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Annual SCAR Report on
National Antarctic Scientific Activities 1999 - 2000
and Planned New Programmes

Belgium 1 July 1999 - 30 June 2000

Member Country:   Belgium

National SCAR Committee
Title

Belgium National Committee on Antarctic Research
Address

IRScNB,
Rue Vautier 29,
B-1000 Brussels,
Belgium

Tel: +32 2 627 41 27
Fax: +32 2 627 42 77
Email: cnbra@naturalsciences.be
Name Address
Chairman/President Prof. Dr Hugo Declair
Secretary

Representatives:
to SCAR
Permanent Delegate Prof. Dr Tony Van Autenboer 1
Alternate Delegate Dr. Claude De Broyer 2
to SCAR Working Groups
Biology Dr. Claude De Broyer 2
Geodesy and Geographic Information Prof. Dr Hugo Declair 3
Geology Prof. Dr Tony Van Autenboer 1
Glaciology Prof. Dr Hugo Declair
Human Biology and Medicine
Physics and Chemistry of the Atmosphere Dr. Etienne Arijs 4
Solar-Terrestrial and Astrophysical Research Prof Dr Paul Simon 6
Solid Earth Geophysics

National Operating Agency
Title Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs (OSTC)
Address

Rue de la Science 8,
B-1000 Brussels,
Belgium

Tel: +32 2 238 35 42
Fax: +32 2 230 59 12
Email: vcau@belspo.be
Website: http://www.belspo.be/antar/

Manager Antarctic: Ms Maaike Van Cauwenbergh
Director
COMNAP Representative Ms Maaike Van Cauwenbergh 20
SCALOP Representative Prof. Dr Tony Van Autenboer 1

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Wintering Stations
Name Location Coordinates
None
Summer-only Stations
Name Location Coordinates
None

Automatic Recording Stations/Observatories
Name/Identifier Coordinates Parameters Recorded
None

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Member Country : Belgium

National Programmes/Projects by Working Group

Biology
Subject Investigation Locality Duration Principal Investigator Address
Meiobenthic biodiversity and fluxes within the Antarctic biogeochemical environment. Weddell Sea; Antarctic Peninsula 1997 - 2000 M. Vincx 8
Ecofunctional biodiversity of benthic crustacean taxocoenoses in the Southern Ocean. Eastern Weddell Sea; King George Island 1997 - 2000 C De Broyer 2
An integrated approach to assess carbon dynamics in the Southern Ocean-l: New and export production Indian sector of the Southern Ocean; Prydz Bay; Ross Sea; Admiralty Bay 1997 - 2000 F Dehairs 7
An integrated approach to assess carbon dynamics in the Southern Ocean-II: Study and modelisation of the planktonic system Indian sector of the Southern Ocean; Prydz Bay; Ross Sea; Admiralty Bay 1997 - 2000 Ch. Lancelot 10
An integrated approach to assess carbon dynamics in the Southern Ocean-III: Barite geochemistry Indian sector of the Southern Ocean; Prydz Bay; Ross Sea; Admiralty Bay 1997 - 2000 L André 21
An integrated approach to assess carbon dynamics in the Southern Ocean-IV: Air/sea carbon exchanges Indian sector of the Southern Ocean; Prydz Bay; Ross Sea; Admiralty Bay 1997 - 2000 M Frankignoulle 22
An integrated approach to assess carbon dynamics in the Southern Ocean-V: 1D modelling of the sea-ice and water column Indian sector of the Southern Ocean; Prydz Bay; Ross Sea; Admiralty Bay 1997 - 2000 E Deleersnijder 23
Response of the Southern Ocean global ecosystem to physical and trophic constraints - I: Ecosystem functioning and modelling Ross Sea 1997 - 2000 J H Hecq 9
Response of the Southern Ocean global ecosystem to physical and trophic constraints - II: Physical modelling Ross Sea 1997 - 2000 G Pichot 11
Response of the Southern Ocean global ecosystem to physical and trophic constraints - III: Role of the picophytoplankton Ross Sea 1997 - 2000 V Demoulin 24
Study of convective movements in the Southern Ocean Weddell Sea 1997 - 2000 G Pichot 11
Morphological and molecular diversity of cyanobacteria in micriobial mats of Antarctic lakes Larsemann Hilla;Vestfold Hills; Dry Valleys 1997 - 2000 A Wilmotte 14
Palaeo-ecological research on the postglacial evolution of terrestrial ecosystems on Subantarctic Islands Crozet & Kerguelen Islands 1997 - 2000 L Beyens 12
Study of the influence of the palaeo-geogrgaphic position of the Anarctic Convergence on the evolution of terrestrial ecosystem in Sub-Antarctic Islands South Georgia; Crozet; Kerguelen 1997 - 2000 C Verbruggen 13

Geodesy and Geographic Information
Subject Investigation Locality Duration Principal Investigator Address
None

Geosciences
Subject Investigation Locality Duration Principal Investigator Address
None

Glaciology (and Climatology)
Subject Investigation Locality Duration Principal Investigator Address
Mass balance of the Antarctic ice cap (a contribution to EPICA). Queen Maud Land 1997 - 2000

