Jongerencontactdag 2005

The fifth edition of the VLIZ Young Marine Scientists' Day took place on the 25th of February 2005. On this day, professionals and young marine scientists' met each other in Brugge 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:

Van de Putte Anton, Beans Cristina, Volckaert Filip and Hecq Jean-Henri - Status, role and control of Electrona antarctica in the Lazarev Sea

 

Poster award - Professional jury:

Van Keeken Olvin A., Grift Rob E. and Rijnsdorp Adriaan D.- Sudden changes in the spatial distribution of juvenile plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) in the North Sea

 

North Sea Award 2004:

dr. Dries Bonte - 'Distribution of spiders in coastal grey dunes - Spatial patterns and evolutionary-ecological importance of dispersal' - [Ph.D. thesis]

 

VLIZ Thesis Award for Marine Sciences 2004:

Griet Neukermans - 'Remote sensing of mangroves in Gazi Bay (Kenya) with very high resolution QuickBird satellite imagery: automated methods for species and assemblage identification' - [Thesis]

Dioli Ann Payo - 'Molecular systematics and cryptic diversity of the genus Dictyota (Dictyotales: Phaeophyta) with special reference to species occurring in the Philippines' - [Thesis]

 

More pictures of the Young Marine Scientist' Day 2005 are available in the VLIZ-photogallery.