David P. GILLIKIN Vrije Universiteit Brussel B.Sc. in Environmental Geology, State University of New York at New Paltz (SUNY), 1994 M.Sc. in Ecological Marine Management, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), 2000  Ph.D. in Science Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), 2005

After completing his B.Sc. in Environmental Geology, David worked for a number of years in materials testing and environmental monitoring in New York State. He later completed a M.Sc. in Ecological Marine Management, where his thesis dealt primarily with the ecophysiology of Kenyan mangrove crabs.

David joined the CALMARS group in 2001 under the supervision of F. Dehairs (promoter), W. Baeyens (co-promoter) and E. Keppens (co-promoter) to calibrate bivalves as recorders of their environment. He is especially interested in drawing on his background in physiology to unravel the physiological signal which is often superimposed on environmental signals in most biological carbonates. David is working primarily on two estuaries, one in Europe (the Schelde) and the other in North Carolina USA (Wade Creek), but is also working in the tropics (Kenya). David obtained his PhD and will soon be moving back to the US.

Peer reviewed (see publications page for reprints; see all of Dr. Gillikin's publications)

Gillikin, D. P., F. Dehairs, W. Baeyens, J. Navez, A. Lorrain and L. André. Inter- and intra-annual variations of Pb/Ca ratios in clam shells (Mercenaria mercenaria): a record of anthropogenic lead pollution? in press Marine Pollution Bulletin.

Gillikin, D.P., Lorrain A., Meng L., & Dehairs F. (2007) A large metabolic carbon contribution to the d13C record in marine aragonitic bivalve shells. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta doi:10.1016/j.gca.2007.04.003 (full paper)

Gillikin, D. P., F. Dehairs, A. Lorrain, D. Steenmans, W. Baeyens, and L. André (2006). Barium uptake into the shells of the common mussel (Mytilus edulis) and the potential for estuarine paleo-chemistry reconstruction. Geochemica et Cosmochimica Acta 70: 395-407. (full paper)

Gillikin, D. P. , A. Lorrain, S. Bouillon, Ph. Willenz and F. Dehairs, 2006. Stable carbon isotopic composition of Mytilus edulis shells: relation to metabolism, salinity δ13CDIC and phytoplankton. Organic Geochemistry 37: 1371-1382. (Full paper)

Gillikin, D.P., Lorrain, A., Bouillon, S., Willenz, Ph., & Dehairs, F. 2006. Can the stable carbon isotopic composition of bivalve shells be used as a proxy of δ¹³C-DIC and provide an indication of estuarine salinity? GSA 2006 Philadelphia Annual Meeting (22–25 October 2006).

Gillikin, D.P., A. Lorrain, and Dehairs, F., 2006. A Large Metabolic Carbon Contribution to the δ13C Record in Marine Aragonitic Bivalve Shells. Eos Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract PP13D-01. -oral communication

Lorrain A, DP Gillikin, Y-M Paulet, L Chauvaud, A Le Mercier, J Navez, L André, 2005. Strong kinetic effects on Sr/Ca ratios in the calcitic bivalve Pecten maximus. Geology 33: 965-968.

Gillikin, D. P., A. Lorrain, J. Navez, J. W. Taylor, L. André, E. Keppens, W. Baeyens and F. Dehairs, 2005. Strong biological controls on Sr/Ca ratios in aragonitic marine bivalve shells. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 6, Q05009, doi:10.1029/2004GC000874. (full paper).

Gillikin, D. P., F. De Ridder, H. Ulens, M. Elskens, E. Keppens, W. Baeyens and F. Dehairs, 2005. Assessing the reproducibility and reliability of estuarine bivalve shells (Saxidomus giganteus) for sea surface temperature reconstruction: implications for paleoclimate studies. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology 228: 70-85. (abstract)

De Ridder, F., R. Pintelon, J. Schoukens and D. P. Gillikin, 2005. Modified AIC and MDL model selection criteria for short data records. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement 54 (1): 144-150. (abstract; full paper).

De Ridder, F., R. Pintelon, J. Schoukens, D. P. Gillikin, L. André, W. Baeyens, A. de Brauwere and F. Dehairs, 2004. Decoding Non-linear Growth Rates in Biogenic Environmental Archives. G-Cubed 5, Q12015, doi:10.1029/2004GC000771. (abstract; full paper).

Thesis

Gillikin, D.P., 2005. Geochemistry of Marine Bivalve Shells: the potential for paleoenvironmental reconstruction. Ph.D. thesis. Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium, 258 p.

Abstracts

Gillikin, D. P. , F. Dehairs, D. Steenmans, L. Meng, T. Haifeng, J. Navez, L. André, W. Baeyens, E. Keppens, and the CALMARS group, 2004. Trace element proxies (Sr/Ca, Ba/Ca and Pb/Ca) in Bivalve shells: environmental signals or not? Eos Trans. AGU, 85(46), Fall Meet. San Francisco, CA, Suppl., Abstract B13E-08 -oral communication.

