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Dr Holsbeek, Ludo

Institutes (2)
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Publications (46)
Projects (3)

Vlaamse overheid; Beleidsdomein Leefmilieu, Natuur en Energie; Departement Leefmilieu, Natuur en Energie (LNE), more

Function: Beleidsvoorbereiding en Evaluatie
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Stichting Marybio, more

Function: Project leader

Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Vakgroep Biologie; Laboratorium voor Ecotoxicologie en Polaire Ecologie (ETOX), more

Function: Post-doc

Belgian Polar Research Cluster, more
OA-CL-016 BE-POLES: Belgische Polaire onderzoekscluster, more
Viability of the Northeast Atlantic harbour porpoise and seal populations (genetic and ecological studies), more

A1 Publications (27) [show]
Vermeulen, E.; Holsbeek, L.; Das, K. (2015). Diurnal and seasonal variation in the behaviour of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Bahia San Antonio, Patagonia, Argentina. Aquat. Mamm. 41(3): 272-283. dx.doi.org/10.1578/AM.41.3.2015.272, more Vermeulen, E.; Cammareri, A.; Holsbeek, L. (2012). Alteration of Southern Right Whale (Eubalaena australis) behaviour by human-induced disturbance in Bahía San Antonio, Patagonia, Argentina. Aquat. Mamm. 38(1): 56-64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1578/AM.38.1.2012.56, more Van de Vijver, K.I.; Holsbeek, L.; Das, K.; Blust, R.; Joiris, C.R.; De Coen, W.M. (2007). Occurrence of perfluorooctane sulfonate and other perfluorinated alkylated substances in harbour porpoises from the Black Sea. Environ. Sci. Technol. 41(1): 315-320, more Das, K.; Holsbeek, L.; Browning, J.; Siebert, U.; Birkun, A.; Bouquegneau, J.-M. (2004). Trace metal and stable isotope measurements (δ¹³C and δ¹⁵N) in the harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena relicta from the Black Sea. Environ. Pollut. 131(2): 197-204. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2004.02.006, more Das, K.; Siebert, U.; Fontaine, M.; Jauniaux, T.; Holsbeek, L.; Bouquegneau, J.M. (2004). Ecological and pathological factors related to trace metal concentrations in harbour porpoises Phocoena phocoena from the North Sea and adjacent areas. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 281: 283-295. dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps281283, more Das, K.; Beans, C.; Holsbeek, L.; Mauger, G.; Berrow, S.D.; Rogan, E.; Bouquegneau, J.M. (2003). Marine mammals from northeast atlantic: relationship between their trophic status as determined by d¹³C and d¹⁵N measurements and their trace metal concentrations. Mar. Environ. Res. 56(3): 349-365. dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0141-1136(02)00308-2, more Otchere, F.A.; Joiris, C.R.; Holsbeek, L. (2003). Mercury in the bivalves Anadara (Senilia) senilis, Perna perna and Crassostrea tulipa from Ghana. Sci. Total Environ. 304(1-3): 369-375. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0048-9697(02)00582-X, more Joiris, C.R.; Holsbeek, L.; Bolba, D.; Gascard, C.; Stanev, T.; Komakhidze, A.; Baumgartner, W.; Birkun, A. (2001). Total and organic mercury in the Black Sea harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena relicta. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 42(10): 905-911. dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0025-326X(01)00049-2, more Joiris, C.R.; Holsbeek, L.; Otchere, F.A. (2000). Mercury in the bivalves Crassostrea tulipa and Perna perna from Ghana. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 40(5): 457-460. dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0025-326X(00)00014-X, more Joiris, C.R.; Das, H.K.; Holsbeek, L. (2000). Mercury accumulation and speciation in Bangladesh marine fish. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 40(5): 454-457. dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0025-326X(00)00013-8, more Baeyens, W.F.J.; Leermakers, M.; Molina, R.; Holsbeek, L.; Joiris, C.R. (1999). Investigation of headspace and solvent extraction methods for the determination of dimethyl- and monomethylmercury in environmental matrices. Chemosphere 39: 1107-1117. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0045-6535(99)00181-2, more Holsbeek, L.; Joiris, C.R.; Debacker, V.; Ali, B.I.; Roose, P.; Nellissen, J.P.; Gobert, S.; Bouquegneau, J.-M.; Bossicart, M. (1999). Heavy metals, organochlorines and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in sperm whales stranded in the southern North Sea during the 1994/1995 winter. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 38(4): 304-313, more Joiris, C.R.; Holsbeek, L.; Laroussi, M.N. (1999). Total and methylmercury in sardines Sardinella aurita and Sardina pilchardus from Tunisia. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 38(3): 188-192. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0025-326X(98)00171-4, more Siebert, U.; Joiris, C.R.; Holsbeek, L.; Benke, H.; Failing, K.; Frese, K.; Petzinger, E. (1999). Potential relation between mercury concentrations and necropsy findings in small cetaceans in German waters of the North and Baltic seas. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 38: 285-295. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0025-326X(98)00147-7, more Siebert, U.; Joiris, C.; Holsbeek, L.; Benke, H.; Failing, K.; Frese, K.; Petzinger, E. (1999). Potential relation between mercury concentrations and necropsy findings in cetaceans from German waters of the North and Baltic Seas. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 38(4): 285-295. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0025-326X(98)00147-7, more Holsbeek, L.; Siebert, U.; Joiris, C.R. (1998). Heavy metals in dolphins stranded on the French Atlantic coast. Sci. Total Environ. 217: 241-249. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0048-9697(98)00177-6, more Ali, B.I.; Joiris, C.R.; Holsbeek, L. (1997). Polychlorinated biphenyls in Barents and Greenland seas fish. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 58: 885-892, more Ali, I.B.; Joiris, C.R.; Holsbeek, L. (1997). Total and organic mercury in the starfish Ctenodiscus crispatus and the polychaete Maldanes sarsi from the Barents Sea. Sci. Total Environ. 201: 189-194. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0048-9697(97)84056-9, more Debacker, V.; Holsbeek, L.; Tapia, G.; Gobert, S.; Joiris, C.R.; Jauniaux, T.; Coignoul, F.; Bouquegneau, J.-M. (1997). Ecotoxicological and pathological studies of common guillemots Uria aalge beached on the Belgian coast during six successive wintering periods (1989-90 to 1994-95). Dis. Aquat. Org. 29(3): 159-168. https://dx.doi.org/10.3354/dao029159, more Holsbeek, L.; Das, H.K.; Joiris, C.R. (1997). Mercury speciation and accumulation in Bangladesh freshwater and anadromous fish. Sci. Total Environ. 198: 201-210, more Joiris, C.R.; Ali, I.B.; Holsbeek, L.; Kanuya-Kinokti, M.; Tekele-Michael, Y. (1997). Total and organic mercury in Greenland and Barents seas demersal fish. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 58: 101-107, more Joiris, C.R.; Tapia, G.; Holsbeek, L. (1997). Increase of organochlorines and mercury levels in common guillemots Uria aalge during winter in the southern North Sea. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 34(12): 1049-1057. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0025-326X(97)00085-4, more Joiris, C.R.; Laroussi, M.N.; Holsbeek, L. (1997). Mercury and polychlorinated biphenyls in zooplankton and shrimp from Barents Sea and the Spitsbergen area. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 59: 472-478, more Joiris, C.R.; Tahon, J.; Holsbeek, L.; Vancauwenberghe, M. (1996). Seabirds and marine mammals in the eastern Barents Sea: late summer at-sea distribution and calculated food intake. Polar Biol. 16(4): 245-256. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s003000050051, more Joiris, C.R.; Ali, I.B.; Holsbeek, L.; Tapia, G. (1995). Total and organic mercury in Barents Sea pelagic fish. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 55: 674-681, more Joiris, C.R.; Laroussi, M.N.; Holsbeek, L. (1995). Mercury and polychlorinated biphenyls in suspended matter from the European Arctic seas. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 55: 893-900, more Joiris, C.R.; Holsbeek, L.; Bouquegneau, J.-M.; Bossicart, M. (1991). Mercury contamination of the harbor porpoise Phocoena phocoena and other cetaceans from the North Sea and the Kattegat. Water Air Soil Pollut. 56: 283-293. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00342277, more
Peer reviewed publication [show]
Joiris, C.R.; Holsbeek, L.; Bossicart, M.; Tapia, G. (1997). Mercury and organochlorines in four sperm whales stranded on the Belgian coast, November 1994. Bull. Kon. Belg. Inst. Natuurwet. Biologie 67(suppl.): 69-73, more
Book chapters (4) [show]
Van de Vijver, K.I.; Holsbeek, L.; Das, K.; Joiris, C.; De Coen, W.M. (2006). Occurrence of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and other perfluorinated alkylated substances in harbour porpoises from the Black Sea, in: Van de Vijver, K.I. Blootstelling en effectevaluatie van perfluorverbindingen op mariene en estuariene organismen = Exposure and effect assessment of perfluorinated alkylated substances in marine and estuarine organisms. pp. 129-147, more Bouquegneau, J.-M.; Coignoul, F.; Das, K.; Debacker, V.; Haelters, J.; Holsbeek, L.; Jauniaux, T.; Joiris, C.; Stienen, E.; Tavernier, J.; Van Waeyenberge, J. (2002). North Sea seabirds and marine mammals: pathology and ecotoxicology = De zeevogels en zeezoogdieren van de Noordzee: pathologie en ecotoxicologie, in: Duurzaam Beheer van de Noordzee: presentatie van de onderzoeksresultaten, 21-22/01/2002. Scientific Support Plan for a Sustainable Development Policy (SPSD I): Programme "Sustainable Management of the North Sea" = Plan voor wetenschappelijke ondersteuning van een beleid gericht op duurzame ontwikkeling (PODO I): Programma "Duurzaam beheer van de Noordzee", : pp. [10], more Debacker, V.; Holsbeek, L.; Jauniaux, T.; Gobert, S.; Tapia, G.; Joiris, C.R.; Coignoul, F.; Bouquegneau, J.-M. (1996). Winter mortality of seabirds along the Belgian coast (1990-1995), in: [s.d.] pp. 42, more Joiris, C.; Holsbeek, L. (1993). Ecotoxicology of stable pollutants in Antarctic marine ecosystems: mercury and organochlorines, in: Caschetto, S. (Ed.) Belgian scientific research programme on Antarctica: scientific results of phase II (10/1988-05/1992): 1. Plankton ecology and marine biogeochemistry. pp. II/07/A/1-33, more
Abstracts (3) [show]
Holsbeek, L.; Cammareri, A.; Failla, M.; Vermeulen, E. (2008). Sighting frequency and photo-identification of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) along the coast of Bahía San Antonio, Patagonia, Argentina, in: Philips, E. (Ed.) Marine mammals in time: past, present and future: 22nd Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society, 10-12 March 2008, Egmond aan Zee, The Netherlands: Abstract Book. pp. 279-280, more Holsbeek, L.; Das, K.; Joiris, C.R.; Gascard, C.; Bouquegneau, J.-M. (2001). Spatial and interspecies variability of mercury accumulation in small cetaceans, in: Donovan, G. (Ed.) Cetaceans in the Ecosystem: Defining Critical Habitat: Abstract Book 14th Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society, Cork, Ireland, 2-5th April 2000. pp. abstract & poster, more Holsbeek, L.; Joiris, C.R.; Pinket, S.; Elskens, M.; Birkun, A. Jr.; Siebert, U. (1997). Trace elements in Black Sea dolphins and possible role of glutathione in detoxification mechanisms, in: Abstract book 11th Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society, Stralsund, Germany, 10-12 March 1997. pp. abstract, more
