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Dr Leliaert, Frederik
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Dr. Frederik Leliaert is a post-doctoral researcher and teaching assistant. His research focuses on the biology and evolution of marine organisms. He uses molecular, morphological, ecological and geographical data to study marine biodiversity, historical biogeography, and evolutionary relationships. He teaches various courses, including applied biodiversity and conservation, marine field courses, and practical courses in biostatistics. Thesaurus terms: Biodiversity; Biogeography; Evolution; Molecular biology; Population genetics

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Flemish Government; Economy, Science and Innovation; Botanic Garden Meise, more Function: Scientific Director Direct contact at institute: Tel.: +32-(0)2-260 09 39 E-mail: AlgaeTraits eds. Function: Thematic editor WoRMS Editorial Board (WoRMS editors), more Function: Thematic editor

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Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Fycologie, more From 1998 Period: till 2013 Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie (MARBIOL), more Function: Postdoctoral Research Fellow / Academic Assistant

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Diversiteit en evolutie van bacteriële symbionten in de Siphonocladales (Chlorophyta) en hun effecten op groei en morfogenese van de gastheer Systematics and biogeography of Siphonocladales-Cladophorales (Chlorophyta, Algae) in the Indian Ocean

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AlgaeTraits: AlgaeTraits eds. (2024). AlgaeTraits: a trait database for (European) seaweeds. Accessed at https://algaetraits.org/ on yyyy-mm-dd, more
Vranken, S.; Robuchon, M.; Dekeyzer, S.; Bárbara, I.; Bartsch, I.; Blanfuné, A.; Boudouresque, C.-F.; Decock, W.; Destombe, C.; de Reviers, B.; Díaz-Tapia, P.; Herbst, A.; Julliard, R.; Karez, R.; Kersen, P.; Krueger-Hadfield, S.A.; Kuhlenkamp, R.; Peters, A.F.; Peña, V.; Piñeiro-Corbeira, C.; Rindi, F.; Rousseau, F.; Rueness, J.; Schubert, H.; Sjøtun, K.; Sansón, M.; Smale, D.; Thibaut, T.; Valero, M.; Vandepitte, L.; Vanhoorne, B.; Vergés, A.; Verlaque, M.; Vieira, C.; Le Gall, L.; Leliaert, F.; De Clerck, O. (2022). AlgaeTraits: a trait database for (European) seaweeds., more

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Madeira, P.; Reddy, M.M.; Assis, J.; Bolton, J.J.; Rothman, M.D.; Anderson, R.J.; Kandjengo, L.; Kreiner, A.; Coleman, M.A.; Wernberg, T.; De Clerck, O.; Leliaert, F.; Bandeira, S. O.; Ada, A.M.; Neiva, J.; Pearson, G.A.; Serrao, E.A. (2024). Cryptic diversity in southern African kelp. NPG Scientific Reports 14(1): 11071. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-61336-4 van der Loos, L.M.; Bafort, Q.; Bosch, S.; Ballesteros, E.; Barbara, I.; Berecibar, E.; Blanfune, A.; Bogaert, K.; Bouckenooghe, S.; Boudouresque, C.F.; Brodie, J.; Cecere, E.; Diaz-Tapia, P.; Engelen, A.H.; Gunnarson, K.; Shabaka, S.H.; Hoffman, R.; Husa, V.; Israel, A.; Karremans, M.; Knoop, J.; Le Gall, L.; Maggs, C.A.; Mineur, F.; Parente, M.; Perk, F.; Petrocelli, A.; Rodriguez-Prieto, C.; Ruitton, S.; Sanson, M.; Serrao, E.A.; Sfriso, A.; Sjotun, K.; Stiger-Pouvreau, V.; Surget, G.; Taskin, E.; Thibaut, T.; Tsiamis, K.; Van de Weghe, L.; Verlaque, M.; Viard, F.; Vranken, S.; Leliaert, F.; De Clerck, O. (2024). Non-indigenous seaweeds in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and Macaronesia: a critical synthesis of diversity, spatial and temporal patterns. Eur. J. Phycol. Latest Articles: 30. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09670262.2023.2256828 Basualdo, J.P.; Zelaya, V.M.; Fernandez, P.V.; Leliaert, F.; Rodriguez, M.C.; Confalonieri, V.; Ciancia, M. (2023). Two different morphotypes of freshwater Cladophora surera (Cladophorales, Chlorophyta) produce similar sulfated cell wall polysaccharides. Algal Research 70: 102956. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2022.102956 Hoffman, R.; De Clerck, O.; Leliaert, F. (2023). First records of the non-indigenous green algal species Siphonocladus tropicus (Cladophorales, Chlorophyta) and Caulerpa integerrima (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta) in the Mediterranean Sea. Eur. J. Phycol. 58(3): 255-267. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09670262.2022.2095442 Tran, L.-A.T.; Leliaert, F.; Vieira, C.; Tran, T.V.; Nguyen, T.V.; Dam, T.D.; De Clerck, O. (2023). Molecular assessment of Ulva (Ulvales, Chlorophyta) diversity in Vietnam including the new species U. vietnamensis. Phycol. Res. 71(1): 13-24. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/pre.12507 Vranken, S.; Robuchon, M.; Dekeyzer, S.; Bárbara, I.; Bartsch, I.; Blanfuné, A.; Boudouresque, C.-F.; Decock, W.; Destombe, C.; de Reviers, B.; Díaz Tapia, P; Herbst, A.; Julliard, R.; Karez, R.; Kersen, P.; Krueger-Hadfield, S.A.; Kuhlenkamp, R.; Peters, A.F.; Peña, V.; Piñeiro-Corbeira, C.; Rindi, F.; Rousseau, F.; Rueness, J.; Schubert, H.; Sjøtun, K.; Sansón, M.; Smale, D.; Thibaut, T.; Valero, M.; Vandepitte, L.; Vanhoorne, B.; Vergés, A.; Verlaque, M.; Vieira, C.; Le Gall, L.; Leliaert, F.; De Clerck, O. (2023). AlgaeTraits: a trait database for (European) seaweeds. ESSD 15(7): 2711-2754. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-2711-2023, more Yang, Z.P.; Ma, X.Y.; Wang, Q.P.; Tian, X.L.; Sun, J.Y.; Zhang, Z.H.; Xiao, S.H.; De Clerck, O.; Leliaert, F.; Zhong, B.J. (2023). Phylotranscriptomics unveil a Paleoproterozoic-Mesoproterozoic origin and deep relationships of the Viridiplantae. Nature Comm. 14(1): 5542. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-41137-5 Boo, G.H.; Leliaert, F.; Le Gall, L.; Coppejans, E.; De Clerck, O.; Nguyen, T.V.; Payri, C.E.; Miller, K.A.; Yoon, H.S. (2022). Ancient Tethyan vicariance and long-distance dispersal drive global diversification and cryptic speciation in the red seaweed Pterocladiella. Front. Plant Sci. 13: 849476. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.849476 Coleman, M.A.; Reddy, M.; Nimbs, M.J.; Marshell, A.; Al-Ghassani, S.A.; Bolton, J.J.; Jupp, B.P.; De Clerck, O.; Leliaert, F.; Champion, C.; Pearson, G.A.; Serrão, E.A.; Madeira, P.; Wernberg, T. (2022). Loss of a globally unique kelp forest from Oman. NPG Scientific Reports 12(1): 5020. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-08264-3 Hou, Z.; Ma, X.; Shi, X.; Li, X.; Yang, L.; Xiao, S.; De Clerck, O.; Leliaert, F.; Zhong, B. (2022). Phylotranscriptomic insights into a Mesoproterozoic–Neoproterozoic origin and early radiation of green seaweeds (Ulvophyceae). Nature Comm. 13: 1610. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29282-9 Lagourgue, L.; Leliaert, F.; Payri, C.E. (2022). Historical biogeographical analysis of the Udoteaceae (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta) elucidates origins of high species diversity in the Central Indo-Pacific, Western Indian Ocean and Greater Caribbean regions. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 169: 107412. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107412 Leliaert, F.; Kelly, E.L.A.; Janouskovec, J.; Fox, M.D.; Johnson, M.D.; Redfern, F.M.; Eria, T.; Haas, A.F.; Sala, E.; Sandin, S.A.; Smith, J.E. (2022). Brilliantia kiribatiensis, a new genus and species of Cladophorales (Chlorophyta) from the remote coral reefs of the Southern Line Islands, Pacific Ocean. J. Phycol. 58(2): 183-197. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.13230 Tran, L.-A.T.; Vieira, C.; Steinhagen, S.; Maggs, C.A.; Hiraoka, M.; Shimada, S.; Nguyen, T.V.; De Clerck, O.; Leliaert, F. (2022). An appraisal of Ulva (Ulvophyceae, Chlorophyta) taxonomy. J. Appl. Phycol. 34(5): 2689-2703. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10811-022-02815-x Battelli, C.; Leliaert, F. (2021). First report of an aegagropilous form of Cladophora prolifera (Cladophorales, Chlorophyta) from the lagoon of Strunjan (Gulf of Trieste, northern Adriatic). Mediterr. Mar. Sci. 22(3): 496-504. https://dx.doi.org/10.12681/mms.26997 Christiansen, H.; Heindler, F.M.; Hellemans, B.; Jossart, Q.; Pasotti, F.; Robert, H.; Verheye, M.; Danis, B.; Kochzius, M.; Leliaert, F.; Moreau, C.; Patel, T.; Van de Putte, A.P.; Vanreusel, A.; Volckaert, F.A.M.; Schön, I. (2021). Facilitating population genomics of non-model organisms through optimized experimental design for reduced representation sequencing. BMC Genom. 22(1): 625. https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12864-021-07917-3 Leliaert, F. (2021). Advancing the science of algal taxonomy. J. Phycol. 57(2): 412-415. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.13134 Tran, T.L.A.; Leliaert, F.; Vieira, C.; Nguyen, V.T.; Tran, V.T.; Nguyen, V.T.; De Clerck, O. (2021). Molecular assessment of Ulva (Ulvophyceae, Chlorophyta) diversity in Vietnam reveals marked differences with traditional understanding of species diversity. Phycologia 60: 60-61 van der Loos, L.; Leliaert, F.; Willems, A.; De Clerck, O. (2021). Characterizing the Ulva microbiome with long-reads from nanopore sequencing. Phycologia 60(S1): 38-38. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00318884.2021.1922050 Vieira, C.; Rasoamanendrika, F.A.; Zubia, M.; Bolton, J.J.; Anderson, R.J.; Engelen, A.H.; D'Hondt, S.; Leliaert, F.; Payri, C.; Kawai, H.; De Clerck, O. (2021). Lobophora (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae) from the western Indian Ocean: diversity and biogeography. S. Afr. J. Bot. 142: 230-246. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2021.06.015 Vieira, C.; Steen, F.; D'hondt, S.; Bafort, Q.; Tyberghein, L.; Fernández-García, C.; Wysor, B.; Tronholm, A.; Mattio, L.; Payri, C.; Kawai, H.; Saunders, G.; Leliaert, F.; Verbruggen, H.; De Clerck, O. (2021). Global biogeography and diversification of a group of brown seaweeds (Phaeophyceae) driven by clade‐specific evolutionary processes. J. Biogeogr. 48(4): 703-715. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14047 Ciancia, M.; Fernandez, P.V.; Leliaert, F. (2020). Diversity of sulfated polysaccharides from cell walls of coenocytic green algae and their structural relationships in view of green algal evolution. Front. Plant Sci. 11: 554585. https://hdl.handle.net/10.3389/fpls.2020.554585 Del Cortona, A.; Jackson, C.J.; Bucchini, F.; Van Bel, M.; D'hondt, S.; Skaloud, P.; Delwiche, C.F.; Knoll, A.H.; Raven, J.A.; Verbruggen, H.; Vandepoele, K.; De Clerck, O.; Leliaert, F. (2020). Neoproterozoic origin and multiple transitions to macroscopic growth in green seaweeds. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 117(5): 2551-2559. https://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1910060117, more Dumilag, R.V.; Dumago, F.S.; Cabudoy, R.K.R.; Peralta, M.C.E.; Li, C.C.; Gamus, G.V.V.; Romero, R.G.T.; Yap, S.L.; Roleda, M.Y.; Geraldino, P.J.L.; Verbruggen, H.; Leliaert, F.; Draisma, S.G.A.; Liao, L.M.; Kraft, G.T. (2020). The Ulvophyceae (Chlorophyta) of eastern Sorsogon, Philippines, including Halimeda magnicuneata sp. nov. (Bryopsidales). Bot. Mar. 63(5): 439-453. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1515/bot-2020-0017 Lin, S.-M.; De Clerck, O.; Leliaert, F.; Chuang, Y.-C. (2020). Systematics and biogeography of the red algal genus Yonagunia (Halymeniaceae, Rhodophyta) from the Indo-Pacific including the description of two new species from Taiwan. J. Phycol. 56(6): 1542-1556. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1111/jpy.13055 Reddy, M.M.; De Clerck, O.; Leliaert, F.; Anderson, R.J.; Bolton, J.J. (2020). An appraisal of the genus Pyropia (Bangiales, Rhodophyta) from southern Africa based on a multi-gene phylogeny, morphology and ecology, including the description of Pyropia meridionalis sp. nov. S. Afr. J. Bot. 131: 18-32. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1016/j.sajb.2019.12.027 Zhang, Z.; Qu, C.; Zhang, K.; He, Y.; Zhao, X.; Yang, L.; Zheng, Z.; Ma, X.; Wang, X.; Wang, W.; Wang, K.; Li, D.; Zhang, L.; Zhang, X.; Su, D.; Chang, X.; Zhou, M.; Gao, D.; Jiang, W.; Leliaert, F.; Bhattacharya, D.; De Clerck, O.; Zhong, B.; Miao, J. (2020). Adaptation to extreme Antarctic environments revealed by the genome of a sea ice green alga. Curr. Biol. 30(17): 3330-3341. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1016/j.cub.2020.06.029 Cremen, C.M.; Leliaert, F.; West, J.; Lam, D.W.; Shimada, S.; Lopez-Bautista, J.M.; Verbruggen, H. (2019). Reassessment of the classification of Bryopsidales (Chlorophyta) based on chloroplast phylogenomic analyses. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 130: 397-405. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2018.09.009 Kerkhove, T.R.H.; Boyen, J.; De Backer, A.; Mol, J.; Volckaert, F.A.M.; Leliaert, F.; De Troch, M. (2019). Multilocus data reveal cryptic species in the Atlantic seabob shrimp Xiphopenaeus kroyeri (Crustacea: Decapoda). Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 127(4): 847-862. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blz065 Sherwood, A.R.; Boedeker, C.; Havens, A.J.; Carlile, A.L.; Wilcox, M.D.; Leliaert, F. (2019). Newly discovered molecular and ecological diversity within the widely distributed green algal genus Pseudorhizoclonium (Cladophorales, Ulvophyceae). Phycologia 58(1): 83-94. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00318884.2018.1517539 De Clerck, O.; Kao, S.-M.; Bogaert, K.A.; Blomme, J.; Foflonker, F.; Kwantes, M.; Vancaester, E.; Vanderstraeten, L.; Aydogdu, E.; Boesger, J.; Califano, G.; Charrier, B.; Clewes, R.; Del Cortona, A.; D’Hondt, S.; Fernandez-Pozo, N.; Gachon, C.M.; Hanikenne, M.; Lattermann, L.; Leliaert, F.; Liu, X.; Maggs, C.A.; Popper, Z.A.; Raven, J.A.; Van Bel, M.; Wilhelmsson, P.K.I.; Bhattacharya, D.; Coates, J.C.; Rensing, S.A.; Van Der Straeten, D.; Vardi, A.; Sterck, L.; Vandepoele, K.; Van de Peer, Y.; Wichard, T.; Bothwell, J.H. (2018). Insights into the evolution of multicellularity from the sea lettuce genome. Curr. Biol. 28(18): 2921-2933.e5. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2018.08.015 Fang, L.; Leliaert, F.; Novis, P.M.; Zhang, Z.; Zhu, H.; Liu, G.; Penny, D.; Zhong, B. (2018). Improving phylogenetic inference of core Chlorophyta using chloroplast sequences with strong phylogenetic signals and heterogeneous models. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 127: 248-255. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2018.06.006 Leliaert, F.; Payo, D.A.; Gurgel, C.F.D.; Schils, T.; Draisma, S.G.A.; Saunders, G.W.; Kamiya, M.; Sherwood, A.R.; Lin, S.-M.; Huisman, J.M.; Le Gall, L.; Anderson, R.J.; Bolton, J.J.; Mattio, L.; Zubia, M.; Spokes, T.; Vieira, C.; Payri, C.E.; Coppejans, E.; D'hondt, S.; Verbruggen, H.; De Clerck, O. (2018). Patterns and drivers of species diversity in the Indo-Pacific red seaweed Portieria. J. Biogeogr. 45(10): 2299-2313. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13410 Reddy, M.M.; De Clerck, O.; Leliaert, F.; Anderson, R.J.; Bolton, J.J. (2018). A rosette by any other name: species diversity in the Bangiales (Rhodophyta) along the South African coast. Eur. J. Phycol. 53(1): 67-82. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09670262.2017.1376256 Vranken, S.; Bosch, S.; Peña, V.; Leliaert, F.; Mineur, F.; De Clerck, O. (2018). A risk assessment of aquarium trade introductions of seaweed in European waters. Biological Invasions 20(5): 1171-1187. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-017-1618-7 Yazdani Foshtomi, M.; Leliaert, F.; Derycke, S.; Willems, A.; Vincx, M.; Vanaverbeke, J. (2018). The effect of bio-irrigation by the polychaete Lanice conchilega on active denitrifiers: distribution, diversity and composition of nosZ gene. PLoS One 13(2): e0192391. https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0192391, more Zubia, M.; De Clerck, O.; Leliaert, F.; Payri, C.; Mattio, L.; Vieira, C.; Cambert, H.; Quod, J.P.; Loiseau, N.; Golubic, S.; Lin, S.-M.; Liu, S.-L.; Pinault, M. (2018). Diversity and assemblage structure of tropical marine flora on lava flows of different ages. Aquat. Bot. 144: 20-30. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2017.10.005 Boedeker, C.; Leliaert, F.; Zuccarello, G.C. (2017). Genetic diversity and biogeography in Chaetomorpha melagonium (Ulvophyceae, Cladophorales) based on internal transcribed spacer (ITS rDNA) sequences. Bot. Mar. 60(3): 319-325. https://dx.doi.org/10.1515/bot-2016-0129 Del Cortona, A.; Leliaert, F.; Bogaert, K.A.; Turmel, M.; Boedeker, C.; Janouskovec, J.; López-Bautista, J.M.; Verbruggen, H.; Vandepoele, K.; De Clerck, O. (2017). The plastid genome in Cladophorales green algae is encoded by hairpin chromosomes. Curr. Biol. 27(24): 3771-3782. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2017.11.004 Fang, L.; Leliaert, F.; Zhang, Z.-H.; Penny, D.; Zhong, B.-J. (2017). Evolution of the Chlorophyta: Insights from chloroplast phylogenomic analyses. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 55(4): 322-332. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jse.12248 Hauquier, F.; Leliaert, F.; Rigaux, A.; Derycke, S.; Vanreusel, A. (2017). Distinct genetic differentiation and species diversification within two marine nematodes with different habitat preference in Antarctic sediments. BMC Evol. Biol. 17: 120. https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-017-0968-1, more Leliaert, F.; De Clerck, O. (2017). Refining species boundaries in algae. J. Phycol. 53(1): 12-16. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12477 Lins, L.; Leliaert, F.; Riehl, T.; Ramalho, S.P.; Córdova, E.A.; Esteves, A.M.; Vanreusel, A. (2017). Evaluating environmental drivers of spatial variability in free-living nematode assemblages along the Portuguese margin. Biogeosciences 14(3): 651-669. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-651-2017, more Liu, X.; Bogaert, K.; Engelen, A.H.; Leliaert, F.; Roleda, M.Y.; De Clerck, O. (2017). Seaweed reproductive biology: environmental and genetic controls. Bot. Mar. 60(2): 89-108. https://dx.doi.org/10.1515/bot-2016-0091 Sahraean, N.; Van Campenhout, J.; Rigaux, A.; Mosallanejad, H.; Leliaert, F.; Moens, T. (2017). Lack of population genetic structure in the marine nematodes Ptycholaimellus pandispiculatus and Terschellingia longicaudata in beaches of the Persian Gulf, Iran. Mar. Ecol. (Berl.) 38(3): 10. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/maec.12426 Vieira, C.; Camacho, O.; Sun, Z.; Fredericq, S.; Leliaert, F.; Payri, C.; De Clerck, O. (2017). Historical biogeography of the highly diverse brown seaweed Lobophora (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae). Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 110: 81-92. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2017.03.007 Boedeker, C.; Leliaert, F.; Zuccarello, G.C. (2016). Molecular phylogeny of the Cladophoraceae (Cladophorales, Ulvophyceae), with the resurrection of Acrocladus Nägeli and Willeella Børgesen, and the description of Lurbica gen. nov. and Pseudorhizoclonium gen. nov. J. Phycol. 52(6): 905-928. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12457 Leliaert, F.; Tronholm, A.; Lemieux, C.; Turmel, M.; DePriest, M.S.; Bhattacharya, D.; Karol, K.G.; Fredericq, S.; Zechman, F.W.; López-Bautista, J.M. (2016). Chloroplast phylogenomic analyses reveal the deepest-branching lineage of the Chlorophyta, Palmophyllophyceae class. nov. NPG Scientific Reports 6(25367): 13 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep25367 Vieira, C.; Camacho, O.; Wynne, M.J.; Mattio, L.; Anderson, R.J.; Bolton, J.J.; Sansón, M.; D'Hondt, S.; Leliaert, F.; Fredericq, S.; Payri, C.; De Clerck, O. (2016). Shedding new light on old algae: matching names and sequences in the brown algal genus Lobophora (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae). Taxon 65(4): 689-707. https://dx.doi.org/10.12705/654.1 Del Cortona, A.; Leliaert, F.; Verbruggen, H.; Lopez-Bautista, J.; Vandepoele, K.; De Clerck, O. (2015). Towards an understanding of the cytological diversity of green seaweeds (Ulvophyceae). Eur. J. Phycol. 50(Supplement 1): 217-217 Leliaert, F.; Lopez-Bautista, J. (2015). Horizontal gene transfer from bacteria to the chloroplast genomes of siphonous green algae (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta). Eur. J. Phycol. 50(Supplement 1): 151-151 Leliaert, F.; Lopez-Bautista, J.M. (2015). The chloroplast genomes of Bryopsis plumosa and Tydemania expeditiones (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta): compact genomes and genes of bacterial origin. BMC Genom. 16: 204. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12864-015-1418-3 Melton, J.T.; Leliaert, F.; Tronholm, A.; Lopez-Bautista, J.M. (2015). The complete chloroplast and mitochondrial genomes of the green macroalga Ulva sp. UNA00071828 (Ulvophyceae, Chlorophyta). PLoS One 10(4): e0121020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0121020 Steen, F.; Vieira, V.; Leliaert, F.; Payri, E.C.; De Clerck, O. (2015). Biogeographic affinities of Dictyotales from Madagascar: a phylogenetic approach. Cryptogam., Algol. 36(2): 129-141. http://dx.doi.org/10.7872/crya.v36.iss2.2015.129 Zhu, H.; Leliaert, F.; Zhao, Z.-J.; Xia, S.; Hu, Z.-Y.; Liu, G-X. (2015). Ulvella tongshanensis (Ulvellaceae, Chlorophyta), a new freshwater species from China, and an emended morphological circumscription of the genus Ulvella. Fottea 15(1): 95-104. http://dx.doi.org/10.5507/fot.2015.008 Fuciková, K.; Leliaert, F.; Cooper, E.D.; Skaloud, P.; D'hondt, S.; De Clerck, O.; Gurgel, C.F.D.; Lewis, L.A.; Lewis, P.O.; Lopez-Bautista, J.M.; Delwiche, C.F.; Verbruggen, H. (2014). New phylogenetic hypotheses for the core Chlorophyta based on chloroplast sequence data. Front. Ecol. Environ. 2: 63. http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2014.00063 Leliaert, F.; Verbruggen, H.; D'hondt, S.; López-Bautista, J.M.; De Clerck, O. (2014). The forgotten genus Pseudoderbesia (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta). Cryptogam., Algol. 35(3): 207-219. http://dx.doi.org/10.7872/crya.v35.iss3.2014.207 Leliaert, F.; Verbruggen, H.; Vanormelingen , P.; Steen, F.; López-Bautista, J.M.; Zuccarello, G.C.; De Clerck, O. (2014). DNA-based species delimitation in algae. Eur. J. 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Cryptogam., Algol. 22(1): 15-40. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0181-1568(00)01047-3 De Smedt, G.; De Clerck, O.; Leliaert, F.; Coppejans, E.; Liao, L. M. (2001). Morphology and systematics of the genus Halymenia C. Agardh (Halymeniales, Rhodophyta) in the Philippines. Nova Hedwigia 73(3-4): 293-322 Leliaert, F.; De Clerck, O.; Bolton, J. J.; Coppejans, E. (2001). New records of the Chlorophyta from South Africa, with the emphasis on the marine benthic flora of KwaZulu-Natal. S. Afr. J. Bot. 67(3): 450-459 Schils, T.; De Clerck, O.; Leliaert, F.; Bolton, J. J.; Coppejans, E. (2001). The change in macroalgal assemblages through the Saldanha Bay/Langebaan Lagoon ecosystem (South Africa). Bot. Mar. 44(3): 295-305. https://dx.doi.org/10.1515/BOT.2001.038 Wynne, M.J.; Leliaert, F. (2001). Pedobesia simplex (Kützing) comb. nov. (Chlorophyta), a new name for P. lamourouxii and its first report from the Indian Ocean. Cryptogam., Algol. 