Dr. Carl Van Colen has a broad interest in the functioning of the seafloor and its inhabitants, their interactions within the community and with the environment. He uses experimental approaches ranging from large-scale field experiments to microcosm experiments to unravel the underpinning mechanisms of community (in) stability and its consequences for ecosystem processes, functioning and service delivery, e.g. biogeochemical cycling. In addition, he studies the influence of current and predicted future environmental changes (ocean warming, acidification, hypoxia, microplastic exposure, salinity and sedimentological change) on the performance of key soft-sediment benthic species during different life stages and at different levels of biological organization. He is a lecturer at BSc and MSc level in Marine Ecology, Ecosystem services and management, Biogeochemical cycling, and Community and ecosystem ecology at UGent. In addition, He is involved in practical classes on Biodiversity and Ecosystem functioning, Aquatic ecology, Aquatic foodwebs and Spatial ecology. I supervises several BSc and MSc theses per academic year and several PhD projects in the field of marine ecology sponsored by national and European funding agencies.
Dairain, A.; Voet, H.; Vafeiadou, A.-M.; De Meester, N.; Rigaux, A.; Van Colen, C.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Moens, T. (2024). Structurally stable but functionally disrupted marine microbial communities under a future climate change scenario: Potential importance for nitrous oxide emissions. Sci. Total Environ. 907: 167928. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167928
Ho, L.; Barthel, M.; Pham, K.; Bodé, S.; Van Colen, C.; Moens, T.; Six, J.; Boeckx, P.; Goethals, P. (2024). Regulating greenhouse gas dynamics in tidal wetlands: Impacts of salinity gradients and water pollution. J. Environ. Manage. 364: 121427. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.121427
Pantó, G.; Aguilera Dal Grande, P.; Vanreusel, A.; Van Colen, C. (2024). Fauna – Microplastics interactions: Empirical insights from benthos community exposure to marine plastic waste. Mar. Environ. Res. 200: 106664. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2024.106664
Vigliano Relva, J.; Van Colen, C.; Barhdadi, W.; Daly, A.J.; De Troch, M. (2024). Temperature increase alters relative fatty acid composition and has negative effects on reproductive output of the benthic copepod Tachidius discipes (copepoda: Harpacticoida). Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 171(1): 22. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-023-04343-9
Vlaminck, E.; Moens, T.; Braeckman, U.; Van Colen, C. (2023). Ocean acidification and warming modify stimulatory benthos effects on sediment functioning: an experimental study on two ecosystem engineers. Front. Mar. Sci. 10: 1101972. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1101972
Vlaminck, E.; Cepeda, E.; Moens, T.; Van Colen, C. (2023). Ocean acidification modifies behaviour of shelf seabed macrofauna: A laboratory study on two ecosystem engineers, Abra alba and Lanice conchilega. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 558: 151831. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2022.151831
Voet, H.; Soetaert, K.; Moens, T.; Bodé, S.; Boeckx, P.; Van Colen, C.; Vanaverbeke, J. (2023). N2O production by mussels: Quantifying rates and pathways in current and future climate settings. Front. Mar. Sci. 10: 1101469. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1101469
Voet, H.E.E.; Vlaminck, E.; Van Colen, C.; Bodé, S.; Boeckx, P.; Degraer, S.; Moens, T.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Braeckman, U. (2023). Organic matter processing in a [simulated] offshore wind farm ecosystem in current and future climate and aquaculture scenarios. Sci. Total Environ. 857(Part 1): 159285. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159285
Kotta, J.; Lenz, M.; Barboza, F.R.; Jänes, H.; Grande, P.A.D.; Beck, A.; Van Colen, C.; Hamm, T.; Javidpour, J.; Kaasik, A.; Pantó, G.; Szava-Kovats, R.; Orav-Kotta, H.; Lees, L.; Loite, S.; Canning-Clode, J.; Gueroun, S.K.M.; Kõivupuu, A. (2022). Blueprint for the ideal microplastic effect study: critical issues of current experimental approaches and envisioning a path forward. Sci. Total Environ. 838(Part 4): 156610. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156610
