Bram Sercu
Ghent University
42 Papers
281 Citations
Bram Sercu is an academic researcher from Ghent University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Chemistry & Understory. The author has an hindex of 20, co-authored 42 publications. Previous affiliations of Bram Sercu include University of California & University of California, Santa Barbara.
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Papers
The functional role of temperate forest understorey vegetation in a changing world.
Dries Landuyt,Emiel De Lombaerde,Michael P. Perring,Michael P. Perring,Lionel R. Hertzog,Evy Ampoorter,Sybryn L. Maes,Pieter De Frenne,Shiyu Ma,Willem Proesmans,Haben Blondeel,Bram Sercu,Bin Wang,Safaa Wasof,Kris Verheyen +14 more
TL;DR: It is argued that a simultaneous investigation of both overstorey and understorey functional responses to global change will be crucial and that such studies are still very scarce, only available for a limited set of ecosystem functions and limited to quantification, providing little data to forecast functional responsesto global change.
Sewage exfiltration as a source of storm drain contamination during dry weather in urban watersheds.
TL;DR: This study is the first to provide direct evidence that leaking sanitary sewers can directly contaminate nearby leaking storm drains with untreated sewage during dry weather and suggests that chronic sanitary sewer leakage contributes to downstream fecal contamination of coastal beaches.
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Storm drains are sources of human fecal pollution during dry weather in three urban southern California watersheds.
TL;DR: The association of human fecal pollution with dry weather drainage could be a window into a larger problem for other urbanized coastal areas with Mediterranean-type climates.
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Bioaugmentation of the phyllosphere for the removal of toluene from indoor air
TL;DR: This is the first report on bioaugmentation of the leaf surface of plants to remove gaseous pollutants from air and the results presented are promising and could be of great practical importance in the field of indoor air pollution control.
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Characterization of Coastal Urban Watershed Bacterial Communities Leads to Alternative Community-Based Indicators
Cindy H. Wu,Bram Sercu,Laurie C. Van De Werfhorst,Jakk Wong,Todd Z. DeSantis,Eoin L. Brodie,Terry C. Hazen,Patricia A. Holden,Gary L. Andersen +8 more
TL;DR: This study provided a detailed characterization of bacterial community variability during dry weather across a 3-day period in two urban watersheds, and comparative analysis of watershed community composition resulted in alternative community-based indicators that could be useful for assessing ecosystem health.