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Hendrik Segers is affiliated with the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences in Belgium and has contributed to research primarily in the field of Environmental Science. Their work spans multiple subfields, including Environmental Chemistry, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Paleontology, and Water Science and Technology.

The main research topics Hendrik Segers has focused on include:

  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity
  • Fish biology, ecology, and behavior
  • Water Quality and Pollution Assessment
  • Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

The scientist has published studies in various venues, with frequent contributions in:

  • Australian Zoologist
  • Zootaxa
  • Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)

Recent papers authored by Hendrik Segers include:

  • "Eight new Lepadellidae (Rotifera, Monogononta) from the Congo bring to level endemism in Africa's rotifers" (2020, Zootaxa)
  • "Zooplankton species richness and abiotic conditions in Thirlmere Lakes, New South Wales, Australia, with reference to water-level fluctuations" (2020, Australian Zoologist)
  • "Ontogeny of the jaws of monogonont rotifers: the malleate trophi of Rhinoglena and Proalides (Ploima, Epiphanidae)" (2024, Munich Personal RePEc Archive [Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich])
  • "Diversity of wetland zooplankton in the Lachlan River catchment, New South Wales, Australia" (2023, Australian Zoologist)

Collaboration plays a role in their research; frequent coauthors include:

  • Tsuyoshi Kobayashi
  • Russell J. Shiel
  • S. J. Hunter
  • Yong-Ting Luo
  • Martin Krogh

Best Publications

  • ROTIFERS AND HUBBELL'S UNIFIED NEUTRAL THEORY OF BIODIVERSITY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

    Karl A. Beres;Robert L. Wallace;Hendrik H. Segers

  • The magnitude of global marine species diversity

    Ward Appeltans;Shane T. Ahyong;Shane T. Ahyong;Gary Anderson;Martin V. Angel

  • Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness

    Zhi-Qiang Zhang;John Na Hooper;Rob Wm Van Soest;Andrzej Pisera

  • The Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment: an overview of the results

    E. V. Balian;H. Segers;Christian Lévêque;K. Martens;K. Martens

  • Annotated checklist of the rotifers (Phylum Rotifera), with notes on nomenclature, taxonomy and distribution

    Hendrik Segers

  • Rotifera 2. The Lecanidae (Monogononta)

    Hendrik Segers

  • Global diversity of rotifers (Rotifera) in freshwater

    Hendrik Segers

  • Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment

    E.V. Balian;C. Lévêque;H. Segers;K. Martens

  • Taxonomy based on science is necessary for global conservation

    Scott A. Thomson;Richard L. Pyle;Shane T Ahyong;Shane T Ahyong;Miguel A. Alonso-Zarazaga

  • Fifteen species in one: deciphering the Brachionus plicatilis species complex (Rotifera, Monogononta) through DNA taxonomy

    Scott Mills;J. Arturo Alcántara-Rodríguez;Jorge Ciros-Pérez;Africa Gómez

  • Rotifera of some lakes in the floodplain of the River Niger (Imo State, Nigeria)

    Hendrik Segers;Chukwuemekanim S. Nwadiaro;Henri J. Dumont

  • The nomenclature of the Rotifera: annotated checklist of valid familyand genus-group names.

    Hendrik Segers

  • Nomenclatural consequences of some recent studies on Brachionus plicatilis (Rotifera, Brachionidae)

    Hendrik Segers

  • New Species in the Old World: Europe as a Frontier in Biodiversity Exploration, a Test Bed for 21st Century Taxonomy

    Benoît Fontaine;Kees van Achterberg;Miguel Angel Alonso-Zarazaga;Rafael Araujo

  • The biogeography of littoral Lecane Rotifera

    Hendrik Segers

  • Zoogeography of the Southeast Asian Rotifera

    Hendrik Segers

  • The ' rotiferologist ' effect and other global correlates of species richness in monogonont rotifers

    Diego Fontaneto;A. Márcia Barbosa;Hendrik Segers;Marco Pautasso

  • Diversity and endemism in Rotifera: a review, and Keratella Bory de St Vincent

    Hendrik Segers;Willem H. De Smet

  • Estimating lacustrine zooplankton species richness and complementarity

    Henri J. Dumont;Hendrik Segers

  • Rotifera of some lakes in the floodplain of the River Niger (Imo State, Nigeria). I: New species and other taxonomic considerations

    Hendrik Segers

  • Strategies for the sustainability of online open-access biodiversity databases

    Mark J. Costello;Ward Appeltans;Nicolas Bailly;Walter G. Berendsohn

  • Temperature and salinity as interacting drivers of species richness of planktonic rotifers in Turkish continental waters

    Murat Kaya;Diego Fontaneto;Hendrik Segers;Ascot Berkshire

  • An introduction to the Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment (FADA) project

    E. V. Balian;H. Segers;Christian Lévêque;K. Martens

  • Rotifera from north and northeast Anatolia (Turkey)

    Hendrik Segers;Nuray Emir;Johan Mertens

  • Nomenclatural consequences of some recent studies on Brachionus plicatilis (Rotifera, Brachionidae)

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  • 102+ rotifer species (Rotifera: Monogononta) in Broa reservoir (SP., Brazil) on 26 August 1994, with the description of three new species

    H Segers;Henri Dumont

Frequent Co-Authors

Henri J. Dumont
Henri J. Dumont Ghent University
Diego Fontaneto
Diego Fontaneto Water Research Institute
Russell J. Shiel
Russell J. Shiel University of Adelaide
Mark S. Harvey
Mark S. Harvey Australian Museum
Koen Martens
Koen Martens Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
Shane T. Ahyong
Shane T. Ahyong Australian Museum
Maria Balsamo
Maria Balsamo University of Urbino
D. Christopher Rogers
D. Christopher Rogers Northeastern State University
Colin Fontaine
Colin Fontaine French National Centre for Scientific Research
Thomas Pape
Thomas Pape University of Copenhagen

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