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Prof. Heymans, Sheila

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European Marine Board (EMB), more Function: Executive Director Direct contact at institute: Tel.: +32-(0)59-33 69 26 E-mail:

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PhD: Understanding the (a)biotic consequences of biogenic reef (re)introductions in the southern North Sea: a modelling approach, more

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Pint, S.; Stevens, M.; De Troch, M.; van Oevelen, D.; Heymans, J.J.; Everaert, G.; Flanders Marine Institute; Ghent University; Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research; University of the Highlands and Islands; (2024): Data - Ecopath model of the Southern Bight of the North Sea. Marine Data Archive., more

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Bentley, J.W.; Chagaris, D.; Coll, M.; Heymans, J.J.; Serpetti, N.; Walters, C.J.; Christensen, V. (2024). Calibrating ecosystem models to support ecosystem-based management of marine systems. ICES J. Mar. Sci./J. Cons. int. Explor. Mer 81(2): 260-275. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsad213, more Pint, S.; Stevens, M.; Musimwa, R.; Standaert, W.; De Troch, M.; van Oevelen, D.; Heymans, J.J.; Everaert, G. (2024). A food web model of the Southern Bight of the North Sea. Ocean Coast. Manag. 255: 107256. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2024.107256, more Ofir, E.; Corrales, X.; Coll, M.; Heymans, J.J.; Goren, M.; Steenbeek, J.; Amitai, Y.; Shachar, N.; Gal, G. (2023). Evaluation of fisheries management policies in the alien species-rich Eastern Mediterranean under climate change. Front. Mar. Sci. 10: 1155480. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1155480, more Rodriguez-Perez, A.; Tsikliras, A.C.; Gal, G.; Steenbeek, J.; Falk-Andersson, J.; Heymans, J.J. (2023). Using ecosystem models to inform ecosystem-based fisheries management in Europe: a review of the policy landscape and related stakeholder needs. Front. Mar. Sci. 10: 1196329. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1196329, more Van de Pol, L.; Van der Biest, K.; Taelman, S.E.; De Luca Peña, L.; Everaert, G.; Hernandez, S.; Culhane, F.; Borja, A.; Heymans, J.J.; Van Hoey, G.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Meire, P. (2023). Impacts of human activities on the supply of marine ecosystem services: A conceptual model for offshore wind farms to aid quantitative assessments. Heliyon 9: e13589. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e13589, more Bentley, J.W.; Lundy, M.G.; Howell, D.; Beggs, S.E.; Bundy, A.; de Castro, F.; Fox, C.J.; Heymans, J.J.; Lynam, C.P.; Pedreschi, D.; Schuchert, P.; Serpetti, N.; Woodlock, J.; Reid, D.G. (2021). Refining fisheries advice with stock-specific ecosystem information. Front. Mar. Sci. 8: 602072. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.602072, more Fleming, L.E.; Depledge, M.; Bouley, T.; Britton, E.; Dupont, S.; Eatock, C.; Garside, R.; Heymans, J.J.; Kellett, P.; Lloret, J.; Maycock, B.; Pahl, S.; Philippart, C.J.M.; Roberts, B.R.; Thiele, T.; White, M.P.; Wuijts, S. (2021). The ocean decade—opportunities for oceans and human health programs to contribute to public health. American Journal of Public Health 111(5): 808-811. https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2021.306229, more Kellett, P.; Alexander, B.E.; Heymans, J.J. (2021). Knowledge and data for international ocean governance, in: von Schuckmann, K. et al. Copernicus Marine Service Ocean State Report, Issue 5. Journal of Operational Oceanography, 14(sup 1): pp. S6-S9, more Piroddi, C.; Heymans, J.J.; Macías, D.; Grégoire, M.; Townsend, H. (2021). Editorial: using ecological models to support and shape environmental policy decisions. Front. Mar. Sci. 8: 815313. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.815313, more Piroddi, C.; Akoglu, E.; Andonegi, E.; Bentley, J.W.; Celić, I.; Coll, M.; Dimarchopoulou, D.; Friedland, R.; de Mutsert, K.; Girardin, R.; Garcia-Gorriz, E.; Grizzetti, B.; Hernvann, P.-Y.; Heymans, J.J.; Müller-Karulis, B.; Libralato, S.; Lynam, C.P.; Macías, D.; Miladinova, S.; Moullec, F.; Palialexis, A.; Parn, O.; Serpetti, N.; Solidoro, C.; Steenbeek, J.; Stips, A.; Tomczak, M.T.; Travers-Trolet, M.; Tsikliras, A.C. (2021). Effects of nutrient management scenarios on marine food webs: a pan-European assessment in support of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive. Front. Mar. Sci. 8: 596797. https://hdl.handle.net/10.3389/fmars.2021.596797, more Serpetti, N.; Benjamins, S.; Brain, S.; Collu, M.; Harvey, B.J.; Heymans, J.J.; Hughes, A.D.; Risch, D.; Rosinski, S.; Waggitt, J.J.; Wilson, B. (2021). Modeling small scale impacts of multi-purpose platforms: an ecosystem approach. Front. Mar. Sci. 8: 694013. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.694013, more Bentley, J.W.; Serpetti, N.; Fox, C.J.; Heymans, J.J.; Reid, D.G. (2020). Retrospective analysis of the influence of environmental drivers on commercial stocks and fishing opportunities in the Irish Sea. Fish. Oceanogr. 