PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS IN A1-JOURNALS
* Students under my supervision
2024
Bodur YV*, Renaud PE, Lins L, Da Costa Monteiro L, Ambrose WG, Felden J, Krumpen T, Wenzhöfer F, Włodarska-Kowalczuk M, Braeckman U. Weakened pelagic-benthic coupling on an Arctic outflow shelf (Northeast Greenland) suggested by benthic ecosystem changes. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene. 2024 Jan 12;12(1).
2023
Goedefroo N*, Braeckman U, Hostens K, Vanaverbeke J, Moens T, De Backer A. Understanding the impact of sand extraction on benthic ecosystem functioning: a combination of functional indices and biological trait analysis. Frontiers in Marine Science. 2023
Oct 31.
Lefaible N*, Braeckman U, Degraer S, Vanaverbeke J, Moens T. A wind of change for soft-sediment infauna within operational offshore windfarms. Marine Environmental Research. 2023 Jun 1;188:106009.
Li C, Coolen JW, Scherer L, Mogollón JM, Braeckman U, Vanaverbeke J, Tukker A, Steubing B. Offshore Wind Energy and Marine Biodiversity in the North Sea: Life Cycle Impact Assessment for Benthic Communities. Environmental Science & Technology. 2023 Apr 14;57(16):6455-64.
Vlaminck E, Moens T, Braeckman U, Van Colen C. Ocean acidification and warming modify stimulatory benthos effects on sediment functioning: An experimental study on two ecosystem engineers. Frontiers in Marine Science. 2023 Feb 20;10:1101972.
Voet HE, Vlaminck E, Van Colen C, Bodé S, Boeckx P, Degraer S, Moens T, Vanaverbeke J, Braeckman U. Organic matter processing in a [simulated] offshore wind farm ecosystem in current and future climate and aquaculture scenarios. Science of the Total Environment. 2023 Jan 20;857:159285.
2021
Lichtschlag A, Braeckman U, Guilini K, Ahmerkamp S, James RH, de Beer D (2022). Impact of shallow-water hydrothermal seepage on benthic biogeochemical cycling, nutrient availability and meiobenthic communities in a tropical coral reef. Limnology and Oceanography 67 (3), 567-584.
De Borger E*, Ivanov E, Capet A, Braeckman U, Vanaverbeke J, Grégoire M, Soetaert K (in press). Offshore windfarm footprint of sediment organic matter mineralization processes. Frontiers in Marine Sciences 8: 667.
De Borger E*, Tiano J, Braeckman U, Van Rijnsdorp A, Soetaert K (2021). Impact of bottom trawling on sediment biogeochemistry: a modelling approach. Biogeosciences 18 (8): 2539-2557. doi: 10.5194/bg-18-2539-2021
Toussaint E*, De Borger E*, Braeckman U, De Backer A, Soetaert K, Vanaverbeke J (2021). Faunal and environmental drivers of carbon and nitrogen cycling along a permeability gradient in shallow North Sea sediments. Science of the Total Environment 7 : 144994. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.144994
Braeckman U, Pasotti F, Hoffmann R*, Vázquez S, Wulff A, Schloss IR, Falk U, Deregibus D, Lefaible N*, Torstensson A, Al-Handal A, Wenzhöfer F, Vanreusel A (2021). Glacial melt disturbance shifts community metabolism of an Antarctic seafloor ecosystem from net autotrophy to heterotrophy. Communications Biology 4:148. doi: 10.1038/s42003-021-01673-6
De Borger E*, Braeckman U, Soetaert K (2021). Rapid organic matter cycling in North Sea sediments. Continental Shelf Research 214: 10432. doi: 10.1016/j.csr.2020.10432
2020
Mavraki O*, Vanaverbeke J, Degraer S, Braeckman U (2020). Organic matter assimilation by hard substrate fauna in an offshore wind farm area: a pulse-chase study. ICES Journal of Marine Science 77: 2681–2693. doi: 10.1093/icesjms/fsaa13
De Borger E*, Tiano J, Ysebaert T, Braeckman U, Soetaert K (2020). Biological and biogeochemical methods for estimating bio-irrigation: a case study in the Oosterschelde estuary. Biogeosciences s 17: 1701–1715. doi: 10.5194/bg-17-1701-2020
2019
Gogina M, Zettlern ML, Vanaverbeke J, Dannheim J, Van Hoey G, Desroy N, Wrede A, Reiss H, Degraer S, Van Lancker V, Foveau A, Braeckman U, Fiorentino D, Holstein J, Birchenough SNR (2019) Interregional comparison of benthic ecosystem functioning: community bioturbation potential in four regions along the NE Atlantic shelf. Ecological Indicators 10: 105945. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.10594
Hoffmann R*, Al-Handal AY, Wulff A, Deregibus D, Quartino ML, Wenzhöfer F, Braeckman U (2019) Implications of glacial melt-related process on the potential primary production of a microphytobenthic community in Potter Cove (Antarctic). Frontiers in Marine Science 6: 655. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2019.0065
Braeckman U, Pasotti F, Vazquez S, Zacher K, Hoffmann R*, Buckner C, Elvert M, Quartino ML, MacCormack W, Vanreusel A, Wenzhöfer F (2019) Degradation of macroalgae in sediments of Potter Cove, King George Island, Antarctica. Limnology and Oceanography 64: 1423-1441.
