S.E.T. (Sancia) van der Meij
PhD candidate
- Sancia.vanderMeij@ncbnaturalis.nl
- Phone
- +31 (0)71 5687631
- Fax
- +31 (0)71 5687666
- Room Number
- C 02.12
Research interests
1. Cryptic fauna of coral reefs
Coral-associated organisms contribute to the sheer species richness of coral ecosystems. I work on gall crabs (Cryptochiridae), symbionts of stony corals.
2. Faunal changes in Jakarta Bay (1920-2005)
With the use of the scientific collections in Naturalis, old publications and note books, nautical maps et cetera, I try to reconstruct the coral assemblages of the Jakarta Bay area around 1920. This information is compared with recent fieldwork data (2005) to document long-term changes.
3. Taxonomy of the genus Lioconcha
The venerid genus Lioconcha is a rather well-known group of sturdy bivalves with characteristic dark zigzag patterns. Relatively few morphological characters are available to distinguish the species.
In the media
Our findings of possible nudibranch predation by sea anemones spurred the interest of the BBC and the popular blog Deep Sea News. Highly recommended!
The Dutch website Java Post wrote an interesting article about the fate of the coral islands in Jakarta Bay. The article can be found here (in Dutch).
Publications
Naturalis Repository
Under review
2012
Hoeksema BW, SET van der Meij & CHJM Fransen (in press) The mushroom coral as a habitat. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, doi:10.1017/S0025315411001445.
Meij SET van der & BT Reijnen (in press) First observations of attempted nudibranch predation by sea anemones. Marine Biodiversity, doi: 10.1007/s12526-011-0097-9.
2011
Reijnen BT, SET van der Meij & LP van Ofwegen (2011) Fish, fans and hydroids: host species of pygmy seahorses. ZooKeys 103: 1-26.
Hoeksema BW, J van der Land, SET van der Meij, LP van Ofwegen, BT Reijnen, RWM van Soest & NJ de Voogd (2011) Unforeseen importance of historical collections as baselines to determine biotic change of coral reefs: the Saba Bank case. Marine Ecology - An Evolutionary Perspective 32: 135-141.
Meij SET van der & RR Visser (2011) The Acropora humilis group (Scleractinia) of the Snellius expedition (1929-30). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 59: 9-17.
2010
Meij SET van der, RG Moolenbeek & H Dekker (2010) The Lioconcha castrensis species group (Bivalvia: Veneridae); with the description of two new species. Molluscan Research 30: 117-124.
Fransen CHJM & SET van der Meij (2010) First record of a pontoniine shrimp (Caridea, Palaemonidae) in association with a boring bivalve of the genus Spengleria (Bivalvia, Euheterodonta, Gastrochaenidae). Crustaceana 83: 1391-1400.
Meij SET van der, Suharsono & BW Hoeksema (2010) Long-term changes in coral assemblages under natural and anthropogenic stress in Jakarta Bay (1920-2005). Marine Pollution Bulletin 60: 1442-1454.
Hoeksema BW & SET van der Meij (eds) (2010)Progress report: Crossing marine lines at Ternate: Capacity building of junior scientist in Indonesia for marine biodiversity assessments, pp. 1-85.
2009
Meij SET van der, RG Moolenbeek & BW Hoeksema (2009) Decline of the Jakarta Bay molluscan fauna linked to human impact. Marine Pollution Bulletin 59: 101-107.
2008
Hoeksema BW & SET van der Meij (eds) (2008) Progress report: Cryptic marine biota of the Raja Ampat island group: Preliminary results of the Raja Ampat Expedition (2007), Ekspedisi Widya Nusantara (E-Win) of the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), pp. 1-74.
Moolenbeek RG, H Dekker & SET van der Meij (2008) Lioconcha lamprelli spec. nov. (Bivalvia: Veneridae) from Australia. Zoologische Mededelingen 82: 627-630.
2007
Meij SET van der (2007) Opmerkelijke vondst: tropische tapijtschelp aan de Normandische kust. Spirula 355: 38-39.
2006
Meij SET van der & CJ Camphuysen (2006) Distribution and diversity of whales and dolphins (Cetacea) in the southern North Sea: 1970-2005. Lutra 49: 3-28.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012