; Güntsch, A.; Berendsohn, W.G.; Appeltans, W. (2010). A Pan-European Species-directories Infrastructure (PESI), in: Weitzman, A. The Proceedings of TDWG: Provisional Abstracts of the 2010 Annual Conference of the Taxonomic Databases Working Group, 26 September - 1 October 2010, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA. pp. 39-40, more Güntsch, A.; Berendsohn, W.G.; Geoffroy, M.; von Raab-Straube, E.; Müller, A.; Appeltans, W.; de Jong, Y. (2010). The identity of things - Why we need transparent delimitations of biodiversity objects, in: Weitzman, A. The Proceedings of TDWG: Provisional Abstracts of the 2010 Annual Conference of the Taxonomic Databases Working Group, 26 September - 1 October 2010, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA. pp. 43-44, more Appeltans, W.; Vanhoorne, B.; Decock, W.; Hernandez, F.; Mees, J. (2009). Is our Belgian lab really more biodiverse than Darwin’s Galapagos Islands?, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) VLIZ Young Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 6 March 2009: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 41: pp. 21-22, more Massó i Alemán, S.; Bourgeois, C.; Appeltans, W.; Vanhoorne, B.; De Hauwere, N.; Stoffelen, P.; Heughebaert, A.; Dahdouh-Guebas, F. (2009). The mangrove reference database and herbarium, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts: an overview of marine research in Belgium anno 2009. 10th VLIZ Young Scientists' Day. Special edition at the occasion of 10 years VLIZ. VLIZ Special Publication, 43: pp. 93, more Appeltans, W.; Costello, M.J.; Vanhoorne, B.; Decock, W.; Vandepitte, L.; Hernandez, F.; Mees, J.; Vanden Berghe, E. (2008). Aphia for a World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) VLIZ Young Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium, 29 February 2008: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 40: pp. 27, more Appeltans, W.; Costello, M.J.; Vanhoorne, B.; Hernandez, F.; Mees, J.; Vanden Berghe, E. (2008). A World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) for use in marine and biodiversity data management, in: Iona, Sissy et al. (Ed.) International Marine Data and Information Systems Conference IMDIS-2008, 31 March - 2 April 2008, Athens, Greece: Book of abstracts. pp. 22, more Appeltans, W.; Costello, M.J.; Vanhoorne, B.; Hernandez, F.; Mees, J.; Vanden Berghe, E. (2008). EurOBIS, an online atlas for European marine species distribution data, in: Iona, Sissy et al. (Ed.) International Marine Data and Information Systems Conference IMDIS-2008, 31 March - 2 April 2008, Athens, Greece: Book of abstracts. pp. 43, more Vanhoorne, B.; Deneudt, K.; Appeltans, W.; Hernandez, F.; Mees, J. (2008). The Aphia Taxon Match Tool, an online quality control tool for checking your biological data against the World and European Registers of Marine Species, in: Iona, Sissy et al. (Ed.) International Marine Data and Information Systems Conference IMDIS-2008, 31 March - 2 April 2008, Athens, Greece: Book of abstracts. pp. 145, more Appeltans, W. (2007). WP1: towards more European marine biodiversity data integration, in: Marbef General Assembly - Science Meeting. The value of biodiversity observatories and monitoring for science and society, Sopot & Gdynia, Poland, 14-16 May 2007: book of abstracts. pp. 27, more Arvanitidis, C.; Faulwetter, S.; Vanden Berghe, E.; Appeltans, W.; Paterson, G. (2007). PROPE-taxon - Web Accessible Taxonomic Expertise in MARBEF: PROviding a e-Platform for the European Taxonomists, in: Marbef General Assembly - Science Meeting. The value of biodiversity observatories and monitoring for science and society, Sopot & Gdynia, Poland, 14-16 May 2007: book of abstracts. pp. 10, more Appeltans, W.; Claus, S.; Cuvelier, D.; Vanden Berghe, E. (2006). Europe counts marine life, in: Konjevic, S. et al. (Ed.) Open Waters - Open Sources: 11th Biennial Conference of the European Association of Aquatic Sciences Libraries and Information Centres (EURASLIC), 4-6th May 2005, Split, Croatia. pp. 173, more Appeltans, W.; Vanhoorne, B.; Vanden Berghe, E.; Hummel, H. (2006). The marine science job & candidate finder, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) VLIZ Young Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 31 March 2006: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 30: pp. 20, more Appeltans, W.; Vanhoorne, B. (2006). MARBEFs species gallery images impressive marine life, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) VLIZ Young Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 31 March 2006: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 30: pp. 21, more Vanden Berghe, E.; Appeltans, W.; Claus, S.; Vandepitte, L.; Vanhoorne, B. (2006). EurOBIS & Co, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) VLIZ Young Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 31 March 2006: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 30: pp. 59, more Appeltans, W.; Claus, S.; Cuvelier, D.; Vanden Berghe, E. (2005). Europe counts marine life, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) VLIZ Young Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 25 February 2005: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 20: pp. 19, more Appeltans, W.; Vanden Berghe, E.; Mees, J. (2004). A taxonomic and biogeographic information system of marine species in the southern North Sea developed by Flanders Marine Institute, in: Ocean Biodiversity Informatics, Hamburg, Germany: 29 November to 1 December 2004: book of abstracts. pp. 54, more Appeltans, W.; Vanden Berghe, E. (2004). How many species are there in the North Sea?, in: Mees, J. et al. VLIZ Young Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 5 March 2004: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 17: pp. 32, more Samyn, Y.; Appeltans, W. (2004). Maintaining native levels of shallow-water holoturian biodiversity in the Western Indian Ocean, in: Segers, H. et al. (Ed.) 'Scientific tools for biodiversity conservation: monitoring, modelling and experiments': Proceedings of the 5th meeting of the European Platform for Biodiversity Research Strategy meeting held under the Belgian EU Presidency, 2-4 December 2001, Brussels. pp. 202, more Vanden Berghe, E.; Appeltans, W. (2004). The European Register for Marine Species revived, in: Mees, J. et al. VLIZ Young Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 5 March 2004: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 17: pp. 77, more Appeltans, W.; Vanden Berghe, E. (2003). TISBE & APHIA: on-line biological databases for marine species in Belgium and adjacent areas, in: Mees, J. et al. VLIZ Young Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 28 February 2003: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 12: pp. 63, more Samyn, Y.; Appeltans, W. (2002). Maintaining native levels of shallow-water holothurian biodiversity in the western Indian Ocean (poster), in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) VLIZ Young Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 13 March 2002: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 7: pp. 42, more
Reports (4) [show]
Narayanaswamy, B.E.; Ojaveer, H.; Boxshall, G.; Appeltans, W.; Danovaro, R.; Holm, P.; Nickelson, T. (2010). Diversity of European seas: Finding new life. EuroCoML Non-Technical Report. The European Census of Marine Life: Oban. 55 pp., more Costello, M.J.; Appeltans, W. (2008). Report of the first marine taxonomic editors workshop, Flanders Marine Institute, Ostend, 20-21 June 2008. Flanders Marine Institute: Ostende. 15 pp., more Wartel, M.; Baeyens, W.F.J.; Fischer, J.-C.; Leermakers, M.; Ouddane, B.; Billon, G.; Bodineau, L.; Gabelle, C.; Garnier, C.; Grare, C.; Barthe, J.F.; Gao, Y.; Vanden Berghe, E.; Appeltans, W.; de Lichtervelde, K.; Mees, J. (2005). STARDUST (Spatial and Temporal Assessment of high Resolution Depth profiles Using novel Sampling Technologies): Final Report. VLIZ Special Publication, 26. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ): Oostende. 35 pp., more Wartel, M.; Baeyens, W.F.J.; Fischer, J.-C.; Leermakers, M.; Ouddane, B.; Billon, G.; Bodineau, L.; Gabelle, C.; Garnier, C.; Grare, C.; Barthe, J.F.; Gao, Y.; Vanden Berghe, E.; Appeltans, W.; de Lichtervelde, K.; Mees, J. (2005). STARDUST (Spatial and Temporal Assessment of high Resolution Depth profiles Using novel Sampling Technologies): Final Report - annexes. VLIZ Special Publication, 27. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ): Oostende. 92 pp., more
Other publications (27) [show]
Provoost, P.; Appeltans, W. (2019). OBIS 2.0: Real-time integration, quality control and analysis of rich marine data streams. GOBI Newsletter Spring 2019: 14-15, more Bingham, H.; Doudin, M.; Weatherdon, L.V.; Despot-Belmonte, K.; Wetzel, F.T.; Groom, Q.; Lewis, E.; Regan, E.; Appeltans, W.; Güntsch, A.; Mergen, M.; Agosti, D.; Penev, L.; Hoffmann, A.; Saarenmaa, H.; Geller, G.; Kim, K.; Kim, H.; Archambeau, A-S.; Haüser, C.; Schmeller, D.S.; Geijzendorffer, I.; García Camacho, A.; Guerra, C.; Robertson, T.; Runnel, V.; Valland, N.; Martin, C.S. (2017). The biodiversity informatics landscape: Elements, connections and opportunities. Research Ideas and Outcomes 3: e14059. https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/rio.3.e14059, more O'Hara, T.; Tittensor, D.; Baker, M.; Stocks, K.; Appeltans, W. (2015). A global deep-sea biodiversity data-sharing platform. Deep-Sea Life 6: 12, more Appeltans, W.; Webb, T.J. (2014). Biodiversity baselines in the deep sea. Deep-Sea Life 4: 45-46, more Hanson, L.; Appeltans, W.; Gattuso, J.P. (2014). Promoting international collaboration on ocean acidification data management. Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre Workshop; Monaco, 23-24 April 2014. Eos, Trans. (Wash. D.C.) 95(46): 421-422. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2014EO460006, more Wambiji, N.; Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; Bel Hassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Zamouri, N.; Jiddou, A.M. (2014). African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS). Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute: Mombasa. 1 poster pp., more Appeltans, W.; Barbiere, J. (2013). UN sets its sights on protecting the open ocean. World Sci. 11(4): 18, more Bisby, F.A.; Roskov, Y.R.; Culham, A.; Orrell, T.M.; Nicolson, D.; Paglinawan, L.E.; Bailly, N.; Appeltans, W.; Kirk, P.; Bourgoin, T.; Baillargeon, G.; Ouvrard, D. (Ed.) (2012). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist [DVD]. Species 2000: Reading. 1 DVD pp., more Appeltans, W. (2011). 44,632 species from WoRMS from 18 WoRMS global databases in AC11. 4D4Life e-Bulletin 4: 1, more Claus, S.; Vandepitte, L.; Hernandez, F.; Appeltans, W.; Deneudt, K.; Vanhoorne, B.; De Hauwere, N. (2011). EMODnet: Pilot portal for biology, data discovery and access service [Poster]. Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ): Oostende. 1 poster pp., more Appeltans, W.; Decock, W.; De Hauwere, N.; Vandepitte, L.; Claus, S.; Deneudt, K.; Vanhoorne, B.; Hernandez, F.; Mees, J. (2010). Marine Species Information Systems at VLIZ [Poster]. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ): Oostende. 1 poster pp., more Appeltans, W.; Decock, W.; Vanhoorne, B.; Hernandez, F.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Fauchald, K.; Gordon, D.P.; Hoeksema, B.W.; Poore, G.C.B.; van Soest, R.; Stöhr, S.; Walter, C.; Costello, M.J. (2010). The World Register of Marine Species, the first online inventory of all marine species [Poster]. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ)/WoRMS Steering Committee: Oostende. 1 poster pp., more Appeltans, W.; Vandepitte, L.; Vanhoorne, B.; Hernandez, F.; Mees, J.; Heip, C.H.R. (2008). The future of MarBEF’s data legacy. MarBEF Newsletter 8: 14-15, more Costello, M.J.; Appeltans, W. (2008). Taxonomic editors plan a World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). MarBEF Newsletter 8: 36-37, more de Jong, Y.; Costello, M.J.; Appeltans, W.; Nash, R. (2008). PESI: Pan-European Species-directories Infrastructure. MarBEF Newsletter 8: 33-34, more Appeltans, W.; Vandepitte, L.; Vanhoorne, B.; Hernandez, F.; Mees, J. (2007). MarBEF Data Management: Progress towards European marine biodiversity data integration. MarBEF Newsletter 6: 15, more Claus, S.; Appeltans, W.; Vanhoorne, B.; De Hauwere, N.; Hernandez, F.; Mees, J. (2007). The European Marine Gazetteer: its development and applications. MarBEF Newsletter 7: 15-16, more Kraberg, A.C.; Vaulot, D.; Jouenne, F.; Amorim, A.; Moita, T.; Young, J.; Appeltans, W.; Wiltshire, K. (2007). PLANKTONNET: A new and improving tool for studying and monitoring harmful algal blooms. Harmful Algae News 34: 9-11, more Appeltans, W.; Haspeslagh, J.; Vanden Berghe, E.* (2006). MarBEF publishing revisited. MarBEF Newsletter 5: 16-17, more Appeltans, W.; Vanhoorne, B.; Vanden Berghe, E.; Hummel, H. (2006). Jobs, images, projects and publications. MarBEF Newsletter 4: 12-14, more Appeltans, W.; Vanhoorne, B. (2006). MarBEF species gallery: a growing resource of images of European marine species. MarBEF Newsletter 5: 18, more Cuvelier, D.; Claus, S.; Appeltans, W.; Vanhoorne, B.; Vanden Berghe, E.; Costello, M.J. (2006). European Register of Marine Species (ERMS) - plans turning into reality ! MarBEF Newsletter 4: 14-15, more Appeltans, W. (2005). SWG of de Strandwerkgroep. Hippocampus 206: 64-65, more Appeltans, W.; Haspeslagh, J.; Vanden Berghe, E. (2005). Publish wisely or perish? An open archive for MarBEF. MarBEF Newsletter 3: 13, more Appeltans, W. (2004). MARBEF website: www.marbef.org. MarBEF Newsletter 1: 7, more Appeltans, W.; Vanden Berghe, E. (2004). MARBEF data management. MarBEF Newsletter 1: 8-9, more Van de Moortel, S.; Appeltans, W. (2004). De Strandwerkgroep website. De Strandvlo 24(3-4): 102-104, more
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Dujardin, F. (2014). The status of global marine species distributions and diversity: An analysis in completeness, species richness, gaps, and changes over time. MSc Thesis. Universiteit Gent: Gent. 62, vi-xvi pp., more

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