The geomorphology of an ebb-tidal-delta linked to benthic species distribution and functionality

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...

Factors regulating sediment fluxes over an engineered foredune and adjacent dune slack

This study aims to identify and understand the annual scale sediment transport patterns in a fully engineered dune-dune slack system that was created from seabed sediments for grey dune and moist dune slack habitat creation at the Delfland coast (the Netherlands). The annual morphological development was analysed using LiDAR elevation data....

A biophysical model for seedling establishment in mangrove forests

Mangrove seedling establishment is crucial to the long-term development of mangrove forests. This study incorporates a process-based approach for seedling establishment in a process-based hydrodynamic model. The biophysical model is used to simulate seedling establishment in the Firth of Thames estuary (New Zealand). The results are compared to...

ShoreScape: sustainable co-evolution of the natural and built environment along sandy shores

The land-sea interface is a very attractive location for humans to settle. In the case of low lying, sedimentary coastlines this can be a risky location, as these shorelines are inherently dynamic in nature. Accelerating rates of relative sea level rise will increase coastal erosion, creating world-wide growing demands for coastal protection...

Measuring and modeling coastal dune development in the Netherlands

Bed variability in the surf zone at the storm- and seasonal time scale, mapped by Argus-video techniques: Preliminary results using the SBM-2DH model

Strandbreedte ontwikkeling nabij Egmond 1999-2004: Data rapport maandelijkse ontwikkeling van het droge zand

Bruikbaarheid voor de kustbeheerder van door Argus gemeten beheersparameters: Nauwkeurigheid, inzetbaarheid en toegevoegde waarde

Quantification of 2D subtidal bathymetry from video

Delft Cluster - coasts: Final report