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van den Berg, M. (author), Stoorvogel, Marte (author), Schoutens, Ken (author), van den Hoven, Kim (author), Rikkert, S.J.H. (author), Herman, P.M.J. (author), Aarninkhof, S.G.J. (author)Coastal defences such as dikes are increasingly pressured by climate change. Increasing storm surge, extreme rainfall and periods of draught requires evermore strengthening of dikes to maintain flood risk standards. Conventional dike strengthening (i.e., heightening and/or widening) will be either structurally or financially unfeasible. Therefor...abstract 2023
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James, R. K. (author), Keyzer, L.M. (author), Van de Velde, S.J.F. (author), Herman, P.M.J. (author), van Katwijk, M. M. (author), Bouma, T. J. (author)Seagrass meadows provide valuable ecosystem services of coastal protection and chemical habitat formation that could help mitigate the impact of sea level rise and ocean acidification. However, the intensification of hydrodynamic forces caused by sea level rise, in addition to habitat degradation threaten the provision of these ecosystem...journal article 2023
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Bucko, Jozef (author), Schäfer, Frank (author), Herman, František (author), Garreis, Rebekka (author), Tong, Chuyao (author), Kurzmann, Annika (author), Ihn, Thomas (author), Greplová, E. (author)Bilayer graphene is a nanomaterial that allows for well-defined, separated quantum states to be defined by electrostatic gating and, therefore, provides an attractive platform to construct tunable quantum dots. When a magnetic field perpendicular to the graphene layers is applied, the graphene valley degeneracy is lifted, and splitting of the...journal article 2023
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Hendrickx, G.G. (author), Antolínez, José A. Á. (author), Herman, P.M.J. (author)In recent years, coastal management has been facing new challenges: socio-economic growth and consequent climate change impose new boundary conditions pushing coastal systems towards unseen states. For adaptation and mitigation strategies as well as risk management, the resilience of systems to these projected changes must be tested and...journal article 2023
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D’Acquisto, M. (author), Herman, M. W. (author), Riva, R.E.M. (author), Govers, R. (author)Greater landward velocities were recorded after six megathrust earthquakes in subduction zone regions adjacent to the ruptured portion. Previous explanations invoked either increased slip deficit accumulation or plate bending during postseismic relaxation, with different implications for seismic hazard. We investigate whether bending can be...journal article 2023
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Hendrickx, G.G. (author), Antolínez, José A. Á. (author), Herman, P.M.J. (author), Aarninkhof, S.G.J. (author)All around the world, deltas are among the most densely populated and heavily utilised regions, where crucial functions, such as freshwater availability and safety against flooding, strongly relate to the natural dynamics of the system. Therefore, a thorough understanding of the estuarine system is crucial, especially when developing nature...conference paper 2023
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Hendrickx, G.G. (author), Kranenburg, W.M. (author), Antolínez, José A. Á. (author), Huismans, Y. (author), Aarninkhof, S.G.J. (author), Herman, P.M.J. (author)Estuaries are among the most densely populated and heavily utilised regions in the world, where crucial functions – e.g., freshwater availability and water safety – strongly relate to the natural dynamics of the system. When developing nature-based solutions to safeguard these essential functions, a thorough understanding of estuarine...journal article 2023
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van Bijsterveldt, Celine E.J. (author), Herman, P.M.J. (author), van Wesenbeeck, B (author), Ramadhani, Sri (author), Heuts, Tom S. (author), van Starrenburg, Corinne (author), Tas, S.A.J. (author), Triyanti, Annisa (author), Helmi, Muhammad (author)Human-induced land subsidence causes many coastal areas to sink centimetres per year, exacerbating relative sea level rise (RSLR). While cities combat this problem through investment in coastal infrastructure, rural areas are highly dependent on the persistence of protective coastal ecosystems, such as mangroves and marshes. To shed light on...journal article 2023
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Wijsman, Jeroen W.M. (author), Prins, Theo C. (author), Moons, J. J.Simeon (author), Herman, P.M.J. (author)Sand nourishment is a widespread management strategy to protect sandy coasts against erosion. Nourishments can impact the benthic fauna directly by burial and indirectly by changing environmental conditions such as bottom shear stress and/or sediment composition (grain size distribution). The macrobenthic community in soft-bottom environments...journal article 2023
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van Belzen, Jim (author), Fivash, Gregory S. (author), Hu, Zhan (author), Bouma, T.J. (author), Herman, P.M.J. (author)The establishment of young organisms in harsh environments often requires a window of opportunity (WoO). That is, a short time window in which environmental conditions drop long enough below the hostile average level, giving the organism time to develop tolerance and transition into stable existence. It has been suggested that this kind of...journal article 2022
