Scientist presentation Sabbe, Koen Koen Sabbe has a strong background in microalgal taxonomy and phylogeny in general and diatoms in particular, and has been involved in several research projects on extant and past diversity of microalgal communities in Antarctic lakes, and the use of their microfossil remains as indicators for past environmental and climate change. Activities
List of publications Peer reviewed papers Hodgson, D.A., W. Vyverman & K. Sabbe (2001) Limnology and Biology of Saline Lakes in the Rauer Islands, Eastern Antarctica. Antarctic Science, 13: 255-270. Hodgson, D.A., W. Vyverman, E. Verleyen, K. Sabbe, P.R. Leavitt, A. Taton, A.H. Squier & B.J. Keely (2004) Environmental Factors Influencing the Pigment Composition of in Situ Benthic Microbial Communities in East Antarctic Lakes. Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 37: 247-263. Hodgson, D.A., E. Verleyen, K. Sabbe, A.H. Squier, B.J. Keely, M.J. Leng, K.M. Saunders & W. Vyverman (2005) Late Quaternary Climate-Driven Environmental Change in the Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica, Multi-Proxy Evidence From a Lake Sediment Core. Quaternary Research, 64: 83-99. Sabbe, K., D.A. Hodgson, E. Verleyen, A. Taton, A. Wilmotte, K. Vanhoutte & W. Vyverman (2004) Salinity, Depth and the Structure and Composition of Microbial Mats in Continental Antarctic Lakes. Freshwater Biology, 49: 296-319. Sabbe, K., E. Verleyen, D.A. Hodgson, K. Vanhoutte & W. Vyverman (2003) Benthic Diatom Flora of Freshwater and Saline Lakes in the Larsemann Hills and Rauer Islands, East Antarctica. Antarctic Science, 15: 227-248. Verleyen, E., D.A. Hodgson, P.R. Leavitt, K. Sabbe & W. Vyverman (2004) Quantifying Habitat-Specific Diatom Production: a Critical Assessment Using Morphological and Biogeochemical Markers in Antarctic Marine and Lake Sediments. Limnology and Oceanography, 49: 1528-1539. Verleyen, E., D.A. Hodgson, G.A. Milne, K. Sabbe & W. Vyverman (2005) Relative Sea-Level History From the Lambert Glacier Region, East Antarctica, and Its Relation to Deglaciation and Holocene Glacier Readvance. Quaternary Research, 63: 45-52. Verleyen, E., D.A. Hodgson, K. Sabbe, K. Vanhoutte & W. Vyverman (2004) Coastal Oceanographic Conditions in the Prydz Bay Region (East Antarctica) During the Holocene Recorded in an Isolation Basin. Holocene, 14: 246-257. Verleyen, E., D.A. Hodgson, K. Sabbe & W. Vyverman (2005) Late Holocene Changes in Ultraviolet Radiation Penetration Recorded in an East Antarctic Lake. Journal of Paleolimnology, 34: 191-202. Verleyen, E., D.A. Hodgson, K. Sabbe & W. Vyverman (2004) Late Quaternary Deglaciation and Climate History of the Larsemann Hills (East Antarctica). Journal of Quaternary Science, 19: 361-375. Verleyen, E., D.A. Hodgson, W. Vyverman, D. Roberts, A. Mcminn, K. Vanhoutte & K. Sabbe (2003) Modelling Diatom Responses to Climate Induced Fluctuations in the Moisture Balance in Continental Antarctic Lakes. Journal of Paleolimnology, 30: 195-215. Posters Vyverman, W., E. Verleyen, K. Sabbe & D.A. Hodgson (2001). LAQUAN: Late Quaternary Climate History of coastal Antarctic environments: a multi-proxy approach. BIJEENKOMST WERKGROEP "ECOLOGIE VAN DE POOLGEBIEDEN" VAN DE NEDERLANDS VLAAMSE ECOLOGIE VERENIGING (NecoV), Antwerpen, België, 1/06/2001. Verleyen, E., W. Vyverman, K. Sabbe, D. Roberts, A. McMinn & D.A. Hodgson (2001) A diatom, stomatocyst and pigment calibration dataset for lakes and ponds of the Larsemann Hills, East-Antarctica. SCAR VIII BIOLOGY SYMPOSIUM, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 26-30/08/2001. Hodgson, D.A., W. Vyverman, K. Sabbe, E. Verleyen, P.R. Leavitt P.O. Montiel (2001) MICROMAT: 10,000 years of changing biodiversity and biogeography in Antarctic coastal environments. SCAR VIII BIOLOGY SYMPOSIUM, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 26-30/08/2001. Verleyen, E., W. Vyverman, K. Sabbe & D.A. Hodgson (2002) Late Quaternary climate history of Heart Lake and Pup Lagoon, Larsemann Hills (East Antarctica ). VLIZ JONGERENCONTACTDAG, Brugge, België, 13/03/2002. Verleyen, E., D.A. Hodgson, K. Sabbe, M.J. Bentley & W. Vyverman (2003) Coastal Antarctic lake sediments: archives of Late Quaternary variations in moisture balance, UV radiation, sea-ice extent, ice shelf dynamics and continental ice thickness. VLIZ JONGERENCONTACTDAG, Brugge, België, 28/02/2003. Verleyen, E., D.A. Hodgson, K. Sabbe & W. Vyverman (2003) Diatom biodiversity