The Eastern Scheldt faces sand starvation as a result of the Eastern Scheldt storm surge barrier construction, which has led to a decreased tidal prism and subsequent loss of intertidal areas. These areas are crucial for birds and seals to rest and forage for food. To address this issue, Rijkswaterstaat …

Nature-based strategies, such as wave attenuation by tidal marshes, are increasingly proposed as a complement to mitigate the risks of failure of engineered flood defense structures such as levees. However, recent analysis of historic coastal storms revealed smaller dike breach dimensions if there were …

Poster. Tidal flats and salt marshes are disappearing at alarming rates. The Dutch government has initiated a project to reverse this trend in the Western Scheldt estuary by interventions that stimulate the development of low dynamic intertidal zones along its flanks. The construction of new groynes …

Salt marshes are known to be an important habitat type for numerous species of fish. As fish stocks are pressured around the world, providing them with suitable habitat is very important. Through managed realignments or tidal restoration, intertidal salt marshes are created or restored. Which fish use …

Salt marsh stability from 10 different salt marshes was studied in the Dutch Wadden Sea region and the Scheldt Estuary during October and November 2018. This report elaborates how salt marsh stability is influenced by bioturbation of Orchestia sp., grazing of large herbivores and different soil and plant …

Intertidal areas in the Netherlands suffer from divers pressures in the delta. The Western Scheldt has an open connection to the sea. This system is in use for the Port of Antwerp, for which dredging is required. Therefore, Rijkswaterstaat has to compensate natural areas, among which intertidal areas. Area …

Study the effects of repeated harvest activities with an Anderson biobaler in natural willow rings around Saskatchewan prairie marshes, on the regeneration characteristics of willow and determine management tactics that increase the efficientcy of the system.

In opdracht van De Vlinderstichting en KWR Watercycle Research Institute werd onderzoek uitgevoerd naar de effecten van het al dan niet toepassen van maaibeheer op (macro)nachtvlinders in beekdal Drentse Aa. Van oudsher bestaat dit beekdal uit veenvormende moerasvegetaties. Deze vegetatie met de bijbehorende …

The aim of this research was to describe paddock use of horses and cattle in different densities in the salt marshes of Noord-Friesland Buitendijks. In this report is also added the ongoing discussion about grazing in salt marshes in whole Europe and it might help understanding different outcomes in …