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Mason, V. G.; van Leeuwe, J.; Bouma, T.; Sinke, D.; Varley, D.; van der Heide, T.; Temmink, R.J.M.; Bucher, F.; van Belzen, J. (2025). Using local materials for scalable marine restoration: Xiriton as a nature-enriching, low impact building material. Front. Mar. Sci. 12: 1661288. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2025.1661288, more Stoorvogel, M.; Willemsen, P.W.J.M.; van Belzen, J.; Temmerman, S.; de Jonge, J.M.; van de Koppel, J.; Bouma, T. (2025). Nature-based mitigation of shoreline erosion risks in tidal marshes created by managed realignment vs. sediment nourishment. Ecol. Eng. 210: 107439. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2024.107439, more Stoorvogel, M.; de Smit, J.; Wiesebron, L.E.; van Belzen, J.; van de Koppel, J.; Temmerman, S.; Bouma, T. (2025). Plant species, inundation, and sediment grain size control the development of sediment stability in tidal marshes. Ecol. Appl. 35(1): e3078. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/eap.3078, more van Hespen, R.; Gijón Mancheño, A.; Kleinhans, M.; van Belzen, J.; van Bijsterveldt, C.E.J.; de Smit, J.; Hu, Z.; Borsje, B.W.; Hofland, B.; Bouma, T. (2025). Unravelling mangrove storm damage resistance for sustainable flood defense safety using 3D-printed mimics. Sustainability 17(6): 2602. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su17062602, more Velilla, E.; Snethlage, J.; Poelman, M.; van der Meer, I.M.; van der Werf, A.; Deolu-Ajayi, A.O.; van Belzen, J. (2025). Too salty to farm: rethinking coastal land use in response to soil salinization. Restor. Ecol. 33(4): e70006. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/rec.70006, more Wu, X.; Bouma, T.; Cozzoli, F.; van de Koppel, J.; van Belzen, J. (2025). Effect of upscaling nature‐based coastal protection on estuarine biodiversity using foreshores and transitional polders. J. Appl. Ecol. 62(4): 1037-1051. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.70029, more Fivash, G.S.; Stoorvogel, M.; de Smit, J.C.; van Rees, F.; van Dalen, J.; Grandjean, T.; van de Vijsel, R.C.; Bouma, T.; Temmerman, S.; van Belzen, J. (2024). Abiotic origins of self‐organized ridge‐runnel patterns on tidal flats. Limnol. Oceanogr. 69(6): 1378-1389. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lno.12581, more Stoorvogel, M.; van Belzen, J.; Temmerman, S.; Wiesebron, L.E.; Fivash, G.S.; van Ijzerloo, L.; van de Koppel, J.; Bouma, T. (2024). Salt marshes for nature-based flood defense: Sediment type, drainage, and vegetation drive the development of strong sediment beds. Ecol. Eng. 207: 107335. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2024.107335, more Zhou, Z.; Grandjean, T.; de Smit, J.; van Belzen, J.; Fivash, G.S.; Walles, B.; Beauchard, O.; van Dalen, J.; Blok, D.B.; van Ijzerloo, L.; Ysebaert, T.; Bouma, T. (2024). Sediment dynamics shape macrofauna mobility traits and abundance on tidal flats. Limnol. Oceanogr. 69(10): 2278-2293. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lno.12669, more van de Ven, C.N.; Reijers, V.C.; Lammers, C.; van Belzen, J.; Chung, Y.; Bouma, T.J.; van der Heide, T. (2023). Establishing cordgrass plants cluster their shoots to avoid ecosystem engineering. Funct. Ecol. 37(5): 1339-1349. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14302, more van de Vijsel, R.C.; van Belzen, J.; Bouma, T.J.; van der Wal, D.; Borsje, B.W.; Temmerman, S.; Cornacchia, L.; Gourgue, O.; van de Koppel, J. (2023). Vegetation controls on channel network complexity in coastal wetlands. Nature Comm. 14(1): 7158. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-42731-3, more van den Hoven, K.; van Belzen, J.; Kleinhans, M.G.; Schot, D.; Merry, J.; van Loon-Steensma, J.M.; Bouma, T.J. (2023). How natural foreshores offer flood protection during dike breaches: An explorative flume study. Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 294: 108560. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2023.108560, more Fivash, G.S.; van Belzen, J.; Temmink, R.J.M.; Didderen, K.; Lengkeek, W.; van der Heide, T.; Bouma, T.J. (2022). Increasing spatial dispersion in ecosystem restoration mitigates risk in disturbance‐driven environments. J. Appl. Ecol. 59(4): 1050-1059. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14116, more Gourgue, O.; van Belzen, J.; Schwarz, C.; Vandenbruwaene, W.; Vanlede, J.; Belliard, J.-P.; Fagherazzi, S.; Bouma, T.J.; van de Koppel, J.; Temmerman, S. (2022). Biogeomorphic modeling to assess the resilience of tidal-marsh restoration to sea level rise and sediment supply. Earth Surface Dynamics 10(3): 531-553. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/esurf-10-531-2022, more Schoutens, K.; Luys, P.; Heuner, M.; Fuchs, E.; Minden, V.; Schulte-Ostermann, T.; Bouma, T.J.; van Belzen, J.; Temmerman, S. (2022). Traits of tidal marsh plants determine survival and growth response to hydrodynamic forcing: implications for nature-based shoreline protection. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 693: 107-124. https://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps14091, more van Belzen, J.; Fivash, G.S.; Hu, Z.; Bouma, T.J.; Herman, P.M.J. (2022). A probabilistic framework for windows of opportunity: the role of temporal variability in critical transitions. J. R. Soc. Interface 19(190): 0220041. https://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2022.0041, more Weisscher, S.; Baar, A.W.; van Belzen, J.; Bouma, T.J.; Kleinhans, M.G. (2022). Transitional polders along estuaries: driving land-level rise and reducing flood propagation. Nature-Based Solutions 2: 100022. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nbsj.2022.100022, more Cao, H.; Zhu, Z.; van Belzen, J.; Gourgue, O.; van de Koppel, J.; Temmerman, S.; Herman, P.M.J.; Zhang, L.; Yuan, L.; Bouma, T.J. (2021). Salt marsh establishment in poorly consolidated muddy systems: effects of surface drainage, elevation, and plant age. Ecosphere 12(9): e03755. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3755, more Fivash, G.S.; Stüben, D.; Bachmann, M.; Walles, B.; van Belzen, J.; Didderen, K.; Temmink, R.J.M.; Lengkeek, W.; van der Heide, T.; Bouma, T.J. (2021). Can we enhance ecosystem-based coastal defense by connecting oysters to marsh edges? Analyzing the limits of oyster reef establishment. Ecol. Eng. 165: 106221. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2021.106221, more Gourgue, O.; van Belzen, J.; Schwarz, C.; Bouma, T.J.; van de Koppel, J.; Temmerman, S. (2021). A convolution method to assess subgrid‐scale interactions between flow and patchy vegetation in biogeomorphic models. J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst. 13(2): e2020MS002116. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020MS002116, more Hu, Z.; Borsje, B.W.; van Belzen, J.; Willemsen, P.W.J.M.; Wang, H.; Peng, Y.; Yuan, L.; De Dominicis, M.; Wolf, J.; Temmerman, S.; Bouma, T.J. (2021). Mechanistic modeling of marsh seedling establishment provides a positive outlook for coastal wetland restoration under global climate change. Geophys. Res. Lett. 48(22): e2021GL095596. https://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2021gl095596, more Marín Díaz, B.; Fivash, G.S.; Nauta, J.; Temmink, R.J.M.; Hijner, N.; Reijers, V.C; Cruijsen, P.M.J.M.; Didderen, K.; Heusinkveld, J.H.T.; Penning, E.; Maldonado-Garcia, G.; van Belzen, J.; de Smit, J.C.; Christianen, M.J.A.; van der Heide, T.; van der Wal, D.; Olff, H.; Bouma, T.J.; Govers, L.L. (2021). On the use of large-scale biodegradable artificial reefs for intertidal foreshore stabilization. Ecol. Eng. 170: 106354. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2021.106354, more Reijers, V.C; Hoeks, S.; van Belzen, J.; Siteur, K.; de Rond, A.J.A.; van de Ven, C.N.; Lammers, C.; van de Koppel, J.; van der Heide, T. (2021). Sediment availability provokes a shift from Brownian to Lévy‐like clonal expansion in a dune building grass. Ecol. Lett. 24(2): 258-268. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13638, more van de Vijsel, R.C.; van Belzen, J.; Bouma, T.J.; van der Wal, D.; van de Koppel, J. (2021). Algal‐induced biogeomorphic feedbacks lay the groundwork for coastal wetland development. JGR: Biogeosciences 126(10): e2021JG006515. https://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2021jg006515, more Fivash, G.S.; van Belzen, J.; Temmink, R.J.M.; Didderen, K.; Lengkeek, W.; van der Heide, T.; Bouma, T.J. (2020). Elevated micro-topography boosts growth rates in Salicornia procumbens by amplifying a tidally-driven oxygen pump: implications for natural recruitment and restoration. Ann. Bot. 125(2): 277-290. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcz137, more Schotanus, J.; Walles, B.; Capelle, J.J.; van Belzen, J.; van de Koppel, J.; Bouma, T.J. (2020). Promoting self‐facilitating feedback processes in coastal ecosystem engineers to increase restoration success: Testing engineering measures. J. Appl. Ecol. 57(10): 1958-1968. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13709, more van de Vijsel, R.C.; van Belzen, J.; Bouma, T.J.; van der Wal, D.; Cusseddu, V.; Purkis, S.J.; Rietkerk, M.; van de Koppel, J. (2020). Estuarine biofilm patterns: modern analogues for Precambrian self‐organization. Earth Surf. Process. Landforms 45(5): 1141-1154. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/esp.4783, more Wang, C.; Smolders, S.; Callaghan, D.P.; van Belzen, J.; Bouma, T.J.; Hu, Z.; Wen, Q.; Temmerman, S. (2020). Identifying hydro-geomorphological conditions for state shifts from bare tidal flats to vegetated tidal marshes. Remote Sens. 12(14): 2316. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs12142316, more Zhu, Z.; van Belzen, J.; Zhu, Q.; van de Koppel, J.; Bouma, T.J. (2020). Vegetation recovery on neighboring tidal flats forms an Achilles' heel of saltmarsh resilience to sea level rise. Limnol. Oceanogr. 65(1): 51-62. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lno.11249, more Reijers, V.C.; Siteur, K.; Hoeks, S.; van Belzen, J.; Borst, A.C.W.; Heusinkveld, J.H.T.; Govers, L.; Bouma, T.J.; Lamers, L.P.M.; van de Koppel, J.; van der Heide, T. (2019). A Lévy expansion strategy optimizes early dune building by beach grasses. Nature Comm. 10: 2656. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10699-8, more de Fouw, J; van der Heide, T.; van Belzen, J.; Govers, L.; Cheikh, M.A.S.; Olff, H.; van de Koppel, J.; van Gils, J.A. (2018). A facultative mutualistic feedback enhances the stability of tropical intertidal seagrass beds. NPG Scientific Reports 8(1): 10. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-31060-x, more Hu, Z.; van der Wal, D.; Cai, H.; van Belzen, J.; Bouma, T.J. (2018). Dynamic equilibrium behaviour observed on two contrasting tidal flats from daily monitoring of bed-level changes. Geomorphology (Amst.) 311: 114-126. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2018.03.025, more Nieuwhof, S.; van Belzen, J.; Oteman, B.; van de Koppel, J.; Herman, P.M.J.; van der Wal, D. (2018). Shellfish reefs increase water storage capacity on intertidal flats over extensive spatial scales. Ecosystems 21(2): 360-372. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10021-017-0153-9, more Schwarz, C.; Gourgue, O.; van Belzen, J.; Zhu, Z.; Bouma, T.J.; van de Koppel, J.; Ruessink, G.; Claude, N.; Temmerman, S. (2018). Self-organization of a biogeomorphic landscape controlled by plant life-history traits. Nature Geoscience 11(7): 672-677. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-018-0180-y, more Lo, V.B.; Bouma, T.J.; van Belzen, J.; Van Colen, C.; Airoldi, L. (2017). Interactive effects of vegetation and sediment properties on erosion of salt marshes in the Northern Adriatic Sea. Mar. Environ. Res. 131: 32-42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2017.09.006, more Schwarz, C.; Cox, T.; van Engeland, T.; van Oevelen, D.; van Belzen, J.; van de Koppel, J.; Soetaert, K.; Bouma, T.J.; Meire, P.; Temmerman, S. (2017). Field estimates of floc dynamics and settling velocities in a tidal creek with significant along-channel gradients in velocity and SPM. Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 197: 221-235. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2017.08.041, more Strain, E.M.A.; van Belzen, J.; Comandini, P.; Wong, J.; Bouma, T.J.; Airoldi, L. (2017). The role of changing climate in driving the shift from perennial grasses to annual succulents in a Mediterranean saltmarsh. J. Ecol. 105(5): 1374-1385. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12799, more van Belzen, J.; van de Koppel, J.; Kirwan, M.L.; van der Wal, D.; Herman, P.M.J.; Dakos, V.; Kéfi, S.; Scheffer, M.; Guntenspergen, G.R.; Bouma, T.J. (2017). Vegetation recovery in tidal marshes reveals critical slowing down under increased inundation. Nature Comm. 8: 15811. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15811, more Wang, H.; van der Wal, D.; Li, X.; van Belzen, J.; Herman, P.M.J.; Hu, Z.; Ge, Z.; Zhang, L.; Bouma, T.J. (2017). Zooming in and out: scale dependence of extrinsic and intrinsic factors affecting salt marsh erosion. Journal of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface 122(7): 1455-1470. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016JF004193, more Bouma, T.J.; van Belzen, J.; Balke, T.; van Dalen, J.; KLaassen, P.; Hartog, A.M.; Callaghan, D.P.; Hu, Z.; Stive, M.J.F.; Temmerman, S.; Herman, P.M.J. (2016). Short-term mudflat dynamics drive long-term cyclic salt marsh dynamics. Limnol. Oceanogr. 61(6): 2261-2275. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lno.10374, more de Fouw, J.; Govers, L.; van de Koppel, J.; van Belzen, J.; Dorigo, W.; Sidi Cheikh, M.A.; Christianen, M.J.A.; van der Reijden, K.J.; van der Geest, M.; Piersma, T.; Smolders, A.J.P.; Olff, H.; Lamers, L.P.M.; van Gils, J.A.; van der Heide, T. (2016). Drought, mutualism breakdown, and landscape-scale degradation of seagrass beds. Curr. Biol. 26(8): 1051-1056. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.02.023, more Silinski, A.; van Belzen, J.; Fransen, E.; Bouma, T.J.; Troch, P.; Meire, P.; Temmerman, S. (2016). Quantifying critical conditions for seaward expansion of tidal marshes: a transplantation experiment. Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 169: 227-237. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2015.12.012, more Zhu, Z.; van Belzen, J.; Hong, T; Kunihiro, T.; Ysebaert, T.; Herman, P.M.J.; Bouma, T.J. (2016). Sprouting as a gardening strategy to obtain superior supplementary food: evidence from a seed-caching marine worm. Ecology 97(12): 3278–3284. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecy.1613, more de Paoli, H.; van de Koppel, J.; van der Zee, E.; Kangeri, A.; van Belzen, J.; Holthuijsen, S.; van den Berg, A.; Herman, P.M.J.; Olff, H.; van der Heide, T. (2015). Processes limiting mussel bed restoration in the Wadden-Sea. J. Sea Res. 103: 42-49. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2015.05.008, more Hu, Z.; van Belzen, J.; Van der Wal, D.; Balke, T.; Wang, Z.B.; Stive, M.; Bouma, T. (2015). Windows of opportunity for salt marsh vegetation establishment on bare tidal flats: The importance of temporal and spatial variability in hydrodynamic forcing. J. Geophys. Res. Biogeosciences: 120(7): 1450-1469. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2014JG002870, more Strain, E.M.A.; van Belzen, J.; van Dalen, J.; Bouma, T.J.; Airoldi, L. (2015). Management of Local Stressors Can Improve the Resilience of Marine Canopy Algae toGlobal Stressors. PLoS One 10(3): e0120837. dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0120837, more Bouma, T.J.; van Belzen, J.; Balke, T.; Zhu, Z.; Airoldi, L.; Blight, A.J.; Davies, A.J.; Galván, C.; Hawkins, S.J.; Hoggart, S.P.G.; Lara, J.L.; Losada, I.J.; Maza, M.; Ondiviela, B.; Skov, M.W.; Strain, E.M.; Thompson, R.C.; Yang, S.L.; Zanuttigh, B.; Zhang, L.; Herman, P.M.J. (2014). Identifying knowledge gaps hampering application of intertidal habitats in coastal protection: Opportunities & steps to take. Coast. Eng. 87: 147-157. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2013.11.014, more Firth, L.B.; Thompson, R.C.; Bohn, K.; Abbiati, M.; Airoldi, L.; Bouma, T.J.; Bozzeda, F.; Ceccherelli, V.U.; Colangelo, M.A.; Evans, A.; Ferrario, F.; Hanley, M.E.; Hinz, H.; Hoggart, S.P.G.; Jackson, J.E.; Moore, P.; Morgan, E.H.; Perkol-Finkel, S.; Skov, M.W.; Strain, E.M.; van Belzen, J.; Hawkins, S.J. (2014). Between a rock and a hard place: Environmental and engineering considerations when designing coastal defence structures. Coast. Eng. 87: 122-135. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2013.10.015, more Ondiviela, B.; Losada, I.J.; Lara, J.L.; Maza, M.; Galván, C.; Bouma, T.J.; van Belzen, J. (2014). The role of seagrasses in coastal protection in a changing climate. Coast. Eng. 87: 158-168. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2013.11.005, more Sanders, D.; Jones, C.G.; Thébault, E.; Bouma, T.J.; van der Heide, T.; van Belzen, J.; Barot, S. (2014). Integrating ecosystem engineering and food webs. Oikos (Kbh.) 123(5): 513–524. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0706.2013.01011.x, more Christianen, M.J.A.; van Belzen, J.; Herman, P.M.J.; van Katwijk, M.M.; Lamers, L.P.M.; Bouma, T.J. (2013). Low-canopy seagrass beds still provide important coastal protection services. PLoS One 8(5): e62413. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0062413, more Weerman, E.J.; Van Belzen, J.; Rietkerk, M.; Temmerman, S.; Kéfi, S.; Herman, P.M.J.; Van de Koppel, J. (2012). Changes in diatom patch-size distribution and degradation in a spatially self-organized intertidal mudflat ecosystem. Ecology 93(3): 608-618. dx.doi.org/10.1890/11-0625.1, more
Peer reviewed publications (5) [show]