2018
Hoffmann R*, Pasotti F, Vázquez S, Lefaible N*, Torstensson A, MacCormack W, Wenzhöfer F, Braeckman U (2018) Spatial variability of biogeochemistry in shallow coastal benthic communities of Potter Cove (Antarctica) and the impact of a melting glacier. Plos One 13 (12), e0207917.
Braeckman U, Janssen F, Lavik G, Elvert M, Marchant H, Buckner C, Bienhold C, Wenzhöfer F (2018) Carbon and nitrogen turnover in the Arctic deep sea: in situ benthic community response to diatom and coccolithophorid phytodetritus. Biogeosciences, 15, 6537-6557.
Hoffmann R*, Braeckman U, Hasemann C, Wenzhöfer F (2018) Deep-sea benthic communities and oxygen fluxes in the Arctic Fram Strait controlled by sea-ice cover and water depth. Biogeosciences 15, 4849–4869.
Mestdagh S, Bagaço L, Braeckman U, Ysebaert T, De Smet B, Moens T and Van Colen C (2018) Functional trait responses to sediment deposition reduce macrofauna-mediated ecosystem functioning in an estuarine mudflat. Biogeosciences, 15, 2587-2599.
2016
Brenner H, Braeckman U, Le Guitton M, Meysman F (2016) The impact of sedimentary alkalinity release on the water column CO2 system in the North Sea. Biogeosciences 13: 841-863. IF: 4.668.
De Smet B*, Braeckman U, Soetaert K, Vincx M, Vanaverbeke J (2016) Predator effects on the feeding and bioirrigation activity of ecosystem-engineered Lanice conchilega reefs. Journal of Marine and Experimental Biology 475: 31-37.
2015
Yazdani Foshtomi M*, Braeckman U, Willems A, Vincx M, Vanaverbeke J (2015) The link between microbial diversity and nitrogen cycling in marine sediments is modulated by macrofaunal bioturbation. PLoS ONE 10(6) IF: 3.534.
Queirós AM, Stephens N, Cook R, Ravaglioli C, Nunes J, Dashfield S, Harris C, Tilstone GH, Fishwick J, Braeckman U, Somerfield P, Widdicombe S (2015) Can we use benthic community structure to predict the ecosystem process of bioturbation in real ecosystems? Progress in Oceanography 137 Part B: 559-569. IF: 3.99.
Braeckman U, Provoost P, Soetaert K, Middelburg JJ, Vincx M, Vanaverbeke J (2015) Temporal dynamics in a shallow coastal benthic food web: insights from fatty acid biomarkers and their stable isotopes. Marine Environmental Research 108: 55-68. IF: 2.53. doi: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2015.04.010.
2014
Birchenough SNR, Reiss H, Degraer S, Mieszkowska N, Borja A, Buhl-Mortensen L, Braeckman U, Craeymeersch J, De Mesel I, Kerckhof F, Kröncke I, Parra S, Rabaut M, Van Colen C, Van Hoey G, Vincx M, Wätjen K (2014) Climate change and marine benthos: A review of existing literature and future directions in the North Atlantic. WIREs Climate Change 6: 203-223.
