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Dr Eng. Brion, Natacha
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Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Faculteit Wetenschappen & Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen; Vakgroep Chemie; Analytical, Environmental and Geochemistry (AMGC), more Function: Post-doc Direct contact at institute: Tel.: +32-(0)2-629 27 16 E-mail: Link anchweb.vub.ac.be/members/natacha/cv.html

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Biogeochemische cycli in open oceanen, kustzeeën en estuaria, more
Cluster Eutrophication, more
Een 'multi-proxy' benadering voor de studie van biogeochemische cycli van koolstof en stikstof in tropische en gematigde estuaria, more
Gather and promote Surface Ocean - Lower Atmosphere related belgian efforts, more
Koolstof en stikstof cycli in de Westerschelde : het ontwikkelen van een geïntegreerde visie en de identificatie van de belangrijkste organismen in die cycli, more
Macrophytes and nutrient dynamics: process and field studies in the upper reaches of river bassins, more
Studie van de belangrijkste processen in de stikstof cyclus van eutrofe marine systemen. Case studie : het Belgisch continentaal plat van de Noordzee, more
The balance between heterotrophic and autotophic processes in the Scheldt estuary: consequences for the carbon and nitrogen cycles, more
Tidal freshwater marshes as processors and sinks of nitrogen in estuaries: a whole ecosystem 15N-labeling study, more
Zoetwaterschorren als "sinks" voor stikstof: dynamiek van het benthische compartiment en het onderzoek naar hun rol in estuariene stikstofretentie, more

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Laboratory of Analytical and Environmental Chemistry - VUB, Belgium; Waterwegen en Zeekanaal NV; (2016): Examination of the carbon cycle in the flemish part of the Scheldt estuary., more

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A1 Publications (34) [show]
Abdulbur-Alfakhoury, E.; Trommetter, G.; Brion, N.; Dumoulin, D.; Reichstädter, M.; Billon, G.; Leermakers, M.; Baeyens, W. (2021). Distribution of platinum (Pt), palladium (Pd), and rhodium (Rh) in urban tributaries of the Scheldt River assessed by diffusive gradients in thin films technique (DGT). Sci. Total Environ. 784: 147075. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147075, more Mihale, M.J.; Tungaraza, C.; Baeyens, W.; Brion, N. (2021). Distribution and sources of carbon, nitrogen and their isotopic compositions in tropical estuarine sediments of Mtoni, Tanzania. Ocean Science Journal 56(3): 241-255. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12601-021-00029-9, more De Rijcke, M.; Baert, J.M.; Brion, N.; Vandegehuchte, M.B.; De Laender, F.; Janssen, C.R. (2020). Monoculture-based consumer-resource models predict species dominance in mixed batch cultures of dinoflagellates. Harmful Algae 99: 101921. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2020.101921, more Dang, Y.N.T.; Nguyen, H.T.; Pham, L.K.; Harada, H.; Brion, N.; Duong, H.V.; Nguyen, H.V.; Venterink, H.O. (2019). Effects of nutrient supply and nutrient ratio on diversity-productivity relationships of phytoplankton in the Cau Hai lagoon, Vietnam. Ecol. Evol. 9(10): 5950-5962. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5178, more Fonseca-Batista, D.; Li, X.; Riou, V.; Michotey, V.; Deman, F.; Fripiat, F.; Guasco, S.; Brion, N.; Lemaitre, N.; Tonnard, M.; Gallinari, M.; Planquette, H.; Planchon, F.; Sarthou, G.; Elskens, M.; LaRoche, J.; Chou, L.; Dehairs, F. (2019). Evidence of high N₂ fixation rates in the temperate northeast Atlantic. Biogeosciences 16(5): 999-1017. