Prof. dr. Steven Declerck
ResearcherAquatic Ecology |
Research themes
Research expertise(Meta) community ecology Biodiversity Rapid evolution Stoichiometry Zooplankton
Page last updated: 24-02-2020
My current research focuses on four major intersecting research lines (See 'Declerck group' for more information) - Rapid evolutionary adaptation of zooplankton to a changing world - Ecological stoichiometry of zooplankton - Ecological divergence in the Brachionus calyciflorus cryptic species complex - Patterns of aquatic biodiversity at local and regional scales
Education
- 1990 Bachelor degree in biology (Ghent University)
- 1992 Masters degree in zoology (Ghent University)
- 2001 PhD (Ghent University), with greatest distinction (supervisors: H.J. Dumont and L. De Meester)
Employment
- 1998-2004 scientific researcher at the Laboratory of Aquatic Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, KULeuven
- 2004-2010 postdoctoral FWO-fellow at the Laboratory of Aquatic Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, KULeuven
- 2010 – present tenured senior scientist at the Department of Aquatic Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology
- 2018-2019 guest professor (10%) at KULeuven (Belgium)
- 2019 - present associate professor "Community Ecology and Aquatic Foodwebs" at KULeuven
Grants
- 1994 –1998 PhD-grant from the Institute for the Promotion of Innovation by Science and Technology in Flanders (IWT-Vlaanderen)
- 2004 – 2007 Post-doctoral grant from the Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO-Vlaanderen)
- 2007 – 2010 Post-doctoral grant from FWO-Vlaanderen
- 2007 – 2008 Mobility grant from FWO-Vlaanderen for a one year stay at the laboratory of prof. Jon Shurin (University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada)
- 2012-2016 Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO; ALW-OBW/16; budget: 247,032 EURO): ‘Development of effective strategies for the conservation and development of landscape wide aquatic biodiversity in agricultural areas’.
- 2014-2018 Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO; ALW1PJ/13020; budget: 241,300 EURO): ‘Rapid evolution of zooplankton under conditions of stoichiometric imbalance: Consequences for ecosystem functions and trophic interactions’
- 2014 NIOO Innovative Research Grant (budget: 40,000 EURO; joint project with M. Bezemer): ‘Resources and biotic interactions in a metacommunity context’
- 2015 NIOO Innovative Research Grant (budget: 30,000 EURO; joint project with K. Verhoeven): ‘Rapid rotifer adaptation – an investigation into the adaptive potential of asexual lineages’
- 2016 Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO; ALWOB.2016.003; ‘Inzetten op toepassing’ ALW1PJ/13020; budget: 10,000 EURO): ‘Ecologische verduurzaming van agrarische landschappen: naar een wetenschappelijk gefundeerde beheersvisie voor Polder Oukoop’
PhD-students
Ongoing PhD-projects:
- Kimberley Lemmen (NIOO-KNAW; promotors: E. van Donk and S. Declerck)
- Zhou Libin (NIOO-KNAW; promotors: E. van Donk and S. Declerck)
- Zhang Wei (NIOO-KNAW; promotors: E. van Donk and S. Declerck)
- Shuwen Han (NIOO-KNAW and WUR; promotors: S. Declerck and P. van den Brink)
Defended:
- Ximena Aguilera (2006; KULeuven; promotors: L. De Meester and S. Declerck)
- Tadesse Dejenie (2008; KULeuven; promotors: L. De Meester and S. Declerck)
- Jorge Coronel (2009; KULeuven; promotors: L. Brendonck and S. Declerck)
- Maarten Vanderstukken (2011; KULeuven; promotors: K. Muylaert and S. Declerck)
- Sarah Rousseaux (2011; KULeuven; promotors: L. De Meester and S. Declerck)
- Mekonen Teferi (2013; KULeuven; promotors: L. De Meester, Jos Snoeks and S. Declerck)
- Pieter Lemmens (2014; KULeuven; promotors: L. De Meester and S. Declerck)
- Sven Teurlincx (2019; NIOO-KNAW; promotors: E. van Donk and S. Declerck)
Editorial board memberships
- OIKOS (since 2016)
- Journal of Plankton Research (since 2012)
- Hydrobiologia (2006-2009)
Invited talks and keynote addresses on symposia and conferences (since 2010)
- Xth Symposium of European Freshwater Sciences (SEFS), 2017, Olomouc, Czech Republic (Plenary talk)
- XIVth International Rotifer Symposium, 2015, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic (Keynote)
- ASLO-meeting, 2015, Granada, Spain (Invited tutorial talk)