Vlaminck, E.; Moens, T.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Van Colen, C. (2022). Physiological response to seawater pH of the bivalve Abra alba, a benthic ecosystem engineer, is modulated by low pH. Mar. Environ. Res. 179: 105704. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2022.105704
Voet, H.E.E.; Van Colen, C.; Vanaverbeke, J. (2022). Climate change effects on the ecophysiology and ecological functioning of an offshore wind farm artificial hard substrate community. Sci. Total Environ. 810: 152194. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152194
Fang, X.; Moens, T.; Knights, A.; Soetaert, K.; Van Colen, C. (2021). Allometric scaling of faunal-mediated ecosystem functioning: A case study on two bioturbators in contrasting sediments. Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 254: 107323. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2021.107323
Fang, X.; Cozzoli, F.; Smolders, S.; Knights, A.; Moens, T.; Soetaert, K.; Van Colen, C. (2021). Hindcasting ecosystem functioning change in an anthropogenized estuary: Implications for an era of global change. Front. Mar. Sci. 8: 747883. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.747833
Van Colen, C.; Moereels, L.; Vanhove, B.; Vrielinck, H.; Moens, T. (2021). The biological plastic pump: Evidence from a local case study using blue mussel and infaunal benthic communities. Environ. Pollut. 274: 115825. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115825
Mestdagh, S.; Ysebaert, T.; Moens, T.; Van Colen, C. (2020). Dredging-induced turbid plumes affect bio-irrigation and biogeochemistry in sediments inhabited by Lanice conchilega (Pallas, 1766). ICES J. Mar. Sci./J. Cons. int. Explor. Mer 77(3): 1219-1226. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsy122
Mestdagh, S.; Fang, X.; Soetaert, K.; Ysebaert, T.; Moens, T.; Van Colen, C. (2020). Seasonal variability in ecosystem functioning across estuarine gradients: The role of sediment communities and ecosystem processes. Mar. Environ. Res. 162: 105096. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2020.105096
Piarulli, S.; Vanhove, B.; Comandini, P.; Scapinello, S.; Moens, T.; Vrielinck, H.; Sciutto, G.; Prati, S.; Mazzeo, R.; Booth, A.M.; Van Colen, C.; Airoldi, L. (2020). Do different habits affect microplastics contents in organisms? A trait-based analysis on salt marsh species. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 153: 110983. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.110983
Van Colen, C.; Vanhove, B.; Diem, A.; Moens, T. (2020). Does microplastic ingestion by zooplankton affect predator-prey interactions? An experimental study on larviphagy. Environ. Pollut. 256: 113479. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2019.113479
Van Colen, C.; Ong, E.Z.; Briffa, M.; Wethey, D.S.; Abatih, E.; Moens, T.; Woodin, S.A. (2020). Clam feeding plasticity reduces herbivore vulnerability to ocean warming and acidification. Nat. Clim. Chang. 10(2): 162-166. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41558-019-0679-2
Alves, R.M.S.; Van Colen, C.; Rabaut, M.; De Wulf, A.; Vincx, M.; Stal, C. (2019). Cost-effective coastal habitat mapping: detecting intertidal polychaete aggregations with low-altitude photogrammetry. Photogramm. Eng. Remote Sens. 85(12): 899-905. https://dx.doi.org/10.14358/PERS.85.12.899
Fang, X.; Mestdagh, S.; Ysebaert, T.; Moens, T.; Soetaert, K.; Van Colen, C. (2019). Spatio-temporal variation in sediment ecosystem processes and roles of key biota in the Scheldt estuary. Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 222: 21-31. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2019.04.001
Breine, T.; De Backer, A.; Van Colen, C.; Moens, T.; Hostens, K.; Van Hoey, G. (2018). Structural and functional diversity of soft-bottom macrobenthic communities in the Southern North Sea. Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 214: 173-184. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2018.09.012
De Meester, N.; Van Daele, T.; Van Malderen, J.; Monteiro, L.; Van Colen, C.; Derycke, S.; Moens, T. (2018). Active and species-specific dispersal behaviour in a marine nematode cryptic species complex. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 600: 71-83. https://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps12658