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-999-2019, more Nehemia, A.; Chen, M.; Kochzius, M.; Dehairs, F.; Brion, N. (2019). Ecological impact of salt farming in mangroves on the habitat and food sources of Austruca occidentalis and Littoraria subvittata. J. Sea Res. 146: 24-32. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2019.01.004, more Fonseca Batista, D.; Dehairs, F.; Riou, V.; Fripiat, F.; Elskens, M.; Deman, F.; Brion, N.; Quéroué, F.; Bode, M.; Auel, H. (2017). Nitrogen fixation in the eastern Atlantic reaches similar levels in the Southern and Northern Hemisphere. JGR: Oceans 122(1): 587-601. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016JC012335, more Riou, V.; Fonseca-Batista, D.; Roukaerts, A.; Biegala, I.; Prakya, S.; Loureiro, C.; Santos, M.; Muniz-Piniella, A.; Schmiing, M.; Elskens, M.; Brion, N.; Martins, M.; Dehairs, F. (2016). Importance of N₂-fixation on the productivity at the north-western Azores current/front system, and the abundance of diazotrophic unicellular cyanobacteria. PLoS One 11(3): e0150827. https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0150827, more Bal, K.D.; Brion, N.; Woule-Ebongué, V.; Schoelynck, J.; Jooste, A.; Barrón, C.; Dehairs, F.; Meire, P.; Bouma, T.J. (2013). Influence of hydraulics on the uptake of ammonium by two freshwater plants. Freshwat. Biol. 58(12): 2452–2463. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/fwb.12222, more Garnier, J; Brion, N.; Callens, J; Passy, P,; Deligne, C.; Billen, G; Servais, P.; Billen, C. (2013). Modeling historical changes in nutrient delivery and water quality of the Zenne River (1790s-2010): the role of land use, waterscape and urban wastewater management. J. Mar. Syst. 128: 62-76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2012.04.001, more Brion, N.; Andersson, M.G.I.; Elskens, M.; Diaconu, C.; Baeyens, W.; Dehairs, F.; Middelburg, J.J. (2008). Nitrogen cycling, retention and export in a eutrophic temperate macrotidal estuary. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 357: 87-99. dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps07249, more Elskens, M.; Brion, N.; Buesseler, K.; Van Mooy, B.A.S.; Boyd, P.; Dehairs, F.; Savoye, N.; Baeyens, W. (2008). Primary, new and export production in the NW Pacific subarctic gyre during the vertigo K2 experiments. Deep-Sea Res., Part II, Top. Stud. Oceanogr. 55(14-15): 1594-1604. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.04.013, more Baeyens, W.; de Brauwere, A.; Brion, N.; De Gieter, M.; Leermakers, M. (2007). Arsenic speciation in the River Zenne, Belgium. Sci. Total Environ. 384(1-3): 409-419. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.05.044, more Chen, M.S.; Wartel, S.; Lavkulich, L.M.; Baeyens, W.; Goeyens, L.; Brion, N. (2007). Organic matter and dissolved inorganic nitrogen distributions in estuarine muddy deposits. Aquat. ecosyst. health manag. 10(1): 69-85. dx.doi.org/10.1080/14634980701211896, more De Brabandere, L.; Brion, N.; Elskens, M.; Baeyens, W.; Dehairs, F. (2007). d¹⁵N dynamics of ammonium and particulate nitrogen in a temperate eutrophic estuary. Biogeochemistry 82(1): 1-14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10533-006-9047-1, more Gribsholt, B.; Struyf, E.; Tramper, A.; De Brabandere, L.; Brion, N.; van Damme, S.; Meire, P.; Dehairs, F.; Middelburg, J.J.; Boschker, H.T.S. (2007). Nitrogen assimilation and short term retention in a nutrient-rich tidal freshwater marsh - a whole ecosystem ¹⁵N enrichment study. Biogeosciences 4(1): 11-26. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-4-11-2007, more Andersson, M.G.I.; Brion, N.; Middelburg, J.J. (2006). Comparison of nitrifier activity versus growth in the Scheldt estuary - a turbid, tidal estuary in northern Europe. Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 42(2): 149-158. dx.doi.org/10.3354/ame042149, more Gribsholt, B.; Struyf, E.; Tramper, A.; Andersson, M.G.I.; Brion, N.; De Brabandere, L.; Van Damme, S.; Meire, P.; Middelburg, J.J.; Dehairs, F.A.; Boschker, H.T.S. (2006). Ammonium transformation in a nitrogen-rich tidal freshwater marsh. Biogeochemistry 80(3): 289-298, more Schiettecatte, L.-S.; Gazeau, F.; van der Zee, C.; Brion, N.; Borges, A.V. (2006). Time series of the partial pressure of carbon dioxide (2001-2004) and preliminary inorganic carbon budget in the Scheldt plume (Belgian coastal waters). Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. 7(6): 16 pp. dx.doi.org/10.1029/2005GC001161, more Diaconu, C.; Brion, N.; Elskens, M.; Baeyens, W.F.J. (2005). Validation of a dynamic ammonium extraction technique for the determination of ¹⁵N at enriched abundances. Anal. Chim. Acta 554(1-2): 113-122, more Elskens, M.; Baeyens, W.F.J.; Brion, N.; De Galan, S.; Goeyens, L.; de Brauwere, A. (2005). Reliability of N flux rates estimated from ¹⁵N enrichment and dilution experiments in aquatic systems. Global Biogeochem. Cycles 19(4): GB4028. dx.doi.org/10.1029/2004GB002332, more Elskens, M.; Baeyens, W.F.J.; Brion, N.; De Galan, S.; Goeyens, L.; de Brauwere, A. (2005). Auxiliary material for "Reliability of N flux rates estimated from ¹⁵N enrichment and dilution experiments in aquatic systems". Global Biogeochem. Cycles 19(4): 1-9. dx.doi.org/10.1029/2004GB002332, more Gribsholt, B.; Boschker, H.T.S.; Struyf, E.; Andersson, M.; Tramper, A.; De Brabandere, L.; Van Damme, S.; Brion, N.; Meire, P.; Dehairs, F.; Middelburg, J.J.; Heip, C.H.R. (2005). Nitrogen processing in a tidal freshwater marsh: a whole-ecosystem ¹⁵N labeling study. Limnol. Oceanogr. 50(6): 1945-1959. dx.doi.org/10.4319/lo.2005.50.6.1945, more Tungaraza, C.; Brion, N.; Baeyens, W.F.J. (2005). Comparison of two models in the estimation of nitrogen uptake rates using data from 15-N incubation experiments. Oceanologia 47(3): 387-403, more Brion, N.; Baeyens, W.; De Galan, S.; Elskens, M.; Laane, R.W.P.M. (2004). The North Sea: source or sink for nitrogen and phosphorus to the Atlantic Ocean? Biogeochemistry 68(3): 277-296. dx.doi.org/10.1023/B:BIOG.0000031041.38663.aa, more De Galan, S.; Elskens, M.; Goeyens, L.; Pollentier, A.; Brion, N.; Baeyens, W.F.J. (2004). Spatial and temporal trends in nutrient concentrations in the Belgian Continental area of the North Sea during the period 1993-2000. Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 61(3): 517-528. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2004.06.015, more Baeyens, W.; Leermakers, M.; Papina, T.; Saprykin, A.; Brion, N.; Noyen, J.; De Gieter, M.; Elskens, M.; Goeyens, L. (2003). Bioconcentration and biomagnification of mercury and methylmercury in North Sea and Scheldt estuary fish. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 45(4): 498-508. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00244-003-2136-4, more Tungaraza, C.; Brion, N.; Rousseau, V.; Baeyens, W.; Goeyens, L. (2003). Influence of bacterial activities on nitrogen uptake rates determined by the application of antibiotics. Oceanologia 45(3): 473-489, more Tungaraza, C.; Rousseau, V.; Brion, N.; Lancelot, C.; Gichuki, J.; Baeyens, W.F.J.; Goeyens, L. (2003). Contrasting nitrogen uptake by diatom and Phaeocystis-dominated phytoplankton assemblages in the North Sea. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 292(1): 19-41. dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0022-0981(03)00145-X, more De Brabandere, L.; Dehairs, F.A.; Van Damme, S.; Brion, N.; Meire, P.; Daro, N. (2002). d¹⁵N and d¹³C dynamics of suspended organic matter in freshwater and brackish waters of the Scheldt estuary. J. Sea Res. 48(1): 1-15. dx.doi.org/10.1016/s1385-1101(02)00132-6, more Ragueneau, O.; Lancelot, C.; Egorov, V.; Vervlimmeren, J.; Cociasu, A.; Deliat, G.; Krastev, A.; Daoud, N.; Rousseau, V.; Popovitchev, V.; Brion, N.; Popa, L.; Cauwet, G. (2002). Biogeochemical transformations of inorganic nutrients in the mixing zone between the Danube River and the north-western Black Sea. Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 54(3): 321-336. dx.doi.org/10.1006/ecss.2000.0650, more Leermakers, M.; Galletti, S.; Brion, N.; Baeyens, W. (2001). Mercury in the southern North Sea and Scheldt estuary. Mar. Chem. 75(3): 229-248. dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0304-4203(01)00039-1, more Brion, N.; Billen, G. (2000). Wastewater as a source of nitrifying bacteria in river systems: the case of the River Seine downstream from Paris. Wat. Res. 34(12): 3213-3221, more Servais, P.; Garnier, J.; Demarteau, N.; Brion, N.; Billen, G. (1999). Supply of organic matter and bacteria to aquatic ecosystems through waste water effluents. Wat. Res. 33(16): 3521-3531, more
Peer reviewed publications (4) [show]
Schiettecatte, L.-S.; Gazeau, F.; van der Zee, C.; Brion, N.; Borges, A.V. (2006). Time series of the partial pressure of carbon dioxide (2001-2004) and preliminary inorganic carbon budget in the Scheldt plume (Belgian coastal waters). Geophys. Res. Abstr. 8: 07238, more Gazeau, F.; Gattuso, J.P.; Middelburg, J.J.; Brion, N.; Schiettecatte, L.-S.; Frankignoulle, M.; Borges, A.V. (2005). Planktonic and whole system metabolism in a nutrient-rich estuary (the Scheldt estuary). Estuaries 28(6): 868-883. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02696016, more Garnier, J.; Servais, P.; Billen, G.; Akopian, M.; Brion, N. (2001). Lower Seine river and estuary (France) carbon and oxygen budgets during low flow. Estuaries 24(6B): 964-976, more Brion, N.; Billen, G.; Guézennec, J.; Ficht, A. (2000). Distribution of nitrifying activity in the Seine River (France) from Paris to the estuary. Estuaries 23(5): 669-682, more
Book chapters (4) [show]
Middelburg, J.J.; Andersson, M.; Boschker, E.; Brion, N.; Dehairs, F.; Dijkman, N.; Kromkamp, J.C.; Soetaert, K. (2011). Carbon and nitrogen cycling in the Scheldt estuary: the major players, long-term changes and an integrated view, in: Heip, C. et al. (Ed.) Aspects of coastal research in contribution to LOICZ in the Netherlands and Flanders (2002-2010). LOICZ Research & Studies, 38: pp. 148-154, more Brion, N.; De Galan, S.; Billen, G.; Garnier, J.; Middelburg, J. (2002). The nitrogen cycle in the Seine and Scheldt estuaries, in: ECSA Local Meeting: ecological structures and functions in the Scheldt Estuary: from past to future, Antwerp, Belgium October 7-10, 2002: abstract book. pp. 24, more Eyckmans, K.; De Hoog, J.; Van Grieken, R.; Baeyens, W.F.J.; De Galan, S.; De Gieter, M.; Brion, N.; Leermakers, M.; Huybrechts, T.; Dewulf, J.; Van Langenhove, H.; Roevros, N.; Herzl, V.; Loijens, M.; Wollast, R. (2002). Biogeochemistry of nutrients, metals and organic micropollutants to the North Sea, in: Duurzaam Beheer van de Noordzee: presentatie van de onderzoeksresultaten, 21-22/01/2002. Scientific Support Plan for a Sustainable Development Policy (SPSD I): Programme "Sustainable Management of the North Sea" = Plan voor wetenschappelijke ondersteuning van een beleid gericht op duurzame ontwikkeling (PODO I): Programma "Duurzaam beheer van de Noordzee", : pp. 6, more Baeyens, W.F.J.; Brion, N.; Dehairs, F.A.; Leermakers, M. (2001). De Schelde en de Belgische kustzee: ecosysteem of afvoersysteem van polluenten, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Beheer van kust en zee: beleidsondersteunend onderzoek in Vlaanderen: Studiedag, Oostende, 9 november 2001. VLIZ Special Publication, 4: pp. 18-21, more
