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Researcher

Bart De Smet

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Awards & Distinctions

12 Results

2025

Atrophic niche-based approach to unravel potential vulnerabilities of soft-sediment infauna from the Clarion-Clipperton Zone to nodule mining impacts

Francesca PasottiBart De SmetAnn VanreuselEllen Pape

A1 Journal Article in ELEMENTA-SCIENCE OF THE ANTHROPOCENE

2023

Biodiversity, biogeography, and connectivity of polychaetes in the world's largest marine minerals exploration frontier

Eva C. D. StewartGuadalupe Bribiesca-ContrerasSergi TaboadaHelena WiklundAscensao RavaraEllen PapeBart De SmetLenka NealMarina R. R. CunhaDaniel O. B. Jones et al.

A1 Journal Article in DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

2021

The megafauna community from an abyssal area of interest for mining of polymetallic nodules

Bart De SmetErik Simon-LledoLisa MevenkampEllen PapeFrancesca PasottiDaniel O. B. JonesAnn Vanreusel

A1 Journal Article in DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS

2018

Functional trait responses to sediment deposition reduce macrofauna-mediated ecosystem functioning in an estuarine mudflat

Sebastiaan MestdaghLeila Marisa Sousa BagaçoUlrike BraeckmanTom YsebaertBart De SmetTom MoensCarl Van Colen

A1 Journal Article in BIOGEOSCIENCES

2017

A case study on the growth of Lanice conchilega (Pallas, 1766) aggregations and their ecosystem engineering impact on sedimentary processes

Renata Mamede da Silva AlvesCarl Van ColenMagda VincxJan VanaverbekeBart De SmetJean-Marc GuariniMarijn RabautTjeerd J Bouma

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY

The community structure of deep-sea macrofauna associated with polymetallic nodules in the eastern part of the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone

Bart De SmetEllen PapeTorben RiehlPaulo BonifácioLiesbet ColsonAnn Vanreusel

A2 Journal Article in FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE

2016

Lanice conchilega structures carbon flows in soft-bottom intertidal areas

Bart De SmetDick van OevelenMagda VincxJan VanaverbekeKarline Soetaert

A1 Journal Article in MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Predator effects on the feeding and bioirrigation activity of ecosystem-engineered Lanice conchilega reefs

Bart De SmetUlrike BraeckmanKarline SoetaertMagda VincxJan Vanaverbeke

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY

2015

Biogenic reefs affect multiple components of intertidal soft-bottom benthic assemblages: the Lanice conchilega case study

Bart De SmetAn-Sofie D'HondtPieterjan VerhelstJérôme FournierLaurent GodetNicolas DesroyMarijn RabautMagda VincxJan Vanaverbeke

A1 Journal Article in ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

Integrating ecosystem engineering and food web ecology : testing the effect of biogenic reefs on the food web of a soft-bottom intertidal area

Bart De SmetJérôme FournierMarleen De TrochMagda VincxJan Vanaverbeke

A1 Journal Article in PLOS ONE

The importance of Lanice conchilega reefs in trophic linkages in intertidal areas

Bart De SmetMagda VincxJan Vanaverbeke

2013

Feeding grounds for waders in the Bay of the Mont Saint-Michel (France): the Lanice conchilega reef serves as an oasis in the tidal flats

Bart De SmetLaurent GodetJérôme FournierNicolas DesroyMikaël JaffréMagda VincxMarijn Rabaut

A1 Journal Article in MARINE BIOLOGY