IMIS - Marine Research Groups

Dr Verbruggen, Heroen
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Institutes (3)
Previous institutes (2)
Publications (135)
Projects (2)
Datasets (5)

University of Melbourne; School of Botany, more

Function: Senior Lecturer
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AlgaeTraits eds., more

Function: Thematic editor

WoRMS Editorial Board (WoRMS editors), more

Function: Thematic editor

Oceans & Lakes : Master of Marine and Lacustrine Science and Management, more

Function: Lecturer

Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Fycologie, more

Function: Post-doc

Elucidation of fundamental processes in green algal evolution through integration of molecular phylogenetics, genome analysis and experimental gene evolution research., more
Gegevensvergaring en rekenkracht voor het oplossen van fundamentele vraagstellingen over de evolutie van groenwieren, more

AlgaeTraits: AlgaeTraits eds. (2024). AlgaeTraits: a trait database for (European) seaweeds. Accessed at https://algaetraits.org/ on yyyy-mm-dd, more
Bio-Oracle v2: Assis, J., Tyberghein, L., Bosh, S., Verbruggen, H., Serrão, E. A., & De Clerck, O. (2017). Bio-ORACLE v2.0: Extending marine data layers for bioclimatic modelling. Global Ecology and Biogeography (DOI:10.1111/geb.12693), more
Bio-Oracle v3: Assis, J.; Fernández Bejarano, S.J.; Salazar, V.W.; Schepers, L.; Gouvêa, L.; Fragkopoulou, E.; Leclercq, F.; Vanhoorne, B.; Tyberghein, L.; Serrão, E.A.; Verbruggen, H.; De Clerck, O. (2024). Bio-ORACLE v3.0. Pushing marine data layers to the CMIP6 Earth system models of climate change research. Glob. Ecol. Biogeogr. Early view: e13813. (DOI: 10.1111/geb.13813), more
Bio-Oracle: Tyberghein L., Verbruggen H., Pauly K., Troupin C., Mineur F. & De Clerck O. Bio-ORACLE: a global environmental dataset for marine species distribution modeling. Global Ecology and Biogeography (DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2011.00656.x)., more
Vieira, Christophe et al. (2021), Global biogeography and diversification of a group of brown seaweeds (Phaeophyceae) driven by clade-specific evolutionary processes, Dryad, Dataset,, more

A1 Publications (111) [show]
Assis, J.; Fernández Bejarano, S.J.; Salazar, V.W.; Schepers, L.; Gouvêa, L.; Fragkopoulou, E.; Leclercq, F.; Vanhoorne, B.; Tyberghein, L.; Serrão, E.A.; Verbruggen, H.; De Clerck, O. (2024). Bio-ORACLE v3.0. Pushing marine data layers to the CMIP6 Earth system models of climate change research. Glob. Ecol. Biogeogr. 33(4): e13813. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb.13813, more Díaz-Tapia, P.; Rodríguez-Buján, I.; Maggs, C.A.; Verbruggen, H. (2023). Phylogenomic analysis of pseudocryptic diversity reveals the new genus Deltalsia (Rhodomelaceae, Rhodophyta). J. Phycol. 59(1): 264-276. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.13311, more Wetherbee, R.; Bringloe, T.T.; van de Meene, A.; Andersen, R.A.; Verbruggen, H. (2023). Structure and formation of the perforated theca defining the Pelagophyceae (Heterokonta), and three new genera that substantiate the diverse nature of the class. J. Phycol. 59(1): 126-151. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.13294, more Bringloe, T.T.; Fort, A.; Inaba, M.; Sulpice, R.; Ghriofa, C.N.; Mols-Mortensen, A.; Filbee-Dexter, K.; Vieira, C.; Kawai, H.; Hanyuda, T.; Krause-Jensen, D.; Olesen, B.; Starko, S.; Verbruggen, H. (2022). Whole genome population structure of North Atlantic kelp confirms high-latitude glacial refugia. Mol. Ecol. 31(24): 6473-6488. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.16714, more Bringloe, T.T.; Wilkinson, D.P.; Goldsmit, J.; Savoie, A.M.; Filbee-Dexter, K.; Macgregor, K.A.; Howland, K.L.; McKindsey, C.W.; Verbruggen, H. (2022). Arctic marine forest distribution models showcase potentially severe habitat losses for cryophilic species under climate change. Glob. Chang. Biol. 28(11): 3711-3727. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16142, more Pasella, M.M.; Lee, M.-F.E.; Marcelino, V.R.; Willis, A.; Verbruggen, H. (2022). Ten Ostreobium (Ulvophyceae) strains from Great Barrier Reef corals as a resource for algal endolith biology and genomics. Phycologia 61(4): 452-458. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00318884.2022.2064132, more Bringloe, T.T.; Zaparenkov, D.; Starko, S.; Grant, W.S.; Vieira, C.; Kawai, H.; Hanyuda, T.; Filbee-Dexter, K.; Klimova, A.; Klochkova, T.A.; Krause-Jensen, D.; Olesen, B.; Verbruggen, H. (2021). Whole-genome sequencing reveals forgotten lineages and recurrent hybridizations within the kelp genus Alaria (Phaeophyceae). J. Phycol. 57(6): 1721-1738. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.13212, more Bringloe, T.T.; Sauermann, R.; Krause-Jensen, D.; Olesen, B.; Klimova, A.; Klochkova, T.A.; Verbruggen, H. (2021). High-throughput sequencing of the kelp Alaria (Phaeophyceae) reveals epi-endobiotic associations, including a likely phaeophycean parasite. Eur. J. Phycol. 56(4): 494-504. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09670262.2021.1882704, more Iha, C.; Dougan, K.E.; Varela, J.A.; Avila, V.; Jackson, C.J.; Bogaert, K.A.; Chen, Y.; Judd, L.M.; Wick, R.; Holt, K.E.; Pasella, M.M.; Ricci, F.; Repetti, S.I.; Medina, M.; Marcelino, V.R.; Chan, C.X.; Verbruggen, H. (2021). Genomic adaptations to an endolithic lifestyle in the coral-associated alga Ostreobium. Curr. Biol. 31(7): 1393-1402. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.01.018, more Tonicelli, G.A.; Croce, M.E.; Díaz-Tapia, P.; Fredericq, S.; Freshwater, D.W.; Gauna, M.C.; Parodi, E.R.; Verbruggen, H.; Hommersand, M.H. (2021). Meridionella gen. nov., a new genus of Cystocloniaceae (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta) from the southern hemisphere, including M. obtusangula comb. nov. and M. antarctica sp. nov. J. Phycol. 57(3): 797-816. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.13127, more Vieira, C.; Steen, F.; D'hondt, S.; Bafort, Q.; Tyberghein, L.; Fernández-García, C.; Wysor, B.; Tronholm, A.; Mattio, L.; Payri, C.; Kawai, H.; Saunders, G.; Leliaert, F.; Verbruggen, H.; De Clerck, O. (2021). Global biogeography and diversification of a group of brown seaweeds (Phaeophyceae) driven by clade‐specific evolutionary processes. J. Biogeogr. 48(4): 703-715. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14047, more Wetherbee, R.; Bringloe, T.T.; Costa, J.F.; van de Meene, A.; Andersen, R.A.; Verbruggen, H. (2021). New pelagophytes show a novel mode of algal colony development and reveal a perforated theca that may define the class. J. Phycol. 57(2): 396-411. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.13074, more Bringloe, T.T.; Starko, S.; Wade, R.M.; Vieira, C.; Kawai, H.; De Clerck, O.; Cock, J.M.; Coelho, S.M.; Destombe, C.; Valero, M.; Neiva, J.; Pearson, G.A.; Faugeron, S.; Verbruggen, H. (2020). Phylogeny and evolution of the brown algae. Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. 39(4): 281-321. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07352689.2020.1787679, more Bringloe, T.T.; Verbruggen, H.; Saunders, G.W. (2020). Unique biodiversity in Arctic marine forests is shaped by diverse recolonization pathways and far northern glacial refugia. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 117(36): 22590-22596. https://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2002753117, more Del Cortona, A.; Jackson, C.J.; Bucchini, F.; Van Bel, M.; D'hondt, S.; Skaloud, P.; Delwiche, C.F.; Knoll, A.H.; Raven, J.A.; Verbruggen, H.; Vandepoele, K.; De Clerck, O.; Leliaert, F. (2020). Neoproterozoic origin and multiple transitions to macroscopic growth in green seaweeds. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 117(5): 2551-2559. https://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1910060117, more Díaz-Tapia, P.; Maggs, C.A.; Nelson, W.; Macaya, E.C.; Verbruggen, H. (2020). Reassessment of the genus Lophurella (Rhodomelaceae, Rhodophyta) from Australia and New Zealand reveals four cryptic species. Eur. J. Phycol. 55(1): 113-128. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09670262.2019.1659419, more Dumilag, R.V.; Dumago, F.S.; Cabudoy, R.K.R.; Peralta, M.C.E.; Li, C.C.; Gamus, G.V.V.; Romero, R.G.T.; Yap, S.L.; Roleda, M.Y.; Geraldino, P.J.L.; Verbruggen, H.; Leliaert, F.; Draisma, S.G.A.; Liao, L.M.; Kraft, G.T. (2020). The Ulvophyceae (Chlorophyta) of eastern Sorsogon, Philippines, including Halimeda magnicuneata sp. nov. (Bryopsidales). Bot. Mar. 63(5): 439-453. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1515/bot-2020-0017, more Lagourgue, L.; Verbruggen, H.; Ampou, E.E.; Payri, C.E. (2020). One hundred years later, resurrection of Tydemania gardineri A. Gepp & E. Gepp (Udoteaceae, Chlorophyta) based on molecular and morphological data. Eur. J. Phycol. 55(1): 89-99. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09670262.2019.1654618, more Preuss, M.; Verbruggen, H.; Zuccarello, G.C. (2020). The organelle genomes in the photosynthetic red algal parasite Pterocladiophila hemisphaerica (Florideophyceae, Rhodophyta) have elevated substitution rates and extreme gene loss in the plastid genome. J. Phycol. 56(4): 1006-1018. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12996, more Rindi, F.; Pasella, M.M.; Lee, M.-F.E.; Verbruggen, H. (2020). Phylogeography of the mediterranean green seaweed Halimeda tuna (Ulvophyceae, Chlorophyta). J. Phycol. 56(4): 1109-1113. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.13006, more Cremen, C.M.; Leliaert, F.; West, J.; Lam, D.W.; Shimada, S.; Lopez-Bautista, J.M.; Verbruggen, H. (2019). Reassessment of the classification of Bryopsidales (Chlorophyta) based on chloroplast phylogenomic analyses. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 130: 397-405. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2018.09.009, more Pasella, M.M.; Verbruggen, H.; Nelson, W.A.; Díaz-Tapia, P. (2019). The phylogenetic position of the morphologically unusual Pleurostichidium falkenbergii (Rhodomelaceae, Rhodophyta) based on plastid phylogenomics. Phycologia 58(3): 319-325. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00318884.2019.1574462, more Ricci, F.; Marcelino, V.R.; Blackall, L.L.; Kühl, M.; Medina, M.; Verbruggen, H. (2019). Beneath the surface: community assembly and functions of the coral skeleton microbiome. Microbiome 7(1): 159. https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40168-019-0762-y, more Wetherbee, R.; Marcelino, V.R.; Costa, J.F.; Grant, B.; Crawford, S.; Waller, R.F.; Andersen, R.A.; Berry, D.; McFadden, G.I.; Verbruggen, H. (2019). A new marine prasinophyte genus alternates between a flagellate and a dominant benthic stage with microrhizoids for adhesion. J. Phycol. 