Braeckman U, Guilini K, Van Colen C, Van Gansbeke D, Soetaert K, Vincx M, Vanaverbeke J (2014) Empirical evidence reveals seasonally dependent reduction in nitrification in coastal sediments subjected to near future ocean acidification. PLoS ONE 9 (10), e108153
Taheri M, Braeckman U, Vincx M, Vanaverbeke J (2014) : Effect of short-term hypoxia on marine nematode community structure and vertical distribution pattern in three different sediment types of the North Sea. Marine Environmental Research 99: 149–159.
Pasotti F, Manini E, Giovannelli D, Wölfl AC, Monien D, Verleyen E, Braeckman U, Vanreusel A (2014) Antarctic shallow water benthos under glacier retreat forcing. Marine Ecology: an Evolutionary Perspective 37 (4), 929-929.
Braeckman U, Yazdani Foshtomi M, Van Gansbeke D, Meysman F, Soetaert K, Vincx M, Vanaverbeke J (2014) Variable importance of macrofauna functional biodiversity for biogeochemical cycling in temperate coastal sediments. Ecosystems 17 (4): 720-737.
Braeckman U, Rabaut M, Vanaverbeke J, Degraer S, Vincx M (2014) Protecting the commons: the use of subtidal ecosystem engineers in marine management. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 24(2): 275-286.
2013
Braeckman U, Vanaverbeke J, Vincx M, van Oevelen D, Soetaert K (2013) Meiobenthic metabolism in hypoxic sediments: currently overestimated. PLoS ONE 8(3): e59289.
Provoost P, Braeckman U, Vanaverbeke J, Middelburg JJ, Soetaert K (2013) Modelling benthic oxygen consumption and benthic-pelagic coupling at a shallow station in the southern North Sea. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 120: 1-11.
Reubens JT, Braeckman U, Vanaverbeke J, Van Colen C, Degraer S, Vincx M (2013) Aggregation at windmill artificial reefs: catch rates of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) and pouting (Trisopterus luscus) at different substrate types in the Belgian part of the North Sea. Fisheries Research 139: 28-34.
2012
Van Colen C, Debusschere E, Braeckman U, Van Gansbeke D, Vincx M (2012) Clam early life history in a high CO2 world: Ocean acidification effects on fertilization, embryogenesis and larval development of Macoma balthica. PLoS ONE 7(9): e44655.
Salomidi M, Katsanevakis S, Borja A, Braeckman U, Damalas D, Galparsoro I, Mifsud R, Mirto S, Pascual M, Pipitone C, Rabaut M, Todorova V, Vassilopoulou V, Vega Fernández T (2012) Assessment of goods and services, vulnerability, and conservation status of European seabed biotopes: a stepping stone towards ecosystem-based marine spatial management. Mediterranean Marine Science 13 (1) 49:88.
Braeckman U, Provoost P, Sabbe K, Soetaert K, Middelburg JJ, Vincx M, Vanaverbeke J (2012) Temporal dynamics in the diet of two marine polychaetes as inferred from fatty acid biomarkers. Journal of Sea Research (68): 6-19.
2011
Braeckman U, Provoost P, Moens P, Middelburg JJ, Soetaert K, Vincx M, Vanaverbeke J (2011) Biological vs. Physical Mixing influence on nematode dynamics after a simulated phytodetritus pulse. PLoS ONE 6 (3): e18078.
Braeckman U, Van Colen C, Soetaert K, Vincx M, Vanaverbeke J (2011) Contrasting macrobenthic activities differentially affect nematode density and diversity in a shallow subtidal marine sediment. Marine Ecology-Progress Series 422:179-191.
2010
Braeckman U, Provoost P, Gribsholt B, Van Gansbeke D, Soetaert K, Middelburg JJ, Vincx M, Vanaverbeke J (2010) Role of macrofauna functional identity and density in biogeochemical fluxes and bioturbation. Marine Ecology Progress Series 399: 173-186.
