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-Sep-2008 → …Thematic List 2020
- Water
- Protected nature
Policy
- aquatic management
- management monitoring
- biodiversity policy
- Water Framework Directive
- Natura 2000
Taxonomic List
- bristle worms (Polychaeta)
- insects (Insecta)
- earthworms (Oligochaeta)
- hoverflies (Syrphidae)
Disciplinecode List
- Community ecology
Technological
- experimental design
- identification
- fieldwork (observations and sampling)
Geographic List
- Belgium
Thematic List
- Management
- Species and biotopes
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Revision of yardstick for benthic invertebrates in Flemish fresh and weakly brackish tidal water bodies
Jocqué, M., Van de Meutter, F., Van den Bergh, E. & Van Ryckegem, G.
15/05/23 → 31/05/24
Project: Evinbo
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SPRING (Strengthening Pollinator Recovery through INdicators and monitorinG)
Pollet, M., Van de Meutter, F., Berlengee, F., Brosens, D., Gelaude, E., Jocqué, M., Milotic, T., Neukermans, A., Reyserhove, L., Schamp, K. & Vanden Houten, J.
29/04/22 → 31/12/23
Project: Evinbo
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Deepening of the Europaterminal: monitoring for potential impacts (EVINBO)
Bezdenjesnji, O., De Regge, N., Hessel, K., Janssens, K., Jocqué, M., Mertens, W., Smeekens, V., Soors, J., Thibau, K., Van Braeckel, A., Van de Meutter, F., Van den Bergh, E., Vandevoorde, B., Van Lierop, F., Vanoverbeke, J., Van Ryckegem, G., Buerms, D. & Lefranc, C.
14/04/22 → 31/12/25
Project: Evinbo
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Flemish Action Plan Wild Pollinators (VAWB)
Adriaens, T., De Bruyn, L., D'hondt, B., Dumortier, M., Maes, D., Pollet, M., Van de Meutter, F. & Van Gossum, P.
1/10/21 → 31/12/23
Project: Legally bound
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Nature Report National Park Hoge Kempen (NPHK) 2022
Adriaens, T., Casaer, J., Cools, N., De Knijf, G., Hoffmann, M., Maes, D., Oosterlynck, P., Pollet, M., Vandekerkhove, K., Van de Meutter, F., Van Den Berge, K., van Doorn, L., Van Thuyne, G. & Vermeersch, G.
1/02/21 → 31/12/23
Project: coöperation agreement
Research output
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Monitoring estuariene inrichting van de site aan het Fort Sint-Filips - Tussentijds factual data rapport: Toestand 2022
Van de Meutter, F., Smeekens, V., Buerms, D., Bezdenjesnji, O., Soors, J., De Regge, N., Van Braeckel, A. & Van Ryckegem, G., 2023, Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek. (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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Advies over de aanpassing van het Bermbesluit in functie van wilde bestuivers
Van Kerckvoorde, A., Van Uytvanck, J., Adriaens, T., Maes, D., Van de Meutter, F., Vandevoorde, B. & Hoffmann, M., 13-Sep-2022, Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek. (Adviezen van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek; no. INBO.A.4439)Research output: Book/Report › Advices of the Research Institute for Nature and Forest
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Beschrijvend datarapport: sedimentkarakteristieken en sedimentatie-erosie langsheen vaste raaien voor benthosmonitoring in de Zeeschelde 2018-2020
Van de Meutter, F., Smeekens, V. & Buerms, D., 2022, Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek. 33 p. (Rapporten van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek; no. 34)Research output: Book/Report › Reports of Research Institute for Nature and Forest
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Description of the female of Platycheirus altomontis Merlin Nielsen in Nielsen, 2004 (Diptera, Syrphidae) with notes on the occurrence and hilltopping behaviour of rare French montane and Alpine Syrphidae
Van de Meutter, F., 19-Sep-2022, In: ALPINE ENTOMOLOGY. 6, p. 65-76 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review
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First record of Sphegina montana Becker, 1921 (Diptera: Syrphidae) in Belgium
Van de Meutter, F., 2022, In: Bulletin van de Koninklijke Belgische Vereniging voor Entomologie = Bulletin de la Société royale belge d'entomologie. 158, 1, p. 48-51 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › A2: Article in a journal with peer review, not included in A1 › peer-review
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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
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