29(5): 415-435. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1111/fog.12486, more Claudet, J.; Bopp, L.; Cheung, W.W.L.; Devillers, R.; Escobar-Briones, E.; Haugan, P.M.; Heymans, J.J.; Masson-Delmotte, V.; Matz-Lück, N.; Miloslavich, P.; Mullineaux, L.S.; Visbeck, M.; Watson, R.; Zivian, A.M.; Ansorge, I.; Araujo, M.; Arico, S.; Bailly, D.; Barbiere, J.; Barnerias, C.; Bowler, C.; Brun, V.; Cazenave, A.; Diver, C.; Euzen, A.; Gaye, A.T.; Hilmi, N.; Ménard, F.; Moulin, C.; Muñoz, N.P.; Serrão Santos, R.; Sicre, M.-A.; Thiébault, S.; Thiele, T.; Troublè, R.; Turra, A.; Uku, J.; Gaill, F. (2020). A Roadmap for using the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development in support of science, policy, and action. One Earth 2(1): P34-42. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2019.10.012, more Corrales, X.; Katsanevakis, S.; Coll, M.; Heymans, J.J.; Piroddi, C.; Ofir, E.; Gal, G. (2020). Advances and challenges in modelling the impacts of invasive alien species on aquatic ecosystems. Biological Invasions 22(3): 907-934. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-019-02160-0, more Fu, C.; Xu, Y.; Grüss, A.; Bundy, A.; Shannon, L.; Heymans, J.J.; Halouani, G.; Akoglu, E.; Lynam, C.P.; Coll, M.; Fulton, E.A.; Velez, L.; Shin, Y.-J. (2020). Responses of ecological indicators to fishing pressure under environmental change: exploring non-linearity and thresholds. ICES J. Mar. Sci./J. Cons. int. Explor. Mer 77(4): 1516-1531. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1093/icesjms/fsz182, more Heymans, J.J.; Bundy, A.; Christensen, V.; Coll, M.; de Mutsert, K.; Fulton, E.A.; Piroddi, C.; Shin, Y.-J.; Steenbeek, J.; Travers-Trolet, M. (2020). The Ocean Decade: a true ecosystem modeling challenge. Front. Mar. Sci. 7: 554573. https://hdl.handle.net/10.3389/fmars.2020.554573, more Saygu, I.; Heymans, J.J.; Fox, C.; Özbilgin, H.; Bentley, J.W.; Eryasar, A.R.; Gökçe, G. (2020). Community-level impacts of trawl selectivity in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea assessed using an ecosystem modelling approach. ICES J. Mar. Sci./J. Cons. int. Explor. Mer 77(7-8): 2918-2932. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1093/icesjms/fsaa167, more Saygu, İ.; Heymans, J.J.; Fox, C.J.; Özbilgin, H.; Eryaşar, A.R.; Gökçe, G. (2020). The importance of alien species to the food web and bottom trawl fisheries of the Northeastern Mediterranean, a modelling approach. J. Mar. Syst. 202: 103253. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2019.103253, more Steenbeek, J.; Romagnoni, G.; Bentley, J.W.; Heymans, J.J.; Serpetti, N.; Goncalves, M.; Santos, C.; Warmelink, H.; Mayer, I.; Keijser, X.; Fairgrieve, R.; Abspoel, L. (2020). Combining ecosystem modeling with serious gaming in support of transboundary maritime spatial planning. Ecol. Soc. 25(2): 21. https://hdl.handle.net/10.5751/ES-11580-250221, more Baudron, A.R.; Serpetti, N.; Fallon, N.G.; Heymans, J.J. (2019). Can the Common Fisheries Policy achieve good environmental status in exploited ecosystems: the west of Scotland demersal fisheries example. Fish. Res. 211: 217-230. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2018.10.024, more Bentley, J.W.; Hines, D.E.; Borrett, S.R.; Serpetti, N.; Hernandez-Milian, G.; Fox, C.; Heymans, J.J.; Reid, D.G. (2019). Combining scientific and fishers' knowledge to co-create indicators of food web structure and function. ICES J. Mar. Sci./J. Cons. int. Explor. Mer 76(7): 2218-2234. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsz121, more Bentley, J.W.; Serpetti, N.; Fox, C.; Heymans, J.J.; Reid, D.G. (2019). Fishers’ knowledge improves the accuracy of food web model predictions. ICES J. Mar. Sci./J. Cons. int. Explor. Mer 76(4): 897-912. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsz003, more Bentley, J.W.; Hines, D.; Borrett, S.; Serpetti, N.; Fox, C.; Reid, D.G.; Heymans, J.J. (2019). Diet uncertainty analysis strengthens model-derived indicators of food web structure and function. Ecol. Indic. 98: 239-250. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.11.008, more Fu, C.; Xu, Y.; Bundy, A.; Grüss, A.; Coll, M.; Heymans, J.J.; Fulton, E.A.; Shannon, L.; Halouani, G.; Velez, L.; Akoglu, E.; Lynam, C.P.; Shin, Y.-J. (2019). Making ecological indicators management ready: assessing the specificity, sensitivity, and threshold response of ecological indicators. Ecol. Indic. 105: 16-28. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.05.055, more MacKenzie, B.; Celliers, L.; de Freitas Assad, L.P.; Heymans, J.J.; Rome, N.; Thomas, J.; Anderson, C.; Behrens, J.; Calverley, M.; Desai, K.; DiGiacomo, P.M.; Djavidnia, S.; dos Santos, F.; Eparkhina, D.; Ferrari, J.; Hanly, C.; Houtman, B.; Jeans, G.; Landau, L.; Larkin, K.E.; Legler, D.; Le Traon, P.-Y.; Lindstrom, E.; Loosley, D.; Nolan, G.; Petihakis, G.; Pellegrini, J.; Roberts, Z.; Siddorn, J.R.; Smail, E.; Sousa Pinto, I.; Terrill, E. (2019). The role of stakeholders in creating societal value from coastal and ocean observations. Front. Mar. Sci. 6: 137. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00137, more Planque, B.; Mullon, C.; Arneberg, P.; Eide, A.; Fromentin, J.-M.; Heymans, J.J.; Hoel, A.H.; Niiranen, S.; Ottersen, G.; Sandø, A.B.; Sommerkorn, M.; Thébaud, O.; Thorvik, T. (2019). A participatory scenario method to explore the future of marine social-ecological systems. Fish Fish. 20(3): 434-451. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/faf.12356, more Safi, G.; Giebels, D.; Arroyo, N.L.; Heymans, J.J.; Preciado, I.; Raoux, A.; Schückel, U.; Tecchio, S.; De Jonge, V.N.; Niquil, N. (2019). Vitamine ENA: a framework for the development of ecosystem-based indicators for decision makers. Ocean Coast. Manag. 174: 116-130. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2019.03.005, more Silva, R.; Chávez, V.; Bouma, T.J.; van Tussenbroek, B.I.; Arkema, K.K.; Martínez, M.L.; Oumeraci, H.; Heymans, J.J.; Osorio, A.F.; Mendoza, E. (2019). The incorporation of biophysical and social components in coastal management. Est. Coast. 42(7): 1695-1708. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12237-019-00559-5, more Corrales, X.; Coll, E.; Ofir, E.; Heymans, J.J.; Steenbeek, J.; Goren, M.; Edelist, D.; Gal, G. (2018). Future scenarios of marine resources and ecosystem conditions in the Eastern Mediterranean under the impacts of fishing, alien species and sea warming. NPG Scientific Reports 8(1): 14284. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-32666-x, more Fu, C.; Travers-Trolet, M.; Velez, L.; Grüss, A.; Bundy, A.; Shannon, L.J.; Fulton, E.A.; Akoglu, E.; Houle, J.E.; Coll, M.; Verley, P.; Heymans, J.J.; John, E.; Shin, Y.-J. (2018). Risky business: the combined effects of fishing and changes in primary productivity on fish communities. Ecol. Model. 368: 265-276. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2017.12.003, more Graziano, M.; Fox, C.J.; Alexander, K.; Pita, C.; Heymans, J.J.; Crumlish, M.; Hughes, A.; Ghanawi, J.; Cannella, L. (2018). Environmental and socio-political shocks to the seafood sector: what does this mean for resilience? Lessons from two UK case studies, 1945–2016. Mar. Policy 87: 301-313. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2017.10.014, more Shin, Y.-J.; Houle, J.E.; Akoglu, E.; Blanchard, J.L.; Bundy, A.; Coll, M.; Demarcq, H.; Fu, C.; Fulton, E.A.; Heymans, J.J.; Salihoglu, B.; Shannon, L.; Sporcic, M.; Velez, L. (2018). The specificity of marine ecological indicators to fishing in the face of environmental change: a multi-model evaluation. Ecol. Indic. 89: 317-326. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.01.010, more Spence, M.A.; Blanchard, J.L.; Rossberg, A.G.; Heath, M.R.; Heymans, J.J.; Mackinson, S.; Serpetti, N.; Speirs, D.C.; Thorpe, R.B. (2018). A general framework for combining ecosystem models. Fish Fish. 19(6): 1031-1042. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/faf.12310, more Stelzenmüller, V.; Coll, M.; Mazaris, A.D.; Giakoumi, S.; Katsanevakis, S.; Portman, M.E.; Degen, R.; Mackelworth, P.; Gimpel, A.; Albano, P.G.; Almpanidou, V.; Claudet, J.; Essl, F.; Evagelopoulos, T.; Heymans, J.J.; Genov, T.; Kark, S.; Micheli, F.; Pennino, M.G.; Rilov, G.; Rumes, B.; Steenbeek, J.; Ojaveer, H. (2018). A risk-based approach to cumulative effect assessments for marine management. Sci. Total Environ. 612: 1132-1140. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.08.289, more Tierney, K.M.; Heymans, J.J.; Muir, G.K.P.; Cook, G.T.; Buszowski, J.; Steenbeek, J.; Walters, W.J.; Christensen, V.; MacKinnon, G.; Howe, J.A.; Xu, S. (2018). Modelling marine trophic transfer of radiocarbon (¹⁴C) from a nuclear facility. Environ. Model. Softw. 102: 138-154. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2018.01.013, more Bentley, J.W.; Serpetti, N.; Heymans, J.J. (2017). Investigating the potential impacts of ocean warming on the Norwegian and Barents Seas ecosystem using a time-dynamic food-web model. Ecol. Model. 360: 94-107. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2017.07.002, more Corrales, X.; Coll, M.; Ofir, E.; Piroddi, C.; Goren, M.; Edelist, D.; Heymans, J.J.; Steenbeek, J.; Christensen, V.; Gal, G. (2017). Hindcasting the dynamics of an Eastern Mediterranean marine ecosystem under the impacts of multiple stressors. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 580: 17-36. https://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps12271, more Corrales, X.; Ofir, E.; Coll, M.; Goren, M.; Edelist, D.; Heymans, J.J.; Gal, G. (2017). Modeling the role and impact of alien species and fisheries on the Israeli marine continental shelf ecosystem. J. Mar. Syst. 170: 88-102. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2017.02.004, more Muir, G.K.P.; Tierney, K.M.; Cook, G.T.; MacKinnon, G.; Howe, J.A.; Heymans, J.J.; Hughes, D.J.; Xu, S. (2017). Ecosystem uptake and transfer of Sellafield-derived radiocarbon (¹⁴C). Part 1. The Irish Sea. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 114(2): 792-804. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.10.072, more Reed, J.; Shannon, L.; Velez, L.; Akoglu, E.; Bundy, A.; Coll, M.; Fu, C.; Fulton, E.A.; Grüss, A.; Halouani, G.; Heymans, J.J.; Houle, J.E.; John, E.; Le Loc'h, F.; Salihoglu, B.; Verley, P.; Shin, Y.-J. (2017). Ecosystem indicators—accounting for variability in species’ trophic levels. ICES J. Mar. Sci./J. Cons. int. Explor. Mer 74(1): 158-169. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsw150, more Serpetti, N.; Baudron, A.R.; Burrows, M.T.; Payne, B.L.; Helaouet, P.; Fernandes, P.G.; Heymans, J.J. (2017). Impact of ocean warming on sustainable fisheries management informs the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries. NPG Scientific Reports 7(1): 13438. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-13220-7, more Tierney, K.M.; Muir, G.K.P.; Cook, G.T.; MacKinnon, G.; Howe, J.A.; Heymans, J.J.; Hughes, D.J.; Xu, S. (2017). Ecosystem uptake and transfer of Sellafield-derived radiocarbon (¹⁴C) part 2: The West of Scotland. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 115(1-2): 57-66. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.11.014, more Tierney, K.M.; Muir, G.K.P.; Cook, G.T.; Heymans, J.J.; MacKinnon, G.; Howe, J.A.; Xu, S.; Brownlow, A.; Davison, N.J.; ten Doeschate, M.; Deaville, R. (2017). Nuclear reprocessing-related radiocarbon (¹⁴C) uptake into UK marine mammals. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 124(1): 43-50. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.07.002, more Alexander, K.A.; Meyjes, S.A.; Heymans, J.J. (2016). Spatial ecosystem modelling of marine renewable energy installations: gauging the utility of Ecospace. Ecol. Model. 331: 115-128. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2016.01.016, more Coll, M.; Shannon, L.J.; Kleisner, K.M.; Juan-Jordá, M.J.; Bundy, A.; Akoglu, A.G.; Banaru, D.; Boldt, J.L.; Borges, M.F.; Cook, A.; Diallo, I.; Fu, C.; Fox, C.; Gascuel, D.; Gurney, L.J.; Hattab, T.; Heymans, J.J.; Jouffre, D.; Knight, B.R.; Kucukavsar, S.; Large, S.I.; Lynam, C.; Machias, A.; Marshall, K.N.; Masski, H.; Ojaveer, H.; Piroddi, C.; Tam, J.; Thiao, D.; Thiaw, M.; Torres, M.A.; Travers-Trolet, M.; Tsagarakis, K.; Tuck, I.; van der Meeren, G.I.; Yemane, D.; Zador, S.G.; Shin, Y.-J. (2016). Ecological indicators to capture the effects of fishing on biodiversity and conservation status of marine ecosystems. Ecol. Indic. 60: 947-962. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.08.048, more Heymans, J.J.; Coll, M.; Link, J.S.; Mackinson, S.; Steenbeek, J.; Walters, C.; Christensen, V. (2016). Best practice in Ecopath with Ecosim food-web models for ecosystem-based management. Ecol. Model. 331: 173-184. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2015.12.007, more Heymans, J.J.; Tomczak, M.T. (2016). Regime shifts in the Northern Benguela ecosystem: challenges for management. Ecol. Model. 331: 151-159. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2015.10.027, more Morato, T.; Lemey, E.; Menezes, G.; Pham, C.K.; Brito, J.; Soszynski, A.; Pitcher, T.J.; Heymans, J.J. (2016). Food-web and ecosystem structure of the open-ocean and deep-sea environments of the Azores, NE Atlantic. Front. Mar. Sci. 3: 245. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2016.00245, more Murphy, E.J.; Cavanagh, R.D.; Drinkwater, K.F.; Grant, S.M.; Heymans, J.J.; Hofmann, E.E.; Hunt, G.L.; Johnston, N.M. (2016). Understanding the structure and functioning of polar pelagic ecosystems to predict the impacts of change. Proc. - Royal Soc., Biol. Sci. 283(1844): 20161646. https://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2016.1646, more Scott, E.; Serpetti, N.; Steenbeek, J.; Heymans, J.J. (2016). A Stepwise Fitting Procedure for automated fitting of Ecopath with Ecosim models. SoftwareX 5: 25-30. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.softx.2016.02.002, more Tierney, K.M.; Muir, G.K.P.; Cook, G.T.; MacKinnon, G.; Howe, J.A.; Heymans, J.J.; Xu, S. (2016). Accumulation of Sellafield-derived radiocarbon (¹⁴ C) in Irish Sea and West of Scotland intertidal shells and sediments. J. Environ. Radioactivity 151(1): 321-327. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2015.10.029, more Villasante, S.; Arreguín-Sánchez, F.; Heymans, J.J.; Libralato, S.; Piroddi, C.; Christensen, V.; Coll, M. (2016). Modelling marine ecosystems using the Ecopath with Ecosim food web approach: new insights to address complex dynamics after 30 years of developments. Ecol. Model. 331: 1-4. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2016.04.017, more Alexander, K.A.; Kershaw, P.; Cooper, P.; Gilbert, A.J.; Hall-Spencer, J.M.; Heymans, J.J.; Kannen, A.; Los, H.J.; O'Higgins, T.; O'Mahony, C.; Tett, P.; Troost, T.A.; van Beusekom, J. (2015). Challenges of achieving Good Environmental Status in the Northeast Atlantic. Ecol. Soc. 20(1): 49. https://dx.doi.org/10.5751/es-07394-200149, more Blenckner, T.; Kannen, A.; Barausse, A.; Fischer, C.; Heymans, J.J.; Luisetti, T.; Todorova, V.; Valman, M.; Mee, L. (2015). Past and future challenges in managing European seas. Ecol. Soc. 20(1): 40. https://dx.doi.org/10.5751/es-07246-200140, more Coll, M.; Akoglu, E.; Arreguín-Sánchez, F.; Fulton, E.A.; Gascuel, D.; Heymans, J.J.; Libralato, S.; Mackinson, S.; Palomera, I.; Piroddi, C.; Shannon, L.J.; Steenbeek, J.; Villasante, S.; Christensen, V. (2015). Modelling dynamic ecosystems: venturing beyond boundaries with the Ecopath approach. Rev. Fish Biol. Fish. 25(2): 413-424. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11160-015-9386-x, more Fondo, E.N.; Chaloupka, M.; Heymans, J.J.; Skilleter, G.A. (2015). Banning fisheries discards abruptly has a negative impact on the population dynamics of charismatic marine megafauna. PLoS One 10(12): e0144543. https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0144543, more Hyder, K.; Rossberg, A.G.; Allen, J.I.; Austen, M.C.; Barciela, R.M.; Bannister, H.J.; Blackwell, P.G.; Blanchard, J.L.; Burrows, M.T.; Defriez, E.; Dorrington, T.; Edwards, K.P.; García-Carreras, B.; Heath, M.R.; Hembury, D.J.; Heymans, J.J.; Holt, J.; Houle, J.E.; Jennings, S.; Mackinson, S.; Malcolm, S.J.; McPike, R.; Mee, L.; Mills, D.K.; Montgomery, C.; Pearson, D.; Pinnegar, J.K.; Pollicino, M.; Popova, E.E.; Rae, L.; Rogers, S.I.; Speirs, D.; Spence, M.A.; Thorpe, R.; Turner, R.K.; van der Molen, J.; Yool, A.; Paterson, D.M. (2015). Making modelling count - increasing the contribution of shelf-seas community and ecosystem models to policy development and management. Mar. Policy 61: 291-302. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2015.07.015, more Kleisner, K.M.; Coll, M.; Lynam, C.P.; Bundy, A.; Shannon, L.; Shin, Y.-J.; Boldt, J.L.; Borges, M.F.; Diallo, I.; Fox, C.; Gascuel, D.; Heymans, J.J.; Juan Jordá, M.J.; Jouffre, D.; Large, S.I.; Marshall, K.N.; Ojaveer, H.; Piroddi, C.; Tam, J.; Torres, M.A.; Travers-Trolet, M.; Tsagarakis, K.; Van der Meeren, G.I.; Zador, S. (2015). Evaluating changes in marine communities that provide ecosystem services through comparative assessments of community indicators. Ecosystem Services 16: 413-429. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2015.02.002, more Alexander, K.A.; Heymans, J.J.; Magill, S.; Tomczak, M.T.; Holmes, S.J.; Wilding, T.A. (2014). Investigating the recent decline in gadoid stocks in the west of Scotland shelf ecosystem using a foodweb model. ICES J. Mar. Sci./J. Cons. int. Explor. Mer 72(2): 436-449. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsu149, more Heymans, J.J.; Coll, M.; Libralato, S.; Morissette, L.; Christensen, V. (2014). Global patterns in ecological indicators of marine food webs: a modelling approach. PLoS One 9(4): e95845. https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0095845, more Inger, R.; Benson, D.; Booth, C.G.; Embling, C.B.; Grecian, W.J.; Heymans, J.J.; Plummer, K.E.; Shackshaft, M.; Sparling, C.E.; Wilson, B.; Wright, L.J.; Bradbury, G.; Christen, N.; Godley, B.J.; Jackson, A.C.; McCluskie, A.; Nicholls-Lee, R.; Bearhop, S. (2014). Resolving issues with environmental impact assessment of marine renewable energy installations. Front. Mar. Sci. 1: 75. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2014.00075, more Levin, N.; Coll, M.; Fraschetti, S.; Gal, G.; Giakoumi, S.; Göke, C.; Heymans, J.J.; Katsanevakis, S.; Mazor, T.; Öztürk, B.; Rilov, G.; Gajewski, J.; Steenbeek, J.; Kark, S. (2014). Biodiversity data requirements for systematic conservation planning in the Mediterranean Sea. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 508: 261-281. https://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps10857, more Orr, K.K.; Wilding, T.A.; Horstmeyer, L.; Weigl, S.; Heymans, J.J. (2014). Detached macroalgae: its importance to inshore sandy beach fauna. Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 150: 125-135. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2013.12.011, more Shannon, L.; Coll, M.; Bundy, A.; Gascuel, D.; Heymans, J.J.; Kleisner, K.; Lynam, C.P.; Piroddi, C.; Tam, J.; Travers-Trolet, M.; Shin, Y. (2014). Trophic level-based indicators to track fishing impacts across marine ecosystems. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 512: 115-140. https://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps10821, more Alexander, K.A.; Wilding, T.A.; Heymans, J.J. (2013). Attitudes of Scottish fishers towards marine renewable energy. Mar. Policy 37: 239-244. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2012.05.005, more Hughes, A.D.; Black, K.D.; Campbell, I.; Heymans, J.J.; Orr, K.K.; Stanley, M.S.; Kelly, M.S. (2013). Comments on ‘Prospects for the use of macroalgae for fuel in Ireland and UK: an overview of marine management issues’. Mar. Policy 38: 554-556. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2012.08.001, more Sardà, F.; Coll, M.; Heymans, J.J.; Stergiou, K.I. (2013). Overlooked impacts and challenges of the new European discard ban. Fish Fish. 16(1): 175-180. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/faf.12060, more Tomczak, M.T.; Heymans, J.J.; Yletyinen, J.; Niiranen, S.; Otto, S.A.; Blenckner, T. (2013). Ecological network indicators of ecosystem status and change in the Baltic Sea. PLoS One 8(10): e75439. https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0075439, more Torres, M.A.; Coll, M.; Heymans, J.J.; Christensen, V.; Sobrino, I. (2013). Food-web structure of and fishing impacts on the Gulf of Cadiz ecosystem (South-western Spain). Ecol. Model. 265: 26-44. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2013.05.019, more Heymans, J.J.; Mackinson, S.; Sumaila, U.R.; Dyck, A.; Little, A.S. (2011). The impact of subsidies on the ecological sustainability and future profits from North Sea fisheries. PLoS One 6(5): e20239. https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0020239, more Heymans, J.J.; Howell, K.L.; Ayers, M.; Burrows, M.T.; Gordon, J.D.M.; Jones, E.G.; Neat, F. (2010). Do we have enough information to apply the ecosystem approach to management of deep-sea fisheries? An example from the West of Scotland. ICES J. Mar. Sci./J. Cons. int. Explor. Mer 68(2): 265-280. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsq065, more Shin, Y.-J.; Bundy, A.; Shannon, L.J.; Simier, M.; Coll, M.; Fulton, E.A.; Link, J.S.; Jouffre, D.; Ojaveer, H.; Mackinson, S.; Heymans, J.J.; Raid, T. (2010). Can simple be useful and reliable? Using ecological indicators to represent and compare the states of marine ecosystems. ICES J. Mar. Sci./J. Cons. int. Explor. Mer 67(4): 717-731. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsp287, more Shin, Y.-J.; Shannon, L.J.; Bundy, A.; Coll, M.; Aydin, K.Y.; Bez, N.; Blanchard, J.L.; de Fátima Borges, M.; Diallo, I.; Diaz, E.; Heymans, J.J.; Hill, L.; Johannesen, E.; Jouffre, D.; Kifani, S.; Labrosse, P.; Link, J.S.; Mackinson, S.; Masski, H.; Möllmann, C.; Neira, S.; Ojaveer, H.; ould Mohammed Abdallahi, K.; Perry, I.; Thiao, D.; Yemane, D.; Cury, P.M. (2010). Using indicators for evaluating, comparing, and communicating the ecological status of exploited marine ecosystems. 2. Setting the scene. ICES J. Mar. Sci./J. Cons. int. Explor. Mer 67(4): 692-716. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsp294, more Bundy, A.; Heymans, J.J.; Morissette, L.; Savenkoff, C. (2009). Seals, cod and forage fish: a comparative exploration of variations in the theme of stock collapse and ecosystem change in four Northwest Atlantic ecosystems. Prog. Oceanogr. 81(1-4): 188-206. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2009.04.010, more Coll, M.; Shannon, L.J.; Yemane, D.; Link, J.S.; Ojaveer, H.; Neira, S.; Jouffre, D.; Labrosse, P.; Heymans, J.J.; Fulton, E.A.; Shin, Y.-J. (2009). Ranking the ecological relative status of exploited marine ecosystems. ICES J. Mar. Sci./J. Cons. int. Explor. Mer 67(4): 769-786. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsp261, more Heymans, J.J.; Sumaila, U.R.; Christensen, V. (2009). Policy options for the northern Benguela ecosystem using a multispecies, multifleet ecosystem model. Prog. Oceanogr. 83(1-4): 417-425. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2009.07.013, more Mackinson, S.; Daskalov, G.; Heymans, J.J.; Neira, S.; Arancibia, H.; Zetina-Rejón, M.; Jiang, H.; Cheng, H.Q.; Coll, M.; Arreguín-Sánchez, F.; Keeble, K.; Shannon, L. (2009). Which forcing factors fit? Using ecosystem models to investigate the relative influence of fishing and changes in primary productivity on the dynamics of marine ecosystems. Ecol. Model. 220(21): 2972-2987. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2008.10.021, more Ainsworth, C.H.; Pitcher, T.J.; Heymans, J.J.; Vasconcellos, M. (2008). Reconstructing historical marine ecosystems using food web models: Northern British Columbia from Pre-European contact to present. Ecol. Model. 216(3-4): 354-368. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2008.05.005, more Heymans, J.J.; Guénette, S.; Christensen, V. (2007). Evaluating network analysis indicators of ecosystem status in the Gulf of Alaska. Ecosystems 10(3): 488-502. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10021-007-9034-y, more Palomares, M.L.D.; Heymans, J.J.; Pauly, D. (2007). Historical ecology of the Raja Ampat Archipelago, Papua Province, Indonesia. History and philosophy of the life sciences 29(1): 33-56, more Guénette, S.; Heymans, S.J.J.; Christensen, V.; Trites, A.W. (2006). Ecosystem models show combined effects of fishing, predation, competition, and ocean productivity on Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) in Alaska. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 63(11): 2495-2517. https://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f06-136, more Heymans, J.J.; Shannon, L.J.; Jarre, A. (2004). Changes in the northern Benguela ecosystem over three decades: 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. Ecol. Model. 172(2-4): 175-195, more Christensen, V.; Guénette, S.; Heymans, J.J.; Walters, C.J.; Watson, R.; Zeller, D.; Pauly, D. (2003). Hundred-year decline of North Atlantic predatory fishes. Fish Fish. 4(1): 1-24. https://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1467-2979.2003.00103.x, more Heymans, J.J.; Ulanowicz, R.E.; Bondavalli, C. (2002). Network analysis of the South Florida Everglades graminoid marshes and comparison with nearby cypress ecosystems. Ecol. Model. 