[ report an error in this record ] van Belzen, Jim ORCID Personal home page Institute  Top | Institute  Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek der Zee; Estuarine and Delta Systems (EDS), more Direct contact at institute: Tel.: +31-(0)113-57 74 91 E-mail:   Publications (84)  Top | Institute  A1 Publications (52) [show] 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 Reports (4) [show] 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. 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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 Thesis (co-)promotor [show] 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 Thesis supervisor (5) [show] Prospero, A. (2021). Carbon stock variability in salt marsh ecosystems. MSc Thesis. NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research: Yerseke. 24 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 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 All data in the Integrated Marine Information System (IMIS) is subject to the VLIZ privacy policy  Top | Institute