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Dr Verhelst, Pieterjan
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Pieterjan Verhelst is a PhD student financed by the Agency for Innovation by Science and Technology in Flanders (IWT) and is affiliated with Ghent University and the Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO) . He studies eel (Anguilla anguilla) and cod (Gadus morhua) migration in marine, coastal and estuarine systems by means of acoustic telemetry. The tagged fish can be tracked within an acoustic receiver network, which is a cooperation between the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) , INBO and the Ghent University - Marine Biology Research Group.

Vlaamse overheid; Beleidsdomein Omgeving; Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek (INBO), more

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Joint programming Initiative Healthy and Productive Seas and Oceans (JPI Oceans), more

Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie (MARBIOL), more

Function: PhD student

The importance of estuarine and coastal areas for the migration of fish and recovery of populations, more

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2022_SEELAZ: Afonso P., Verhelst P., Priester R., Reubens J. 2022. Silver eel migration behaviour in the Azores., more
2021_YEELAZ: Afonso P., Verhelst P., Reubens J. 2021. Yellow eel movement behaviour in the Azores., more
OP-Test: Aspillaga, E., Bruneel, S., Alós, J., Verhelst, P., Abecasis, D., Aarestrup, K., Birnie-Gauvin, K., Afonso, P., Palmer, M., Reubens, J. (2024): OP-Test: Open Protocols scientific testing, more
Maas: Baeyens, R., De Maerteleire, N., Mouton, A.M., Ovidio, M., Bennitez, J.P. & Coeck, J. 2013. Migration behaviour of eel and salmon in the Meuse river., more
Baeyens, R.; Vergeynst, J.; De Maerteleire, N.; Desmet, P.; Gelaude, E.; Milotic, T.; Mouton, A.; Pauwels, I.; Pieters, S.; Reyserhove, L.; Robberechts, K.; Verhelst, P.; Coeck, J.; (2020): 2013_ALBERTKANAAL - Acoustic telemetry data for European eel (Anguilla anguilla) and hatched Salmon (Salmo salar) in the Albert canal (Belgium). Marine Data Archive., more
Coeck, J.; Pauwels, I; Verhelst, P; (2017): LifeWatch observatory - Permanent acoustic receiver network in the Western Scheldt, Array 2: Between Borssele and Terneuzen, more
Coeck, J.; Pauwels, I; Verhelst, P; (2017): LifeWatch observatory - Permanent acoustic receiver network in the Western Scheldt; Array 3: Between Perkpolder & Hansweert, more
Goossens, J.; De Putter, G.; Verhelst, P.; Reubens, J.; Marine Biology Research Group (Ghent University); Sights of Nature; Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO); Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ); Belgium; (2023): European seabass acoustic telemetry dataset Port of Zeebrugge. Marine Data Archive., more
Goossens, J.; Verhelst, P.; van der Knaap, I.; Reubens, J.; Woillez, M.; Ghent University, Marine Biology Research Group; Research Institute for Nature and Forest; Flanders Marine Institute: Belgium; Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea: France; (2022): Archival data series and acoustic detections of acoustic data storage tags in the southern North Sea. Marine Data Archive., more
MICHIMIT: Keirsebelik, Heleen; Verhelst, Pieterjan; D’hondt, Bram; Schoelynck, Jonas (2025). From non-tidal to tidal environments: movement behaviour of Chinese mitten crabs on downstream spawning migration., more
2024_allis_shad_rhine: Kroes, R.; Verhelst, P.; Van Rijssel, J.C.; Meijer zu Schlochtern, M.P.; Peters, B.; Bouwman, S.B.; Oskam, S.O. & Vriese, F.T.; (2024); 2024_Acoustic telemetry data for allis shad (Alosa alosa) in the Rhine and its estuary., more
Pauwels, I.; Baeyens, R.; De Maerteleire, N.; Desmet, P.; Gelaude, E.; Milotic, T.; Pieters, S.; Reyserhove, L.; Robberechts, K.; Verhelst, P.; Coeck, J.; (2020): 2014_DEMER - Acoustic telemetry data for four fish species in the Demer river (Belgium). Marine Data Archive., more
PBARN: Reubens, J.; Hernandez, F; Deneudt, K.; (2017): LifeWatch observatory - Permanent acoustic receiver network in the Belgian Part of the North Sea, more
Reubens, J.; Hernandez, F; Deneudt, K.; (2017): LifeWatch observatory - Permanent acoustic receiver network in the Western Scheldt; Array 1: Between Breskens & Vlissingen, more
shad_scheldt_dst: Verhelst P., Coeck J, Reubens, J. 2022. Tracking twaite shads at sea by using data storage tags., more
2021_transcal: Verhelst P., Van Wichelen J., Winter HV., Reubens J. 2021. Trap and transport of silver eels from a reservoir to an estuary., more
2024_bovenschelde: Verhelst, P., Buysse, D., Bruneel, S., Demaerteleire, N., Pauwels, I., Plaetinck, S., Rosseel, D., Coeck, J. Acoustic telemetry network in the non-tidal River Scheldt and its tributaries, more
