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Desmit, Xavier
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Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen; Operationele Directie Natuurlijk Milieu; Beheerseenheid Mathematisch Model Noordzee en Schelde-estuarium (BMM), more

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Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen; Departement Beheer van het Mariene Ecosysteem; Beheerseenheid Mathematisch Model Noordzee en Schelde-estuarium; Brussel (KBIN-BMM), more

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Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), more

4 Decades of Belgian Marine monitoring: uplifting historical data to today's needs, more
BioGeochemical PARTicle interactions and feedback loops on the Belgian Continental Shelf, more

Nohe A., Knockaert C., Goffin A., Dewitte E., De Cauwer K., Desmit X., Vyverman W., Tyberghein L., Lagring R., Sabbe K.; Ugent- Laboratory of Protistology & Aquatic Ecology; Flanders Marine Institute; Belgian Marine Data Center; (2018): Marine phytoplankton community composition data from the Belgian part of the North Sea, 1968-2010. VLIZ., more

A1 Publications (12) [show]
Fettweis, M.; Riethmüller, R.; Van der Zande, D.; Desmit, X. (2023). Sample based water quality monitoring of coastal seas: how significant is the information loss in patchy time series compared to continuous ones? Sci. Total Environ. 873: 162273. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162273, more van Leeuwen, S.M.; Lenhart, H.-J.; Prins, T.C.; Blauw, A.N.; Desmit, X.; Fernand, L.; Friedland, R.; Kerimoglu, O.; Lacroix, G.; van der Linden, A.; Lefebvre, A.; van der Molen, J.; Plus, M.; Ruvalcaba Baroni, I.; Silva, T.H.; Stegert, C.; Troost, T.A.; Vilmin, L. (2023). Deriving pre-eutrophic conditions from an ensemble model approach for the North-West European seas. Front. Mar. Sci. 10: 1129951. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1129951, more Fettweis, M.; Schartau, M.; Desmit, X.; Lee, B.J.; Terseleer, N.; Van der Zande, D.; Parmentier, K.; Riethmüller, R. (2022). Organic matter composition of biomineral flocs and its influence on suspended particulate matter dynamics along a nearshore to offshore transect. JGR: Biogeosciences 127(1): e2021JG006332. https://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2021JG006332, more Desmit, X.; Nohe, A.; Borges, A.V.; Prins, T.; De Cauwer, K.; Lagring, R.; Van der Zande, D.; Sabbe, K. (2020). Changes in chlorophyll concentration and phenology in the North Sea in relation to de-eutrophication and sea surface warming. Limnol. Oceanogr. 65(4): 828-847. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lno.11351, more Desmit, X.; Thieu, V.; Billen, G.; Campuzano, F.; Dulière, V.; Garnier, J.; Lassaletta, L.; Ménesguen, A.; Neves, R.; Pinto, L.; Silvestre, M.; Sobrinho, J.L.; Lacroix, G. (2018). Reducing marine eutrophication may require a paradigmatic change. Sci. Total Environ. 635: 1444-1466. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.04.181, more Ménesguen, A.; Desmit, X.; Dulière, V.; Lacroix, G.; Thouvenin, B.; Thieu, V.; Dussauze, M. (2018). How to avoid eutrophication in coastal seas? A new approach to derive river-specific combined nitrate and phosphate maximum concentrations. Sci. Total Environ. 628-629: 400-414. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.02.025, more Nohe, A.; Knockaert, C.; Goffin, A.; Dewitte, E.; De Cauwer, K.; Desmit, X.; Vyverman, W.; Tyberghein, L.; Lagring, R.; Sabbe, K. (2018). Marine phytoplankton community composition data from the Belgian part of the North Sea, 1968-2010. Scientific Data 5: 180126. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2018.126, more Desmit, X.; Ruddick, K.; Lacroix, G. (2015). Salinity predicts the distribution of chlorophyll a spring peak in the southern North Sea continental waters. J. Sea Res. 103: 59-74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2015.02.007, more Prins, T.C.; Desmit, X.; Baretta-Bekker, J.G. (2012). Phytoplankton composition in Dutch coastal waters responds to changes in riverine nutrient loads. J. Sea Res. 73: 49-62. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2012.06.009, more Lenhart, H.-J.; Mills, D.K.; Baretta-Bekker, J.G.; van Leeuwen, S.M.; van der Molen, J.; Baretta, J.W.; Blaas, M.; Desmit, X.; Kühn, W.; Lacroix, G.; Lose, H.; Menesguen, A.; Neves, R.; Proctor, R.; Ruardij, P.; Skogen, M.D.; Vanhoutte-Brunier, A.; Villars, M.T.; Wakelin, S.L. (2010). Predicting the consequences of nutrient reduction on the eutrophication status of the North Sea. J. Mar. Syst. 81(1-2): 148-170. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2009.12.014, more Baretta-Bakker, J.G.; Baretta, J.W.; Latuhihin, M.J.; Desmit, X.; Prins, T.C. (2009). Description of the long-term (1991–2005) temporal and spatial distribution of phytoplankton carbon biomass in the Dutch North Sea. J. Sea Res. 61(1-2): 50-59. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2008.10.007, more Desmit, X.; Vanderborght, J. P.; Regnier, P.; Wollast, R. (2005). Control of phytoplankton production by physical forcing in a strongly tidal, well-mixed estuary. Biogeosciences 2(2): 205-218. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-2-205-2005, more
Peer reviewed publication [show]
Desmit, X.; Vanderborght, J. P.; Regnier, P.; Wollast, R. (2005). Control of phytoplankton production by physical forcing in a strongly tidal, well-mixed estuary. Biogeosci. Discuss. 2(1): 37-75, more
Book chapters (4) [show]
Desmit, X.; Van der Zande, D.; Bonne, W.; De Cauwer, K.; Geneviève, L. (2018). Eutrofiëring (D5), in: Belgische Staat Actualisatie van de initiële beoordeling voor de Belgische mariene wateren. Kaderrichtlijn Mariene Strategie – Art 8 lid 1a & 1b: België 2018-2024. pp. 26-34, more Desmit, X.; El Serafy, G.Y.; Aguilar, S.G.; Lacroix, G. (2013). Probabilistic estimate of the uncertainty due to physical forcings in phytoplankton models, in: The 45th International Liège Colloquium on Ocean Dynamics. The variability of primary production in the ocean: from the synoptic to the global scale, Liège, Belgium, 13-17 May, 2013: Abstracts. pp. [1], more Martini, E.; Desmit, X.; Lacroix, G.; Kerckhof, F.; Degraer, S. (2013). Assessing bivalve's distribution as a response to phytoplankton/inorganic suspended particles ratio in the Belgian coastal zone: a trait based model, in: The 45th International Liège Colloquium on Ocean Dynamics. The variability of primary production in the ocean: from the synoptic to the global scale, Liège, Belgium, 13-17 May, 2013: Abstracts. pp. [1], more Desmit, X.; Vanderborcht, J.P.; Wollast, R. (2002). Suspended solids, light penetration and primary production in the Scheldt estuary, in: ECSA Local Meeting: ecological structures and functions in the Scheldt Estuary: from past to future, Antwerp, Belgium October 7-10, 2002: abstract book. pp. 14, more
