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Ludwig Triest is affiliated with Vrije Universiteit Brussel in Belgium and focuses on Environmental Science, with a significant number of publications in this field. Their research covers several subfields including Ecology, Oceanography, Environmental Chemistry, Genetics, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The scientist's main research topics center on coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, aquatic ecosystems and phytoplankton dynamics, genetic diversity and population structure, marine and coastal plant biology, aquatic ecosystems and biodiversity, plant and fungal species descriptions, as well as plant and animal studies.

Frequent co-authors associated with Ludwig Triest include:

  • Tim Sierens
  • Iris Stiers
  • Tom Van der Stocken
  • Nico Koedam
  • Farid Dahdouh-Guebas

The scientist often publishes in venues such as Aquatic Botany, Frontiers in Marine Science, Frontiers in Conservation Science, SSRN Electronic Journal, and Frontiers in Environmental Science.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Ludwig Triest include:

  • Expansion of the mangrove species Rhizophora mucronata in the Western Indian Ocean launched contrasting genetic patterns, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Plankton Diversity in Tropical Wetlands Under Different Hydrological Conditions (Lake Tana, Ethiopia), 2022, Frontiers in Environmental Science
  • Cultural ecosystem services: Linking landscape and social attributes to ecotourism in protected areas, 2021, Ecosystem Services
  • Diatom community structure in relation to environmental factors in human influenced rivers and streams in tropical Africa, 2021, PLoS ONE
  • Water Purifying Capacity of Natural Riverine Wetlands in Relation to Their Ecological Quality, 2020, Frontiers in Environmental Science

Best Publications

  • Impact of three aquatic invasive species on native plants and macroinvertebrates in temperate ponds

    Iris Stiers;Nicolas Crohain;Guy Josens;Ludwig Triest

  • Comparative study of diatoms and macroinvertebrates as indicators of severe water pollution: Case study of the Kebena and Akaki rivers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

    Abebe Beyene;Abebe Beyene;Taffere Addis;Taffere Addis;Demeke Kifle;Worku Legesse

  • Global Pseudomonas aeruginosa biodiversity as reflected in a Belgian river

    Jean-Paul Pirnay;Sandra Matthijs;Huri Colak;Patrice Chablain

  • Reduced reproductive success in small populations of the self‐incompatible Primula vulgaris

    Rein Brys;Hans Jacquemyn;Patrick Endels;Fabienne Van Rossum;Fabienne Van Rossum

  • Do linear landscape elements in farmland act as biological corridors for pollen dispersal

    Anja Van Geert;Fabienne Van Rossum;Ludwig Triest

  • Molecular ecology and biogeography of mangrove trees towards conceptual insights on gene flow and barriers: A review

    Ludwig Triest

  • Genetic consequences of habitat fragmentation in an agricultural landscape on the common Primula veris, and comparison with its rare congener, P. vulgaris

    Fabienne Van Rossum;Sara Campos De Sousa;Ludwig Triest

  • atetra, a new software program to analyse tetraploid microsatellite data: comparison with tetra and tetrasat.

    K. Van Puyvelde;A. Van Geert;L. Triest

  • Permanent Genetic Resources added to Molecular Ecology Resources Database 1 December 2009–31 January 2010

    Silvia E. Arranz;Jean-Christophe Avarre;Chellam Balasundaram;Carmen Bouza

  • Biomanipulation as a nature-based solution to reduce cyanobacterial blooms

    Ludwig Triest;Iris Stiers;Stijn Van Onsem

  • Comparative study of the disjunct zonation pattern of the grey mangrove Avicennia marina (Forsk.) Vierh. in Gazi Bay (Kenya)

    F. Dahdouh-Guebas;R. De Bondt;P.D. Abeysinghe;J.G. Kairo

  • EFFECTS OF AGRICULTURAL LAND USE AND FRAGMENTATION ON GENETICS, DEMOGRAPHY AND POPULATION PERSISTENCE OF THE RARE PRIMULA VULGARIS, AND IMPLICATIONS FOR CONSERVATION

    Hans Jacquemyn;Fabienne Van Rossum;Rein Brys;Patrick Endels

  • Urban impact on ecological integrity of nearby rivers in developing countries: the Borkena River in highland Ethiopia

    Abebe Beyene;Abebe Beyene;Worku Legesse;Ludwig Triest;Helmut Kloos

  • Genetic diversity in adult and seedling populations of Primula vulgaris in a fragmented agricultural landscape

    Anja Van Geert;Fabienne Van Rossum;Ludwig Triest

  • Species inventory and the local uses of the plants and fishes of the Lower Sondu Miriu wetland of Lake Victoria, Kenya

    J. Gichuki;F. Dahdouh Guebas;J. Mugo;C.O. Rabuor

  • The impact of traditional coffee processing on river water quality in Ethiopia and the urgency of adopting sound environmental practices

    Abebe Beyene;Abebe Beyene;Yared Kassahun;Taffere Addis;Fassil Assefa

  • Comparative monitoring of diatoms, macroinvertebrates and macrophytes in the Woluwe River (Brussels, Belgium)

    Ludwig Triest;Parminder Kaur;Steven Heylen;Niels De Pauw

  • Distribution of Epilithic Diatoms in Response to Environmental Conditions in an Urban Tropical Stream, Central Kenya

    George G. Ndiritu;Nathan N. Gichuki;Ludwig Triest

  • Fluorescent dye particles as pollen analogues for measuring pollen dispersal in an insect-pollinated forest herb

    Fabienne Van Rossum;Iris Stiers;Anja Van Geert;Ludwig Triest

  • Cultural ecosystem services: Linking landscape and social attributes to ecotourism in protected areas

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  • Commonness and Long-Term Survival in Fragmented Habitats: Primula elatior as a Study Case

    Fabienne Van Rossum;Ghizlane Echchgadda;Ildiko Szabadi;Ludwig Triest

Frequent Co-Authors

Farid Dahdouh-Guebas
Farid Dahdouh-Guebas Université Libre de Bruxelles
Nico Koedam
Nico Koedam Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Rein Brys
Rein Brys Research Institute for Nature and Forest
Grégory Mahy
Grégory Mahy Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
Okke Batelaan
Okke Batelaan Flinders University
Frank Dehairs
Frank Dehairs Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Martin Hermy
Martin Hermy KU Leuven
A. Muthama Muasya
A. Muthama Muasya University of Cape Town
Geoffrey A. Codd
Geoffrey A. Codd University of Dundee
Pierre Jacques Meerts
Pierre Jacques Meerts Université Libre de Bruxelles

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