2008
Rabaut M, Braeckman U, Hendrickx F, Vincx M, Degraer S (2008) The impact of beam trawl fisheries on the fauna associated with Lanice conchilega reefs. An in situ experiment. Fisheries Research 90(1-3): 209-216.
BOOK CHAPTERS
Moens T, Braeckman U, Derycke S, Fonseca G, Gallucci F, Gingold R, Guilini K, Ingels J, Leduc D, Vanaverbeke J, Van Colen C, Vanreusel A, Vincx M (2013) Ecology of marine nematodes. In: Schmidt-Rhaesa A (Ed.), The Handbook of Zoology. Volume Nematoda. de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin.
Moens T, Braeckman U, Derycke S, Fonseca G, Gallucci F, Gingold R, Guilini K, Ingels J, Leduc D, Vanaverbeke J, Van Colen C, Vanreusel A, Vincx M (2013) Ecology of marine nematodes. In: Schmidt-Rhaesa A (Ed.), The Handbook of Zoology. Volume Nematoda. de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin.
REPORTS
- Braeckman U, Lefaible N, Bruns E, Moens T (2020). Turbine-related impacts on macrobenthic communities: an analysis of spatial and temporal variability, in: Degraer, S et al. Environmental impacts of offshore wind farms in the Belgian part of the North Sea: making a decade of monitoring, research and innovation. Memoirs on the Marine Environment: pp 61-78.
- Mavraki N, Braeckman U, Degraer S, Moens T, Vanaverbeke J (2021). On the food-web ecology in offshore wind farms areas: lessons from 4 years of research, in: Degraer, S et al. Environmental impacts of offshore wind farms in the Belgian part of the North Sea: empirical evidence inspiring priority monitoring, research and management. Memoirs on the Marine Environment: pp. 115-131.
- Lefaible N., Colson L, Braeckman U, Moens T (2019). Evaluation of turbine-related impacts on macrobenthic communities within two offshore wind farms during the operational phase, in: Degraer, S et al. Environmental impacts of offshore wind farms in the Belgian part of the North Sea: making a decade of monitoring, research and innovation. Memoirs on the Marine Environment: pp. 47-63.
- Lefaible N, Braeckman U, Moens T (2018) Effects of wind turbine foundations on surrounding macrobenthic communities, in: Degraer S et al. Environmental impacts of offshore wind farms in the Belgian part of the North Sea: assessing and managing effect spheres of influence. Memoirs on the Marine Environment: pp. 57-77.
- Colson L, Braeckman U, Moens T (2017) Effect of turbine presence and type on macrobenthic communities inside an offshore windfarm?, in: Degraer S et al. Environmental impacts of offshore wind farms in the Belgian part of the North Sea: A continued move towards integration and quantification: pp. 39-57.
- Vanaverbeke J, Braarup Cuykens A, Braeckman U, Courtens W, Cuveliers E, Deneudt K, Goffin A, Hellemans B, Huyse T, Lacroix G, Larmuseau M, Mees J, Provoost P, Rabaut M, Remerie T, Savina M, Soetaert K ,Stienen EWM, Verstraete H,Volckaert F Vincx M (2011) WestBanks. Understanding benthic, pelagic and airborne ecosystem interactions in shallow coastal seas. Final Report. Brussels: Belgian Science Policy 2009 – 82 pp. (Research Programme Science for a Sustainable Development).
- Birchenough SNR, Degraer S, Reiss H, Borja A, Braeckman U, Craeymeersch J, De Mesel I, Kerckhof F, Kröncke I, Mieszkowska N, Parra S, Rabaut M, Schröder A, Van Colen C, Van Hoey G, Vincx M, Wätjen K (2011) Responses of marine benthos to climate change. In: Reid PC and Valdés L (2011) ICES status report on climate change in the North Atlantic. ICES Cooperative Research Report No. 310. 262 pp.
- Vanaverbeke J, Braeckman U, Claus S, Courtens W, De Hauwere N, Degraer S, Deneudt K, Goffin A, Mees J, Merckx B, Provoost P, Rabaut M, Soetaert K, Stienen E, Vincx M (2009) Long-term data from the Belgian Continental Shelf in the framework of science-based management of the coastal North Sea: Report of the WestBanks integrative workshop, October 2008. Belgian Science Policy: Brussel, Belgium. 23 pp.
