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Ecology and Evolution
Belgium
2026

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Ecology and Evolution

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6

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Belgium Leader Award

Overview

Magda Vincx is affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium and has a research focus largely centered on environmental science, earth and planetary sciences, as well as agricultural and biological sciences. Their work spans a variety of subfields including global and planetary change, oceanography, ecology, aquatic science, and nature and landscape conservation.

Their primary topics of research include marine and fisheries research, marine biology and ecology, isotope analysis in ecology, fish biology and ecology, aquaculture nutrition and growth, aquatic life and conservation, and crustacean biology and ecology.

Magda Vincx has published several papers recently, with notable works listed below:

  • Updating the zooplankton species list for the Belgian part of the North Sea, 2024, Belgian journal of zoology
  • The effect of insertion of a dummy acoustic transmitter on the survival of pouting, Trisopterus luscus L., 2024, Belgian journal of zoology
  • Larval mantis shrimp Rissoides desmaresti (RISSO, 1816) (Stomatopoda) in the Belgian part of the North Sea, 2024, Belgian journal of zoology
  • First record of the pelagic fish species blue whiting Micromesistius poutassou in the Belgian part of the North Sea, 2024, Belgian journal of zoology
  • Gelatinous zooplankton in the Belgian part of the North Sea and the adjacent Schelde estuary: a real problem?, 2023, Platform voor marien onderzoek (Vlaams Instituut Voor De Zee)

The majority of their recent publications have appeared in the Belgian journal of zoology, with one in the Platform voor marien onderzoek (Vlaams Instituut Voor De Zee). This indicates a specialization in marine biological and ecological research within regional marine environments.

Frequent co-authors working alongside Magda Vincx include:

  • Karl Van Ginderdeuren
  • Kris Hostens
  • Lies Vansteenbrugge
  • Frank Fiers
  • Annelies De Backer

This collaborative network reflects a team-based approach to research within Magda Vincx's scientific community, particularly in marine and aquatic sciences.

Best Publications

  • The ecology of marine nematodes

    C.H.R. Heip;M. Vincx;G. Vranken

  • Exponential Decline of Deep-Sea Ecosystem Functioning Linked to Benthic Biodiversity Loss

    Roberto Danovaro;Cristina Gambi;Antonio Dell'Anno;Cinzia Corinaldesi

  • Observations on the Feeding Ecology of Estuarine Nematodes

    Tom Moens;Magda Vincx

  • Macrobenthic community structure of soft-bottom sediments at the Belgian Continental Shelf

    Gert Van Hoey;Steven Degraer;Magda Vincx

  • Beach nourishment: an ecologically sound coastal defence alternative? A review

    Jeroen Speybroeck;Dries Bonte;Wouter Courtens;Tom Gheskiere

  • Mitochondrial DNA variation and cryptic speciation within the free-living marine nematode Pellioditis marina

    Sofie Derycke;Thomas Remerie;Andy Vierstraete;T Backeljau

  • Role of macrofauna functional traits and density in biogeochemical fluxes and bioturbation

    U. Braeckman;P. Provoost;B. Gribsholt;D. van Gansbeke

  • Habitat suitability modelling as a mapping tool for macrobenthic communities: An example from the Belgian part of the North Sea

    Steven Degraer;Els Verfaillie;Wouter Willems;Els Adriaens

  • Meiobenthos of the Deep Northeast Atlantic

    M. Vincx;B. J. Bett;A. Dinet;T. Ferrero

  • Meiobenthic distribution and nematode community structure in five European estuaries

    Karline Soetaert;Magda Vincx;Jan Wittoeck;Maio Tulkens

  • A bio-engineered soft-bottom environment: The impact of Lanice conchilega on the benthic species-specific densities and community structure

    Marijn Rabaut;Katja Guilini;Gert Van Hoey;Magda Vincx

  • Nematode communities from the North Sea: environmental controls on species diversity and vertical distribution within the sediment

    Maaike Steyaert;N Garner;D Van Gansbeke;Magda Vincx

  • 3. Ecology of free-living marine nematodes

    Tom Moens;Ulrike Braeckman;Sofie Derycke;Gustavo Fonseca

  • Meiofauna response to the Agip Abruzzo oil spill in subtidal sediments of the Ligurian Sea

    R Danovaro;M Fabiano;Magda Vincx

  • Meiofauna as descriptor of tourism-induced changes at sandy beaches.

    Tom Gheskiere;Magda Vincx;Jan Marcin Weslawski;Felicita Scapini

  • Top‐down impact of bacterivorous nematodes on the bacterial community structure: a microcosm study

    Ilse De Mesel;Sofie Derycke;Tom Moens;Katleen Van der Gucht

  • Enrichment and shifts in macrobenthic assemblages in an offshore wind farm area in the Belgian part of the North Sea

    Delphine A. Coates;Yana Deschutter;Magda Vincx;Jan Vanaverbeke

  • The importance of fine-scale, vertical profiles in characterising nematode community structure

    Maaike Steyaert;Jan Vanaverbeke;Ann Vanreusel;C Barranguet

  • Sampler bias in the quantitative study of deep-sea meiobenthos

    Bj J. Bett;Ann Vanreusel;Magda Vincx;T. Soltwedel

  • Tracing organic matter sources of estuarine tidal flat nematodes with stable carbon isotopes

    Tom Moens;Caroline Luyten;Jack J. Middelburg;Peter M. J. Herman

  • Phylogeography of the Rhabditis (Pellioditis) marina species complex: evidence for long‐distance dispersal, and for range expansions and restricted gene flow in the northeast Atlantic

    Sofie Derycke;Thomas Remerie;Thierry Backeljau;Thierry Backeljau;Andy Vierstraete

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven Degraer
Steven Degraer Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
Jan Vanaverbeke
Jan Vanaverbeke Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
Ann Vanreusel
Ann Vanreusel Ghent University
Tom Moens
Tom Moens Ghent University
Karline Soetaert
Karline Soetaert Utrecht University
Marleen De Troch
Marleen De Troch Ghent University
Carlo H. R. Heip
Carlo H. R. Heip Ghent University
Sofie Derycke
Sofie Derycke Ghent University
Peter M. J. Herman
Peter M. J. Herman Delft University of Technology
Jack J. Middelburg
Jack J. Middelburg Utrecht University

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