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Prof. Govers, Gerard
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Katholieke Universiteit Leuven; Departement Aard- en Omgevingswetenschappen; Afdeling Fysische en regionale geografie, more Direct contact at institute: Tel.: +32-(0)16-32 64 23 E-mail: Link www.kuleuven.ac.be/facdep/geo/fgk/leg/pages/expstaff.htm

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Land Use Changes and Si Transport through the Scheldt River Basin, more
Laterale fluxen van Si: de invloed van bodemgebruik op verschillende tijdschalen, more
Quantification and modelling of the sedimentological and morphological dynamics of tidal marshes in the Scheldt estuary, more
Sediment delivery to watercourses from rural areas:assessment and evaluation of control measures, more
Sediment- en morfodynamiek van schorren in het Schelde-estuarium : begroting en voorspelling, more

Publications (38)	Top \| Institute \| Publications \| Projects
A1 Publications (20) [show]
Belliard, J.-P.; Gourgue, O.; Govers, G.; Kirwan, M.L.; Temmerman, S. (2023). Coastal wetland adaptability to sea level rise: the neglected role of semi-diurnal vs. diurnal tides. Limnology and Oceanography Letters 8(2): 340-349. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lol2.10298, more Belliard, J.-P.; Hernandez, S.; Temmerman, S.; Suello, R.H.; Dominguez-Granda, L.E.; Rosado-Moncayo, A.M.; Ramos-Veliz, J.A.; Parra-Narera, R.N.; Pollete-Ramirez, K.; Govers, G.; Borges, A.V.; Bouillon, S. (2022). Carbon dynamics and CO₂ and CH₄ exchange in the mangrove dominated Guayas river delta, Ecuador. Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 267: 107766. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2022.107766, more Suello, R.H.; Hernandez, S.L.; Bouillon, S.; Belliard, J.-P.; Dominguez-Granda, L.; Van de Broek, M.; Rosado-Moncayo, A.M.; Veliz, J.R.; Ramirez, K.P.; Govers, G.; Temmerman, S. (2022). Mangrove sediment organic carbon storage and sources in relation to forest age and position along a deltaic salinity gradient. Biogeosciences 19(5): 1571-1585. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-1571-2022, more Belliard, J.-P.; Dominguez-Granda, L.E.; Ramos-Veliz, J.A.; Rosado-Moncayo, A.M.; Nath, J.; Govers, G.; Gourgue, O.; Temmerman, S. (2021). El Niño driven extreme sea levels in an Eastern Pacific tropical river delta: Landward amplification and shift from oceanic to fluvial forcing. Global Planet. Change 203: 103529. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2021.103529, more Van de Broek, M.; Baert, L.; Temmerman, S.; Govers, G. (2019). Soil organic carbon stocks in a tidal marsh landscape are dominated by human marsh embankment and subsequent marsh progradation. Eur. j. soil sci. (Print) 70(2): 338-349. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ejss.12739, more Van de Broek, M.; Govers, G. (2019). Quantification of organic carbon concentrations and stocks of tidal marsh sediments via mid-infrared spectroscopy. Geoderma 337: 555-564. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2018.09.051, more Van de Broek, M.; Vandendriessche, C.; Poppelmonde, D.; Merckx, R.; Temmerman, S.; Govers, G. (2018). Long-term organic carbon sequestration in tidal marsh sediments is dominated by old-aged allochthonous inputs in a macrotidal estuary. Glob. Chang. Biol. 24(6): 2498-2512. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14089, more Wang, Z.; Hoffmann, T.; Six, J.; Kaplan, J.O.; Govers, G.; Doetterl, S.; Van Oost, K. (2017). Human-induced erosion has offset one-third of carbon emissions from land cover change. Nat. Clim. Chang. 7(5): 345-349. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nclimate3263, more Van de Broek, M.; Temmerman, S.; Merckx, R.; Govers, G. (2016). Controls on soil organic carbon stocks in tidal marshes along an estuarine salinity gradient. Biogeosciences 13(24): 6611-6624. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-6611-2016, more Temmerman, S.; Moonen, P.; Schoelynck, J.; Govers, G.; Bouma, T.J. (2012). Impact of vegetation die-off on spatial flow patterns over a tidal marsh. Geophys. Res. Lett. 39(L03406): 5 pp. dx.doi.org/10.1029/2011GL050502, more Tote, C.; Govers, G.; Van Kerckhoven, S.; Filiberto, I.; Verstraeten, G.; Eerens, H. (2011). Effect of ENSO events on sediment production in a large coastal basin in northern Peru. Earth Surf. Process. Landforms 36(13): 1776-1788. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/esp.2200, more Struyf, E.; Smis, A.; Van Damme, S.; Garnier, J.; Govers, G.; Van Wesemael, B.; Conley, D.J.; Batelaan, O.; Frot, E.; Clymans, W.; Vandevenne, F.; Lancelot, C.; Goos, P.; Meire, P. (2010). Historical land use change has lowered terrestrial silica mobilization. Nature Comm. 1: AR129. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms1128, more Bouillon, S.; Abril, G.; Borges, A.V.; Dehairs, F.; Govers, G.; Hughes, H.J.; Merckx, R.; Meysman, F.J.R.; Nyunja, J.; Osburn, C.; Middelburg, J.J. (2009). Distribution, origin and cycling of carbon in the Tana River (Kenya): a dry season basin-scale survey from headwaters to the delta. Biogeosciences 6(11): 2475-2493. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-6-2475-2009, more Visser, F.; Roth, C.H.; Wasson, R.; Govers, G. (2007). A sediment budget for a cultivated floodplain in tropical North Queensland, Australia. Earth Surf. Process. Landforms 32(10): 1475-1490. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/esp.1475, more Rommens, T.; Verstraeten, G.; Bogman, P.; Peeters, I.; Poesen, J.; Govers, G.; Van Rompaey, A.; Lang, A. (2006). Holocene alluvial sediment storage in a small river catchment in the loess area of central Belgium. Geomorphology (Amst.) 77(1-2): 187-201, more Temmerman, S.; Bouma, T.J.; Govers, G.; Wang, Z.B.; de Vries, M.B.; Herman, P.M.J. (2005). Impact of vegetation on flow routing and sedimentation patterns: three dimensional modeling for a tidal marsh. J. Geophys. Res. 110: F04019. dx.doi.org/10.1029/2005JF000301, more Temmerman, S.; Govers, G.; Meire, P.; Wartel, S. (2004). Simulating the long-term development of levee-basin topography on tidal marshes. Geomorphology (Amst.) 63(1-2): 39-55. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2004.03.004, more Temmerman, S.; Govers, G.; Wartel, S.; Meire, P. (2004). Modelling estuarine variations in tidal marsh sedimentation: response to changing sea level and suspended sediment concentrations. Mar. Geol. 212(1-4): 1-19. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2004.10.021, more Temmerman, S.; Govers, G.; Meire, P.; Wartel, S. (2003). Modelling long-term tidal marsh growth under changing tidal conditions and suspended sediment concentrations, Scheldt estuary, Belgium. Mar. Geol. 193(1-2): 151-169. dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0025-3227(02)00642-4, more Temmerman, S.; Govers, G.; Wartel, S.; Meire, P. (2003). Spatial and temporal factors controlling short-term sedimentation in a salt and freshwater tidal marsh, Scheldt estuary, Belgium, SW Netherlands. Earth Surf. Process. Landforms 28(7): 739-755. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/esp.495, more
Peer reviewed publication [show]
Temmerman, S.; Bouma, T.J.; Govers, G.; Lauwaet, D. (2005). Flow paths of water and sediment in a tidal marsh: relations with marsh developmental stage and tidal inundation height. Estuaries 28(3): 338-352. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02693917, more
Books (2) [show]
Berlamont, J.; Willems, P.; Govers, G.; De Cooman, W.; Blust, R.; De Pauw, N.; Walraevens, K.; Vyverman, W.; Noon, N.; Verstraete, W.; Declerck, S.; Meire, P.; Wyseure, G.; De Smedt, F.; De Deckere, E. (Ed.) (2007). Congres watersysteemkennis 2006/2007 : referaten. v.z.w. WATER: Boechout. , more Govers, G.; De Cooman, W. (Ed.) (2006). Congres Watersysteemkennis 2006/2007: Water en sediment - Deel 2. Water: Tijdschrift over Integraal Waterbeleid, 26(2). vzw Water: Boechout. 61-99 pp., more
Book chapters (3) [show]