Thesis [show]
Desmit, X. (2005). Etude et modélisation de la production phytoplanctonique dans l’estuaire de l‘Escaut. PhD Thesis. Université Libre de Bruxelles: Bruxelles. 196 pp., more
Abstracts (9) [show]
Fettweis, M.; Schartau, M.; Desmit, X.; Terseleer, N.; Lee, B.J.; Van der Zande, D.; Riethmüller, R. (2021). The characteristics of the organic matter in biomineral flocs, in: INTERCOH2021, 13-17 September 2021 - Delft, The Netherlands: book of abstracts. pp. 74, more De Cauwer, K.; De Witte, B.; Desmit, X.; Lauwaert, B.; Parmentier, K.; Van der Zande, D.; Van Hoey, G. (2016). Evaluation of the Belgian coastal waters in the frame of the EU Water Framework Directive, in: Degraer, S. et al. (Ed.) North Sea Open Science Conference 7-10/11/2016. Abstract Booklet. pp. 96, more Desmit, X.; Van der Zande, D.; Lacroix, G. (2016). Spatial patterns of chlorophyll a variability in the North East Atlantic, in: Degraer, S. et al. (Ed.) North Sea Open Science Conference 7-10/11/2016. Abstract Booklet. pp. 94, more Desmit, X.; Thieu, V.; Dulière, V.; Campuzano, F.; Silvestre, M.; Garnier, J.; Sobrinho, J.; Pinto, L.; Gypens, N.; Lancelot, C.; Neves, R.; Ménesguen, A.; Billen, G.; Lacroix, G. (2016). Past, present and future eutrophication levels in the North East Atlantic, in: Degraer, S. et al. (Ed.) North Sea Open Science Conference 7-10/11/2016. Abstract Booklet. pp. 23, more Nohe, A.; Lagring, R.; De Cauwer, K.; Goffin, A.; Tyberghein, L.; Deneudt, K.; Desmit, X.; Vyverman, W.; Sabbe, K. (2016). Long-term phytoplankton monitoring data (1970-2010) from the Belgian North Sea reveal shifts in seasonal dynamics and community composition, in: Degraer, S. et al. (Ed.) North Sea Open Science Conference 7-10/11/2016. Abstract Booklet. pp. 52, more Tyberghein, L.; Borges, A.V.; Deneudt, K.; Desmit, X.; De Witte, B.; Gauquie, J.; Goffin, A.; Lagring, R.; Nohe, A.; Sabbe, K.; Strobbe, F.; Van der Zande, D.; De Cauwer, K. (2015). 4 decades of Belgian marine monitoring: uplifting historical data to today's needs – 4DEMON, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Young Scientists’ Day. Brugge, Belgium, 20 February 2015. VLIZ Special Publication, 71: pp. 135, more Dulière, V.; Gypens, N.; Luyten, P.; Desmit, X.; Lacroix, G. (2014). Linking human activities to eutrophication along the river-ocean continuum with an ecological model, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Young Scientists’ Day. Brugge, Belgium, 7 March 2014. VLIZ Special Publication, 67: pp. 55, more Lacroix, G.; Desmit, X.; Dulière, V.; Gypens, N.; Lancelot, C.; Billen, C.; Garnier, J.; Thieu, V.; Silvestre, M.; Passy, P.; Lassaletta, L.; Guittard, G.; Théry, S.; Ménesguen, A.; Thouvenin, B.; Dussauze, M.; Mateus, M.; Neves, R.; Sobrinho, J.; Ascione Kenov, I.; Garcia, C.; Lenhart, H.; Los, H.; Troost, T.; Vander Molen, J. (2014). Ecosystem Models as Support to Eutrophication Management in the North Atlantic Ocean (EMoSEM), in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Young Scientists’ Day. Brugge, Belgium, 7 March 2014. VLIZ Special Publication, 67: pp. 76, more Martini, E.; Desmit, X.; Lacroix, G.; Kerckhof, F.; Degraer, S. (2013). Testing macrobenthos adaptation with a trait based model (TBM) in the Belgian Coastal Zone, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Young Marine Scientists' Day. Brugge, Belgium, 15 February 2013. VLIZ Special Publication, 63: pp. 65, more
