Scientist presentation

Goffart Anne
Dr, Aquapôle Director

Activities

Anne Goffart is a senior scientist with strong expertise in marine plankton ecosystem dynamics and ecology. Current interests focused on Antarctic and Mediterranean coastal areas and concern:

• the control of marine plankton biodiversity and fish recruitment by physical, climatic, chemical and biological constraints,
• the impact of climate change on plankton biodiversity and dynamics,
• the development of tools to detect and predict changes in selected coastal ecosystems threatened by human activities and climate change.

In the Southern Ocean, Anne Goffart is actually involved in projects focusing on the Terre Adelie area.

List of publications

Wilmotte A., Demonceau C., Goffart A., Hecq J.H., Demoulin V. and Crossley A.C. (2002) Molecular and pigment studies of the picophytoplankton in a region of the Southern Ocean (47 to 54° S, 141 to 144 °E) in March 1998. Deep-Sea Research II, 49: 3351-3363

Goeyens L., Elskens M., Catalano G., Lipizer M., Hecq J.H. and Goffart A. (2000) Nutrient depletions in the Ross Sea and their relation with pigment stocks. Journal of Marine Systems, 27: 195-208

Goffart A., Catalano G. and Hecq J.H. (2000) Factors controlling the distribution of diatoms and Phaeocystis in the Ross Sea. Journal of Marine Systems, 27: 161-175

Complementary resources

• Aquapôle
• Laboratory of Oceanology
• Paper about IPY and polar researchers in Liège (February 2007)
• RTL TVI interviewed Anne Goffart and Johan Berte (International Polar Foundation) on the IPY (March 2007)
• L’Antarctique sous haute surveillance.
  Un continent qui ne laisse pas de glace

Contact

Goffart Anne
Université de Liège
Aquapôle
BAT. B53 Aquapôle
chemin des Chevreuils, 3 - 4000 Liège 1
A.Goffart@ulg.ac.be
Tél : +32 4 366 50 76 - Fax : +32 4 366 51 02