Reports (3) [show]
Das, K.; Drouguet, O.; Fontaine, M.C.; Holsbeek, L.; Jauniaux, T.; Michaux, J.; Joiris, C. (2007). Viability of the Northeast Atlantic harbour porpoise and seal population (genetic and ecological study): final report. Belgian Science Policy: Brussel. 42 pp., more Debacker, V.; Coignoul, F.; Das, K.; Haelters, J.; Holsbeek, L.; Jacques, T.; Jauniaux, T.; Joiris, C.R.; Stienen, E.; Tavernier, E.; Van Waeyenberge, J.; Bouquegneau, J.-M. (2004). North Sea seabirds and marine mammals: pathology and ecotoxicology = De zeevogels en zeezoogdieren van de Noordzee: pathologie en ecotoxicologie. Scientific Support Plan for a Sustainable Development Policy (SPSD I): Programme "Sustainable Management of the North Sea" = Plan voor wetenschappelijke ondersteuning van een beleid gericht op duurzame ontwikkeling (PODO I): Programma "Duurzaam beheer van de Noordzee". Federaal Wetenschapsbeleid = Belgian Science Policy = Politique Scientifique Fédérale: Brussel. 185 pp., more Bouquegneau, J.-M.; Coignoul, F.; Das, K.; Debacker, V.; Haelters, J.; Holsbeek, L.; Jauniaux, T.; Joiris, C.; Stienen, E.; Tavernier, J.; Van Waeyenberge, J. (2002). Zeevogels en zeezoogdieren van de Noordzee: pathologie en ecotoxicologie: samenvatting van het onderzoek = North Sea seabirds and marine mammals: pathology and ecotoxicology: summary of the research. Scientific Support Plan for a Sustainable Development Policy (SPSD I): Programme "Sustainable Management of the North Sea" = Plan voor wetenschappelijke ondersteuning van een beleid gericht op duurzame ontwikkeling (PODO I): Programma "Duurzaam beheer van de Noordzee". Federale Diensten voor Wetenschappelijke, Technische en Culturele Aangelegenheden (DWTC): Brussel. 9 pp., more
Other publications (3) [show]
Holsbeek, L.; Joiris, C.R.; Tavernier, J. (1995). Potvisstrandingen aan de Belgische kust. Zoogdier 6(2): 6-11, more Antoine, N.; Jansegers, I.; Holsbeek, L.; Joiris, C.R.; Bouquegneau, J.-M. (1992). Contamination par les métaux lourds des oiseaux marins et des marsouins de la Mer du Nord = Heavy metal contamination of seabirds and porpoises in the North Sea. Bull. Soc. r. Sci. Liège 61(1-2): 163-176, more Holsbeek, L. (1986). De bunzing, in: Natuurreservaten 08(1986). Natuurreservaten, 8(3): pp. 88, more
Thesis (co-)promotor (5) [show]
Colpaert, S. (2011). Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Bahía San Antonio, Patagonia, Argentina: behaviour, social composition and abundance. MSc Thesis. Universiteit Gent; MARELAC/Vrije Universiteit Brussel: Gent. 38 pp., more Verheyen, D.A.M. (2011). An evaluation of the behavioural response of southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) on boat and swimmer interactions in the bay of San Antonio, Patagonia, Argentina. MSc Thesis. Ghent University: Gent. 29, V pp., more De Pooter, D. (2007). On colony behaviour of Sea Lions (Otaria flavescens): mother-pup recognition. MSc Thesis. Vrije Universiteit Brussel: Brussel. 114 pp., more De Ridder, J. (2003). De populatiedynamiek en het koloniegedrag van de Zuid-Amerikaanse zeeleeuw, Otaria byronia, rond Península Valdés. MSc Thesis. Vrije Universiteit Brussel: Brussel. 65 pp., more Maes, E. (2003). Breeding biology and population dynamics of the Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) at Punta Norte, Península Valdés, Argentina. MSc Thesis. Vrije Universiteit Brussel: Brussel. 67 pp., more

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