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dr. Fiers, Frank

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Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen; Operationele Directie Taxonomie en Fylogenie; Afdeling Recente Invertebraten, meer

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Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen; Operationele Directie Taxonomie en Fylogenie, meer

Geerinckx T.; Vincx M.; Marine Biology Section, Zoology Institute. Ugent: Belgium; (2016): Harpacticoid copepods in tropical seagrass beds of Gazi Bay (Kenya) and Mbweni (Zanzibar) sampled in July and August 1996., meer
Silence J.; Polk P.; Faculteit Wetenschappen; VUB: Belgium; (2015): Macro-and meiobenthos of an Avicennia marina mangrove in Gazi Bay in 1992., meer
Van Mieghem R.; Daro N.; Faculteit Wetenschappen, Laboratorium voor Ecologie en Systematiek. VUB: Belgium; (2016): Mesozooplankton in the Sea Scheldt between 1995 and 1996., meer

A1 publicaties (30) [show]
Kotwicki, L.; Szymelfenig, M.; Fiers, F.; Graca, B. (2015). Diversity and environmental control of benthic harpacticoids of an offshore post-dredging pit in coastal waters of Puck Bay, Baltic Sea. Mar. Biol. Res. 11(6): 572-583. dx.doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2014.962541, meer Fiers, F.; Kotwicki, L. (2014). The multiple faces of Nannopus palustris auct. reconsidered: A morphological approach (Copepoda: Harpacticoida: Nannopodidae). Zool. Anz. 253(1): 36-65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2013.08.001, meer Fiers, F. (2013). Bryocamptus (Bryocamptus) gauthieri (Roy, 1924): a Mediterranean edaphic specialist (Crustacea: Copepoda: Harpacticoida). Rev. Suisse Zool. 120(3): 357-371, meer Jocque, M.; Fiers, F.; Romero, M; Martens, K. (2013). Crustacea in phytotelmata: a global overview. J. Crust. Biol. 33(4): 451-460. https://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1937240X-00002161, meer Van Ginderdeuren, K.; Fiers, F.; De Backer, A.; Vincx, M.; Hostens, K. (2012). Updating the zooplankton species list for the Belgian part of the North Sea. Belg. J. Zool. 142(1): 3-22, meer Gheerardyn, H.; Fiers, F.; Vincx, M.; De Troch, M. (2007). Spiniferaphonte, a new genus of Laophontidae (Copepoda: Harpacticoida), with notes on the occurrence of processes on the caudal rami. J. Crust. Biol. 27(2): 309-318. dx.doi.org/10.1651/S-2723.1, meer Gheerardyn, H.; Fiers, F.; Vincx, M.; De Troch, M. (2007). Revision of the genus Tapholeon Wells, 1967 (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Laophontidae). J. Nat. Hist. 41(37-40): 2479-2510, meer Gheerardyn, H.; Fiers, F.; Vincx, M.; De Troch, M. (2006). Two new genera of Laophontidae (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) without sexual dimorphism in the endopods of the swimming legs. Zootaxa 1327: 41-62, meer Gheerardyn, H.; Fiers, F.; Vincx, M.; De Troch, M. (2006). Paralaophonte harpagone sp. n. (Copepoda: Harpacticoida), a laophontid with an extremely specialised maxilliped. Org. Divers. Evol. 6(4): 323-324. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ode.2005.12.004, meer Gheerardyn, H.; Fiers, F.; Vincx, M.; De Troch, M. (2006). Peltidiphonte gen. n., a new taxon of Laophontidae (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) from coral substrates of the Indo-West Pacific Ocean. Hydrobiologia 553(1): 171-199. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-005-1134-0, meer Suárez-Morales, E.; De Troch, M.; Fiers, F. (2006). A checklist of the marine Harpacticoida (Copepoda) of the Caribbean Sea. Zootaxa 1285: 1-19, meer Kotwicki, L.; Fiers, F. (2005). Paracrenhydrosoma oceaniae sp. nov. (Copepoda: Harpacticoida), from Kongsfjorden, Northwest Svalbard (Arctic). Ann. Zool. 55(3): 467-475, meer Doignon, G.; Deheyn, D.; Fiers, F. (2004). Telestacicola xenophiothricics n. sp. (Copepoda, Poecilostomatoida), a remarkably well adapted commensal of the brittlestar Ophiothrix purpurea (Echinodermata). Belg. J. Zool. 134(2/1): 67-73, meer Osore, M.K.W.; Mwaluma, J.M.; Fiers, F.; Daro, M.H. (2004). Zooplankton composition and abundance in Mida Creek, Kenya. Zool. Stud. 43(2): 415-424, meer Tackx, M.L.; De Pauw, N.; Van Mieghem, R.; Azémar, F.; Hannouti, A.; Van Damme, S.; Fiers, F.; Daro, N.; Meire, P. (2004). Zooplankton in the Schelde estuary, Belgium and the Netherlands: spatial and temporal patterns. J. Plankton Res. 26(2): 133-141. dx.doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbh016, meer De Troch, M.; Fiers, F.; Vincx, M. (2003). Niche segregation and habitat specialisation of harpacticoid copepods in a tropical seagrass bed. Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 142(2): 345-355. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-002-0958-7, meer De Troch, M.; Gurdebeke, S.; Fiers, F.; Vincx, M. (2001). Zonation and structuring factors of meiofauna communities in a tropical seagrass bed (Gazi Bay, Kenya). J. Sea Res. 45(1): 45-61. dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1385-1101(00)00055-1, meer De Troch, M.; Fiers, F.; Vincx, M. (2001). Alpha and beta diversity of harpacticoid copepods in a tropical seagrass bed: the relation between diversity and species’ range size distribution. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 215: 225-236. dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps215225, meer De Troch, M.; Fiers, F.; Vincx, M. (2000). Range extension and microhabitat of Lightiella incisa (Cephalocarida). J. Zool. (1987) 251(2): 199-204. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.2000.tb00604.x, meer Fiers, F.; De Troch, M. (2000). New Tetragonicipitidae (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) from the Indo-Pacific. Hydrobiologia 434(1-3): 97-144. dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1004046522106, meer Fiers, F.; Ghenne, V. (2000). Cryptozoic copepods from Belgium: diversity and biogeographic implications. Belg. J. Zool. 130(1): 11-19, meer Fiers, F. (1996). Robertsonia glomerata new species (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) from a North Carolina estuarine salt marsh. Bull. Mar. Sci. 58(1): 117-130, meer Fiers, F. (1995). Halicyclops caneki n. sp. (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) from Celestun Lagoon (Yucatan, Mexico). Belg. J. Zool. 125(2): 301-313, meer Silence, J.; Polk, Ph.; Fiers, F. (1993). Influence of macrofauna on the vertical distribution of meiobenthos in an Avicennia mangal, Gazi Bay, Kenya. Belg. J. Zool. 123(Suppl. 1): 67, meer Fiers, F. (1992). A redescription of Hemilaophonte janinae Jakubisiak (Copepoda, Harpacticoida), a laophontid living in the gill chambers of the common spider crab. Belg. J. Zool. 122(2): 211-222, meer Fiers, F. (1992). Metis reducta n. sp. and Laubieria tercera n. sp. (Harpacticoida, Metidae) from the southern coast of Papua New Guinea. Belg. J. Zool. 122(1): 37-51, meer Willems, K.A.; Claeys, D.; Fiers, F. (1987). Syrticola mediterraneus n. sp., a harpacticoid copepod from the Bay of Calvi, Corsica. Hydrobiologia 153: 71-78. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00005505, meer Fiers, F. (1986). Laophontina posidoniae from the Gulf of Calvi (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Laophontidae). Vie Milieu (1980) 36(1): 65-73, meer Fiers, F. (1986). Feregastes wellensi n. gen., n. sp., a new genus of the family Tegastidae (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) from the Andaman Islands . Crustaceana 51(3): 277-285. dx.doi.org/10.1163/156854086X00430, meer Fiers, F. (1984). Allocation of Paralaophonte spinicauda Vervoort (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) to the genus Laophonte. Crustaceana 46(3): 317-319. dx.doi.org/10.1163/156854084X00252, meer
Peer reviewed publicaties (18) [show]