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Willemsen, P. W.J.M. (author), Smits, B. P. (author), Borsje, B. W. (author), Herman, P.M.J. (author), Dijkstra, J. T. (author), Bouma, T. J. (author), Hulscher, S. J.M.H. (author)Salt marshes can contribute to coastal protection, but the magnitude of the protection depends on the width of the marsh. The cross-shore width of the marsh is to a large extent determined by the delicate balance between seaward expansion and landward retreat. The influence of the magnitude of daily occurring mild weather conditions and...journal article 2022
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Holzhauer, H. (author), Borsje, B.W. (author), Herman, P.M.J. (author), Schipper, C.A. (author), Wijnberg, K.M. (author)As a response to climate change and sea-level rise, new nourishment strategies for low-lying sandy coasts are developed. These interventions affect the habitat quality of coastal ecosystems for benthic communities. Unraveling the relationship between benthic fauna and their environment facilitates the design of sustainable management...journal article 2022
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Colina Alonso, A. (author), van Maren, D.S. (author), Herman, P.M.J. (author), van Weerdenburg, R.J.A. (author), Huismans, Y. (author), Holthuijsen, S. J. (author), Govers, L. L. (author), Bijleveld, A. I. (author), Wang, Zhengbing (author)The sediment composition of the seabed governs its mobility, hence determining sediment transport and morphological evolution of estuaries and tidal basins. Bed sediments often consist of mixtures of sand and mud, with spatial gradients in the sand/mud content. This study aims at increasing the understanding of processes driving the sediment...journal article 2022
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Wijsman, Jeroen W.M. (author), Craeymeersch, Johan A. (author), Herman, P.M.J. (author)Epifauna and infauna are often sampled by different types of sampling devices including grabs, and dredges, depending on various factors such as local environmental conditions, research questions and available budget. Because grabs and dredges have a different species-specific selectivity, both methods could be complementary but for some...journal article 2022
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Schoutens, Ken (author), Stoorvogel, Marte (author), van den Berg, M. (author), van den Hoven, Kim (author), Bouma, Tjeerd J. (author), Aarninkhof, S.G.J. (author), Herman, P.M.J. (author), van Loon-Steensma, Jantsje M. (author), Meire, Patrick (author)Nature-based strategies, such as wave attenuation by tidal marshes, are increasingly proposed as a complement to mitigate the risks of failure of engineered flood defense structures such as levees. However, recent analysis of historic coastal storms revealed smaller dike breach dimensions if there were natural, high tidal marshes in front of...journal article 2022
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Hanssen, J.L.J. (author), van Prooijen, Bram (author), Volp, Nicolette Dominique (author), de Vet, P.L.M. (author), Herman, P.M.J. (author)Although tidal flats appear homogeneous from a distance, morphological variations are found on various spatial scales. These are driven by physical and/or biological processes. In this paper, we consider the creeks that are present on fringing tidal flats and which are orientated approximately perpendicular to the main channel. To explain why...journal article 2022
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Cao, Haobing (author), Zhu, Zhenchang (author), Herman, P.M.J. (author), Temmerman, Stijn (author), de Smit, Jaco (author), Zhang, Liquan (author), Yuan, Lin (author), Bouma, Tjeerd J. (author)Despite the well-recognized importance of plant traits for biogeomorphic development of landscapes, our understanding remains limited of how species-specific plant traits respond to and serve as drivers for the sedimentary dynamics within a biogeomorphic landscape. By manipulating a series of laboratory experiments, using mesocosms and a...journal article 2021
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Cozzoli, Francesco (author), Shokri, Milad (author), Gomes da Conceição, Tatiana (author), Herman, P.M.J. (author), Hu, Zhan (author), Soissons, Laura M. (author), Van Dalen, Jeroen (author), Ysebaert, Tom (author), Bouma, T.J. (author)Tidal flats are biogeomorphic landscapes, shaped by physical forces and interaction with benthic biota. We used a metabolic approach to assess the overarching effect of bioturbators on tidal landscapes. The benthic bivalve common cockle (Cerastoderma edule) was used as model organism. The effect of C. edule on sediment resuspension was...journal article 2021
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Herman, P.M.J. (author), Moons, J. J.Simeon (author), Wijsman, Jeroen W.M. (author), Luijendijk, Arjen (author), Ysebaert, Tom (author)The Sand Motor is a very large (20 million m<sup>3</sup>) nourishment constructed along the coast in The Netherlands. The huge volume of sand is redistributed along the coast by natural forces stemming from tidal currents and waves. For environmental evaluation of this large construction, the benthic subtidal fauna has been sampled prior to...journal article 2021
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Cao, Haobing (author), Zhu, Zhenchang (author), van Belzen, Jim (author), Gourgue, Olivier (author), van de Koppel, J. (author), Temmerman, O. Stijn (author), Herman, P.M.J. (author), Zhang, Liquan (author), Yuan, Lin (author), Bouma, Tjeerd J. (author)Conservation and restoration of salt marsh ecosystems are becoming increasingly important because of the many ecosystem services they provide. However, the processes controlling salt marsh establishment and persistence, especially on bare tidal flats in muddy areas, remain unclear. As muddy sediments typically experience a restriction of soil...journal article 2021