Standard name: Laboratorium voor Ecotoxicologie en Polaire Ecologie Parent institute: Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Faculty of Sciences; Department of Biology (VUB-DBIO)
The ETOX unit is mainly developing research in the domains of ecotoxicology of polar marine ecosystems (Antarctica, Greenland Sea, Barents Sea), mainly for the higher trophic levels (seabirds, marine mammals). The concentration, transfer, accumulation and detoxification mechanisms of stable pollutants (organochlorine pesticides, total and organic mercury) are investigated. The ecotoxicology of terrestrial ecosystems is also studied (stable pollutants in raptors and owls and their prey, etc.). Research also concerns marine ecology, namely the quantitative distribution of seabirds and marine mammals at sea, mainly in the NE Atlantic and polar ecosystems: European Arctic, Antarctica.
Joiris, C.R. (2018). Hotspots of kittiwakes Rissa tridactyla tridactyla on icebergs off southwest Greenland in autumn. Polar Biol. 41(11): 2375-2378. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00300-018-2356-8, more
Joiris, C.R. (2017). Drastic decrease in high Arctic gulls-ivory Pagophila eburnea and Ross's Rhodostethia rosea-density in the northern Greenland Sea and Fram Strait between 1988 and 2014. Polar Biol. 40(5): 1029-1034. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00300-016-2027-6, more
Jungblut, S.; Nachtsheim, D.A.; Boos, K.; Joiris, C.R. (2017). Biogeography of top predators - seabirds and cetaceans - along four latitudinal transects in the Atlantic Ocean. Deep-Sea Res., Part II, Top. Stud. Oceanogr. 141: 59-73. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2017.04.005, more
Joiris, C.R.; Boos, K.; D'Hert, D.; Nachtsheim, D.A. (2016). Low density of top predators (seabirds and marine mammals) in the high Arctic pack ice. Scientifica 2016: 14 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1982534, more
Joiris, C.R.; Humphries, G.R.W.; De Broyer, A. (2015). Summer distribution of marine mammals encountered along transects between South Africa and Antarctica during 2007-2012 in relation to oceanographic features. Adv. Polar Sc. 26(4): 265-273. http://dx.doi.org/10.13679/j.advps.2015.4.00265, more
Joiris, C.R.; Humphries, G.R.W.; D'Hert, D.; Lafontaine, R.-M.; Robert, H.; Beudels-Jamar, R.C. (2015). Major hotspots detected along the Scotia Ridge in autumn for southern right whales Eubalaena australis, Antarctic fur seals Arctocephalus gazella and Antarctic prions Pachyptila desolata. Adv. Polar Sc. 26(4): 282-291. http://dx.doi.org/10.13679/j.advps.2015.4.00282, more
Joiris, C.R.; D'Hert, D. (2015). Summer social structure of crabeater seal Lobodon carcinophaga in the Amundsen Sea, Antarctica. Polar Biol. 39(2): 397-403. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00300-015-1778-9, more
Joiris, C.R.; Falck, E.; D'Hert, D.; Jungblut, S.; Boos, K. (2014). An important late summer aggregation of fin whales Balaenoptera physalus, little auks Alle alle and Brünnich’s guillemots Uria lomvia in the eastern Greenland Sea and Fram Strait: influence of hydrographic structures. Polar Biol. 37(11): 1645-1657. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00300-014-1551-5, more
Joiris, C.R.; Humphries, G.R.W.; De Broyer, A. (2013). Seabirds encountered along return transects between South Africa and Antarctica in summer in relation to hydrological features. Polar Biol. 36(11): 1633-1647. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00300-013-1382-9, more
Joiris, C.R.; Dochy, O. (2013). A major autumn feeding ground for fin whales, southern fulmars and grey-headed albatrosses around the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Polar Biol. 36(11): 1649-1658. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00300-013-1383-8, more
Joiris, C.R. (2011). A major feeding ground for cetaceans and seabirds in the south-western Greenland Sea. Polar Biol. 34(10): 1597-1607, more
Joiris, C.R.; Falck, E. (2011). Summer at-sea distribution of little auks Alle alle and harp seals Pagophilus (Phoca) groenlandica in the Fram Strait and the Greenland Sea: impact of small-scale hydrological events. Polar Biol. 34(4): 541-548. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00300-010-0910-0, more
