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Pint, Steven
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Expertise
Steven Pint is an ecologist by training, who graduated in 2018 at VUB (MSc Biology - Ecology & Biodiversity). MSc thesis topic was an individual-based model on the foraging of wading birds. He’s experienced in R scripting and ecosystem modelling (IBM, food web model). Previous topics are air-sea carbon flux in the Belgian Continental Shelf and estimating primary production using fast repetition rate fluorometry (FRRF) data. Currently working on the EMBENS project, building an ecosystem-based model of long-term data from the Belgian part of the North Sea. Thesaurus terms: Database systems and architectures; Software engineering

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Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), more Function: PhD Researcher Direct contact at institute: Tel.: +32-(0)59-33 61 87 GSM: +32-(0)479-44 32 43 E-mail: Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie (MARBIOL), more Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek der Zee (NIOZ), more

Projects (5)

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A federated European FAIR and Open Research Ecosystem for oceans, seas, coastal and inland waters, more
Blueprint demonstration for co-created effective, efficient and resilient networks of MPAs, more
PhD: Understanding the (a)biotic consequences of biogenic reef (re)introductions in the southern North Sea: a modelling approach, more
Strandobservatienetwerk: de toestand van de Belgische Noordzee, gemeten door burgers, more
Sustainable Marine Ecosystem Services , more

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De Witte, B.; Catarino, A.I.; Vandecasteele, L.; Dekimpe, M.; Meyers, N.; Deloof, D.; Pint, S.; Hostens, K.; Everaert, G.; Torreele, E.; Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (ILVO); Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ): Belgium; (2021): Microplastics In Fish Gastrointestinal Tracts sampled in 2020 in the North Sea (MICROFISH project). Marine Data Archive., more Pint, S.; Lorré, D.; Stevens, M.; De Troch, M.; van Oevelen, D.; Heymans, S.; Musimwa, R.; Everaert, G.; Flanders Marine Institute; Ghent University; Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research; European Marine Board; (2026): Historical dynamics of the Southern Bight of the North Sea (1991–2023): A modelling approach: Data. Marine Data Archive., more Seys, J.; Pint, S.; Vervaele, K.; Vanhaecke, P.; Van Landschoot, W.; Saevels, M.; Goossens, H.; Berkers, M.; Balcaen, R.; Coppens, S.; Vanden Eede, S.; Fabrice, A.; Willaert, M.; Nelen, L.; Colpaert, N.; Quartier, M.; Verbeke, D.; Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ): Belgium; (2020): SeaWatch-B: citizens monitoring the Belgian North Sea from the beach (2014-2018). Marine Data Archive., more
Software/models/scripts [show]
Pint, S.; Stevens, M.; De Troch, M.; van Oevelen, D.; Heymans, J.J.; Everaert, G.; Flanders Marine Institute; Ghent University; Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research; University of the Highlands and Islands; (2024): Data - Ecopath model of the Southern Bight of the North Sea. Marine Data Archive., more Standaert, W.; Musimwa, R.; Stevens, E.; Pint, S.; Everaert, G.; Flanders Marine Institute: Belgium; (2024): Environmental variables used to model the distribution of pelagic fish species using a mechanistic approach., more Standaert, W.; Musimwa, R.; Stevens, M.; Alonso, J.; Muñiz, C.; Debusschere, E.; Pint, S.; Everaert, G.; Flanders Marine Institute: Belgium; (2024): Predictive modelling of Atlantic herring distribution in the Northeast Atlantic for informed decision-making. Dataset and calculations. Marine Data Archive., more Standaert, W.; Musimwa, R.; Stevens, M.; Fernandez Bejarano, S.; Muñiz, C.; Debusschere, E.; Pint, S.; Everaert, G.; Flanders Marine Institute: Belgium; (2024): Climate-Induced Habitat Suitability Modelling for Pelagic Fish in European Seas. Dataset and calculations. Marine Data Archive., more Stevens, M.; Everaert, G.; Pint, S.; De Troch, M.; Faculty of Sciences, Ghent University; Flanders Marine Institute: Belgium; (2023): How the Blue Economy affects plankton dynamics in the BPNS: data and scripts. Marine Data Archive., more