Mestdagh, S.; Bagaço, L.; Braeckman, U.; Ysebaert, T.; De Smet, B.; Moens, T.; van Colen, C.; De Smet, B. (2018). Functional trait responses to sediment deposition reduce macrofauna-mediated ecosystem functioning in an estuarine mudflat. Biogeosciences 15(9): 2587-2599. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-2587-2018
Mevenkamp, L.; Ong, E.Z.; Van Colen, C.; Vanreusel, A.; Guilini, K. (2018). Combined, short-term exposure to reduced seawater pH and elevated temperature induces community shifts in an intertidal meiobenthic assemblage. Mar. Environ. Res. 133: 32-44. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2017.11.002
Vafeiadou, A.-M.; Bretaña, B.L.P.; Van Colen, C.; dos Santos, G.A.P.; Moens, T. (2018). Global warming-induced temperature effects to intertidal tropical and temperate meiobenthic communities. Mar. Environ. Res. 142: 163-177. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2018.10.005
Van Colen, C.; Jansson, A.; Saunier, A.; Lacoue-Labathe, T.; Vincx, M. (2018). Biogeographic vulnerability to ocean acidification and warming in a marine bivalve. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 126: 308-311. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.10.092
Alves, R.M.S.; Van Colen, C.; Vincx, M.; Vanaverbeke, J.; De Smet, B.; Guarini, J.-M.; Rabaut, M.; Bouma, T.J. (2017). A case study on the growth of Lanice conchilega (Pallas, 1766) aggregations and their ecosystem engineering impact on sedimentary processes. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 489: 15-23. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2017.01.005
Alves, R.M.S.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Bouma, T.J.; Guarini, J.-M.; Vincx, M.; Van Colen, C. (2017). Effects of temporal fluctuation in population processes of intertidal Lanice conchilega (Pallas, 1766) aggregations on its ecosystem engineering. Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 188: 88-98. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2017.02.012
Lo, V.B.; Bouma, T.J.; van Belzen, J.; Van Colen, C.; Airoldi, L. (2017). Interactive effects of vegetation and sediment properties on erosion of salt marshes in the Northern Adriatic Sea. Mar. Environ. Res. 131: 32-42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2017.09.006
Ong, E.Z.; Briffa, M.; Moens, T.; Van Colen, C. (2017). Physiological responses to ocean acidification and warming synergistically reduce condition of the common cockle Cerastoderma edule. Mar. Environ. Res. 130: 38-47. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2017.07.001
Birchenough, S.N.R.; Reiss, H.; Degraer, S.; Mieszkowska, N.; Borja, A.; Buhl-Mortensen, L.; Braeckman, U.; Craeymeersch, J.; De Mesel, I.; Kerckhof, F.; Kröncke, I.; Parra, S.; Rabaut, M.; Schröder, A.; Van Colen, C.; Van Hoey, G.; Vincx, M.; Wätjen, K. (2015). Climate change and marine benthos: a review of existing research and future directions in the North Atlantic. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change 6(2): 203-223. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/wcc.330
Decleyre, H.; Heylen, K.; Van Colen, C.; Willems, A. (2015). Dissimilatory nitrogen reduction in intertidal sediments of a temperate estuary: small scale heterogeneity and novel nitrate-to-ammonium reducers. Front. Microbiol. 6(1124): 13 pp. http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2015.01124
Decleyre, H.; Heylen, K.; Sabbe, K.; Tytgat, B.; Deforce, D.; Van Nieuwerburgh, F.; Van Colen, C.; Willems, A. (2015). A doubling of microphytobenthos biomass coincides with a tenfold increase in denitrifier and total bacterial abundances in intertidal sediments of a temperate estuary. PLoS One 10(5): e0126583. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0126583
Harris, R.J.; Pilditch, C.A.; Hewitt, J.E.; Lohrer, A.M.; Van Colen, C.; Townsend, M.; Thrush, S.F. (2015). Biotic interactions influence sediment erodibility on wave-exposed sandflats. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 523: 15-30. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps11164
Pratt, D.R.; Lohrer, A.M.; Thrush, S.F.; Hewitt, J.E.; Townsend, M.; Cartner, K.; Pilditch, C.A.; Harris, R.J.; van Colen, C. (2015). Detecting subtle shifts in ecosystem functioning in a dynamic estuarine environment. PLoS One 10(7): e0133914. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0133914
