Nature reports

Salt marsh sediment and vegetation can remain largely intact even during extreme storm surges. This was demonstrated in an experiment in which researchers transported sections of salt marsh from the Wadden Sea to the Delta Flume,..

New research shows how natural patterns in coastal meadows redistribute salt stress, helping vegetation remain productive under increasingly saline conditions. Such a mechanism can enhance the resilience of ecosystems to..

For shorebirds such as sanderlings, food availability is determined not only by the abundance of prey, but also by the precise locations and periods during which prey are available. Research by Emma Penning and others shows that..

Lesser black-backed gulls from the colony at the Dutch island Neeltje Jans appear to avoid the wind farm off the Zeeland coast. NIOZ ecologist Rosemarie Kentie and her colleagues suspected the gulls were attracted by fishing boats..

Currently, some 40,000 bar-tailed godwits are eating large quantities of mud shrimps in Balgzand, near Den Helder. This beautiful spectacle can be seen from the dike until about May 20. It has not previously been established that..

On April 30, a large team of researchers from NIOZ, the UvA, the RUG, and NIOO, among others, boarded the research vessel Anna Weber-van Bosse to collect data for the PHYVIR study. The PHYVIR project investigates the influence of..

There are no places in the ocean completely untouched by human chemical impacts. A global analysis of more than 2,300 seawater samples, from more than 20 field studies around the globe, indicates that human-made chemicals make up..

Dune restoration is becoming increasingly important due to rising sea levels and stronger storms. Paul Berghuis and colleagues from NIOZ and Utrecht University showed in the dunes of Texel that dune grass patches “cooperate” to..

Birds that live and breed in vegetated coastal areas shape their own surroundings. This was discovered by earth scientist Floris van Rees. "Plant species that retain sand better benefit from the presence of bird excrement, which..

The increasing number of westerly storms, expected as a result of climate change, will lead to a decline in the availability of food for wading birds, such as the red knot. This is shown in a study by master student Timo Keuning..