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Researcher
Heleen Leysen
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29
Results
2013
Fish heads: an evolutionary Swiss army knife
Dominique Adriaens
Tom Geerinckx
Mathias Bouilliart
S Eagderi
Heleen Leysen
Sam Van Wassenbergh
C3
Conference
2013
Mechanics of snout expansion in suction feeding seahorses : musculoskeletal force transmission
Sam Van Wassenbergh
Heleen Leysen
Dominique Adriaens
Peter Aerts
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY
2013
2011
Evolutionary morphology of the extremely specialized feeding apparatus in seahorses and pipefishes (Syngnathidae)
Heleen Leysen
Dominique Adriaens
Dissertation
2011
Inventing novel jaw systems in fishes... over and over again
Dominique Adriaens
Soheil Eagderi
Tom Geerinckx
Heleen Leysen
C3
Conference
2011
Modelling stress in the feeding apparatus of seahorses and pipefishes (Teleostei: Syngnathidae).
Heleen Leysen
Elizabeth Dumont
Loes Brabant
Luc Van Hoorebeke
Dominique Adriaens
A1
Journal Article
in
BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY
2011
Morphological variation in pipefish and seahorse head shape in relation to snout length and developmental growth
Heleen Leysen
Gert Roos
Dominique Adriaens
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY
2011
Musculoskeletal structure of the feeding system and implications of snout elongation in Hippocampus reidi and Dunckerocampus dactyliophorus
Heleen Leysen
Joachim Christiaens
Barbara De Kegel
Matthieu Boone
Luc Van Hoorebeke
Dominique Adriaens
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY
2011
2010
Cranial architecture of tube-snouted Gasterosteiformes (Syngnathus rostellatus and Hippocampus capensis)
Heleen Leysen
Philippe Jouk
Marleen Brunain
Joachim Christiaens
Dominique Adriaens
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY
2010
Effect of snout length on the musculoskeletal structure of the feeding apparatus in seahorses and pipefishes
Heleen Leysen
Dominique Adriaens
C3
Conference
2010
Micro-CT-scanning as a valuable source of data for musculoskeletal studies in biology
Dominique Adriaens
Tomas Praet
Annelies Genbrugge
Heleen Leysen
J Soons
Denis Van Loo
Sofie Van Cauter
Manuel Dierick
R Boistel
Matthieu De Beule
et al.
C3
Conference
2010
Syngnathid feeding apparatus morphology: long vs short snouts
Heleen Leysen
Gert Roos
Sam Van Wassenbergh
Dominique Adriaens
C3
Conference
2010
2009
Architectural relation between ossification and mechanical stress in gill covers of suction feeding fish
Dominique Adriaens
Heleen Leysen
Manuel Dierick
Gert Roos
Joachim Christiaens
Sam Van Wassenbergh
N De Clerck
Luc Van Hoorebeke
C3
Conference
2009
Dealing with stress: opercular bones in suction feeding fish
Dominique Adriaens
Heleen Leysen
Manuel Dierick
Gert Roos
Barbara De Kegel
Sam Van Wassenbergh
N De Clerck
Luc Van Hoorebeke
C3
Conference
2009
Linking Morphology and Motion: A Test of a Four-Bar Mechanism in Seahorses
Gert Roos
Heleen Leysen
Sam Van Wassenbergh
Anthony Herrel
Patric Jacobs
Manuel Dierick
Peter Aerts
Dominique Adriaens
A1
Journal Article
in
PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY
2009
Long or short snout?: dealing with stress in the feeding apparatus of seahorses
Heleen Leysen
E Dumont
Dominique Adriaens
C3
Conference
2009
Ontogeny of feeding kinematics in the seahorse Hippocampus reidi from newly born to adult
Gert Roos
Sam Van Wassenbergh
Heleen Leysen
Anthony Herrel
Dominique Adriaens
Peter Aerts
C3
Conference
2009
Stress distribution and morphological specializations in the feeding apparatus of a seahorse (Syngnathidae: Hippocampus reidi)
Heleen Leysen
Elisabeth Dumont
Dominique Adriaens
C3
Conference
2009
Stress-related functional morphology of the opercular bone in suction feeding fishes
Dominique Adriaens
Heleen Leysen
Manuel Dierick
Gert Roos
Joachim Christiaens
Sam Van Wassenbergh
N De Clerck
Luc Van Hoorebeke
C3
Conference
2009
Suction is kid's play: extremely fast suction in newborn seahorses
Sam Van Wassenbergh
Gert Roos
Annelies Genbrugge
Heleen Leysen
Peter Aerts
Dominique Adriaens
Anthony Herrel
A1
Journal Article
in
BIOLOGY LETTERS
2009
2008
Experiments in evolution: rostrum length in syngnathid fish
Anthony Herrel
Heleen Leysen
Gert Roos
Dominique Adriaens
C3
Conference
2008
Hyoid system in specialized and generalized gasterosteiforms
Heleen Leysen
Dominique Adriaens
C3
Conference
2008
Like father, like son?: feeding apparatus in adult and larval Hippocampus reidi
Heleen Leysen
Annelies Genbrugge
Dominique Adriaens
C3
Conference
2008
Morphological specializations in the feeding apparatus of a seahorse (Syngnathidea: Hippocampus reidi)
Heleen Leysen
Annelies Genbrugge
Dominique Adriaens
C3
Conference
2008
Ontogenetic changes in size and shape in syngnathid fishes: growth and function
Anthony Herrel
Gert Roos
Heleen Leysen
Dominique Adriaens
C3
Conference
2008
2007
Cranial growth patterns in Syngnathidae: a comparison between Syngnathus rostellatus, Hippocampus capensis and others
Heleen Leysen
P Jouk
Dominique Adriaens
C3
Conference
2007
Long, longer, longest: snouth length and cranial growth in Syngnathidae
Heleen Leysen
P Jouk
Dominique Adriaens
C3
Conference
2007
Patterns of cranial skeleton ontogeny in Syngnathidae: a comparison between Syngnathus rostellatus and Hippocampus capensis
Heleen Leysen
P Jouk
Dominique Adriaens
C3
Conference
2007
Patterns of cranial skeleton ontogeny in syngnathidae: A comparison between Syngnathus rostellatus and Hippocampus capensis
Heleen Leysen
P JOUK
Dominique Adriaens
C3
Conference
2007
2006
Patterns of cranial skeleton ontogeny in Syngnathidae: a comparison between Syngnathus rostellatus and Hippocampus capensis
Heleen Leysen
P JOUK
Dominique Adriaens
C3
Conference
2006