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Marleen De Troch

Marleen De Troch

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
33
Citations
3297
World Ranking
7964
National Ranking
105

Overview

Marleen De Troch is affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium and actively contributes to research primarily in the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans a variety of subfields such as Oceanography, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Aquatic Science, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The scientist's research focuses extensively on marine and aquatic ecosystems, with key topics including Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies, Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Marine and Coastal Ecosystems, Marine and Fisheries Research, and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies.

Marleen De Troch has coauthored multiple scientific papers with frequent collaborators including Marcelo Hernando, Jens Boyen, Gastón Alurralde, Pascal I. Hablützel, and Florencia de la Rosa. These collaborations reflect a diverse network contributing to various aspects of aquatic and marine ecological studies.

Selected recent publications demonstrate the scope and focus of their research:

  • State of art and best practices for fatty acid analysis in aquatic sciences, 2020, ICES Journal of Marine Science
  • Ecological network assembly: How the regional metaweb influences local food webs, 2021, Journal of Animal Ecology
  • Fatty acid bioconversion in harpacticoid copepods in a changing environment: a transcriptomic approach, 2020, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Increased food availability at offshore wind farms affects trophic ecology of plaice Pleuronectes platessa, 2022, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Differential sensitivity of fatty acids and lipid damage in Microcystis aeruginosa (cyanobacteria) exposed to increased temperature, 2020, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C Toxicology & Pharmacology

Marleen De Troch has published in a variety of journals, with the most frequent publication venues including SSRN Electronic Journal, The Science of The Total Environment, Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, and Frontiers in Marine Science.

In addition to journal articles, Marleen De Troch has contributed to book publications, notably a volume titled Marine Aquaculture Impacts on Marine Biota published by Frontiers Media in 2021.

Best Publications

  • Fatty acid profiling as bioindicator of chemical stress in marine organisms : a review

    Valentina Filimonova;Valentina Filimonova;Valentina Filimonova;Fernando Gonçalves;João C. Marques;Marleen De Troch

  • Zonation and structuring factors of meiofauna communities in a tropical seagrass bed (Gazi Bay, Kenya)

    Marleen De Troch;Shirley Gurdebeke;Frank Fiers;Magda Vincx

  • Diatom-Bacteria Interactions Modulate the Composition and Productivity of Benthic Diatom Biofilms.

    Coco Koedooder;Willem Stock;Anne Willems;Sven Mangelinckx

  • Horizontal and vertical distribution of meiofauna on sandy beaches of the North Sea (The Netherlands, Belgium, France)

    Lech Kotwicki;Marleen De Troch;Barbara Urban-Malinga;Tom Gheskiere

  • Grazing on diatoms by harpacticoid copepods: species-specific density-dependent uptake and microbial gardening

    Marleen De Troch;María Björk Steinarsdóttir;Victor Chepurnov;Emil Ólafsson

  • The Food Web of Potter Cove (Antarctica): complexity, structure and function

    Tomás I. Marina;Tomás I. Marina;Tomás I. Marina;Vanesa Salinas;Vanesa Salinas;Georgina Cordone;Georgina Cordone;Gabriela Campana;Gabriela Campana

  • Is diatom size selection by harpacticoid copepods related to grazer body size

    Marleen De Troch;Victor Chepurnov;Hendrik Gheerardyn;Ann Vanreusel

  • Latitudinal biodiversity patterns of meiofauna from sandy littoral beaches

    Lech Kotwicki;Maria Szymelfenig;Marleen De Troch;Barbara Urban-Malinga

  • The structuring role of microhabitat type in coral degradation zones: a case study with marine nematodes from Kenya and Zanzibar

    M. Raes;M. De Troch;S. G. M. Ndaro;A. Muthumbi

  • A field colonization experiment with meiofauna and seagrass mimics: effect of time, distance and leaf surface area

    M. De Troch;L. Vandepitte;M. Raes;E. Suàrez-Morales

  • Biochemical and toxicological effects of organic (herbicide Primextra® Gold TZ) and inorganic (copper) compounds on zooplankton and phytoplankton species

    Valentina Filimonova;Valentina Filimonova;Valentina Filimonova;Fernando Gonçalves;João C. Marques;Marleen De Troch

  • State of art and best practices for fatty acid analysis in aquatic sciences

    Lydie I E Couturier;Loïc N Michel;Teresa Amaro;Suzanne M Budge

  • Benthic Trophic Interactions in an Antarctic Shallow Water Ecosystem Affected by Recent Glacier Retreat

    Francesca Pasotti;Leonardo Ariel Saravia;Marleen De Troch;Maria Soledad Tarantelli

  • Distribution of meiofauna in Kongsfjorden, Spitsbergen

    Lech Kotwicki;Maria Szymelfenig;Marleen De Troch;Marek Zajaczkowski

  • Host specificity in diatom-bacteria interactions alleviates antagonistic effects.

    Willem Stock;Lander Blommaert;Marleen De Troch;Sven Mangelinckx

  • The importance of biological interactions for the vertical distribution of nematodes in a temperate ultra-dissipative sandy beach

    Tatiana F. Maria;Tatiana F. Maria;Jan Vanaverbeke;André M. Esteves;Marleen De Troch

  • Stable isotope ratios of C and N in benthic macrofauna from Mediterranean seagrass litter accumulations from Calvi Bay in 2011-2012

    Loïc Michel;François Remy;Thibaud Mascart;Marleen De Troch

  • Effects of food diversity on diatom selection by harpacticoid copepods

    Marisa Wyckmans;Victor A. Chepurnov;Ann Vanreusel;Marleen De Troch

  • Niche segregation and habitat specialisation of harpacticoid copepods in a tropical seagrass bed

    M. De Troch;F. Fiers;M. Vincx

  • Fatty acid bioconversion in harpacticoid copepods in a changing environment: a transcriptomic approach.

    Jens Boyen;Patrick Fink;Patrick Fink;Christoph Mensens;Pascal I Hablützel

  • Decomposing mangrove litter supports a microbial biofilm with potential nutritive value to penaeid shrimp post larvae

    Charles Gatune;Ann Vanreusel;Clio Cnudde;Renison Ruwa

  • Does sediment grain size affect diatom grazing by harpacticoid copepods

    Marleen De Troch;Lieven Houthoofd;Victor Chepurnov;Ann Vanreusel

  • The food web of Potter Cove (Antarctica): complexity, structure and function

    Tomás I. Marina;Vanesa Salinas;Georgina Cordone;Gabriela Campana

Frequent Co-Authors

Magda Vincx
Magda Vincx Ghent University
Ann Vanreusel
Ann Vanreusel Ghent University
Gilles Lepoint
Gilles Lepoint University of Liège
Tom Moens
Tom Moens Ghent University
Anne Willems
Anne Willems Ghent University
Barbara Niehoff
Barbara Niehoff Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Jan Vanaverbeke
Jan Vanaverbeke Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
Peter Bossier
Peter Bossier Ghent University
Sergej Olenin
Sergej Olenin Klaipėda University
Koen Sabbe
Koen Sabbe Ghent University

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