The 2008 edition of the VLIZ Young Scientists' day attracted 192 participants from 52 different research teams. All disciplines from the marine, coastal and estuarine research were represented. It was a dazzling day to get informed about the ins and outs of the newest marine research in Flanders.

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Book of abstracts

Photo gallery

Presentations Jan Mees – Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) Welcome [ - Read only ] René Van Grieken – Universiteit Antwerpen, Centrum voor Micro- en Sporenanalyse The air quality over the North Sea: has it changed during the last 30 years? [ - Read only] [Movie: CO from biomass burning © Mopitt, first year] Gregory Maes & Filip Volckaert – KULeuven, Laboratory of Animal Diversity and Systematics Fish Genetics Group Is the European eel slipping away towards extinction? A review of research and management challenges [presentation on demand] Griet De Backer & Charlotte Beels – UGent, Civil Engineering Department Waves in the North Sea: powering our future? [ - Read only] [Movies: Pelamis © Ocean Power Delivery (www.pelamiswave.com) - Point Absorber © De Backer & Vantorre - Wave Dragon © Wave Dragon (www.wavedragon.net) ] Jan Seys & Evy Copejans - VLIZ Planeet Zee: a new educational marine scientific project [ - Read only] Isabelle Dufour, Els Verfaillie & Vera Van Lancker – UGent, Renard Centre of Marine Geology Mapping the seabed of the Belgian part of the North Sea to improve management [ - Read only] Han Lindeboom – Wageningen IMARES, The Netherlands The North Sea, past and present: shifting baselines and human uses [ - Read only]

Awards

VLIZ Thesis Award Marine Sciences
• Virginie Demaerel (UGent, Marine Biology Section) - Onderzoek naar de verspreiding van vlokreeftjes van het genus Bathyporeia (Crustacea, Amphipoda) met behulp van genetische merkers [ - Read only]
• Sarah Denys (VUB, Geografie, Fysisch milieu) - De contrasterende Holocene sediment successie langsheen het westelijk en oostelijk deel van de Belgische kust: oorzaak en gevolgen [ - Read only]

North Sea Award

• Vandendriessche Sofie (UGent, Marine Biology Section) - Floating seaweed as ephemeral neustonic habitat [ - Read only]

Poster award - Public jury

• 1. Rappé Karen and Magda Vincx: “Blue mussel and Pacific oysters in Belgian coastal harbours as test organisms for environmental stress” []
• 2. Neukermans Griet and Kevin Ruddick: “High temporal resolution mapping of total suspended matter in Belgian coastal waters with SEVIRI data: a feasibility study”
• 3. Verstraete Hilbran, Eric W.M. Stienen and Marc Van de Walle: “Beached birds on the Flemish beaches”

Poster award - Professional jury

• 1. Claessens Michiel, Els Monteyne, Patrick Roose and Colin Janssen: “The use of integrative passive samplers as a source of contaminant mixtures in ecotoxicological laboratory experiments” []
• 2. Claessens Michiel, Karen Rappé, Els Monteyne, Klaas Wille, Herlinde Noppe, Magda Vincx, Hubert De Brabander, Patrick Roose, Jan Mees and Colin Janssen: “INRAM – Integrated risk assessment and monitoring of micropollutants in the Belgian coastal zone” []
• 3. Neukermans Griet and Kevin Ruddick: “High temporal resolution mapping of total suspended matter in Belgian coastal waters with SEVIRI data: a feasibility study”

Photo contest - Public jury

1.Charlotte Beels (34 votes) 2.Cecile Baeteman (30 votes) 3.Yann-Michael De Hauwere (29 votes)

Photo contest - Professional jury

	1.Hans De Blauwe 2.John Nuyts 3.Griet De Backer