Van Colen, C.; Thrush, S.F.; Parkes, S.; Harris, R.; Woodin, S.A.; Wethey, D.S.; Pilditch, C.A.; Hewitt, J.E.; Lohrer, A.M.; Vincx, M. (2015). Bottom-up and top-down mechanisms indirectly mediate interactions between benthic biotic ecosystem components. J. Sea Res. 98: 42-48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2014.10.016
Wong, J.X.W.; Van Colen, C.; Airoldi, L. (2015). Nutrient levels modify saltmarsh responses to increased inundation in different soil types. Mar. Environ. Res. 104: 37–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2014.12.003
Braeckman, U.; Van Colen, C.; Guilini, K.; Van Gansbeke, D.; Soetaert, K.; Vincx, M.; Vanaverbeke, J. (2014). Empirical evidence reveals seasonally dependent reduction in nitrification in coastal sediments subjected to near future ocean acidification. PLoS One 9(10): e108153. https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0108153
Dupuy, C.; Van Colen, C.; Agogué, H.; Guizien, K. (2014). Trophic significance of microbial biofilm in tidal flats: the VASIREMI project and international Symposium on Tidal Flats. J. Sea Res. 92: 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2014.07.002
Thrush, S.F.; Hewitt, J.E.; Parkes, S.; Lohrer, A.M.; Pilditch, C.A.; Woodin, S.A.; Wethey, D.S.; Chiantore, M.; Asnaghi, V.; De Juan, S.; Kraan, C.; Rodil, I.; Savage, C.; Van Colen, C. (2014). Experimenting with ecosystem interaction networks in search of threshold potentials in real-world marine ecosystems. Ecology 95(6): 1451-1457. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/13-1879.1
Van Colen, C.; Underwood, G.J.C.; Serôdio, J.; Paterson, D.M. (2014). Ecology of intertidal microbial biofilms: mechanisms, patterns and future research needs. J. Sea Res. 92: 2-5. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2014.07.003
Van Colen, C.; Verbelen, D.; Devos, K.; Agten, L.; Van Tomme, J.; Vincx, M.; Degraer, S. (2014). Sediment-benthos relationships as a tool to assist in conservation practices in a coastal lagoon subjected to sediment change. Biodivers. Conserv. 23(4): 877-889. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10531-014-0638-1
Queiros, A.M.; Birchenough, S.N.R.; Bremner, J.; Godbold, J.A.; Parker, R.E.; Romero-Ramirez, A.; Reiss, H.; Solan, M.; Somerfield, P.J.; Van Colen, C.; Van Hoey, G.; Widdicombe, S. (2013). A bioturbation classification of European marine infaunal invertebrates. Ecol. Evol. 3(11): 3958-3985. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.769
Reubens, J.T.; Braeckman, U.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Van Colen, C.; Degraer, S.; Vincx, M. (2013). Aggregation at windmill artificial reefs: CPUE of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) and pouting (Trisopterus luscus) at different habitats in the Belgian part of the North Sea. Fish. Res. 139: 28-34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2012.10.011
Van Colen, C.; Thrush, S.F.; Vincx, M.; Ysebaert, T. (2013). Conditional responses of benthic communities to interference from an intertidal bivalve. PLoS One 8(6): e65861. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0065861
Van Colen, C.; Debusschere, E.; Braeckman, U.; Van Gansbeke, D.; Vincx, M. (2012). The early life history of the clam Macoma balthica in a high CO2 world. PLoS One 7(9): e44655. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0044655
Van Colen, C.; Rossi, F.; Montserrat, F.; Andersson, M.G.I.; Gribsholt, B.; Herman, P.M.J.; Degraer, S.; Vincx, M.; Ysebaert, T.; Middelburg, J.J,. (2012). Organism-sediment interactions govern post-hypoxia recovery of ecosystem functioning. PLoS One 7(11): e49795. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0049795
Van Tomme, J.; Van Colen, C.; Degraer, S.; Vincx, M. (2012). Encounter competition partly explains the segregation of the sandy beach amphipods Bathyporeia pilosa and Bathyporeia sarsi. A mesocosm experiment. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 438: 118-124. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2012.09.012
Braeckman, U.; Van Colen, C.; Soetaert, K.; Vincx, M.; Vanaverbeke, J. (2011). Contrasting macrobenthic activities differentially affect nematode density and diversity in a shallow subtidal marine sediment. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 422: 179-191. dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps08910
De Backer, A.; Van Coillie, F.; Montserrat, F.; Provoost, P.; Van Colen, C.; Vincx, M.; Degraer, S. (2011). Bioturbation effects of Corophium volutator: Importance of density and behavioural activity. Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 91(2): 306-313. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2010.10.031
