David Halfmaerten

Research Institute for Nature and Forest — Belgium

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

11h-index1.3kcitations40works4.32yr avg
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Research Topics

Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies(19), Identification and Quantification in Food(13), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology(12), Genetic diversity and population structure(4), Fish Ecology and Management Studies(4)

Publications40 total

Is exposure to chytrid fungus and ranavirus higher in ponds invaded by American bullfrogs?
Biological Invasions·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
First record of black bullhead (Ameiurus melas Lesueur, 1819) and the occurrence of hybridization with brown bullhead (A. nebulosus Rafinesque, 1820) in Belgium
BioInvasions Records·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Environmental DNA metabarcoding reflects spatiotemporal fish community shifts in the Scheldt estuary
The Science of The Total Environment·2024· 10 citedOpen Access
12S metabarcoding reference data from the Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)·2023· 1 citedOpen Access
12S metabarcoding reference data from the Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)·2023Open Access
Combining multiple markers significantly increases the sensitivity and precision of <scp>eDNA</scp>‐based single‐species analyses
Environmental DNA·2023· 28 citedOpen Access
Using environmental DNA metabarcoding to monitor fish communities in small rivers and large brooks: Insights on the spatial scale of information
Environmental Research·2023· 26 citedOpen Access
Towards an evidence-based spatial prioritization of management efforts to counter a widespread invader
OpenAgrar·2023Open Access
Scale-dependent effects of terrestrial habitat on genetic variation in the great crested newt (Triturus cristatus)
Landscape Ecology·2021· 8 citedOpen Access
Accurate detection and quantification of seasonal abundance of American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus) using ddPCR eDNA assays
Scientific Reports·2021· 49 citedOpen Access
The use of multiple markers and internal positive controls significantly improves species eDNA detection rates and data reliability
ARPHA Conference Abstracts·2021· 1 citedOpen Access
LifeDNAquatic: A priori settings and refined pipelines of eDNA metabarcoding to generate "big data" for solid fish, mussel and amphibian SDMs
ARPHA Conference Abstracts·2021Open Access
Effects of preservation strategies on environmental DNA detection and quantification using ddPCR
Environmental DNA·2021· 39 citedOpen Access
Aesthetic aliens: invasion of the beauty rat snake, Elaphe taeniura Cope, 1861 in Belgium, Europe
BioInvasions Records·2021· 3 citedOpen Access
The invasive parthenogenetic marbled crayfish Procambarus virginalis Lyko, 2017 gets foothold in Belgium
BioInvasions Records·2021· 10 citedOpen Access
Accurate Detection and Quantification of Seasonal Abundance of American Bullfrog (Lithobates Catesbeianus) Using ddPCR eDNA Assays
Research Square (Research Square)·2020· 3 citedOpen Access
Monitoring of spatiotemporal occupancy patterns of fish and amphibian species in a lentic aquatic system using environmental DNA
Molecular Ecology·2020· 77 citedOpen Access
De Noord-Aziatische modderkruiper - Nieuwe invasieve vissoort duikt dankzij eDNA niet langer ongezien de grens over
Natuur.Focus·2020· 2 cited
12S metabarcoding reference data from the Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
Figshare·2020· 1 citedOpen Access
Reliable eDNA detection and quantification of the European weather loach (<i>Misgurnus fossilis</i>)
Journal of Fish Biology·2020· 107 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Rein Brys(23), Sabrina Neyrinck(22), Teun Everts(8), Charlotte Van Driessche(7), Joachim Mergeay(6), Annelies Haegeman(5), Hans Jacquemyn(5), B. Ivens(4), Jos Van Slycken(4), An Vanden Broeck(4), Véronique Storme(4), Wout Boerjan(4), Pieter Verschelde(4), Tim Adriaens(4), Leen Verschaeve(4), An Van Breusegem(4), M.J.M. Smulders(3), Quentin Mauvisseau(3), Johan Auwerx(3), Jeroen Speybroeck(3)