Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research

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Pilots & Innovation

Innovative measurement techniques and other smart solutions to improve the long-term time series programs and the accessibility of data. Investigating options for coastal defence like flood risks, experimental studies such as salting cultivation between dikes, effects of blue energy and other challenges.

Virtual Reality

Virtual Reality

Innovation | Combining ecological models with 3D computer graphics techniques can be used to reveal natural ecosystems that are normally hidden from view.

REDstack

Experiment | In Breezanddijk, in the Dutch Wadden Sea, a trial plant is being used to get acquainted with this new way of generating energy.

Double Dyke mariculture

Double Dyke mariculture

Pilot | A study under several design scenarios on the development of aquaculture and saline agriculture in the Double Dyke area.

FAST

Innovation | Sea level rise, climate change and increasing coastal populations, demands innovative approaches towards coastal management.

All-Risk

Innovation | The aim is to address key knowledge gaps in order to implement the new risk standards in the Dutch flood protection program.

Benthic Metabarcoding

Benthic Metabarcoding

Innovation | With the metabarcoding methods, research questions will be tackled where the present traditional taxonomic identifications are infeasible.

Brackish Pearl

Study | Exploring the possibilities of cockle mariculture and investigating optimal conditions for profitable cultivation on saline agricultural land.

DMEC

Study | NIOZ is partner in the Dutch Marine Energy Centre (DMEC)-project which brings together a wide range of marine energy expertise.

Smartsediment

Innovation | Evaluating different management strategies currently being executed in the Scheldt estuary and Oosterschelde.

Field flume studies

Field flume studies

Innovation | Developing a series of field flumes to answer new research questions on the functioning and stability of intertidal and sub-tidal ecosystems.

INNOPRO

Pilot | Experimental studies to gain process-based knowledge in how spatial heterogeneity in the mussel bed environment affects growth & survival.

BE-SAFE

Building with Nature | Promising solutions for flood protection, such as vegetated foreshores, inherently have a dynamic nature.