Jongerencontactdag 2006

On the 31st of March 2006 the sixth edition of the VLIZ Young Marine Scientists' Day 2006 took place in Brugge! Professsionals and young marine scientists' met each other and showed the multidisciplinary nature of the marine research in Flanders. The audience and a professional jury voted for the best scientific poster. The winners of the VLIZ Thesis Award Marine Sciences and the North Sea Award were given the floor to present. In the following you find all the winners, abstracts, posters and pictures.

The abstracts of all participants and winners of the VLIZ awards can be found in the Book of Abstracts.

Poster award - Public jury:

Verfaillie Els, Foster-Smith Bob and Van Lancker Vera - Analysis of bathymetrical derived features on the Belgian continental shelf as a support for marine habitat mapping

Poster award - Professional jury:

Vanden Broeck Heidi, De Wolf Hans, Backeljau Thierry and Blust Ronny - Effects of pollution on the morphology and condition of Littorina littorea along the Scheldt Estuary

North Sea Award 2005:

dr. Oscar G. Bos - 'Recruitment variation of Macoma balthica (L.). Is there a role for larval food limitation?' - [Ph.D. thesis]

VLIZ Thesis Award for Marine Sciences 2005:

Ivy Meert - 'Reconstruction of environmental conditions at the Belgian coastal area over the past 800 years using Mytilus edulis shells' - [Thesis]

Kristien Schelfaut - 'Defining landscapes on the Belgian continental shelf as an approach to holistic habitat mapping' - [Thesis]

More pictures of the Young Marine Scientists' Day 2006 are available in the VLIZ-photogallery.