A Berger
H Gallée

 17
18
EPICA basal ice - EAstern Antarctica Dome C; Victoria Land 1997 - 2000 R Souchez 16
Dynamics of the Antarctic ice cap and climate changes ( a contribution to EPICA) Dronning Maud Land 1997 - 2000 H Declair 3
Gas studies in pack and landfast ice: interactions with biology Macmurdo 1997 - 2000 J L Tison 16
Isotopic and chemical composition of Antarctic shelf ice: implications on global changes Terra Nova Bay 1997 - 2000 J L Tison 16
Late Quaternary climate history of coastal antarctic environments: multi -proxy approach Larsemann Hills; Alexander Islands 2001- 2005 W Vyverman 25
A numerical simulation of the Antarctic sea ice variability, 1958 - 1999 The whole Southern Ocean 2000 - 2001 T Fichefet 26
Mass balance of Antarctic ice cap: study of warm air masses intrusions over the continent Ross Sea; Adelie Land; Dome 2000 - 2001

J Naithani
G Schayes
A Berger

 17

Human Biology and Medicine
Subject Investigation Locality Duration Principal Investigator Address
None

Physics and Chemistry of the Atmosphere
Subject Investigation Locality Duration Principal Investigator Address
None

Solar Terrestrial and Astrophysical Research
Subject Investigation Locality Duration Principal Investigator Address
None

Solid-Earth Geophysics
Subject Investigation Locality Duration Principal Investigator Address
Antarctic shelf-slope dynamics: an innovative geophysical approach Antarctic Peninsula 1997 -2000

M De Batist
J P Henriet

 15

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Member Country : Belgium

Planned New Programmes/Projects by Working Group

Biology (and Oceanography)
Subject Investigation Locality Duration Principal Investigator Address
Meiobenthic biodiversity and fluxes within the Antarctic biogeochemical environment Weddell Sea; Antarctic Peninsula coastal zone 2000 - 2001 M Vincx 8
Ecofunctional biodiversity of benthic crustacean taxocoenoses in the Southern Ocean Eastern Weddell Sea; King George Island 2000 - 2001 C De Broyer 2
Assessing the sensitivity of the Southern Ocean's biological pump to climate change WOCE transect SR3; South of Tasmania 2001 - 2005 F Dehairs 7
Assessing the sensitivity of the Southern Ocean's biological pump to climate change: modelling of occean and sea-ice Southern Ocean 2001 - 2005 E Deleersnijder 23
Late quaternary climate history of coastal Antarctic environments: a multi-proxy approach Larsemann Hills; Alexander Islands 2001 - 2005 W Vyverman 14

Geodesy and Geographic Information
Subject Investigation Locality Duration Principal Investigator Address
None

Geosciences
Subject Investigation Locality Duration Principal Investigator Address
None

Glaciology (and Climatology)
Subject Investigation Locality Duration Principal Investigator Address
Antarctic ice-sheet dynamics and climate change: modelling and ice composition studies South Victoria Land 2001 - 2005 R Souchez 16
Antarctic ice-sheet dynamics and climactic change: modelling and ice composition studies South Victoria Land 2001 - 2005 H Decleir 3
Mass balance of Antarctic ice cap: study of warm air masses intrusions over the continent Ross Sea, Adelie Land; Dome C 2000 - 2001

J Nathani
G Schayes
A Berger

 17

Human Biology and Medicine
Subject Investigation Locality Duration Principal Investigator Address
None

Physics and Chemistry of the Atmosphere
Subject Investigation Locality Duration Principal Investigator Address
None

Solar Terrestrial and Astrophysical Research
Subject Investigation Locality Duration Principal Investigator Address
None

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Member Country :

Contact Addresses, Telephone, Facsimile and E-mail numbers

1.
Limburgs Universitair Centrum,
Universitaire Campus
B-3590 Diepenbeek

Tel: +32 11 26 83 38
Fax: +32 11 26 83 66
Email: ccammaer@luc.ac.be

2.
Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique,
Rue Vautier 29,
B-1000 Bruxelles

Tel: +32 26 27 41 27
Fax: +32 26 27 42 77
Email: claude.debroyer@naturalsciences.be

3.
Vrije Universiteit Brussel,
Geografisch Instituut,
Pleinaan2,
B-1050 Brussel

Tel: +32 26 41 33 83
Fax: +32 25 41 33 78
Email: hdeclair@vub.ac.be

4.
Belgisch Instituut voor Ruimte Aeronomie,
Ringlaan 3,
B-1180 Brussel

Tel: +32 23 74 27 28
Fax: +32 23 74 84 23
Email: etienne.arijs@oma.be

6.
Institut d'Aeronomie Spatiale de Belgique,
Avenue Circuaire 3,
B-1180 Bruxelles

Tel: +32 23 74 27 28
Fax: +32 23 74 84 23
Email: pauls@oma.be

7.
Vrije Universiteit Brussel,
Analytische Scheikunde (ANCH),
Pleinlaan 2,
B-1050 Brussel

Tel: +32 26 29 32 60
Fax: +32 26 29 32 74
Email: fdehairs@vub.c.be

8.
Universiteit Gent,
Laboratorium voor Morfologie en Systematiek der Dieren
Marine Biology Section.
KL Ledeganckstraat 35,
B-9000 Gent