2024_dvw_fish_migration: Verhelst, P., Buysse, D., Bruneel, S., Demaerteleire, N., Pauwels, I., Plaetinck, S., Rosseel, D., Coeck, J. Acoustic telemetry study on the movement and migration behaviour of diadromous and potamodromous fish in the highly fragmented River Scheldt basin, more
rt2020_zeeschelde: Verhelst, P., Coeck, J., Reubens, J. (2020). Acoustic telemetry range test in the Zeeschelde, Belgium, more
Verhelst, P.; Buysse, D.; Baeyens, R.; De Maerteleire, N.; Desmet, P.; Gelaude, E.; Jacobs, Y.; Milotic, T.; Mouton, A.; Reyserhove, L.; Robberechts, K.; Coeck, J.; (2020): 2012_LEOPOLDKANAAL - Acoustic telemetry data for European eel (Anguilla anguilla) in a polder area in Flanders (Belgium). Marine Data Archive., more
Groetenete: Verhelst, P.; Coeck, J. (2019) Permanent acoustic receiver array in the River Grote Nete since 2019, more
Verhelst, P.; Reubens, J.; Coeck, J.; De Maerteleire, N.; Desmet, P.; Gelaude, E.; Mouton, A.; Pieters, S.; Reyserhove, L.; Robberechts, K.; Moens, T.; (2020): 2015_PHD_VERHELST_EEL - Acoustic telemetry data for European eel (Anguilla anguilla) in the Scheldt estuary and southern North Sea (Belgium). Marine Data Archive., more
Verhelst, P.; Reubens, J.; Desmet, P.; Reyserhove, L.; Moens, T.; (2020): 2015_PHD_VERHELST_COD - Acoustic telemetry data for Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) in the Scheldt estuary and southern North Sea (Belgium). Marine Data Archive., more
2019_Grotenete: Verhelst, P.; Winter, H.; Reubens, J.; Coeck, J. (2019) Migration behaviour of silver eels (Anguilla anguilla) in a system with a continuous transition from river, over estuary to the sea., more
2018_EC: Verhelst, P; Reubens, J; Coeck, J; Milotic, T; Moens, T: Silver eel migration through the English Channel into the Atlantic Ocean., more
Reelease: Verhelst, Pieterjan; Svendsen, Jon; Kristensen, Martin Lykke; (2019): Silver eel migration from the Baltic Sea into the North Sea, more
Vermeersch, S.; Pauwels, I.; Baeyens, R.; De Maerteleire, N.; Desmet, P.; Gelaude, E.; Milotic, T.; Pieters, S.; Reyserhove, L.; Robberechts, K.; Verhelst, P.; Coeck, J.; (2020): 2015_DIJLE - Acoustic telemetry data for five fish species in the Dijle river (Belgium). Marine Data Archive., more
Verreycken H, Adriaens T, Desmet P, Reyserhove L, Verhelst P, Govaert S (2024). Checklist of non-native freshwater fishes in Flanders, Belgium. Version 1.6. Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO). Checklist dataset., more
Acoustic receiver network in an important shipping canal, connecting the river Meuse with the Port of Antwerp (Scheldt river) to asses downstream migration of eel and salmon in an artificial environment with a hydropower station and shipping locks., more
Adult twaite shad spawning migration in the North Sea and the Scheldt estuary, more
European eel acoustic telemetry dataset to assess habitat use and migration of European eel in a polder area in Flanders, more
LifeWatch observatory - Permanent acoustic receiver network in the Scheldt; between Ghent and Antwerp, more
Temporarily acoustic receiver network in a polder area in Flanders, more
Temporarily acoustic receiver network in a tidal salt marsh in the Western Scheldt Estuary, more
Temporarily acoustic receiver network in the river Demer for assessing fish behaviour around the third of three fish migration barriers preventing (diadromous) fish (such as sea lamprey, among others) to reach the spawning habitats in the Demer basin., more
Twaite shad acoustic telemetry dataset in the Schelde-estuary and North Sea 2015, more
Twaite shad acoustic telemetry dataset in the Schelde-estuary and North Sea 2016, more

A1 Publications (39) [show]
Verhelst, P.; Priester, C.R.; Brys, R.; Reubens, J.; Afonso, P. (2026). Restricted movement range of European eels (Anguilla anguilla L.) in an oceanic island stream. J. Fish Biol. Early view: 1-8. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfb.70355, more Keirsebelik, H.; Verhelst, P.; D'hondt, B.; Schoelynck, J. (2025). From non-tidal to tidal environments: movement behaviour of Chinese mitten crabs on downstream spawning migration. Movement Ecology 13(1): 25. https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40462-025-00548-3, more Martorell‐Barceló, Martina; Abecasis, David; Akaarir, Mourad; Alonso‐Fernández, Alexandre; Arlinghaus, Robert; Aspillaga, Eneko; Barcelo‐Serra, Margarida; Brevé, Niels W. P.; Davidsen, Jan G.; Gamundí, Antoni; Grau, Amalia; Hereu, Bernat; Jarić, Ivan; Kapusta, Andrzej; Lowerre‐Barbieri, Sue; Monk, Christopher T.; Nickel, Anja K.; Nicolau, María C.; Ólafsdóttir, Guðbjörg Á.; Olsen, Esben M.; Pickholtz, Renanel; Prchalová, Marie; Reubens, Jan; Říha, Milan; van der Knaap, Inge; Verhelst, Pieterjan; Villegas‐Ríos, David; Alós, Josep (2025). Revealing chronotypes across aquatic species using acoustic telemetry. Fish Fish. 26(6): 1134-1145. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/faf.70022, more Verhelst, P; Pauwels, I.; Pohl, L.; Reubens, J.; Schilt, B.; Hermans, A. (2025). Electromagnetic fields and diadromous fish spawning migration: An urgent call for knowledge. Mar. Environ. Res. 204: 106857. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2024.106857, more Verhelst, P.; Righton, D.; Aarestrup, K.; Almeida, P.R.; Bašic, T.; Bolland, J.D.; Carter, L.; Coeck, J.; Costa, J.L.; Dainys, J.; Davidsen, J.G.; Domingos, I.; Dorow, M.; Feunteun, E.; Frankowski, J.; Griffioen, A.B.; Monteiro, R.M.; Moore, A.; Oldoni, D.; Piper, A.T.; Quintella, B.; Reeds, J.; Trancart, T.; Verschelde, P.; Winter, H.V.; Reubens, J. (2025). The seaward migration of European eel at a continental scale: A Europe‐wide biotelemetry meta‐analysis. Fish Fish. Early view(4): 1-18. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/faf.12904, more Verhelst, P.; Boyen, J.; Monroig, Ó.; Rigaux, A.; Vlaeminck, B.; Moens, T.; De Troch, M. (2025). Abundance of long‐chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in European eel (Anguilla anguilla L.) is determined by diet rather than biosynthesis. J. Fish Biol. 106(6): 1752-1765. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfb.16052, more Aspillaga, E.; Bruneel, S.; Alós, J.; Verhelst, P.; Abecasis, D.; Aarestrup, K.; Birnie-Gauvin, K.; Afonso, P.; Palmer, M.; Reubens, J. (2024). Open Protocols, the new standard for acoustic tracking: Results from interoperability and performance tests in European waters. Animal Biotelemetry 12(1): 40. https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40317-024-00396-9, more Goossens, J.; Woillez, M.; Wright, S.; Edwards, J.E.; De Putter, G.; Torreele, E.; Verhelst, P.; Sheehan, E.; Moens, T.; Reubens, J. (2024). Elucidating the migrations of European seabass from the southern North Sea using mark-recapture data, acoustic telemetry and data storage tags. NPG Scientific Reports 14(1): 13180. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-63347-7, more Lennox, R.J.; Whoriskey, F.G.; Verhelst, P.; Vandergoot, C.S.; Soria, M.; Reubens, J.; Rechisky, E.L.; Power, M.; Murray, T.; Mulder, I.; Markham, J.L.; Lowerre-Barbieri, S.K.; Lindley, S.T.; Knott, N.A.; Kessel, S.T.; Iverson, S.; Huveneers, C.; Heidemeyer, M.; Harcourt, R.; Griffin, L.P.; Friess, C.; Filous, A.; Fetterplace, L.C.; Danylchuk, A.J.; Daly, R.; Cowley, P.; Cooke, S.J.; Chávez, E.J.; Blaison, A.; Whoriskey, K. (2024). Globally coordinated acoustic aquatic animal tracking reveals unexpected, ecologically important movements across oceans, lakes and rivers. Ecography 2024(1): e06801. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ecog.06801, more Bruneel, S.; Goossens, J.; Reubens, J.; Pauwels, I.; Moens, T.; Goethals, P.; Verhelst, P. (2023). Turning the tide: understanding estuarine detection range variability via structural equation models. Animal Biotelemetry 11(1): 38. https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40317-023-00348-9, more Goossens, J.; Woillez, M.; LeBris, A.; Verhelst, P; Moens, T.; Torreele, E.; Reubens, J. (2023). Acoustic and archival technologies join forces: A combination tag. Methods Ecol. Evol. 14(3): 860-866. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/2041-210x.14045, more Goossens, J.; Villagra, D.; De Putter, G.; Verhelst, P.; Torreele, E.; Moens, T.; Reubens, J. (2023). Fisheries measures protect European seabass groups with distinct habitat use differently. ICES J. Mar. Sci./J. Cons. int. Explor. Mer 80(7): 1899-1910. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsad116, more Van Wichelen, J.; Buysse, D.; Verhelst, P.; Belpaire, C.; Goegebeur, M.; Vlietinck, K.; Coeck, J. (2023). Nocturnal tidal barrier management improves glass eel migration in times of drought and salinization risk. River Res. Applic. 39(4): 797-801. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rra.4088, more Verhelst, P.; Brys, R.; Cooke, S.J.; Pauwels, I.; Rohtla, M.; Reubens, J. (2023). Enhancing our understanding of fish movement ecology through interdisciplinary and cross-boundary research. Rev. Fish Biol. Fish. 33: 111-135. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11160-022-09741-8, more Verhelst, P.; Westerberg, H.; Coeck, J.; Harrison, L.; Moens, T.; Reubens, J.; Van Wichelen, J.; Righton, D. (2023). Tidal and circadian patterns of European eel during their spawning migration in the North Sea and the English Channel. Sci. Total Environ. 905: 167341. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167341, more Verhelst, P.; Verreycken, H. (2023). First record in Europe of the Asian gobiid, shimofuri (marbled) goby Tridentiger bifasciatus Steindachner, 1881. J. Fish Biol. 102(5): 1253-1255. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15362, more Goossens, J.; Buyse, J.; Bruneel, S.; Verhelst, P.; Goethals, G.; Torreele, E.; Moens, T.; Reubens, J. (2022). Taking the time for range testing: an approach to account for temporal resolution in acoustic telemetry detection range assessments. Animal Biotelemetry 10(1): 17. https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40317-022-00290-2, more Van Wichelen, J.; Verhelst, P.; Perneel, M.; Van Driessche, C.; Buysse, D.; Belpaire, C.; Coeck, J.; De Troch, M. (2022). Glass eel (Anguilla anguilla L. 1758) feeding behaviour during upstream migration in an artificial waterway. J. Fish Biol. 101(4): 1047-1057. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15171, more Verhelst, P.; Aarestrup, K.; Hellström, G.; Jepsen, N.; Koed, A.; Reubens, J.; Sjöberg, N.; Svendsen, J.C.; Kristensen, M.L. (2022). The effect of externally attached archival data loggers on the short-term dispersal behaviour and migration speed of European eel (Anguilla anguilla L.). Animal Biotelemetry 10(1): 9. https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40317-022-00280-4, more Verhelst, P.; Reubens, J.; Coeck, J.; Moens, T.; Simon, J.; Van Wichelen, J.; Westerberg, H.; Wysujack, K.; Righton, D. (2022). Mapping silver eel migration routes in the North Sea. NPG Scientific Reports 12(1): 318. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-04052-7, more Van Wichelen, J.; Verhelst, P.; Buysse, D.; Belpaire, C.; Vlietinck, K.; Coeck, J. (2021). Glass eel (Anguilla anguilla L.) behaviour after artificial intake by adjusted tidal barrage management. Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 249: 107127. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1016/j.ecss.2020.107127, more Verhelst, P.; Reubens, J.; Buysse, D.; Goethals, P.; Van Wichelen, J.; Moens, T. (2021). Toward a roadmap for diadromous fish conservation: the Big Five considerations. Front. Ecol. Environ. 19(7): 396-403. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1002/fee.2361, more Bruneel, S.; Verhelst, P.; Reubens, J.; Baetens, J.M.; Coeck, J.; Moens, T.; Goethals, P. (2020). Quantifying and reducing epistemic uncertainty of passive acoustic telemetry data from longitudinal aquatic systems. Ecological Informatics 59: 101133. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2020.101133, more Bruneel, S.; Verhelst, P.; Reubens, J.; Luca, S.; Coeck, J.; Moens, T.; Goethals, P. (2020). Combining disciplines: dealing with observed and cryptic animal residencies in passive telemetry data by applying econometric decision-making models. Ecol. Model. 438: 109340. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2020.109340, more De Meyer, J.; Verhelst, P.; Adriaens, D. (2020). The role of understanding the eel's morphology in stopping its decline. Integrative and Comparative Biology 60(S1): E53-E53, more De Meyer, J.; Verhelst, P.; Adriaens, D. (2020). Saving the European eel: how morphological research can help in effective conservation management. Integrative and Comparative Biology 60(2): 467-475. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1093/icb/icaa004, more Steendam, C.; Verhelst, P.; Van Wassenbergh, S.; De Meyer, J. (2020). Burrowing behaviour of the European eel (Anguilla anguilla): effects of life stage. J. Fish Biol. 97(5): 1332-1342. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1111/jfb.14481, more Reubens, J.; Verhelst, P.; van der Knaap, I; Deneudt, K.; Moens, T.; Hernandez, F. (2019). Environmental factors influence the detection probability in acoustic telemetry in a marine environment: results from a new setup. Hydrobiologia 845(1): 81-94. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-017-3478-7, more Reubens, J.; Verhelst, P.; van der Knaap, I; Wydooghe, B.; Milotic, T.; Deneudt, K.; Hernandez, F.; Pauwels, I. (2019). The need for aquatic tracking networks: the permanent Belgian Acoustic Receiver Network. Animal Biotelemetry 7(2): 2. https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40317-019-0164-8, more Bruneel, S.; Gobeyn, S.; Verhelst, P.; Reubens, J.; Moens, T.; Goethals, P. (2018). Implications of movement for species distribution models - rethinking environmental data tools. Sci. Total Environ. 628-629: 893-905. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.02.026, more Verhelst, P.; Bruneel, S.; Reubens, J.; Coeck, J.; Goethals, P.; Oldoni, D.; Moens, T.; Mouton, A. (2018). Selective tidal stream transport in silver European eel (Anguilla anguilla L.) – Migration behaviour in a dynamic estuary. Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 213: 260-268. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2018.08.025, more Verhelst, P.; De Meyer, J.; Reubens, J.; Coeck, J.; Goethals, P.; Moens, T.; Mouton, A.M. (2018). Unimodal head-width distribution of the European eel (Anguilla anguilla L.) from the Zeeschelde does not support disruptive selection. PeerJ 6: e5773. https://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5773, more Verhelst, P.; Reubens, J.; Pauwels, I.; Buysse, D.; Aelterman, B.; Van Hoey, S.; Goethals, P.; Moens, T.; Coeck, J.; Mouton, A. (2018). Movement behaviour of large female yellow European eel (Anguilla anguilla L.) in a freshwater polder area. Ecol. Freshw. Fish. 27(1): 471-480. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eff.12362, more Verhelst, P.; Buysse, D.; Reubens, J.; Pauwels, I.; Aelterman, B.; Van Hoey, S.; Goethals, P.; Coeck, J.; Moens, T.; Mouton, A.M. (2018). Downstream migration of European eel (Anguilla anguilla L.) in an anthropogenically regulated freshwater system: Implications for management. Fish. Res. 199: 252-262. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2017.10.018, more Verhelst, P.; Baeyens, R.; Reubens, J.; Benitez, J.-P.; Coeck, J.; Goethals, P.L.M.; Ovidio, M.; Vergeynst, J.; Moens, T.; Mouton, A.M. (2018). European silver eel (Anguilla anguilla L.) migration behaviour in a highly regulated shipping canal. Fish. Res. 206: 176-184. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2018.05.013, more Breine, J.; Pauwels, I.; Verhelst, P.; Vandamme, L.; Baeyens, R.; Reubens, J.; Coeck, J. (2017). Successful external acoustic tagging of twaite shad Alosa fallax (Lacépède 1803). Fish. Res. 191: 36-40. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2017.03.003, more Huisman, J.; Verhelst, P.; Deneudt, K.; Goethals, P.L.M.; Moens, T.; Nagelkerke, L.A.J.; Nolting, C.; Reubens, J.; Schollema, P.P.; Winter, H.V.; Mouton, A. (2016). Heading south or north: novel insights on European silver eel Anguilla anguilla migration in the North Sea. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 554: 257-262. https://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps11797, more Verhelst, P.; Boets, P.; Van Thuyne, G.; Verreycken, H.; Goethals, P.L.M.; Mouton, A. (2016). The distribution of an invasive fish species is highly affected by the presence of native fish species: evidence based on species distribution modelling. Biological Invasions 18(2): 427-444. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-015-1016-y, more De Smet, B.; D'Hondt, A.-S.; Verhelst, P.; Fournier, J.; Godet, L.; Desroy, N.; Rabaut, M.; Vincx, M.; Vanaverbeke, J. (2015). Biogenic reefs affect multiple components of intertidal soft-bottom benthic assemblages: the Lanice conchilega case study. Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 152: 44–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2014.11.002, more
Peer reviewed publication [show]
Van Wichelen, J.; Belpaire, C.; Buysse, D.; Baeyens, R.; Verhelst, P.; Vergeynst, J.; Pauwels, I.; Van Thuyne, G.; De Meyer, J.; Stevens, M.; Vlietinck, K.; Mouton, A.; Coeck, J. (2018). Kan Vlaanderen het tij nog keren voor de Europese paling? Effecten van tien jaar Europese bescherming op het voortbestaan van de Paling in Vlaanderen. Natuur.Focus 17(1): 4-10, more
Book chapters (12) [show]
Verhelst, P. (2018). General introduction, in: Verhelst, P. European eel (Anguilla anguilla* L.) movement behaviour in relation to habitat fragmentation - Novel insights inferred from acoustic telemetry.* pp. 1-40, more Verhelst, P. (2018). Telemetry, in: Verhelst, P. European eel (Anguilla anguilla* L.) movement behaviour in relation to habitat fragmentation - Novel insights inferred from acoustic telemetry.* pp. 41-86, more Verhelst, P. (2018). Movement behaviour of large female yellow European eel (Anguilla anguilla L.) in a freshwater polder area, in: Verhelst, P. European eel (Anguilla anguilla* L.) movement behaviour in relation to habitat fragmentation - Novel insights inferred from acoustic telemetry.* pp. 87-114, more Verhelst, P. (2018). Unimodal head-width distribution of the European eel (Anguilla anguilla L.) from the Zeeschelde does not support disruptive selection, in: Verhelst, P. European eel (Anguilla anguilla* L.) movement behaviour in relation to habitat fragmentation - Novel insights inferred from acoustic telemetry.* pp. 115-142, more Verhelst, P. (2018). Selective tidal stream transport in silver European eel (Anguilla anguilla L.) – Migration behaviour in a dynamic estuary, in: Verhelst, P. European eel (Anguilla anguilla* L.) movement behaviour in relation to habitat fragmentation - Novel insights inferred from acoustic telemetry.