Estuaries profoundly transform the large amounts of carbon delivered from rivers before their
transfer to the adjacent coastal zone. As a consequence of the complex biogeochemical …

Past characterizations of the land–ocean continuum were constructed either from a
continental perspective through an analysis of watershed river basin properties (COSCATs …

In the past 30 years, various estuaries in the southwest of the Netherlands have been closed
off from the North Sea to prevent the flooding of the lower drainage basin of the rivers Rhine …

Prior to 1986, before completion of a storm surge barrier, the average annual condition of
mussels at culture plots in the Eastern Scheldt was better in the western part near the North …

Abstract During the period 1980–1990 long-term physical, chemical and ecological studies
were carried out, to study the changes induced by the building of a storm-surge barrier in the …

Turbidity, nutrient concentrations and phytoplankton primary production were monitored in
the Oosterschelde before, during and after the construction of a storm-surge barrier and two …

Extensive cultivation of mussels is a world-wide activity of growing economic importance. To
meet the increased demand and to spread the risk of damage from climatic events and …

In this review several aspects of the functioning of the Dutch estuaries (Ems-Dollard,
Wadden Sea, Oosterschelde, Westerschelde, Grevelingen and Veerse Meer) have been …

A number of major European rivers (especially the Rhine) have a prevailing influence on the
nutrient cycling of most Dutch estuaries. Owing to the increased loading of the estuaries with …

To evaluate the effects of a large scale coastal engineering project on the mussel (Mytilus
edulis) bottom culture in the Oosterschelde estuary (SW Netherlands), mussel growth and …