Dossier
Wadden Sea
Our research in and around the Wadden Sea is very broad and varies from dikes, mussel beds and seals to birds, litter and salt marshes. In this dossier, you will find news, backgrounds and research results from Wageningen University & Research on the Wadden Sea and Wadden Islands.
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News about the Wadden Sea
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Myron Peck appointed special professor of Life Cycle Ecophysiology of Marine Animals
- The executive board of Wageningen University & Research (WUR) has appointed prof. Dr. Myron Peck as special professor Life Cycle Ecophysiology of... -
Whale carcass proves tasty snack for beetles
- A total of 21 new beetle species were discovered in the whale carcass that washed ashore at the Rottumerplaat in 2020. The creatures are experts in... -
AI helps speed up ecological surveys
- Scientists at NIOZ (Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research), EPFL (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne) and Wageningen University... -
Deadly bacteria found in large group of stranded porpoises
- Last summer, some 190 dead porpoises washed ashore on the Dutch Wadden Sea Islands within just ten days. A remarkably high number, considering the... -
Assessing the shrimp sector
- The shrimp sector is currently facing some challenging issues. Addressing these issues requires changes to be made, which is why the government is...
News 2016-2020
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Results of harbour seal monitoring in the Dutch Wadden Sea
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Plastic soup detectives analyse litter from the Wadden Sea
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Improving coastal restoration by temporarily imitating nature
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Wadden Fund supports Swimway Wadden Sea project
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Deaths among common guillemots caused by starvation
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Harbour seal returns as influential predator in Wadden Sea and coastal zone
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Wisdom & Wonder Movie Talks: "We can learn from China how to deal with rapid transition"
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Wisdom & Wonder Movie Talks: “Food in a movie is always meaningful"
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Extreme cockle mortality on tidal flats of Dutch coastal waters
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Nature restores itself in the Marker Wadden
Projects about the Wadden Sea
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Effectiveness of area protection measures (MEGMA)
The natural development of unfished mussel beds in the Wadden Sea will be mapped. Knowledge that arises from this can be used directly in policymaking... -
TWO advice
The policy and management of the harbour porpoises, grey seals and common seals in and around the Wadden Sea is laid down in the five-year Seal... -
eDNA zooplankton
The biodiversity of zooplankton has been underexposed in Dutch monitoring programs for years. However, animal plankton (zooplankton) plays a key role... -
TMAP Salt marshes
One of the ecological objectives for the Wadden Sea, both at national and at trilateral (i.e. Dutch, German and Danish) level, is to maximise the area... -
QSR Wadden Sea 2021
Within the framework of the Trilateral Monitoring and Assessment Programme (TMAP) the Common Wadden Sea Secretariat (CWSS) regularly produces a...
Publications about the Wadden Sea
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Ervaringen met participatieve monitoring bij de aanleg van Marker Wadden in de periode 2017-2021
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Sleutelaspect zoöplankton : analysedocument voor de basismonitoring Wadden
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O_BALGZAND - Eurasian oystercatchers (Haematopus ostralegus, Haematopodidae) wintering on Balgzand (the Netherlands)
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Impacts of shelter on the relative dominance of primary producers and trophic transfer efficiency in aquatic food webs : Implications for shallow lake restoration
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Using a clustering algorithm to identify patterns of valve-gaping behaviour in mussels reared under different environmental conditions
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Broedkamer Marker Wadden
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The longevity of subtidal mussel beds in the Dutch Wadden Sea
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Corrigendum to “An ecotope map of the trilateral Wadden Sea”
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Facilitating Salt Marsh Restoration: The Importance of Event-Based Bed Level Dynamics and Seasonal Trends in Bed Level Change
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Paai- en opgroeigebieden voor vis in en rond Marker Wadden