Restoration of intertidal mussel beds

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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.
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Reef building bivalves such as mussels and oysters provide many ecosystem services. Mussels are filter feeders that increase the water quality, stabilize shorelines and provide habitats for many other species. Recognition of the ecosystem services mussels provide has increased awareness of their usefulness and importance for ecosystem functioning. It has resulted into an increase in management activities to protect the still existing natural systems and even led to several attempts to restore lost mussel beds in certain places. However restoration of mussel beds has proven to be difficult. Many attempts were only partly successful or failed completely. In the summer of 2017 a large field experiment will start to test whether improved construction technics may increase the restoration success of blue mussel beds in the Eastern Scheldt.  
   
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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.
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During this internship you will monitor the development of the restored mussel beds. Which means that you will survey the survival, growth and condition of the mussels and the development of the mussel beds as a whole. This information will contribute to our knowledge of mussel bed restoration which can be used to improve future restoration projects. 
   
   
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'''Research type:''' field research, desk analysis 
  
'''Research type:''' field research, desk analysis 
   
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'''Research level:''' Water management students and/or Civil engineering students; minor, internship or graduation bachelor thesis project. 
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'''Research level:''' project level, e.g. Water management students and/or Civil engineering students; minor, internship or graduation bachelor thesis project 
   
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'''Prerequisite:''' Driver’s License, interest in ecology, morphology, and fluid dynamics 
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'''Prerequisite:''' Driver’s License, interested in ecology and restoration 
   
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'''Partners:''' Rijkswaterstaat Zee en Delta, NIOZ, IMARES and Deltares,
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'''Partners:''' Rijkswaterstaat Zee en Delta, NIOZ, Wageningen Marine Research and Deltares,
   
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'''Client:''' João Paiva, Jildou Schotanus and Edwin Paree{{Project config}}
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'''Client:''' Jildou Schotanus{{Project config}}
 
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Reef building bivalves such as mussels and oysters provide many ecosystem services. Mussels are filter feeders that increase the water quality, stabilize shorelines and provide habitats for many other species. Recognition of the ecosystem services mussels provide has increased awareness of their usefulness and importance for ecosystem functioning. It has resulted into an increase in management activities to protect the still existing natural systems and even led to several attempts to restore lost mussel beds in certain places. However restoration of mussel beds has proven to be difficult. Many attempts were only partly successful or failed completely. In the summer of 2017 a large field experiment will start to test whether improved construction technics may increase the restoration success of blue mussel beds in the Eastern Scheldt.

During this internship you will monitor the development of the restored mussel beds. Which means that you will survey the survival, growth and condition of the mussels and the development of the mussel beds as a whole. This information will contribute to our knowledge of mussel bed restoration which can be used to improve future restoration projects. 


Research type: field research, desk analysis 

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

Prerequisite: Driver’s License, interested in ecology and restoration 

Partners: Rijkswaterstaat Zee en Delta, NIOZ, Wageningen Marine Research and Deltares,

Client: Jildou Schotanus















Project summary

Monitor the survival of transplanted intertidal mussel beds Research type: field research, desk analysis Research level: project level, e.g. Water management students and/or Civil engineering students; minor, internship or graduation bachelor thesis project Prerequisite: Driver’s License is preferred, interest in ecology and restoration

Start date: september 1, 2018
End date: februari 1, 2019



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