- 4th International conference of the Research Network on Amazonian Ichtyofauna, 2014, Cochabamba, Bolivia (Keynote)
- Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting, 2014, Portland, USA (Invited speaker)
- 1st Symposium of Freshwater Ecology of China, Ecological Society of China (ESC), 2013, Guangzhou, China (Keynote)
- Community Assembly Symposium, 2012, EAWAG, Dübendorf, Switzerland (Invited speaker)
- 5th Symposium of the European Pond Conservation Network (EPCN), 2012, Luxembourg, Luxembourg (Keynote)
- 4th Symposium of the European Pond Conservation Network, 2010, Berlin, Germany (Keynote)
- BELSPO Open Science Meeting, 2010, Brussels, Belgium (Invited speaker)
Participation in international workshops (Since 2010)
- 'SMIRES' meeting (Science and Management of Intermittent Rivers and Ephemeral Streams; Cost Action), Working Group 4: Metacommunities, Pecs, Hungary, 30-31 January 2018 (Organizers: Thibault Datry, Rachel Stubbington, Jani Heino)
- 'Nature4Life Biodiversity workshop', Sao Paulo, Brazil, 27-30.11.2016 (Organizers: Koos Biesmeijer and Johan Mol, Naturalis)
- ‘sCAFE II: Community Assembly and the Functioning of Ecosystems in Open Systems’, The Synthesis Centre for Biodiversity Sciences (sDiv), Leipzig, Germany, 13-17.6.2016 (Organizers: Mathew Leibold and Ernest Morgan)
- ‘sCAFE I: Community Assembly and the Functioning of Ecosystems in Open Systems’, The Synthesis Centre for Biodiversity Sciences (sDiv), Leipzig, Germany, 29.2-4.3.2016 (Organizers: Mathew Leibold and Ernest Morgan)
- ‘Stoichiometric constraints of biodiversity – functioning relationships (sTOICH FUN), The Synthesis Centre for Biodiversity Sciences (sDiv), Leipzig, Germany, 2013 (Organizer: Helmut Hillebrand)
- ‘Eco-evolutionary dynamics’, Lorentz Center, Leiden, The Netherlands, 2013 (Organizers: Stephanie Jenouvrier, Tom Reed, and Marcel Visser)
- ‘Community Phylogenetics’ workshop, UQAM, Montreal, Canada, 2012 (Organizers: Allison Derry and Beatrice Beisner)
- ‘SNF Community Assembly’ workshop, EAWAG, Luzern, Switzerland, 2012 (Organizer: Blake Matthews)
Other academic activities and achievements
- Expert panel Bio3 (Biodiversity and Ecology) of the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO-Vlaanderen) (2013-2018)
- Expert of the European Commission for the evaluation of projects on biodiversity (since 2013)
- Outstanding Reviewer of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO, 2012)
- Reviewer for the journals: Ecology Letters, American Naturalist, Ecology, Proceedings of the Royal Society-B, Oecologia, Oikos, Journal of Animal Ecology, Global Ecology and Biogeography, Journal of Applied Ecology, Ecography, ISME Journal, PLOS ONE, Journal of Biogeography, Freshwater Biology, Limnology and Oceanography, Hydrobiologia
- Reyershove, L., Bulteel, J., Liu, J., Souffreau, C., Brans, K. I., Engelen, J. M. T., De Meester, L., Hendrickx, F., Muylaert, K., Declerck, S. A. J., & Decaestecker, E. (2020). Food nutrient availability affects epibiont prevalence and richness in natural Daphnia populations. Limnology and Oceanography, in press. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11469
- de Troyer, N., Forio, M. A. E., Roels, K., De Meester, L., Lemmens, P., Declerck, S. A. J., Martens, K., & Goethals, P. (2020). Key management rules for agricultural alpine newt breeding ponds based on habitat suitability models. Global Ecology and Conservation, Online, [e01086]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e01086
- Zhou, L., & Declerck, S. A. J. (2020). Maternal effects in zooplankton consumers are not only mediated by direct but also by indirect effects of phosphorus limitation. Oikos, Online. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.06898
- Zhou, L., & Declerck, S. A. J. (2019). Herbivore consumers face different challenges along opposite sides of the stoichiometric knife-edge. Ecology Letters, 22(12), 2018-2027. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13386
- Zhang, W., Lemmen, K. D., Zhou, L., Papakostas, S., & Declerck, S. A. J. (2019). Patterns of differentiation in the life history and demography of four recently described species of the Brachionus calyciflorus cryptic species complex. Freshwater Biology, 64(11), 1994-2005. https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13388
