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Mr Decock, Wim
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Previous institutes (2)
Publications (43)
Projects (3)
Datasets (4)

Thesaurus term: Marine ecology

Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), more

Function: Science Officer Data Centre
Period: From 1st Jan 2008 till 30th Jun 2025

VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium, more

Function: Project leader

A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure, more
Belgian Register of Marine & Coastal Species, more
Niet-inheemse soorten in het Belgisch deel van de Noordzee en omliggende estuaria, more

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A1 Publications (12) [show]
Horton, T.; Rabone, M.; Ahyong, S.T.; Bieler, R.; Boyko, C.B.; Brandão, S.N.; Paulay, G.; Simon-Lledó, E.; Boydens, B.; Decock, W.; Dekeyzer, S.; Delgat, L.; Vanhoorne, B.; Vandepitte, L. (2025). Tackling temporary names: interim solutions for the taxonomic impediment. Mar. Biodiv. 55(5): 76. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12526-025-01559-4, more Vandepitte, L.; Dekeyzer, S.; Decock, W.; Delgat, L.; Boydens, B.; Tyberghein, L.; Vanhoorne, B.; Hernandez, F.; Mees, J.; Horton, T.; Kroh, A.; Boyko, C.B.; Ahyong, S.T. (2025). The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) through the looking glass: insights from the data management team in light of the crystal anniversary of WoRMS. Hydrobiologia 852(1): 1-22. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-024-05688-y, more Bouchet, P.; Decock, W.; Lonneville, B.; Vanhoorne, B.; Vandepitte, L. (2023). Marine biodiversity discovery: The metrics of new species descriptions. Front. Mar. Sci. 10: 1-14. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.929989, more De Grave, S.; Decock, W.; Dekeyzer, S.; Davie, P.J.F.; Fransen, C.H.J.M.; Boyko, C.B.; Poore, G.C.B.; MacPherson, E.; Ahyong, S.T.; Crandall, K.A.; de Mazancourt, V.; Osawa, M.; Chan, T.-Y.; Ng, P.K.L.; Lemaitre, R.; van der Meij, S.E.T.; Santos, S. (2023). Benchmarking global biodiversity of decapod crustaceans (Crustacea: Decapoda). J. Crust. Biol. 43(3): ruad042. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/ruad042, more Horton, T.; De Broyer, C.; Bellan-Santini, D.; Coleman, C.O.; Copilaș-Ciocianu, D.; Corbari, L.; Daneliya, M.E.; Dauvin, J.-C.; Decock, W.; Fanini, L.; Fišer, C.; Gasca, R.; Grabowski, M.; Guerra-García, J.M.; Hendrycks, E.A.; Hughes, L.E.; Jaume, D.; Kim, Y.-H.; King, R.A.; Lo Brutto, S.; Lörz, A.-N.; Mamos, T.; Serejo, C.S.; Senna, A.R.; Souza-Filho, J.F.; Tandberg, A.H.S.; Thurston, M.H.; Vader, W.; Väinölä, R.; Valls Domedel, G.; Vandepitte, L.; Vanhoorne, B.; Vonk, R.; White, K.N.; Zeidler, W. (2023). The World Amphipoda Database: history and progress. Rec. Aust. Mus. 75(4): 329-342. https://dx.doi.org/10.3853/j.2201-4349.75.2023.1875, more Vranken, S.; Robuchon, M.; Dekeyzer, S.; Bárbara, I.; Bartsch, I.; Blanfuné, A.; Boudouresque, C.-F.; Decock, W.; Destombe, C.; de Reviers, B.; Díaz Tapia, P; Herbst, A.; Julliard, R.; Karez, R.; Kersen, P.; Krueger-Hadfield, S.A.; Kuhlenkamp, R.; Peters, A.F.; Peña, V.; Piñeiro-Corbeira, C.; Rindi, F.; Rousseau, F.; Rueness, J.; Schubert, H.; Sjøtun, K.; Sansón, M.; Smale, D.; Thibaut, T.; Valero, M.; Vandepitte, L.; Vanhoorne, B.; Vergés, A.; Verlaque, M.; Vieira, C.; Le Gall, L.; Leliaert, F.; De Clerck, O. (2023). AlgaeTraits: a trait database for (European) seaweeds. ESSD 15(7): 2711-2754. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-2711-2023, more Vandepitte, L.; Vanhoorne, B.; Decock, W.; Vranken, S.; Lanssens, T.; Dekeyzer, S.; Verfaille, K.; Horton, T.; Kroh, A.; Hernandez, F.; Mees, J. (2018). A decade of the World Register of Marine Species – General insights and experiences from the Data Management Team: Where are we, what have we learned and how can we continue? PLoS One 13(4): e0194599. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0194599, more Horton, T.; Gofas, S.; Kroh, A.; Poore, G.C.B.; Read, G.; Rosenberg, G.; Stöhr, S.; Bailly, N.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Brandão, S.N.; Costello, M.J.; Decock, W.; Dekeyzer, S.; Hernandez, F.; Mees, J.; Paulay, G.; Vandepitte, L.; Vanhoorne, B.; Vranken, S. (2017). Improving nomenclatural consistency: a decade of experience in the World Register of Marine Species. Eur. J. Taxon. 389: 1-24. https://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2017.389, more Kociolek, J.P.; Balasubramanian, K.; Blanco, S.; Coste, M.; Ector, L.; Liu, Y.; Kulikovskiy, M.; Ludwig, T.; Lundhom, N.; Potapova, M.; Rimet, F.; Sabbe, K.; Sala, S.; Sar, E.; Taylor, J.; Van de Vijver, B.; Wetzel, C.E.; Williams, D.M.; Witkowski, A.; Witkowski, J.; Vandepitte, L.; Decock, W.; Vanhoorne, B. (2017). Beyond names: developing a names database and other applications for diatoms. Phycologia 56(Supplement 4): 102-103. https://hdl.handle.net/10.2216/0031-8884-56.sp4.1, more Vandepitte, L.; Vanhoorne, B.; Decock, W.; Dekeyzer, S.; Trias Verbeeck, A.; Bovit, L.; Hernandez, F.; Mees, J. (2015). How Aphia - the platform behind several online and taxonomically oriented databases - can serve both the taxonomic community and the field of biodiversity informatics. J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 3(4): 1448-1473. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jmse3041448, more Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Fauchald, K.; Gordon, D.; Hoeksema, B.W.; Poore, G.C.B.; Van Soest, R.W.M.; Stöhr, S.; Walter, T.C.; Vanhoorne, B.; Decock, W.; Appeltans, W. (2013). Global coordination and standardisation in marine biodiversity through the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) and related databases. PLoS One 8(1): 20 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0051629, more Appeltans, W.; Ahyong, S.T.; Anderson, G.; Angel, M.V.; Artois, T.; Bailly, N.; Bamber, R.N.; Barber, A.; Bartsch, I.; Berta, A.; Blazewicz-Paszkowycz , M.; Bock, P.; Boxshall, G.; Boyko, C.B.; Nunes Brandão, S.; Bray, R.A.; Bruce, N.L.; Cairns, S.D.; Chan, T.-Y.; Cheng, L.; Collins, A.G.; Cribb, T.H.; Curini-Galletti, M.; Dahdouh-Guebas, F.; Davie, P.J.F.; Dawson, M.N.; De Clerck, O.; Decock, W.; De Grave, S.; de Voogd, N.J.; Domning, D.P.; Emig, C.C.; Erséus, Ch.; Eschmeyer, W.; Fauchald, K.; Fautin, D.G.; Feist, S.W.; Fransen, C.H.J.M.; Furuya, H.; García-Alvarez, O.; Gerken, S.; Gibson, D.; Gittenberger, A.; Gofas, S.; Gómez-Daglio, L.; Gordon, D.P.; Guiry, M.D.; Hernandez, F.; Hoeksema, B.W.; Hopcroft, R.R.; Jaume, D.; Kirk, P.; Koedam, N.; Koenemann, S.; Kolb, J.B.; Kristensen, R.M.; Kroh, A.; Lambert, G.; Lazarus, D.B.; Lemaitre, R.; Longshaw, M.; Lowry, J.; MacPherson, E.; Madin, L.P.; Mah, C.; Mapstone, G.; McLaughlin, P.A.; Mees, J.; Meland, K.; Messing, C.G.; Mills, C.E.; Molodtsova, T.N.; Mooi, R.; Neuhaus, B.; Ng, P.K.L.; Nielsen, C.; Norenburg, J.; Opresko, D.M.; Osawa, M.; Paulay, G.; Perrin, W.; Pilger, J.F.; Poore, G.C.B.; Pugh, Ph.R.; Read, G.B.; Reimer, J.D.; Rius, M.; Rocha, R.M.; Sáiz Salinas, J.I.; Scarabino, V.; Schierwater, B.; Schmidt-Rhaesa, A.; Schnabel, K.E.; Schotte, M.; Schuchert, P.; Schwabe, E.; Segers, H.; Self-Sullivan, C.; Shenkar, N.; Siegel, V.; Sterrer, W.; Stöhr, S.; Swalla, B.; Tasker, M.L.; Thuesen, E.V.; Timm, T.; Todaro, M.A.; Turon, X.; Tyler, S.; Uetz, P.; van der Land, J.; Vanhoorne, B.; van Ofwegen, L.P.; Van Soest, R.W.M.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Walker-Smith, G.K.; Walter, T.C.; Warren, A.; Williams, G.C.; Wilson, S.P.; Costello, M.J. (2012). The magnitude of global marine species diversity. Curr. Biol. 22(23): 2189-2202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2012.09.036, more
