Projects
Ecology and Evolution of Fishes of the Southern Ocean – A multidimensional molecular approach KU Leuven
The Antarctic and the surrounding Southern Ocean contain delicate and unique ecosystems, characterised by a cold climate, a seasonal photoperiod, remote location and a endemic fauna. Compared to other oceans, the Southern Ocean exhibits low species richness, but despite this, the Southern Ocean is still characterized as an evolutionary hotspot. The adaptive radiation of the notothenioids, the predominant clade of fishes in the Southern Ocean ...
Comparative connectivity of demersal fish from the Southern Ocean. KU Leuven
The marine ecosystem of the Southern Ocean is to a large extent influenced by the dynamics of the physical environment and the life cycle of polar fishes is intimately linked to it. The Antarctic Circumpolar Current and prolonged pelagic larval duration are connecting populations in the Southern Ocean. Both environmental change and anthropogenic impact on the other hand, vary considerably among areas around Antarctica. Therefore, evaluating ...
Cross-disciplinary connectivity assessment of Antarctic amphipods to enhance conservation management in the Southern Ocean KU Leuven
Polar ecosystems harbour a unique cold-adapted biodiversity that is threatened by environmental change and increasing anthropogenic impact. Environmental and biological information being scant, multiscale data on connectivity and adaptation are essential for the conservation management of biodiversity. Three key features of connectivity are important in this context: 1) geographic connectivity, 2) environmental connectivity, and 3) genetic ...
Ecosystem Responses to global change: a multiscale approach in the Southern Ocean. Ghent University
vERSO
Ecosystem Responses to global change: a multiscale approach in the Southern Ocean.
Fed. Wet. Beleid
BR/132/A1/vERSO
The meiofauna paradox unravelled: relative importance of environmental and dispersal related processes in structuring nematode communities in the Southern Ocean Ghent University
Biogeographic distributions and community dynamics of species around the globe are characterised by a lack of generally accepted patterns. Both local environmental factors and dispersal ability seem to play key roles in structuring communities and defining spatial ranges of organisms, referred to as 'metacommunity concept'. This research proposal will apply the concept to free-living marine nematodes of the Southern Ocean.
Refugia and Ecosystem Tolerance in the Southern Ocean Meise Botanic Garden
Refugia and ecosystem tolerance in the Southern Ocean - RECTO Ghent University
FWO-postdoc Sébastien Bertrand: Late Quaternary paleoclimate and paleoenvironmental variability in southern South America: new lake sedimentary records and ocean-continent linkages Ghent University
This project will (1) reconstruct variations in paleoclimate (Late Glacial, Holocene), based on multi-proxy sedimentological and geochemical studies of sedimentary records from two lakes in Chilean Patagonia, and (2) compare these new data and integrate them with data generated by a number of ongoing studies on marine and fjord sediments.
Divergence and convergence in the history of the Shona languages: contact, migration, and change in a subgroup of Southern African Bantu Ghent University
The Shona languages of Southern Africa form a large, closely-related and relatively well-studied group of Bantu languages. Despite a wealth of synchronic data on these language varieties, the history of Shona languages and their speakers is not well-understood. I will test a new proposal that would revolutionize the understanding of Shona’s linguistic history by recognizing what has been referred to as a ‘spread-over-spread’ event, bringing ...