- Schulhof, M. A., Shurin, J. B., Declerck, S. A. J., & Van de Waal, D. B. (2019). Phytoplankton growth and stoichiometric responses to warming, nutrient addition and grazing depend on lake productivity and cell size. Global Change Biology, 2751-2762. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14660
- Lemmens, P., Declerck, S. A. J., Tuytens, K., Vanderstukken, M., & De Meester, L. (2018). Bottom-up effects on biomass versus top-down effects on identity: a multiple-lake fish community manipulation experiment. Ecosystems, 21(1), 166-177. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-017-0144-x
- Verbeek, L., Vanhamel, M., van den Berg, E., Hanashiro, F. T. T., Gianuca, A. T., Striebel, M., Lemmens, P., Declerck, S. A. J., Hillebrand, H., & De Meester, L. (2018). Compositional and functional consequences of environmental change in Belgian farmland ponds. Freshwater Biology, 63(6), 581-596. https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13095
- Zhou, L., Lemmen, K. D., Zhang, W., & Declerck, S. A. J. (2018). Direct and indirect effects of resource P-limitation differentially impact population growth, life history and body elemental composition of a zooplankton consumer. Frontiers in Microbiology, 9, [00172]. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.00172
- Frenken, T., Wierenga, J. H. W., van Donk, E., Declerck, S. A. J., de Senerpont Domis, L., Rohrlack, T., & Van de Waal, D. B. (2018). Fungal parasites of a toxic inedible cyanobacterium provide food to zooplankton. Limnology and Oceanography, 63(6), 2384-2393. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.10945
- Han, J., Kim, D-H., Kim, H-S., Kim, H-J., Declerck, S. A. J., Hagiwara, A., & Lee, J-S. (2018). Genome-wide identification of 31 cytochrome P450 (CYP) genes in the freshwater rotifer Brachionus calyciflorus and analysis of their benzo[alpha]pyrene-induced expression patterns. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part D: Genomics and Proteomics, 25(March), 26-33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbd.2017.10.003
- Bannar-Martin, K., Kremer, C., Ernest, S. K. M., Leibold, M., Auge, H., Chase, J., Declerck, S. A. J., Eisenhauer, N., Harpole, W. S., Hillebrand, H., Isbell, F., Koffel, T., Larsen, S., Narwani, A., Petermann, J., Roscher, C., Sarmento Cabral, J., & Supp, S. (2018). Integrating community assembly and biodiversity to better understand ecosystem function: the Community Assembly and the Functioning of Ecosystems (CAFE) approach. Ecology Letters, 21(1), 167-180. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.12895
- Teurlincx, S., Heijboer, A., Veraart, A. J., Kowalchuk, G. A., & Declerck, S. A. J. (2018). Local functioning, landscape structuring: drivers of soil microbial community structure and function in peatlands. Frontiers in Microbiology, 9, [02060]. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.02060
- Teurlincx, S., Verhofstad, M. J. J. M., Bakker, E. S., & Declerck, S. A. J. (2018). Managing Successional Stage Heterogeneity to Maximize Landscape-Wide Biodiversity of Aquatic Vegetation in Ditch Networks. Frontiers in Plant Science. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.01013
- Michaloudi, E., Papakostas, S., Stamou, G., Nedela, V., Tihlarikova, E., Zhang, W., & Declerck, S. A. J. (2018). Reverse taxonomy applied to the Brachionus calyciflorus species complex: morphometric analysis confirms species delimitation as revealed by molecular phylogenetic analysis and allows the (re)description of four species. PLoS One, 13(9), [e0203168]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0203168
- Kim, H-S., Lee, B-Y., Han, J., Jeong, C-B., Hwang, D-S., Lee, M-C., Kang, H-M., Kim, D-H., Kim, H-J., Papakostas, S., Declerck, S. A. J., Choi, I-Y., Hagiwara, A., Park, H. G., & Lee, J-S. (2018). The genome of the freshwater monogonont rotifer Brachionus calyciflorus. Molecular Ecology Resources, 18(3), 646-655. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.12768
- Kos, M., Jing, J., Keesmaat, I., Declerck, S. A. J., Wagenaar, R., & Bezemer, T. M. (2017). After-life effects: living and dead invertebrates differentially affect plants and their associated above- and belowground multitrophic communities. Oikos, 126(6), 888-899. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.03734
