Book of abstracts VLIZ Young Scientists’ Day Brugge, Belgium 31 March 2006 VLIZ Special Publication 30 2006 Deze publicatie dient als volgt geciteerd te worden: Mees, J.; Seys J., eds (2006). VLIZ young scientists’ day, Brugge, Belgium, 31 March 2006: VLIZ Special Publication, 30. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ): Oostende, Belgium. x + 99 pp. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ) vzw Flanders Marine Institute vzw Wandelaarkaai 7 B-8400 Oostende, Belgium Tel. +32-(0)59-34 21 30 Fax +32-(0)59-34 21 31 E-mail: [email protected] http://www.vliz.be Niets uit deze uitgave mag worden verveelvoudigd en/of openbaar gemaakt door middel van druk, fotokopie, microfilm of op welke andere wijze ook zonder voorafgaandelijke schriftelijke toestemming van de uitgever. ISSN 1377-0950 ii Preface The Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) supports marine scientific research in Flanders. VLIZ offers logistic support, promotes expertise internationally, and serves as an interface between the scientific community, governmental bodies, and the public at large. VLIZ wants to give exposure to marine, coastal and estuarine research in Flanders, whereby coordination and dissemination of information play key roles. Marine research in Flanders is carried out by the six Flemish universities, research institutes and departments of the Flemish and federal authorities, and to a lesser extent by private enterprises. The major broad disciplines covered are: biology, earth sciences, chemistry, physics, aquaculture and fisheries, engineering, and maritime affairs. Annually, VLIZ bundles the scientific contributions of the Flemish marine researchers in the ‘VLIZ Collected Reprints’. VLIZ increases the visibility of marine research in Flanders by producing publications, organizing symposia and granting scientific awards. On Friday, 31 March 2006, the sixth ‘VLIZ Young Scientists’ Day’ (140 pre-registered participants) was organized in Provinciehuis Boeverbos, Sint-Andries (Brugge), Belgium. Programme: two plenary lectures by senior scientists four oral presentations by young scientists poster competition for young scientists photo contest demonstrations of marine and coastal databases and services presentation by laureates of ‘VLIZ aanmoedigingsprijzen mariene wetenschappen 2005’ and ‘Annual VLIZ North Sea Award 2005’ This ‘VLIZ Special Publication 30’ comprises the abstracts of the oral, poster and demo presentations as well as the summaries submitted by the laureates and applicants of the VLIZ aanmoedigingsprijzen mariene wetenschappen 2005’ and ‘Annual VLIZ North Sea Award 2005’. Dr Jan Mees Director VLIZ iii Table of Contents Laureates VLIZ aanmoedigingsprijzen mariene wetenschappen 2005 Meert Ivy. Reconstruction of environmental conditions at the Belgian coastal area over the past 800 years using Mytilus edulis shells............................................................. 2 Schelfaut Kristien. Het definiëren van mariene landschappen op het Belgisch continentaal plat als een benadering voor holistische habitatkartering.......................... 3 Laureate Annual VLIZ North Sea Award 2005 Oscar G. Bos. Recruitment variation of Macoma balthica (L.). Is there a role for larval food limitation? ...................................................................................................... 6 Oral presentations Baeyens Willy. About research and policy: when free-floating science becomes coloured ....... 10 Van Eessen Arne. ’From Channel to China’: Flemish navigating the waves of world- history.................................................................................................................. 12 Stienen Eric. Living with gulls ............................................................................................ 13 Deronde Bart. Imaging spectroscopy and integrated coastal zone management, a promising marriage............................................................................................... 14 Van de Vijver Inneke, Krishna Das, Ronny Blust and Wim De Coen. Perfluorinated compounds: new threat for marine mammals .......................................................... 16 Rommens Wouter, Murray Brown and Vladimir Vladymyrov. The IOC Project Office for IODE: the benefits for local marine scientists ........................................................... 18 Poster & demo presentations Appeltans Ward, Bart Vanhoorne, Edward Vanden Berghe and Herman Hummel. The marine science job & candidate finder .................................................................... 20 Appeltans Ward and Bart Vanhoorne. MARBEFs species gallery images impressive marine life............................................................................................................ 21 Beelaerts Veerle, Maite Bauwens, Fedor De Ridder, Frank Dehairs and CALMARs groep. Environmental records from calcareous marine skeletons.......................................... 