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Mr Schepers, Lennert
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Previous institutes (2)
Publications (37)
Projects (11)
Datasets (47)

Thesaurus term: Marine ecology

Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), more

Function: Project manager data centre
Period: From 15th Jan 2018 till 5th Jan 2025

Universiteit Antwerpen; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Departement Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Ecosysteembeheer (ECOBE), more

A federated European FAIR and Open Research Ecosystem for oceans, seas, coastal and inland waters, more
Aqua Research Infrastructures for the health and protection of our unique, oceans, seas and freshwater ecosystems, more
Blue-Cloud: Piloting innovative services for Marine Research & the Blue Economy, more
Blueprint demonstration for co-created effective, efficient and resilient networks of MPAs, more
EMODnet China - EMODnet PArtnership for China and Europe, more
European Marine Observation and Data Network - Bathymetry Lot, more
European Marine Observation and Data Network- Biology III, more
Joint European Research Infrastructure of Coastal Observatories: Science, Service, Sustainability, more
Marine Regions, towards a standard for georeferenced marine names, more
MPA Network for Ecosystem Connectivity and Co-Management towards Strict Protection and Restoration, more
Towards the Sustainable Development of the Atlantic Ocean: Mapping and Assessing the present and future status of Atlantic marine ecosystems under the influence of climate change and exploitation, more

GIS maps [show]
Bio-Oracle v3: Assis, J.; Fernández Bejarano, S.J.; Salazar, V.W.; Schepers, L.; Gouvêa, L.; Fragkopoulou, E.; Leclercq, F.; Vanhoorne, B.; Tyberghein, L.; Serrão, E.A.; Verbruggen, H.; De Clerck, O. (2024). Bio-ORACLE v3.0. Pushing marine data layers to the CMIP6 Earth system models of climate change research. Glob. Ecol. Biogeogr. Early view: e13813. (DOI: 10.1111/geb.13813), more Flanders Marine Institute (2018). Maritime Boundaries Geodatabase, version 10. Available online at https://www.marineregions.org/., more Flanders Marine Institute (2018). Maritime Boundaries Geodatabase: Archipelagic Waters, version 2. Available online at https://www.marineregions.org/, more Flanders Marine Institute (2018). Maritime Boundaries Geodatabase: Contiguous Zones (24NM), version 2. Available online at https://www.marineregions.org/, more Flanders Marine Institute (2018). Maritime Boundaries Geodatabase: Internal Waters, version 2. Available online at https://www.marineregions.org/, more Flanders Marine Institute (2018). Maritime Boundaries Geodatabase: Maritime Boundaries and Exclusive Economic Zones (200NM), version 10. Available online at https://www.marineregions.org/, more Flanders Marine Institute (2018). Maritime Boundaries Geodatabase: Territorial Seas (12NM), version 2. Available online at https://www.marineregions.org/, more Flanders Marine Institute (2019). Maritime Boundaries Geodatabase, version 11. Available online at https://www.marineregions.org/, more Flanders Marine Institute (2019). Maritime Boundaries Geodatabase: Archipelagic Waters, version 3. Available online at https://www.marineregions.org/., more Flanders Marine Institute (2019). Maritime Boundaries Geodatabase: Contiguous Zones (24NM), version 3. Available online at https://www.marineregions.org/, more Flanders Marine Institute (2019). Maritime Boundaries Geodatabase: Maritime Boundaries and Exclusive Economic Zones (200NM), version 11. Available online at https://www.marineregions.org/., more Flanders Marine Institute (2020). Maritime Boundaries Geodatabase: High Seas, version 1. Available online