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Peter Goethals

Peter Goethals

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
60
Citations
12152
World Ranking
2314
National Ranking
29

Overview

Peter Goethals is affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium and has a research focus within Environmental Science, with a significant number of publications in this field. Their subfields of study include Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, Water Science and Technology, and Environmental Chemistry.

The main topics of their research work encompass:

  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
  • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Water Quality and Pollution Assessment
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies

The scientist's frequent coauthors include Marie Anne Eurie Forio, Long Ho, Stijn Bruneel, Andrée De Cock, and Pieter Boets, with collaboration counts ranging from 21 to 61 joint publications.

Peter Goethals has published extensively in various journals, with the highest number of contributions appearing in Water and Sustainability. Other frequent publication venues are the SSRN Electronic Journal, The Science of The Total Environment, and Ecological Informatics.

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by the scientist include:

  • The recovery of European freshwater biodiversity has come to a halt, 2023, Nature
  • A global agenda for advancing freshwater biodiversity research, 2021, Ecology Letters
  • Aquaculture Production and Its Environmental Sustainability in Thailand: Challenges and Potential Solutions, 2020, Sustainability
  • A global perspective on the application of riverine macroinvertebrates as biological indicators in Africa, South-Central America, Mexico and Southern Asia, 2021, Ecological Indicators
  • Municipal wastewater treatment with pond technology: Historical review and future outlook, 2020, Ecological Engineering

Best Publications

  • A review of Bayesian belief networks in ecosystem service modelling

    Dries Landuyt;Steven Broekx;Rob D'hondt;Guy Engelen

  • Fuzzy rule-based models for decision support in ecosystem management.

    Veronique Adriaenssens;Bernard De Baets;Peter L.M. Goethals;Niels De Pauw

  • 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

  • The recovery of European freshwater biodiversity has come to a halt

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  • Fish habitat modelling as a tool for river management

    Ans M. Mouton;Matthias Schneider;Jochen Depestele;Peter L.M. Goethals

  • Development of a multimetric index based on benthic macroinvertebrates for the assessment of natural wetlands in Southwest Ethiopia

    Seid Tiku Mereta;Seid Tiku Mereta;Pieter Boets;Luc De Meester;Peter L.M. Goethals

  • A global agenda for advancing freshwater biodiversity research.

    Alain Maasri;Alain Maasri;Sonja C. Jähnig;Sonja C. Jähnig;Mihai C. Adamescu;Rita Adrian;Rita Adrian

  • Applications of artificial neural networks predicting macroinvertebrates in freshwaters

    Peter L. M. Goethals;Andy P. Dedecker;Wim Gabriels;Sovan Lek

  • Distribution of agricultural pesticides in the freshwater environment of the Guayas river basin (Ecuador).

    Arne Deknock;Niels De Troyer;Michael Houbraken;Luis Dominguez-Granda

  • Ecological relevance of' performance criteria for species distribution models

    Ans M. Mouton;Ans M. Mouton;Bernard De Baets;Peter L.M. Goethals

  • Opportunities and Challenges for the Sustainability of Lakes and Reservoirs in Relation to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

    Long T. Ho;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

  • Knowledge-based versus data-driven fuzzy habitat suitability models for river management

    A. M. Mouton;B. De Baets;P. L. M. Goethals

  • Optimization of Artificial Neural Network (ANN) model design for prediction of macroinvertebrates in the Zwalm river basin (Flanders, Belgium)

    Andy P Dedecker;Peter L.M Goethals;Wim Gabriels;Niels De Pauw

  • Use of genetic algorithms to select input variables in decision tree models for the prediction of benthic macroinvertebrates

    Tom D'heygere;Peter L.M. Goethals;Niels De Pauw

  • A fish-based index of biotic integrity for upstream brooks in Flanders (Belgium)

    Jan Breine;Ilse Simoens;Peter Goethals;Paul Quataert

  • Evolutionary algorithms for species distribution modelling: A review in the context of machine learning

    Sacha Gobeyn;Ans M. Mouton;Anna F. Cord;Andrea Kaim

  • Genetic algorithms for optimisation of predictive ecosystems models based on decision trees and neural networks

    Tom D’heygere;Peter L.M. Goethals;Niels De Pauw

  • Data-driven fuzzy habitat suitability models for brown trout in Spanish Mediterranean rivers

    A. M. Mouton;J. D. Alcaraz-Hernández;B. De Baets;P. L. M. Goethals

  • Traits-based approaches in bioassessment and ecological risk assessment: strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.

    Paul J Van den Brink;Alexa C Alexander;Mélanie Desrosiers;Willem Goedkoop

  • Analysis of environmental factors determining the abundance and diversity of macroinvertebrate taxa in natural wetlands of Southwest Ethiopia

    Seid Tiku Mereta;Seid Tiku Mereta;Pieter Boets;Argaw Ambelu Bayih;Asgdom Malu

Frequent Co-Authors

Pieter Boets
Pieter Boets Ghent University
Koen Lock
Koen Lock Ghent University
Tom Moens
Tom Moens Ghent University
Ingmar Nopens
Ingmar Nopens Ghent University
Patrick Meire
Patrick Meire University of Antwerp
Magda Vincx
Magda Vincx Ghent University
Luc De Meester
Luc De Meester Freie Universität Berlin
Peter A. Vanrolleghem
Peter A. Vanrolleghem Université Laval
Erik Meers
Erik Meers Ghent University
Colin R. Janssen
Colin R. Janssen Ghent University

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