- Gianuca, A. T., Declerck, S. A. J., Lemmens, P., & De Meester, L. (2017). Effects of dispersal and environmental heterogeneity on the replacement and nestedness components of β-diversity. Ecology, 98(7), 525-533. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.1666
- Gianuca, A. T., Declerck, S. A. J., Cadotte, M. W., Souffreau, C., Bie, T. D., & Meester, L. D. (2017). Integrating trait and phylogenetic distances to assess scale-dependent community assembly processes. Ecography, 40(6), 742-752. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.02263
- Declerck, S. A. J., & Papakostas, S. (2017). Monogonont rotifers as model systems for the study of micro-evolutionary adaptation and its eco-evolutionary implications. Hydrobiologia, 796(1), 131-144. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-016-2782-y
- Teurlincx, S., Velthuis, M., Seroka, D., Govaert, L., van Donk, E., Van de Waal, D. B., & Declerck, S. A. J. (2017). Species sorting and stoichiometric plasticity control community C:P ratio of first-order aquatic consumers. Ecology Letters, 20(6), 751-760. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.12773
- Juračka, P. J., Declerck, S. A. J., Vondrák, D., Beran, L., Černý, M., & Petrusek, A. (2016). A naturally heterogeneous landscape can effectively slow down dispersal of aquatic microcrustaceans. Oecologia, 180(3), 785-796. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-015-3501-5
- Lemmens, P., De Meester, L., & Declerck, S. A. J. (2016). Can underwater refuges protect fish populations against cormorant predation? Evidence from a large-scale multiple pond experiment. Fisheries Management and Ecology, 23(2), 89-98. https://doi.org/10.1111/fme.12157
- Lopes, P. M., Bozelli, R. L., Bini, L. M., Santangelo, J. M., & Declerck, S. A. J. (2016). Contributions of airborne dispersal and dormant propagule recruitment to the assembly of rotifer and crustacean zooplankton communities in temporary ponds. Freshwater Biology, 61(5), 658-669. https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.12735
- Papakostas, S., Michaloudi, E., Proios, K., Brehm, M., Verhage, L., Rota, J., Peña, C., Stamou, G., Pritchard, V. L., Fontaneto, D., & Declerck, S. A. J. (2016). Integrative Taxonomy Recognizes Evolutionary Units Despite Widespread Mitonuclear Discordance: Evidence from a Rotifer Cryptic Species Complex. Systematic Biology, 65(3), 508-524. https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syw016
- Lewandowska, A. M., Biermann, A., Borer, E. T., Cebrián-Piqueras, M. A., Declerck, S. A. J., De Meester, L., Van Donk, E., Gamfeldt, L., Gruner, D. S., Hagenah, N., Harpole, W. S., Kirkman, K. P., Klausmeier, C. A., Kleyer, M., Knops, J. M. H., Lemmens, P., Lind, E. M., Litchman, E., Mantilla-Contreras, J.,... Hillebrand, H. (2016). The influence of balanced and imbalanced resource supply on biodiversity–functioning relationship across ecosystems. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 371(1694), [1694]. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2015.0283
- Immers, A., Bakker, E. S., Van Donk, E., Ter Heerdt, G., Geurts, J. J. M., & Declerck, S. A. J. (2015). Fighting internal phosphorus loading: An evaluation of the large scale application of gradual Fe-addition to a shallow peat lake. Ecological Engineering, 83, 78-89. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2015.05.034
- Decaestecker, E., Verreydt, D., De Meester, L., & Declerck, S. A. J. (2015). Parasite and nutrient enrichment effects on Daphnia interspecific competition. Ecology, 96(5), 1421-1430. https://doi.org/10.1890/14-1167.1
- Declerck, S. A. J., Malo, A., Diehl, S., Waasdorp, D., Lemmen, K., Proios, K., & Papakostas, S. (2015). Rapid adaptation of herbivore consumers to nutrient limitation: eco-evolutionary feedbacks to population demography and resource. Ecology Letters, 18(6), 553-562. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.12436
- Lemmens, P., Mergeay, J., Vanhove, T., De Meester, L., & Declerck, S. A. J. (2015). Suppression of invasive topmouth gudgeon Pseudorasbora parva by native pike Esox lucius in ponds. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 25(1), 41-48. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.2479