22(1): 3-14. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0181-1568(00)01052-7 Leliaert, F.; Anderson, R. J.; Bolton, J. J.; Coppejans, E. (2000). Subtidal understorey algal community structure in kelp beds around the Cape Peninsula (Western Cape, South Africa). Bot. Mar. 43(4): 359-366. https://dx.doi.org/10.1515/BOT.2000.036 Coppejans, E.; De Clerck, O.; Leliaert, F. (1999). New Records of the Green-Algal Genus Rhipiliopsis (Udoteaceae, Caulerpales) from Papua New Guinea and the Seychelles Islands, Including the Discription of Rhilpiliopsis papuensis Coppejans, De Clerck etLeliaert, sp. nov. Bot. Mar. 42: 377-382 Coppejans, E.; De Clerck, G.; Leliaert, F. (1999). A new species of the diminutive subtidal green alga Rhipiliopsis (Caulerpales), with a review of the monostromatic members of the genus. Bot. Mar. 42: 377-382 Coppejans, E.; De Clerck, O.; Leliaert, F. (1998). Caulerpa sedoides var. geminata (Chlorophyta) from Papua New Guinea, and a reappraisal of the different forms of C. sedoides. Phycol. Res. 45: 131-137
Peer reviewed publications (9) [show]
Trekels, M.; Beirinckx, L.; Claerhout, T.; Dugardin, C.; Leliaert, F.; Pereboom, Z.; Slos, D.; Van Baelen, A.; Vandepitte, L.; Veltjen, E.; Verstockt, S.; Mergen, P. (2022). DiSSCo Flanders: A regional natural science collections management infrastructure in an international context. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards 6: e94350. https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/biss.6.94350 Rimet, F.; Aylagas, E.; Borja, A.; Bouchez, A.; Canino, A.; Chauvin, C.; Chonova, T.; Ciampor Jr, F.; Costa, F.O.; Ferrari, B.J.D.; Gastineau, R.; Goulon, C.; Gugger, M.; Holzmann, M.; Jahn, R.; Kahlert, M.; Kusber, W.-H.; Laplace-Treyture, C.; Leese, F.; Leliaert, F.; Mann, D.G.; Marchand, F.; Méléder, V.; Pawlowski, J.; Rasconi, S.; Rivera, S.; Rougerie, R.; Schweizer, M.; Trobajo, R.; Vasselon, V.; Vivien, R.; Weigand, A.; Witkowski, A.; Zimmermann, J.; Ekrem, T. (2021). Metadata standards and practical guidelines for specimen and DNA curation when building barcode reference libraries for aquatic life. Metabarcoding and Metagenomics 5: e58056. https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mbmg.5.58056, more Coppejans, E.; Leliaert, F.; Dargent, O.; Gunasekara, R.; De Clerck, O. (2009). Sri Lankan seaweeds: Methodologies and field guide to the dominant species. Abc Taxa, 6. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussel. viii, 264 pp. Huisman, J.M.; Leliaert, F.; Verbruggen, H.; Townsend, R.A. (2009). Marine benthic plants of Western Australia’s shelf-edge atolls. Rec. W. Aust. Mus. Suppl. 77: 50-87 Leliaert, F.; Coppejans, E. (2006). Cladophora mamillata (Cladophorophyceae, Chlorophyta): a little-known algal species from New Caledonia. Belg. J. Bot. 139(1): 120-123 Leliaert, F.; Vanreusel, W.; De Clerck, O.; Coppejans, E. (2001). Epiphytes on the seagrasses of Zanzibar Island (Tanzania), floristic and ecological aspects. Belg. J. Bot. 134(1): 3-20 Leliaert, F.; Kerckhof, F.; Coppejans, E. (2000). Eerste waarnemingen van Undaria pinnatifida (Harvey) Suringar (Laminariales, Phaeophyta) en de epifyt Pterothamnion plumula (Ellis) Nägeli (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta) in Noord Frankrijk en België. Dumortiera 75: 5-10 Leliaert, F.; Coppejans, E.; De Clerck, O. (1998). The Siphonocladales sensu Egerod (Chlorophyta) from Papua New Guinea and Indonesia (Snellius-II expedition). Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belg. 130(2): 177-197 Leliaert, F.; Coppejans, E.; De Clerck, O. (1997). The Siphonocladales sensu Egerod (Chlorophyta) from Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. Belg. J. Bot. 130: 177-197
Books (2) [show]
Coppejans, E.; Prathep, A.; Lewmanomont, K.; Hayashizaki, K.-I.; De Clerck, O.; Leliaert, F.; Terada, R. (2017). Seaweeds and seagrasses of the southern Andaman Sea coast of Thailand. Kagoshima Univ Museum: Kagoshima. ISBN 978-4-905464-09-9. ix, 244 pp. Coppejans, E.; Prathep, A.; Lewmanomont, K.; Leliaert, F.; De Clerck, O. (2010). Seaweeds of Mu Ko Tha Lae Tai (SE Thailand): Methodologies and field guide to the dominant species. BRT Book Series, 11. Biodiversity Research and Training Program: Bangkok. ISBN 978-616-12-0085-5. 274 pp.