at https://www.marineregions.org/., more Flanders Marine Institute (2020). The intersect of the Exclusive Economic Zones and IHO sea areas, version 4. Available online at https://www.marineregions.org/., more Flanders Marine Institute (2020). Union of the ESRI Country shapefile and the Exclusive Economic Zones (version 3). Available online at https://www.marineregions.org/., more Flanders Marine Institute (2020). World Countries Geodatabase., more Flanders Marine Institute (2021). Global Oceans and Seas, version 1. Available online at https://www.marineregions.org/., more Flanders Marine Institute (2022). Maritime Boundaries Geodatabase: Extended Continental Shelves, version 1. Available online at https://www.marineregions.org/., more Flanders Marine Institute (2023). Maritime Boundaries Geodatabase, version 12. Available online at https://www.marineregions.org/, more Flanders Marine Institute (2023). Maritime Boundaries Geodatabase: Archipelagic Waters, version 4. Available online at https://www.marineregions.org/., more Flanders Marine Institute (2023). Maritime Boundaries Geodatabase: Maritime Boundaries and Exclusive Economic Zones (200NM), version 12. Available online at https://www.marineregions.org/., more Flanders Marine Institute (2024). Maritime Boundaries Geodatabase: Extended Continental Shelves, version 2. Available online at https://www.marineregions.org/., more Flanders Marine Institute (2024). Maritime Boundaries Geodatabase: High Seas, version 2. Available online at https://www.marineregions.org/., more Flanders Marine Institute (2024). The intersect of the Exclusive Economic Zones and IHO sea areas, version 5. Available online at https://www.marineregions.org/., more Flanders Marine Institute (2024). Union of the ESRI Country shapefile and the Exclusive Economic Zones (version 4). Available online at https://www.marineregions.org/., more Flanders Marine Institute; Renard Centre of Marine Geology - Ugent (2019). Global contourite distribution database, version 3. Available online at https://www.marineregions.org, more Maryland's mapping & GIS data portal. LiDAR Digital Elevation Model of the Blackwater Estuary, MD, USA in 2004., more
Data products [show]
Barth, A.; Herman, P.M.J.; (2018): Neural network modelling of Baltic zooplankton abundances. Marine Data Archive, more Beauchard, O.; Troupin, C.; (2018): Distribution of benthic macroinvertebrate living modes in European seas. Marine Data Archive., more Beauchard, O.; Troupin, C.; (2018): Distribution of fish living modes in European seas. Marine Data Archive., more Herman, P.M.J.; (2018): Long term zooplankton time series analysis from Villefranche, Western Mediterranean. Marine Data Archive, more Herman, P.M.J.; (2018): Phytoplankton community analysis in the Middle Adriatic. Marine Data Archive, more Herman, P.M.J.; (2018): Phytoplankton community analysis in the Northern Adriatic. Marine Data Archive, more Herman, P.M.J.; (2018): Use of EMODNET Biology Data for invasive species policies. What can we learn? Marine Data Archive, more Steven Pint, & Viviana Otero. (2021). Data, scripts and model output to perform spatiotemporal analysis of plankton drivers in the Belgian part of the North Sea [Data set]. Zenodo., more Webb, T.J.; Lines, A.; (2018): Thermal affinities for European marine species. Marine Data Archive., more
Data [show]