Data products [show]
Steven Pint, & Viviana Otero. (2021). Data, scripts and model output to perform spatiotemporal analysis of plankton drivers in the Belgian part of the North Sea [Data set]. Zenodo., more

Publications (36)	Top \| Institutes \| Projects \| Datasets
A1 Publications (6) [show]
Musimwa, R.; Standaert, W.; Stevens, M.; Fernández Bejarano, S.J.; Muñiz, C.; Debusschere, E.; Pint, S.; Everaert, G. (2025). Climate-induced habitat suitability modelling for pelagic fish in European seas. Front. Mar. Sci. 12(1501751): 1-18. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2025.1501751, more Deboelpaep, E.; Pint, S.; Koedam, K.; Van der Stocken, T.; Vanschoenwinkel, B. (2024). Horizontal prey distribution determines the foraging performance of short‐ and long‐billed waders in virtual resource landscapes. Ibis 166(3): 1041-1058. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ibi.13274, more Pint, S.; Stevens, M.; Musimwa, R.; Standaert, W.; De Troch, M.; van Oevelen, D.; Heymans, J.J.; Everaert, G. (2024). A food web model of the Southern Bight of the North Sea. Ocean Coast. Manag. 255: 107256. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2024.107256, more Standaert, W.; Musimwa, R.; Stevens, M.; Alonso Guerra, J.; Muñiz, C.; Debusschere, E.; Pint, S.; Everaert, G. (2024). Modeling Atlantic herring distribution in the Northeast Atlantic for informed decision-making towards sustainable fisheries. Front. Mar. Sci. 11: 1485161. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1485161, more Otero, V.; Pint, S.; Deneudt, K.; De Rijcke, M.; Mortelmans, J.; Schepers, L.; Martin-Cabrera, P.; Sabbe, K.; Vyverman, W.; Vandegehuchte, M.; Everaert, G. (2023). Pronounced seasonal and spatial variability in determinants of phytoplankton biomass dynamics along a near–offshore gradient in the Southern North Sea. J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 11(8): 1510. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse11081510, more De Witte, B.; Catarino, A.I.; Vandecasteele, L.; Dekimpe, M.; Meyers, N.; Deloof, D.; Pint, S.; Hostens, K.; Everaert, G.; Torreele, E. (2022). Feasibility study on biomonitoring of microplastics in fish gastrointestinal tracts. Front. Mar. Sci. 8: 794636. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.794636, more
Peer reviewed publication [show]
Pint, S.; Everaert, G.; Theetaert, H.; Vandegehuchte, M.B.; Gkritzalis, T. (2020). Air–sea carbon flux from high-temporal-resolution data of in situ CO₂ measurements in the southern North Sea. Biogeosci. Discuss. (preprint). https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-2020-442, more
Thesis [show]
Pint, S. (2018). Longer bills take it all? Modelling the impact of contrasting bill lengths on foraging efficiency in wading birds. MSc Thesis. VUB: Brussel. 35 pp., more
Abstracts (16) [show]
Musimwa Rutendo, R.; Standaert, W.; Stevens, M.; Fernández Bejarano, S.J.; Muñiz, C.; Debusschere, E.; Pint, S.; Everaert, G. (2025). Are pelagic fisheries the future of European seas?, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day, 5 March 2025, Brugge. VLIZ Special Publication, 94: pp. 104-105, more Musimwa, R.; Standaert, W.; Stevens, M.; Fernández Bejarano, S.J.; Muñiz, C.; Debusschere, E.; Pint, S.; Everaert, G. (2025). Navigating climate and policy shifts: Habitat suitability modelling for North Sea pelagic fisheries in a changing world, in: EGU General Assembly 2025. Vienna, Austria & Online \| 27 April–2 May 2025. pp. 25-21325. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-21325, more Pint, S.; Everaert, G.; Van Engeland, T.; Gkritzalis, T.; Delvenne, C. (2025). Quantifying environmental drivers of phytoplankton and carbon dynamics through data-driven models, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day, 5 March 2025, Brugge. VLIZ Special Publication, 94: pp. 120, more Pint, S.; Stevens, M.; De Troch, M.; van Oevelen, D.; Heymans, S.; Leclercq, F.; Asselman, J.; Vandamme, S.; Lorré, D.; Janssen, C.; Everaert, G. (2025). A food web model of the Southern Bight of the North Sea: Historical dynamics (1991–2022) to support ecosystem-based management, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day, 5 March 2025, Brugge. VLIZ Special Publication, 94: pp. 30-31, more Van Engeland, T.; Pint, S.; Delvenne, C.; Everaert, G.; Gkritzalis, T. (2025). A demonstration model of the North Sea pelagic ecosystem, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day, 5 March 2025, Brugge. VLIZ Special Publication, 94: pp. 139, more Musimwa, R.; Standaert, W.; Stevens, M.; Pint, S.; Everaert, G.; Muñiz, C.; Debusschere, E. (2024). Unravelling climate-driven habitat suitability for pelagic fish in European seas, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day, 6 March 2024, Oostende. VLIZ Special Publication, 91: pp. 98, more Musimwa, R.; Standaert, W.; Stevens, M.; Pint, S.; Everaert, G. (2024). Habitat suitability modelling of pelagic fish using a mechanistic approach: Insights for Sustainable Decision-Making in the Belgian part of the North Sea, in: Simoncelli, S. et al. International Conference on Marine Data and Information Systems: Proceedings Volume, IMDIS 2024 Bergen (Norway) 27-29 May 2024. Miscellanea INGV, 80: pp. 152-154, more Standaert, W.; Musimwa, R.; Stevens, M.; Pint, S.; Muñiz, C.; Debusschere, E.; Everaert, G. (2024). Predictive modelling of Atlantic herring distribution in the North Sea for informed decision-making, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day, 6 March 2024, Oostende. VLIZ Special Publication, 91: pp. 41-42, more Standaert, W.; Musimwa, R.; Stevens, M.; Pint, S.; Everaert, G. (2024). Data-driven habitat suitability modelling to support decision making in sustainable pelagic fisheries, in: Simoncelli, S. et al. International Conference on Marine Data and Information Systems: Proceedings Volume, IMDIS 2024 Bergen (Norway) 27-29 May 2024. Miscellanea INGV, 80: pp. 147-149, more Stevens, M.; Pint, S.; Musimwa, R.; Standaert, W.; De Troch, M.; van Oevelen, D.; Heymans, J.J.; Everaert, G. (2024). Food web models for ecosystem-based management in the Southern Bight of the North Sea, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day, 6 March 2024, Oostende. VLIZ Special Publication, 91: pp. 120, more Stevens, M.; Pint, S.; Musimwa, R.; Standaert, W.; Everaert, G. (2024). Food web models to support decision making in sustainable pelagic fisheries, in: Simoncelli, S. et al. International Conference on Marine Data and Information Systems: Proceedings Volume, IMDIS 2024 Bergen (Norway) 27-29 May 2024. Miscellanea INGV, 80: pp. 160-162, 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 Stevens, M.; Pint, S.; De Troch, M.; Everaert, G. (2023). How the blue economy changes phytoplankton dynamics in the BPNS: A modelling approach, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day, 1 March 2023, Bruges. VLIZ Special Publication, 90: pp. 103, more Pint, S.; Otero, V.; Deneudt, K.; De Rijcke, M.; Mortelmans, J.; Schepers, L.; Cabrera, P.; Sabbe, K.; Vyverman, W.; Vandegehuchte, M.; Everaert, G. (2022). Pronounced seasonal and spatial variability in determinants of phytoplankton biomass dynamics along a near–offshore gradient in the southern North Sea, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day, Online event 2 March 2022. VLIZ Special Publication, 88: pp. 24, more Pint, S.; Everaert, G.; Vandegehuchte, M.; Theetaert, H.; Gkritzalis, T. (2021). Air-sea carbon flux at the Belgian Continental Shelf, in: 52nd Liège Colloquium on Ocean Dynamics: Towards an understanding and assessment of human impact on coastal marine environments: Online event May 17th to 21st 2021. pp. 2 pp, more Pint, S.; Everaert, G.; Gkritzalis, T.; Vandegehuchte, M. (2020). Air-sea carbon flux at the Belgian Continental Shelf, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day. Oostende, Belgium, 18 March 2020. VLIZ Special Publication, 84: pp. 33, more