Book chapters (13) [show]
Vranken, S.; Bosch, S.; Peña, V.; Leliaert, F.; Mineur, F.; De Clerck, O. (2017). A risk assessment of aquarium trade introductions of seaweed in European waters, in: Bosch, S. Marine species distributions: from data to predictive models. pp. 119-146 Verbruggen, H.; Tyberghein, L.; Pauly, K.; Vlaeminck, C.; Van Nieuwenhuyze, K.; Kooistra, W.H.C.F.; Leliaert, F.; De Clerck, O. (2012). Macroecology meets macroevolution: evolutionary niche dynamics in the seaweed Halimeda, in: Tyberghein, L. Evolution, diversity and niche dynamics of seaweeds. pp. 68-97 Leliaert, F.; De Clerck, O.; Coppejans, E. (2011). Marine macroalgae, seaweeds, in: Richmond, M. (Ed.) A field guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. pp. 80-105 Verbruggen, H.; Tyberghein, L.; Pauly, K.; Vlaeminck, C.; Van Nieuwenhuyze, K.; Kooistra, W.H.C.F.; Leliaert, F.; De Clerck, O. (2011). Macroecology meets macroevolution: evolutionary niche dynamics in the seaweed Halimeda, in: Pauly, K. GIS-based environmental analysis, remote sensing and niche modeling of seaweed communities. pp. 67-96 Casteleyn, G.; Leliaert, F.; Backeljau, T.; Debeer, A.E.; Kotaki, Y.; Rhodes, L.; Lundholm, N.; Sabbe, K.; Vyverman, W. (2009). Macrogeographic population genetic differentiation in the cosmopolitan marine planktonic diatom Pseudo-nitzschia pungens var. pungens, in: Casteleyn, G. Species structure and biogeography of Pseudo-nitzschia pungens* = Soortstructuur en biogeografie van Pseudo-nitzschia pungens.* pp. 103-119 Casteleyn, G.; Chepurnov, V.A.; Leliaert, F.; Mann, D. G.; Bates, S. S.; Lundholm, N.; Rhodes, L.; Sabbe, K.; Vyverman, W. (2009). Pseudo-nitzschia pungens (Bacillariophyceae): a cosmopolitan diatom species?, in: Casteleyn, G. Species structure and biogeography of Pseudo-nitzschia pungens* = Soortstructuur en biogeografie van Pseudo-nitzschia pungens.* pp. 37-64 Leliaert, F.; Boedeker, C. (2007). Cladophorales, in: Brodie, J. et al. (Ed.) The green seaweeds of Britain and Ireland. pp. 131-183 Pröschold, T.; Leliaert, F. (2007). Systematics of the green algae: conflict of classic and modern approaches, in: Brodie, J. et al. (Ed.) Unravelling the algae: the past, present, and future of algal systematics. The Systematics Association Special Volume Series, 75: pp. 123-153 Coppejans, E.; Leliaert, F.; Verbruggen, H. (2005). Green algae Chlorophyceae, in: De Clerck, O. et al. Guide to the seaweeds of KwaZulu-Natal. Scripta Botanica Belgica, 33: pp. 39-93 Hoffmann, M.; Adam, S.; Baert, L.; Bonte, D.; Chavatte, N.; Claus, R.; De Belder, W.; De Fré, B.; Degraer, S.; De Groote, D.; Dekoninck, W.; Desender, K.; Devos, K.; Engledow, H.; Grootaert, P.; Hardies, N.; Leliaert, F.; Maelfait, J.-P.; Monbaliu, J.; Pollet, M.; Provoost, S.; Stichelmans, E.; Toorman, E.; Van Nieuwenhuyse, H.; Vercruysse, E.; Vincx, M.; Wittoeck, J. (2005). Integrated monitoring of nature restoration along ecotones, the example of the Yser Estuary, in: Herrier, J.-L. et al. (Ed.) Proceedings 'Dunes and Estuaries 2005': International Conference on nature restoration practices in European coastal habitats, Koksijde, Belgium 19-23 September 2005. VLIZ Special Publication, 19: pp. 191-208 Leliaert, F.; Coppejans, E. (2004). Seagrasses and seaweeds, in: Standard Survey Methods for Key Habitats and Key Species in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. PERSGA Technical Series No. 10. PERSGA, Jeddah. pp. 101-124 Bolton, J.J.; Coppejans, E.; Anderson, R.J.; De Clerck, O.; Samyn, Y.; Leliaert, F.; Thandar, A.S. (2003). Biodiversity studies on seaweeds and echinoderms in the transition between temperate southern Africa and the tropical western lndian Ocean, in: Samyn, Y. Towards an understanding of the shallow-water holothuroid fauna (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) of the western Indian Ocean. pp. 338-339 Coppejans, E.; De Clerck, O.; Leliaert, F.; Dargent, O. (2000). Progress of the taxonomic research on benthic marine algae (Chlorophyta, Phaeophyta and Rhodophyta) along the East African coast, in: Richmond, M.D. et al. Marine science development in Tanzania and eastern Africa: proceedings of the 20th Anniversary Conference on Advances in Marine Science in Tanzania, 28 June-1 July 1999, Zanzibar, Tanzania.
Theses (2) [show]
Leliaert, F. (2004). Taxonomic and phylogenetic studies in the Cladophorophyceae (Chlorophyta). PhD Thesis. Universiteit Gent. Faculteit Wetenschappen: Gent. 294 pp. Leliaert, F. (1996). Taxonomisch morfologische studie van het Siphonocladales-Cladophorales complex in Papoea Nieuw-Guinea en Indonesië. MSc Thesis. Universiteit Gent. Faculteit Wetenschappen: Gent. 2 vol. pp.
