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Dr Moodley, Leon
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Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek der Zee (NIOZ), more

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Food, oxygen and bioturbation: an experimental study of meiofauna community structure, more
Higher trophic levels in the Southern North Sea, more

Natural stable isotopes in the primary producents of the pelagic and the benthic heterotrophic cycle of the Belgian Continental Shelf, more
Vertical distribution of benthic foraminifers in sediments of contrasting environments and the relevance of sieve size, more

A1 Publications (27) [show]
Vasquez-Cardenas, D.; Hidalgo-Martinez, S.; Hulst, L.; Thorleifsdottir, T.; Helgason, G.V.; Eiriksson, T.; Geelhoed, J.S.; Agustsson, T.; Moodley, L.; Meysman, F.J.R. (2022). Biogeochemical impacts of fish farming on coastal sediments: insights into the functional role of cable bacteria. Front. Microbiol. 13: 1034401. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.1034401, more Boschker, H.T.S.; Vasquez-Cardenas, D.; Bolhuis, H.; Moerdijk-Poortvliet, T.C.W.; Moodley, L. (2014). Chemoautotrophic Carbon Fixation Rates and Active Bacterial Communities in Intertidal Marine Sediments. PLoS One 9(7): e101443 1-12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0101443, more Koho, K.A.; Nierop, K.G.J.; Moodley, L.; Middelburg, J.J.; Pozzato, L.; Soetaert, K.; van der Plicht, J.; Reichart, G.J. (2013). Microbial bioavailability regulates organic matter preservation in marine sediments. Biogeosciences 10(2): 1131-1141. dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-1131-2013, more Pape, E.; van Oevelen, D.; Moodley, L.; Soetaert, K.; Vanreusel, A. (2013). Nematode feeding strategies and the fate of dissolved organic matter carbon in different deep-sea sedimentary environments. Deep-Sea Res., Part 1, Oceanogr. Res. Pap. 80: 94-110. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2013.05.018, more Pozzato, L.; van Oevelen, D.; Moodley, L.; Soetaert, K.; Middelburg, J.J (2013). Sink or link? The bacterial role in benthic carbon cycling in the Arabian Sea's oxygen minimum zone. Biogeosciences 10: 6879-6891. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-6879-2013, more Pozzato, L.; van Oevelen, D.; Moodley, L.; Soetaert, K.; Middelburg, J.J. (2013). Carbon processing at the deep-sea floor of the Arabian Sea oxygen minimum zone: A tracer approach. J. Sea Res. 78: 45-58. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2013.01.002, more Provoost, P.; Braeckman, U.; Van Gansbeke, D.; Moodley, L.; Soetaert, K.; Middelburg, J.J.; Vanaverbeke, J. (2013). Modelling benthic oxygen consumption and benthic-pelagic coupling at a shallow station in the southern North Sea. Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 120: 1-11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2013.01.008, more Moodley, L.; Nigam, R.; Ingole, B.; Babu, C.P.; Panchang, R.; Nanajkar, M.; Sivadas, S.; van Breugel, P.; van Ijzerloo, L.; Rutgers, R.; Heip, C.H.R.; Middelburg, J.J. (2011). Oxygen minimum seafloor ecological (mal) functioning. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 398(1-2): 91-100. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2010.12.015, more Pape, E.; Bezerra, T.N.; Vanneste, H.; Heeschen, K.; Moodley, L.; Leroux, F.; van Breugel, P.; Vanreusel, A. (2011). Community structure and feeding preference of nematodes associated with methane seepage at the Darwin mud volcano (Gulf of Cádiz). Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 438: 71-83. dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps09278, more van Duyl, F.C.; Moodley, L.; Nieuwland, G.; van Ijzerloo, L.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Houtekamer, M.; Meesters, E.H.; Middelburg, J.J. (2011). Coral cavity sponges depend on reef-derived food resources: stable isotope and fatty acid constraints. Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 158(7): 1653-1666. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-011-1681-z, more Van Gaever, S.; Moodley, L.; Pasotti, F.; Houtekamer, M.; Middelburg, J.J.; Danovaro, R.; Vanreusel, A. (2009). Trophic specialisation of metazoan meiofauna at the Håkon Mosby Mud Volcano: fatty acid biomarker isotope evidence. Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 156(6): 1289-1296. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-009-1170-9, more Van Nugteren, P.; Herman, P.M. J.; Moodley, L.; Middelburg, J.J.; Vos, M.; Heip, C.H.R. (2009). Spatial distribution of detrital resources determines the outcome of competition between bacteria and a facultative detritivorous worm. Limnol. Oceanogr. 