Peer reviewed publications (6) [show]
Rees, T.; Vandepitte, L.; Vanhoorne, B.; Decock, W. (2020). All genera of the world: an overview and estimates based on the March 2020 release of the Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera (IRMNG). Megataxa 1(2): 123-140. https://dx.doi.org/10.11646/megataxa.1.2.3, more Dekeyzer, S.; Decock, W.; Verfaille, K.; Vanhoorne, B.; Lanssens, T.; Vandepitte, L. (2019). Marine species traits in the LifeWatch Taxonomic Backbone. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards 3: e37492. https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/biss.3.37492, more Vandepitte, L.; Vanhoorne, B.; Dekeyzer, S.; Decock, W.; Verfaille, K.; Lanssens, T.; De Pooter, D.; Hernandez, F. (2019). The LifeWatch Taxonomic Backbone: Connecting information on taxonomy, biogeography, literature, traits and genomics. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards 3: e38072. https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/biss.3.38072, more Rees, T.; Vandepitte, L.; Decock, W.; Vanhoorne, B. (2017). IRMNG 2006–2016: 10 years of a global taxonomic database. Biodiversity Informatics 12: 1-44. https://dx.doi.org/10.17161/bi.v12i0.6522, more Vandepitte, L.; Claus, S.; Dekeyzer, S.; Vranken, S.; Decock, W.; Vanhoorne, B.; Hernandez, F. (2017). Documenting marine species traits in the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS): current status, future plans and encountered challenges. Proceedings of TDWG 1: e20337. https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20337, more Gerovasileiou, V.; Martínez, A.; Álvarez, F.; Boxshall, G.; Humphreys, W.F.; Jaume, D.; Becking, L.E.; Muricy, G.; van Hengstum, P.J.; Dekeyzer, S.; Decock, W.; Vanhoorne, B.; Vandepitte, L.; Bailly, N.; Iliffe, T.M. (2016). World Register of marine Cave Species (WoRCS): a new Thematic Species Database for marine and anchialine cave biodiversity. Research Ideas and Outcomes 2: e10451. https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/rio.2.e10451, more
Books (2) [show]
Claus, S.; Vanhoorne, B.; Decock, W.; Dekeyzer, S.; Verfaille, K.; Hernandez, F.; Vandepitte, L. (2018). BERMS, ERMS and WORMS: Community tools to facilitate our knowledge of marine biodiversity. Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ): Oostende. , more Vandepitte, L.; Decock, W.; Mees, J. (Ed.) (2010). Belgian Register of Marine Species, compiled and validated by the VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium. VLIZ Special Publication, 46. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ): Oostende. ISBN 978-90-812900-8-1. 78 pp., more
Abstracts (18) [show]
Vandepitte, L.; Decock, W.; Dekeyzer, S.; Bouwens, J.; Delgat, L.; Boydens, B.; Vanhoorne, B.; Bailly, N.; Palomares, M.L.D. (2023). 