Das, K.; Siebert, U.; Fontaine, M.; Jauniaux, T.; Holsbeek, L.; Bouquegneau, J.M. (2004). Ecological and pathological factors related to trace metal concentrations in harbour porpoises Phocoena phocoena from the North Sea and adjacent areas. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 281: 283-295. dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps281283, more
Das, K.; Beans, C.; Holsbeek, L.; Mauger, G.; Berrow, S.D.; Rogan, E.; Bouquegneau, J.M. (2003). Marine mammals from northeast atlantic: relationship between their trophic status as determined by d13C and d15N measurements and their trace metal concentrations. Mar. Environ. Res. 56(3): 349-365. dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0141-1136(02)00308-2, more
Debier, C.; Pomeroy, P.P.; Dupont, C.; Joiris, C.; Comblin, V.; Le Boulengé, E.; Larondelle, Y.; Thomé, J.-P. (2003). Quantitative dynamics of PCB transfer from mother to pup during lactation in UK grey seals Halichoerus grypus. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 247: 237-248. dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps247237, more
Debier, C.; Pomeroy, P.P.; Dupont, C.; Joiris, C.; Comblin, V.; Le Boulengé, E.; Larondelle, Y.; Thomé, J.-P. (2003). Dynamics of PCB transfer from mother to pup during lactation in UK grey seals Halichoerus grypus: differences in PCB profile between compartments of transfer and changes during the lactation period. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 247: 249-256. dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps247249, more
Otchere, F.A.; Joiris, C.R.; Holsbeek, L. (2003). Mercury in the bivalves Anadara (Senilia) senilis, Perna perna and Crassostrea tulipa from Ghana. Sci. Total Environ. 304(1-3): 369-375. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0048-9697(02)00582-X, more
Joiris, C.R.; Holsbeek, L.; Bolba, D.; Gascard, C.; Stanev, T.; Komakhidze, A.; Baumgartner, W.; Birkun, A. (2001). Total and organic mercury in the Black Sea harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena relicta. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 42(10): 905-911. dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0025-326X(01)00049-2, more
Joiris, C.R. (2000). Summer at-sea distribution of seabirds and marine mammals in polar ecosystems: a comparison between the European Arctic seas and the Weddell Sea, Antarctica. J. Mar. Syst. 27(1-3): 267-276. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0924-7963(00)00072-5, more
Joiris, C.R.; Holsbeek, L.; Otchere, F.A. (2000). Mercury in the bivalves Crassostrea tulipa and Perna perna from Ghana. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 40(5): 457-460. dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0025-326X(00)00014-X, more
Joiris, C.R.; Das, H.K.; Holsbeek, L. (2000). Mercury accumulation and speciation in Bangladesh marine fish. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 40(5): 454-457. dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0025-326X(00)00013-8, more
Joiris, C.R. (2017). Hotspots in the distribution of the top predators – seabirds, cetaceans and pinnipeds – in polar marine ecosystems, in: Van de Putte, A. (Ed.) Book of Abstracts: XIIth SCAR Biology Symposium, Leuven, Belgium, 10-14 July 2017. pp. 129, more
Jungblut, S.; Nachtsheim, D.A.; Boos, K.; Joiris, C.R. (2016). Biogeography of top predators along latitudinal transects in the temperate
and tropical Atlantic Ocean
, in: 51st European Marine Biology Symposium, Rhodes, 26-30 September 2016: Poster Presentations. pp. 43, more
Joiris, C.R. (2012). Possible impact of decreasing Arctic pack ice on the higher trophic levels: Seabirds and marine mammals. Adv. Environ. Res. (N.Y., 2008) 23: 207-221, more
Holsbeek, L.; Cammareri, A.; Failla, M.; Vermeulen, E. (2008). Sighting frequency and photo-identification of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) along the coast of Bahía San Antonio, Patagonia, Argentina, in: Philips, E. (Ed.) Marine mammals in time: past, present and future: 22nd Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society, 10-12 March 2008, Egmond aan Zee, The Netherlands: Abstract Book. pp. 279-280, more
Ecotoxicologie van de Witte Zee (Rusland): organochlore residu's (PCB's en pesticiden) en zware metalen (voornamelijk totaal en organisch kwik). Studie van Groenland - zeehonden en vis
Joiris, C.R. (2018). Seabird hotspots on icebergs in the Amundsen Sea, Antarctica. Polar Biol. 41(1): 111-114. 