- Lemmens, P., Mergeay, J., Van Wichelen, J., De Meester, L., & Declerck, S. A. J. (2015). The impact of conservation management on the community composition of multiple organism groups in eutrophic interconnected man-made ponds. PLoS One, 10(9), [e0139371]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0139371
- Lauridsen, T., Jeppesen, E., Declerck, S. A. J., De Meester, L., Conde-Porcuna, J., Rommens, W., & Brucet, S. (2015). The importance of environmental variables for submerged macrophyte community assemblage and coverage in shallow lakes: differences between northern and southern Europe. Hydrobiologia, 744(1), 49-61. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-014-2055-6
- Landuyt, D., Lemmens, P., D'Hondt, R., Broekx, S., Liekens, I., De Bie, T., Declerck, S. A. J., De Meester, L., & Goethals, P. (2014). An ecosystem service approach to support integrated pond management: A case study using Bayesian belief networks – Highlighting opportunities and risks. Journal of Environmental Management, 145, 79-87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2014.06.015
- Lopes, P. M., Bini, L. M. S., Declerck, S. A. J., Farjalla, V. F., Vieira, L. C. G., Bonecker, C. C., Lansac-Tôha, F. A., Esteves, F. A., & Bozelli, R. L. (2014). Correlates of zooplankton beta diversity in tropical lake systems. PLoS One, 9(10), [e109581]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0109581
- Padial, A. A., Ceschin, F., Declerck, S. A. J., De Meester, L., Bonecker, C. C., Lansac-Tôha, F. A., Rodrigues, L., Rodrigues, L. C., Train, S., Velho, L. F. M., & Bini, L. M. (2014). Dispersal Ability Determines the Role of Environmental, Spatial and Temporal Drivers of Metacommunity Structure. PLoS One, 9(10), [e11122]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0111227
- Mandiki, S. N. M., Gillardin, V., Martens, K., Ercken, D., De Roeck, E., De Bie, T., Declerck, S. A. J., De Meester, L., Brasseur, C., Van der Heiden, E., Schippo, M., & Kestemont, M. (2014). Effect of land use on pollution status and risk of fish endocrine disruption in small farmland ponds. Hydrobiologia, 723(1), 103-120. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-013-1641-3
- Sarpe, D., De Senerpont Domis, L. N., Declerck, S. A. J., Van Donk, E., & Ibelings, B. W. (2014). Food quality dominates the impact of food quantity on Daphnia life history: possible implications for re-oligotrophication. Inland Waters, 4(4), 363-368. https://doi.org/10.5268/IW-4.4.701
- Vanderstukken, M., Declerck, S. A. J., Decaestecker, E., & Muylaert, K. (2014). Long-term allelopathic control of phytoplankton by the submerged macrophyte Elodea nuttallii. Freshwater Biology, 59(5), 930-941. https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.12316
- Van de Waal, D. B., Smith, V. H., Declerck, S. A. J., Stam, E. C. M., & Elser, J. J. (2014). Stoichiometric regulation of phytoplankton toxins. Ecology Letters, 17(6), 736-742. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.12280
- Teferi, M., Declerck, S. A. J., De Bie, T., Lemmens, P., Gebrekidan, A., Asmelash, T., Dejenie, T., Gebrehiwot, K., Bauer, H., Deckers, J. A., Snoeks, J., & De Meester, L. (2014). Strong effects of occasional drying on subsequrnt water clarity and cyanobacterial blooms in cool tropical reservoirs. Freshwater Biology, 59(4), 870-884. https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.12312
- Liu, J., Soininen, J., Han, B. P., & Declerck, S. A. J. (2013). Effects of connectivity, dispersal directionality and functional traits on the metacommunity structure of river benthic diatoms. Journal of Biogeography, 40(12), 2238-2248. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12160
- Declerck, S. A. J., Winter, C., Shurin, J. B., Suttle, C. A., & Matthews, B. (2013). Effects of patch connectivity and heterogeneity on metacommunity structure of planktonic bacteria and viruses. ISME Journal, 7(3), 533-542. https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2012.138
- Lemmens, P., Mergeay, J., De Bie, T., Van Wichelen, J., De Meester, L., & Declerck, S. A. J. (2013). How to Maximally Support Local and Regional Biodiversity in Applied Conservation? Insights from Pond Management. PLoS One, 8(8), [e72538]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0072538
