Projects per year
Personal profile
Research expertise
Maarten Stevens is a senior scientist at the Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO). He is a member of the team responsible for the publication of the Nature Report Flanders. The Nature Report contains indicators, in-depth analysis and evaluations on the state and trend of biodiversity, the results of policy programs and potential scenarios for the future. Thereby, we rely mainly on the synthesis of existing studies, but also on new analyses of qualitative and quantitative data, in which we adopt a system approach.
Within the Nature Reporting team, Maarten specializes in spatial (GIS) and statistical analyzes. His thematic expertise lies in ecosystem services, aquatic systems and system analyzes. Maarten is an ecologist by training and holds a PhD in estuarine ecology (KU Leuven). Before joining the Nature Reporting team, he worked within the estuaries and aquatic management teams on the analysis of river restoration, fish migration and the eel management plan.
Education/Academic qualification
Ecology, PhD, Intertidal and basin-wide habitat use of fishes in the Scheldt estuary, KULeuven
1-Sept-2000 → 31-Dec-2006
Award Date: 22-Dec-2006
External positions
Assistant, Laboratory of Aquatic Ecology, Evolution and Conservation, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
1-Sept-2001 → 31-Dec-2006
Teaching assistant, KU Leuven
1-Sept-2000 → 31-Aug-2006
Thematic List 2020
- Protected nature
- Nature & society
- Water
- Forest
VODS 2023
- Ecology not elsewhere classified
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Flanders Ecosystem Accounting (FLEA)
Van Reeth, W. (Project leader), Adriaens, T. (Cooperator), Alaerts, K. (Cooperator), Courtens, W. (Cooperator), D'hondt, B. (Cooperator), De Keersmaeker, L. (Cooperator), De Saeger, S. (Cooperator), De Vos, B. (Cooperator), Dochy, O. (Cooperator), Dumortier, M. (Cooperator), Heremans, S. (Cooperator), Jacobs, S. (Cooperator), Lettens, S. (Cooperator), Leyman, A. (Cooperator), Leyssen, A. (Cooperator), Maebe, K. (Cooperator), Michels, H. (Cooperator), Onkelinx, T. (Cooperator), Oosterlynck, P. (Cooperator), Packet, J. (Cooperator), Petersen, F. (Cooperator), Peymen, J. (Cooperator), Provoost, S. (Cooperator), Spanhove, T. (Cooperator), Stevens, M. (Cooperator), Thomaes, A. (Cooperator), Van Calster, H. (Cooperator), Van Gossum, P. (Cooperator), Van Landuyt, W. (Cooperator), Vandekerkhove, K. (Cooperator), Vanden Borre, J. (Cooperator), Vandevoorde, B. (Cooperator), Vanhellemont, M. (Cooperator), Vught, I. (Cooperator) & Wils, C. (Cooperator)
23/11/23 → 20/07/26
Project: own initiative (position paper)
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‘Aquatic Environment’ programme
Lemmens, P. (Project leader), Adriaens, D. (Cooperator), Belpaire, C. (Cooperator), Breine, J. (Cooperator), Buysse, D. (Cooperator), Coeck, J. (Cooperator), De Becker, P. (Cooperator), De Bruyn, L. (Cooperator), De Charleroy, D. (Cooperator), Denys, L. (Cooperator), Huybrechts, W. (Cooperator), Pauwels, I. (Cooperator), Quataert, P. (Cooperator), Schneiders, A. (Cooperator), Speybroeck, J. (Cooperator), Stevens, M. (Cooperator), Van Braeckel, A. (Cooperator), Van Daele, T. (Cooperator), Van Ryckegem, G. (Cooperator), Van Thuyne, G. (Cooperator), Van Wichelen, J. (Cooperator), Van den Bergh, E. (Cooperator) & Vandevoorde, B. (Cooperator)
1/01/18 → 31/12/29
Project: Scientific support
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Nature indicators - coordination, development of new indicators and trend analyses
Vriens, L. (Project leader), Adriaens, T. (Cooperator), Alaerts, K. (Cooperator), Baeyens, R. (Cooperator), Boone, N. (Cooperator), Breine, J. (Cooperator), Casaer, J. (Cooperator), De Beck, L. (Cooperator), De Keersmaeker, L. (Cooperator), De Knijf, G. (Cooperator), De Lombaerde, E. (Cooperator), De Smet, L. (Cooperator), Demolder, H. (Cooperator), Devisscher, S. (Cooperator), Devos, K. (Cooperator), Dochy, O. (Cooperator), Geeraerts, C. (Cooperator), Jansen, I. (Cooperator), Lettens, S. (Cooperator), Maes, D. (Cooperator), Michels, H. (Cooperator), Neirynck, J. (Cooperator), Onkelinx, T. (Cooperator), Plaetinck, S. (Cooperator), Pollet, M. (Cooperator), Scheppers, T. (Cooperator), Sioen, G. (Cooperator), Stevens, M. (Cooperator), Stienen, E. (Cooperator), Thoonen, M. (Cooperator), Tuerlings, T. (Cooperator), Van Gossum, P. (Cooperator), Van Landuyt, W. (Cooperator), Van Muylem, K. (Cooperator), Van Reeth, W. (Cooperator), Van Ryckegem, G. (Cooperator), Van Thuyne, G. (Cooperator), Van den Bergh, E. (Cooperator), Van der Aa, B. (Cooperator), Vandevoorde, B. (Cooperator), Vercammen, J. (Cooperator), Vermeersch, G. (Cooperator) & Verschelde, P. (Cooperator)
