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...
News 2016-2021
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AI helps speed up ecological surveys
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Deadly bacteria found in large group of stranded porpoises
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Assessing the shrimp sector
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When does the file yoldia reach the Wadden Sea?
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Counting fish in murky waters
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Experiment with salt marsh construction near Delfzijl successful
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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
Projects about the Wadden Sea
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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... -
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... -
QSR Wadden Sea 2021
Within the framework of the Trilateral Monitoring and Assessment Programme (TMAP) the Common Wadden Sea Secretariat (CWSS) regularly produces a... -
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...
Publications about the Wadden Sea
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The effect of shell-fishing on Oystercatcher populations in the Dutch Wadden Sea
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Maximum likelihood population size estimation of harbour seals in the Dutch Wadden Sea based on a mark-recapture experiment
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Cost reduction in the cold: heat generated by terrestrial locomotion partly substitutes for thermoregulation costs in Knot Calidris canutus
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Diet of cormorants and the impact of cormorant predation of juvenile flatfish in the Dutch Wadden Sea
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Vertical accretion and profile changes in abandoned man-made tidal marshes in the Dollard Estuary, The Netherlands
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Birds, mussels, cockles and shelfish fishery in the Dutch Wadden Sea: how to deal with low food stocks for eiders and oystercatchers?
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Four years of Dutch shellfish fisheries policy - and now the future
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Nematode fauna along a productivity gradient of coastal sand dunes of the Dutch Wadden Sea isle Schiermonnikoog.
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Preservation of the Wadden Sea ecosystem
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Waarden van de Wadden : belevingsonderzoek in het Waddengebied