Ward Appeltans

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

30h-index5.0kcitations138works0.42yr avg
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Research Topics

Marine and fisheries research(34), Marine Biology and Ecology Research(30), Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies(21), Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies(17), Species Distribution and Climate Change(14)

Publications138 total

Marine biodiversity indicators and online data knowledge systems
2026Open Access
Measuring and Reporting on Seagrass as an Essential Ocean Variable for Science and Management
BioScience·2025
Contributions of OBIS and GOOS to CBD and BBNJ
2025Open Access
Insights from systematic conservation planning of an MPA network for all European seas
2025Open Access
Capacity sharing to protect and restore ecosystems and biodiversity
ICES Journal of Marine Science·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Aligning Standards Communities for Omics Biodiversity Data: Sustainable Darwin Core-MIxS Interoperability
Biodiversity Data Journal·2023· 12 citedOpen Access
Promoting High-Quality Data in OBIS: Insights from the OBIS Data Quality Assessment and Enhancement Project Team 
Biodiversity Information Science and Standards·2023· 1 citedOpen Access
MPA Europe Report Deliverable 3.1 Compile additional data and publish it into OBIS
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)·2023Open Access
Integrating ocean observations across body‐size classes to deliver benthic invertebrate abundance and distribution information
Limnology and Oceanography Letters·2023· 7 citedOpen Access
The founding charter of the Omic Biodiversity Observation Network (Omic BON)
GigaScience·2022· 11 citedOpen Access
Marine Life 2030: building global knowledge of marine life for local action in the Ocean Decade
ICES Journal of Marine Science·2022· 13 citedOpen Access
Discovering marine biodiversity in the 21st century
Advances in marine biology·2022· 26 cited
Establishing the Foundation for the Global Observing System for Marine Life
Frontiers in Marine Science·2021· 33 citedOpen Access
Enhanced monitoring of life in the sea is a critical component of conservation management and sustainable economic growth
Marine Policy·2021· 54 citedOpen Access
Recommendations for the Standardisation of Open Taxonomic Nomenclature for Image-Based Identifications
Frontiers in Marine Science·2021· 104 citedOpen Access
Towards a Strategy on Ocean Data and Information Stewardship for the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development
Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar-und Meeresforschung (Alfred-Wegener-Institut)·2020
Critical Habitats and Biodiversity: Inventory, Thresholds and Governance
2020· 31 cited
Supporting the essential - Recommendations for the development of accessible and interoperable marine biological data products
Marine Policy·2020· 12 citedOpen Access
Corrigendum: A Response to Scientific and Societal Needs for Marine Biological Observations
Frontiers in Marine Science·2019Open Access
The importance of migratory connectivity for global ocean policy
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences·2019· 132 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Patricia Miloslavich(13), Mark J. Costello(12), Nicholas J. Bax(10), Frank Müller‐Karger(10), B. Vanhoorne(10), David Obura(9), J. Emmett Duffy(8), Raphael M. Kudela(7), Lisandro Benedetti‐Cecchi(6), Samantha E. Simmons(6), Eduardo Klein(6), Sonia Batten(6), Daniel C. Dunn(6), Gabrielle Canonico(6), Pieter Provoost(6), L. Vandepitte(6), Francisco Hernández(5), Jan Mees(5), Sanae Chiba(5), Enrique Montes(5)