Master theses

In addition to identifying gaps in our knowledge of the Wadden Sea Region and programming research that improves this knowledge, the Wadden Academy aims to disseminate the outcome of this research to the general public, policymakers, students and researchers.
Therefore the Wadden Academy presents a summary of  PhD theses and Master theses that are related to the Wadden Sea Region and have been kindly supplied by the authors to the Wadden Academy.

Every other year, the Wadden Academy presents an award - the 'Waddenacademieprijs' - to the best PhD or Master thesis related to the Wadden Sea Region.

Master theses

Author: Jasper Heslinga (RUG & Korea University)
Date: December 2011
Korean tidal flats: unique places where nature meets economy (pdf 1 Mb).

Author: Niels van Helmond (UU)
Date: August 2010
Palynological and organic geochemical characterization of marine and terrestrial Early Pleistocene climate in northwest Europe (pdf 1,9 Mb).

Author: Roeland Bom (UvA)
Date: June 2010
Can speed and tri-axial acceleration measured by biologgers be used to classify Oystercatcher behaviour? (pdf 1 Mb).

Auteur: Jeltje Jouta (RUG)
Datum: June 2010
Food web assembly along salt marsh succession: A stable isotope approach (pdf 1,9 Mb).

Author: Petra Westerlaan (UU)
Date: March 2010
Resilience in the Wadden ecosystem (pdf 3,2 Mb).

Author: Merel den Held (WUR)
Date: July 2009
Is the metapopulation concept applicable to the North Sea? (pdf 1,6 Mb).

Author: Bas van Leeuwen (UT)
Date: January 2008
Modeling mussel bed influence on fine sediment dynamics on a Wadden Sea intertidal flat (pdf 4,8 Mb).