55(6): 1210-1225. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12909, more Wetherbee, R.; Jackson, C.J.; Repetti, S.I.; Clementson, L.A.; Costa, J.F.; van de Meene, A.; Crawford, S.; Verbruggen, H. (2019). The golden paradox - a new heterokont lineage with chloroplasts surrounded by two membranes. J. Phycol. 55(2): 257-278. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12822, more Assis, J.; Tyberghein, L.; Bosch, S.; Verbruggen, H.; Serrão, E.A.; De Clerck, O. (2018). Bio-ORACLE v2.0: extending marine data layers for bioclimatic modelling. Glob. Ecol. Biogeogr. 27(3): 277-284. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb.12693, more Croce, M.E.; Díaz-Tapia, P.; Verbruggen, H. (2018). Molecular systematics of the siphonous green algal genus Codium in eastern Victoria, Australia. Cryptogam., Algol. 39(4): 391-407. https://dx.doi.org/10.7872/crya/v39.iss4.2018.391, more Díaz-Tapia, P.; Maggs, C.A.; Macaya, E.C.; Verbruggen, H. (2018). Widely distributed red algae often represent hidden introductions, complexes of cryptic species or species with strong phylogeographic structure. J. Phycol. 54(6): 829-839. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12778, more Díaz-Tapia, P.; Pasella, M.; Verbruggen, H. (2018). Molecular analyses resolve the phylogenetic position of Polysiphonia adamsiae (Rhodomelaceae, Rhodophyta) and reveal a strong phylogeographic structure in Australia. Phycologia 57(5): 593-600. https://dx.doi.org/10.2216/18-36.1, more Hoffman, R.; Wynne, M.J.; Schils, T.; Lopez-Bautista, J.; Verbruggen, H. (2018). Codium pulvinatum (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta), a new species from the Arabian Sea, recently introduced into the Mediterranean Sea. Phycologia 57(1): 79-89. https://dx.doi.org/10.2216/17-74.1, more Jackson, C.; Knoll, A.H.; Chan, C.X.; Verbruggen, H. (2018). Plastid phylogenomics with broad taxon sampling further elucidates the distinct evolutionary origins and timing of secondary green plastids. NPG Scientific Reports 8: 1523. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-18805-w, more Leliaert, F.; Payo, D.A.; Gurgel, C.F.D.; Schils, T.; Draisma, S.G.A.; Saunders, G.W.; Kamiya, M.; Sherwood, A.R.; Lin, S.-M.; Huisman, J.M.; Le Gall, L.; Anderson, R.J.; Bolton, J.J.; Mattio, L.; Zubia, M.; Spokes, T.; Vieira, C.; Payri, C.E.; Coppejans, E.; D'hondt, S.; Verbruggen, H.; De Clerck, O. (2018). Patterns and drivers of species diversity in the Indo-Pacific red seaweed Portieria. J. Biogeogr. 45(10): 2299-2313. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13410, more Marcelino, V.R.; van Oppen, M.J.H.; Verbruggen, H. (2018). Highly structured prokaryote communities exist within the skeleton of coral colonies. ISME J. 12(1): 300-303. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2017.164, more Del Cortona, A.; Leliaert, F.; Bogaert, K.A.; Turmel, M.; Boedeker, C.; Janouskovec, J.; López-Bautista, J.M.; Verbruggen, H.; Vandepoele, K.; De Clerck, O. (2017). The plastid genome in Cladophorales green algae is encoded by hairpin chromosomes. Curr. Biol. 27(24): 3771-3782. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2017.11.004, more Steen, F.; Aragay, J.; Zuljevic, A.; Verbruggen, H.; Mancuso, F.P.; Bunker, F.; Vitales, D.; Garreta, A.G.; De Clerck, O. (2017). Tracing the introduction history of the brown seaweed Dictyota cyanoloma (Phaeophyceae, Dictyotales) in Europe. Eur. J. Phycol. 52(1): 31-42. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09670262.2016.1212998, more Verbruggen, H.; Brookes, M.J.L.; Costa, J.F. (2017). DNA barcodes and morphometric data indicate that Codium fragile (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta) may consist of two species. Phycologia 56(1): 54-62. https://dx.doi.org/10.2216/16-54.1, more Alós, J.; Tomas, F.; Terrados, J.; Verbruggen, H.; Ballesteros, E. (2016). Fast-spreading green beds of recently introduced Halimeda incrassata invade Mallorca island (NW Mediterranean Sea). Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 558: 153-158. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps11869, more Fernández-García, C.; Wysor, B.; Riosmena-Rodríguez, R.; Peña-Salamanca, E.; Verbruggen, H. (2016). DNA-assisted identification of Caulerpa (Caulerpaceae, Chlorophyta) reduces species richness estimates for the Eastern Tropical Pacific. Phytotaxa 252(3): 185-204. https://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.252.3.2, more Marcelino, V.R.; Verbruggen, H. (2015). Ecological niche models of invasive seaweeds. J. Phycol. 51(4): 606-620. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12322, more Pazoutova, M.; De Clerck, O.; Del Cortona, A.; Dauchot, N.; Kosnar, J.; Peters, A.; Rindi, F.; Sherwood, A.; Smith, D.; Verbruggen, H.; Rombauts, S. (2015). Whole genome sequencing of the Antarctic green alga Prasiola crispa. Eur. J. Phycol. 50(Supplement 1): 54-54, more Fuciková, K.; Leliaert, F.; Cooper, E.D.; Skaloud, P.; D'hondt, S.; De Clerck, O.; Gurgel, C.F.D.; Lewis, L.A.; Lewis, P.O.; Lopez-Bautista, J.M.; Delwiche, C.F.; Verbruggen, H. (2014). New phylogenetic hypotheses for the core Chlorophyta based on chloroplast sequence data. Front. Ecol. Environ. 