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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
Simplifying complexity : reflections on ecosystems, psychiatric disorders and biogeochemical pathways
Wageningen University. Promotor(en): Marten Scheffer, Egbert van Nes - Wageningen: Wageningen University - ISBN: 9789462577930 -
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 -
Environmental risk assessment of veterinary medicines used in Asian aquaculture
Wageningen University. - Wageningen: Wageningen University - ISBN: 9789461739568 -
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 University - ISBN: 9789461737168 -
Sea@shore: informational governance in marine spatial conflicts at the North Sea
Wageningen University. Promotor(en): Arthur Mol, Jan van Tatenhove, Han Lindeboom - Wageningen: Wageningen University - ISBN: 9789461737748
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 (2010), Volume: 107, Issue: 39 - ISSN 0027-8424 - p. 16794-16799. -
Regime shifts in marine ecosystems: detection, prediction and management
Trends in Ecology and Evolution (2008), Volume: 23, Issue: 7 - ISSN 0169-5347 - p. 402-409. -
Editorial: Globalization, roving bandits, and marine resources
Science (2006), Volume: 311, Issue: 5767 - ISSN 0036-8075 - p. 1557-1558. -
Trophic downgrading of planet earth
Science (2011), Volume: 333, Issue: 6040 - ISSN 0036-8075 - p. 301-306. -
Early-warning signals for critical transitions
Nature (2009), Volume: 461 - ISSN 0028-0836 - p. 53-59. -
Creating a safe operating space for iconic ecosystems
Science (2015), Volume: 347, Issue: 6228 - ISSN 0036-8075 - p. 1317-1319.
Recent marine publications AEW
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Sediment toxicity testing of organic chemicals in the context of prospective risk assessment: A review
Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology (2014), Volume: 44, Issue: 3 - ISSN 1064-3389 - p. 255-302. -
Effects of microplastic on fitness and PCB bioaccumulation by the lugworm Arenicola marina
Environmental Science and Technology (2013), Volume: 47, Issue: 1 - ISSN 0013-936X - p. 593-600. -
Diet of harbor porpoises along the Dutch coast: A combined stable isotope and stomach contents approach
Marine Mammal Science (2013), Volume: 29, Issue: 3 - ISSN 0824-0469 - p. E295-E311. -
Marine fauna of hard substrata of the Cleaver Bank and Dogger Bank
Nederlandse Faunistische Mededelingen (2013), Volume: 41 - ISSN 0169-2453 - p. 69-78. -
Occurrence of the microcystins MC-LW and MC-LF in Dutch surface waters and their contribution to total microcystin toxicity
Marine Drugs (2013), Volume: 11, Issue: 7 - ISSN 1660-3397 - p. 2643-2654. -
Synergistic and species-specific effects of climate change and water colour on cyanobacterial toxicity and bloom formation
Freshwater Biology (2013), Volume: 58, Issue: 11 - ISSN 0046-5070 - p. 2414-2422. -
Photo-identification methods reveal seasonal and long-term site-fidelity of Risso’s dolphins (Grampus griseus) in shallow waters (Cardigan Bay, Wales)
Open Journal of Marine Sciences (2013), Volume: 3 - ISSN 2161-7384 - p. 66-75. -
Key herbivores reveal limited functional redundancy on inshore coral reefs
Coral Reefs (2013), Volume: 32, Issue: 4 - ISSN 0722-4028 - p. 963-972. -
Parameters of growth and reproduction of white0beaked dolphins (Lagenorhynchus albirostris) from the North Sea
Marine Mammal Science (2013), Volume: 29, Issue: 2 - ISSN 0824-0469 - p. 348-355. -
Plastic ingestion by harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) in the Netherlands
Marine Pollution Bulletin (2013), Volume: 67, Issue: 1/2 - ISSN 0025-326X - p. 200-202.