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Dr Moodley, Leon
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Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek der Zee (NIOZ), more

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Food, oxygen and bioturbation: an experimental study of meiofauna community structure, more
Higher trophic levels in the Southern North Sea, more

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A1 Publications (27) [show]
Vasquez-Cardenas, D.; Hidalgo-Martinez, S.; Hulst, L.; Thorleifsdottir, T.; Helgason, G.V.; Eiriksson, T.; Geelhoed, J.S.; Agustsson, T.; Moodley, L.; Meysman, F.J.R. (2022). Biogeochemical impacts of fish farming on coastal sediments: insights into the functional role of cable bacteria. Front. Microbiol. 13: 1034401. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.1034401, more Boschker, H.T.S.; Vasquez-Cardenas, D.; Bolhuis, H.; Moerdijk-Poortvliet, T.C.W.; Moodley, L. (2014). Chemoautotrophic Carbon Fixation Rates and Active Bacterial Communities in Intertidal Marine Sediments. PLoS One 9(7): e101443 1-12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0101443, more Koho, K.A.; Nierop, K.G.J.; Moodley, L.; Middelburg, J.J.; Pozzato, L.; Soetaert, K.; van der Plicht, J.; Reichart, G.J. (2013). Microbial bioavailability regulates organic matter preservation in marine sediments. Biogeosciences 10(2): 1131-1141. dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-1131-2013, more Pape, E.; van Oevelen, D.; Moodley, L.; Soetaert, K.; Vanreusel, A. (2013). Nematode feeding strategies and the fate of dissolved organic matter carbon in different deep-sea sedimentary environments. Deep-Sea Res., Part 1, Oceanogr. Res. Pap. 80: 94-110. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2013.05.018, more Pozzato, L.; van Oevelen, D.; Moodley, L.; Soetaert, K.; Middelburg, J.J (2013). Sink or link? The bacterial role in benthic carbon cycling in the Arabian Sea's oxygen minimum zone. Biogeosciences 10: 6879-6891. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-6879-2013, more Pozzato, L.; van Oevelen, D.; Moodley, L.; Soetaert, K.; Middelburg, J.J. (2013). Carbon processing at the deep-sea floor of the Arabian Sea oxygen minimum zone: A tracer approach. J. Sea Res. 78: 45-58. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2013.01.002, more Provoost, P.; Braeckman, U.; Van Gansbeke, D.; Moodley, L.; Soetaert, K.; Middelburg, J.J.; Vanaverbeke, J. (2013). Modelling benthic oxygen consumption and benthic-pelagic coupling at a shallow station in the southern North Sea. Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 120: 1-11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2013.01.008, more Moodley, L.; Nigam, R.; Ingole, B.; Babu, C.P.; Panchang, R.; Nanajkar, M.; Sivadas, S.; van Breugel, P.; van Ijzerloo, L.; Rutgers, R.; Heip, C.H.R.; Middelburg, J.J. (2011). Oxygen minimum seafloor ecological (mal) functioning. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 398(1-2): 91-100. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2010.12.015, more Pape, E.; Bezerra, T.N.; Vanneste, H.; Heeschen, K.; Moodley, L.; Leroux, F.; van Breugel, P.; Vanreusel, A. (2011). Community structure and feeding preference of nematodes associated with methane seepage at the Darwin mud volcano (Gulf of Cádiz). Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 438: 71-83. dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps09278, more van Duyl, F.C.; Moodley, L.; Nieuwland, G.; van Ijzerloo, L.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Houtekamer, M.; Meesters, E.H.; Middelburg, J.J. (2011). Coral cavity sponges depend on reef-derived food resources: stable isotope and fatty acid constraints. Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 158(7): 1653-1666. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-011-1681-z, more Van Gaever, S.; Moodley, L.; Pasotti, F.; Houtekamer, M.; Middelburg, J.J.; Danovaro, R.; Vanreusel, A. (2009). Trophic specialisation of metazoan meiofauna at the Håkon Mosby Mud Volcano: fatty acid biomarker isotope evidence. Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 156(6): 1289-1296. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-009-1170-9, more Van Nugteren, P.; Herman, P.M. J.; Moodley, L.; Middelburg, J.J.; Vos, M.; Heip, C.H.R. (2009). Spatial distribution of detrital resources determines the outcome of competition between bacteria and a facultative detritivorous worm. Limnol. Oceanogr. 54(5): 1413-1419. https://dx.doi.org/10.4319/lo.2009.54.5.1413, more van Oevelen, D.; Soetaert, K.; Franco, M.A.; Moodley, L.; van Ijzerloo, L.; Vincx, M.; Vanaverbeke, J. (2009). Organic matter input and processing in two contrasting North Sea sediments: insights from stable isotope and biomass data. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 380: 19-32. dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps07921, more Moodley, L.; Steyaert, M.; Epping, E.; Middelburg, J.J.; Vincx, M.; van Avesaath, P.; Moens, T.; Soetaert, K. (2008). Biomass-specific respiration rates of benthic meiofauna: Demonstrating a novel oxygen micro-respiration system. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 357(1): 41-47. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2007.12.025, more Bühring, S.I.; Lampadariou, N.; Moodley, L.; Tselepides, A.; Witte, U. (2006). Benthic microbial and whole-community responses to different amounts of 13C-enriched algae: in situ experiments in the deep Cretan Sea (Eastern Mediterranean). Limnol. Oceanogr. 51(1): 157-165, more Bühring, S.I.; Ehrenhauss, S.; Kamp, A.; Moodley, L.; Witte, U. (2006). Enhanced benthic activity in sandy sublittoral sediments: evidence from ¹³C tracer experiments. Mar. Biol. Res. 2(2): 120-129, more Van Gaever, S.; Moodley, L.; de Beer, D.; Vanreusel, A. (2006). Meiobenthos at the Arctic Håkon Mosby Mud Volcano, with a parental-caring nematode thriving in sulphide-rich sediments. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 321: 143-155. dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps321143, more van Oevelen, D.; Middelburg, J.J.; Soetaert, K.; Moodley, L. (2006). The fate of bacterial carbon in an intertidal sediment: Modeling an in situ isotope tracer experiment. Limnol. Oceanogr. 51(3): 1302-1314. http://dx.doi.org/10.4319/lo.2006.51.3.1302, more van Oevelen, D.; Moodley, L.; Soetaert, K.; Middelburg, J.J. (2006). The trophic significance of bacterial carbon in a marine intertidal sediment: Results of an in situ stable isotope labeling study. Limnol. Oceanogr. 51(5): 2349-2359. http://dx.doi.org/10.4319/lo.2006.51.5.2349, more van Oevelen, D.; Soetaert, K.; Middelburg, J.J.; Herman, P.M.J.; Moodley, L.; Hamels, I.; Moens, T.; Heip, C.H.R. (2006). Carbon flows through a benthic food web: integrating biomass, isotope and tracer data. J. Mar. Res. 64(3): 453-482. dx.doi.org/10.1357/002224006778189581, more Moodley, L.; Middelburg, J.J.; Soetaert, K.; Boschker, H.T.S.; Herman, P.M.J.; Heip, C.H.R. (2005). Similar rapid response to phytodetritus deposition in shallow and deep-sea sediments. J. Mar. Res. 63(2): 457-469, more Moodley, L.; Middelburg, J.J.; Herman, P.M.J.; Soetaert, K.; de Lange, G.J. (2005). Oxygenation and organic-matter preservation in marine sediments: Direct experimental evidence from ancient organic carbon-rich deposits. Geology (Boulder Colo.) 33(11): 889-892. http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/G21731.1, more Steyaert, M.; Moodley, L.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Vandewiele, S.; Vincx, M. (2005). Laboratory experiments on the infaunal activity of intertidal nematodes. Hydrobiologia 540(1-3): 217-223. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-004-7145-4, more Moodley, L.; Middelburg, J.J.; Boschker, H.T.S.; Duineveld, G.C.A.; Pel, R.; Herman, P.M.J.; Heip, C.H.R. (2002). Erratum: Bacteria and foraminifera: Key players in a short-term deep-sea benthic response to phytodetritus. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 239: 230, more Moodley, L.; Boschker, H.T.S.; Middelburg, J.J.; Pel, R.; Herman, P.M.J.; de Deckere, E.; Heip, C.H.R. (2000). Ecological significance of benthic foraminifera: ¹³C labelling experiments. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 202: 289-295, more Moodley, L.; Heip, C.H.R.; Middelburg, J.J. (1998). Benthic activity in sediments of the northwestern Adriatic Sea: sediment oxygen consumption, macro- and meiofauna dynamics. J. Sea Res. 40(3-4): 263-280. dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1385-1101(98)00026-4, more Moodley, L.; Herman, P.M. J.; Middelburg, J.J.; Heip, C.H.R. (1996). Comment on: Subsurface activity of benthic foraminifera. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 145(1-3): 303-304, more
Peer reviewed publications (3) [show]
Moodley, L.; Chen, G.; Heip, C.H.R.; Vincx, M. (2000). Vertical distribution of meiofauna in sediments from contrasting sites in the Adriatic Sea: clues to the role of abiotic versus biotic control. Ophelia 53(3): 203-212, more Moodley, L.; van Weering, Tj.C.E. (1993). Foraminiferal record of the Holocene development of the marine environment in the southern North Sea. Neth. J. Sea Res. 31(1): 43-52, more Moodley, L. (1990). Southern North Sea seafloor and subsurface distribution of living benthic Foraminifera. Neth. J. Sea Res. 27(1): 57-71, more
