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Mr Willems, Wouter

Previous institutes (2)
Publications (29)
Project

Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie (MARBIOL), more
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Function: PhD student

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Onderzoeksdomein Visserij, more

Habitat suitability models, more

A1 Publications (11) [show]
Poos, J.J.; Aarts, G.M; Vandemaele, S.; Willems, W.; Bolle, L.J.; van Helmond, A.T.M. (2013). Estimating spatial and temporal variability of juvenile North Sea plaice from opportunistic data. J. Sea Res. 75: 118-128. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2012.05.014, more Kröncke, I.; Reiss, H.; Eggleton, J.D.; Aldridge, J.; Bergman, M.J.N.; Cochrane, S.; Craeymeersch, J.A.; Degraer, S.; Desroy, N.; Dewarumez, J.-M.; Duineveld, G.C.A.; Essink, K.; Hillewaert, H.; Lavaleye, M.S.S.; Moll, A.; Nehring, S.; Newell, R.; Oug, E.; Pohlmann, T.; Rachor, E.; Robertson, M.; Rumohr, H.; Schratzberger, M.; Smith, R.; Vanden Berghe, E.; van Dalfsen, J.; Van Hoey, G.; Vincx, M.; Willems, W.; Rees, H.L. (2011). Changes in North Sea macrofauna communities and species distribution between 1986 and 2000. Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 94(1): 1-15. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2011.04.008, more Arvanitidis, C.; Somerfield, P.J.; Rumohr, H.; Faulwetter, S.; Valavanis, V.D.; Vasileiadou, A.; Chatzigeorgiou, G.; Vanden Berghe, E.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Labrune, C.; Grémare, A.; Zettler, M.L.; Kedra, M.; Wlodarska-Kowalczuk, M.; Aleffi, I.F.; Amouroux, J.M.; Anisimova, N.; Bachelet, G.; Büntzow, M.; Cochrane, S.J.; Costello, M.J.; Craeymeersch, J.A.; Dahle, S.; Degraer, S.; Denisenko, S.G.; Dounas, C.; Duineveld, G.; Emblow, C.; Escavarage, V.; Fabri, M.-C.; Fleischer, D.; Gray, J.S.; Heip, C.H.R.; Herrmann, M.; Hummel, H.; Janas, U.; Karakassis, I.; Kendall, M.A.; Kingston, P.; Kotwicki, L.; Laudien, J.; Mackie, A.S.Y.; Nevrova, E.L.; Occhipinti-Ambrogi, A.; Oliver, P.G.; Olsgard, F.; Palerud, R.; Petrov, A.; Rachor, E.; Revkov, N.K.; Rose, A.; Sardá, R.; Sistermans, W.C.H.; Speybroeck, J.; Van Hoey, G.; Vincx, M.; Whomersley, P.; Willems, W.; Zenetos, A. (2009). Biological geography of the European seas: results from the MacroBen database. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 382: 265-278. dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps07955, more Escaravage, V.; Herman, P.M.J.; Merckx, B.; Wlodarska-Kowalczuk, M.; Amouroux, J.M.; Degraer, S.; Grémare, A.; Heip, C.H.R.; Hummel, H.; Karakassis, I.; Labrune, C.; Willems, W. (2009). Distribution patterns of macrofaunal species diversity in subtidal soft sediments: biodiversity-productivity relationships from the MacroBen database. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 382: 253-264. dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps08008, more Grémare, A.; Labrune, C.; Vanden Berghe, E.; Amouroux, J.M.; Bachelet, G.; Zettler, M.L.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Fleischer, D.; Bigot, L.; Maire, O.; Deflandre, B.; Craeymeersch, J.A.; Degraer, S.; Dounas, C.; Duineveld, G.; Heip, C.H.R.; Herrmann, M.; Hummel, H.; Karakassis, I.; Kedra, M.; Kendall, M.A.; Kingston, P.; Laudien, J.; Occhipinti-Ambrogi, A.; Rachor, E.; Sardá, R.; Speybroeck, J.; Van Hoey, G.; Vincx, M.; Whomersley, P.; Willems, W.; Wlodarska-Kowalczuk, M.; Zenetos, A. (2009). Comparison of the performances of two biotic indices based on the MacroBen database. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 382: 297-311. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps08030, more Vanden Berghe, E.; Claus, S.; Appeltans, W.; Faulwetter, S.; Arvanitidis, C.; Somerfield, P.J.; Aleffi, I.F.; Amouroux, J.M.; Anisimova, N.; Bachelet, G.; Cochrane, S.J.; Costello, M.J.; Craeymeersch, J.A.; Dahle, S.; Degraer, S.; Denisenko, S.; Deprez, T.; Dounas, C.; Duineveld, G.; Emblow, C.; Escaravage, V.; Fabri, M.-C.; Fleischer, D.; Grémare, A.; Herrmann, M.; Hummel, H.; Karakassis, I.; Kedra, M.; Kendall, M.A.; Kingston, P.; Kotwicki, L.; Labrune, C.; Laudien, J.; Nevrova, E.L.; Occhipinti-Ambrogi, A.; Olsgard, F.; Palerud, R.; Petrov, A.; Rachor, E.; Revkov, N.K.; Rumohr, H.; Sardá, R.; Sistermans, W.C.H.; Speybroeck, J.; Janas, U.; Van Hoey, G.; Vincx, M.; Whomersley, P.; Willems, W.; Wlodarska-Kowalczuk, M.; Zenetos, A.; Zettler, M.L.; Heip, C.H.R. (2009). MacroBen integrated database on benthic invertebrates of European continental shelves: a tool for large-scale analysis across Europe. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 382: 225-238. dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps07826, more Verfaillie, E.; Degraer, S.; Schelfaut, K.; Willems, W.; Van Lancker, V. (2009). A protocol for classifying ecologically relevant marine zones, a statistical approach. Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 83(2): 175-185. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2009.03.003, more Webb, T.J.; Aleffi, I.F.; Amouroux, J.M.; Bachelet, G.; Degraer, S.; Dounas, C.; Fleischer, D.; Grémare, A.; Herrmann, M.; Hummel, H.; Karakassis, I.; Kedra, M.; Kendall, M.A.; Kotwicki, L.; Labrune, C.; Nevrova, E.L.; Occhipinti-Ambrogi, A.; Petrov, A.; Revkov, N.K.; Sardá, R.; Simboura, N.; Speybroeck, J.; Van Hoey, G.; Vincx, M.; Whomersley, P.; Willems, W.; Wlodarska-Kowalczuk, M. (2009). Macroecology of the European soft sediment benthos: insights from the MacroBen database. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 382: 287-296. dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps07754, more Degraer, S.; Verfaillie, E.; Willems, W.; Adriaens, E.; Vincx, M.; Van Lancker, V. (2008). Habitat suitability modelling as a mapping tool for macrobenthic communities: an example from the Belgian part of the North Sea. Cont. Shelf Res. 28(3): 369-379. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2007.09.001, more Willems, W.; Goethals, P.; Van den Eynde, D.; Van Hoey, G.; Van Lancker, V.; Verfaillie, E.; Vincx, M.; Degraer, S. (2008). Where is the worm? Predictive modelling of the habitat preferences of the tube-building polychaete Lanice conchilega. Ecol. Model. 212(1-2): 74-79. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2007.10.017, more Derous, S.; Austen, M.; Claus, S.; Daan, N.; Dauvin, J.-C.; Deneudt, K.; Depestele, J.; Desroy, N.; Heessen, H.; Hostens, K.; Marboe, A.H.; Lescrauwaet, A.-K.; Moreno, M.P.; Moulaert, I.; Paelinckx, D.; Rabaut, M.; Rees, H.; Ressurreição, A.; Roff, J.C.; Santos, P.T.; Speybroeck, J.; Willems, W.; Stienen, E.W.M.; Tatarek, A.; ter Hofstede, R.; Vincx, M.; Zarzycki, T.; Degraer, S. (2007). Building on the concept of marine biological valuation with respect to translating it to a practical protocol: Viewpoints derived from a joint ENCORA-MARBEF initiative. Oceanologia 49(4): 579-586, more
Peer reviewed publication [show]