* pp. 143-168, more Verhelst, P. (2018). Downstream migration of European eel (Anguilla anguilla L.) in an anthropogenically regulated freshwater system: implications for management, in: Verhelst, P. European eel (Anguilla anguilla* L.) movement behaviour in relation to habitat fragmentation - Novel insights inferred from acoustic telemetry.* pp. 169-204, more Verhelst, P. (2018). European silver eel (Anguilla anguilla L.) migration behaviour in a highly regulated shipping canal, in: Verhelst, P. European eel (Anguilla anguilla* L.) movement behaviour in relation to habitat fragmentation - Novel insights inferred from acoustic telemetry.* pp. 205-236, more Verhelst, P. (2018). Heading south or north: novel insights on European silver eel Anguilla anguilla migration in the North Sea, in: Verhelst, P. European eel (Anguilla anguilla* L.) movement behaviour in relation to habitat fragmentation - Novel insights inferred from acoustic telemetry.* pp. 237-250, more Verhelst, P. (2018). General discussion, in: Verhelst, P. European eel (Anguilla anguilla* L.) movement behaviour in relation to habitat fragmentation - Novel insights inferred from acoustic telemetry.* pp. 251-286, more Verhelst, P. (2018). Addendum, in: Verhelst, P. European eel (Anguilla anguilla* L.) movement behaviour in relation to habitat fragmentation - Novel insights inferred from acoustic telemetry.* pp. 287-301, more Mouton, A.M.; Verhelst, P.; Vergeynst, J.; Buysse, D.; Pauwels, I.; De Charleroy, D.; Coeck, J. (2016). Spatio-temporal analysis of fish behaviour: lessons learnt to stimulate fish passage, in: Webb, J.A. et al. (Ed.) Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on Ecohydraulics. Melbourne, Australia, 7-12 February 2016. pp. 4, more Verhelst, P.; Reubens, J.; Moens, T.; Goethals, P.; Buysse, D.; Coeck, J.; Mouton, A. (2016). Estuarine behaviour of European silver eel (Anguilla anguilla) in the Scheldt estuary, in: Webb, J.A. et al. (Ed.) Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on Ecohydraulics. Melbourne, Australia, 7-12 February 2016. pp. 1-3, more
Thesis [show]
Verhelst, P. (2018). European eel (Anguilla anguilla L.) movement behaviour in relation to habitat fragmentation - Novel insights inferred from acoustic telemetry. PhD Thesis. Ghent University: Gent. ISBN 9789082561166. xxvii, 381 pp., more
Abstracts (16) [show]
Aspillaga, E.; Bruneel, S.; Alós, J.; Verhelst, P.; Abecasis, D.; Aarestrup, K.; Goossens, J.; Birnie-Gauvin, K.; Afonso, P.; Palmer, M.; Reubens, J. (2023). Interoperability and performance of the new Open Protocol for acoustic tracking: results from field tests in European waters, in: 6^th International Conference on Fish Telemetry, Sète - France: interactive program and abstract book. pp. 1, more Edwards, J.; Abecasis, D.; Winter, H.; Özgül, A.; Villegas-Rios, D.; Aarestrup, K.; Birnie-Gauvin, K.; Brodin, T.; Macena, B.; Meneses, C.; Verhelst, P.; Alós, J.; Aspillaga, E.; Smederevac-Lalic, M.; van der Knaap, I.; Arechavala-Lopez, P.; Kärgenberg, E. (2023). Transcending boundaries in fish movement ecology through the European Tracking Network, in: 6^th International Conference on Fish Telemetry, Sète - France: interactive program and abstract book. pp. 1, more Keirsebelik, H.; Verhelst, P.; Schoelynck, J. (2022). Tracking the downstream migration of an aquatic invader: preliminary results on the spatio-temporal movement behaviour of the Chinese mitten crab in the Scheldt Estuary, Belgium, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day, Online event 2 March 2022. VLIZ Special Publication, 88: pp. 57, more Verhelst, P.; Huisman, J.; Reubens, J.; Baeyens, R.; Buysse, D.; Coeck, J.; Deneudt, K.; Goethals, P.; Griffioen, B.; Moens, T.; Nagelkerke, L.A.J.; Nolting, C.; Pauwels, I.; Schollema, P.P.; Van Keeken, O.; Winter, H.; Mouton, A. (2018). Heading South or North: novel insights on European silver eel (Anguilla anguilla L.) migration in the North Sea, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – 53^rd European Marine Biology Symposium. Oostende, Belgium, 17-21 September 2018. VLIZ Special Publication, 82: pp. 97, more Bruneel, S.; Verhelst, P.