Additional Value in Mussels (meerwaarde met mosselen): Monitoring of Wave protection structures

The HZ University of Applied Sciences is exploring the opportunity to create and maintain multi-purpose intertidal mussel beds by active management. By means of experimental and comparative experiments, we will test a number of factors that could be used to improve the chances of establishing intertidal mussel beds, and potentially lead to their enhanced ecological and economical value as well as a positive effect on sediment stability.

In this experiment you will monitor the wave protection structures designed to facilitate the implementation of new mussel beds on the intertidal environment. It is going to be your task to monitor and evaluate the performance of the structure.


Research type: field research, desk analysis 

Research level: Water management students and/or Civil engineering students; minor, internship or graduation bachelor thesis project. 

Prerequisite: Driver’s License, interest in ecology, morphology, and fluid dynamics 

Partners: Rijkswaterstaat Zee en Delta, NIOZ, IMARES and Deltares,

Client: João Paiva, Jildou Schotanus and Edwin Paree














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Additional Value in Mussels (meerwaarde met mosselen): Monitoring of Wave protection structures

Research type: field research, desk analysis

Research level: Water management students and/or Civil engineering students; minor, internship or graduation bachelor thesis project.

Prerequisite: Driver’s License, interest in ecology, morphology, and fluid dynamics

Start date: 1 augustus 2016
End date: 1 februari 2017

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