Rachor, E.; Reiss, H.; Degraer, S.; Duineveld, G.C.A.; Van Hoey, G.; Lavaleye, M.S.S.; Willems, W.; Rees, H.L. (2007). Structure, distribution, and characterizing species of North Sea macro-zoobenthos communities in 2000, in: Rees, H.L. et al. (Ed.) Structure and dynamics of the North Sea benthos. ICES Cooperative Research Report, 288: pp. 46-59, more
Books (2) [show]
Degraer, S.; Verfaillie, E.; Willems, W.; Adriaens, E.; Vincx, M.; Van Lancker, V.R.M. (2007). Habitat suitability as a modelling tool for macrobenthic communities: an example from the Belgian part of the North Sea. CM Documents - ICES, CM 2007(A:04). ICES: Copenhagen. 1 pp., more Willems, W.; Rees, H.; Vincx, M.; Goethals, P.; Degraer, S. (2007). The ICES North Sea Benthos Project 2000: Relations and interactions between environmental factors and biotic properties. CM Documents - ICES, CM 2007(A:08). ICES: Copenhagen. 1 pp., more
Book chapters (3) [show]
Degraer, S.; Verfaillie, E.; Willems, W.; Adriaens, E.; Vincx, M.; Van Lancker, V. (2008). Habitat suitability modelling as a mapping tool for macrobenthic communities: an example from the Belgian part of the North Sea, in: Verfaillie, E. Ontwikkeling en validering van een ruimtelijke verspreidingsmodellen van mariene habitats, ter ondersteuning van het ecologisch waarderen van de zeebodem = Development and validation of spatial distribution models of marine habitats, in support of the ecological valuation of the seabed. pp. 109-126, more Derous, S.; Austen, M.; Claus, S.; Daan, N.; Dauvin, J.-C.; Deneudt, K.; Depestele, J.; Desroy, N.; Heessen, H.; Hostens, K.; Marboe, A.H.; Lescrauwaet, A.-K.; Moreno, M.P.; Moulaert, I.; Paelinckx, D.; Rabaut, M.; Rees, H.; Ressurreição, A.; Roff, J.C.; Santos, P.T.; Speybroeck, J.; Willems, W.; Stienen, E.W.M.; Tatarek, A.; ter Hofstede, R.; Vincx, M.; Zarzycki, T.; Degraer, S. (2008). Building on the concept of marine biological valuation with respect to translating it to a practical protocol: Viewpoints derived from a joint ENCORA-MARBEF initiative, in: Derous, S. Mariene biologische waardering als een beslissingsondersteunende techniek voor marien beheer. pp. 91-98, more Willems, W. (2004). A GIS-approach to assess the impact of two pulp mills (Woodfibre and Port Mellon) on intertidal biodiversity in the Howe Sound region (British Columbia, Canada), in: MARELAC Thesis presentation 2003-2004 (abstracts). pp. 5, more
Theses (2) [show]
Willems, W. (2010). Habitat suitability models for the analysis and prediction of macrobenthos in the North Sea. PhD Thesis. Universiteit Gent, Sectie Mariene Biologie: Gent. 276 pp., more Willems, W. (2003). Cladistische analyse van het taxon Trigonostomidae Graff, 1905 (Turbellaria, Platyhelminthes) aan de hand van morfologische data. MSc Thesis. Universiteit Gent: Gent. 93, 14 figs. pp., more
Abstracts (5) [show]
Vandenberghe, T.; Brabant, R.; Laurent, Y.; Brabant, C.; Vandendriessche, B.; Willems, W.; Degraer, S.; Lagring, R. (2024). Digital Animal Sound Archive: a collaborative repository for bio-acoustics, in: Simoncelli, S. et al. International Conference on Marine Data and Information Systems: Proceedings Volume, IMDIS 2024 Bergen (Norway) 27-29 May 2024. Miscellanea INGV, 80: pp. 165-167, more Poos, J.