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TITLE OF RESEARCH: Eutrophication of coastal waters in Belgium
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part of: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
start on 1997_____end on 2001

Lic. Caroline Leblanc Phone (professional): +32-(0)2-650.57.15 Fax (professional): +32-(0)2-650.59.93 cleblanc@ulb.ac.be

Prof. Dr Christiane Lancelot Phone (professional): +32-(0)2-650.59.88 Fax (professional): +32-(0)2-650.59.93 lancelot@ulb.ac.be

Prof. Dr Pierre Servais Phone (professional): +32-(0)2-650.59.95 Fax (professional): +32-(0)2-650.59.93 pservais@ulb.ac.be

Dr ir. Véronique Rousseau Phone (professional): +32-(0)2-650.59.90 Fax (professional): +32-(0)2-650.59.93 vrousso@ulb.ac.be

Dr Sylvie Becquevort Phone (professional): +32-(0)2-650.59.90 Fax (professional): +32-(0)2-650.59.93 sbecq@ulb.ac.be

Dr ir. Isabelle George Phone (professional): +32-(0)2-650.57.15 Fax (professional): +32-(0)2-650.59.93 igeorge@ulb.ac.be

Research done at:
Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
= University of Brussels (french-speaking)

Department of Animal Biology

• Unité de Ecologie des Systèmes Aquatiques (ESA), CP 221 - Ecology of Aquatic Systems Unit

Boulevard du Triomphe
B-1050 Bruxelles
Belgium
Phone: +32-(0)2-650.59.88 or 59.89 ---------- Fax: +32-(0)2-650.59.93
lancelot@ulb.ac.be
Official language: French

Publications related to this research:

Becquevort, S., V. Rousseau & C. Lancelot. 1998. Major and comparable roles for free-living and attached bacteria in the degradation of Phaeocystis-derived organic matter in Belgian coastal waters of the North Sea, Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 14 : 39-48.

Becquevort S. 1999. Importance du réseau trophique microbien dans l'océan Antarctique: rôle du protozooplancton. PhD Thesis. ULB.

Becquevort S., Menon P., Lancelot C. 2000. Comparative study of the protozoan dynamics during early spring 1995 and late summer 1994 in the Indian Ocean sector of the Southern Ocean. Polar Biology. 5: 309-320.

Bernard L., Courties C., Servais P.,Troussellier M., Petit, M. & Lebaron P. 2000. Relationships between bacterial cell size, productivity and genetic diversity in aquatic environments using cell sorting and flow cytometry. Microbial Ecology. 40: 148-158.

Billen G., Garnier J., Servais P., Brion N., Ficht A., Even S., Berthe T. & Poulin M. 1999. L'estuaire de la Seine. L'oxygène: un témoin du fonctionnement microbiologique. Fascicule Seine-Aval. Ifremer, eds. 32pp.

Bouvier, T., S. Becquevort, C. Lancelot. 1998. Biomass and feeding activity of phagotrophic mixotrophs in the north-western Black Sea during the summer 1995. Hydrobiologia 363 :289-301.

Garnier, J., Servais, P. & Billen G. Lower Seine river and estuary (France) carbon and oxygen budget during low flow. Estuaries. In press

Gasparini, S., M.-H. Daro, E. Antajan, M. tackx, V. Rousseau, J.-Y. Parent & C. Lancelot. 2000. Mesozooplankton grazing during the Phaeocystis globosa bloom in the Southern Bight of the North Sea. J. Sea Res. 43: 345-356.

George, I. 2001. Etude des source et de la dynamique des coliformes dans les bassins versants anthropisés : l'exemple du bassin de la Seine (France). PhD Thesis, ULB.

Kihn, A., Andersson, A., Laurent, P., Servais, P. & Prévost, M. Impact of filtration material on nitrification in biological filters used in drinking water production. Aqua. In press.

Lancelot, C., M. Keller, V. Rousseau, W.O. Smith Jr, S. Mathot. 1998. Autoecology of the Marine Haptophyte Phaeocystis sp. In : NATO Advanced Workshop on the physiological ecology of Harmful Algal Blooms. NATO-ASI Series, D.A. Anderson, A.M Cembella,G. Hallegraef, ed. Series G : Ecological Science 41 : 209-224.