-J.; Moens, T.; Goethals, P. (2017). Abiotic modelling options of estuarine areas as building blocks for ecological predictions, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Scientist Day. Brugge, Belgium, 3 March 2017. VLIZ Special Publication, 79: pp. 9, more Reubens, J.; Verhelst, P.; Pauwels, I.; Van Hoey, S.; Deneudt, K.; Desmet, P.; Hernandez, F. (2017). The acoustic receiver network: a sea of opportunities, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Scientist Day. Brugge, Belgium, 3 March 2017. VLIZ Special Publication, 79: pp. 75, more Breine, J.; Van den Bergh, E.; Pauwels, I.; Verhelst, P.; Coeck, J. (2016). The return of the twaite shad in the Zeeschelde, in: Meire, P. (Ed.) Book of abstracts: ECSA Local Meeting 2016. Estuarine Restoration: from theory to practice and back, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium, 5-9 July 2016. VLIZ Special Publication, 77: pp. 96, more Reubens, J.; Verhelst, P.V.; Deneudt, K.; Hernandez, F. (2016). Lifewatch acoustic receiver network: setup of a PostgreSQL database, web interface and collaborative environment to cope with big data, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Scientist Day. Brugge, Belgium, 12 February 2016. VLIZ Special Publication, 75: pp. 93, more Reubens, J.; Verhelst, P.; Deneudt, K.; Hernandez, F. (2016). Acoustic receiver network - the need for range testing, in: Degraer, S. et al. (Ed.) North Sea Open Science Conference 7-10/11/2016. Abstract Booklet. pp. 81, more Verhelst, P. (2016). Marine migration routes of North-western European silver eel (Anguilla anguilla L.), in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Scientist Day. Brugge, Belgium, 12 February 2016. VLIZ Special Publication, 75: pp. 133, more Verhelst, P.; Reubens, J.; Goethals, P.L.M.; Mouton, A.; Moens, T. (2016). The importance of acoustic telemetry for restoring fish stocks, in: Seys, J. et al. (Ed.) CommOCEAN2016 - 2nd International Marine Science Communication Conference. 6-7 December 2016. Bruges, Belgium: Book of Abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 78: pp. 104, more Verhelst, P.; Reubens, J.; Goethals, P.; Mouton, A.; Moens, T. (2016). Acoustic telemetry as a tool for cod stock assessment, in: Degraer, S. et al. (Ed.) North Sea Open Science Conference 7-10/11/2016. Abstract Booklet. pp. 40, more Reubens, J.; Verhelst, P.; Mouton, A.; Deneudt, K.; Hernandez, F. (2015). The acoustic receiver network: a sea of opportunities, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Young Scientists’ Day. Brugge, Belgium, 20 February 2015. VLIZ Special Publication, 71: pp. 111, more Verhelst, P.; Reubens, J.T.; Moens, T.; Mouton, A.M. (2015). Estuarine behaviour of European silver eel (Anguilla anguilla) in the Scheldt Estuary: a slippery path, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Young Scientists’ Day. Brugge, Belgium, 20 February 2015. VLIZ Special Publication, 71: pp. 147, more De Smet, B.; D'Hondt, A.-S.; Verhelst, P.; Fournier, J.; Godet, L.; Desroy, N.; Rabaut, M.; Vincx, M.; Vanaverbeke, J. (2014). New insights in the structuring role of Lanice conchilega reefs in intertidal food webs: a focus on epi- and hyperbenthos, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Young Scientists’ Day. Brugge, Belgium, 7 March 2014. VLIZ Special Publication, 67: pp. 40, more Verhelst, P.; Buysse, D.; Coeck, J.; Reubens, J.T.; Vincx, M.; Mouton, A. (2014). Estuarine behaviour of European silver eel (Anguilla anguilla) in the Scheldt Estuary, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Young Scientists’ Day. Brugge, Belgium, 7 March 2014. VLIZ Special Publication, 67: pp. 122, more
Reports (8) [show]
Bruneel, S.; Buysse, D.; Vandamme, L.; Verhelst, P.; Pauwels, I.S.; Broos, S.S.W.; De Marteleire, N.; Plaetinck, S.; Rosseel, D.; De Pauw, B.; Vanden Houten, J.; Coeck, J. (2025). Onderzoek naar vispasseerbaarheid van de sluisstuwcomplexen op het Afleidingskanaal van de Leie in Balgerhoeke en Schipdonk. Rapporten van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek, 2025(54). INBO: Brussel. 54 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.21436/inbor.132763058, more Nunes, A.L.; Venter, T.S.; Adriaens, T.; Bond, G.M.; Costello, K.E.; Gospodinov, K.; Novoa, A.; Peyton, J.; Pysek, P.; Rabitsch, W.; Roy, H.E.; Scalera, R.; Smith, K.E.; Tricarico, E.; Aldridge, D.; Altamirano, M.; Bellotto, V.; Bertolino, S.; Brundu, G.; Cardoso, A.C.; Cavadino, I.; Dawson, W.; Devisscher, S.; D'Hondt, B.; Essl, F.; Evans, T.; Everts, T.; Gallardo, B.; García-Berthou, E.; Groom, Q.; Hillaert, J.; Jacobs, A.; Katsanevakis, S.; Marchante, E.; Marchini, A.; Oficialdegui, F.J.; Olenin, S.; O’Riordan, R.M.; Pattison, Z.; Petersen, F.; Preda, C.; Rebelo, R.; Reniers, J.; Scheers, K.; Skuhrovec, J.; Solarz, W.; Steen, F.; Strubbe, D.; Van Landuyt, W.; van Valkenburg, J.; Verëll, V.; Verhelst, P.; Verreycken, H. (2025). Invasive Alien Species Horizon Scanning in support of implementation of Regulation 1143/2014: Final Study Report. Publications Office of the European Union: Luxembourg. ISBN 978-92-68-31709-9. 