Person record of Marleen De Troch

Information

Type
Person
Honorific prefix
Prof. Dr
Firstname
Marleen
Surname
De Troch
ORCID
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6800-0299
Description @en
Prof. Dr. Marleen De Troch is a marine ecologist with a research interest in the role of invertebrates in marine food webs. Trophic interactions at the basis of marine food webs (mainly between bacteria, diatoms and copepods) are analysed by means of lab experiments and trophic biomarkers (stable isotopes, fatty acids). Special focus lies on fatty acid profiling but also transcriptomics are applied to understand the molecular aspects of the lipid metabolism under different stress conditions in a climate change context. The research is further extended to higher trophic levels in order to obtain an ecological basis of sustainable use of marine resources (aquaculture). The research is hypothesis driven and is conducted in coastal systems worldwide.

Institutes

Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie
role
Associate Professor
Oceans & Lakes : Master of Marine and Lacustrine Science and Management
role
Lecturer

Projects

A comparative study of the meio-epifauna associated with tropical and cold water coral reefs
during period
Start date: 2003
End date: 2006
Biodiversity and the role of interstitial benthos of two European sandy beaches
during period
Start date: 2002
End date: 2005
Body - size and ecosystem dynamics: integrating pure and applied approaches from aquatic and terrestrial ecology to support an ecosystem approach
during period
Start date: 2007
End date: 2010
Ecological and genetic basis for sustainable fishery for the Atlantic seabob shrimp Xiphopenaeus kroyeri in the Guianan Ecoregion, South America
during period
Start date: 2015
Ecologie van copepoden: structurele en functionele biodiversiteit in tropische zeegrasvelden. I
during period
Start date: 1996
End date: 1998
Ecologie van copepoden: structurele en functionele biodiversiteit in tropische zeegrasvelden. II
during period
Start date: 1998
End date: 2000
Effect of marine protected areas on biodiversity and trophodynamics in the southeastern part of The Philippines (Region XI)
during period
Start date: 2013
End date: 2017
Effect van biogeografische isolatie op mariene biodiversiteit: harpacticoide copepoden in tropische zeegrasvelden als modelstudie
during period
Start date: 2001
End date: 2004
Fatty acids at the basis of marine food webs: a baseline for sustainable use of marine food resources
during period
Start date: 2012
Importance of thropic ecology for marine biodiversity : a case-study at the species level with diatoms and harpacticoid copepods
during period
Start date: 2005
End date: 2008
Karakterisering en biobeschikbaarheid van organisch materiaal aan de basis van mariene voedselwebben
during period
Start date: 2007
End date: 2009
Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning - EU Network of Excellence
during period
Start date: 2004
End date: 2009
Marine macrobenthic communities associated to Peruvian scallop Argopecten purpuratus culture: structural and functional diversity, feeding ecology and contaminant exposure
during period
Start date: 2015
Meiobenthic And Nematode biodiversity: Unraveling Ecological and Latitudinal Aspects
during period
Start date: 2005
End date: 2008
PhD: Understanding the (a)biotic consequences of biogenic reef (re)introductions in the southern North Sea: a modelling approach
during period
Start date: 2023
End date: 2025
Strandobservatienetwerk: de toestand van de Belgische Noordzee, gemeten door burgers
during period
Start date: 2014
The role of feeding strategies in shaping the structure and biodiversity of diatom and copepod communities
during period
Start date: 2004
End date: 2007
What is the relative importance of chemical pollution and climatic factors in driving zooplankton community dynamics?
during period
Start date: 2015

Expertise

thesaurus terms
Biodiversity-ecosystem functioning
Fatty acids
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 3039
Feeding experiments
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 3062
Marine food web
Stable isotopes
defined term set: CAB Thesaurus
term code: 164496
Trophic markers
taxonomic terms
Copepoda [copepods]

Special collections

ENCORA
ENCORA: BENCORE
Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning
ScheldeMonitor
VLIZ-KMFRI collaboration in marine sciences

Images

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record metadata

date created: 2001-02-22
date modified: 2015-02-17