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De Borger, Emil
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Institute
Previous institutes (2)
Publications (30)
Dataset

Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek der Zee; NIOZ Yerseke, more

Function: Postdoc

Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie, more
Oceans & Lakes : Master of Marine and Lacustrine Science and Management, more

Data [show]
Soetaert, K.; Knuijt. A; NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Department of Ocean Systems; NICO 10 campaign 2018; 2024, more

A1 Publications (15) [show]
Tiano, J.C.; De Borger, E. (2026). Rethinking the impacts of bottom trawling on seabed carbon: Biogeochemical mechanisms, vulnerability and long‐term climate consequences. J. Appl. Ecol. 63(4): e70346. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.70346, more De Borger, E.; van Oevelen, D.; Mavraki, N.; De Backer, A.; Braeckman, U.; Soetaert, K.; Vanaverbeke, J. (2025). Offshore wind farms modify coastal food web dynamics by enhancing suspension feeder pathways. Commun. Earth Environ. 6(1): 330. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02253-w, more Felgate, Stacey L.; Aldridge, John; Bolam, Stefan G.; Breimann, Sarah; de Borger, Emil; Claes, Jolien; Depestele, Jochen; Epstein, Graham; Garcia, Clement; Hicks, Natalie; Kaiser, Michel; Laverick, Jack H.; Lessin, Gennadi; O’Neill, Finbarr G.; Paradis, Sarah; Parker, Ruth; Pereira, Ryan; Poulton, Alex J.; Powell, Claire; Smeaton, Craig; Snelgrove, Paul; Tiano, Justin; van der Molen, Johan; van de Velde, Sebastiaan; Sciberras, Marija (2024). Investigating the effects of mobile bottom fishing on benthic carbon processing and storage: a systematic review protocol. Environmental Evidence 13(1): 24. https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13750-024-00348-z, more Paradis, S.; Tiano, J.; De Borger, E.; Pusceddu, A.; Bradshaw, C.; Ennas, C.; Morys, C.; Sciberras, M. (2024). Demersal fishery Impacts on Sedimentary Organic Matter (DISOM): a global harmonized database of studies assessing the impacts of demersal fisheries on sediment biogeochemistry. ESSD 16(8): 3547-3563. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/essd-16-3547-2024, more Tiano, J.; De Borger, E.; Paradis, S.; Bradshaw, C.; Morys, C.; Pusceddu, A.; Ennas, C.; Soetaert, K.; Puig, P.; Masque, P.; Sciberras, M. (2024). Global meta‐analysis of demersal fishing impacts on organic carbon and associated biogeochemistry. Fish Fish. 25(6): 936-950. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/faf.12855, more Beauchard, O.; Bradshaw, C.; Bolam, S.; Tiano, J.C.; Garcia, C.; De Borger, E.; Laffargue, P.; Blomqvist, M.; Tsikopoulou, I.; Papadopoulou, N.K.; Smith, C.J.; Claes, J.; Soetaert, K.; Sciberras, M. (2023). Trawling-induced change in benthic effect trait composition – A multiple case study. Front. Mar. Sci. 10: 1303909. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1303909, more Hiddink, J.G.; van de Velde, S.J.; McConnaughey, R.A.; De Borger, E.; Tiano, J.; Kaiser, M.J.; Sweetman, A.K.; Sciberras, M. (2023). Quantifying the carbon benefits of ending bottom trawling. Nature (Lond.) 617(7960): E1-E2. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06014-7, more Rios-Yunes, D.; Tiano, J.C.; van Rijswijk, P.; De Borger, E.; van Oevelen, D.; Soetaert, K. (2023). Long-term changes in ecosystem functioning of a coastal bay expected from a shifting balance between intertidal and subtidal habitats. Cont. Shelf Res. 254: 104904. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2022.104904, more De Borger, E.; Tiano, J.; Braeckman, U.; Rijnsdorp, A.D.; Soetaert, K. (2021). Impact of bottom trawling on sediment biogeochemistry: a modelling approach. Biogeosciences 18: 2539–2557. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-2539-2021, more De Borger, E.; Ivanov, E.; Capet, A.; Braeckman, U.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Grégoire, M.; Soetaert, K. (2021). Offshore windfarm footprint of sediment organic matter mineralization processes. Front. Mar. Sci. 8: 632243. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.632243, more De Borger, E.; Braeckman, U.; Soetaert, K. (2021). Rapid organic matter cycling in North Sea sediments. Cont. Shelf Res. 214: 104327. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2020.104327, more Ivanov, E.; Capet, A.; De Borger, E.; Degraer, S.; Delhez, E.; Soetaert, K.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Grégoire, M. (2021). Offshore wind farm footprint on organic and mineral particle flux to the bottom. Front. Mar. Sci. 8: 631799. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.631799, more Tiano, J.C.; De Borger, E.; O'Flynn, S.; Cheng, C.; van Oevelen, D.; Soetaert, K. (2021). Physical and electrical disturbance experiments uncover potential bottom fishing impacts on benthic ecosystem functioning. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 545: 151628. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2021.151628, more Toussaint, E.; De Borger, E.; Braeckman, U.; De Backer, A.; Soetaert, K.; Vanaverbeke, J. (2021). Faunal and environmental drivers of carbon and nitrogen cycling along a permeability gradient in shallow North Sea sediments. Sci. Total Environ. 767: 144994. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.144994, more De Borger, E.; Tiano, J.C.; Braeckman, U.; Ysebaert, T.; Soetaert, K. (2020). Biological and biogeochemical methods for estimating bioirrigation: a case study in the Oosterschelde estuary. Biogeosciences 17(6): 1701-1715. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-1701-2020, more
