Mangrove Management Group - David P. Gillikin

David P. Gillikin

Laboratory of Ecology and Systematics

B.S. in Environmental Geology,
State University of New York at New Paltz, 1994

Research Interests

David has recently completed his Master of Science in Ecological Marine Management at the VUB. His main interest area is mangrove crab ecology. David focused on the effects salinity on mangrove crabs. Moreover, he estimated the acute and chronic tolerances to differing salinities for different species. His work was promoted by Dr. J.F. Tack, Prof. Dr. M. Vannini and Dr. Bart De Wachter. Read the abstract of his thesis.

David is now working on his Ph.D. in the laboratory of Analytical and Environmental Chemistry, his project deals with the validation of bivalves as environmental archives. More details can be found at: http://www.vub.ac.be/calmar/gillikin.htm.

Related publications

For an updated publication list and links to pdf file of these papers, please see: http://homepages.vub.ac.be/~dagillik/mangrove/our_pubs.htm or http://www.mangrovecrabs.com/

Gillikin, D.P. and C.P. Kamanu, in press. Burrowing in the East African mangrove crab Chiromantes ortmanni (Crosnier, 1965) (Decapoda, Bracayura, Grapsidae). Crustaceana. (email for pre-print)

Gillikin, D.P. and C.D. Schubart, 2004. Ecology and systematics of mangrove crabs of the genus Perisesarma (Crustacea: Brachyura: Sesarmidae) from East Africa. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 141 (3): 435-445.(a new species of Kenyan mangrove crab)

Gillikin, D.P., B. De Wachter and J.F. Tack, 2004. Physiological responses of two ecologically important Kenyan mangrove crabs exposed to altered salinity regimes. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 301(1):93-109.

Gillikin, D.P., 2004. Osmoregulatory ability of Chiromantes ortmanni (Crosnier, 1965) subjected to dilute and hypersaline seawater. Crustaceana 77(1): 67-74.

Gillikin, D.P., S. De Grave and J.F. Tack, 2001. The occurrence of the semi-terrestrial shrimp Merguia oligodon (De Man, 1888) in Neosarmatium smithi H. Milne Edwards, 1853 burrows in Kenyan mangroves. Crustaceana 74(5): 505-508.

Contact Information

David P. Gillikin
Mangrove Management Group
Department of Analytical Chemistry (ANCH)
Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Free University Brussels)
Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium.
email: david@mangrovecrabs.com
website: http://www.vub.ac.be/calmar/gillikin.htm
phone: ++ 32 2 629 1265
fax: ++ 32 2 629 34 03