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- Harpacticoid copepods in tropical seagrass beds of Gazi Bay (Kenya) and Mbweni (Zanzibar) sampled in July and August 1996, more
- Macro-and meiobenthos of an Avicennia marina mangrove in Gazi Bay in 1992, more
- Mesozooplankton in the Sea Scheldt between 1995 and 1996, more
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| A1 Publications (30) [show] |
- Kotwicki, L.; Szymelfenig, M.; Fiers, F.; Graca, B. (2015). Diversity and environmental control of benthic harpacticoids of an offshore post-dredging pit in coastal waters of Puck Bay, Baltic Sea. Mar. Biol. Res. 11(6): 572-583. dx.doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2014.962541, more
- Fiers, F.; Kotwicki, L. (2014). The multiple faces of Nannopus palustris auct. reconsidered: A morphological approach (Copepoda: Harpacticoida: Nannopodidae). Zool. Anz. 253(1): 36-65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2013.08.001, more
- Fiers, F. (2013). Bryocamptus (Bryocamptus) gauthieri (Roy, 1924): a Mediterranean edaphic specialist (Crustacea: Copepoda: Harpacticoida). Rev. Suisse Zool. 120(3): 357-371, more
- Jocque, M.; Fiers, F.; Romero, M; Martens, K. (2013). Crustacea in phytotelmata: a global overview. J. Crust. Biol. 33(4): 451-460. https://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1937240X-00002161, more
 Van Ginderdeuren, K.; Fiers, F.; De Backer, A.; Vincx, M.; Hostens, K. (2012). Updating the zooplankton species list for the Belgian part of the North Sea. Belg. J. Zool. 142(1): 3-22, more- Gheerardyn, H.; Fiers, F.; Vincx, M.; De Troch, M. (2007). Revision of the genus Tapholeon Wells, 1967 (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Laophontidae). J. Nat. Hist. 41(37-40): 2479-2510, more
- Gheerardyn, H.; Fiers, F.; Vincx, M.; De Troch, M. (2007). Spiniferaphonte, a new genus of Laophontidae (Copepoda: Harpacticoida), with notes on the occurrence of processes on the caudal rami. J. Crust. Biol. 27(2): 309-318. dx.doi.org/10.1651/S-2723.1, more
- Gheerardyn, H.; Fiers, F.; Vincx, M.; De Troch, M. (2006). Peltidiphonte gen. n., a new taxon of Laophontidae (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) from coral substrates of the Indo-West Pacific Ocean. Hydrobiologia 553(1): 171-199. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-005-1134-0, more
- Gheerardyn, H.; Fiers, F.; Vincx, M.; De Troch, M. (2006). Two new genera of Laophontidae (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) without sexual dimorphism in the endopods of the swimming legs. Zootaxa 1327: 41-62, more
- Gheerardyn, H.; Fiers, F.; Vincx, M.; De Troch, M. (2006). Paralaophonte harpagone sp. n. (Copepoda: Harpacticoida), a laophontid with an extremely specialised maxilliped. Org. Divers. Evol. 6(4): 323-324. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ode.2005.12.004, more
- Suárez-Morales, E.; De Troch, M.; Fiers, F. (2006). A checklist of the marine Harpacticoida (Copepoda) of the Caribbean Sea. Zootaxa 1285: 1-19, more
- Kotwicki, L.; Fiers, F. (2005). Paracrenhydrosoma oceaniae sp. nov. (Copepoda: Harpacticoida), from Kongsfjorden, Northwest Svalbard (Arctic). Ann. Zool. 55(3): 467-475, more
- Doignon, G.; Deheyn, D.; Fiers, F. (2004). Telestacicola xenophiothricics n. sp. (Copepoda, Poecilostomatoida), a remarkably well adapted commensal of the brittlestar Ophiothrix purpurea (Echinodermata). Belg. J. Zool. 134(2/1): 67-73, more
- Osore, M.K.W.; Mwaluma, J.M.; Fiers, F.; Daro, M.H. (2004). Zooplankton composition and abundance in Mida Creek, Kenya. Zool. Stud. 43(2): 415-424, more
