Sand stabilization and dune building

The growth of dune vegetation can be stimulated by the application of suitable fertilizers. Newly planted seedlings and sparse vegetation on the sea dunes can be very much improved by this means, provided the quantity of windblown sand is not excessive. Otherwise sand fences have to be constructed for stabilization purposes. Marram grass and...

Mud distribution and land reclamation in the eastern Wadden shallows

Description of the process of silting up intertidal areas and marshland, description of sediments, origin of sediment. The interaction between sediment and vegetation, the quantity of mud in water. Descriptions of methods to enhance the silting up using gripping-up and the use of ditches and trenches to improve this. The Schleswick-Holstein...