Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research

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Macrozoobenthos

Macrozoobenthos are important components in the ecosystem. They are the largest secondary producers in the systems food web and in turn a major food source for birds, fish and other invertebrate species. Some can alter their surrounding environment by building reefs, trapping sediment or bioturbation.

Impact of microphytobenthos

Impact of microphytobenthos

UU-NIOZ project | We will study sediment biogeochemistry under fluctuating conditions, focusing on the impact of microphytobenthos (MPB).

FutureMARES

EU project | FutureMARES is an EU-funded research project examining the relations between climate change, marine biodiversity and ecosystem services.

Monitoring MSC Zoe plastics

Monitoring MSC Zoe plastics

Project | Research to be carried out into the possible consequences of the container disaster on the ecosystem of the North Sea and Wadden Sea.

Space for birds and fishermen

Space for birds and fishermen

Project | After a period of low fishing efforts, the recent strong increase in Spisula subtruncata makes the harvest of this bivalve species attractive again.

Wadden Mosaic

Project | The once varied underwater landscape has become more monotonous, with major consequences for fish and sea-bed dwellers.

Brackish Pearl

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

EMODnet

Atlas | The development of a common method of access to biological data held in the repositories at NIOZ 'an atlas of European marine life.

SIBES

Project | Each summer a team of 8 scientists and many volunteers go out with NIOZ's RV Navicula to take benthic samples across the Wadden Sea.

Benthic Metabarcoding

Benthic Metabarcoding

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

INNOPRO

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

Double Dyke mariculture

Double Dyke mariculture

Study | Laboratory and field study to investigate possibilities and conditions for cultivating cockles and seaweed between the dykes.

More value with Mussels

More value with Mussels

Project | Investigation of the possibilities to create littoral mussel beds and sustain them by means of active management.

RECON-INSITE

Study | Reef effects of structures in the North Sea: Islands or connections? The aim of this study is to investigate and model the species distribution.

Age determination in bivalves

Age determination in bivalves

Study | Individual age is a key parameter when studying population dynamics of a species. However, age determination is not always straightforward.

BESE Bridging Tresholds

BESE Bridging Tresholds

Project | Developing multipurpose biodegradable structures for generating ecosystem services in degraded wetlands.