Some recent projects making use of R/V 'Zeeleeuw'

Research projects

• Higher trophic levels in the Southern North Sea (TROPHOS), details
• Ecological interactions in Lanice-fields, details
• Metapopulation structure of estuarine fish, details
• Monitoring seabirds and mammals on the Belgian Continental Shelf, details
• MIDAS monitoring, details
• Belgian Shipwreck: hotspots for Marine Biodiversity (BEWREMABI), details
• Optical remote detection of coastal waters (BEL-COLOUR), details
• Monitoring Thornton Bank, details (in preparation)
• Artificial reefs, details (in preparation)
• Study of the ichthyoplankton community on the Belgian Continental Shelf, details
• Reproductive, genetic and phenotypic variation patterns in relation to toxicity in Pseudo-nitzschia pungens, details
• European Marine Sand and Gravel Resources: Evaluation and Environmental Impact of Extraction (EUMARSAND), details
• Ephemeral neustonic macrofaunal communities on floating seaweeds, details
• Habitat, population dynamics and dispersal of Clupeidae in the southern Bight of the North Sea, details
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Educational projects and demonstrations for students

• Expeditie Zeeleeuw, details
• Week van de Zee - Horizon Educatief vzw, details
• Students MareLac (M.Sc. UGent), details
• Students ECOMAMA (M.Sc. VUB & UA), details
• Students Biology (2nd licentiate UGent), details
• Students Bio-engineer - Environmental technology (3rd year UGent), details
• ...