Hillen-Schiller, A.J.; Steijvers, D.; de Kok, J.C.; Liu, Q-X; van Belzen, J.; Bidarra, B.; van de Koppel, J. (2025). Using photorealistic 3D visualization to convey ecosystem restoration to the public. Front. Clim. 7: 1525331. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fclim.2025.1525331, more Grandjean, T.J.; de Smit, J.C.; van Belzen, J.; Fivash, G.S.; van Dalen, J.; Ysebaert, T.; Bouma, T.J. (2023). Morphodynamic signatures derived from daily surface elevation dynamics can explain the morphodynamic development of tidal flats. Water Science and Engineering 16(1): 14-25. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wse.2022.11.003, more van Belzen, J.; Bouma, T.J. (2022). Beschermen van de getijdennatuur in het Verdronken Land van Zuid-Beveland door middel van erosieremmende maatregelen: Een theoretische verkenning naar gebruik van natuurlijke ruimtelijke structuren en materialen. NIOZ-rapport, 2022(01). NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research: Yerseke. 80 pp., more van Belzen, J.; Rienstra, G.; Bouma, T.J. (2021). Dubbele dijken als robuuste waterkerende landschappen voor een welvarende Zuidwestelijke Delta. NIOZ-rapport, 2021(1). NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research: Yerseke. 108 pp. https://doi.org/10.25850/nioz/7b.b.kb, more van Belzen, J.; Bouma, T.J.; Ysebaert, T. (2020). Blue Carbon in het Verdronken Land van Zuid-Beveland. NIOZ-rapport, 2020(3). NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research: Yerseke. 63 pp. https://doi.org/10.25850/nioz/7b.b.z, more
Book chapters (5) [show]
Fivash, G.; Belliard, J.-P.; Stoorvogel, M.; van Dalen, J.; Grandjean, T.; van de Vijsel, R.C.; Heuner, M.; van Belzen, J.; Bouma, T.; Temmerman, S. (2024). Verschorring van de Westerschelde, in: Wetenschappelijk Scheldesymposium 21 november 2024: book of abstracts. pp. 15-16, more van Belzen, J. (2024). Veerkrachtindicatoren: Naar een robuuster en veerkrachtige Westerschelde, in: Wetenschappelijk Scheldesymposium 21 november 2024: book of abstracts. pp. 24, more Gourgue, O.; van Belzen, J.; Schwarz, C.; Bouma, T.J.; van de Koppel, J.; Meire, P.; Temmerman, S. (2017). Challenges to the numerical modelling of large-scale intertidal wetlands, in: Schelde-Ems workshop 2017. pp. 11, more Monbaliu, J.; Bi, Q.; Bouma, T.J.; Toorman, E.A.; van Belzen, J.; Willems, P. (2015). Extreme estuarine water levels and channel morphology, effect on flood extents and habitat resilience: the Scheldt Estuary, Belgium and the Netherlands, in: Coastal Risk Management in a Changing Climate. pp. 332-357. dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-397310-8.00007-5, more Hoggart, S.; Hawkins, S.J.; Bohn, K.; Airoldi, L.; van Belzen, J.; Bichot, A.; Bilton, D.T.; Bouma, T.J.; Colangelo, M.A.; Davies, A.J.; Ferrario, F.; Firth, L.; Galvan, C.; Hanley, M.; Heurtefeux, H.; Lara, J.L.; Rodriquez, I.L.; Maza, M.; Ondiviela-Eizaguirre, B.; Rundle, S.D.; Skov, M.W.; Strain, E.M.; White, A.; Zhang, L.; Zhu, Z.; Thompson, R.C. (2014). Ecological Approaches to Coastal Risk Mitigation, in: Zanuttigh, B. et al. Coastal Risk Management in a Changing Climate. pp. 171-236. dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-397310-8.00004-X, more
Abstracts (5) [show]
Gourgue, O.; van Belzen, J.; Schwarz, C.; Bouma, T.J.; van de Koppel, J.; Temmerman, S. (2019). A new bio-geomorphic model approach accounting for subgrid-scale heterogeneity of biogenic structures, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day. Bredene, Belgium, 13 March 2019. VLIZ Special Publication, 83: pp. 40, more Schwarz, C.; van Belzen, J.; Zhu, Z.; Bouma, T.; Van de Koppel, J.; Gourgue, O.; Temmerman, S. (2017). Are plant life-history strategies able to shape bio-geomorphologic interactions?, in: Baptist, M. et al. (Ed.) NCK days 2017, 15 – 17 March, Royal Netherlands Naval College (KIM), Den Helder: book of abstracts. pp. 37, more Schwarz, C.; van Belzen, J.; Gourgue, O.; Bouma, T.; Van de Koppel, J.; Meire, P.; Temmerman, S. (2016). Forecasting