15 years of WoRMS - Above and beyond: completing the World Register of Marine Species, in: 21^st FishBase/SeaLifeBase Symposium. pp. 40-41, more Vandepitte, L.; Decock, W.; Dekeyzer, S.; Vanhoorne, B.; Bouirig, K.; Bakeev, D.; Horton, T.; Kroh, A. (2022). Fifteen years of the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS): where are we, and what will the next decade bring?, in: 55th European Marine Biology Symposium 19 – 23 September 2022 Gdańsk, Poland: Book of abstracts. pp. 36, more Dekeyzer, S.; Decock, W.; Verfaille, K.; Vanhoorne, B.; Lanssens, T.; Vandepitte, L. (2019). Marine species traits in the LifeWatch Taxonomic Backbone, in: 54th European Marine Biology Symposium Dublin, Ireland, 25-29 August 2019: Book of Abstracts. pp. 77, more Vandepitte, L.; Vanhoorne, B.; Decock, W.; Lanssens, T.; Verfaille, K.; Dekeyzer, S.; De Pooter, D.; Waumans, F.; Deneudt, K.; Hernandez, F. (2019). The LifeWatch Taxonomic Backbone: How can it help you with your research and how can you help to make it more complete?, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day. Bredene, Belgium, 13 March 2019. VLIZ Special Publication, 83: pp. 64, more Gerovasileiou, V.; Martínez, A.; Alvarez, F.; Boxshall, G.A.; Humphreys, W.F.; Jaume, D.; Becking, L.E.; Muricy, G.; van Hengstum, P.J.; Yamasaki, H.; Dekeyzer, S.; Decock, W.; Vanhoorne, B.; Vandepitte, L.; Bailly, N.; Iliffe, T.M. (2018). Three years with the World Register of marine Cave Species (WoRCS) initiative: current status and future perspectives, in: Proceedings of IV International Symposium for Anchialine Ecosystems, Lanzarote, Canarias. , more Vandepitte, L.; Vanhoorne, B.; Decock, W.; Lanssens, T.; Dekeyzer, S.; Verfaille, K.; Hernandez, F. (2018). The World Register of Marine Species – a decade of taxonomy and experience, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – 53^rd European Marine Biology Symposium. Oostende, Belgium, 17-21 September 2018. VLIZ Special Publication, 82: pp. 95, more Vandepitte, L.; Vanhoorne, B.; Decock, W.; Lanssens, T.; Dekeyzer, S.; Verfaille, K.; Hernandez, F. (2018). World Register of Marine Species, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Scientist Day. Bredene, Belgium, 21 March 2018. VLIZ Special Publication, 80: pp. 54, more Gerovasileiou, V.; Martínez, A.; Baas Becking, L.M.G.; Muricy, G.; Alvarez, F.; Boxshall, G.A.; Humphreys, W.F.; Jaume, D.; van Hengstum, P.J.; Yamasaki, H.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Perez, T.; Voultsiadou, E.; Dekeyzer, S.; Decock, W.; Vanhoorne, B.; Vandepitte, L.; Bailly, N.; Iliffe, T.M. (2017). World Register of marine Cave Species (WoRCS): a tool for evaluating sponge diversity in marine caves and anchialine systems of the world, in: Picton, B. et al. (Ed.) 10th World Sponge Conference, NUI Galway 23-30 June 2017: Book of Abstracts. pp. 215, more Vandepitte, L.; Dekeyzer, S.; Vanhoorne, B.; Decock, W.; Vranken, S.; De Pooter, D.; Waumans, F.; Claus, S.; Verfaille, K.; Hernandez, F. (2017). The Lifewatch Taxonomic Backbone: how can it help you with your research and how can you help to make it more complete?, in: Ramšak, A. et al. (Ed.) 52nd European Marine Biology Symposium, 25-29 September 2017, Piran, Slovenia: Abstract Book. pp. 191, more Kociolek, J.P.; Sabbe, K.; Vandepitte, L.; Decock, W.; Vanhoorne, B. (2016). Catalogue of diatom names resurrected: DiatomBase will be the new authority resource for diatom names and more, in: Pienitz, R. et al. (Ed.) IDS 2016: 24th International Diatom Symposium, Quebec, Canada, 21-26 August 2016: Program & Abstracts. pp. 100, more Vandepitte, L.; Dekeyzer, S.; Claus, S.; Decock, W.; Vranken, S.; Vanhoorne, B.; Hernandez, F. (2016). EMODnet Biology: allowing easy coupling and visualisation of indicator species and their documented distribution, in: 51st European Marine Biology Symposium, Rhodes, 26-30 September 2016: Oral Presentations. pp. 28, more Vandepitte, L.; Vanhoorne, B.; Decock, W.; Trias Verbeeck, A.; Dekeyzer, S.; Colpaert, S.; Hernandez, F. (2013). World Register of Marine Species, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Young Marine Scientists' Day. Brugge, Belgium, 15 February 2013. VLIZ Special Publication, 63: pp. 98, more Appeltans, W.; Costello, M.J.; Decock, W.; Vanhoorne, B.; Deneudt, K.; Hernandez, F. (2012). How many known species in the Ocean and in WoRMS?, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts - VLIZ Young Marine Scientists' Day. Brugge, Belgium, 24 February 2012. VLIZ Special Publication, 55: pp. 11, more Appeltans, W.; Decock, W.; Vanhoorne, B.; Hernandez, F.