- Degraer S, Braeckman U, Haelters J, Hostens K, Jacques T, Kerckhof F, Merckx B, Rabaut M, Stienen E, Van Hoey G, Van Lancker V, Vincx M (2009) Studie betreffende het opstellen van een lijst met potentiële Habitatrichtlijn gebieden in het Belgische deel van de Noordzee. Eindrapport in opdracht van de Federale Overheidsdienst Volksgezondheid, Veiligheid van de Voedselketen en Leefmilieu, Directoraat-generaal Leefmilieu. Brussel, België. 93 pp.
- Vanaverbeke J, Braeckman U, Courtens W, Cuveliers E, Huyse T, Lacroix G, Larmuseau MHD, Provoost P, Rabaut M, Remerie T, Savina M, Soetaert K, Stienen EWM, Verstraete H, Volckaert F, Vincx M (2009) “WESTBANKS” Brussels : Belgian Science Policy 2009 – 46 pp. (Research Programme Science for a Sustainable Development : Final Report Phase 1).
- Vanaverbeke J, Beuselinck B, Braeckman U, Van Colen C, De Troch M, Moens T, Rigeaux A, Schram D, Van Gansbeke D, Vincx M, Degraer S (2008) Ecologische Monitoring Kustverdedigingsproject Oostende (t0-situatie, fase 3). Aanvullende studie: Kwantificering en kwalificering van organisch materiaal in mariene sedimenten: hun onderlinge relaties en de relatie tot de korrelgrootteverdeling. Dossiernummer 205.240. MD & K: Oostende, Belgium. 14 pp.
- Vanaverbeke J, Braeckman U, Courtens W, Cuveliers E, Deneudt K, Goffin A, Larmuseau MHD, Mees J, Provoost P, Rabaut M, Remerie T, Savina M, Soetaert K, Stienen EWM , Van de Walle M, Volckaert F, Vincx M (2008) Understanding benthic, pelagic and air-borne ecosystem interactions in shallow coastal seas: WestBanks. Science for a Sustainable Development. Activity report intended for the intermediary evaluation (Document G), Contract Number SB/BN/01A, period: 15/12/2008-31/07/2008.
- Vanaverbeke J, Braeckman U, Courtens W, Cuveliers E, Deneudt K, Goffin A, Larmuseau MHD, Mees J, Provoost P, Rabaut M, Remerie T, Savina M, Soetaert K, Stienen EWM , Van de Walle M, Volckaert F, Vincx M (2007) Understanding benthic, pelagic and air-borne ecosystem interactions in shallow coastal seas: WestBanks. Science for a Sustainable Development. Annual scientific report, period: 15/12/2006-15/12/2007.
THESES
Braeckman U (2011) Macrobenthos structuring the sea floor: importance of its functional biodiversity for the benthic ecosystem = De structurerende rol van macrobenthos in de zeebodem: belang van de functionele biodiversiteit voor het benthische ecosysteem. PhD Thesis. Marine Biology Research Group: Gent. ISBN 9789490695590. 239 pp.
Braeckman U (2006) The impact of beam trawl fisheries on the fauna associated with Lanice conchilega reefs. An in situ experiment. MSc Thesis. Ghent University, Faculty of Sciences: Ghent.
Braeckman U (2005) Macrofauna from the North Sea: Impact of bottom trawling on the diversity of benthic fauna. MSc Thesis. Ghent University, Faculty of Sciences: Ghent. 79 pp. appendices.
Braeckman U (2011) Macrobenthos structuring the sea floor: importance of its functional biodiversity for the benthic ecosystem = De structurerende rol van macrobenthos in de zeebodem: belang van de functionele biodiversiteit voor het benthische ecosysteem. PhD Thesis. Marine Biology Research Group: Gent. ISBN 9789490695590. 239 pp.
Braeckman U (2006) The impact of beam trawl fisheries on the fauna associated with Lanice conchilega reefs. An in situ experiment. MSc Thesis. Ghent University, Faculty of Sciences: Ghent.
Braeckman U (2005) Macrofauna from the North Sea: Impact of bottom trawling on the diversity of benthic fauna. MSc Thesis. Ghent University, Faculty of Sciences: Ghent. 79 pp. appendices.