Abstracts (11) [show]
Schön, I.; Christiansen, H.; Danis, B.; De Ridder, C.; Dubois, P.; Dettai, A.; Dulière, V.; Frédérich, B.; Heindler, F.M.; Jossart, Q.; Kochzius, M.; Leliaert, F.; Lepoint, G.; Michel, L.; Pasotti, F.; Robert, H.; Van de Putte, A.; Vanreusel, A.; Volckaert, F.A.M. (2019). Refugia and ecosystem tolerance in the Southern Ocean – the RECTO project, in: 51^st International Liège Colloquium on Ocean Dynamics. Polar Ocean facing changes. Hauquier, F.; Derycke, S.; Rigaux, A.; Tytgat, B.; Leliaert, F.; Verleyen, E.; Vanreusel, A. (2016). What drives marine nematode species distribution across various spatial scales in Antarctic continental shelf sediments? Insights from community and population genetic analyses, in: Lampadariou, N. et al. 16^th International Meiofauna Conference, Book of Abstracts. pp. 14 Lins, L.; Leliaert, F.; Riehl, T.; Ramalho, S.P.; Córdova, E.A.; Esteves, A.M.; Vanreusel, A. (2016). A multifaceted approach to understanding spatial turnover and connectivity in the deep sea, in: Lampadariou, N. et al. 16^th International Meiofauna Conference, Book of Abstracts. pp. 17-18 Vranken, S.; Bosch, S.; Peña, V.P.; Leliaert, F.; Mineur, F.; De Clerck, O. (2016). The risk of aquarium trade toward introductions of seaweed in European waters, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Scientist Day. Brugge, Belgium, 12 February 2016. VLIZ Special Publication, 75: pp. 137 Yazdani Foshtomi, M.; Braeckman, U.; Derycke, S.; Leliaert, F.; Willems, A.; Vincx, M.; Vanaverbeke, J. (2016). The interaction between macro and micro-organisms affects biogeochemical cycles in coastal sediments, in: Degraer, S. et al. (Ed.) North Sea Open Science Conference 7-10/11/2016. Abstract Booklet. pp. 38 Del Cortona, A.; Leliaert, F.; Vandepoele, K.; De Clerck, O. (2015). Comparative transcriptomics and green seaweeds: a novel approach to unravel the remarkable morphology of Ulvophyceae, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Young Scientists’ Day. Brugge, Belgium, 20 February 2015. VLIZ Special Publication, 71: pp. 54 Hollants, J.; Leroux, O.; Leliaert, F.; De Clerck, O.; Willems, A. (2011). The art nouveau of biology: exhibiting seaweed-bacterial symbioses, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) VLIZ Young Marine Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 25 February 2011: book of abstracts. pp. 38 Cocquyt, E.; Leliaert, F.; Verbruggen, H.; De Clerck, O. (2008). Hunting for nuclear markers in green algal lineages: molecular evolution of glucose-6-phosphate isomerase, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) VLIZ Young Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium, 29 February 2008: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 40: pp. 40 Leliaert, F.; Rousseau, F.; de Reviers, B.; Coppejans, E. (2003). Phylogeny of the Cladophorophyceae (Chlorophyta) inferred from partial LSU rRNA gene sequences: is the recognition of a separate order Siphonocladales justified?, in: Mees, J. et al. VLIZ Young Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 28 February 2003: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 12: pp. 43 Leliaert, F.; Anderson, R. J.; Bolton, J. J.; Coppejans, E. (2001). Subtidal understorey algal community structure in kelp beds around the Cape Peninsula (Western Cape, South Africa), in: VLIZ Young Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 23 February 2001: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 1: pp. 48 Schils, T.; De Clerck, O.; Leliaert, F.; Bolton, J. J.; Coppejans, E. (2001). The change in macroalgal assemblages through the Saldanha Bay/Langebaan Lagoon ecosystem (South Africa), in: VLIZ Young Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 23 February 2001: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 1: pp. 56
Report [show]
Van Baelen, A.; Poot, N.; Beirinckx, L.; Bogaerts, A.; Bellefroid, E.; Claerhout, T.; De Smedt, S.; Dugardin, C.; Engledow, H.; Leliaert, F.; Ossaer, J.; Pereboom, Z.; Semal, P.; Slos, D.; Smirnova, L.; Trekels, M.; Vandepitte, L.; Veltjen, E. (2022). DiSSCo-Flanders. Detailed inventory of the collections. WP2 - task 2.1. DiSSCo: Flanders. 31 pp.
Other publications (5) [show]
Cocquyt, E.; Leliaert, F.; Verbruggen, H.; De Clerck, O. (2008). Hunting for nuclear markers in green algal lineages: molecular evolution of glucose-6-phosphate isomerase. Universiteit Gent: Gent. 1 poster pp. Coppejans, E.; De Clerck, O.; Leliaert, F.; Schils, T.; Engledow, H.; Verbruggen, J. (2004). Seaweeds as indicators of biodiversity in marine benthic ecosystems, in: Segers, H. et al. (Ed.) 'Scientific tools for biodiversity conservation: monitoring, modelling and experiments': Proceedings of the 5th meeting of the European Platform for Biodiversity Research Strategy meeting held under the Belgian EU Presidency, 2-4 December 2001, Brussels. pp. 204 Coppejans, E.; Leliaert, F.; De Clerck, O. (2000). Annotated list of new records of marine macroalgae for Kenya and Tanzania, since Isaac's and Jaasund's publications. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea 67(1): 31-93, more Coppejans, E.; De Clerck, O.; Leliaert, F.; Dargent, O. (1999). Progress of the taxonomic research on the macroalgae (Chlorophyta, Phaeophyta and Rhodophyta) along the East African coast, in: Richmond, M.D. et al. (2000). Marine science development in Tanzania and eastern Africa: proceedings of the 20th Anniversary Conference on Advances in Marine Science in Tanzania, 28 June-1 July 1999, Zanzibar, Tanzania. pp. 401-418 Leliaert, F.; Coppejans, E. (1998). The Siphonocladales sensu Egerod from Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea 65: 161-162
Thesis supervisor (2) [show]
De Smet, I. (2000). Taxonomische en biogeografische studie van het genus Dictyopteris (Dictyotales, Phaeophyta) in de westelijke Indische Oceaan. Taxonomic and biogeographic study of the genus Dictyopteris (Dictyotales, Phaeophyta) in the western Indian Ocean.. MSc Thesis. Rijksuniversiteit Gent. Faculteit Wetenschappen: Gent. 192 pp. Muylle, J. (2000). Taxonomische en biogeografische studie van het genus Padina (Dictyotales, Phaeophyta) in de westelijke Indische Oceaan. Taxonomic and biogeographical study of the genus Padina (Dictyotales, Phaeophyta) in the west Indian Ocean.. MSc Thesis. Rijksuniversiteit Gent. Faculteit Wetenschappen: Gent. 222 pp.

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