Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
Phone number
+31 (0)113 57 7322
Location
Yerseke
Function
Tenure track Scientist
University
Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen
Expertise
  • Stability and resilience of self-organised adaptive systems
  • Scientific modelling & computation of coastal ecosystems
  • Scale-bridging in ecology
  • Experimental ecology
  • Serious gaming

Dr. Jim van Belzen

Tenure track Scientist

Stability and Resilience of Coastal Systems

Understanding how coastal systems will respond to change as the result of climate change and sea level rise is paramount in the current age of global change. Especially because coastal societies are often strongly contingent upon their functioning and the services they provide. The stability and resilience of these ecosystems is often underpinned by ecosystem-engineering species that modify and attenuate the physical conditions that force them. This can lead to positive feedback and a rich set of possible responses that shape the stability and resilience of these coastal systems.

Developing new insights that can help us understand what ecosystem responses can be expected is the main focus of my research. Therefore, I combine experimental, observational and modelling approaches. Most of the time I work on tidal marshes, but I also have a keen interest in reef building organisms.
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Personal motivation

At the core the science I do is driven by my childish curiosity to better understand the natural world around me. Yet, I strongly believe that my research -and that of my college’s- is highly needed and contributes to a fact-based understanding of our blue planet. Thereby providing the much needed information to help decision-making into a responsible and sustainable use of our coasts and oceans.

Introducing Jim van Belzen @ NIOZ

Watch the above short video to get an introduction into my work as an ecologist and modeller.

Linked news

Wednesday 08 November 2023
How do plants outside the dikes keep up with sea level rise? They build a growing creek landscape
Salt marshes are hugely important natural areas on the seaward side of our dikes. They are home to plants and animals, they store a lot of CO2 and they protect the coast against the force of the waves. However, these salt marshes face threats from…
Friday 22 September 2023
Harnessing and moving with natural forces in Zeeland's delta - Landscape plan wins Eo Wijers prize
The regional final of the Eo Wijers Prize Competition 2022-2023 for central Zeeland has been won by a collaboration of Bureau B+B urbanism and landscape architecture, RO&AD Architects and the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ). In…
Thursday 26 January 2023
Dossier: Dijkdoorbraken en natuurlijke kustverdediging
Op 1 februari 2023 herdenkt Nederland de Watersnoodramp van 70 jaar geleden. Hoewel ons laaggelegen land sindsdien goed beschermd is geweest, stellen de gevolgen van klimaatverandering, zoals zeespiegelstijging en weersextremen Nederland voor nieuwe…
Monday 21 November 2022
Giving land back to the sea: it sounds scary, but results in a safer, more biodiverse coast
It has taken more than 30 years of talking and arguing, but by the end of this month the excavators will have finished removing the dykes of the Hedwige and Prosperpolder on the Dutch-Flemish border. On the rhythm of the tides, seawater once again…
Monday 09 May 2022
Variation provides opportunities for organisms in search for a place to live
Summers are getting hotter on average, showers are becoming more intense, and sea levels are rising ever so slightly. “But it's not just the changing averages that determine whether an organism can settle somewhere or not. It's often all about the…
Friday 25 March 2022
NIOZ viert 10 jarig bestaan in Zeeland
Vandaag, 25 maart, is het gebouw van het Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek der Zee (NIOZ) in Yerseke feestelijk heropend na een flinke verbouwing. Ook vieren we het 10-jarig bestaan van NIOZ in Zeeland. Tijdens de opening spraken oa.…
Tuesday 16 November 2021
Machine learning helps to locally restore wetlands for coastal protection
By using large experimental data sets to feed a machine learning model, we can enable wetland establishment for flood defense by managing the local conditions, thereby overruling uncontrollable global change stressors. This is revealed by an…
Monday 25 January 2021
Coastal defence between double dykes. A safe, natural and cheaper solution
Allowing low and high tide to return to a so-called ‘transitional polder' between two dikes will make coastal defence much more sustainable, natural and affordable. This is what Jim van Belzen, Gerlof Rienstra and Tjeerd Bouma write in a report…
Thursday 07 May 2020
Koolstofopslag langs de Nederlandse kust; niet alleen bos, ook schorren en kwelders remmen klimaatverandering
Kwelders en schorren zorgen voor biodiversiteit, hoogwaterveiligheid en kunnen CO2 vastleggen. Dankzij natuurlijke processen bieden zij een buffer tegen klimaatverandering. Vorig maand zijn de resultaten van drie studies gepubliceerd, waaronder ‘Blue…
Wednesday 17 July 2019
Sea level rise requires extra management to maintain salt marshes
Salt marshes are important habitats for fish and birds, and protect coasts under sea level rise against stronger wave attacks. However, salt marshes themselves are much more vulnerable to these global change threats than previously thought.

