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Bouquegneau, coordinator);\r\nThe Pathological Anatomy Department of the University of Liege (Professor F. Coignoul);\r\nThe Laboratory for Ecotoxicology and Polar Ecology of the (Flemish) Free University of Brussels (Professor C. Joiris);\r\nThe former Institute for Nature Conservation of the Flemish Community (Professor P. Meire), which is now part of the Research Institute for Nature and Forest .\r\n\r\n\r\nActivities\r\n\r\nTo conduct such research successfully requires a multidisciplinary approach, i.e. one which involves the cooperation of specialists from various disciplines. The multiplicity of examinations to be effected on single animals is an original aspect of the research network's approach.\r\n\r\nLesions will be studied by veterinarian anatomo-pathologists (Dr. T Jauniaux of the Department of Pathological Anatomy), ecotoxicologists will study levels of contamination and the effects of pollution (V. Debacker and S. Pillet from the Oceanology Laboratory and Dr. L. 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