LifeWatch VLIZ
@LifeWatchVLIZ
Mostly tweeting about the activities of the LifeWatch team at the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), one of the LifeWatch Belgium partners.
Curious about current citizen science projects and how people are helping advance scientific research? Find out tomorrow at the Citizen Science Fair in Brussels! The #LifeWatch Big Seashell Survey will be there – come say hi! 🐚 👉 scivil.be/en/event/citiz…
FOD Public Health & Mobility & Transport launched an underwater noise info campaign, supported by #LifeWatch @VLIZnews. It raises awareness about activities like shipping, sonar, wind farm, and sand mining increasing sound pressure. ▶️Free materials underwaternoise.be
NELOS divers are now using @WRMarineSpecies in their digital dive log! Each recorded species is linked to a scientific name and AphiaID — a great step toward supporting citizen science & marine biodiversity research. 👉Read more: lifewatch.be/news/nelos-div… @VLIZnews @LifeWatchVLIZ
#NewDataset Happywhale - Short-beaked common dolphin in North Atlantic Ocean > 18 occurrences > #Delphinidae available via eurobis.org/imis?module=da… @VLIZnews @EMODnet #Biology @OBISNetwork
Jul 2025 version of the Interim Register of Marine and Non-marine Genera (IRMNG) released for download: 515,601 genus names (+6,7k new) irmng.org/download.php @LifeWatchVLIZ @tonyrees49 @UNOceanDecade #marinespecies
#UpdateDataset Green turtles in the Canary Islands > 4 occurrences from #Spain > #Cheloniidae available via eurobis.org/imis?module=da… @VLIZnews @EMODnet #Biology @OBISNetwork @seaturtle
The @LifeWatchVLIZ SeaWatch‑B reports a 7× surge in venomous lesser weever fish along the Belgian North Sea! With waters already at 20–22 °C this early summer, stings are more likely. @VLIZnews #marinecitizenscience 👉lifewatch.be/news/sevenfold…
1 0, 0 0 0 citation 🎉 WoRMS recently reached 10k citation in scientific literature! With the help of the @VLIZnews Library, these citations are carefully curated in the MarineInfo database (IMIS) marinespecies.org/wormsliteratur… #marinespeices @LifeWatchVLIZ @UNOceanDecade
This week we are at the @LifeWatchERIC BEeS Conference at @HcmrImbbc We are chairing a session dedicated to Taxonomy later today. Come and play our “Shell I reveal myself” game at our booth! lifewatch.eu/bees-2025/
The Portuguese Man Of War Is Actually Four Distinct #marinespecies forbes.com/sites/grrlscie…
EurOBIS harvest 13 Updated and 29 #NewDataset ! >3 263 257 new occurrence records @VLIZnews @OBISNetwork @umrMARBEC @deltares @ICES_ASC @SMHI @iui_eilat @uvigo @AarhusUni @udsmofficial @bodc @uniovi_info @futurismoazores @SeaWatchersUK @BangorUni @cnrisp @CNRsocial_ @cafoscari
Awardees for the 2025 WoRMS Achievement & Early Career Researcher Award: Sammy De Grave & Sávio Gabriel Gomes Pereira marinespecies.org/news.php?p=sho… #marinespecies
Schools awarded the EU Blue School label for their research on marine litter and biodiversity, following the principles of the #LifeWatch citizen science initiative SeaWatch-B. 👉Read more: nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf2025061… @VLIZnews @provinciewvl #HorizonEducatief
#NewDataset Happywhale - Fin whale in North Atlantic Ocean > 232 occurrences > #Balaenopteridae available via eurobis.org/imis?module=da… @VLIZnews @EMODnet #Biology @OBISNetwork
Introducing the World List of Octocorallia, a companion to the World Lists of Actiniaria and Scleractinia marinespecies.org/news.php?p=sho… #marinespecies
Currently in Rome for the MareGraph General Assembly (27-28 May 2025) with @imec_int @digi_vlaanderen @CNRsocial_ @ugent maregraph.eu/about/ continued work on marine Linked #OpenData standards
A first, very nice example of how #LifeWatch ETN can be used for meta-analyses & collaborative research! Meta-analysis of tracking data reveals variable arrival times of European eels at sea for spawning, influenced by migration speed & geographic location tinyurl.com/mrc46dps
Meet the great Alexandrella wimdecocki, another new species named after our DMT colleague Wim Decock, who is retiring soon. mapress.com/zt/article/vie…
This week’s #MapOfTheWeek shows #seabird abundance and their protected habitats, with a special highlight on the conservation success story of the Sandwich Tern! maritime-forum.ec.europa.eu/map-week-sea-b… #WordAquaticAnimalDay #ForNature #MarineBiodiversity
@WRMarineSpecies will be at the @LifeWatchERIC Biodiversity & Ecosystem eScience Conference (BEeS). Come and join us during the dedicated session "Taxonomy: Identifying the units of diversity in life" on July 1st. Program and registration: lifewatch.eu/bees-2025/