Thesis [show]
De Borger, E. (2021). Effects of natural processes and human activity on North Sea sediment biogeochemistry. Thesis. Ghent University: Ghent. 240 pp. https://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8716097, more
Abstracts (12) [show]
Braeckman, U.; Gamela, E.C.; De Borger, E.; Van den Eynde, D.; Bodé, S.; Lizaga, I.; Boeckx, P.; Capet, A.; Lacroix, G.; Vanaverbeke, J. (2026). OUTFLOW: Quantifying the contribution of fouling fauna to the local carbon budget of an offshore windfarm, in: Norro, A.M.J. (Ed.) 25 years of occupational scientific diving at RBINS symposium, 19 March 2026, Brussels, Belgium, Book of Abstract. pp. 16, more Reynés-Cardona, A.; Braeckman, U.; Vanaverbeke, J.; De Borger, E.; Buyse, J. (2025). Impact of offshore wind farms on marine food web structure, functioning, and carbon dynamics : A 13-year study in a Belgian offshore wind farm, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day, 5 March 2025, Brugge. VLIZ Special Publication, 94: pp. 122, more Cepeda Gamella, E.; Boeckx, P.; Bodé, S.; De Borger, E.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Braeckman, U. (2024). Tracking labelled faecal pellets and their effect on carbon dynamics in offshore wind farms sediments, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day, 6 March 2024, Oostende. VLIZ Special Publication, 91: pp. 58, more Goedefroo, N.; Braeckman, U.; De Borger, E.; Hostens, K.; Moens, T.; Vanaverbeke, J.; De Backer, A. (2024). Sand extraction affects the functioning of benthic ecosystems, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day, 6 March 2024, Oostende. VLIZ Special Publication, 91: pp. 76, more Reynés-Cardona, A.; Braeckman, U.; Vanaverbeke, J.; De Borger, E. (2024). Marine ecosystem functioning under anthropogenic pressure: applying a food web approach, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day, 6 March 2024, Oostende. VLIZ Special Publication, 91: pp. 112, more De Borger, E. (2022). Effects of natural processes and human activity on North Sea sediment biogeochemistry, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day, Online event 2 March 2022. VLIZ Special Publication, 88: pp. 11-12, more De Borger, E.; Damveld, J.H.; Borsje, B.W.; Hulscher, S.J.M.H.; Soetaert, K. (2022). Footprint: effects of offshore wind farms on sediments in the Coastal North Sea, in: NCK days 2022. Coastal adaptation to climate change: fight or flight?. pp. 67, more Toussaint, E.; Braeckman, U.; De Borger, E.; Soetaert, K.; Vanaverbeke, J. (2018). How is benthic biogeochemical cycling affected by sediment fining arising from human activities?, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Scientist Day. Bredene, Belgium, 21 March 2018. VLIZ Special Publication, 80: pp. 113, more Vanaverbeke, J.; Braeckman, U.; De Borger, E.; Mavraki, N.; Toussaint, E.; Voet, H.; Van Colen, C.; Degraer, S. (2018). Interactions between biological and physical effects modify local biogeochemical cycling processes in offshore wind farms, 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. 62, more Toussaint, E.; Braeckman, U.; De Borger, E.; Soetaert, K.; Vanaverbeke, J. (2017). Impact of macrofaunal activities on the biogeochemical cycling in anthropogenically disturbed sediments, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Scientist Day. Brugge, Belgium, 3 March 2017. VLIZ Special Publication, 79: pp. 84, more De Borger, E. (2016). Seagrass ecosystem in decline: application of low-cost techniques for monitoring Posidonia oceanica meadow health, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Scientist Day. Brugge, Belgium, 12 February 2016. VLIZ Special Publication, 75: pp. 143-145, more De Borger, E.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Braeckman, U.; Grégoire, M.; Soetaert, K. (2016). Upscaling small-scale environmental studies of the Southern Bight of the North Sea by biogeochemical modelling, in: Degraer, S. et al. (Ed.) North Sea Open Science Conference 7-10/11/2016. Abstract Booklet. pp. 95, more
Report [show]
Rijnsdorp, A.D.; Boute, P.G.; Tiano, J.C.; Soetaert, K.; Beier, U.; De Borger, E.; Hintzen, N.; Molenaar, P.; Polet, H.; Poos, J.J.; Schram, H.; Soetaert, M.; van Overzee, H.; van de Wolfshaar, K.; van Kooten, T. (2020). The implications of a transition from tickler chain beam trawl to electric pulse trawl on the sustainability and ecosystem effects of the fishery for North Sea sole: an impact assessment. Wageningen Marine Research Report, C037/20. Wageningen Marine Research: Ijmuiden. 108 pp. https://doi.org/10.18174/519729, more
Thesis supervisor [show]
Baerends, V. (2018). Method to quantify bio irrigation. Thesis. NIOZ Royal Institute for Sea Research: Yerseke. 34 pp., more