Flanders Marine Institute (2019). Maritime Boundaries Geodatabase: Internal Waters, version 3. Available online at https://www.marineregions.org/., more Flanders Marine Institute (2019). Maritime Boundaries Geodatabase: Territorial Seas (12NM), version 3. Available online at https://www.marineregions.org/., more Flanders Marine Institute (2022). Marine Regions gazetteer. Available online at www.marineregions.org. Consulted on yyyy-mm-dd., more Flanders Marine Institute (2023). Maritime Boundaries Geodatabase: Contiguous Zones (24NM), version 4. Available online at https://www.marineregions.org/, more Flanders Marine Institute (2023). Maritime Boundaries Geodatabase: Internal Waters, version 4. Available online at https://www.marineregions.org/., more Flanders Marine Institute (2023). Maritime Boundaries Geodatabase: Territorial Seas (12NM), version 4. Available online at https://www.marineregions.org/., more Flanders Marine Institute (yyyy): MarineRegions.org. Available online at www.marineregions.org. Consulted on yyyy-mm-dd., more Marquez, L. 2025. Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems (VME) indicators of all established Regional fisheries management organisations (RFMOs), more Schepers, L.; Brennand, P.; Kirwan, M.L.; Guntenspergen, G.R.; Temmerman, S.; (2020): Elevation measurements along a historical marsh loss gradient in the Blackwater Estuary, MD, USA in 2014. Marine Data Archive., more Schepers, L.; Brennand, P.; Kirwan, M.L.; Guntenspergen, G.R.; Temmerman, S.; (2020): Elevation measurements of marsh-pond transitions along a historical marsh loss gradient in the Blackwater Estuary, MD, USA in 2014. Marine Data Archive., more Schepers, L.; Brennand, P.; Kirwan, M.L.; Guntenspergen, G.R.; Temmerman, S.; (2020): Marsh plant survey along a historical marsh loss gradient in the Blackwater Estuary, MD, USA in 2014. Marine Data Archive., more Schepers, L.; Brennand, P.; Kirwan, M.L.; Guntenspergen, G.R.; Temmerman, S.; (2020): Water level measurements along a historical marsh loss gradient in the Blackwater Estuary, MD, USA in 2014. Marine Data Archive., more

A1 Publications (12) [show]
Assis, J.; Fernández Bejarano, S.J.; Salazar, V.W.; Schepers, L.; Gouvêa, L.; Fragkopoulou, E.; Leclercq, F.; Vanhoorne, B.; Tyberghein, L.; Serrão, E.A.; Verbruggen, H.; De Clerck, O. (2024). Bio-ORACLE v3.0. Pushing marine data layers to the CMIP6 Earth system models of climate change research. Glob. Ecol. Biogeogr. 33(4): e13813. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb.13813, more Otero, V.; Pint, S.; Deneudt, K.; De Rijcke, M.; Mortelmans, J.; Schepers, L.; Martin-Cabrera, P.; Sabbe, K.; Vyverman, W.; Vandegehuchte, M.; Everaert, G. (2023). Pronounced seasonal and spatial variability in determinants of phytoplankton biomass dynamics along a near–offshore gradient in the Southern North Sea. J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 11(8): 1510. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse11081510, more Cabrera, P.; Otero, V.; Everaert, G.; Sauzède, R.; Remanan, R.P.; Claustre, H.; Uitz, J.; Barth, A.; Troupin, C.; Schepers, L. (2021). Blue-Cloud Demonstrator: A machine learning approach to derive plankton biomass and diversity products from the Global Ocean, in: Fichaut, M. et al. IMDIS 2021 International Conference on Marine Data and Information Systems 12-14 April, 2021 Online: Book of Abstracts. Bollettino di Geofisica Teorica ed Applicata: an International Journal of Earth Sciences, 62(Suppl. 1): pp. 27-31, more Creach, V.; Artigas, L.F.; Lefebvre, A.; Lindh, M.; Lombard, F.; Möller, K.O.; Schepers, L.; Seppälä, J.; Thyssen, M. (2021). Integration of Biology Sensor Outputs in the European Marine Observation and Data Network, in: Fichaut, M. et al. IMDIS 2021 International Conference on Marine Data and Information Systems 12-14 April, 2021 Online: Book of Abstracts. Bollettino di Geofisica Teorica ed Applicata: an International Journal of Earth Sciences, 62(Suppl. 