Abstracts (4) [show]
Lievens, S.; Maris, T.; Gao, Y.; Brion, N. (2024). Past and present carbon dynamics in the Scheldt estuary as traced by changes in the isotopic composition of dissolved inorganic and particulate organic carbon, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day, 6 March 2024, Oostende. VLIZ Special Publication, 91: pp. 34, more Deman, F.; Brion, N.; Fripiat, F.; Verstraeten, D.; Dehairs, F. (2016). Stable isotopic composition of inorganic nitrogen substrates represent an efficient tool to investigate long term evolution of the Scheldt health condition, in: Meire, P. (Ed.) Book of abstracts: ECSA Local Meeting 2016. Estuarine Restoration: from theory to practice and back, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium, 5-9 July 2016. VLIZ Special Publication, 77: pp. 23, more Kingunge, P.K.; Dehairs, F.; Brion, N.; Fonseca Batista, D. (2015). How reproducible are methods to determine nanomolar concentrations of nitrate and nitrite?, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Young Scientists’ Day. Brugge, Belgium, 20 February 2015. VLIZ Special Publication, 71: pp. 81-82, more Brion, N.; De Brabandere, L.; De Galan, S.; Dehairs, F.A.; Baeyens, W. (2002). Nitrification in a highly polluted European estuary (the Scheldt estuary) and consequences on changing the natural isotopic ratio of ¹⁵N in particulate organic matter (poster), in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) VLIZ Young Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 13 March 2002: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 7: pp. 29, more
Reports (4) [show]
Brion, N.; Elskens, M.; De Galan, S.; Diaconu, C.; Baeyens, W.; Chou, L.; van der Zee, C.; Roevros, N.; Borges, A.V.; Schiettecatte, L.-S.; Delille, B.; Frankignoulle, M.; Laane, R.; van Engeland, T. (2008). Biogeochemical cycling of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus in the North Sea (CANOPY): Part 2. Global change, ecosystems and biodiversity: Final Report. EV/20. Belgian Science Policy: Brussels. 75 pp., more Van Belleghem, S.; Bal, K.; Desmet, N.; Buis, K.; de Deckere, E.; Meire, P.; Vanderborcht, J.P.; Dehairs, F.A.; Brion, N.; De Brabandere, L. (2007). Macrophytes and nutrient dynamics in the upper reaches of the Schelde basin (MANUDYN I). Federal Science Policy Belgium: Brussel. 130 pp., more Brion, N.; Jans, S.; Chou, L.; Rousseau, V. (2006). Nutrient loads to the Belgian coastal zone, in: Rousseau, V. et al. (Ed.) Current status of eutrophication in the Belgian coastal zone. pp. 17-43, more Baeyens, W.F.J.; Parmentier, K.; Brion, N.; Leermakers, M.; De Galan, S.; Van Grieken, R.; Joos, P.; Injuk, J.; Wollast, R.; Vanderborght, J.; Piron, C. (2002). Evaluatie van de chemische contaminatie van de Noordzee en schatting van de verontreiniging van land: samenvatting van het onderzoek = Quality status and terrestrial inputs for the North Sea: summary of the research. Scientific Support Plan for a Sustainable Development Policy (SPSD I): Programme "Sustainable Management of the North Sea" = Plan voor wetenschappelijke ondersteuning van een beleid gericht op duurzame ontwikkeling (PODO I): Programma "Duurzaam beheer van de Noordzee". DWTC/SSTC: Brussel. 12 pp., more
Thesis supervisor [show]
Knops, L. (2020). Quantification and identification of microplastics in the Zenne river upstream and downstream from Brussels, Belgium. MSc Thesis. University of Antwerp/Ghent University/Free University of Brussels (VUB): Antwerp/Ghent/Brussels. 71 pp., more

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