Steenmans, Dirk, David P. Gillikin, Frank Dehairs, Willy Baeyens, Jacques Navez, Luc André, E. Keppens, and the CALMARS group, 2004. Barium in mussel shells: a proxy of environmental conditions? International Paleo-environments Symposium (QRA2004), Brussels, Belgium, 15-17 September. -poster

Gillikin, D. P., F. Dehairs, W. Baeyens, J. Navez, L. André, E. Keppens, and the CALMARS group, 2004. The potentials of Aragonitic Bivalves as paleoclimate proxies: d18O, Sr/Ca and Mg/Ca. International Paleo-environments Symposium (QRA2004), Brussels, Belgium, 15-17 September. -oral communication

Lorrain, A., D. P. Gillikin, Y.M. Paulet, C. Paillard, J. Navez, L. André, F. Dehairs, W. Baeyens and the CALMARS group, 2004. Toward a mechanistic understanding of trace element proxy incorporation in bivalve shells. International Paleo-environments Symposium (QRA2004), Brussels, Belgium, 15-17 September. -poster

Gillikin, D. P., J. Navez, F. Dehairs, W. Baeyens and L. André, 2004. Validation of Laser Ablation-ICP-MS results with Solution Nebulization-HR-ICP-MS. European Science Foundation workshop : Isotopic microsampling in Earth, Environmental and Archaeological Sciences, September 9-11, 2004, Durham, UK. -poster

Gillikin, D. P., D. Steenmans, F. Dehairs, W. Baeyens, J. Navez, L. Andre, E. Keppens, and the CALMARS group, 2004. Calibration and validation of the mussel Mytilus edulis as an environmental archive. 1st EGU General Assembly, Nice, France, 26 - 30 April 2004. Abstract EGU04-A-04054. (abstract).

Gillikin David P., Dirk Steenmans, Li Meng, Tang Haifeng, Hans Ulens, Frank Dehairs, Willy Baeyens, Jacques Navez, Luc André, Eddy Keppens, and the CALMARS group. Bivalves as environmental archives. VLIZ Jongerencontactdag 2004, Brugge, Belgium.

Gillikin, D. P., Ulens, H., Dehairs, F., Baeyens, W., Navez, J., André, L., Keppens, E., and the CALMARS Group, 2004. Sr and Mg Profiles in Aragonitic Bivalves: Do They Record Temperature? Eos Trans. AGU, 84(52), Ocean Sci. Meet. Portland, OR, Suppl., Abstract OS42B-06. (abstract).

De Ridder, F., Pintelon, R., Schoukens, J., Gillikin, D. P., André, L., Baeyens, W., Dehairs, F., 2004. Decoding Non-linear Growth Rates in Biogenic Archives. Eos Trans. AGU, 84(52), Ocean Sci. Meet. Portland, OR, Suppl., Abstract OS42B-01. (abstract).

Ranner, H., de Jonghe, C., Monin, L., Navez, J., André, L., Gillikin, D., Keppens, E., Dubois Ph. and the CALMARS group, 2003. Recording of environmental parameters in the skeleton of Asterias rubens and Sphaerechinus granularis, 11th International Echinoderm Conference, Munich 2003 (abstract).

Gillikin, D. P. , J. Navez, F. Dehairs, W. Baeyens and L. André, 2003. Validation of LA-ICP-MS results with SN-HR-ICP-MS. Fourth International Conference on High Resolution Sector Field ICPMS, 15th-17th October 2003, Venice, Italy (Oral communication: abstract).

Gillikin, D. P., Ulens, H., Dehairs, F., Baeyens, W., Navez, J., André, L., Keppens, E., and the CALMARS group, 2003b. Wetland bivalves as environmental archives. Eighth Symposium on Biogeochemistry of Wetlands, Gent, Belgium, September 14-17, 2003.(Poster abstract).

Gillikin, D. P., F. Dehairs, W. Baeyens, J. Navez, L. André, and the CALMARS group, 2003. The potentials of high resolution trace element profiles in bivalve shells as a record of paleoenvironment: exploring Mercenaria mercenaria. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 5, 11503 (Poster abstract).

Verheyden, S. , D. Gillikin, V. Vandeginste, F. De Ridder, J. Navez, L. André, F. Dehairs and E. Keppens, 2002. Geochemistry of Sclerosponges and Bivalves. Geologica Belgica International Meeting (Poster abstract).

Ulens, H., 2003. The potentials of Saxidomus giganteus as a paleoclimate proxy. MareLac M.Sc. thesis. Gent University, Belgium. Promoter: F. Dehairs; Mentor: D.P. Gillikin (abstract)

Meng, L., 2004. Can bivalves be used as archives of anthropogenic carbon input to the marine environment? EST M.Sc. thesis Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium. Promoter: F. Dehairs; Co-promoter: D.P. Gillikin

Steenmans, D., 2004. Do Marine Bivalve Shells Record Paleo-Productivity? M.Sc./ lic. thesis. Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium. Promoter: F. Dehairs; Co-promoter: D.P. Gillikin