2: 63. http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2014.00063, more Leliaert, F.; Verbruggen, H.; Vanormelingen , P.; Steen, F.; López-Bautista, J.M.; Zuccarello, G.C.; De Clerck, O. (2014). DNA-based species delimitation in algae. Eur. J. Phycol. 49(2): 179–196. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09670262.2014.904524, more Leliaert, F.; Verbruggen, H.; D'hondt, S.; López-Bautista, J.M.; De Clerck, O. (2014). The forgotten genus Pseudoderbesia (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta). Cryptogam., Algol. 35(3): 207-219. http://dx.doi.org/10.7872/crya.v35.iss3.2014.207, more De Clerck, O.; Guiry, M.D.; Leliaert, F.; Samyn, Y.; Verbruggen, H. (2013). Algal taxonomy: a road to nowhere? J. Phycol. 49(2): 215-225. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12020, more Hollants, J.; Leliaert, F.; Verbruggen, H.; De Clerck, O.; Willems, A. (2013). Host specificity and coevolution of Flavobacteriaceae endosymbionts within the siphonous green seaweed Bryopsis. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 67(3): 608-614. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2013.02.025, more Hollants, J.; Leliaert, F.; Verbruggen, H.; Willems, A.; De Clerck, O. (2013). Permanent residents or temporary lodgers: characterizing intracellular bacterial communities in the siphonous green alga Bryopsis. Proc. - Royal Soc., Biol. Sci. 280(1754): 8 pp. dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2012.2659, more Jueterbock, A.; Tyberghein, L.; Verbruggen, H.; Coyer, J.A.; Olsen, J.L.; Hoarau, G. (2013). Climate change impact on seaweed meadow distribution in the North Atlantic rocky intertidal. Ecol. Evol. 3(5): 1356-1373. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.541, more Payo, D.A.; Leliaert, F.; Verbruggen, H.; D'hondt, S.; Calumpong, H.P.; De Clerck, O. (2013). Extensive cryptic species diversity and fine-scale endemism in the marine red alga Portieria in the Philippines. Proc. - Royal Soc., Biol. Sci. 280(1753). dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2012.2660, more Sauvage, T.; Payri, C.; Draisma, S.G.A.; van Reine, W.F.P.; Verbruggen, H.; Belton, G.S.; Gurgel, C.F.D.; Gabriel, D.; Sherwood, A.R.; Fredericq, S. (2013). Molecular diversity of the Caulerpa racemosa-Caulerpa peltata complex (Caulerpaceae, Bryopsidales) in New Caledonia, with new Australasian records for C. racemosa var. cylindracea. Phycologia 52(1): 6-13. dx.doi.org/10.2216/11-116.1, more Verbruggen, H.; Tyberghein, L.; Belton, G.S.; Mineur, F.; Jueterbock, A.; Hoarau, G.; Gurgel, C. F.D.; De Clerck, O. (2013). Improving transferability of introduced species' distribution models: New tools to forecast the spread of a highly invasive seaweed. PLoS One 8(6): e68337. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1371/journal.pone.0068337, more Ciancia, M.; Alberghina, J.; Arata, P.X.; Benavides, H.; Leliaert, F.; Verbruggen, H.; Estevez, J.M. (2012). Characterization of cell wall polysaccharides of the coenocytic green seaweed Bryopsis plumosa (Bryopsidaceae, Chlorophyta) from the Argentine coast. J. Phycol. 48(2): 326-335. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1529-8817.2012.01131.x, more De Oliveira-Carvalho, M.D.F.; Oliveira, M.C.; Pereira, S.M.B.; Verbruggen, H. (2012). Phylogenetic analysis of Codium species from Brazil, with the description of the new species C. pernambucensis (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta). Eur. J. Phycol. 47(4): 355-365. dx.doi.org/10.1080/09670262.2012.718363, more Dijoux, L.; Verbruggen, H.; Mattio, L.; Duong, N.; Payri, C. (2012). Diversity of Halimeda (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta) in New Caledonia: a combined morphological and molecular study. J. Phycol. 48(6): 1465-1481. dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12002, more Leliaert, F.; Hollants, J.; Verbruggen, H.; Willems, A.; De Clerck, O. (2012). Diversity and evolution of endosymbiotic bacteria in the siphonous green alga Bryopsis (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta). J. Phycol. 48: S10-S10, more Leliaert, F.; Smith, D.R.; Moreau, H.; Herron, M.D.; Verbruggen, H.; Delwiche, C.F.; De Clerck, O. (2012). Phylogeny and molecular evolution of the green algae. Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. 31(1): 1-46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07352689.2011.615705, more Maeda, T.; Hirose, E.; Chikaraishi, Y.; Kawato, M.; Takishita, K.; Yoshida, T.; Verbruggen, H.; Tanaka, J.; Shimamura, S.; Takaki, Y.; Tsuchiya, M.; Iwai, K.; Maruyama, T. (2012). Algivore or phototroph? Plakobranchus ocellatus (Gastropoda) continuously acquires kleptoplasts and nutrition from multiple algal species in nature. PLoS One 7(7): e42024. dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0042024, more Tronholm, A.; Leliaert, F.; Sansón, M.; Afonso-Carrillo, J.; Tyberghein, L.; Verbruggen, H.; De Clerck, O. (2012). Contrasting geographical distributions as a result of thermal tolerance and long-distance dispersal in two allegedly widespread tropical brown algae. PLoS One 7(1): e30813. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0030813, more Tyberghein, L.; Verbruggen, H.; Pauly, K.; Troupin, C.; De Clerck, O. (2012). Bio-ORACLE: a global environmental dataset for marine species distribution modelling. Glob. Ecol. Biogeogr. 21(2): 272-281. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1466-8238.2011.00656.x, more Verbruggen, H.; Pauly, K.; De Clerck, O. (2012). The new species Codium recurvatum from Tanzania. Eur. J. Phycol. 47(3): 216-222. dx.doi.org/10.1080/09670262.2012.690106, more Verbruggen, H.; Schils, T. (2012). Rhipilia coppejansii, a new coral reef-associated species from Guam (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta). J. Phycol. 48(5): 1090-1098. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1529-8817.2012.01199.x, more Coppejans, E.; Leliaert, F.; Verbruggen, H.; Prathep, A.; De Clerck, O. (2011). Rhipidosiphon lewmanomontiae sp. nov. (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta), a calcified udoteacean alga from the central Indo-Pacific based on morphological and molecular investigations. Phycologia 50(4): 403-412. dx.doi.org/10.2216/10-90.1, more De Clerck, O.; Verbruggen, H.; Tyberghein, L.; Leliaert, F. (2011). Historical biogeography, diversification and niche shifts of marine macroalgae. Eur. J. Phycol. 46(Supplement 1): 98-98, more Leliaert, F.; D'hondt, S.; Tyberghein, L.; Verbruggen, H.; De Clerck, O. (2011). Atypical development of Chaetomorpha antennina in culture (Cladophorales, Chlorophyta). Phycol. Res. 59(2): 91-97. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1835.2010.00604.x, more Leliaert, F.; Payo, D.A.; Tronholm, A.; Verbruggen, H.; De Clerck, O. (2011). DNA-based species delimitation in algae. Eur. J. Phycol. 46(Supplement 1): 29-29, more Leliaert, F.; Verbruggen, H.; Zechman, F. W. (2011). Into the deep: new discoveries at the base of the green plant phylogeny. BioEssays 33(9): 683-692. dx.doi.org/10.1002/bies.201100035, more LoDuca, S. T. ; Melchin, M. J. ; Verbruggen, H. (2011). Complex noncalcified macroalgae from the Silurian of Cornwallis island, Arctic Canada. J. Paleontol. 85(1): 111-121. dx.doi.org/10.1666/10-025.1, more Souffreau, C.; Verbruggen, H.; Wolfe, A. P.; Vanormelingen, P.; Siver, P. A.; Cox, E. J.; Mann, D. G.; Van de Vijver, B.; Sabbe, K.; Vyverman, W. (2011). A time-calibrated multi-gene phylogeny of the diatom genus Pinnularia. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 61(3): 866-879. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2011.08.031, more Verbruggen, H. (2011). Diversity and taxonomy of seaweeds: an evolutionary perspective. Eur. J. Phycol. 46(Supplement 1): 19-19, more Verbruggen, H.; Tribollet, A. (2011). Boring algae. Curr. Biol. 21(21): R876-R877. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2011.09.014, more Verbruggen, H.; Tyberghein, L. (2011). Geographic and ecological aspects of speciation in marine macroalgae. J. Phycol. 47: 21-21, more Cocquyt, E.; Verbruggen, H.; Leliaert, F.; De Clerck, O. (2010). Evolution and cytological diversification of the green seaweeds (Ulvophyceae). Mol. Biol. Evol. 27(9): 2052-2061. dx.doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msq091, more Cocquyt, E.; Gile, G. H.; Leliaert, F.; Verbruggen, H.; Keeling, P. J. ; De Clerck, O. (2010). Complex phylogenetic distribution of a noncanonical genetic code in green algae. BMC Evol. Biol. 10: 327. dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-10-327, more Silberfeld, T.; Leigh, J. W.; Verbruggen, H.; Cruaud, C.; de Reviers, B.; Rousseau, F. (2010). A multi-locus time-calibrated phylogeny of the brown algae (Heterokonta, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae): Investigating the evolutionary nature of the ‘‘brown algal crown radiation”. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 56(2): 659-674. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2010.04.020, more Tronholm, A.; Steen, F.; Tyberghein, L.; Leliaert, F.; Verbruggen, H.; Ribera Siguan, M. A.; De Clerck, O. (2010). Species delimitation, taxonomy, and biogeography of Dictyota in Europe (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae). J. Phycol. 46(6): 1301-1321. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1529-8817.2010.00908.x, more Tronholm, A.; Sansón, M.; Afonso-Carrillo, J.; Verbruggen, H.; De Clerck, O. (2010). Niche partitioning and the coexistence of two cryptic Dictyota (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae) species from the Canary Islands. J. Phycol. 46(6): 1075-1087. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1529-8817.2010.00912.x, more Verbruggen, H.; Maggs, C.A.; Saunders, G. W.; Le Gall, L.; Yoon, H. S.; De Clerck, O. (2010). Data mining approach identifies research priorities and data requirements for resolving the red algal tree of life. BMC Evol. Biol. 10: 16. dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-10-16, more Zechman, F. W.; Verbruggen, H.; Leliaert, F.; Ashworth, M.; Buchheim, M.A.; Fawley, M.W.; Spalding, H.; Pueschel, C.M.; Buchheim, J.A.; Verghese, B.; Hanisak, M. D. (2010). An unrecognized ancient lineage of green plants persists in deep marine waters. J. Phycol. 46(6): 1288-1295. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1529-8817.2010.00900.x, more Cocquyt, E.; Verbruggen, H.; Leliaert, F.; Zechman, F. W.; Sabbe, K.; De Clerck, O. (2009). Gain and loss of elongation factor genes in green algae. BMC Evol. Biol. 9(39). dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-9-39, more Cocquyt, E.; Verbruggen, H.; Leliaert, F.; De Clerck, O. (2009). Phylogeny and diversification of the green algae inferred from nuclear and chloroplast genes. Phycologia 48(4): 24-25, more Leliaert, F.; Verbruggen, H.; Wysor, B.; De Clerck, O. (2009). DNA taxonomy in morphologically plastic taxa: Algorithmic species delimitation in the Boodlea complex (Chlorophyta: Cladophorales). Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 53(1): 122-133. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2009.06.004, more Leliaert, F.; Zhang, X.; Ye, N.; Malta, E.-J.; Engelen, A. H.; Mineur, F.; Verbruggen, H.; De Clerck, O. (2009). The identity of the Qingdao algal bloom. Phycol. Res. 57(2): 147-151. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1835.2009.00532.x, more Leliaert, F.; Rueness, J.; Boedeker, C.; Maggs, C.A.; Cocquyt, E.; Verbruggen, H.; De Clerck, O. (2009). Systematics of the marine microfilamentous green algae Uronema curvatum and Urospora microscopica (Chlorophyta). Eur. J. Phycol. 44(4): 487-496. dx.doi.org/10.1080/09670260903229540, more Leliaert, F.; Boedeker, C.; Peña, V.; Bunker, F.; Verbruggen, H.; De Clerck, O. (2009). Cladophora rhodolithicola sp. nov. (Cladophorales, Chlorophyta), a diminutive species from European maerl beds. Eur. J. Phycol. 44(2): 155-169. dx.doi.org/10.1080/09670260802573113, more Pauly, K.; Verbruggen, H.; Tyberghein, L.; Mineur, F.; Maggs, C.A.; Shimada, S.; De Clerck, O. (2009). Predicting spread and bloom risk areas of introduced and invasive seaweeds. Phycologia 48(4): 103, more Payo, D.A.; Leliaert, F.; Verbruggen, H.; Calumpong, H.; De Clerck, O. (2009). Evolution and species boundaries of the Portieria-complex (Rhodophyta: Gigartinales). Phycologia 48(4): 103, more Payri, C. E.; Verbruggen, H. (2009). Pseudocodium mucronatum, a new species from New Caledonia, and an analysis of the evolution of climatic preferences in the genus (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta). J. Phycol. 45(4): 953-961. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1529-8817.2009.00717.x, more Payri, C.E.; Verbruggen, H. (2009). Diversity of the genus Codium (Codiales, Chlorophyta) in New Caledonia (South West Pacific). Phycologia 48(4): 103-104, more Verbruggen, H. (2009). Deciphering macroevolutionary patterns in the algae. Phycologia 48(4): 137, more Verbruggen, H.; Vlaeminck, C.; Sauvage, T.; Sherwood, A.R.; Leliaert, F.; De Clerck, O. (2009). Phylogenetic analysis of Pseudochlorodesmis strains reveals cryptic diversity above the family level in the siphonous green algae (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta). J. Phycol. 45(3): 726-731. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1529-8817.2009.00690.x, more Verbruggen, H.; Ashworth, M.; LoDuca, S. T. ; Vlaeminck, C.; Cocquyt, E.; Sauvage, T.; Zechman, F. W.; Littler, D.S.; Littler, M. M.; Leliaert, F.; De Clerck, O. (2009). A multi-locus time-calibrated phylogeny of the siphonous green algae. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 50(3): 642-653. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2008.12.018, more Verbruggen, H.; Tyberghein, L.; Pauly, K.; Vlaeminck, C.; Van Nieuwenhuyze, K.; Kooistra, W.H.C.F.; Leliaert, F.; De Clerck, O. (2009). Macroecology meets macroevolution: evolutionary niche dynamics in the seaweed Halimeda. Glob. Ecol. Biogeogr. 18(4): 393-405. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1466-8238.2009.00463.x, more Wynne, M. J. ; Verbruggen, H.; Angel, D. L. (2009). The recognition of Caulerpa integerrima (Zanardini) comb. et stat. nov. (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta) from the Red Sea. Phycologia 48(4): 291-301. dx.doi.org/10.2216/08-78.1, more Zuccarello, G. C.; Price, N.; Verbruggen, H.; Leliaert, F. (2009). Analysis of a plastid multigene dataset and the phylogenetic position of the marine macroalga Caulerpa filiformis (Chlorophyta). J. Phycol. 45(5): 1206-1212. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1529-8817.2009.00731.x, more De Clerck, O.; Verbruggen, H.; Huisman, J.M.; Faye, E. J. ; Leliaert, F.; Schils, T.; Coppejans, E. (2008). Systematics and biogeography of the genus Pseudocodium (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta), including the description of P. natalense sp. nov. from South Africa. Phycologia 47(2): 225-235. dx.doi.org/10.2216/07-79.1, more Leliaert, F.; Wysor, B.; Verbruggen, H.; Vlaeminck, C.; De Clerck, O. (2008). Phyllodictyon robustum (Setchell et Gardner) comb. nov (Siphonocladales, Chlorophyta), a morphologically variable species from the tropical Pacific coast of America. Cryptogam., Algol. 29(3): 217-233, more Verbruggen, H.; Theriot, E. C. (2008). Building trees of algae: some advances in phylogenetic and evolutionary analysis. Eur. J. Phycol. 43(3): 229-252. dx.doi.org/10.1080/09670260802207530, more Leliaert, F.; De Clerck, O.; Verbruggen, H.; Boedeker, C.; Coppejans, E. (2007). Molecular phylogeny of the Siphonocladales (Chlorophyta: Cladophorophyceae). Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 44(3): 1237-1256. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2007.04.016, more Verbruggen, H.; Littler, D.S.; Littler, M. M. (2007). Halimeda pygmaea and Halimeda pumila (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta): two new dwarf species from fore reef slopes in Fiji and the Bahamas. Phycologia 46(5): 513-520. dx.doi.org/10.2216/07-01.1, more Verbruggen, H.; Leliaert, F.; Maggs, C.A.; Shimada, S.; Schils, T.; Provan, J.; Booth, D.; Murphy, S.; De Clerck, O.; Littler, D. S.; Littler, M. M.; Coppejans, E. (2007). Species boundaries and phylogenetic relationships within the green algal genus Codium (Bryopsidales) based on plastid DNA sequences. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 44(1): 240-254. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2007.01.009, more De Clerck, O.; Leliaert, F.; Verbruggen, H.; Lane, C. E. ; De Paula, J. C. ; Payo, D. A. ; Coppejans, E. (2006). A revised classification of the Dictyoteae (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae) based on rbcL and 26S ribosomal DNA sequence analyses. J. Phycol. 42(6): 1271-1288. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1529-8817.2006.00279.x, more Verbruggen, H.; De Clerck, O.; N'Yeurt, A.D.R.; Spalding, H.; Vroom, P.S. (2006). Phylogeny and taxonomy of Halimeda incrassata, including descriptions of H. kanaloana and H. heteromorpha spp. nov (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta). Eur. J. Phycol. 41(3): 337-362. dx.doi.org/10.1080/09670260600709315, more Kooistra, W.H.C.F.; Verbruggen, H. (2005). Genetic patterns in the calcified tropical seaweeds Halimeda opuntia, H. distorta, H. hederacea, and H. minima (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta) provide insights in species boundaries and interoceanic dispersal. J. Phycol. 41(1): 177-187. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1529-8817.2005.04095.x, more Verbruggen, H.; De Clerck, O.; Cocquyt, E.; Kooistra, W.H.C.F.; Coppejans, E. (2005). Morphometric taxonomy of siphonous green algae: A methodological study within the genus Halimeda (Bryopsidales). J. Phycol. 41(1): 126-139. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1529-8817.2005.04080.x, more Verbruggen, H.; De Clerck, O.; Schils, T.; Kooistra, W.H.C.F.; Coppejans, E. (2005). Evolution and phylogeography of Halimeda section Halimeda (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta). Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 37(3): 789-803. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2005.06.015, more Verbruggen, H.; De Clerck, O.; Kooistra, W.H.C.F.; Coppejans, E. (2005). Molecular and morphometric data pinpoint species boundaries in Halimeda section Rhipsalis (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta). J. Phycol. 41(3): 606-621. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1529-8817.2005.00083.x, more Verbruggen, H.; De Clerck, O.; Coppejans, E. (2005). Deviant segments hamper a morphometric approach towards Halimeda taxonomy. Cryptogam., Algol. 26(3): 259-274, more Verbruggen, H.; De Clerck, O.; Schils, T.; Kooistra, W.H.C.F.; Coppejans, E. (2005). Evolution and biogeography of the Halimeda cuneata-Discoidea tuna cryptic species complex. Phycologia 44(4): 23-24, more Coppejans, E.; Leliaert, F.; Verbruggen, H.; De Clerck, O.; Schils, T.; De Vriese, T.; Marie, D. (2004). The marine green and brown algae of Rodrigues (Mauritius, Indian Ocean). J. Nat. Hist. 38(23-24): 2959-3020, more De Clerck, O.; Coppejans, E.; Schils, T.; Verbruggen, H.; Leliaert, F.; De Vriese, T.; Marie, D. (2004). The marine red algae of Rodrigues (Mauritius, Indian Ocean). J. Nat. Hist. 38(23-24): 3021-3057, more Schils, T.; Coppejans, E.; Verbruggen, H.; De Clerck, O.; Leliaert, F. (2004). The marine flora of Rodrigues (Republic of Mauritius, Indian Ocean): an island with low habitat diversity or one in the process of colonization? J. Nat. Hist. 38(23-24): 3059-3076, more Verbruggen, H.; Kooistra, W.H.C.F. (2004). Morphological characterization of lineages within the calcified tropical seaweed genus Halimeda (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta). Eur. J. Phycol. 39(2): 213-228. dx.doi.org/10.1080/0967026042000202163, more
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Verbruggen, H.; Marcelino, V.R.; Costa, J.F. (2014). Evolutionary dynamics of algal traits and diversity. Perspectives in Phycology 1(1): 53-60. https://dx.doi.org/10.1127/2198-011x/2014/0007, more Huisman, J.M.; Leliaert, F.; Verbruggen, H.; Townsend, R.A. (2009). Marine benthic plants of Western Australia’s shelf-edge atolls. Rec. W. Aust. Mus. Suppl. 77: 50-87, more
Books (2) [show]
Verbruggen, H. (2005). Resegmenting Halimeda: Molecular and morphometric studies of species boundaries within a green algal genus. Ghent University. Department of Biology, Phycology Research Group : Gent. 213 pp. pp., more Payri, C. E. ; Pichon, M.; Benzoni, F.; N'Yeurt, A. D. R. ; Verbruggen, H.; Andréfouët, S. (2002). Contribution à l'étude de la biodiversité dans les recifs coralliens de Wallis: scléractiniaires et macrophytes. Atelier Marin Wallis: France. 52 pp., more
Book chapters (9) [show]
