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Researcher
Luc De Meester
- Disciplines:Animal biology, Ecology, Aquatic sciences, challenges and pollution, Environmental science and management, Fisheries sciences, Evolutionary biology, Genetics, Microbiology, Plant biology, Soil sciences, challenges and pollution
Affiliations
- Ecology, Evolution and Biodiversity Conservation (Division)
Member
From1 Oct 1999 → Today
Projects
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- Trajectories of newly emerging evolving metacommunities – an interdisciplinary research project in empirical ecology and biostatisticsFrom1 Jan 2024 → TodayFunding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- Coping with geographic mosaics of stressors: unravelling the interplay of genetic and non-genetic trait variation in natural landscapesFrom1 Oct 2023 → TodayFunding: Fund Recuperation Fiscal Exemption, BOF - projects
- Host evolution and microbiome rescue to counter the heat wave-induced increases in toxicant sensitivity in the water flea Daphnia magnaFrom1 Jan 2023 → TodayFunding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- Parallel evolution and eco-evolutionary dynamics in city ponds – from evolution to nature-based solutions in coupled human-natural systemsFrom1 Oct 2022 → TodayFunding: FWO senior postdoctoral fellowship
- Microbial diversity within an Eco-Health context: effects of anthropogenic stress and host phylogeny on the microbiome and microparasites of a keystone freshwater invertebrate.From1 Oct 2022 → TodayFunding: BOF - projects
- Eco-Evolutionary dynamics in the community assembly of Daphnia gut microbiomeFrom7 Mar 2022 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- RETHINKING METACOMMUNITIESexploring the importance of species co-occurrences, spatial scales and early dynamics using zooplankton metacommunities as model systemFrom23 Aug 2021 → TodayFunding: BOF - doctoral mandates
- The impact of human activity on ponds and their macroinvertebrates and macrophytes communities in the context of pond ecosystem states and associated ecosystem services.From15 Jun 2021 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- POND Ecosystems for Resilient FUture Landscapes in a changing climateFrom1 Dec 2020 → TodayFunding: H2020-EU.3.5.- SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Climate action, resource efficiency and raw materials
- The role of the microbiome in eco-evo feedbacks in natural settingsFrom15 Sep 2020 → TodayFunding: BOF - doctoral mandates
Publications
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- Weak effect of urbanization on bdelloid rotifers living in lichens.(2024)
Authors: Caroline Souffreau, Luc De Meester
Pages: 231978 - Regional and fine-scale local adaptation in salinity tolerance in Daphnia inhabiting contrasting clusters of inland saline waters(2024)
Authors: Kristien Brans, Luc De Meester
- Differences in food web structure and composition between new and nearby older lakes in West Greenland suggest succession trajectories driven by glacier retreat(2023)
Authors: Luc De Meester
Pages: 4745 - 4761 - Beyond Daphnia: a plea for a more inclusive and unifying approach to freshwater zooplankton ecology(2023)
Authors: Luc De Meester, Steven Declerck
Pages: 4693 - 4703 - Pesticide exposure enhances dominance patterns in a zooplankton community(2023)
Authors: Rafaela Almeida, Maxime Fajgenblat, Pieter Lemmens, Luc De Meester
- Challenges and opportunities in the use of ponds and pondscapes as Nature-based Solutions(2023)
Authors: Luc De Meester, Pieter Lemmens
Pages: 3257 - 3271 - The effect of temperature and predation on performance in monoculture and in competition in three Daphniidae differing in body size(2023)
Authors: Héléne Vanvelk, Kristien Brans, Luc De Meester
Pages: S174 - S186 - Fish Beta Diversity Patterns across Environmental Gradients in 63 European Shallow Lakes: Effects of Turbidity, Nutrient Enrichment, and Exotic Species(2023)
Authors: Luc De Meester
- The role of prey and predator identity in eliciting inducible defenses of Daphnia(2023)
Authors: Luc De Meester
- Impact of the Russia-Ukraine armed conflict on water resources and water infrastructure(2023)
Authors: Luc De Meester
Pages: 578 - 586