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Fauchald, K.; Gordon, D.P.; Poore, G.C.B.; van Soest, R.; Stöhr, S.; Walter, C.; Costello, M.J. (2011). The World Register of Marine Species: An authoritative, open-access web-resource for all marine species, in: The future of the 21st century ocean: Marine Sciences and European Research Infrastructures. An International Symposium, 28th June - 1 July 2011 Brest, France. pp. 30, more Appeltans, W.; Decock, W.; Vanhoorne, B.; Hernandez, F.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Fauchald, K.; Gordon, D.P.; Poore, G.C.B.; Hoeksema, B.W.; van Soest, R.W. (2010). The World Register of Marine Species, the first online inventory of all marine species, in: A decade of discovery: Census of Marine Life 2010. The J. Frederick Grassle Scientific Symposium on the Census of Marine Life: Poster abstracts. pp. [1], more Appeltans, W.; Decock, W.; De Hauwere, N.; Vandepitte, L.; Claus, S.; Deneudt, K.; Vanhoorne, B.; Hernandez, F.; Mees, J. (2010). Marine Species Information Systems at VLIZ, in: A decade of discovery: Census of Marine Life 2010. The J. Frederick Grassle Scientific Symposium on the Census of Marine Life: Poster abstracts. pp. [1], more Appeltans, W.; Vanhoorne, B.; Decock, W.; Hernandez, F.; Mees, J. (2009). Is our Belgian lab really more biodiverse than Darwin’s Galapagos Islands?, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) VLIZ Young Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 6 March 2009: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 41: pp. 21-22, more Appeltans, W.; Costello, M.J.; Vanhoorne, B.; Decock, W.; Vandepitte, L.; Hernandez, F.; Mees, J.; Vanden Berghe, E. (2008). Aphia for a World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) VLIZ Young Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium, 29 February 2008: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 40: pp. 27, more
Other publications (5) [show]
Vandepitte, L.; Vanhoorne, B.; Decock, W.; Lanssens, T.; Dekeyzer, S.; Verfaille, K.; Horton, T.; Kroh, A. (2018). 10 years of the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS): where do we stand & where are we heading? PeerJ Preprints 6: e26682v1. https://dx.doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26682v1, more Vandepitte, L.; Decock, W.; Mees, J. (2011). BeRMS Belgian Register of Marine Species [Poster]. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ): Oostende. 1 poster pp., more Appeltans, W.; Decock, W.; De Hauwere, N.; Vandepitte, L.; Claus, S.; Deneudt, K.; Vanhoorne, B.; Hernandez, F.; Mees, J. (2010). Marine Species Information Systems at VLIZ [Poster]. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ): Oostende. 1 poster pp., more Appeltans, W.; Decock, W.; Vanhoorne, B.; Hernandez, F.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Fauchald, K.; Gordon, D.P.; Hoeksema, B.W.; Poore, G.C.B.; van Soest, R.; Stöhr, S.; Walter, C.; Costello, M.J. (2010). The World Register of Marine Species, the first online inventory of all marine species [Poster]. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ)/WoRMS Steering Committee: Oostende. 1 poster pp., more Callebaut, D.; Van der Plaetsen, P.; Decock, W. (1985). De Borch van Oudenaarde. Archaeol. Belg. I(2): 103-108, more