in Continental Antarctic lakes: a comparison of Holocene (MIS 1) and Eemian (MIS 5e) environments. AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY: PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE, Antwerp, België, 11-13/08/2003. Verleyen, E., D.A Hodgson, P.R. Leavitt, K. Sabbe & W. Vyverman (2004) Quantifying habitat-specific diatom production: a critical assessment using morphological and biochemical markers in coastal Antarctic lake sediments. VLIZ JONGERENCONTACTDAG, Brugge, België, 05/03/2004. Verleyen, E., D.A. Hodgson, K. Sabbe & W. Vyverman (2005) Coastal Antarctic lakes – sedimentary archives of historical variability in ultraviolet radiation. NECOV WINTERSYMPOSIUM, ‘s Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, 26-27/01/2005. Verleyen, E., D.A. Hodgson, K. Sabbe & W. Vyverman (2005) The reconstruction of Holocene sea-ice extent and habitat-specific diatom production using morphological and biochemical markers. GORDON RESEARCH CONFERENCE – POLAR MARINE SCIENCE, VENTURA (USA), 13-18/03/2005. Taton, A., C. Schmoker, B. Elmandil, S. Grubisic, P. Balthasart, K. Sabbe, W. Vyverman, A. Wilmotte (2003) Molecular diversity of Cyanobacteria in microbial mats from coastal lakes in Eastern Antarctica. THIRD INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ECOLOGICAL GENETICS, Leuven, België, 5-7/02/2003. Schmoker, C., A. Taton, P. Balthasart, K. Waleron, E. Verleyen, S. Cousin, W. Vyverman, K. Sabbe, D.A. Hodgson & A. Wilmotte (2005) Exploration of cyanobacterial diversity in microbial mats of Antarctic lakes. JOINT EUROPEAN AND NATIONAL ASTRONOMY MEETING, Liège, België, 4-8/07/2005. Oral presentations Verleyen, E., W. Vyverman, K. Sabbe & D.A. Hodgson (2001) Diatomeeën als indicatoren voor Laat-Kwartaire milieuveranderingen in de Larsemann Hills (Oost-Antarctica). BIJEENKOMST NVKD (NEDERLANDS VLAAMSE DIATOMISTEN VERENIGING), Mont-Rigi, België, 6-7/04/2001. Sabbe, K., S. Cousin, K. Van der Gucht, M. Gillis, D.A. Hodgson, A. Vierstraete, J. Vanfleteren & W. Vyverman (2001) Diversity of eukaryotic micro-organisms in lacustrine antarctic microbial mats: a molecular-phylogenetic approach. 7th INTERNATIONAL PHYCOLOGICAL CONGRESS, Thessaloniki, Greece, 18-25/08/2001. Vyverman, W., E. Verleyen, K. Sabbe & D.A. Hodgson (2001) MICROMAT: Colonisation, succession and extinction in Antarctic Coastal lake sediments. SCAR VIII BIOLOGY SYMPOSIUM, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 26-30/08/2001. Sabbe, K., S. Cousin, K. Van der Gucht, M. Gillis, P. Dyer, J. Laybourn-Parry, D.A. Hodgson, A. Vierstraete, J. Vanfleteren & W. Vyverman (2001) MICROMAT: phenotypic and genotypic diversity of eukaryotic photosynthetic mirco-organisms in microbial mats of Antarctic lakes. SCAR VIII BIOLOGY SYMPOSIUM, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 26-30/08/2001. Hodgson, D.A., W. Vyverman, K. Sabbe, E. Verleyen, B.J. Keely, A. Squier, P.R. Leavitt & P.O. Montiel (2001) Past ultraviolet radiation environments in Antarctic lakes. SCAR VIII BIOLOGY SYMPOSIUM, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 26-30/08/2001. Verleyen, E., D.A. Hodgson, K. Sabbe & W. Vyverman (2002) Late Quaternary climate history of coastal Antarctic environments: a multi-proxy approach. LARSEMANN HILLS WORKSHOP, BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY, Cambridge, UK, 06/09/2002. Verleyen, E., K. Sabbe, K. Muylaert, D.A. Hodgson & W. Vyverman (2002) multivariate tools for data mining and modeling in (paleo)-ecological research - reconstructing paleo-environments in East Antarctic lakes using diatoms. NECOV ECOLOGICAL INFORMATICS APPLICATIONS IN WATER MANAGEMENT, Ghent University, België, 6-7/11/2002. Vyverman, W., E. Verleyen, K. Sabbe & D.A. Hodgson (2002) Environmental control of cyanobacteria-associated diatom communities in Antarctic lakes. 17th INTERNATIONAL DIATOM SYMPOSIUM, Canada, 25-31/08/2002. Verleyen, E., D.A. Hodgson, K. Sabbe & W. Vyverman (2003) Coastal Antarctic lake sediments: archives of Late Quaternary variations in the moisture balance and UV radiation. 9th INTERNATIONAL PALEOLIMNOLOGY SYMPOSIUM, Espoo, Finland, 24-28/08/2003. Verleyen, E., D.A Hodgson, K. Sabbe & W. Vyverman (2005) Coastal Antarctic lakes: archives of past fluctuations in the moisture balance and ultraviolet radiation. FUNDP LIFE SCIENCE SEMINAR, Namen, België, 17/05/2005. Complementary resources Contact Sabbe Koen |
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