Temmerman, S.; De Schutter, J.; Nevelsteen, K.; Govers, G. (2006). Sediment in schorren en overstromingsgebieden, in: Congres watersysteemkennis: studiedag 'water en sediment', donderdag 16 november 2006, Vlaamse Milieumaatschappij, auditorium Dr. De Moorstraat 24-26, Aalst: abstracts. pp. 9, more Temmerman, S.; Govers, G.; Wartel, S.; Meire, P. (2002). Sediment dynamics and geomorphic changes in tidal marshes, 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. 19, more Govers, G.; Quine, T.A. (1994). Study of the contribution of mechanical erosion to soil degradation in agricultural areas, in: Vanderborght, O. et al. (Ed.) IGBP and 'Global Change' related research in Belgium II. pp. 49-50, more
Abstracts (4) [show]
Van Damme, S.; Govers, G.; Struyf, E.; Van Wesemael, B.; Clymans, W.; Frot, E.; Cardinal, D.; Smis, A.; Meire, P. (2009). The effect of land use changes on silica transport through river basins, in: ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting 2009: A Cruise Through Nice Waters, 25-30 January 2009, Nice, France. pp. 272, more Govers, G. (2007). Naar een geïntegreerde monitoring: hoe en waarom, in: Congres watersysteemkennis, donderdag 6 en vrijdag 7 december 2007, Universiteit Antwerpen: abstracts van presentaties en posters. pp. [13-14], more Temmerman, S.; Govers, G.; Wartel, S.; Meire, P. (2002). Small-scale sediment transport and deposition patterns within a salt-marsh basin, Paulinaschor, Western Scheldt, 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. 61, more Temmerman, S.; Govers, G.; Wartel, S.; Meire, P. (2001). Tidal marsh sedimentation in the Scheldt estuary: a field and modelling approach, in: VLIZ Young Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 23 February 2001: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 1: pp. 58-59, more
Reports (4) [show]
Struyf, E.; Clymans, W.; Smis, A.; Vandevenne, F.; Govers, G.; Van Wesemael, B.; Meire, P. (2011). Land use and silica fluxes through the Scheldt river basin "LUSI": final report. Belgian Science Policy Office: Brussels. 89 pp., more Gobin, A.; Verlinden, G.; Notebaert, B.; Govers, G. (2005). Eindrapport: verbeterde kwantificering van diffuse verontreiniging van oppervlaktewater met metalen uit erosie - projectperiode: 06/10/2004-05/10/2005. Bodemkundige Dienst van België. Afdeling Onderzoek en Studies/Katholieke Universiteit Leuven: Leuven. ii, 77 pp., more Gulinck, H.; Haesevoets, A.; Meeus, S.; Govers, G.; Verstraeten, G.; Van Rompaey, A.; Poesen, J.; Notebaert, B.; Gobin, A.; Ceenaeme, J.; Dedecker, D.; De Naeyer, F.; Dries, V.; Gommeren, E.; Van den Bulck, S.; Van Dijck, W.; Van Dyck, E.; Stalpaert, L. (2005). MIRA Milieurapport Vlaanderen. Achtergronddocument 2005: bodem. Vlaamse Milieumaatschappij (VMM): Mechelen. 119 pp., more Verbist, K.; Schiettecatte, W.; Gabriels, D.; Gillijns, K.; Verstraeten, G.; Van Oost, K.; Van Rompaey, A.; Govers, G.; Poesen, J.; Van Hecke, E. (2004). Reductie van sedimentaanvoer naar waterlopen vanuit landelijke gebieden: begroting en evaluatie van controlemaatregelen. Reductieplan 2004. AMINAL. Afdeling Water: Brussel. i, 65 pp., more
Thesis (co-)promotor (4) [show]
Temmerman, S. (2003). Sedimentatie op schorren in het Schelde-estuarium: een studie op basis van veldmetingen en numerieke modellering = Sedimentation on tidal marshes in the Scheldt estuary: a field and numerical modelling study. PhD Thesis. Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL): Leuven. 222 pp., more Steegen, A. (2001). Sediment deposition in and export from small agricultural catchments. PhD Thesis. Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL): Leuven. v, 220 pp., more Verstraeten, G. (2000). Modderoverlast, sedimentatie in wachtbekkens en begroting van de sedimentexport naar waterlopen in Midden-België. PhD Thesis. Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. Faculteit Wetenschappen: Leuven. xiv, 252 pp., more Saiahuddin, A. (1994). A laboratory study of the effect of bed material, slope and discharge on flow hydraulics, geometry and sediment discharge. MSc Thesis. Katholieke universiteit Leuven, Department of geography and Geology: Leuven. 108 pp., more

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