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Overview

Koen Lock is affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium and specializes in Environmental Science, with a particular focus on Ecology. Their research encompasses various subfields including Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Plant Science.

Their main areas of study feature diverse topics such as Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Freshwater Macroinvertebrate Diversity and Ecology, Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior, Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes, Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, and Land Use and Ecosystem Services.

Koen Lock has contributed to multiple scholarly journals, frequently publishing in the following venues:

  • Belgian journal of zoology
  • Water
  • Biology
  • Ecosystem Services
  • The Science of The Total Environment

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Peter Goethals
  • Pieter Boets
  • Marie Anne Eurie Forio
  • Niels De Troyer
  • Luis Domínguez-Granda

Representative recent publications by Koen Lock include:

  • "Bayesian Belief Network models as trade-off tools of ecosystem services in the Guayas River Basin in Ecuador" (2020, Ecosystem Services)
  • "Small Patches of Riparian Woody Vegetation Enhance Biodiversity of Invertebrates" (2020, Water)
  • "Alien macrocrustaceans in freshwater ecosystems in the eastern part of Flanders (Belgium)" (2024, Belgian journal of zoology)
  • "Drivers of Benthic Macroinvertebrate Assemblages in Equatorial Alpine Rivers of the Rwenzoris (Uganda)" (2020, Water)
  • "Variations in Benthic Macroinvertebrate Communities and Biological Quality in the Aguarico and Coca River Basins in the Ecuadorian Amazon" (2021, Water)

Best Publications

  • Multimetric Macroinvertebrate Index Flanders (MMIF) for biological assessment of rivers and lakes in Flanders (Belgium)

    Wim Gabriels;Wim Gabriels;Koen Lock;Niels De Pauw;Peter L.M. Goethals

  • Ecological water quality analysis of the Guayas river basin (Ecuador) based on macroinvertebrates indices

    Minar Naomi Damanik-Ambarita;Koen Lock;Pieter Boets;Gert Everaert

  • Zinc and cadmium body burdens in terrestrial oligochaetes: use and significance in environmental risk assessment.

    Koen Lock;Colin R. Janssen

  • Ecotoxicity of nickel to Eisenia fetida, Enchytraeus albidus and Folsomia candida

    Koen Lock;Colin R. Janssen

  • Influence of ageing on zinc bioavailability in soils.

    Koen Lock;Colin Janssen

  • Cadmium Toxicity for Terrestrial Invertebrates: Taking Soil Parameters Affecting Bioavailability Into Account

    Koen Lock;Colin R. Janssen

  • Influence of aging on metal availability in soils.

    Koen Lock;Colin R. Janssen

  • Uncertainties in the Environmental Risk Assessment of Metals

    CR Janssen;K De Schamphelaere;D Heijerick;B Muyssen

  • Influence of aging on copper bioavailability in soils

    Koen Lock;Colin R. Janssen

  • Influence of calcium, magnesium, sodium, potassium and pH on copper toxicity to barley (Hordeum vulgare)

    K. Lock;P. Criel;K.A.C. De Schamphelaere;H. Van Eeckhout

  • Combining data-driven methods and lab studies to analyse the ecology of Dikerogammarus villosus

    Pieter Boets;Koen Lock;Marjolein Messiaen;Peter L.M. Goethals

  • Ecotoxicity of zinc in spiked artificial soils versus contaminated field soils.

    Koen Lock;Colin R. Janssen

  • Development and validation of an acute biotic ligand model (BLM) predicting cobalt toxicity in soil to the potworm Enchytraeus albidus

    K. Lock;K.A.C. De Schamphelaere;S. Becaus;P. Criel

  • Influence of soil properties on copper toxicity for two soil invertebrates

    Peggy Criel;Koen Lock;Hilde Van Eeckhout;Koen Oorts

  • Development and validation of a terrestrial biotic ligand model predicting the effect of cobalt on root growth of barley (Hordeum vulgare).

    K. Lock;K.A.C. De Schamphelaere;S. Becaus;P. Criel

  • Saltabel - Orthoptera in Belgium

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  • Multivariate test designs to assess the influence of zinc and cadmium bioavailability in soils on the toxicity to Enchytraeus albidus

    Koen Lock;Colin R. Janssen;Wim M. De Coen

  • Potential effects of the invasive 'killer shrimp' (Dikerogammarus villosus) on macroinvertebrate assemblages and biomonitoring indices

    Calum Macneil;Pieter Boets;Koen Lock;Peter L. M. Goethals

  • Bayesian belief network models to analyse and predict ecological water quality in rivers

    Marie Anne Eurie Forio;Dries Landuyt;Dries Landuyt;Elina Bennetsen;Koen Lock

  • Waarnemingen.be - Hemiptera occurrences in Flanders and the Brussels Capital Region, Belgium

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  • Comparative toxicity of a zinc salt, zinc powder and zinc oxide to Eisenia fetida, Enchytraeus albidus and Folsomia candida

    Koen Lock;Colin R. Janssen

  • Mixture toxicity of zinc, cadmium, copper and lead to the potworm Enchytraeus albidus

    Koen Lock;Colin Janssen

  • Ecotoxicity of chromium (III) to Eisenia fetida, Enchytraeus albidus, and Folsomia candida.

    Koen Lock;Colin Janssen

  • Modeling zinc toxicity for terrestrial invertebrates.

    Koen Lock;Colin R. Janssen

  • Application of classification trees and support vector machines to model the presence of macroinvertebrates in rivers in Vietnam

    Thu Huong Hoang;Koen Lock;Ans M. Mouton;Ans M. Mouton;Peter L. M. Goethals

  • Comparison of modelling techniques to predict macroinvertebrate community composition in rivers of Ethiopia

    Argaw Ambelu;Koen Lock;Peter L. M. Goethals

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Goethals
Peter Goethals Ghent University
Colin R. Janssen
Colin R. Janssen Ghent University
Pieter Boets
Pieter Boets Ghent University
Filip Tack
Filip Tack Ghent University
Ingmar Nopens
Ingmar Nopens Ghent University
Erik Smolders
Erik Smolders KU Leuven
Dirk Maes
Dirk Maes Research Institute for Nature and Forest
Erik Meers
Erik Meers Ghent University
Karel De Schamphelaere
Karel De Schamphelaere Ghent University
Steve P. McGrath
Steve P. McGrath Rothamsted Research

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