INVITED SPEAKER
International conferences and project meetings:
National conferences and project meetings:
Poster presentations:
International conferences and project meetings:
- Braeckman U, Pasotti F, Hoffmann R, Vázquez S, Torstensson A, Vanreusel A, Wenzhöfer F (2018) Carbon and nutrient cycling in shallow Antarctic communities subject to glacier retreat. General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union (EGU), Vienna, Austria.
- Braeckman U, Pasotti F, Hoffmann R, Vázquez S, Torstensson A, Vanreusel A, Wenzhöfer F (2017) Carbon and nutrient cycling in shallow Antarctic communities subject to glacier retreat, 5th Nereis Park Conference, Southampton, NY, USA.
- Braeckman U, Pasotti F, Hoffman R, Vázquez S, Torstensson A, Vanreusel A, Wenzhöfer F (2017) Unravelling the responses of shallow soft sediment assemblages to rapid glacier retreat in an Antarctic fjord: Carbon and nutrient cycling. XIIth SCAR Biology Symposium, Leuven, Belgium.
- Braeckman U (2015) Biogeochemistry in Antarctic benthic communities influenced by glacier retreat. IMCONET Workpackage 3 meeting, Buenos Aires, Argentina (via skype).
- Braeckman U, Rabaut M, Degraer S, Vincx M, Vanaverbeke J (2014) Estimating the contribution of bioturbation to ecosystem services. 4th Nereis Park Conference on Bioturbation, Plymouth, UK. Invited key-note speaker
- Braeckman U, Yazdani Foshtomi M, Van Gansbeke D, Soetaert K, Meysman F, Vincx M, Vanaverbeke J (2014) Incorporating functional biodiversity as bioturbation in models to predict benthic biogeochemical cycling. 4th Nereis Park Conference on Bioturbation, Plymouth, UK.
- Braeckman U, Guilini K, Van Colen C, Vincx M, Vanaverbeke J (2013) The effect of ocean acidification on benthic ecosystem functioning in contrasting sediment types. CERF conference, San Diego, USA.
- Braeckman U, Yazdani M, Van Gansbeke M, Soetaert K, Meysman F, Vincx M, Vanaverbeke J (2012) FLUXMAP: an ecosystem functioning map of the Belgian part of the North Sea. Workshop Wadden Sea processes relevant for the adjacent Southern North Sea, IFM-ZMAW, Hamburg, Germany.
- Braeckman U, Provoost P, Moens T, Soetaert K, Vincx M, Vanaverbeke J (2011) Microscale mineralisation rates under different mixing regimes. ASLO Annual Science Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
- Braeckman U, Provoost P, Soetaert K, Middelburg JJ, Vincx M, Vanaverbeke J (2010) Influence of macrobenthos on nematode dynamics after a phytoplankton bloom. 14th International Meiofauna Conference (Fourtimco), Ghent, Belgium.
- Braeckman U, Provoost P, Soetaert K, Middelburg JJ, Vincx M, Vanaverbeke J (2009) Does macrobenthos affect the benthic processing of a settling phytoplankton bloom? CERF 2009 Estuaries and Coasts in a Changing World, Portland, Oregon USA.
- Braeckman U, Provoost P, Gribsholt B, Van Gansbeke D, Vincx M, Soetaert K, Middelburg JJ, Vanaverbeke J (2008) The structuring role of macrobenthos in the sea floor: is there any seasonal, density or functional identity effect? World Conference on Marine Biodiversity, Valencia, Spain.
National conferences and project meetings:
- Braeckman U (2016) Effects of altered food quality on Arctic deep-sea community carbon and nitrogen turnover. Internal Marine Biology Research Symposium (14MBSS), Ghent, Belgium.
- Braeckman U, Van Colen C, Foshtomi MY, Van Gansbeke D, Marchant H, Lavik G, Meysman F, Soetaert K, Vincx M, Vanaverbeke J (2013) FLUXMAP: importance of sediment type and macrobenthic functional biodiversity for biogeochemical cycling in the Belgian part of the North Sea at VLIZ Young Scientists' Day. Brugge, Belgium.