Rappé, K.; Fockedey, N.; Van Colen, C.; Cattrijsse, A.; Mees, J.; Vincx, M. (2011). Spatial distribution and general population characteristics of mysid shrimps in the Westerschelde estuary (SW Netherlands). Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 91(2): 187-197. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2010.10.017
De Backer, A.; Van Colen, C.; Vincx, M.; Degraer, S. (2010). The role of biophysical interactions within the Ijzermonding tidal flat sediment dynamics. Cont. Shelf Res. 30(9): 1166-1179. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2010.03.006
Van Colen, C.; Montserrat, F.; Vincx, M.; Herman, P.M.J.; Ysebaert, T.J.; Degraer, S. (2010). Long-term divergent tidal flat benthic community recovery following hypoxia-induced mortality. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 60(2): 178-186. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.09.028
Van Colen, C.; Montserrat, F.; Vincx, M.; Herman, P.M.J.; Ysebaert, T.J.; Degraer, S. (2010). Macrobenthos recruitment success in a tidal flat: feeding trait dependent effects of disturbance history. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 385(1-2): 79-84. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2010.01.009
Van Colen, C.; De Backer, A.; Meulepas, G.; van der Wal, D.; Vincx, M.; Degraer, S.; Ysebaert, T.J. (2010). Diversity, trait displacements and shifts in assemblage structure of tidal flat deposit feeders along a gradient of hydrodynamic stress. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 406: 79-89. dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps08529
Bert, W.; Manhout, J.; Van Colen, C.; Borgonie, G.; Decraemer, W. (2009). Nematode assemblages in a nature reserve with historical pollution. Belg. J. Zool. 139(1): 3-14
Montserrat, F.; Van Colen, C.; Provoost, P.; Milla, B.; Ponti, M.; Van den Meersche, K.; Ysebaert, T.J.; Herman, P.M.J. (2009). Sediment segregation by biodiffusing bivalves. Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 83(4): 379-391. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2009.04.010
Van Colen, C.; Montserrat, F.; Verbist, K.; Vincx, M.; Steyaert, M.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Herman, P.M.J.; Degraer, S.; Ysebaert, T.J. (2009). Tidal flat nematode responses to hypoxia and subsequent macrofauna-mediated alterations of sediment properties. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 381: 189-197. https://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps07914
Van Colen, C.; Lenoir, J.; De Backer, A.; Vanelslander, B.; Vincx, M.; Degraer, S.; Ysebaert, T.J. (2009). Settlement of Macoma balthica larvae in response to benthic diatom films. Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 156(10): 2161-2171. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-009-1246-6
Van Colen, C.; Snoeck, F.; Struyf, K.; Vincx, M.; Degraer, S. (2009). Macrobenthic community structure and distribution in the Zwin nature reserve (Belgium and the Netherlands). J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 89(3): 431-438. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315409003257
Van Colen, C.; Montserrat, F.; Vincx, M.; Herman, P.M.J.; Ysebaert, T.J.; Degraer, S. (2008). Macrobenthic recovery from hypoxia in an estuarine tidal mudflat. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 372: 31-42. https://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps07640
Van Colen, C.; Vincx, M.; Degraer, S. (2006). Does medium-term emersion cause a mass extinction of tidal flat macrobenthos? The case of the Tricolor oil pollution prevention in the Zwin nature reserve (Belgium and The Netherlands). Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 68(1-2): 343-347. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2006.02.013
Birchenough, S.N.R.; Degraer, S.; Reiss, H.; Borja, A.; Braeckman, U.; Craeymeersch, J.; De Mesel, I.; Kerckhof, F.; Kröncke, I.; Mieszkowska, N.; Parra, S.; Rabaut, M.; Schröder, A.; Van Colen, C.; Van Hoey, G.; Vincx, M.; Wätjen, K. (2011). Responses of marine benthos to climate change, in: Reid, P.C. et al. (Ed.) ICES status report on climate change in the North Atlantic. ICES Cooperative Research Report, 310: pp. 123-146