NIOZ publications

  • 2023
    Grandjean, T.J.; de Smit, J.C.; van Belzen, J.; Fivash, G.S.; van Dalen, J.; Ysebaert, T.; Bouma, T.J. (2023). Morphodynamic signatures derived from daily surface elevation dynamics can explain the morphodynamic development of tidal flats. Water Science and Engineering 16(1): 14-25. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wse.2022.11.003
    van de Ven, C.N.; Reijers, V.C.; Lammers, C.; van Belzen, J.; Chung, Y.; Bouma, T.J.; van der Heide, T. (2023). Establishing cordgrass plants cluster their shoots to avoid ecosystem engineering. Funct. Ecol. 37(5): 1339-1349. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14302
  • 2022
    Cheng, C.H.; van Belzen, J.; de Smit, J.; Suykerbuyk, W.; Grandjean, T.; Stoorvogel, M.; van Dalen, J.; de Vet, L.; Bouma, T.J.; Ysebaert, T. (2022). T0-monitoring Natuurimpuls Oosterschelde. Wageningen Marine Research Report, C047/22. IMARES: Yerseke. 60 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.18174/576025
    Fivash, G.S.; van Belzen, J.; Temmink, R.J.M.; Didderen, K.; Lengkeek, W.; van der Heide, T.; Bouma, T.J. (2022). Increasing spatial dispersion in ecosystem restoration mitigates risk in disturbance‐driven environments. J. Appl. Ecol. 59(4): 1050-1059. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14116
    Gourgue, O.; van Belzen, J.; Schwarz, C.; Vandenbruwaene, W.; Vanlede, J.; Belliard, J.-P.; Fagherazzi, S.; Bouma, T.J.; van de Koppel, J.; Temmerman, S. (2022). Biogeomorphic modeling to assess the resilience of tidal-marsh restoration to sea level rise and sediment supply. Earth Surface Dynamics 10(3): 531-553. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/esurf-10-531-2022
    Hamer, A.; Walles, B.; van Belzen, J.; Bouma, T.J.; de Louw, P.; van Dalen, J.; Bax, V.; van de Langewege, W. (2022). Progress report: Rammegors tidal restoration: Phase 2. Wageningen Marine Research: Yerseke. 93 pp. https://doi.org/10.18174/562499
    Schoutens, K.; Luys, P.; Heuner, M.; Fuchs, E.; Minden, V.; Schulte-Ostermann, T.; Bouma, T.J.; van Belzen, J.; Temmerman, S. (2022). Traits of tidal marsh plants determine survival and growth response to hydrodynamic forcing: implications for nature-based shoreline protection. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 693: 107-124. https://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps14091
    van Belzen, J.; Fivash, G.S.; Hu, Z.; Bouma, T.J.; Herman, P.M.J. (2022). A probabilistic framework for windows of opportunity: the role of temporal variability in critical transitions. J. R. Soc. Interface 19(190): 0220041. https://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2022.0041
    Weisscher, S.; Baar, A.W.; van Belzen, J.; Bouma, T.J.; Kleinhans, M.G. (2022). Transitional polders along estuaries: driving land-level rise and reducing flood propagation. Nature-Based Solutions 2: 100022. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nbsj.2022.100022
  • 2021
    Cao, H.; Zhu, Z.; van Belzen, J.; Gourgue, O.; van de Koppel, J.; Temmerman, S.; Herman, P.M.J.; Zhang, L.; Yuan, L.; Bouma, T.J. (2021). Salt marsh establishment in poorly consolidated muddy systems: effects of surface drainage, elevation, and plant age. Ecosphere 12(9): e03755. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3755
    Fivash, G.S.; Stüben, D.; Bachmann, M.; Walles, B.; van Belzen, J.; Didderen, K.; Temmink, R.J.M.; Lengkeek, W.; van der Heide, T.; Bouma, T.J. (2021). Can we enhance ecosystem-based coastal defense by connecting oysters to marsh edges? Analyzing the limits of oyster reef establishment. Ecol. Eng. 165: 106221. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2021.106221
    Gourgue, O.; van Belzen, J.; Schwarz, C.; Bouma, T.J.; van de Koppel, J.; Temmerman, S. (2021). A convolution method to assess subgrid‐scale interactions between flow and patchy vegetation in biogeomorphic models. J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst. 13(2): e2020MS002116. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020MS002116