1): pp. 264-265, more Lear, D.; Herman, P.M.J.; Van Hoey, G.; Schepers, L.; Tonné, N.; Lipizer, M.; Müller-Karger, F.E.; Appeltans, W.; Kissling, W.D.; Holdsworth, N.; Edwards, M.; Pecceu, E.; Nygård, H.; Canonico, G.; Birchenough, S.; Graham, G.; Deneudt, K.; Beja, J. (2021). Supporting the essential - Recommendations for the development of accessible and interoperable marine biological data products, in: Fichaut, M. et al. IMDIS 2021 International Conference on Marine Data and Information Systems 12-14 April, 2021 Online: Book of Abstracts. Bollettino di Geofisica Teorica ed Applicata: an International Journal of Earth Sciences, 62(Suppl. 1): pp. 43-44, more Wang, C.; Schepers, L.; Kirwan, M.L.; Belluco, E.; D'Alpaos, A.; Wang, Q.; Yin, S.; Temmerman, S. (2021). Different coastal marsh sites reflect similar topographic conditions under which bare patches and vegetation recovery occur. Earth Surface Dynamics 9(1): 71-88. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/esurf-9-71-2021, more Lear, D.; Herman, P.; Van Hoey, G.; Schepers, L.; Tonné, N.; Lipizer, M.; Müller-Karger, F.E.; Appeltans, W.; Kissling, W.D.; Holdsworth, N.; Edwards, M.; Pecceu, E.; Nygård, H.; Canonico, G.; Birchenough, S.; Graham, G.; Deneudt, K.; Claus, S.; Oset, P. (2020). Supporting the essential - Recommendations for the development of accessible and interoperable marine biological data products. Mar. Policy 117: 103958. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2020.103958, more Schepers, L.; Kirwan, M.L.; Guntenspergen, G.R.; Temmerman, S. (2020). Evaluating indicators of marsh vulnerability to sea level rise along a historical marsh loss gradient. Earth Surf. Process. Landforms 45(9): 2107-2117. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/esp.4869, more Schepers, L.; Brennand, P.; Kirwan, M.L.; Guntenspergen, G.R.; Temmerman, S. (2020). Coastal marsh degradation into ponds induces irreversible elevation loss relative to sea level in a microtidal system. Geophys. Res. Lett. 47(18): e2020GL089121. https://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2020gl089121, more Schepers, L.; Van Braeckel, A.; Bouma, T.J.; Temmerman, S. (2020). How progressive vegetation die‐off in a tidal marsh would affect flow and sedimentation patterns: A field demonstration. Limnol. Oceanogr. 65(2): 401-412. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11308, more Schepers, L.; Oset Garcia, P.; Lonneville, B.; Claus, S.; Vanhoorne, B.; Hernandez, F.; Mees, J. (2018). MarineRegions.org - a world reference for marine placenames and Maritime Boundaries, in: Giorgetti, A. et al. (Ed.) IMDIS 2018: International Conference on Marine Data and Information Systems 5-7 November, 2018 - Barcelona, Spain: Book of Abstracts. Bollettino di Geofisica Teorica ed Applicata: an International Journal of Earth Sciences, 59: pp. 310-311, more Schepers, L.; Kirwan, M.; Guntenspergen, G.; Temmerman, S. (2017). Spatio-temporal development of vegetation die-off in a submerging coastal marsh. Limnol. Oceanogr. 62(1): 137-150. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lno.10381, more
Peer reviewed publications (2) [show]
Martin-Cabrera, P.; Perez Perez, R.; Irrison, J.-O.; Lombard, F.; Möller, K.O.; Rühl, S.; Creach, V.; Lindh, M.; Stemmann, L.; Schepers, L. (2022). Establishing plankton imagery dataflows towards international biodiversity data aggregators. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards 6: e94196. https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/biss.6.94196, more Martin-Cabrera, P.; Lombard, F.; Irisson, J.-O.; Stemmann, L.; Möller, K.O.; Lindh, M.; Creach, V.; Schepers, L. (2020). Coordinating efforts to define marine plankton imagery data and metadata best practices and standards. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards 4: e58932. https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/biss.4.58932, more