- Tackx, M.L.; De Pauw, N.; Van Mieghem, R.; Azémar, F.; Hannouti, A.; Van Damme, S.; Fiers, F.; Daro, N.; Meire, P. (2004). Zooplankton in the Schelde estuary, Belgium and the Netherlands: spatial and temporal patterns. J. Plankton Res. 26(2): 133-141. dx.doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbh016, more
- De Troch, M.; Fiers, F.; Vincx, M. (2003). Niche segregation and habitat specialisation of harpacticoid copepods in a tropical seagrass bed. Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 142(2): 345-355. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-002-0958-7, more
- De Troch, M.; Gurdebeke, S.; Fiers, F.; Vincx, M. (2001). Zonation and structuring factors of meiofauna communities in a tropical seagrass bed (Gazi Bay, Kenya). J. Sea Res. 45(1): 45-61. dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1385-1101(00)00055-1, more
- De Troch, M.; Fiers, F.; Vincx, M. (2001). Alpha and beta diversity of harpacticoid copepods in a tropical seagrass bed: the relation between diversity and species’ range size distribution. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 215: 225-236. dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps215225, more
- De Troch, M.; Fiers, F.; Vincx, M. (2000). Range extension and microhabitat of Lightiella incisa (Cephalocarida). J. Zool. (1987) 251(2): 199-204. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.2000.tb00604.x, more
- Fiers, F.; De Troch, M. (2000). New Tetragonicipitidae (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) from the Indo-Pacific. Hydrobiologia 434(1-3): 97-144. dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1004046522106, more
- Fiers, F.; Ghenne, V. (2000). Cryptozoic copepods from Belgium: diversity and biogeographic implications. Belg. J. Zool. 130(1): 11-19, more
- Fiers, F. (1996). Robertsonia glomerata new species (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) from a North Carolina estuarine salt marsh. Bull. Mar. Sci. 58(1): 117-130, more
- Fiers, F. (1995). Halicyclops caneki n. sp. (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) from Celestun Lagoon (Yucatan, Mexico). Belg. J. Zool. 125(2): 301-313, more
- Silence, J.; Polk, Ph.; Fiers, F. (1993). Influence of macrofauna on the vertical distribution of meiobenthos in an Avicennia mangal, Gazi Bay, Kenya. Belg. J. Zool. 123(Suppl. 1): 67, more
- Fiers, F. (1992). Metis reducta n. sp. and Laubieria tercera n. sp. (Harpacticoida, Metidae) from the southern coast of Papua New Guinea. Belg. J. Zool. 122(1): 37-51, more
- Fiers, F. (1992). A redescription of Hemilaophonte janinae Jakubisiak (Copepoda, Harpacticoida), a laophontid living in the gill chambers of the common spider crab. Belg. J. Zool. 122(2): 211-222, more
- Willems, K.A.; Claeys, D.; Fiers, F. (1987). Syrticola mediterraneus n. sp., a harpacticoid copepod from the Bay of Calvi, Corsica. Hydrobiologia 153: 71-78. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00005505, more
- Fiers, F. (1986). Feregastes wellensi n. gen., n. sp., a new genus of the family Tegastidae (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) from the Andaman Islands . Crustaceana 51(3): 277-285. dx.doi.org/10.1163/156854086X00430, more
- Fiers, F. (1986). Laophontina posidoniae from the Gulf of Calvi (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Laophontidae). Vie Milieu (1980) 36(1): 65-73, more
- Fiers, F. (1984). Allocation of Paralaophonte spinicauda Vervoort (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) to the genus Laophonte. Crustaceana 46(3): 317-319. dx.doi.org/10.1163/156854084X00252, more
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| Peer reviewed publications (18) [show] |
- Fiers, F.; Pandourski, I. (2008). Redescription of Speocyclops orcinus Kiefer, 1937 (Copepoda Cyclopoida Cyclopidae) from the type locality, Cave Iriberi, in southern France. Bull. Kon. Belg. Inst. Natuurwet. Biologie 78: 5-16, more
