The current marine scientific research carried out comprises the study of the composition and origin of marine and estuarine sediments mainly of the North Sea and estuary of the Western Scheldt. The systematics, ecology and zoogeography of marine harpacticoid copepods and polychaetous annelids are investigated. Recently an international program started on the impact of oil-pollution on the benthic meiofauna in tropical waters.
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