Lebaron, P., P. Servais, M. Troussellier, C. Courties, J. Vives-Rego, G. Muyzer, L. Bernard, T. Guindulain, H. Schäfer & E. Stackebrandt. 1999. Changes in bacterial community structure in seawater mesocosms differing in their nutrient status. Aquatic Microbial Ecology. 19 :255-267.

Lebaron, P., P. Servais, M. Troussellier, C. Courties, G. Muyzer, L. Bernard, H. Schäfer R. Pukall, E. Stackebrandt, T. Guindulain & J. Vives-Rego.2000. Microbial community dynamics in Mediterranean nutrient enriched seawater mesocosms : changes in bacterial abundance, activity and composition. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 34 : 255-266.

Lebaron, P., Servais, P., Agogué, H., Courties, C., & Joux, F. 2001. Does the high nucleic-aid content of individual bacterial cells allow to discriminate active cells in aquatic systems ? Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 67: 1775-1782.

Petit, M., P. Servais & P. Lavandier. 1999. Bacterial production measured by leucine and thymidine incorporation rates in French lakes. Freshwater Biology. 42, 1-12.

Ragueneau, O., C. Lancelot, V. Egorov, J. Vervlimmeren, A. Cociasu, G. Deliat, A. Krastev, N. Daoud, V. Rousseau, V. Popovitchev, N. Brion, L. Popa and G. Cauwet. Biogeochemical transformations of inorganic nutrients in the mixing zone between the Danube river and the northwestern Black Sea. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. In press.

Rousseau, V. 2000. Dynamics of Phaeocystis and diatom blooms in the eutrophicated coastal waters of the Southern Bight of the North Sea. PhD thesis. ULB. 205 p.

Rousseau, V., S. Becquevort, J.Y. Parent, S. Gasparini, M.-H. Daro, M. Tackx & C. Lancelot. 2000. Trophic efficiency of the planktonic foodweb in a coastal ecosystem dominated by Phaeocystis colonies. J. Sea Res. 43:357-372.

Schäffer, H., P. Servais & G. Muyzer. 2000. Successional changes in the genetic diversity of a marine bacterial assemblage during confinement. Archives of Microbiology. 173 : 138-145.

Schäffer, H., L ; Bernard, C. Courties, P. Lebaron, P. Servais, R. Pukall, E. Stackebrandt, M. Troussellier, T. Guindulain, J. Vives-Rego & G. Muyzer. 2000. Microbial community dynamics in Mediterranean nutrient enriched seawater mesocosms : changes in the genetic diversity of bacterial populations. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 34 : 243-253.

Schoemann, V., de Jong, H. de Baar & C. Lancelot. 1998. Effescts of phytoplankton blooms on the cycling of manganese and iron in coastal waters . Limnology and Oceanography 43 : 1427-1441.

Schoemann, V. 2000. On the role of Phaeocystis sp. in the biogeochemicalcycles of manganese and iron. Ph.D. thesis. Univ. Libre de Bruxelles.

Servais, P., S. Becquevort, F. Vandevelde. 1998. Comparaison de deux méthodes d'estimation du broutage des bactéries par les protozoaires en milieux aquatiques. Revue des Sciences de l'Eau. 11 :617-626.

Servais P., C. Courties, P. Lebaron & M. Troussellier. 1999. Coupling bacterial activity measurements with cell sorting by flow cytometry. Microbial Ecology. 38 : 180-189.

Servais, P., Castignolles, N., Petit, F., George, I., Buffet Janvresse, C. & A. Ficht. 1999. L'estuaire de la Seine. Contamination bactérienne et virale. Fascicule Seine-Aval. Ifremer, eds. 27pp.

Servais, P., Gosselain, V., Joaquim-Justo, C., Becquevort, S., Thomé, J.P. & Descy, J.P. 2000. Trophic relationships between planktonic micro-organisms in the river Meuse (Belgium): a carbon budget. Archivfür Hydrobiologie. 149: 625-653.

Servais, P., Agogué, H., Courties, C., Joux, F. & Lebaron, P. 2001. Are the actively respiring cells (CTC+) those responsible of bacterial production in aquatic environments ? FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 35: 171-179.

Troussellier, M., C. Courties, P. Lebaron, P. Servais. 1999. Flow cytometry discrimination of bacterial populations in seawater based on SYTO 13 staining of nucleic acids. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 29 : 319-330.