- Van Wichelen, J., Johansson, L., Vanormelingen, P., Declerck, S. A. J., Lauridsen, T., De Meester, L., Jeppesen, E., & Vyverman, W. (2013). Planktonic ciliate community structure in shallow lakes of lowland Western Europe. European Journal of Protistology, 49(4), 538-551. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejop.2013.06.001
- Teferi, M., Declerck, S. A. J., De Bie, T., Gebrekidan, A., Snoeks, J., Asmelash, T., Dejenie, T., Bauer, H., Deckers, J. A., & De Meester, L. (2013). The ecology of the riverine Garra species (Teleostei, Cypriniformes) in reservoirs of the semi-arid highlands of northern Ethiopia: temporal dynamics of feeding activity. Inland Waters, 3(3), 331-340. https://doi.org/10.5268/IW-3.3.572
- De Bie, T., De Meester, L., Brendonck, L., Martens, K., Goddeeris, B., Ercken, D., Hampel, H., Denys, L., Vanhecke, L., Van der Gucht, K., Van Wichelen, J., Vyverman, W., & Declerck, S. A. J. (2012). Body size and dispersal mode as key traits determining metacommunity structure of aquatic organisms. Ecology Letters, 15(7), 740-747. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-0248.2012.01794.x
- Dejenie, T., Declerck, S. A. J., Asmelash, T., Risch, S., Mergeay, J., De Bie, T., & De Meester, L. (2012). Cladoceran community composition in tropical semi-arid highland reservoirs in Tigray (Northern Ethiopia): a metacommunity perspective applied to young reservoirs. Limnologica, 42(2), 137-143. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.limno.2011.09.008
- Verreydt, D., De Meester, L., Decaestecker, E., Villena, M. J., Van der Gucht, K., Vannormelingen, P., Vyverman, W., & Declerck, S. A. J. (2012). Dispersal-mediated trophic interactions can generate apparent patterns of dispersal limitation in aquatic metacommunities. Ecology Letters, 15(3), 218-226. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01728.x
- Padial, A. A., Declerck, S. A. J., De Meester, L., Bonecker, C. C., Lansac-Toha, F. A., Rodrigues, L. C., Takeda, A., Train, S., Velho, L. F. M., & Bini, L. M. S. (2012). Evidence against the use of surrogates for biomonitoring of Neotropical floodplains. Freshwater Biology, 57(11), 2411-2423. https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.12008
- Vanderstukken, M., Mazzeo, N., Colen, W., Declerck, S. A. J., & Muylaert, K. (2011). Biological control of phytoplankton by the subtropical submerged macrophytes Egeria densa and Potamogeton illinoensis: a mesocosm study. Freshwater Biology, 56(9), 1837-1849. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2427.2011.02624.x
- Declerck, S. A. J., Bakker, E. S., van Lith, B., Kersbergen, A. P., & Van Donk, E. (2011). Effects of nutrient additions and macrophyte composition on invertebrate community assembly and diversity in experimental ponds. Basic and Applied Ecology, 12(5), 466-475. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2011.05.001
- van Gremberghe, I., van der Gucht, K., Vanormelingen, P., Asmelash, T., Dejenie, T., D'Hondt, S., Declerck, S., De Meester, L., & Vyverman, W. (2011). Genetic diversity of Microcystis blooms (Cyanobacteria) in recently constructed reservoirs in Tigray (Northern Ethiopia) assessed by rDNA ITS. Aquatic Ecology, 45(2), 289-306. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10452-011-9354-z
- Declerck, S. A. J., Coronel, J. S., Legendre, P., & Brendonck, L. (2011). Scale dependency of processes structuring metacommunities of cladocerans in temporary pools of High-Andes wetlands. Ecography, 34(2), 296-305. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06462.x
- Vanysacker, L., Declerck, S. A. J., Hellemans, B., De Meester, L., Vankelecom, I., & Declerck, P. (2010). Bacterial community analysis of activated sludge: an evaluation of four commonly used DNA extraction methods. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 88(1), 299-307. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-010-2770-5
- Bakker, E. S., Van Donk, E., Declerck, S. A. J., Helmsing, N. R., Hidding, B., & Nolet, B. A. (2010). Effect of macrophyte community composition and nutrient enrichment on plant biomass and algal blooms. Basic and Applied Ecology, 11(5), 432-439. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2010.06.005
