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Dr Fiers, Frank

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

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A1 Publications (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, more 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, more Fiers, F. (2013). Bryocamptus (Bryocamptus) gauthieri (Roy, 1924): a Mediterranean edaphic specialist (Crustacea: Copepoda: Harpacticoida). Rev. Suisse Zool. 120(3): 357-371, more 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, more 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, more 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, more 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, more 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, more 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, more 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, more Suárez-Morales, E.; De Troch, M.; Fiers, F. (2006). A checklist of the marine Harpacticoida (Copepoda) of the Caribbean Sea. Zootaxa 1285: 1-19, more Kotwicki, L.; Fiers, F. (2005). Paracrenhydrosoma oceaniae sp. nov. (Copepoda: Harpacticoida), from Kongsfjorden, Northwest Svalbard (Arctic). Ann. Zool. 55(3): 467-475, more 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, more 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, more 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, more 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, more 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, more 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, more 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, more 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, more Fiers, F.; Ghenne, V. (2000). Cryptozoic copepods from Belgium: diversity and biogeographic implications. Belg. J. Zool. 130(1): 11-19, more Fiers, F. (1996). Robertsonia glomerata new species (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) from a North Carolina estuarine salt marsh. Bull. Mar. Sci. 58(1): 117-130, more Fiers, F. (1995). Halicyclops caneki n. sp. (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) from Celestun Lagoon (Yucatan, Mexico). Belg. J. Zool. 125(2): 301-313, more 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, more 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, more 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, more 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, more Fiers, F. (1986). Laophontina posidoniae from the Gulf of Calvi (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Laophontidae). Vie Milieu (1980) 36(1): 65-73, more 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, more 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, more
Peer reviewed publications (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, more 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, more 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, more 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, more 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, more 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, more 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, more 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, more Fiers, F. (1991). A revision of the genus Laophontina Norman & T. Scott (Copepoda, Harpacticoida). Bull. Kon. Belg. Inst. Natuurwet. Biologie 61: 5-54, more 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, more 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, more 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, more 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, more Fiers, F. (1986). Harpacticoid copepods from the West Indian Islands: Darcythompsoniidae (Copepoda, Harpacticoida). Bijdr. Dierkd. 56(2): 282-290, more Fiers, F. (1986). A new record and redescription of Paralaophontodes echinata (Willey) (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Ancorabolidae). Ann. Soc. R. Zool. Bel. 116(2): 137-144, more Fiers, F. (1984). Comparative morphology of the family Laophontidae (Copepoda : Harpacticoida). Ann. Soc. R. Zool. Bel. 114(2): 323, more 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, more 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, more
Book chapters (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, more 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, more 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, more
Thesis [show]
Fiers, F. (1988). Taxonomie, Fylogenie en Zoogeografie van de Laophontidae (Copepoda, Harpacticoida). Thesis. Universiteit Gent: Gent. 377 + 771 pp., more
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, more 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, more 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, more 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, more 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, more 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, more
Other publication [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, more
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., more 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., more 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., more Van Mieghem, R. (1996). Mesozooplankton in de Zeeschelde. MSc Thesis. Vrije Universiteit Brussel: Brussel. 28 + annexes pp., more
Thesis supervisor [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., more