226 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.2779/7146677, more Verhelst, P.; Buysse, D.; De Maerteleire, N.; Dens, F.; Maes, Y.; Pieters, S.; Plaetinck, S.; Rosseel, D.; Terrie, T.; Vanden Houten, J.; Coeck, J. (2024). Onderzoek naar de visveiligheid van de turbine aan het sluis-stuw complex van de Leie in Harelbeke. Rapporten van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek, 2024(4). INBO: Brussel. 30 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.21436/inbor.101502384, more Verhelst, P.; Pauwels, I.; Breine, J.; De Maerteleire, N.; Pieters, S.; Gelaude, E.; Dens, F.; Coeck, J.; Reubens, J. (2023). Monitoring van de ecologische effecten van de elektromagnetische velden rond de stroomkabels van het net op zee (Westerschelde, Borssele) Luik diadrome vis. Deel 2: analyse van het bewegingsgedrag van fint in de Westerschelde in relatie tot de stroomkabels. Rapporten van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek, 2023 (47). Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek: Brussel. 23 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.21436/inbor.98551728, more Verhelst, P.; Pauwels, I.; Breine, J.; De Maerteleire, N.; Pieters, S.; Gelaude, E.; Dens, F.; Coeck, J.; Reubens, J. (2022). Monitoring van de ecologische effecten van de elektromagnetische velden rond de stroomkabels van het net op zee (Westerschelde, Borssele). Rapporten van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek, 2022(3). Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek: Brussel. 25 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.21436/inbor.71056933, more Belpaire, C.; Breine, J.; Van Wichelen, J.; Pauwels, I.; Baeyens, R.; Coeck, J.; Matondo, B.N.; Ovidio, M.; Vergeynst, J.; Verhelst, P.; De Meyer, J.; Adriaens, D.; Teunen, L.; Bervoets, L.; Sony, D.; Rollin, X.; Dumonceau, F.; Vlietinck, K. (2020). Report on the eel stock, fishery and other impacts in Belgium, 2019–2020. ICES Scientific Reports = Rapports Scientifiques du CIEM, 2. ICES: Copenhagen. 48 pp., more Belpaire, C.; Van Thuyne, G.; Breine, J.; Buysse, D.; Van Wichelen, J.; Coeck, J.; Ovidio, M.; Matondo, B.N.; De Meyer, J.; Bouilliart, M.; Adriaens, D.; Verhelst, P.; Rees, J.F.; Rollin, X.; Vlietinck, K. (2016). Report on the eel stock, fishery and other impacts, in Belgium 2016 . [S.n.]: [s.l.]. 44 pp., more Belpaire, C.; Breine, J.; Buysse, D.; Van Wichelen, J.; Coeck, J.; Ovidio, M.; Matondo, B.N.; De Meyer, J.; Bouilliart, M.; Adriaens, D.; Verhelst, P.; Roland, K.; Kestemont, P.; Bervoets, L.; Darchambeau, F.; Rollin, X.; Vlietinck, K. (2015). Report on the eel stock and fishery in: Belgium 2014/'15. International Council for the Exploration of the Sea: Copenhagen. 71 pp., more
Other publications (7) [show]
Vos, M.; Verhelst, P.; Verreycken, H.; van Broekhoven, B.; Patijn, N. (2023). Nieuwe exotische vis ontdekt in Nederland: de shimofurigrondel. Kijk op Exoten 43: 18-19, more Verbeiren, M. (2021). Waterkwaliteit en visbestand in de IJzer anno 2020. Hengelsport 30(1): 14-23, more Reubens, J.; Verhelst, P.; van der Knaap, I. (2018). Mysterieuze vistrek: Hoe technologie een tipje van de sluier licht, in: De Grote Rede 47. De Grote Rede: Nieuws over onze Kust en Zee, 47: pp. 14-17, more Bruneel, S.; Verhelst, P.; Reubens, J.; Moens, T.; Goethals, P. (2017). Abiotic modelling options of estuarine areas as building blocks for ecological predictions. Poster presented at the VLIZ Marine Science Day 3 March 2017. Universiteit Gent: Gent. 1 poster pp., more Rappé, K.; Verhelst, P. (Ed.) (2017). Zenderonderzoek bij paling in België. Animatiefilm. Productie Lifewatch Belgium. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ): Oostende. 3:03 min. pp., more Rappé, K.; Verhelst, P. (Ed.) (2017). Tagging research on eel in Belgium. Animated movie. Production Lifewatch Belgium. Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ): Oostende. 2:47 min. pp., more Verhelst, P.; Huisman, J.; Reubens, J.; Goethals, P.L.M.; Moens, T.; Mouton, A.M. (2016). Marine migration routes of North-western European silver eel (Anguilla anguilla L.). Poster at the VLIZ Marine Scientist Day 12 February 2016. Marine Biology, Ghent University: Gent. 1 poster pp., more
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Goossens, J. (2023). European seabass in the southern North Sea: A story of electronic tags, movement ecology and environmental policy. PhD Thesis. Ghent University: Ghent. 301 pp. https://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-01H4E20M24JKWTYMFYH0VARDYK, more Perneel, M. (2019). The influence of artificial canal dynamics on European eel recruits. MSc Thesis. Universiteit Gent. Faculteit Wetenschappen: Gent. 71 pp., more Goossens, J. (2016). Movement behaviour and habitat use of Atlantic cod in the southern North Sea. MSc Thesis. University of Ghent, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biology, Research group Marine Biology: Ghent. 57 pp., more