Celine van Bijsterveld
Lecture Marine ecology
As a lecturer, I co-supervise PhD students, and I supervise MSc thesis students on mangrove and salt marsh-related projects. Furthermore, I have the honour to teach the next generation of marine scientists and policy makers, in the bachelor marine sciences programme, and the master aquaculture and marine resource management in various courses on marine ecology.
Motivation:
I study coastal ecosystems like mangroves and salt marshes, where both natural drivers and people play important roles. I am interested in how natural and human-caused stressors, such as waves, sediment movement, and mangrove growth across environmental gradients, shape these ecosystems. I also explore how these ecosystems can positively benefit people, for example through nature-based solutions and ecosystem services.
Biography
Active projects: Monitoring Mangrove Restoration Curacao (see project description), WildMarsh upcoming: M-PROVE
Previous projects: BioManCo, Best Practices in Mangrove Restoration Guidelines
Keywords:
- Teaching: Course design & coordination, lecturing, student supervision
- Research: Mangroves, Salt Marshes, Restoration Ecology, Nature-Based Flood Defence, Ecosystem services, Socio-ecological systems, Biogeomorphologic feedbackloops, Anthropogenic stressors on coastal systems (e.g., Plastic pollution, Relative Sea Level Rise, Land-use change).
Methods:
Field experiments and Observational studies, Mesocosm set-ups, Remote sensing, Interviews
Research Locations:
Temperate (Netherlands) and tropical intertidal systems (e.g. Indonesia, Vietnam, Curacao and Kenya).