Tel: +32 92 64 52 10
Fax: +32 92 64 53 44
Email: magda.vincx@rug.ac.be

9.
Université de Liège,
Unité d'écohydrodynamique,
Institut de Physique B5,
Sart-Tilman
B-4000 Liège

Tel +32 43 66 36 46
Fax: +32 43 66 23 35
Email: jh.hecq@ulg.ac.be

10.
Université Libre de Bruxelles,
Micribiologie des milieux aquatiques,
Boulevard du Triomphe - C.P.22
B-1050 Brussels

Tel: +32 26 50 59 88
Fax: +32 26 50 59 93
Email: lancelot@ulb.ac.be

11.
MUMM.
Gulldelle 100
B-1200 Brussels

Tel: +32 27 73 21 22
Fax: +32 27 70 69 72
Email: mummgp@camme.ac.be

12.
Department Biologie RUCA,
Groenenborgerlaan 171,
B-2020 Antwerpen

Tel: +32 3 21 84 13
Fax: +32 3 21 84 13
Email: lobe@ruca.ua.ac.be

13.
University of Gent,
Department of Geography,
laboratory for Palaeo-ecology and landscapegenesis,
Krijgslaan 281,
S8/A1,
B-9000 Gent

Tel: +32 92 64 37 06
Fax: +32 92 64 49 85
Email;

14.
Université de Liège,
Centre d'Ingénierie des Protéines,
Dept Sciences et Vie,
Institut de Chemie, B6,
4000 Liège

Tel: +32 43 66 35 56
Fax: +32 43 66 33 64
Email: awilmotte@ulg.ac.be

15.
Universiteit Gent,
Renard Centre of Marine Geology,
Krijgslaan 281-S8,
B-9000 Gent.

Tel: +32 92 64 45 87
Fax: +32 92 64 49 97
Email: marc.debatist@rug.ac.be

16.
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Department des Sciences de la Terre et de l'Environment,
Avenue Roosevelt50 - CP160/03,
B-1050 Brussels.

Tel: +32 26 50 22 26
Fax: +32 26 50 22 26
Email: glaciol@ulb.ac.be

17.
Université Catholique de Louvain,
Institut d'Astronomie et de Geophysique,
G. Lemaître Chemin du Cyclotron 2,
B-1348 Louvain-La-Neuve

Tel: +32 10 47 33 03
Fax: +32 10 47 47 22
Email: berger@astr.ucl.ac.be

18.
Université Catholique de Louvain,
Institut d'Astronomie et de Geophysique,
G. Lemaître Chemin du Cyclotron 2,
B-1348 Louvain-La-Neuve

Tel: +3210 47 33 02
Fax: +32 10 47 47 22
Email: gallee@astr.ucl.ac.be

19.
University of Antwerpen (UIA),
Department of Chemistry (MiTAC),
Universitesplein 1,
B-2610 Wilrijk.

Tel: +32 38 20 20 20
Fax: +32 38 20 20 24
Email: adams@uia.ua.ac.be

20.
Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs (OSTC),
Rue de la Science 8,
B-1000 Brussels.

Tel: +32 22 38 35 42
Fax: +32 22 30 59 12
Email: vcau@belspo.be

21.
Musée Royal d'Afrique Centrale,
Section de Minéralogie-Petrographie-Géochimie,
Tervurenlaan 13,
B-3080 Tervuren

Tel: +32 27 69 54 59
Fax: +32 27 69 54 32
Email: landre@vub.ac.be

22.
Université de Liège,
Océanographie biologique et chimique,
Allée de la Chimie 3 (B6),
Sart-Tilman,
B-4000 Liège.

Tel: +32 43 56 33 26
Fax: +32 43 56 33 21
Email: michel.frankignouelle@ulg.ac.be

23.
Université Catholique de Louvain,
Institut d'Astronomie et de Geophysique,
G. Lemaître Chemin du Cyclotron 2,
B-1348 Louvain-La-Neuve

Tel: +32 10 47 21 11
Fax: +32 10 47 47 22
Email: ericd@astr.ac.be

24.
Université de Liège,
Laboratoire de Botanique (B22),
Sart-Tilman,
B-4000 Liège.

Tel: +32 43 56 38 53
Fax: +32 43 56 28 53
Email: v.demoulin@ulg.ac.be

25.
Universiteit Gent,
Lab. Plantkude,
K.L.Ledegankstraat 35,
B-9000 Gent.

Tel: +32 92 64 50 69
Fax: +32 92 64 53 44
Email: wim.vyverman@rug.ac.be

26.
Université Catholique de Louvain,
Institut d'Astronomie et de Geophysique,
G. Lemaître Chemin du Cyclotron 2,
B-1348 Louvain-La-Neuve

Tel: +32 10 47 21 11
Fax: +32 10 47 47 22
Email: fichefet@astr.ucl.ac.be