54(5): 1413-1419. https://dx.doi.org/10.4319/lo.2009.54.5.1413, more van Oevelen, D.; Soetaert, K.; Franco, M.A.; Moodley, L.; van Ijzerloo, L.; Vincx, M.; Vanaverbeke, J. (2009). Organic matter input and processing in two contrasting North Sea sediments: insights from stable isotope and biomass data. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 380: 19-32. dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps07921, more Moodley, L.; Steyaert, M.; Epping, E.; Middelburg, J.J.; Vincx, M.; van Avesaath, P.; Moens, T.; Soetaert, K. (2008). Biomass-specific respiration rates of benthic meiofauna: Demonstrating a novel oxygen micro-respiration system. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 357(1): 41-47. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2007.12.025, more Bühring, S.I.; Lampadariou, N.; Moodley, L.; Tselepides, A.; Witte, U. (2006). Benthic microbial and whole-community responses to different amounts of 13C-enriched algae: in situ experiments in the deep Cretan Sea (Eastern Mediterranean). Limnol. Oceanogr. 51(1): 157-165, more Bühring, S.I.; Ehrenhauss, S.; Kamp, A.; Moodley, L.; Witte, U. (2006). Enhanced benthic activity in sandy sublittoral sediments: evidence from ¹³C tracer experiments. Mar. Biol. Res. 2(2): 120-129, more Van Gaever, S.; Moodley, L.; de Beer, D.; Vanreusel, A. (2006). Meiobenthos at the Arctic Håkon Mosby Mud Volcano, with a parental-caring nematode thriving in sulphide-rich sediments. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 321: 143-155. dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps321143, more van Oevelen, D.; Middelburg, J.J.; Soetaert, K.; Moodley, L. (2006). The fate of bacterial carbon in an intertidal sediment: Modeling an in situ isotope tracer experiment. Limnol. Oceanogr. 51(3): 1302-1314. http://dx.doi.org/10.4319/lo.2006.51.3.1302, more van Oevelen, D.; Moodley, L.; Soetaert, K.; Middelburg, J.J. (2006). The trophic significance of bacterial carbon in a marine intertidal sediment: Results of an in situ stable isotope labeling study. Limnol. Oceanogr. 51(5): 2349-2359. http://dx.doi.org/10.4319/lo.2006.51.5.2349, more van Oevelen, D.; Soetaert, K.; Middelburg, J.J.; Herman, P.M.J.; Moodley, L.; Hamels, I.; Moens, T.; Heip, C.H.R. (2006). Carbon flows through a benthic food web: integrating biomass, isotope and tracer data. J. Mar. Res. 64(3): 453-482. dx.doi.org/10.1357/002224006778189581, more Moodley, L.; Middelburg, J.J.; Soetaert, K.; Boschker, H.T.S.; Herman, P.M.J.; Heip, C.H.R. (2005). Similar rapid response to phytodetritus deposition in shallow and deep-sea sediments. J. Mar. Res. 63(2): 457-469, more Moodley, L.; Middelburg, J.J.; Herman, P.M.J.; Soetaert, K.; de Lange, G.J. (2005). Oxygenation and organic-matter preservation in marine sediments: Direct experimental evidence from ancient organic carbon-rich deposits. Geology (Boulder Colo.) 33(11): 889-892. http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/G21731.1, more Steyaert, M.; Moodley, L.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Vandewiele, S.; Vincx, M. (2005). Laboratory experiments on the infaunal activity of intertidal nematodes. Hydrobiologia 540(1-3): 217-223. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-004-7145-4, more Moodley, L.; Middelburg, J.J.; Boschker, H.T.S.; Duineveld, G.C.A.; Pel, R.; Herman, P.M.J.; Heip, C.H.R. (2002). Erratum: Bacteria and foraminifera: Key players in a short-term deep-sea benthic response to phytodetritus. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 239: 230, more Moodley, L.; Boschker, H.T.S.; Middelburg, J.J.; Pel, R.; Herman, P.M.J.; de Deckere, E.; Heip, C.H.R. (2000). Ecological significance of benthic foraminifera: ¹³C labelling experiments. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 202: 289-295, more Moodley, L.; Heip, C.H.R.; Middelburg, J.J. (1998). Benthic activity in sediments of the northwestern Adriatic Sea: sediment oxygen consumption, macro- and meiofauna dynamics. J. Sea Res. 40(3-4): 263-280. dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1385-1101(98)00026-4, more Moodley, L.; Herman, P.M. J.; Middelburg, J.J.; Heip, C.H.R. (1996). Comment on: Subsurface activity of benthic foraminifera. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 145(1-3): 303-304, more
Peer reviewed publications (3) [show]
Moodley, L.; Chen, G.; Heip, C.H.R.; Vincx, M. (2000). Vertical distribution of meiofauna in sediments from contrasting sites in the Adriatic Sea: clues to the role of abiotic versus biotic control. Ophelia 53(3): 203-212, more Moodley, L.; van Weering, Tj.C.E. (1993). Foraminiferal record of the Holocene development of the marine environment in the southern North Sea. Neth. J. Sea Res. 31(1): 43-52, more Moodley, L. (1990). Southern North Sea seafloor and subsurface distribution of living benthic Foraminifera. Neth. J. Sea Res. 27(1): 57-71, more
