Projects per year
Personal profile
Research expertise
My research deals primarily with the functioning of estuarine ecosystems, with focus on the ecology of macrobenthic and hyperbenthic organisms and their role in the estuarine foodweb. All research is to some extent applied in nature and aims to better understand river management effects on biota and ecosystems as a whole (both monitoring and experimental research), and the benefits of the estuarine community to humans (ecosystem services). Research methods are accomodated to the research questions and include stable isotope research, standardized monitoring schemes, experimental field research with exclosures, laboratory experiments in climate rooms, etc... Additional research interests are entomology, mainly Diptera (focus on Syrphidae) and water bird ecology.
Teaching expertise
I teach Conservation biology at the KU Leuven.
External positions
guest teaching professor, KU Leuven
21-Sept-2008 → …
Thematic List 2020
- Water
- Protected nature
Taxonomic List
- bristle worms (Polychaeta)
- insects (Insecta)
- earthworms (Oligochaeta)
- hoverflies (Syrphidae)
Policy
- aquatic management
- management monitoring
- biodiversity policy
- Water Framework Directive
- Natura 2000
Geographic List
- Belgium
Technological
- experimental design
- identification
- fieldwork (observations and sampling)
VODS 2023
- Community ecology
- Ecology not elsewhere classified
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Demer. Research and support Sigmaplan (EVINBO)
Van Ryckegem, G. (Project leader), Jocqué, M. (Cooperator), Mertens, W. (Cooperator), Smeekens, V. (Cooperator), Thibau, K. (Cooperator), Van Braeckel, A. (Cooperator), Van Praet, A.-L. (Cooperator), Van de Meutter, F. (Cooperator), Vandevoorde, B. (Cooperator) & Vanoverbeke, J. (Cooperator)
6/01/25 → 30/06/27
Project: Evinbo
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Preparatory research and development of model instruments for climate-robust management of the Zeeschelde (EVINBO)
Vanoverbeke, J. (Project leader), Debbaut, R. (Cooperator), Geunens, O. (Cooperator), Gyselings, R. (Cooperator), Jocqué, M. (Cooperator), Mertens, A. (Cooperator), Van Braeckel, A. (Cooperator), Van Praet, A.-L. (Cooperator), Van Ryckegem, G. (Cooperator), Van de Meutter, F. (Cooperator), Vandevoorde, B. (Cooperator) & Vanermen, N. (Cooperator)
1/07/24 → 30/06/27
Project: Evinbo
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Applying bio-geomorphodynamics to improve avian biodiversity and climate resilience in coastal wetlands – WADER
Van Ryckegem, G. (Project leader), Jocqué, M. (Cooperator), Mertens, A. (Cooperator), Van Braeckel, A. (Cooperator), Van Praet, A.-L. (Cooperator), Van de Meutter, F. (Cooperator) & Vanoverbeke, J. (Cooperator)
1/02/24 → 30/03/26
Project: Evinbo
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Green Deal: Wild Pollinators in the Extraction Sector
Maebe, K. (Project leader), Maes, D. (Cooperator), Pollet, M. (Cooperator) & Van de Meutter, F. (Cooperator)
25/01/24 → 25/01/27
Project: own initiative (position paper)
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Deepening of the Europaterminal: monitoring for potential impacts (EVINBO)
Vandevoorde, B. (Project leader), Bezdenjesnji, O. (Cooperator), Buerms, D. (Cooperator), De Regge, N. (Cooperator), Hessel, K. (Cooperator), Janssens, K. (Cooperator), Jocqué, M. (Cooperator), Lefranc, C. (Cooperator), Mertens, W. (Cooperator), Smeekens, V. (Cooperator), Soors, J. (Cooperator), Thibau, K. (Cooperator), Van Braeckel, A. (Cooperator), Van Lierop, F. (Cooperator), Van Ryckegem, G. (Cooperator), Van de Meutter, F. (Cooperator), Van den Bergh, E. (Cooperator) & Vanoverbeke, J. (Cooperator)
14/04/22 → 31/12/25
Project: Evinbo
Research output
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Actualisatie van de ecosysteemvisie van de Benedendurme en vallei. Studie t.b.v. GRUP tweede fase uitvoering geactualiseerde Sigmaplan.
Van Ryckegem, G., Maris, T., Meire, D., Van de Meutter, F., Vandevoorde, B. & Van den Bergh, E., 2025, Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek. 225 p. (Rapporten van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek ; no. 22)Research output: Book/Report › Reports of Research Institute for Nature and Forest
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Het foerageergedrag van wintertaling op de Zeeschelde nabij Notelaer schor - Hingene: Draagkracht van de slikken voor watervogels langsheen zwak brak en zoete zone van de Zeeschelde
Van de Meutter, F., De Regge, N., Soors, J., Bezdenjesnji, O., Van Ryckegem, G., Vanoverbeke, J. & Van den Bergh, E., 8-Feb-2025. 36 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper/Powerpoint/Abstract
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MBAG Meetnet Biodiversiteit in het Agrarisch Gebied - Klankbordgroep: 24 oktober 2024
Translated title of the contribution :MBAG - Monitoring of Biodiversity in Agricultural Areas - Advisory Group: 24th October 2024 Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper/Powerpoint/Abstract
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Tracking 25 years of change: Ecosytem shifts and food web dynamics in the Sea Scheldt Estuary - Belgium
Van Ryckegem, G. & Van de Meutter, F., 20-May-2025. 16 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper/Powerpoint/Abstract
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Tracking 25 years of change: ecosystem shifts and food web dynamics in the Sea Scheldt Estuary
Van de Meutter, F., Maris, T., Van den Bergh, E., Tackx, M., Meire, P. & Van Ryckegem, G., 2025. 2 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper/Powerpoint/Abstract
Datasets
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Invasive species - Invasive plants near waterways in West and East Flanders, Belgium
Vanderhaeghe, F. (Creator), Van Kerckvoorde, A. (Creator), Van de Meutter, F. (Creator), Raman, M. (Creator) & Brosens, D. (Contributor), 4-Apr-2019
DOI: 10.15468/lgu26x, https://www.gbif.org/dataset/d4bf0455-39d9-47a1-b0b7-becfc82e7f13
Dataset
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Checklist of alien species in the Scheldt estuary in Flanders, Belgium
Soors, J. (Creator), Van de Meutter, F. (Contributor), Van Ryckegem, G. (Contributor), Adriaens, T. (Contributor) & Reyserhove, L. (Contributor), 10-May-2021
DOI: 10.15468/8zq9s4, https://www.gbif.org/dataset/22211949-9a6e-445f-86c0-6a0e019bc055
Dataset