Van Colen, C. (2018). The upper living levels: Invertebrate macrofauna, in: Beninger, P.G. (Ed.) Mudflat ecology. Aquatic Ecology Series, 7: pp. 149-168. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99194-8_6
Van Colen, C. (2015). Macrobenthos & nekton, in: Cosyns, E. et al.Monitoring van het natuurherstel in het Zwin 2011-2015. Eindrapport. pp. 85-97
Braeckman, U.; Van Colen, C.; Soetaert, K.; Vincx, M.; Vanaverbeke, J. (2011). Contrasting macrobenthic activities differentially affect nematode density and diversity in a shallow subtidal marine sediment, in: Braeckman, U. Macrobenthos structuring the sea floor: importance of its functional biodiversity for the benthic ecosystem = De structurerende rol van macrobenthos in de zeebodem: belang van de functionele biodiversiteit voor het benthische ecosysteem. pp. 53-75
Moens, T.; Moodley, L.; Steyaert, M.; Van Colen, C.; Van Oevelen, D.; Boschker, H.T.S.; Herman, P.M.J.; Middelburg, J.J.; Soetaert, K.; Ysebaert, T.; Vincx, M. (2011). The structure and functional roles of tidal flat meiobenthos, in: Heip, C. et al. (Ed.) Aspects of coastal research in contribution to LOICZ in the Netherlands and Flanders (2002-2010). LOICZ Research & Studies, 38: pp. 171-184
De Backer, A.; Van Colen, C.; Vincx, M.; Degraer, S. (2010). The role of biophysical interactions within the Ijzermonding tidal flat sediment dynamics, in: De Backer, A. The mud shrimp Corophium volutator: a key species in tidal flat sedimentary processes? = De slijkgarnaal Corophium volutator: een sleutelsoort in sedimentprocessen van slikken?. pp. 85-112
De Backer, A.; Van Coillie,, F.; Montserrat, F.; Provoost, P.; Van Colen, C.; Vincx, M.; Degraer, S. (2010). Bioturbation of Corophium volutator: importance of density and biological activity, in: De Backer, A. The mud shrimp Corophium volutator: a key species in tidal flat sedimentary processes? = De slijkgarnaal Corophium volutator: een sleutelsoort in sedimentprocessen van slikken?. pp. 29-48
Montserrat, F.; Van Colen, C.; Provoost, P.; Milla, B.; Ponti, M.; Van den Meersche, K.; Ysebaert, T.J.; Herman, P.M.J. (2009). Sediment segregation by biodiffusing bivalves, in: Van Colen, C. Tidal flat macrobenthos ecology, recolonisation and succession = Ecologie, herkolonisatie en successie van het macrobenthos in slikken. pp. 145-174
Montserrat, F.; Van Colen, C.; Degraer, S.; Ysebaert, T.J.; Herman, P.M.J. (2009). Benthic community-mediated sediment dynamics, in: Van Colen, C. Tidal flat macrobenthos ecology, recolonisation and succession = Ecologie, herkolonisatie en successie van het macrobenthos in slikken. pp. 59-92
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Cours, M.; Moens, T.; Van Colen, C. (2024). Investigating the impact of anthropogenic underwater noise on benthic communities, in: Mees, J. et al.Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day, 6 March 2024, Oostende. VLIZ Special Publication, 91: pp. 60
Cepeda Gamella, E.; Boeckx, P.; Bodé, S.; Braeckman, U.; Van Colen, C.; Degraer, S.; Moens, T.; Vanaverbeke, J. (2022). How do faecal pellets from fouling fauna contribute to the marine organic matter pool in offshore wind farms?, in: Mees, J. et al.Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day, Online event 2 March 2022. VLIZ Special Publication, 88: pp. 43
Broos, S.; Van Colen, C.; Vanreusel, A. (2021). Seasonal dynamics of coastal North Sea macrobenthic communities from half a century ago, in: Mees, J. et al.Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day, Online event 3 March 2021. VLIZ Special Publication, 85: pp. 32
Vlaminck, E.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Moens, T.; Van Colen, C. (2021). Burrowing macrofauna modifies climate change effects on sediment metabolism, in: Mees, J. et al.Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day. Oostende, Belgium, 3 March 2021. VLIZ Special Publication, 87: pp. 126
Voet, H.; Van Colen, C.; Vanaverbeke, J. (2021). Disentangling the effects of climate change on the offshore wind farm hard substrate fouling community, in: Mees, J. et al.Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day, Online event 3 March 2021. VLIZ Special Publication, 85: pp. 22
Zupan, M.; Van Colen, C.; Degraer, S.; Vanaverbeke, J. (2021). Sensitivity of selected gravel bed species to burial, in: Mees, J. et al.Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day. Oostende, Belgium, 3 March 2021. VLIZ Special Publication, 85: pp. 128