- Osore, M.; Fiers, F.; Daro, M.-H. (2004). Distribution and abundance of Candacia Dana, 1846 and Paracandacia Grice, 1963 (Copepoda, Calanoida, Candaciidae) off the Kenya Coast. Western Indian Ocean J. Mar. Sci. 3(2): 189-197, more
- Osore, M.K.W.; Fiers, F.; Daro, M.H. (2003). Copepod composition, abundance and diversity in Makupa Creek, Mombasa, Kenya. Western Indian Ocean J. Mar. Sci. 2(1): 65-73, more
- Mirabdullayev, I.M.; Fiers, F. (2001). Redescription of two Iranian cyclopoids: Thermocyclops tinctus Lindberg, 1936 and Th. hyalinus persicus Lindberg, 1936 (Copepoda, Cyclopoidae). Bull. Kon. Belg. Inst. Natuurwet. Biologie 71: 83-92, more
- Fiers, F. (1997). The genera Triathrix Gee & Burgess and Sphingothrix gen. nov. (Cletodidae sensu Por, Copepoda) from the Bay of Campeche, Gulf of Mexico. Sarsia 82: 237-257, more
- Gomez Noguera, S.E.; Fiers, F. (1997). Two new species of Mesochra Boeck, 1865 (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) from a coastal lagoon in Sinaloa State, Mexico. Bull. Kon. Belg. Inst. Natuurwet. Biologie 67: 39-56, more
- Fiers, F. (1996). Redescription of Enhydrosoma lacunae Jakubisiak, 1933 (Copepoda, Harpacticoida); with comments on the Enhydrosoma species reported from West Atlantic localities, and a discussion of cletodid development. Sarsia 81: 1-27, more
- Fiers, F. (1995). New Tetragonicipitidae (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) from the Yucatecan continental shelf (Mexico), including a revision of the genus Diagoniceps Willey. Bull. Kon. Belg. Inst. Natuurwet. Biologie 65: 151-236, more
- Fiers, F. (1991). A revision of the genus Laophontina Norman & T. Scott (Copepoda, Harpacticoida). Bull. Kon. Belg. Inst. Natuurwet. Biologie 61: 5-54, more
- Fiers, F.; Rutledge, Ph. (1990). Harpacticoid copepods associated with Spartina alterniflora culms from the marshes of Cocodrie, Louisiana (Crustacea, Copepoda). Bull. Kon. Belg. Inst. Natuurwet. Biologie 60: 105-125, more
- Fiers, F. (1988). Probosciphontodes n. gen., a new genus of the family Ancorabolidae, with the description of two new species (Copepoda, Harpacticoida). Bull. Kon. Belg. Inst. Natuurwet. Biologie 58: 75-83, more
- Fiers, F. (1987). Intercletodes interita n. gen., n. sp. and Orthopsyllus coralliophilus n. sp., two new copepods from the northern coast of Papua New Guinea (Copepoda, Harpacticoida). Bull. Kon. Belg. Inst. Natuurwet. Biologie 57: 123-132, more
- Fiers, F. (1986). A new record and redescription of Paralaophontodes echinata (Willey) (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Ancorabolidae). Ann. Soc. R. Zool. Bel. 116(2): 137-144, more
- Fiers, F. (1986). New and interesting copepods (Crustacea, Copepoda) from brackish waters of Laing Island (Northern Papua New Guinea). Bull. Kon. Belg. Inst. Natuurwet. Biologie 56: 99-120, more
- Fiers, F. (1986). Harpacticoid copepods from the West Indian Islands: Darcythompsoniidae (Copepoda, Harpacticoida). Bijdr. Dierkd. 56(2): 282-290, more
- Fiers, F. (1984). Comparative morphology of the family Laophontidae (Copepoda : Harpacticoida). Ann. Soc. R. Zool. Bel. 114(2): 323, more
- Fiers, F. (1983). Marine copepods from the Republic of Maldives: 1. Syngastes spinifer sp. nov. from Baros Island, North Malé Atoll (Copepoda: Harpacticoida). Ann. Soc. R. Zool. Bel. 113(2): 115-124, more
- Fiers, F. (1982). New Canuellidae from the Northern coast of Papua New Guinea (Copepoda: Harpacticoida). Bull. Kon. Belg. Inst. Natuurwet. Biologie 54(4): 1-32, pl. I-XVII, more
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| Book chapters (3) [show] |