149(1-2): 5-23. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0304-3800(01)00511-7, more Heymans, J.J. (2001). Review "ECOTOX: Ecological Modelling and Ecotoxicology: Edited by L.A. Jørgensen, S.E. Jørgensen, S.N. Nielsen, Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, 2000. CD-ROM. ISBN 0-444-50240-8; NLG 1,200 or USD 609". Ecol. Model. 144(1): 97-98. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0304-3800(01)00349-0, more Heymans, J.J.; Baird, D. (2000). Network analysis of the northern Benguela ecosystem by means of netwrk and ecopath. Ecol. Model. 131(2-3): 97-119. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0304-3800(00)00275-1, more Heymans, J.J.; Baird, D. (2000). A carbon flow model and network analysis of the northern Benguela upwelling system, Namibia. Ecol. Model. 126(1): 9-32. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0304-3800(99)00192-1, more Baird, D.J.; Heymans, J.J. (1996). Assessment of ecosystem changes in response to freshwater inflow of the Kromme River estuary, St. Francis Bay, South Africa: A network analysis approach. Water S.A. 22(4): 307-318, more Heymans, J.J.; McLachlan, A. (1996). Carbon budget and network analysis of a high-energy beach/surf-zone ecosystem. Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 43(4): 485-505. https://dx.doi.org/10.1006/ecss.1996.0083, more Heymans, J.J.; Baird, D. (1995). Energy Flow in the Kromme Estuarine Ecosystem, St Francis Bay, South Africa. Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 41(1): 39-59. https://dx.doi.org/10.1006/ecss.1995.0052, more
Peer reviewed publication [show]
Christensen, V.; Guénette, S.; Heymans, J.J.; Walters, C.J.; Watson, R.; Zeller, D.; Pauly, D. (2001). Estimating fish abundance of the North Atlantic, 1950 to 1999, in: Fisheries impacts on North Atlanticecosystems: Models and analyses. Fisheries Centre Research Reports, 9(4): pp. 1-25, more
Books (2) [show]
Gattuso, J.-P.; Hicks, N.; Neukermans, G.; Landschützer, P.; Pörtner, H.-O.; Heymans, S.J.J. (2023). Blue Carbon. Challenges and opportunities to mitigate the climate and biodiversity crises. EMB Policy Brief, 11. European Marine Board: Ostend. 14 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8314215, more Larkin, K.; Heymans, S.J.J. (2018). Strategic foresight paper on AtlantOS in the European context. European Marine Board: Oostende. 48 pp., more
Abstracts (4) [show]
Stevens, M.; Pint, S.; Musimwa, R.; Standaert, W.; De Troch, M.; van Oevelen, D.; Heymans, J.J.; Everaert, G. (2024). Food web models for ecosystem-based management in the Southern Bight of the North Sea, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day, 6 March 2024, Oostende. VLIZ Special Publication, 91: pp. 120, more Heymans, S. (2019). European Marine Board (EMB): The leading European think-tank in marine science policy, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day. Bredene, Belgium, 13 March 2019. VLIZ Special Publication, 83: pp. 60, more Heymans, S.J.J. (2019). Why marine science?, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day. Bredene, Belgium, 13 March 2019. VLIZ Special Publication, 83: pp. 2, more Rundt, C.; Kellett, P.; Heymans, S.; Koedam, N. (2019). Below the sea – below the radar? The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as an opportunity for raising awareness of the ocean?, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day. Bredene, Belgium, 13 March 2019. VLIZ Special Publication, 83: pp. 24-25, more
Reports (17) [show]
Pint, S.; Stevens, M.; De Troch, M.; van Oevelen, D.; Heymans, J.J.; Everaert, G. (2024). Ecopath model of the Southern Bight of the North Sea. Version 3. Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ): Ostend. 37 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.48470/74, more Grégoire, M., Oschlies, A., Canfield, D., Castro, C., Ciglenečki, I., Croot, P., Salin, K., Schneider, B., Serret, P., Slomp, C.P., Tesi,T., Yücel, M., Rodriguez Perez, A., Kellett, P., Alexander, B., Muñiz Piniella, Á., Van Elslander, J., Heymans, J. J. (2023). Ocean Oxygen: the role of the Ocean in the oxygen we breathe and the threat of deoxygenation. Marine Board Future Science Brief, 10. European Marine Board: Ostend. ISBN 9789464206180. https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7941157, more Pint, S.; Stevens, M.; De Troch, M.; van Oevelen, D.; Heymans, J.J.; Everaert, G. (2023). Ecopath model of the Southern Bight of the North Sea. Version 2. Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ): Ostend. 37 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.48470/23, more Soukissian, T.; O'Hagan, A.M.; Azzellino, A.; Boero, F.; Brito e Melo, A.; Comiskey, P.; Gao, Z.; Howell, D.; Le Boulluec, M.; Maisondieu, C.; Scott, B.E.; Tedeschi, E.; Maheri, A.; Pennock, S.; Heymans, J.J.; Kellett, P.; Alexander, B.; Muñiz Piniella, A.; Rodriguez-Perez, A.; van Elslander, J. (2023). European offshore renewable energy: Towards a sustainable future. Marine Board Future Science Brief, 9. European Marine Board: Ostend. ISBN 9789464206173. 