Vlaminck Ellen, E.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Moens, T.; Van Colen, C. (2020). Climate change modifies faunal effects on seafloor nutrient cycling and metabolism, in: Mees, J. et al.Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day. Oostende, Belgium, 18 March 2020. VLIZ Special Publication, 84: pp. 41
Van Colen, C.; Ong, E.Z.; Briffa, M.; Wethey, D.S.; Abatith, E.; Moens, T.; Woodin, S. (2019). Clam feeding plasticity alleviate herbivore sensitivity to ocean warming and acidification, in: 54th European Marine Biology Symposium Dublin, Ireland, 25-29 August 2019: Book of Abstracts. pp. 33
Van Colen, C.; Ong, E.Z.; Woodin, S.A.; Wethey, D.S.; Briffa, M.; Moens, T. (2019). Behavioral plasticity in a benthic bivalve enhances tolerance of microalgal grazers to ocean warming and acidification, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day. Bredene, Belgium, 13 March 2019. VLIZ Special Publication, 83: pp. 42
Vlaminck, E.; Voet, H.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Degraer, S.; Moens, T.; Cattrijsse, A.; Soetaert, K.; Van Colen, C. (2019). Experimental approach towards the understanding of food web interactions in an offshore wind farm environment under different climate and aquaculture scenarios, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day. Bredene, Belgium, 13 March 2019. VLIZ Special Publication, 83: pp. 154
Voet, H.; Van Colen, C.; Vanaverbeke, J. (2019). Ecophysiology and survival of the Blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) as offshore wind farm fouling and aquaculture key species, is adversely affected by a changing marine climate, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day. Bredene, Belgium, 13 March 2019. VLIZ Special Publication, 83: pp. 30-31
Mestdagh, S.; Fang, X.; Ysebaert, T; Van Colen, C. (2018). Spatio-temporal variation in contribution of biodiversity and environment to benthic ecosystem functioning in the Scheldt estuary, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day. Bredene, Belgium, 21 March 2018. VLIZ Special Publication, 81: pp. 21
Van Colen, C.; Vanhove, B.; Ryckebusch, Y.; Vrielinck, H.; Moens, T. (2018). Microplastics in the Belgian Part of the North Sea: Spatial variability and ingestion by benthic biota, in: Baztan, J. et al. (Ed.) MICRO 2018. Fate and impact of microplastics: knowledge, actions and solutions: International Conference 19-23 November 2018, Lanzarote. pp. 325
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Vanhove, B.; Moens, T.; Vrielinck, H.; Van Colen, C. (2018). Ingestion, accumulation and trophic transfer of microplastics in the benthos of the Belgian part of the North Sea and Westerschelde estuary, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day. Bredene, Belgium, 21 March 2018. VLIZ Special Publication, 81: pp. 120
Vlaminck, E.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Soetaert, K.; Moens, T.; Van Colen, C. (2018). Macrobenthos-mediated nutrient cycling in offshore windmill farm environments under future ocean climate settings, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – 53rd European Marine Biology Symposium. Oostende, Belgium, 17-21 September 2018. VLIZ Special Publication, 82: pp. 65
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Ong, E.Z.; Briffa, M.; Moens, T.; Woodin, S.A.; Wethey, D.; Van Colen, C. (2017). Living in warmed and acidified sediment: behavioural responses of the deposit feeding bivalve Scrobicularia plana, in: Ramšak, A. et al. (Ed.) 52nd European Marine Biology Symposium, 25-29 September 2017, Piran, Slovenia: Abstract Book. pp. 80
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Alsebai, M.; Brownlie, K.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Vanreusel, A.; Van Colen, C. (2016). A 11-year study to understand long-term changes in macrofaunal communities in the Belgian Part of the North Sea, in: Degraer, S. et al. (Ed.) North Sea Open Science Conference 7-10/11/2016. Abstract Booklet. pp. 43
Booth, A.; Van Colen, C.; Sakaguchi-Söder, K.; Sobral, P.; Airoldi, L.; Sempéré, R.; van Franeker, J.A.; Magnusson, K.; Doyle, T.; Salaverria, I.; Herzke, D.; Orbea, A.; Gabrielsen, G.W.; Nies, H.; Galloway, T.; van Oyen, A. (2016). PLASTOX: Direct and indirect ecotoxicological impacts of microplastics on marine organisms, in: Degraer, S. et al. (Ed.) North Sea Open Science Conference 7-10/11/2016. Abstract Booklet. pp. 56