the biogeomorphic development of intertidal wetland restoration: a novel modelling approach, in: Meire, P. (Ed.) Book of abstracts: ECSA Local Meeting 2016. Estuarine Restoration: from theory to practice and back, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium, 5-9 July 2016. VLIZ Special Publication, 77: pp. 46, more van Belzen, J.; Schwarz, C.; Temmerman, S.; Gorge, O.; Bouma, T.; Van de Koppel, J. (2016). Biological top-down control of tidal marshes can regulate time-scales for establishment and recovery, in: Meire, P. (Ed.) Book of abstracts: ECSA Local Meeting 2016. Estuarine Restoration: from theory to practice and back, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium, 5-9 July 2016. VLIZ Special Publication, 77: pp. 39, more Silinski, A.; Bouma, T.J.; van Belzen, J.; Troch, P.; Meire, P.; Temmerman, S. (2012). Quantifying threshold conditions for seaward expansion of tidal marsh shorelines: A transplantation experiment, in: Troch, P. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts of the 4th International Conference on the Application of Physical Modelling to Port and Coastal Protection - Coastlab12. Department of Civil Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, September 17-20, 2012. pp. 165-166, more
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Kleinhans, M.; van Wesenbeeck, B.K.; Jonkman, B.; van Belzen, J. (2024). Factsheet: innovatie bij dijkversterking. Parlement en Wetenschap: [s.l.]. , more van Dalen, J.; van Belzen, J.; Wiesebron, L.E.; Grandjean, T.; Bouma, T.; van der Werf, J.; de Vet, L.; Salvador de Paiva, J.; van Ooijen, T.; Bax, V.; van der Laag, W.; Walles, B.; Cheng, C.; van Donk, S.; Ysebaert, T. (2023). Buitendijkse maatregelen Knuitershoek en Baalhoek: Eindrapportage . NIOZ/Deltares/HZ University of Applied Science/Wagening University: Yerseke. 295 pp., more Cheng, C.H.; van Belzen, J.; de Smit, J.; Suykerbuyk, W.; Grandjean, T.; Stoorvogel, M.; van Dalen, J.; de Vet, L.; Bouma, T.J.; Ysebaert, T. (2022). T0-monitoring Natuurimpuls Oosterschelde. Wageningen Marine Research Report, C047/22. IMARES: Yerseke. 60 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.18174/576025, more Hamer, A.; Walles, B.; van Belzen, J.; Bouma, T.J.; de Louw, P.; van Dalen, J.; Bax, V.; van de Langewege, W. (2022). Progress report: Rammegors tidal restoration: Phase 2. Wageningen Marine Research: Yerseke. 93 pp. https://doi.org/10.18174/562499, more
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Terpstra, T.(Producent)Smit, J. de(Producent)Meer, J. van der(Producent)Belzen, J. van(Producent)Zethof, M.(Producent) (2025). Wisselpolders in de Westerschelde tegen de gevolgen van overstromingen. H2O juni(online): [1-7], more van Belzen, J. (2024). Ragworms Anecdotes. Journal of Trial and Error early view. https://dx.doi.org/10.36850/d17f-489b, more van Belzen, J. (2018). Qualitative growth potential test for brackish Vaucheria species. Protocol Exchange april 2018. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/protex.2018.041, more van Belzen, J.; van de Koppel, J.; van der Wal, D.; Herman, P.M.J.; Dakos, V.; Kéfi, S.; Scheffer, M.; Bouma, T.J. (2017). Timing recovery of ecosystems in sequential remotely sensed and simulated data . Protocol Exchange June 2017. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/protex.2017.038, more van Belzen, J.; van de Koppel, J.; Kirwan, M.L.; Guntenspergen, G.R.; Bouma, T.J. (2017). Disturbance-recovery experiments to assess resilience of ecosystems along a stress gradient . Protocol Exchange June 2017. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/protex.2017.028, more van Belzen, J.; Van de Koppel, J.; Herman, P.; Bouma, T. (2012). Disturbing signs: do real ecosystems slow down towards the verge of collapse? Poster presented at the Netherlands Annual Ecology Meeting 7 & 8 February, 2012 (NAEM). Department of Spatial Ecology, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research: Yerseke. , more van Belzen, J.; van der Wal, D.; Bouma, T.; Herman, P.; Van de Koppel, J. (2011). Chess at the mudflat: Disturbance and recovery at salt-marsh pioneer zones. Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Centre for Estuarine and Marine Ecology: Yerseke. 1 poster pp., more
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de Vaan, K. (2020). Building with nature applied for the Western Scheldt: modelling storm surge attenuation by a double dike system. MSc Thesis. Utrecht University, Faculty of Geosciences: Utrecht. v, 42 pp., more
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Prospero, A. (2021). Carbon stock variability in salt marsh ecosystems. MSc Thesis. NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research: Yerseke. 24 pp., more Bagde, S. (2020). Sedimentdynamics and resilience on tidal flats. MSc Thesis. NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research: Yerseke. 93 pp., more Bonatz, H. (2020). Spatial variations in polder subsidence rates in Zeeland, Netherlands. BSc Thesis. NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research: Yerseke. 51 pp., more Martin, C. (2020). Effects of thermal stress on bioturbation-mediated sediment stability: a study on the burrowing behavior of Cerastoderma edule. MSc Thesis. NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research: Yerseke. 29 pp., more Natali, A. (2020). Exploratory modelling of the saltwater seepage when implementing double dikes and transitional polders. MSc Thesis. NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research: Yerseke. 7 pp., more Bagde, S. (2019). Vulnerabilities in tidal marsh development for coastal defence. Thesis. NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research: Yerseke. 33 pp., more Dubbeldam, T. (2019). Climate-proofing the coast of Zeeland : A GIS-based research into the feasibility of implementing ecosystem-based coastal engineering in Zeeland. BSc Thesis. NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research: Yerseke. 84 pp., more Mikos, M. (2019). Analysis of the factors affecting saltmarsh elevation equilibria and rates of changes and in a numerical model of scale dependent feedbacks. MSc Thesis. NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research: Yerseke. 23 pp., more Oosterwal, S. (2019). Effects of burial on ostrea edulis. Thesis. NIOZ Netherlands Royal Institute for Sea Research: Yerseke. 32 pp., more Schot, D. (2019). Creating scale models for testing Ecosystem-based coast protection designs. Thesis. NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research: Yerseke. 68 pp., more Somers, P. (2019). Tolerance of the European flat oyster (Ostrea edulis) and the blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) to suspended sediment exposure. MSc Thesis. NIOZ Netherlands Royal Institute for Sea Research: Yerseke. 25 pp., more Ter Veld, J. (2019). The impact of abiotic and biotic factors on the formation of mussel beds. BSc Thesis. NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research: Yerseke. 33 pp., more van Houten, N. (2019). The Return of the Rightful Oyster : A meta-analysis, including burial experiment, on the restoration of the European flat oyster (Ostrea edulis) . BSc Thesis. NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research: Yerseke. 49 pp., more