Coastal Rewilding & Experimental Ecology Group

PENYU ("sea turtle") symbolizes our mission: advancing coastal restoration and resilience through sound ecological science and field experiments across seascapes.

12.000 stable isotope samples of the Wadden Sea

Who eats who in the Wadden Sea? We collected 12000 samples in one of the largest dbases of stable isotope samples. Using these samples we found that the energy in the Wadden Sea (primary production) is mainly provided by the production of benthic algae (diatoms) on the tidal flats. Papers about this are underway but the first results can be found in our scientific report & glossy

waddensea_foodweb

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