- Braeckman U, Provoost P, Sabbe K, Middelburg JJ, Soetaert K, Vincx M, Vanaverbeke J (2010) Temporal variation in macrobenthic diet as inferred from fattyc acid biomarkers. Westbanks enduser meeting, Gent, Belgium.
- Braeckman U, Frickel J, Vincx M, Vanaverbeke J (2010) Macrobenthos altering nematode communities. Internal Marine Biology Research Symposium (OCTEMBSS), Ghent, Belgium.
- Braeckman U, Provoost P, Soetaert K, Middelburg JJ, Vincx M, Vanaverbeke J (2009) Does macrofauna affect the benthic processing of a settling phytoplankton bloom? VLIZ Young Scientists’ Day Thermae Palace, Ostend.
- Braeckman U, Provoost P, Vincx M, Soetaert K, Middelburg JJ, Vanaverbeke J (2009) Macrobenthos structuring the sea floor: recent experiments. Westbanks enduser meeting, Leuven, Belgium.
- Braeckman U, Provoost P, Gribsholt B, Van Gansbeke D, Vincx M, Soetaert K, Middelburg JJ, Vanaverbeke J (2008) The structuring role of macrobenthos in the sea floor: is there any seasonal, density or functional identity effect? Westbanks enduser meeting, Ghent, Belgium.
- Braeckman U, Provoost P, Gribsholt B, Van Gansbeke D, Vincx M, Soetaert K, Middelburg JJ, Vanaverbeke J (2008) Role of macrobenthos in the functioning of a sea floor: role of seasonality, density or diversity? Internal Marine Biology Research Symposium (SIMBSS), Ghent, Belgium.
- Braeckman U, Provoost P, Gribsholt B, Van Gansbeke D, Vincx M, Soetaert K, Middelburg JJ, Vanaverbeke J (2007) Westbanks: biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in coastal sediments: First results on SCOC, nutrient fluxes and bioturbation. Westbanks enduser meeting, Ghent, Belgium.
- Braeckman U, Provoost P, Gribsholt B, Van Gansbeke D, De Groote A, Vanaverbeke J, Soetaert K,Middelburg JJ, Vincx M (2007) Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in sediments of coastal seas. Westbanks Kick-off meeting, Ghent, Belgium.
Poster presentations:
- Braeckman U, Pasotti F, Hoffmann R, Vázquez S, Torstensson A, Vanreusel A, Wenzhöfer F (2017) Carbon cycling in Antarctic benthic communities subject to glacier retreat. Poster at VLIZ marine scientist day, 03/03/2017, Bruges. in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Scientist Day. Brugge, Belgium, 3 March 2017. VLIZ Special Publication, 79: pp. 7
- Braeckman U, Yazdani M, Van Gansbeke M, Soetaert K, Meysman F, Vincx M, Vanaverbeke J (2012) FLUXMAP: an ecosystem functioning map of the Belgian part of the North Sea at: VLIZ Young Scientists’ Day Thermae Palace, Ostend.
- Braeckman U, Provoost P, Soetaert K, Middelburg JJ, Vincx M, Vanaverbeke J (2009) The role of macrobenthos in the processing of a settling phytoplankton bloom. VLIZ Young Scientists’ Day Thermae Palace, Ostend.
- Braeckman U, Frickel J, Vincx M, Vanaverbeke J (2009) Macrobenthos alters nematode vertical distribution. VLIZ Young Scientists’ Day, Bruges, Belgium.
- Braeckman U, Provoost P, Gribsholt B, Van Gansbeke D, Vincx M, Soetaert K, Middelburg JJ, Vanaverbeke J (2008) Macrobenthos structuring the sea floor: role of seasonality, density or diversity? Bioturbation: An update to Darwin’s last idea. Linking bioturbation, biogeochemistry and biodiversity, Conference in Renesse, the Netherlands.
- Braeckman U, Provoost P, Gribsholt B, Van Gansbeke D, Vincx M, Soetaert K, Middelburg JJ, Vanaverbeke J (2008) The role of macrobenthos in the functioning of a sea floor: is there any seasonal, density or functional identity effect? VLIZ Young Scientists’ day, Bruges, Belgium.