Book chapters (3) [show]
Vanaverbeke, J.; Courtens, W.; Deneudt, K.; Franco, M.A.; Gysels, E.S.; Hellemans, B.; Huyse, T.; Larmuseau, M.; Mees, J.; Moodley, L.; Pampoulie, C.; Provoost, P.; Remerie, T.; Soetaert, K.; Stienen, E.W.M.; Vanden Berghe, E.; Van de walle, M.; van Oevelen, D.; Volckaert, F.A.M.; Vincx, M. (2007). TROPHOS: Fundamental research for policy and sustainable management, in: Calewaert, J.-B. et al. (Ed.) Science and sustainable management of the North Sea: Belgian case studies. pp. 21-81, more Heip, C.H.R.; Herman, P.M.J.; Middelburg, J.J.; Moodley, L.; Soetaert, K.; Ysebaert, T.J. (2005). The ecology of estuarine intertidal flats: the example of the Westerschelde, in: Wilson, J.G. (Ed.) The intertidal ecosystem: the value of Ireland’s shores. pp. 179-195, more Steyaert, M.; Moodley, L.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Vandewiele, S.; Vincx, M. (2003). The direct role of oxygen in the vertical distribution of nematodes: microcosm experiments, in: Steyaert, M. Ruimtelijke en temporele patronen van nematodengemeenschappen in de Noordzee en Westerschelde = Spatial and temporal scales of nematode communities in the North Sea and Westerschelde. pp. 87-97, more
Abstracts (6) [show]
Mevenkamp, L.; Brown, A.; Guilini, K.; Lins, L.; Moodley, L.; Stratmann, T.; Sweetman, A.; van Oevelen, D.; Westerlund, S.; Vanreusel, A. (2016). Responses of nematodes to increased copper toxicity, tailings exposure and sediment deposition from in-situ and laboratory experiments, in: MIDAS final meeting, 3-7 October 2016, Het Pand, Gent, Belgium: conference programme and abstract volume. pp. 52, more Mevenkamp, L.; Stratmann, T.; Moodley, L.; Westerlund, S.; Sweetman, A.; van Oevelen, D.; Guilini, K.; Vanreusel, A. (2015). Effects of short term exposure with mine tailings on deep-sea benthic ecosystem function and services, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Young Scientists’ Day. Brugge, Belgium, 20 February 2015. VLIZ Special Publication, 71: pp. 92, more Heip, C.; Soetaert, K.; Moodley, L.; van Oevelen, D. (2010). Meiobenthic research: trends and challenges in the perspective of global marine ecological research, in: Gheerardyn, H. et al. (Ed.) Fourteenth International Meiofauna Conference, Aula Academica, Ghent, 11-16 July 2010. Book of Abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 44: pp. 7-8, more Pape, E.; Bezerra, T.N.; Vanneste, H.; Heeschen, K.; Moodley, L.; van Breugel, P.; Vanreusel, A. (2010). Small-scale spatial heterogeneity in structural and trophic diversity of meiofauna associated with methane seepage at the Darwin mud volcano (Gulf of Cádiz), in: Gheerardyn, H. et al. Fourteenth International Meiofauna Conference, Aula Academica, Ghent, 11-16 July 2010. Book of Abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 44: pp. 60, more Pape, E.; Bezerra, T.N.; Vanreusel, A.; Heeschen, K.; Moodley, L. (2008). The structural and functional biodiversity of the meiofauna in relation to geochemical conditions on the Darwin mud volcano in the Gulf of Cadiz, in: World Conference on Marine Biodiversity, Valencia, Spain, 11-15 November 2008: book of abstracts. pp. 1, more Steyaert, M.; Vandewiele, S.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Moodley, L.; Vincx, M. (2002). The role of oxygen in the vertical distribution of nematodes: an experimental approach, 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. 59, more
Reports (4) [show]
Vanaverbeke, J.; Franco, M.A.; Remerie, T.; Vanreusel, A.; Vincx, M.; Moodley, L.; Soetaert, K.; van Oevelen, D.; Courtens, W.; Stienen, E.; Van de walle, M.; Deneudt, K.; Vanden Berghe, E.; Draisma, S.; Hellemans, B.; Huyse, T.; Volckaert, F.A.M.J.; Van den Eynde, D. (2007). Higher trophic levels in the southern North Sea “TROPHOS”: Final report EV/25. Belgian Science Policy: Brussel. 89 pp., more Vanaverbeke, J.; Franco, M.A.; van Oevelen, D.; Moodley, L.; Provoost, P.; Steyaert, M.; Soetaert, K.; Vincx, M. (2006). Benthic responses to sedimentation of phytoplankton on the Belgian Continental Shelf, in: Rousseau, V. et al. (Ed.) Current status of eutrophication in the Belgian coastal zone. pp. 73-90, more Soetaert, K.; van Oevelen, D.; Moodley, L. (2004). Benthic-pelagic coupling and sediment metabolism at the Belgian Continental Shelf, in: Hogere trofische niveaus in de Zuidelijke Noordzee 'TROPHOS': wetenschappelijk verslag voor de periode van 01/02/2003-31/01/2004. pp. 9-13, more Vanaverbeke, J.; Moodley, L.; Soetaert, K.; Vincx, M. (2003). Food web interactions at the Belgian Continental Shelf, in: Hogere trofische niveaus in de Zuidelijke Noordzee 'TROPHOS': wetenschappelijk verslag voor de periode van 01/02/2002-31/01/2003. pp. 1-4, more