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| Regel 10: | Regel 10: | ||
|Supercontext=Building with Nature | |Supercontext=Building with Nature | ||
|Project type=Standaard | |Project type=Standaard | ||
|Name= | |Name=Sustainable and Resilient Coastal Cities | ||
|Start date=2019/ | |Start date=2019/09/01 | ||
|End date= | |End date=2020/02/01 | ||
|Summary= | |Summary=To conduct research implementing nature-based solutions in policy | ||
Research type: field | |||
Research level: | Research type: Mostly desk analysis, field visits, potentially interviews/surveys | ||
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Research level: graduation bachelor thesis project or internship | |||
Prerequisite: knowledge on nature based solutions (e.g. morphological processes, ecology). | |||
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Versie van 13 mei 2019 13:20
Reef building bivalves such as mussels and oysters provide many ecosystem services. Mussels are filter feeders that increase the water quality, stabilize shorelines and provide habitats for many other species. Recognition of the ecosystem services mussels provide has increased awareness of their usefulness and importance for ecosystem functioning. It has resulted into an increase in management activities to protect the still existing natural systems and even led to several attempts to restore lost mussel beds in certain places. However restoration of mussel beds has proven to be difficult. Many attempts were only partly successful or failed completely. In the summer of 2018 a large field experiment will start to test whether improved construction techniques may increase the restoration success of blue mussel beds in the Eastern Scheldt. During this internship you will monitor the development of the restored mussel beds. Which means that you will survey the survival, growth and condition of the mussels and the development of the mussel beds as a whole. This information will contribute to our knowledge of mussel bed restoration which can be used to improve future restoration projects. Research type: field research, desk analysis Research level: project level, e.g. Water management students and/or Civil engineering students; minor, internship or graduation bachelor thesis project Prerequisite: Driver’s License is preferred, strong interest in ecology and restoration Partners: Rijkswaterstaat Zee en Delta, NIOZ, Wageningen Marine Research and Deltares, Client: Jildou Schotanus