Fiers, F.; Pandourski, I. (2008). Redescription of Speocyclops orcinus Kiefer, 1937 (Copepoda Cyclopoida Cyclopidae) from the type locality, Cave Iriberi, in southern France. Bull. Kon. Belg. Inst. Natuurwet. Biologie 78: 5-16, meer Osore, M.; Fiers, F.; Daro, M.-H. (2004). Distribution and abundance of Candacia Dana, 1846 and Paracandacia Grice, 1963 (Copepoda, Calanoida, Candaciidae) off the Kenya Coast. Western Indian Ocean J. Mar. Sci. 3(2): 189-197, meer Osore, M.K.W.; Fiers, F.; Daro, M.H. (2003). Copepod composition, abundance and diversity in Makupa Creek, Mombasa, Kenya. Western Indian Ocean J. Mar. Sci. 2(1): 65-73, meer Mirabdullayev, I.M.; Fiers, F. (2001). Redescription of two Iranian cyclopoids: Thermocyclops tinctus Lindberg, 1936 and Th. hyalinus persicus Lindberg, 1936 (Copepoda, Cyclopoidae). Bull. Kon. Belg. Inst. Natuurwet. Biologie 71: 83-92, meer Fiers, F. (1997). The genera Triathrix Gee & Burgess and Sphingothrix gen. nov. (Cletodidae sensu Por, Copepoda) from the Bay of Campeche, Gulf of Mexico. Sarsia 82: 237-257, meer Gomez Noguera, S.E.; Fiers, F. (1997). Two new species of Mesochra Boeck, 1865 (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) from a coastal lagoon in Sinaloa State, Mexico. Bull. Kon. Belg. Inst. Natuurwet. Biologie 67: 39-56, meer Fiers, F. (1996). Redescription of Enhydrosoma lacunae Jakubisiak, 1933 (Copepoda, Harpacticoida); with comments on the Enhydrosoma species reported from West Atlantic localities, and a discussion of cletodid development. Sarsia 81: 1-27, meer Fiers, F. (1995). New Tetragonicipitidae (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) from the Yucatecan continental shelf (Mexico), including a revision of the genus Diagoniceps Willey. Bull. Kon. Belg. Inst. Natuurwet. Biologie 65: 151-236, meer Fiers, F. (1991). A revision of the genus Laophontina Norman & T. Scott (Copepoda, Harpacticoida). Bull. Kon. Belg. Inst. Natuurwet. Biologie 61: 5-54, meer Fiers, F.; Rutledge, Ph. (1990). Harpacticoid copepods associated with Spartina alterniflora culms from the marshes of Cocodrie, Louisiana (Crustacea, Copepoda). Bull. Kon. Belg. Inst. Natuurwet. Biologie 60: 105-125, meer Fiers, F. (1988). Probosciphontodes n. gen., a new genus of the family Ancorabolidae, with the description of two new species (Copepoda, Harpacticoida). Bull. Kon. Belg. Inst. Natuurwet. Biologie 58: 75-83, meer Fiers, F. (1987). Intercletodes interita n. gen., n. sp. and Orthopsyllus coralliophilus n. sp., two new copepods from the northern coast of Papua New Guinea (Copepoda, Harpacticoida). Bull. Kon. Belg. Inst. Natuurwet. Biologie 57: 123-132, meer Fiers, F. (1986). New and interesting copepods (Crustacea, Copepoda) from brackish waters of Laing Island (Northern Papua New Guinea). Bull. Kon. Belg. Inst. Natuurwet. Biologie 56: 99-120, meer Fiers, F. (1986). Harpacticoid copepods from the West Indian Islands: Darcythompsoniidae (Copepoda, Harpacticoida). Bijdr. Dierkd. 56(2): 282-290, meer Fiers, F. (1986). A new record and redescription of Paralaophontodes echinata (Willey) (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Ancorabolidae). Ann. Soc. R. Zool. Bel. 116(2): 137-144, meer Fiers, F. (1984). Comparative morphology of the family Laophontidae (Copepoda : Harpacticoida). Ann. Soc. R. Zool. Bel. 114(2): 323, meer Fiers, F. (1983). Marine copepods from the Republic of Maldives: 1. Syngastes spinifer sp. nov. from Baros Island, North Malé Atoll (Copepoda: Harpacticoida). Ann. Soc. R. Zool. Bel. 113(2): 115-124, meer Fiers, F. (1982). New Canuellidae from the Northern coast of Papua New Guinea (Copepoda: Harpacticoida). Bull. Kon. Belg. Inst. Natuurwet. Biologie 54(4): 1-32, pl. I-XVII, meer
Boekhoofdstukken (3) [show]