- Rousseaux, S., Vanoverbeke, J., Aerts, J., & Declerck, S. A. J. (2010). Effects of medium renewal and handling stress on life history traits in Daphnia. Hydrobiologia, 643(1), 63-69. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-010-0137-7
- Jeppesen, E., Meerhoff, M., Holmgren, K., González-Bergonzoni, I., Teixeira-de Mello, F., Declerck, S. A. J., De Meester, L., Søndergaard, M., Lauridsen, T., Bjerring, R., Conde-Porcuna, J-M., Mazzeo, N., Iglesias, C., Reizenstein, M., Malmquist, H. J., Liu, Z., Balayla, D., & Lazzaro, X. (2010). Impacts of climate warming on lake fish community structure and potential effects on ecosystem function. Hydrobiologia, 646(1), 73-90. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-010-0171-5
- Muylaert, K., Pérez-Martínez, C., Sánchez-Castillo, P., Lauridsen, T., Vanderstukken, M., Declerck, S. A. J., van der Gucht, K., Conde-Porcuna, J-M., Jeppesen, E., De Meester, L., & Vyverman, W. (2010). Influence of nutrients, submerged macrophytes and zooplankton grazing on phytoplankton biomass and diversity along a latitudinal gradient in Europe. Hydrobiologia, 653(1), 79-90. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-010-0345-1
- Vanderstukken, M., Declerck, S. A. J., Pals, A., De Meester, L., & Muylaert, K. (2010). The influence of plant-associated filter feeders on phytoplankton biomass: a mesocosm study. Hydrobiologia, 646(1), 199-208. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-010-0189-8
- Higuti, J., Declerck, S. A. J., Lansac-Tôha, F. A., Velho, L. F. M., & Martens, K. (2010). Variation in ostracod (Crustacea, Ostracoda) communities in the alluvial valley of the upper Paraná River (Brazil) in relation to substrate. Hydrobiologia, 644(1), 261-278. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-010-0122-1
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- Louette, G., Declerck, S., Vandekerkhove, J., & De Meester, L. (2009). Evaluation of Restoration Measures in a Shallow Lake through a Comparison of Present Day Zooplankton Communities with Historical Samples. Restoration Ecology, 17(5), 629-640. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1526-100X.2008.00409.x
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- Bjerring, R., Becares, E., Declerck, S., Gross, E. M., Hansson, L-A., Kairesalo, T., Nykanen, M., Halkiewicz, A., Kornijow, R., Conde-Porcuna, J-M., Seferlis, M., Noges, T., Moss, B., Amsinck, S. L., Odgaard, B. V., & Jeppesen, E. (2009). Subfossil Cladocera in relation to contemporary environmental variables in 54 Pan-European lakes. Freshwater Biology, 54(11), 2401-2417. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2427.2009.02252.x
- De Bie, T., Declerck, S., Martens, K., De Meester, L., & Brendonck, L. (2008). A comparative analysis of cladoceran communities from different water body types: patterns in community composition and diversity. Hydrobiologia, 597, 19-27. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-007-9222-y
- Louette, G., De Meester, L., & Declerck, S. (2008). Assembly of zooplankton communities in newly created ponds. Freshwater Biology, 53(11), 2309-2320. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2427.2008.02052.x
- Dejenie, T., Asmelash, T., De Meester, L., Mulugeta, A., Gebrekidan, A., Risch, S., Pals, A., van der Gucht, K., Vyverman, W., Nyssen, J., Deckers, J., & Declerck, S. (2008). Limnological and ecological characteristics of tropical highland reservoirs in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia. Hydrobiologia, 610, 193-209. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-008-9435-8
- Cereghino, R., Biggs, J., Oertli, B., & Declerck, S. (2008). The ecology of European ponds: defining the characteristics of a neglected freshwater habitat. Hydrobiologia, 597, 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-007-9225-8
- Mergeay, J., Aguilera, X., Declerck, S., Petrusek, A., Huyse, T., & De Meester, L. (2008). The genetic legacy of polyploid Bolivian Daphnia: the tropical Andes as a source for the North and South American D-pulicaria complex. Molecular Ecology, 17(7), 1789-1800. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03679.x
- Louette, G., De Bie, T., Vandekerkhove, J., Declerck, S., & De Meester, L. (2007). Analysis of the inland cladocerans of Flanders (Belgium) - Inferring changes over the past 70 years. Belgian Journal of Zoology, 137(1), 117-123.