-J.; Aarts, G.; Vandemaele, S.; Willems, W.; van Helmond, A.T.M. (2011). Estimating spatial and temporal variability of marine species from opportunistic data: A North Sea plaice case study, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) VLIZ Young Marine Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 25 February 2011: book of abstracts. pp. 66-67, more Verfaillie, E.; Van Lancker, V.R.M.; Van Meirvenne, M.; Willems, W. (2005). Geostatistics as a tool for predictive modelling of the surficial sediment distribution, in: Mees, J. et al. VLIZ Young Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 25 February 2005: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 20: pp. 67, more Willems, W.; Goethals, P.; Van Lancker, V.R.M.; Verfaillie, E.; Vincx, M.; Degraer, S. (2005). Habitat suitability modelling of the North Sea macrobenthos: data exploration, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) VLIZ Young Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 25 February 2005: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 20: pp. 70, more Willems, W. (2004). Cladistische analyse van het taxon Trigonostomidae Graff, 1905 (Turbellaria, Platyhelminthes) aan de hand van morfologische data, in: Mees, J. et al. VLIZ Young Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 5 March 2004: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 17: pp. 132-133, more
Reports (5) [show]
Kröncke, I.; Reiss, H.; Bergman, M.J.N.; Cochrane, S.J.; Craeymeersch, J.A.; Degraer, S.; Desroy, N.; Dewarumez, J.-M.; Duineveld, G.; Eggleton, J.D.; Essink, K.; Hillewaert, H.; Lavaleye, M.S.S.; Moll, A.; Nehring, S.; Newell, J.; Oug, E.; Pohlmann, T.; Rachor, E.; Rees, H.L.; Robertson, M.; Rumohr, H.; Schratzberger, M.; Smith, R.; Vanden Berghe, E.; van Dalfsen, J.; Van Hoey, G.; Vincx, M.; Willems, W. (2007). Changes in North Sea macrofauna communities between 1986 and 2000. CM Documents - ICES, CM 2007(A:06). ICES: Copenhagen. 19 pp., more Rees, H.L.; Eggleton, J.D.; Rachor, E.; Vanden Berghe, E.; Aldridge, J.N.; Bergman, M.J.N.; Bolam, T.; Cochrane, S.J.; Craeymeersch, J.A.; Degraer, S.; Desroy, N.; Dewarumez, J.-M.; Duineveld, G.C.A.; Essink, K.; Hillewaert, H.; Irion, G.; Kershaw, P.J.; Kröncke, I.; Lavaleye, M.S.S.; Mason, C.; Nehring, S.; Newell, R.; Oug, E.; Pohlmann, T.; Reiss, H.; Robertson, M.; Rumohr, H.; Schratzberger, M.; Smith, R.; van Dalfsen, J.; Van Hoey, G.; Vincx, M.; Willems, W. (2007). The ICES North Sea Benthos Project 2000: aims, outcomes and recommendations. CM Documents - ICES, CM 2007(A:21). ICES: Copenhagen. 22 pp., more Reiss, H.; Rees, H.L.; Kröncke, I.; Aldridge, J.N.; Bergman, M.J.N.; Bolam, T.; Cochrane, S.J.; Craeymeersch, J.A.; Degraer, S.; Desroy, N.; Dewarumez, J.-M.; Duineveld, G.C.A.; Eggleton, J.D.; Hillewaert, H.; Kershaw, P.J.; Lavaleye, M.S.S.; Mason, C.; Moll, A.; Nehring, S.; Newell, R.; Oug, E.; Pohlmann, T.; Rachor, E.; Robertson, M.; Rumohr, H.; Schratzberger, M.; Smith, R.; Vanden Berghe, E.; van Dalfsen, J.; Van Hoey, G.; Willems, W. (2007). Infauna, epifauna and demersal fish communities in the North Sea: community patterns and underlying processes. CM Documents - ICES, CM 2007(A:10). ICES: Copenhagen. 21 pp., more Vanreusel, A.; Ingels, J.; Desmet, G.; Beuselinck, B.; Willems, W.; Raes, M.; Van Rooij, D.; Versteeg, W.; The Shipboard Scientific Party (2006). Cruise report Belgica 06/13 HERMES Belgica BIO "Gollum Channels & Whittard Canyon". Marbiol/RCMG: Ghent. 26 pp., more Degraer, S.; Willems, W.; Adriaens, E.; Vincx, M. (2005). Ecological zonation, in: Maes, F. et al. Towards a Spatial Structure Plan for Sustainable Management of the Sea: Mixed actions - Final report: SPSD II (MA/02/006). pp. 14-22, more