LifeWatch VLIZ

Mostly tweeting about the activities of the LifeWatch team at the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), one of the LifeWatch Belgium partners.

[7th World Conference on Marine Biodiversity @wcmb2026]

Themes and sessions of @wcmb2026 - Part 23

Session 5.3: "The African Linnean shortfall: Overview, status and opportunities in capacity building and research in Marine Taxonomy"

https://t.co/bFP66Fwamn

Stay tuned for more!

@UNOceanDecade @VLIZnews #WCMB2026 #marinebiodiversity

[7th World Conference on Marine Biodiversity @wcmb2026]

Themes and sessions of @wcmb2026 - Part 21

Session 5.1: "Today’s challenges and future opportunities for identifying the evolution, taxonomy, and systematics of invertebrates"

https://t.co/bFP66FwIbV

Stay tuned for more!

@UNOceanDecade @VLIZnews #WCMB2026 #marinebiodiversity

[WoRMS @WRMarineSpecies]

Don't forget to nominate your favourites for the @WRMarineSpecies Top Ten Marine Species of 2025!

Deadline = January 25th 2026

More information: https://t.co/5ZuaEq4kgV

Nomination form: https://t.co/Xh7bPmtDqU

@oceancensus @UNOceanDecade @VLIZnews @LifeWatchERIC

[LifeWatch VLIZ @LifeWatchVLIZ]

New year, new job?
#LifeWatchVLIZ is hiring a Fish Behavioral Ecology Researcher to work on fish tracking & Digital Twin Ocean tools in leading EU projects.
👉 Apply now: https://t.co/9yoAcRCqAV

@VLIZnews @LifewatchBE @AquaticTracking

[LifeWatch VLIZ @LifeWatchVLIZ]

@WRMarineSpecies 👏👏

[WoRMS @WRMarineSpecies]

WoRMS/Aphia 2025 stats: 3,782 3️⃣7️⃣8️⃣2️⃣ #marinespecies added (1,869 validly published in 2025); 109 new editors; 113,829 taxonomic edits & additions; uptime 99.91% https://t.co/mICLe7lyhh

[WoRMS @WRMarineSpecies]

New tool just launched:

A Taxon-Match tool for @AlgaeBase , based on the @WRMarineSpecies Taxon Match

https://t.co/X0Y6FKcrKV

[WoRMS @WRMarineSpecies]

We are calling for your nominations for the @WRMarineSpecies Top Ten Marine Species of 2025!

More information: https://t.co/5ZuaEq4S6t

Nomination form: https://t.co/Xh7bPmubgs

Deadline: Sunday January 25th 2026

@oceancensus @UNOceanDecade @VLIZnews @LifeWatchERIC

[WoRMS @WRMarineSpecies]

Tribute to Denise Bellan-Santini (1937-2025), one of the founding editors of #ERMS and Amphipoda editor in @WRMarineSpecies

https://t.co/Fq1iQsWYcz

[UN Ocean Decade @UNOceanDecade]

Call for Abstracts: 7th World Conference on Marine Biodiversity

Submit your contribution to Session 1.4: 'Minimizing the Impact of Ocean Acidification' organized by the #OceanDecade #OARS Programme.

🗓️ Deadline: 17 March 2026
🔗 https://t.co/qeYl2xb2cP (Select Session 1.4)

[Marine Regions @marineregions]

Wrapping up #30DayMapChallenge with a bonus map: a cartogram where countries are resized by their EEZs! 🎁

Shout-out to Clipperton Island, which has the largest EEZ/land ratio: its EEZ is over 200.000 its land area 🤯

[7th World Conference on Marine Biodiversity @wcmb2026]

#WCMB2026 #ScientificCommittee

Frank Muller-Karger from @USFCMS studies coastal and marine ecosystems including water quality, biological production, biodiversity, climate change, and human activities.

https://t.co/Awo83dCvOX

@UNOceanDecade @VLIZnews #marinebiodiversity

[Britt Lonneville @BrittLonneville]

#30DayMapChallenge - day 26: transport

Since we began mapping the yearly tracks of our research vessel Simon Stevin, this is the furthest it has ever travelled thanks to the chase of a plankton bloom for the BERNARDO project! 😱

@vliznews @lifewatchvliz @icos_RI

[LifeWatch VLIZ @LifeWatchVLIZ]

Last night, the #LifeWatchVLIZ SeaWatch-B training took place at the InnovOcean Campus.
Alongside an insightful talk on archaeological findings (@Idemerre), participants were given a first look at SeaWatch-B data collected over 11 years.

@VLIZnews

[LifeWatch Belgium @LifewatchBE]

Where do fish go when they cross borders? Through ETN @AquaticTracking, @LifeWatchVLIZ , @INBOVlaanderen and @VLIZnews follow them with 3,000+ receivers and open data across Europe.
👉Read more: https://t.co/uRSjYYupC7

[Marine Regions @marineregions]

#30DayMapChallenge – Day 24: Places and their names

A heat map of all 64.476 named places in the Marine Regions gazetteer 🔥

Darker areas mean fewer names ➡️ the gaps in our coverage. Spot a dark region you know well? We’d love tips on data sources for features there! 🔍

[Marine Regions @marineregions]

New year, new undersea features integration! 🤿

Our latest Marine Regions update adds 108 new undersea names from GEBCO (107) and ACUF (1), keeping our global gazetteer current and consistent.

Dive in ➡️ https://t.co/RvCwdlupZr

@LifeWatchVLIZ @VLIZnews

[WoRMS @WRMarineSpecies]

Decoding the naming of decapods https://t.co/GjoH5lfjGa #marinespecies @LifeWatchVLIZ @UNOceanDecade

[WoRMS @WRMarineSpecies]

Today is #DvdW (science day). Come to @VLIZnews and play our game “Schelp, wie ben ik?” (In Dutch), based on the @WRMarineSpecies Top 10.

[7th World Conference on Marine Biodiversity @wcmb2026]

#WCMB2026 #ScientificCommittee

Aileen Tan from CEMACS at University Sains Malaysia specializes in mariculture and conservation of molluscs, thus promoting “green aquaculture”.

https://t.co/oILnQmX9B8

@UNOceanDecade @VLIZnews #marinebiodiversity