- Aguilera, X., Mergeay, J., Wollebrants, A., Declerck, S., & De Meester, L. (2007). Asexuality and polyploidy in Daphnia from the tropical Andes. Limnology and Oceanography, 52(5), 2079-2088. https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.2007.52.5.2079
- Coronell, J. S., Declerck, S., & Brendonck, L. (2007). High-altitude peatland temporary pools in Bolivia house a high cladoceran diversity. Wetlands, 27(4), 1166-1174. https://doi.org/10.1672/0277-5212(2007)27[1166:Hptpib]2.0.Co;2
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- Van Wichelen, J., Declerck, S., Muylaert, K., Hoste, I., Geenens, V., Vandekerkhove, J., Michels, E., De Pauw, N., Hoffmann, M. B., De Meester, L., & Vyverman, W. (2007). The importance of drawdown and sediment removal for the restoration of the eutrophied shallow Lake Kraenepoel (Belgium). Hydrobiologia, 584, 291-303. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-007-0611-z
- van der Gucht, K., Cottenie, K., Muylaert, K., Vloemans, N., Cousin, S., Declerck, S. A. J., Jeppesen, E., Conde-Porcuna, J-M., Schwenk, K., Zwart, G., Degans, H., Vyverman, W., & De Meester, L. (2007). The power of species sorting: Local factors drive bacterial community composition over a wide range of spatial scales. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 104(51), 20404-20409. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0707200104
- Muylaert, K., Declerck, S., Van Wichelen, J., De Meester, L., & Vyverman, W. (2006). An evaluation of the role of daphnids in controlling phytoplankton biomass in clear water versus turbid shallow lakes. Limnologica, 36(2), 69-78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.limno.2005.12.003
- Louette, G., & Declerck, S. (2006). Assessment and control of non-indigenous brown bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus populations using fyke nets in shallow ponds. Journal of Fish Biology, 68(2), 522-531. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2006.00939.x
- De Meester, L., Declerck, S., Janse, J. H., Dagevos, J. J., Portielje, R., Lammens, E., Jeppesen, E., Lauridsen, T., Schwenk, K., Muylaert, K., van der Gucht, K., Vyverman, W., Zwart, G., van Hannen, E., van Puijenbroek, P., Conde-Porcuna, J-M., Sanchez-Castillo, P., Vandekerkhove, J., & Brendonck, L. (2006). Biodiversity in European shallow lakes: a multilevel-multifactorial field study. In R. Bobbink, B. Beltman, J. T. A. Verhoeven, & D. F. Whigham [Eds.], Wetlands: Functioning, Biodiversity Conservation, and Restoration (Vol. 191, pp. 149-167). (Ecological Studies-Analysis and Synthesis). Springer Verlag GmbH. https://rd.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-540-33189-6_7
- Mergeay, J., Declerck, S., Verschuren, D., & De Meester, L. (2006). Daphnia community analysis in shallow Kenyan lakes and ponds using dormant eggs in surface sediments. Freshwater Biology, 51(3), 399-411. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2427.2005.01494.x
- Aguilera, X., Crespo, G., Declerck, S., & De Meester, L. (2006). Diel Vertical Migration of zooplankton in tropical, high mountain lakes (Andes, Bolivia). Polish Journal of Ecology, 54(3), 453-464.
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- Decaestecker, E., Declerck, S., De Meester, L., & Ebert, D. (2005). Ecological implications of parasites in natural Daphnia populations. Oecologia, 144(3), 382-390. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-005-0083-7
- Vandekerkhove, J., Declerck, S., Brendonck, L., Conde-Porcuna, J-M., Jeppesen, E., & De Meester, L. (2005). Hatching of cladoceran resting eggs: temperature and photoperiod. Freshwater Biology, 50(1), 96-104. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2427.2004.01312.x
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