Tyberghein, L.; Verbruggen, H.; Pauly, K.; Troupin, C.; Mineur, F.; De Clerck, O. (2012). Bio-ORACLE: a global environmental dataset for marine species distribution modeling, in: Tyberghein, L. Evolution, diversity and niche dynamics of seaweeds. pp. 14-43, more Tyberghein, L.; Verbruggen, H.; De Clerck, O. (2012). Biogeography and thermal niche evolution of warm-temperate marine macroalgae in the Western Indo-Pacific ocean, in: Tyberghein, L. Evolution, diversity and niche dynamics of seaweeds. pp. 98-125, more Tyberghein, L.; Verbruggen, H.; Drake, C.; De Clerck, O. (2012). Shifting niches promote diversification along a thermal gradient, in: Tyberghein, L. Evolution, diversity and niche dynamics of seaweeds. pp. 126-166, more Verbruggen, H.; Tyberghein, L.; Belton, G.S.; Mineur, F.; Jueterbock, A.; Hoarau, G.; Gurgel, F.D.; De Clerck, O. (2012). Improving the transferability of introduced species' distribution models: new tools to forecast spreading of a highly invasive seaweed, in: Tyberghein, L. Evolution, diversity and niche dynamics of seaweeds. pp. 44-66, more Verbruggen, H.; Tyberghein, L.; Pauly, K.; Vlaeminck, C.; Van Nieuwenhuyze, K.; Kooistra, W.H.C.F.; Leliaert, F.; De Clerck, O. (2012). Macroecology meets macroevolution: evolutionary niche dynamics in the seaweed Halimeda, in: Tyberghein, L. Evolution, diversity and niche dynamics of seaweeds. pp. 68-97, more Tyberghein, L.; Verbruggen, H.; Pauly, K.; Troupin, C.; De Clerck, O. (2011). Bio-ORACLE: a global environmental dataset for marine species distribution modelling, in: Pauly, K. GIS-based environmental analysis, remote sensing and niche modeling of seaweed communities. pp. 97-124, more Verbruggen, H.; Tyberghein, L.; Pauly, K.; Vlaeminck, C.; Van Nieuwenhuyze, K.; Kooistra, W.H.C.F.; Leliaert, F.; De Clerck, O. (2011). Macroecology meets macroevolution: evolutionary niche dynamics in the seaweed Halimeda, in: Pauly, K. GIS-based environmental analysis, remote sensing and niche modeling of seaweed communities. pp. 67-96, more Maggs, C.A.; Verbruggen, H.; De Clerck, O. (2007). Molecular systematics of red algae: building future structures on firm foundations, in: Brodie, J. et al. (Ed.) Unravelling the algae: the past, present, and future of algal systematics. The Systematics Association Special Volume Series, 75: pp. 103-121, more Coppejans, E.; Leliaert, F.; Verbruggen, H. (2005). Green algae Chlorophyceae, in: De Clerck, O. et al. Guide to the seaweeds of KwaZulu-Natal. Scripta Botanica Belgica, 33: pp. 39-93, more
Abstracts (6) [show]
Fernández Bejarano, S.J.; Salazar, V.; Assis, J.; Vanhoorne, B.; Leclercq, F.; Tyberghein, L.; De Clerck, O.; Serrao, E.; Verbruggen, H.; Schepers, L. (2024). A case study: Transitioning the Bio-Oracle dataset version 3 to ERDDAP, in: Simoncelli, S. et al. International Conference on Marine Data and Information Systems: Proceedings Volume, IMDIS 2024 Bergen (Norway) 27-29 May 2024. Miscellanea INGV, 80: pp. 170-171, more Van der Aa, P.; Vieira, C.; Guiry, M.D.R.; Verbruggen, H.; De Clerck, O. (2019). Supertree: Toward a comprehensive phylogeny for brown seaweeds (Phaeophyceae, Ochrophyta), in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day. Bredene, Belgium, 13 March 2019. VLIZ Special Publication, 83: pp. 148, more Tyberghein, L.; Verbruggen, H.; Pauly, K.; Troupin, C.; Mineur, F.; De Clerck, O. (2011). Bio-ORACLE: a global environmental dataset for marine species distribution modeling, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) VLIZ Young Marine Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 25 February 2011: book of abstracts. pp. 89, more Tyberghein, L.; Verbruggen, H.; Pauly, K. (2009). Macroecology meets macroevolution: evolutionary niche dynamics in the seaweed Halimeda, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) VLIZ Young Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 6 March 2009: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 41: pp. 67, more Verbruggen, H.; Pauly, K.; Tyberghein, L.; Mineur, F.; Maggs, C. (2009). Niche models of invasive seaweed species: predicting spread and areas at risk of suffering blooms, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) VLIZ Young Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 6 March 2009: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 41: pp. 18, more Cocquyt, E.; Leliaert, F.; Verbruggen, H.; De Clerck, O. (2008). Hunting for nuclear markers in green algal lineages: molecular evolution of glucose-6-phosphate isomerase, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) VLIZ Young Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium, 29 February 2008: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 40: pp. 40, more
Other publications (2) [show]
Tyberghein, L.; Verbruggen, H.; Pauly, K. (2009). Macroecology meets macroevolution: evolutionary niche dynamics in the seaweed Halimeda. Ghent University. Phycology Research Group and Center for Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution: Gent. 1 poster pp., more Cocquyt, E.; Leliaert, F.; Verbruggen, H.; De Clerck, O. (2008). Hunting for nuclear markers in green algal lineages: molecular evolution of glucose-6-phosphate isomerase. Universiteit Gent: Gent. 1 poster pp., more
Thesis (co-)promotor (3) [show]
Tyberghein, L. (2012). Evolution, diversity and niche dynamics of seaweeds. PhD Thesis. Universiteit Gent, Faculty of Sciences, Phycology Research Group: Gent. 185 pp., more Leroy, M. (2010). Niche models in marine invasion biology. MSc Thesis. Universiteit Gent; MARELAC: Gent. 39 pp., more Tyberghein, L. (2008). Combining phylogenetic, geographic and macro-ecological data to determine niche evolution and biogeography of the marine green algal genus Halimeda. MSc Thesis. Universiteit Gent; MARELAC: Gent. 29 pp., more

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