Marine research at Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management Group
At AEW we have many projects involving the marine ecosystem. The two videos below give a good impression of the kind of subjects we study.
Ongoing PhD projects (per supervisor):
Marjolijn Christianen:
- Fee Smulders "The impact of grazing, invasive species and environmental factors on the resilience and ecosystem services of seagrass"
Han Lindeboom:
- Anja Cervencl
- Maarten de Jong The ecological effects of deep sand extraction on the Dutch continental shelf. Implications for future extraction
- Arno Kangeri
- Pascalle Jacobs
- Marjolein Post
- Fokje Schaafsma The living resources of the polar ocean
- Didier de Bakker
Marin van Regteren Sediment for salt marshes: the ecological aspects of a Mud Motor
Wolf Mooij:
- Mariska Weijerman; A Pacific An integrated ecosystem model for the coral reefs around Guam
- Edison Macusi
- Widhya Nugroho Satrioajie
Peter Reijnders:
- Sophie Brasseur; Individuality in grey and harbour seals in the Netherlands, reflected in distribution, diving behaviour and diet
- Mardik Leopold; You are what you eat - how seabirds, seals and porpoises exploit food sources available to them
Finished PhD projects
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40 years of change on the coral reefs of Curaçao and Bonaire
Wageningen University. Promotor(en): H.J. Lindeboom; E.H. Meesters, co-promotor(en): F.C. van Duyl. - Wageningen : Wageningen University - ISBN 9789463434041 - p. -
Advancement of benthic indicators and biomarker-based tools for biomonitoring and risk assessment in the Barents Sea region
Wageningen University. Promotor(en): A.A. Koelmans, co-promotor(en): N.W. van den Brink. - Wageningen : Wageningen University - ISBN 9789463434690 - p. -
Life in de polar oceans : the role of sea ice in the biology and ecology of marine species
Wageningen University. Promotor(en): H. Lindeboom, co-promotor(en): J.A. van Franeker; H. Flores. - Wageningen : Wageningen University - ISBN 9789463433549 - p. -
North Sea reefs : benthic biodiversity of artificial and rocky reefs in the southern North Sea
Wageningen University. Promotor(en): S. Degraer. - Wageningen : Wageningen University - ISBN 9789463430876 - p. -
Simplifying complexity : reflections on ecosystems, psychiatric disorders and biogeochemical pathways
Wageningen University. Promotor(en): Marten Scheffer; Egbert van Nes. - Wageningen : Wageningen University - ISBN 9789462577930 - p. -
Rhyme and reason: plankton changes in the North Sea ecosystem
Wageningen University. Promotor(en): Han Lindeboom, co-promotor(en): Erik Meesters. - Wageningen : Wageningen University - ISBN 9789462573321 - p. -
Environmental risk assessment of veterinary medicines used in Asian aquaculture
Wageningen University. - Wageningen : Wageningen University - ISBN 9789461739568 - p. -
Elusive marine mammals explored : charting under-recorded areas to 160699 and distribution of cetaceans using multi-method approaches and platforms of opportunity
Wageningen University. Promotor(en): Peter Reijnders, co-promotor(en): Marten Scheffer. - Wageningen : Wageningen UR - ISBN 9789461737168 - p. -
Sea@shore: informational governance in marine spatial conflicts at the North Sea
Wageningen University. Promotor(en): Arthur Mol; Jan van Tatenhove; Han Lindeboom. - Wageningen UR : Wageningen UR - ISBN 9789461737748 - p.
Recent key publications
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Navigating transformations in governance of Chilean marine coastal resources
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 107 (2010)39. - ISSN 0027-8424 - p. 16794 - 16799. -
Regime shifts in marine ecosystems: detection, prediction and management
Trends in Ecology and Evolution 23 (2008)7. - ISSN 0169-5347 - p. 402 - 409. -
Editorial: Globalization, roving bandits, and marine resources
Science 311 (2006)5767. - ISSN 0036-8075 - p. 1557 - 1558. -
Trophic downgrading of planet earth
Science 333 (2011)6040. - ISSN 0036-8075 - p. 301 - 306. -
Early-warning signals for critical transitions
Nature 461 (2009). - ISSN 0028-0836 - p. 53 - 59. -
Creating a safe operating space for iconic ecosystems
Science 347 (2015)6228. - ISSN 0036-8075 - p. 1317 - 1319.
Recent marine publications AEW
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Short-term ecological effects of an offshore wind farm in the Dutch coastal zone; a compilation
Environmental Research Letters 6 (2011)3. - ISSN 1748-9326 - 13 p. -
Nocturnal feeding under artificial light conditions by Brown-hooded Gull (Larus maculipennis) in Puerto Madryn harbour (Chubut Province, Argentina)
Hornero 25 (2010)2. - ISSN 0073-3407 - p. 55 - 60. -
Cetacean distribution and relative abundance in offshore Gabonese waters
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of The United Kingdom 90 (2010)8. - ISSN 0025-3154 - p. 1613 - 1621. -
Spring distribution and density of minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata along an offshore bank in the central North Sea
Marine Ecology Progress Series 408 (2010). - ISSN 0171-8630 - p. 265 - 274. -
First record of a white rough-toothed dolphin (Steno bredanensis) off West Africa including notes on rough-toothed dolphin surface behaviour
Marine Biodiversity Records 3 (2010). - ISSN 1755-2672 - 4 p. -
Navigating transformations in governance of Chilean marine coastal resources
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 107 (2010)39. - ISSN 0027-8424 - p. 16794 - 16799. -
Quantifying the effect of catchment land-use and water nutrient concentrations on freshwater river and stream biodiversity
Aquatic conservation: marine and freshwater ecosystems 19 (2009)1. - ISSN 1052-7613 - p. 104 - 112. -
Are white-beaked dolphins Lagenorhynchus albirostris food specialst? Their diet in the southern North Sea
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of The United Kingdom 90 (2010)8. - ISSN 0025-3154 - p. 1501 - 1508. -
Biomagnification of naturally-produced methoxylated polybrominated diphenyl ethers (MeO-PBDEs) in harbour seals and harbour porpoises from the Southern North Sea
Environment International 35 (2009)6. - ISSN 0160-4120 - p. 893 - 899. -
Inter-species differences for polychlorinated biphenyls and polybrominated diphenyl ethers in marine top predators from the Southern North Sea: Part 2. Biomagnification in harbour seals and harbour porpoises
Environmental Pollution 157 (2009)2. - ISSN 0269-7491 - p. 445 - 451.