Reports (8) [show]
Fettweis, M.; Silori, S.; Desmit, X. (2024). Monitoring en modellering van het cohesieve sedimenttransport en evaluatie van de effecten op het mariene ecosysteem ten gevolge van bagger- en stortoperatie (MOMO): activiteitsrapport (1 juli - 31 december 2023). KBIN-OD Natuur - BMM: Brussel. 29 + app. pp., more Fettweis, M.; Desmit, X. (2023). Monitoring en modellering van het cohesieve sedimenttransport en evaluatie van de effecten op het mariene ecosysteem ten gevolge van bagger- en stortoperatie (MOMO): activiteitsrapport (1 januari - 30 juni 2023). KBIN-OD Natuur - BMM: Brussel. 29 + bijl. pp., more Fettweis, M.; Desmit, X. (2023). Monitoring en modellering van het cohesieve sedimenttransport en evaluatie van de effecten op het mariene ecosysteem ten gevolge van bagger- en stortoperatie (MOMO): activiteitsrapport (1 juli - 31 december 2022). KBIN-OD Natuur - BMM: Brussel. 27 + app. pp., more Fettweis, M.; Baeye, M.; Van den Eynde, D. (2022). Monitoring en modellering van het cohesieve sedimenttransport en evaluatie van de effecten op het mariene ecosysteem ten gevolge van bagger- en stortoperatie (MOMO): activiteitsrapport (1 januari - 30 juni 2022). KBIN-OD Natuur - BMM: Brussel. 21 + bijl. pp., more Lenhart, H.; Blauw, A.; Desmit, X.; Fernand, L.; Friedland, R.; Heyden, B.; Kerimoglu, O.; Lacroix, G.; Van der Linden, J.; van der Molen, J.; Plus, M.; Prins, T.; Ruvalcaba, J.L.; Stegert, C.; Thewes, D.; Troost, T.; Vilmin, L.M.; van Leeuwen, S. (2022). ICG-EMO report on model comparison for historical scenarios as basis to derive new threshold values. ICG: [s.l.]. , more Fettweis, M.; Desmit, X.; Terseleer, N. (2021). Monitoring en modellering van het cohesieve sedimenttransport en evaluatie van de effecten op het mariene ecosysteem ten gevolge van bagger- en stortoperatie (MOMO): activiteitsrapport (1 juli - 31 december 2020). KBIN-OD Natuur - BMM: Brussel. 45 + bijl. pp., more Lagring, R.; De Witte, B.; Bekaert, K.; Borges, A.V.; Desmit, X.; Le, H.M.; Nohe, A.; Sabbe, K.; Strobbe, F.; Tyberghein, L.; Vandenberghe, T.; Van der Zande, D. (2018). 4 Decades of Belgian Marine Monitoring: uplifting historical data to today’s needs - Final Report. Belgian Science Policy Office/BRAIN-be (Belgian Research Action through Interdisciplinary Networks): Brussels. 104 pp., more De Cauwer, K.; Van der Zande, D.; Desmit, X.; Lacroix, G. (2016). Report on the third application of the OSPAR comprehensive procedure to the Belgian marine waters. Scientific Service MUMM, Operational Directorate Natural Environment (RBINS): Brussels. 37 pp., more
Other publications (2) [show]
Lacroix, G.; Desmit, X.; Dulière, V.; Gypens, N.; Lancelot, C.; Billen, G.; Garnier, J.; Thieu, V.; Silvestre, M.; Passy, P.; Lassaletta, L.; Guittard, G.; Théry, S.; Ménesguen, A.; Thouvenin, B.; Dussauze, M.; Mateus, M.; Neves, R.; Sobrinho, J.; Ascione Kenov, I.; Garcia, C.; Lenhart, H.; Los, H.; Troost, T.; van der Molen, J. (2014). Ecosystem models as support to eutrophication management in the North Atlantic Ocean (EMoSEM). Poster at the VLIZ Young Scientist's Day 7 March 2014. Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences: Brussels. 1 poster pp., more Desmit, X.; Los, H.; van Duren, L. (2008). Effects of silt availability on ecology in the Westerschelde. Deltares: [s.l.]. 1 pp., more

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