1/01/17 → 31/12/29
Project: Legally bound
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EU Eel Regulation
Desender, M. (Project leader), Belpaire, C. (Cooperator), Breine, J. (Cooperator), Coeck, J. (Cooperator), De Bruyn, A. (Cooperator), Froidmont, M. (Cooperator), Galle, L. (Cooperator), Lambeens, I. (Cooperator), Maes, Y. (Cooperator), Stevens, M. (Cooperator), Teunen, L. (Cooperator), Van Thuyne, G. (Cooperator), Van Wichelen, J. (Cooperator), Vandenbroucke, P. (Cooperator), Verhelst, P. (Cooperator) & Verschelde, P. (Cooperator)
1/01/15 → 31/12/25
Project: Legally bound
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Optimization of fish migration freshwater-seawater transitions
Buysse, D. (Project leader), Baeyens, R. (Cooperator), Coeck, J. (Cooperator), De Maerteleire, N. (Cooperator), Gelaude, E. (Cooperator), Mouton, A. (Cooperator), Papadopoulos, I. (Cooperator), Pauwels, I. (Cooperator), Pieters, S. (Cooperator), Robberechts, K. (Cooperator), Stevens, M. (Cooperator), Van Wichelen, J. (Cooperator), Van den Neucker, T. (Cooperator), Vermeersch, S. (Cooperator) & Verreycken, H. (Cooperator)
1/01/13 → 31/12/25
Project: Outline agreement
Research output
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BioTIME 2.0: Expanding and Improving a Database of Biodiversity Time Series
Dornelas, M., Antão, L. H., Bates, A. E., Brambilla, V., Chase, J. M., Chow, C. F. Y., Fontrodona-Eslava, A., Magurran, A. E., Martins, I. S., Moyes, F., Sagouis, A., Adu-Acheampong, S., Acquah-Lamptey, D., Adam, D., Ajani, P. A., Albaina, A., Almaraz, P., An, J., Anderson, R. S. & Anderson, M. J. R. & 465 others, , 14-May-2025, In: Global Ecology and Biogeography. 34, 5, p. e70003Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review
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Natuurindicator - Voetafdruk biomassagebruik - algemeen
Alaerts, K. & Stevens, M., 19-Nov-2025, 2 p.Research output: Other contribution › Online publication - Web publication
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Natuurindicator - Voetafdruk biomassagebruik - landen en sectoren
Alaerts, K. & Stevens, M., 19-Nov-2025, 2 p.Research output: Other contribution › Online publication - Web publication
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Natuurindicator - Voetafdruk landgebruik en biodiversiteit - landen en sectoren
Alaerts, K. & Stevens, M., 12-Nov-2025, 2 p.Research output: Other contribution › Online publication - Web publication
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Aandeel bosrand
De Lombaerde, E. & Stevens, M., 2024Research output: Other contribution › Online publication - Web publication
Datasets
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Kaarten Gobelin - Groenblauwe netwerken in Vlaanderen
Stevens, M. (Creator), Smets, J. (Creator), Turkelboom, F. (Project Member), Alaerts, K. (Creator), De Blust, G. (Project Member) & Verheyden, W. (Project Member), Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek, 2022
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7019738, https://zenodo.org/record/7019738#.Ywcp6HZByUk
Dataset
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Trekvis - Migratory fishes in the river Scheldt
Stevens, M. (Contributor) & Coeck, J. (Creator), Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek, 19-Jul-2012
DOI: doi:10.15468/j9tj7x, http://data.inbo.be/ipt/resource.do?r=trekvis-occurrences and one more link, http://www.gbif.org/dataset/b2d0f29e-4614-4001-93c8-f651878a86d2 (show fewer)
Dataset
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Bemonstering rivierprik Zwalmbeek
Stevens, M. (Data manager) & Coeck, J. (Owner), Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek, 2010
DOI: doi:10.15468/j9tj7x, http://data.inbo.be/ipt/resource?r=trekvis-occurrences and one more link, http://www.gbif.org/dataset/b2d0f29e-4614-4001-93c8-f651878a86d2 (show fewer)
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