Book [show]
Verleye, T.; Schepers, L.; Polet, H.; Pirlet, H.; Dauwe, S.; Martens, C.; Lonneville, B.; Tyberghein, L. (2020). Offshore activiteiten tijdens de coronacrisis – Open data als een barometer voor de effecten van de coronamaatregelen op de scheepvaartactiviteit in het Belgisch deel van de Noordzee en de Westerschelde. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, 2020_004. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ): Oostende. ISBN 978-94-92043-97-9. 23 pp., more
Book chapters (3) [show]
Jørgensen, L.L.; Arvanitidis, C.; Birchenough, S.N.R.; Clark, M.R.; Cruz, I.C.S.; Cunha, M.; Deidun, A.; Gobin, J.; Hossain, M.; de Jesus, A.C.M.; Mifsud, C.; Nguyen, K.B.; Park, C.; Przeslawski, R.; Rice, J.; Schepers, L.; Snelgrove, P.; Strelkova, N.; Vandepitte, L. (2021). Marine invertebrates, in: The Second World Ocean Assessment, Volume 1. pp. 141-159, more Lonneville, B.; Delva, H.; Portier, M.; Van Maldeghem, L.; Schepers, L.; Bakeev, D.; Vanhoorne, B.; Tyberghein, L.; Colpaert, P. (2021). Publishing the Marine Regions Gazetteer as a Linked Data Event Stream, in: Algergawy, A. et al. S4BioDiv 2021: 3rd International Workshop on Semantics for Biodiversity, held at JOWO 2021: Episode VII The Bolzano Summer of Knowledge, September 11–18, 2021, Bolzano, Italy. CEUR Workshop Proceedings, 2969: pp. [1-12], more Schepers, L.; Maris, T.; Meire, P.; Temmerman, S. (2018). The Scheldt estuary: an overview of the morphodynamics of intertidal areas, in: Demoulin, A. (Ed.) Landscapes and landforms of Belgium and Luxembourg. pp. 281-296. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58239-9_17, more
Thesis [show]
Schepers, L. (2017). Spatial patterns and bio-geomorphological effects of vegetation loss in a submerging coastal marsh. PhD Thesis. University of Antwerp, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology: Antwerp. xii, 124 pp., more
Abstracts (14) [show]
Fernández Bejarano, S.J.; Lonneville, B.; Whatley, L.; Vanhoorne, B.; Schepers, L. (2024). Marine Regions: An interoperable standard for georeferenced marine place names, in: Simoncelli, S. et al. International Conference on Marine Data and Information Systems: Proceedings Volume, IMDIS 2024 Bergen (Norway) 27-29 May 2024. Miscellanea INGV, 80: pp. 30-31, more Fernández Bejarano, S.J.; Salazar, V.; Assis, J.; Vanhoorne, B.; Leclercq, F.; Tyberghein, L.; De Clerck, O.; Serrao, E.; Verbruggen, H.; Schepers, L. (2024). A case study: Transitioning the Bio-Oracle dataset version 3 to ERDDAP, in: Simoncelli, S. et al. International Conference on Marine Data and Information Systems: Proceedings Volume, IMDIS 2024 Bergen (Norway) 27-29 May 2024. Miscellanea INGV, 80: pp. 170-171, more Fernández Bejarano, S.J.; Lonneville, B.; Vanhoorne, B.; Schepers, L. (2023). Dude, where’s my lobster? Perform geospatial research using a new Extended Continental Shelves data product, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day, 1 March 2023, Bruges. VLIZ Special Publication, 90: pp. 25, more Schepers, L. (2023). Biodiversity at the brink - What do we know, and how can you help?, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day, 1 March 2023, Bruges. VLIZ Special Publication, 90: pp. 3, more Dekeyzer, S.; Vandepitte, L.; Schepers, L. (2022). The LifeWatch Species Information Backbone: connecting information on taxonomy, biogeography, ecology, genetics and literature, in: 55th European Marine Biology Symposium 19 – 23 September 2022 Gdańsk, Poland: Book of abstracts. pp. 30, more Lonneville, B.; Schepers, L.; Seys, J.; De Smet, B.; Fernández Bejarano, S.; Mees, J. (2022). The World’s 230 Exclusive Economic Zones from largest to smallest, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day, Online