- Van Ginderdeuren, K.; Fiers, F.; De Backer, A.; Vincx, M.; Hostens, K. (2013). Updating the zooplankton species list for the Belgian part of the North Sea, in: Van Ginderdeuren, K. Zooplankton and its role in North Sea food webs: Community structure and selective feeding by pelagic fish in Belgian marine waters = Zooplankton en diens rol in Noordzee voedselwebben: Gemeenschapsstructuur en selectief foerageergedrag door pelagische vissen in Belgische mariene wateren. pp. 21-35, more
- Chen, M.; Wartel, S.; Fiers, F. (2011). Impact of oil and gas production activities on cohesive sediment and biological adaptation, in: Hun-Wei Lee, J. et al. Asian and Pacific Coasts 2011. Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on APAC, Hong Kong, 14-16 December 2011. pp. 1062-1069. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/9789814366489_0126, more
- Fiers, F.; Backeljau, T.; Willenz, P.; Verheyen, E.; Govaere, J.; Grootaert, P.; Baert, L.; Jocqué, R.; Snoeks, J. (1994). Diversity and speciation in the wider Caribbean, in: Vanderborght, O. et al. (Ed.) IGBP and 'Global Change' related research in Belgium II. pp. 38, more
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| Thesis [show] |
- Fiers, F. (1988). Taxonomie, Fylogenie en Zoogeografie van de Laophontidae (Copepoda, Harpacticoida). Thesis. Universiteit Gent: Gent. 377 + 771 pp., more
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| Abstracts (6) [show] |
- Kotwicki, L.; Fiers, F.; Grzelak, K.; Baldyga, B. (2011). Harpacticoida diversity in the deep-sea - methodological problem, in: World Conference on Marine Biodiversity 2011. Our Oceans, Our Future: Oral Abstract Booklet. pp. 104, more
- Gheerardyn, H.; Fiers, F.; Vincx, M.; De Troch, M. (2005). Morphological plasticity in the Laophontidae (Copepoda: Harpacticoida): adaptations to dead coral substrates (from the coast of Kenya), in: Ninth International Conference on Copepoda, July 11-15, 2005, Hammamet, Tunisia: Abstract book. pp. 272, more
- Azémar, F.; Fiers, F.; Tackx, M. (2004). Zooplankton distribution across the brackish and freshwater zone of the Scheldt estuary, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) VLIZ Young Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 5 March 2004: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 17: pp. 33, more
- Gheerardyn, H.; Fiers, F.; De Troch, M.; Vincx, M. (2004). A new genus of Laophontidae (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) with seven new species and their adaptation to coralligene substrates, in: Twelfth International Meiofauna Conference, July 11-16, 2004, Ravenna, Italy: Abstract book. pp. 39, more
- Azémar, F.; Fiers, F.; Tackx, M. (2002). Zooplankton distribution across the brackish and freshwater zone of the Scheldt estuary, in: ECSA Local Meeting: ecological structures and functions in the Scheldt Estuary: from past to future, Antwerp, Belgium October 7-10, 2002: abstract book. pp. 70, more
- Fiers, F.; Schockaert, E.; Flores Nava, A. (1994). Caribbean invertebrate biodiversity research center, in: Vanderborght, O. et al. (Ed.) IGBP and 'Global Change' related research in Belgium II. pp. 215, more
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| Other publication [show] |
- Thielemans, L.; Fiers, F.; Heip, C.H.R. (1979). Pollutie door detergenten als mogelijke oorzaak van de mislukte oesterkweek in de Spuikom te Oostende. IZWO Mededelingen en Informatie 9(2): 14-23, more
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- Vandepitte, L. (2003). Onderzoek van het effect van habitatfragmentatie op meiofauna aan de hand van kolonisatie-experimenten in een Mexicaans zeegrasveld. MSc Thesis. Universiteit Gent: Gent. 126, append. pp., more
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