Van Ginderdeuren, K.; Fiers, F.; De Backer, A.; Vincx, M.; Hostens, K. (2013). Updating the zooplankton species list for the Belgian part of the North Sea, in: Van Ginderdeuren, K. Zooplankton and its role in North Sea food webs: Community structure and selective feeding by pelagic fish in Belgian marine waters = Zooplankton en diens rol in Noordzee voedselwebben: Gemeenschapsstructuur en selectief foerageergedrag door pelagische vissen in Belgische mariene wateren. pp. 21-35, meer Chen, M.; Wartel, S.; Fiers, F. (2011). Impact of oil and gas production activities on cohesive sediment and biological adaptation, in: Hun-Wei Lee, J. et al. Asian and Pacific Coasts 2011. Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on APAC, Hong Kong, 14-16 December 2011. pp. 1062-1069. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/9789814366489_0126, meer Fiers, F.; Backeljau, T.; Willenz, P.; Verheyen, E.; Govaere, J.; Grootaert, P.; Baert, L.; Jocqué, R.; Snoeks, J. (1994). Diversity and speciation in the wider Caribbean, in: Vanderborght, O. et al. (Ed.) IGBP and 'Global Change' related research in Belgium II. pp. 38, meer
Thesis [show]
Fiers, F. (1988). Taxonomie, Fylogenie en Zoogeografie van de Laophontidae (Copepoda, Harpacticoida). Thesis. Universiteit Gent: Gent. 377 + 771 pp., meer
Abstracts (6) [show]
Kotwicki, L.; Fiers, F.; Grzelak, K.; Baldyga, B. (2011). Harpacticoida diversity in the deep-sea - methodological problem, in: World Conference on Marine Biodiversity 2011. Our Oceans, Our Future: Oral Abstract Booklet. pp. 104, meer Gheerardyn, H.; Fiers, F.; Vincx, M.; De Troch, M. (2005). Morphological plasticity in the Laophontidae (Copepoda: Harpacticoida): adaptations to dead coral substrates (from the coast of Kenya), in: Ninth International Conference on Copepoda, July 11-15, 2005, Hammamet, Tunisia: Abstract book. pp. 272, meer Azémar, F.; Fiers, F.; Tackx, M. (2004). Zooplankton distribution across the brackish and freshwater zone of the Scheldt estuary, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) VLIZ Young Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 5 March 2004: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 17: pp. 33, meer Gheerardyn, H.; Fiers, F.; De Troch, M.; Vincx, M. (2004). A new genus of Laophontidae (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) with seven new species and their adaptation to coralligene substrates, in: Twelfth International Meiofauna Conference, July 11-16, 2004, Ravenna, Italy: Abstract book. pp. 39, meer Azémar, F.; Fiers, F.; Tackx, M. (2002). Zooplankton distribution across the brackish and freshwater zone of 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. 70, meer Fiers, F.; Schockaert, E.; Flores Nava, A. (1994). Caribbean invertebrate biodiversity research center, in: Vanderborght, O. et al. (Ed.) IGBP and 'Global Change' related research in Belgium II. pp. 215, meer
Overige publicatie [show]
Thielemans, L.; Fiers, F.; Heip, C.H.R. (1979). Pollutie door detergenten als mogelijke oorzaak van de mislukte oesterkweek in de Spuikom te Oostende. IZWO Mededelingen en Informatie 9(2): 14-23, meer
Thesis (co-)promotor (4) [show]
Osore, M. K. W. (2003). Zooplankton of the Kenya Coast: ecology and systematics. PhD Thesis. Vrije Universiteit Brussel: Brussel. 192 pp., meer Geerinckx, T. (2002). The role of isolation and dispersal in explaining regional diversity patterns: a case-study with harpacticoid copepods in tropical seagrass beds. MSc Thesis. MareLac: Ghent. 35 pp., meer Gómez-Noguera, S.E. (1999). Systematics and some data on the ecology of the harpacticoid fauna (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) from a subtropical coastal lagoon in the south-eastern Gulf of California (Mexico). PhD Thesis. Limburgs Universitair Centrum: Diepenbeek. 3 vol. pp., meer Van Mieghem, R. (1996). Mesozooplankton in de Zeeschelde. MSc Thesis. Vrije Universiteit Brussel: Brussel. 28 + annexes pp., meer
Thesis begeleider [show]
Vandepitte, L. (2003). Onderzoek van het effect van habitatfragmentatie op meiofauna aan de hand van kolonisatie-experimenten in een Mexicaans zeegrasveld. MSc Thesis. Universiteit Gent: Gent. 126, append. pp., meer

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