event 2 March 2022. VLIZ Special Publication, 88: pp. 67, more Pint, S.; Otero, V.; Deneudt, K.; De Rijcke, M.; Mortelmans, J.; Schepers, L.; Cabrera, P.; Sabbe, K.; Vyverman, W.; Vandegehuchte, M.; Everaert, G. (2022). Pronounced seasonal and spatial variability in determinants of phytoplankton biomass dynamics along a near–offshore gradient in the southern North Sea, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day, Online event 2 March 2022. VLIZ Special Publication, 88: pp. 24, more Creach, V.; Cabrera, P.; Artigas, F.L.; Grégori, G.; Irisson, J.-O.; Lefebvre, A.; Lindh, M.; Möller, K.; Seppälä, J.; Thyssen, M.; Lombard, F.; Schepers, L. (2021). Working towards integration of new data describing biological essential ocean variables from marine coastal ecosystems, in: ASLO 2021 Aquatic Sciences Meeting (virtual). Aquatic Sciences for a Sustainable Future: Nurturing Cooperation. , more Fernández Bejarano, S.; Lonneville, B.; Vanhoorne, B.; Schepers, L. (2021). Where did we take those samples from? Georeferencing your research with marineregions.org, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day, Online event 3 March 2021. VLIZ Special Publication, 85: pp. 58, more Schepers, L.; Exter, K.; De Pooter, D.; Lust, H.; Deneudt, K.; Hernandez, F. (2019). How open science helps your research, and how VLIZ can help you, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day. Bredene, Belgium, 13 March 2019. VLIZ Special Publication, 83: pp. 67, more Schepers, L.; Oset Garcia, P.; Lonneville, B.; Claus, S.; Vanhoorne, B.; Hernandez, F.; Mees, J. (2019). MarineRegions’ Maritime Boundaries - A world reference for global fisheries research, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day. Bredene, Belgium, 13 March 2019. VLIZ Special Publication, 83: pp. 66, more Schepers, L.; Tyberghein, L. (2019). Towards open science products for ecosystem science, in: Abstracts of the BICEpS19 Colloquium. pp. 13-14, more Schepers, L.; Kirwan, M.; Guntenspergen, G.; Temmerman, S.T. (2016). Tidal marsh vegetation die-off: spatial developments and feedback mechanisms, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Scientist Day. Brugge, Belgium, 12 February 2016. VLIZ Special Publication, 75: pp. 99, more Schepers, L.; Temmerman, S. (2016). Tidal marsh vegetation die-off: spatial developments and feedback mechanisms, 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. 79, more
Reports (3) [show]
Martin-Cabrera, P.; Irisson, J.-O.; Lombard, F.; Rühl, S.; Möller, K.O.; Lindh, M.; Creach, V.; Stemmann, L.; Schepers, L. (2023). JERICO-S3 D6.4 - WP6: “Best practices & recommendations for plankton imaging data management”. Version 1.1. VLIZ/CNRS/CEFAS/Hereon/SMHI: Oostende. 40 pp., more Martin-Cabrera, P.; Perez Perez, R.; Irisson, J.-O.; Lombard, F.; Möller, K.O.; Rühl, S.; Creach, V.; Lindh, M.; Stemmann, L.; Schepers, L. (2022). Best practices and recommendations for plankton imaging data management: ensuring effective data flow towards international data infrastructures. Version 1. Flanders Marine Institute: Ostend. 31 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-1742, more Cabrera, P.; Schepers, L.; Pint, S.; Everaert, G.; Remanan, R.P.; Barth, A.; Drago, F. (2021). Developing zoo & phytoplankton EOV products in Blue-Cloud. Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ): Ostend. 5 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5896680, more
Other publication [show]
Lonneville, B.; Schepers, L.; Seys, J.; De Smet, B.; Mees, J. (2021). The World’s 230 Exclusive Economic Zones from largest to smallest. Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ): Oostende. 1 poster pp., more

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