Reports (8) [show]
Pint, S.; Lorré, D.; Stevens, M.; De Troch, M.; Heymans, S.; van Oevelen, D.; Everaert, G. (2026). Ecopath with Ecosim model of the Southern Bight of the North Sea. Version 4. Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ): Ostend. 55 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.48470/129, more 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 Pint, S.; Stevens, M.; De Troch, M.; van Oevelen, D.; Heymans, J.J.; Everaert, G. (2024). Ecopath model of the Southern Bight of the North Sea. Version 3. Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ): Ostend. 37 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.48470/74, more Pint, S.; Stevens, M.; De Troch, M.; van Oevelen, D.; Heymans, J.J.; Everaert, G. (2023). Ecopath model of the Southern Bight of the North Sea. Version 2. Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ): Ostend. 37 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.48470/23, more Cabrera, P.; Schepers, L.; Pint, S.; Everaert, G.; Remanan, R.P.; Barth, A.; Drago, F. (2021). Developing zoo & phytoplankton EOV products in Blue-Cloud. Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ): Ostend. 5 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5896680, more De Witte, B.; Catarino, A.I.; Vandecasteele, L.; Dekimpe, M.; Meyers, N.; Deloof, D.; Pint, S.; Hostens, K.; Everaert, G.; Torreele, E. (2021). Fish gastrointestinal sampling protocol for microplastics extraction and quantification. Version 2: 31/08/2021. ILVO/VLIZ: Ostend. 4 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.48470/6, more De Witte, B.; Catarino, A.I.; Vandecasteele, L.; Dekimpe, M.; Meyers, N.; Deloof, D.; Pint, S.; Hostens, K.; Everaert, G.; Torreele, E. (2021). Extraction and quantification of microplastics in the gastrointestinal tract of fish. Version 2: 31/08/2021. ILVO/VLIZ: Ostend. 4 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.48470/7, more Seys, J.; Pint, S.; Vervaele, K.; Vanhaecke, P.; Van Landschoot, W.; Saevels, M.; Goossens, H.; Berkers, M.; Balcaen, R.; Coppens, S.; Vanden Eede, S.; Fabrice, A.; Willaert, M.; Nelen, L.; Colpaert, N.; Quartier, M.; Verbeke, D. (2019). Hoe is de Noordzee eraan toe? VLIZ-Rapportage 2014-2018. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ): Oostende. 55 pp., more
Other publications (2) [show]
Delvenne, C.; Barde, J.; Barth, A.; Dechenne, A.; Pint, S.; Palermo, F.; Vitorino, J.; Gaiarin, S.P. (2025). Blue-cloud virtual labs in support of sustainable development goals, in: OCEANS 2025 - Brest 16-19 June 2025. pp. 1-6. https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/oceans58557.2025.11104725, more Pint, S.; Everaert, G.; Vandegehuchte, M.; Theetaert, H.; Gkritzalis, T. (2021). Air-sea carbon flux at the Belgian Continental Shelf. Poster presented at 52nd Liège Colloquium on Ocean Dynamics: Towards an understanding and assessment of human impact on coastal marine environments: Online event May 17th to 21st 2021. Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ): Oostende. 1 poster pp., more
Thesis supervisor (2) [show]
Soroka, T. (2024). Investigating the temporal biomass dynamics of the Southern Bight of the North Sea ecosystem through a food web model. MSc Thesis. Universiteit Antwerpen/Ghent University/Vrije Universiteit Brussel: Antwerpen, Gent, Brussel. 39 pp., more Stevens, M. (2023). How the Blue Economy affects plankton dynamics in the Belgian part of the North Sea: A modeling approach. MSc Thesis. Ghent University/VLIZ: Gent/Oostende. 35 pp., more

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