86 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7561906, more Dodgshun, J.; Strosser, P.; Alexander, B.; Heymans, S.; Neumann, B.; Boteler, B.; Unger, S. (2021). Setting the course for a sustainable Blue Planet: Recommendations for enhancing EU action. EU International Ocean Governance Forum: Brussels. ISBN 978-3-200-07656-3. 16 pp., more Heymans, J.J.; Coopman, J.; Kellett, P.; Muñiz Piniella, A.; Alexander, B. (2021). European Marine Board - Annual Report 2020. European Marine Board: Ostend. 64 pp., more Thomsen, F.; Mendes, S.; Bertucci, F.; Breitzke, M.; Ciappi, E.; Cresci, A.; Debusschere, E.; Ducatel, C.; Folegot, T.; Juretzek, C.; Lam, F.-P.; O’Brien, J.; dos Santos, M.E.; Kellett, P.; van den Brand, R.; Alexander, B.; Muñiz Piniella, A.; Rodriguez-Perez, A.; van Elslander, J.; Heymans, J.J. (2021). Addressing underwater noise in Europe: Current state of knowledge and future priorities. Marine Board Future Science Brief, 7. European Marine Board: Ostend. ISBN 9789464206104. 54 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5534224, more Guidi, L.; Fernàndez-Guerra, A.; Canchaya, C.; Curry, E.; Foglini, F.; Irisson, J.-O.; Malde, K.; Marshall, C.T.; Obst, M.; Ribeiro, R.P.; Tjiputra, J.; Bakker, D.C.E. (2020). Big data in marine science. Marine Board Future Science Brief, 6. European Marine Board: Ostend. ISBN 9789492043931. 50 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3755793, more Muñiz Piniella, A.; Heymans, S.J.J. (2020). Report on initiatives, strategies and roadmaps that contribute to foresight in ocean observation: EU EuroSea project. EuroSea: [s.l.]. 37 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3956082, more Coopman, J.; Heymans, J.J.; Kellett, P.; Muñiz Piniella, A.; French, V.; Alexander, B. (eds.); Austen, M.C.; Andersen, P.; Armstrong, C.; Döring, R.; Hynes, S.; Levrel, H.; Oinonen, S.; Ressurreição, A. (2019). Valuing marine ecosystems: taking into account the value of ecosystem benefits in the Blue Economy. Marine Board Future Science Brief, 5. European Marine Board: Ostend. ISBN 9789492043696. 32 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2602732, more Heymans, J.J.; Alexander, B.; Muñiz Piniella, A.; Kellett, P.; Coopman, J. (2019). Navigating the Future V: Aanbevelingen voor het Decennium van Oceaanwetenschappen. EMB Policy Brief, 6. European Marine Board: Ostend. ISBN 978-94-92043-77-1. 12 pp. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3465570, more Heymans, S.J.J.; Coopman, J.; Kellett, P.; Muñiz Piniella, A.; Larkin, K. (2019). European Marine Board Annual Report 2018. European Marine Board: Ostend. 55 pp., more Nieuwejaar, P.W.; Mazauric, V.; Betzler, C.; Carapuço, M.; Cattrijsse, A.; Coren, F.; Dañobeitia, J.; Day, C.; Fitzgerald, A.; Florescu, S.; Ignacio Diaz, J.; Klages, M.; Koning, E.; Lefort, O.; Magnifico, G.; Mikelborg, Ø.; Naudts, L. (2019). Next generation European research vessels: current status and foreseeable evolution. European Marine Board Position Paper, 25. European Marine Board: Ostend. ISBN 978-94-92043-79-5. 140 pp. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3477893, more Benedetti-Cecchi, L.; Crowe, T.; Boehme, L.; Boero, F.; Christensen, A.; Grémare, A.; Hernandez, F.; Kromkamp, J.C.; Nogueira García, E.; Petihakis, G.; Robidart, J.; Sousa Pinto, I.; Zingone, A.; Larkin, K.; Muñiz Piniella, A.; Kellett, P.; Heymans, S.J.J. (2018). Strengthening Europe's capability in biological ocean observations. Marine Board Future Science Brief, 3. European Marine Board: Ostend. ISBN 9789492043559. 76 pp., more Heymans, J.J.; Skogen, M.D.; Schrum, C.; Solidoro, C.; Larkin, K.; Coopman, J.; Muñiz Piniella, A.; Kellett, P.; Simon, C.; Rundt, C.; Viegas, C. (2018). Enhancing Europe’s capability in marine ecosystem modelling for societal benefit. Marine Board Future Science Brief, 4. European Marine Board: Ostend. ISBN 9789492043580. 32 pp., more Howell, K.L.; Heymans, J.J.; Gordon, J.D.M.; Duncan, J.; Ayers, M.; Jones, E.B.G. (2009). DEEPFISH Project: Applying an ecosystem approach to the sustainable management of deep-water fisheries: Part 1. Development of the Ecopath with Ecosim model. Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS), 259a. Scottish Association for Marine Science: Oban. 116 pp., more Howell, K.L.; Heymans, J.J.; Gordon, J.D.M.; Duncan, J.; Ayers, M.; Jones, E.B.G. (2009). DEEPFISH Project: Applying an ecosystem approach to the sustainable management of deep-water fisheries. Part 2: A new approach to managing deep-water fisheries. Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS), 259b. Scottish Association for Marine Science: Oban. 28 pp., more
Thesis supervisor [show]
Rundt, C. (2019). Below the sea – below the radar? The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as an opportunity for raising awareness of the ocean? MSc Thesis. Universiteit Antwerpen/Ghent University/Vrije Universiteit Brussel: Antwerpen/Gent/Brussel. 56 pp., more

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