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Frans Ollevier

Frans Ollevier

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
65
Citations
12758
World Ranking
9319
National Ranking
165

Overview

Frans Ollevier is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium. Their research encompasses multiple aspects of environmental science, with particular emphasis on aquatic ecosystems and fish biology.

Their research contributions span several main fields of study, including:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Within these categories, they have focused on specific subfields such as:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Aquatic Science

The primary topics addressed by Ollevier's work include:

  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Fish Biology and Ecology Studies

They have contributed research to the following publication venue:

  • Belgian journal of zoology

One of the recent papers associated with Ollevier is titled Fish assemblages across a salinity gradient in the Zeeschelde estuary (Belgium), published in 2024 in the Belgian journal of zoology.

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Jan Breine
  • Joachim Maes
  • Maarten Stevens

Best Publications

  • The measurement of sperm motility and factors affecting sperm quality in cultured fish

    Eugène Rurangwa;DE Kime;Frans Ollevier;JP Nash

  • Computer-assisted sperm analysis (CASA) as a tool for monitoring sperm quality in fish.

    D.E Kime;K.J.W Van Look;B.G McAllister;G Huyskens

  • Effect of dietary inulin and oligosaccharides as prebiotics for weaning turbot, Psetta maxima (Linnaeus, C. 1758)

    A. S Mahious;F. J Gatesoupe;M Hervi;R Metailler

  • Use of computer assisted sperm analysis (CASA) for monitoring the effects of pollution on sperm quality of fish; Application to the effects of heavy metals

    DE Kime;M Ebrahimi;K Nysten;Ivo Roelants

  • Prebiotic effects of arabinoxylan oligosaccharides on juvenile Siberian sturgeon (Acipenser baerii) with emphasis on the modulation of the gut microbiota using 454 pyrosequencing.

    Zahra Geraylou;Caroline Souffreau;Eugene Rurangwa;Eugene Rurangwa;Gregory E. Maes;Gregory E. Maes

  • Viral nervous necrosis (VNN) associated with mass mortalities in cage-reared sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax (L.)

    A Le Breton;L Grisez;J Sweetman;F Ollevier

  • Quality control of refrigerated and cryopreserved semen using computer-assisted sperm analysis (CASA), viable staining and standardized fertilization in African catfish (Clarias gariepinus).

    Eugène Rurangwa;Filip Volckaert;Geert Huyskens;D E Kime

  • Seasonal patterns in the fish and crustacean community of a turbid temperate estuary (Zeeschelde Estuary, Belgium)

    Joachim Maes;A Taillieu;PA Van Damme;Karl Cottenie

  • The life cycle of Anguillicola crassus

    Daniel De Charleroy;L. Grisez;K. Thomas;Claude Belpaire

  • Effects of dietary arabinoxylan-oligosaccharides (AXOS) and endogenous probiotics on the growth performance, non-specific immunity and gut microbiota of juvenile Siberian sturgeon (Acipenser baerii).

    Zahra Geraylou;Caroline Souffreau;Eugene Rurangwa;Eugene Rurangwa;Luc De Meester

  • An Index of Biotic Integrity characterizing fish populations and the ecological quality of Flandrian water bodies

    Claude Belpaire;Roel Smolders;Ina Vanden Auweele;Dirk Ercken

  • Detection of Legionella spp. and some of their amoeba hosts in floating biofilms from anthropogenic and natural aquatic environments

    Priscilla Declerck;Jonas Behets;Vincent van Hoef;Frans Ollevier

  • Tolerance of arabinoxylan-oligosaccharides and their prebiotic activity in healthy subjects: a randomised, placebo-controlled cross-over study.

    Lieselotte Cloetens;Willem F. Broekaert;Yasmine Delaedt;Frans Ollevier

  • The impact of water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) in a eutrophic subtropical impoundment (Lake Chivero, Zimbabwe). II. Species diversity

    Luc Brendonck;Joachim Maes;Wouter Rommens;Nzwirashe Dekeza

  • Mode of infection and spread of Vibrio anguillarum in turbot Scophthalmus maximus larvae after oral challenge through live feed

    L Grisez;Patrick Sorgeloos;Frans Ollevier

  • The minimum effective spermatozoa : egg ratio for artificial insemination and the effects of mercury on sperm motility and fertilization ability in Clarias gariepinus

    Eugène Rurangwa;Ivo Roelants;Geert Huyskens;M Ebrahimi

  • Effect of tributyltin on adenylate content and enzyme activities of teleost sperm: a biochemical approach to study the mechanisms of toxicant reduced spermatozoa motility

    Eugène Rurangwa;A Biegniewska;E Slominska;EF Skorkowski

  • Changes in d13C and d15N in different tissues of juvenile sand goby Pomatoschistus minutus: a laboratory diet-switch experiment

    Jef Guelinckx;Joachim Maes;P Van Den Driessche;B Geysen

  • Dominant intestinal microflora of sea bream and sea bass larvae, from two hatcheries, during larval development

    L Grisez;J Reyniers;Ludo Verdonck;Jean Swings

  • Replication of Legionella pneumophila in biofilms of water distribution pipes.

    Priscilla Declerck;Jonas Behets;Anca Margineanu;Vincent van Hoef

Frequent Co-Authors

Joachim Maes
Joachim Maes KU Leuven
Patrick Sorgeloos
Patrick Sorgeloos Ghent University
P. Van Damme
P. Van Damme Ghent University
Peter Goethals
Peter Goethals Ghent University
Johan Buyse
Johan Buyse KU Leuven

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