Personal profile
Research expertise
Carl Van Colen bestudeert het ecosysteem functioneren in estuaria, stranden en kustlagunes. Zijn expertise omvat de ecologie van estuariene en mariene zachte substraten, met focus op bodemdieren. Via monitoring en experimentele studies onderzoekt hij de effecten van klimaatverandering en andere anthropogene drukken op interacties tussen soorten en hun leefomgeving.
External positions
Visiting professor
1-Jan-2026 → …
VODS 2023
- Auto-ecology
- Community ecology
- Marine ecology
- Biogeochemistry
Projects
- 11 Active
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BIODIVERSA Estuaria. Additional research and Natura 2000 monitoring (EVINBO)
Van Ryckegem, G. (Project leader), Geunens, O. (Cooperator), Jocqué, M. (Cooperator), Mertens, W. (Cooperator), Organe, A. (Cooperator), Smeekens, V. (Cooperator), Van Braeckel, A. (Cooperator), Van Colen, C. (Cooperator), Van Hecke, F. (Cooperator), Van de Meutter, F. (Cooperator) & Vandevoorde, B. (Cooperator)
3/03/25 → 1/03/27
Project: EVINBO - Europees
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Midges - Culicoides research in the Scheldt estuary
Jocqué, M. (Project leader), Antillon Zaragoza, I. (Cooperator), Buerms, D. (Cooperator), Coudenys, A. (Cooperator), De Regge, N. (Cooperator), Desmet, S. (Cooperator), Janssens, K. (Cooperator), Lefranc, C. (Cooperator), Loos, B. (Cooperator), Organe, A. (Cooperator), Soors, J. (Cooperator), Souffreau, C. (Cooperator), Thibau, K. (Cooperator), Van Colen, C. (Cooperator), Van Gompel, H. (Cooperator), Van Hecke, F. (Cooperator), Van Lierop, F. (Cooperator), Van Praet, A.-L. (Cooperator), Van Ryckegem, G. (Cooperator), Van de Meutter, F. (Cooperator) & Vanoverbeke, J. (Cooperator)
1/10/24 → 1/10/27
Project: EVINBO - Vlaamse overheid
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Case studies dike vegetations
Vandevoorde, B. (Project leader), Buerms, D. (Cooperator), De Regge, N. (Cooperator), De Vos, B. (Cooperator), Debbaut, R. (Cooperator), Desmet, S. (Cooperator), Janssens, K. (Cooperator), Lefranc, C. (Cooperator), Loos, B. (Cooperator), Smeekens, V. (Cooperator), Soors, J. (Cooperator), Thibau, K. (Cooperator), Van Colen, C. (Cooperator), Van Gompel, H. (Cooperator), Van Hecke, F. (Cooperator), Van Lierop, F. (Cooperator), Van Praet, A.-L. (Cooperator), Van den Bergh, E. (Cooperator) & Vanermen, N. (Cooperator)
1/01/19 → 31/12/29
Project: Raamovereenkomst - De Vlaamse Waterweg
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Hyperbenthos MONEOS (De Vlaamse Waterweg)
Van de Meutter, F. (Project leader), Bezdenjesnji, O. (Cooperator), Buerms, D. (Cooperator), Coudenys, A. (Cooperator), De Beukelaer, J. (Cooperator), De Regge, N. (Cooperator), Desmet, S. (Cooperator), Janssens, K. (Cooperator), Jocqué, M. (Cooperator), Lefranc, C. (Cooperator), Loos, B. (Cooperator), Smeekens, V. (Cooperator), Soors, J. (Cooperator), Van Braeckel, A. (Cooperator), Van Colen, C. (Cooperator), Van Ryckegem, G. (Cooperator), Van den Bergh, E. (Cooperator) & Vanoverbeke, J. (Cooperator)
1/01/19 → 31/12/27
Project: Raamovereenkomst - De Vlaamse Waterweg
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Evaluation and integration of the monitoring results in the Scheldt-estuary
Vanoverbeke, J. (Project leader), Breine, J. (Cooperator), De Wever, A. (Cooperator), Geunens, O. (Cooperator), Jocqué, M. (Cooperator), Maesele, R. (Cooperator), Mertens, W. (Cooperator), Mertens, A. (Cooperator), Piesschaert, F. (Cooperator), Speybroeck, J. (Cooperator), Van Braeckel, A. (Cooperator), Van Colen, C. (Cooperator), Van Ryckegem, G. (Cooperator), Van Spaendonk, G. (Cooperator), Van de Meutter, F. (Cooperator), Van den Bergh, E. (Cooperator), Vandenbroucke, P. (Cooperator), Vandevoorde, B. (Cooperator) & Wils, C. (Cooperator)
1/01/19 → 31/12/27
Project: Raamovereenkomst - De Vlaamse Waterweg