Breine, N.T.; De Backer, A.; Van Colen, C.; Moens, T.; Van Hoey, G.; Hostens, K. (2016). Update on the soft-bottom benthic habitats in the Belgian Part of the North Sea, with new functional information, in: Degraer, S. et al. (Ed.) North Sea Open Science Conference 7-10/11/2016. Abstract Booklet. pp. 46
Colson, L.; Van Hoey, G.; Pecceu, E.; Van Colen, C.; Vanaverbeke, J. (2016). The foreshore: an ecological valuable ecosystem in danger, in: Degraer, S. et al. (Ed.) North Sea Open Science Conference 7-10/11/2016. Abstract Booklet. pp. 65
Edmunds, J.; Hinz, S.; Wilson, J.; Guarini, J.; Van Colen, C.; Guarini, J.-M. (2016). A novel interdisciplinary approach to building system based environmental impact assessments for marine and aquatic environments, in: Brownlie, K. et al. (Ed.) Second Mares Conference: Marine Ecosystems Health and Conservation, February 1st - 5th 2016, Olhão, Portugal: Abstract book. pp. 149
Lo, V.; Bouma, T.; Van Colen, C.; Airoldi, L. (2016). Interactive effects of vegetation and grain size on erosion rates in salt marshes of the Northern Adriatic Sea, in: Meire, P. (Ed.) Book of abstracts: ECSA Local Meeting 2016. Estuarine Restoration: from theory to practice and back, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium, 5-9 July 2016. VLIZ Special Publication, 77: pp. 37
Lo, V.; Bouma, T.J.; Van Colen, C.; Airoldi, L. (2016). Quantifying resistance to erosion in salt marshes of the Northern Adriatic Sea, in: Brownlie, K. et al. (Ed.) Second Mares Conference: Marine Ecosystems Health and Conservation, February 1st - 5th 2016, Olhão, Portugal: Abstract book. pp. 79
Mestdagh, S.; Bagaço, L.; Braeckman, U.; Ysebaert, T.Y.; Moens, T.; Van Colen, C. (2016). Sediment deposition affects biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in soft-sediment communities, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Scientist Day. Brugge, Belgium, 12 February 2016. VLIZ Special Publication, 75: pp. 74
Ong, E.Z.; Moens, T.; Briffa, M.; Van Colen, C. (2016). Living in multi-stressed sediments: behavioral consequences for the functioning and diversity in coastal habitats, in: Brownlie, K. et al. (Ed.) Second Mares Conference: Marine Ecosystems Health and Conservation, February 1st - 5th 2016, Olhão, Portugal: Abstract book. pp. 98
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Heylen, K.; Decleyre, H.; Sabbe, K.; Tytgat, B.; Van Colen, C.; Willems, A. (2015). Microphytobenthos increases denitrifier and total bacterial abundances in intertidal sediments of a temperate estuary, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Young Scientists’ Day. Brugge, Belgium, 20 February 2015. VLIZ Special Publication, 71: pp. 73
Mestdagh, S.; Braeckman, U.; Ysebaert, T.; Moens, T.; Van Colen, C. (2015). Estuarine biodiversity and ecosystem functioning under benthic and pelagic sediment change, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Young Scientists’ Day. Brugge, Belgium, 20 February 2015. VLIZ Special Publication, 71: pp. 91
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Van Colen, C.; Jansson, A.; Saunier, A.; Lacoue-Labarthe, T.; Dorey, N.; Vincx, M. (2015). Population-level variation and the effect of temperature on the early life stages of the bivalve Macoma balthica in acidified waters, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Young Scientists’ Day. Brugge, Belgium, 20 February 2015. VLIZ Special Publication, 71: pp. 137
Vanaverbeke, J.; Braeckman, U.; Van Colen, C.; Guilini, K.; Van Gansbeke, D.; Soetaert, K.; Vincx, M. (2014). Ocean acidification affects the benthic nitrogen cycle in coastal sediments: evidence from the Belgian Part of the North Sea, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Young Scientists’ Day. Brugge, Belgium, 7 March 2014. VLIZ Special Publication, 67: pp. 113
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Van Colen, C.; Montserrat, F.; Middelburg, J.J.; Herman, P.M.; Andersson, M.; Rossi, F.; Gribsholt, B.; Vincx, M.; Ysebaert, T.; Degraer, S. (2009). Restoration of estuarine tidal mudflat sediments after hypoxia, in: ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting 2009: A Cruise Through Nice Waters, 25-30 January 2009, Nice, France. pp. 272
Montserrat, F.; Van Colen, C.; Degraer, S.; Ysebaert, T.; Herman, P. (2008). Benthic community-mediated sediment dynamics, in: World Conference on Marine Biodiversity, Valencia, Spain, 11-15 November 2008: book of abstracts. pp. 1
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