22 v Bekaert Karen and Sabrine Derveaux. Development of a quality index method scheme to evaluate freshness of tub gurnard (Chelidonichthys lucernus) ................................. 23 Claus Simon and Jean Berlamont. BeNCoRe, the Belgian network for coastal research ......... 24 Claus Simon, Pieter Deckers, Bart Vanhoorne, Francisco Hernandez and Edward Vanden Berghe. Developments and geographic interface of the VLIMAR gazetteer.............................................................................................................. 25 Crawford Oliver, Pattaratjit Kaewnuratchadasorn, William Nyaga Kanyange, Jenny Lynn Fernandez Melgo, Lina Sandra Mino Quezada, Mathias Msafiri, Adi Nugraha, Olivier Harifidy Ralison, Rashid Juma Rashid, Magaly Genoveva Valencia Avellan, Eleni Geropanagioti, Noëlle van der Straaten, Vincent Zintzen and Steven Degraer. Macrobenthos of shipwrecks within and around the Belgian waters as a potential food resource for resident fish populations............... 26 De Backer Annelies, Evy Van Ael, Magda Vincx and Steven Degraer. The secret life of Corophium volutator, an important bioturbator on mudflats ...................................... 27 De Prest Ward. A simulation model of the Antwerp approach procedure .............................. 28 Deckers Pieter and Edward Vanden Berghe. The VLIZ maritime boundaries geodatabase ........................................................................................................ 29 Demerre Ine, Glenn Gevaert, Tom Lenaerts, Jan Lettens, Marnix Pieters en Inge Zeebroek. www.maritieme-archeologie.be – a database for Belgian maritime archaeology............................................................................................ 30 Dooms S., S. Hoffman, K. Parmentier, P. Sorgeloos and P. Bossier. DGGE (Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis) as a tool for the characterisation of commercial Brachionus strains ............................................................................... 32 Gemoets Nele, Pieter Mathys, Marc Huygens and Toon Verwaest. Mathematical model for the harbour of Nieuwpoort (Belgium) ....................................................... 33 Geropanagioti Eleni, Kristin Inneke Van de Vijver and Wim De Coen. Accumulation of perfluorooctane sulfonate in Mysid shrimps and mussels from the southern North Sea and the Western Scheldt.................................................................................. 34 Giardino Alessio, Dries Van den Eynde and Jaak Monbaliu. Sand banks dynamics: Kwinte Bank study case.......................................................................................... 35 Hennau Marc and Alain De Wulf. Optimising the geometry of smoothed contour lines on bathymetric maps............................................................................................. 37 Hostens Kris. Impact of dredge dumping on the epibenthos in the Belgian coastal zone......... 38 Ibrahim Elsy Y. Unsupervised classification of sediments in ‘de IJzermonding’........................ 39 vi Jacobs Werner, Dirk Dubois, Diane Aerts, P. Declerck, René Van Grieken, Marianne Stranger, L. Flavia Ana Godoi and A. Buczynska. Research on toxic fumes which seafarers on board tankers are exposed to during normal (working) operations.............................................................................................. 40 Kaewnuratchadasorn Pattaratjit and Penchan Laongmanee. Strategies to gain active participation and implementation through the locally based coastal fisheries management in Pathew District, Chumporn province (LBCFM-PD), Thailand............... 41 Larmuseau Maarten, Jeroen Van Houdt, Gregory Maes, Bart Hellemans and Filip Volckaert. The genomics of local adaptation of a marine demersal fish...................... 42 Lescrauwaet Ann-Katrien, Leen Vandepitte, Edward Vanden Berghe and Jan Mees. European sustainability indicators for the coastal zone of the Netherlands: a first inventory .............................................................................................................. 43 Maelfait Hannelore, Kathy Belpaeme, Ann-Katrien Lescrauwaet and Jan Mees. Indicators as guides for integrated coastal zone management ................................... 44 Moulaert Ine, Kris Hostens and Hans Hillewaert. Post-extraction study of the macrobenthos on the Kwintebank........................................................................... 46 Musschoot Tobias, Gert Boden and Jos Snoeks. FishBase: an information system and research tool ........................................................................................................ 47 Obade Paul, Nico