Book chapters (3) [show]
Vanaverbeke, J.; Courtens, W.; Deneudt, K.; Franco, M.A.; Gysels, E.S.; Hellemans, B.; Huyse, T.; Larmuseau, M.; Mees, J.; Moodley, L.; Pampoulie, C.; Provoost, P.; Remerie, T.; Soetaert, K.; Stienen, E.W.M.; Vanden Berghe, E.; Van de walle, M.; van Oevelen, D.; Volckaert, F.A.M.; Vincx, M. (2007). TROPHOS: Fundamental research for policy and sustainable management, in: Calewaert, J.-B. et al. (Ed.) Science and sustainable management of the North Sea: Belgian case studies. pp. 21-81, more Heip, C.H.R.; Herman, P.M.J.; Middelburg, J.J.; Moodley, L.; Soetaert, K.; Ysebaert, T.J. (2005). The ecology of estuarine intertidal flats: the example of the Westerschelde, in: Wilson, J.G. (Ed.) The intertidal ecosystem: the value of Ireland’s shores. pp. 179-195, more Steyaert, M.; Moodley, L.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Vandewiele, S.; Vincx, M. (2003). The direct role of oxygen in the vertical distribution of nematodes: microcosm experiments, in: Steyaert, M. Ruimtelijke en temporele patronen van nematodengemeenschappen in de Noordzee en Westerschelde = Spatial and temporal scales of nematode communities in the North Sea and Westerschelde. pp. 87-97, more
Abstracts (6) [show]
Mevenkamp, L.; Brown, A.; Guilini, K.; Lins, L.; Moodley, L.; Stratmann, T.; Sweetman, A.; van Oevelen, D.; Westerlund, S.; Vanreusel, A. (2016). Responses of nematodes to increased copper toxicity, tailings exposure and sediment deposition from in-situ and laboratory experiments, in: MIDAS final meeting, 3-7 October 2016, Het Pand, Gent, Belgium: conference programme and abstract volume. pp. 52, more Mevenkamp, L.; Stratmann, T.; Moodley, L.; Westerlund, S.; Sweetman, A.; van Oevelen, D.; Guilini, K.; Vanreusel, A. (2015). Effects of short term exposure with mine tailings on deep-sea benthic ecosystem function and services, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Young Scientists’ Day. Brugge, Belgium, 20 February 2015. VLIZ Special Publication, 71: pp. 92, more Heip, C.; Soetaert, K.; Moodley, L.; van Oevelen, D. (2010). Meiobenthic research: trends and challenges in the perspective of global marine ecological research, in: Gheerardyn, H. et al. (Ed.) Fourteenth International Meiofauna Conference, Aula Academica, Ghent, 11-16 July 2010. Book of Abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 44: pp. 7-8, more Pape, E.; Bezerra, T.N.; Vanneste, H.; Heeschen, K.; Moodley, L.; van Breugel, P.; Vanreusel, A. (2010). Small-scale spatial heterogeneity in structural and trophic diversity of meiofauna associated with methane seepage at the Darwin mud volcano (Gulf of Cádiz), in: Gheerardyn, H. et al. Fourteenth International Meiofauna Conference, Aula Academica, Ghent, 11-16 July 2010. Book of Abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 44: pp. 60, more Pape, E.; Bezerra, T.N.; Vanreusel, A.; Heeschen, K.; Moodley, L. (2008). The structural and functional biodiversity of the meiofauna in relation to geochemical conditions on the Darwin mud volcano in the Gulf of Cadiz, in: World Conference on Marine Biodiversity, Valencia, Spain, 11-15 November 2008: book of abstracts. pp. 1, more Steyaert, M.; Vandewiele, S.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Moodley, L.; Vincx, M. (2002). The role of oxygen in the vertical distribution of nematodes: an experimental approach, 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. 59, more
Reports (4) [show]
Vanaverbeke, J.; Franco, M.A.; Remerie, T.; Vanreusel, A.; Vincx, M.; Moodley, L.; Soetaert, K.; van Oevelen, D.; Courtens, W.; Stienen, E.; Van de walle, M.; Deneudt, K.; Vanden Berghe, E.; Draisma, S.; Hellemans, B.; Huyse, T.; Volckaert, F.A.M.J.; Van den Eynde, D. (2007). Higher trophic levels in the southern North Sea “TROPHOS”: Final report EV/25. Belgian Science Policy: Brussel. 89 pp., more Vanaverbeke, J.; Franco, M.A.; van Oevelen, D.; Moodley, L.; Provoost, P.; Steyaert, M.; Soetaert, K.; Vincx, M. (2006). Benthic responses to sedimentation of phytoplankton on the Belgian Continental Shelf, in: Rousseau, V. et al. (Ed.) Current status of eutrophication in the Belgian coastal zone. pp. 73-90, more Soetaert, K.; van Oevelen, D.; Moodley, L. (2004). Benthic-pelagic coupling and sediment metabolism at the Belgian Continental Shelf, in: Hogere trofische niveaus in de Zuidelijke Noordzee 'TROPHOS': wetenschappelijk verslag voor de periode van 01/02/2003-31/01/2004. pp. 9-13, more Vanaverbeke, J.; Moodley, L.; Soetaert, K.; Vincx, M. (2003). Food web interactions at the Belgian Continental Shelf, in: Hogere trofische niveaus in de Zuidelijke Noordzee 'TROPHOS': wetenschappelijk verslag voor de periode van 01/02/2002-31/01/2003. pp. 1-4, more