    Hu, Z.; Borsje, B.W.; van Belzen, J.; Willemsen, P.W.J.M.; Wang, H.; Peng, Y.; Yuan, L.; De Dominicis, M.; Wolf, J.; Temmerman, S.; Bouma, T.J. (2021). Mechanistic modeling of marsh seedling establishment provides a positive outlook for coastal wetland restoration under global climate change. Geophys. Res. Lett. 48(22): e2021GL095596. https://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2021gl095596
    Marín Díaz, B.; Fivash, G.S.; Nauta, J.; Temmink, R.J.M.; Hijner, N.; Reijers, V.C; Cruijsen, P.M.J.M.; Didderen, K.; Heusinkveld, J.H.T.; Penning, E.; Maldonado-Garcia, G.; van Belzen, J.; de Smit, J.C.; Christianen, M.J.A.; van der Heide, T.; van der Wal, D.; Olff, H.; Bouma, T.J.; Govers, L.L. (2021). On the use of large-scale biodegradable artificial reefs for intertidal foreshore stabilization. Ecol. Eng. 170: 106354. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2021.106354
    Reijers, V.C; Hoeks, S.; van Belzen, J.; Siteur, K.; de Rond, A.J.A.; van de Ven, C.N.; Lammers, C.; van de Koppel, J.; van der Heide, T. (2021). Sediment availability provokes a shift from Brownian to Lévy‐like clonal expansion in a dune building grass. Ecol. Lett. 24(2): 258-268. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13638
    van Belzen, J.; Bouma, T.J. (2022). Beschermen van de getijdennatuur in het Verdronken Land van Zuid-Beveland door middel van erosieremmende maatregelen: Een theoretische verkenning naar gebruik van natuurlijke ruimtelijke structuren en materialen. NIOZ-rapport, 2022(01). NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research: Yerseke. 80 pp.
    van Belzen, J.; Rienstra, G.; Bouma, T.J. (2021). Dubbele dijken als robuuste waterkerende landschappen voor een welvarende Zuidwestelijke Delta. NIOZ-rapport, 2021(01). NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research: Yerseke. 108 pp. https://doi.org/10.25850/nioz/7b.b.kb
    van de Vijsel, R.C.; van Belzen, J.; Bouma, T.J.; van der Wal, D.; van de Koppel, J. (2021). Algal‐induced biogeomorphic feedbacks lay the groundwork for coastal wetland development. JGR: Biogeosciences 126(10): e2021JG006515. https://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2021jg006515
  • 2020
    Fivash, G.S.; van Belzen, J.; Temmink, R.J.M.; Didderen, K.; Lengkeek, W.; van der Heide, T.; Bouma, T.J. (2020). Elevated micro-topography boosts growth rates in Salicornia procumbens by amplifying a tidally-driven oxygen pump: implications for natural recruitment and restoration. Ann. Bot. 125(2): 277-290. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcz137
    Schotanus, J.; Walles, B.; Capelle, J.J.; van Belzen, J.; van de Koppel, J.; Bouma, T.J. (2020). Promoting self‐facilitating feedback processes in coastal ecosystem engineers to increase restoration success: Testing engineering measures. J. Appl. Ecol. 57(10): 1958-1968. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13709
    van Belzen, J.; Bouma, T.J.; Ysebaert, T. (2020). Blue Carbon in het Verdronken Land van Zuid-Beveland. NIOZ-rapport, 2020(03). NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research: Yerseke. 63 pp. https://doi.org/10.25850/nioz/7b.b.z
    van de Vijsel, R.C.; van Belzen, J.; Bouma, T.J.; van der Wal, D.; Cusseddu, V.; Purkis, S.J.; Rietkerk, M.; van de Koppel, J. (2020). Estuarine biofilm patterns: modern analogues for Precambrian self‐organization. Earth Surf. Process. Landforms 45(5): 1141-1154. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/esp.4783
    Wang, C.; Smolders, S.; Callaghan, D.P.; van Belzen, J.; Bouma, T.J.; Hu, Z.; Wen, Q.; Temmerman, S. (2020). Identifying hydro-geomorphological conditions for state shifts from bare tidal flats to vegetated tidal marshes. Remote Sens. 12(14): 2316. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs12142316
    Zhu, Z.; van Belzen, J.; Zhu, Q.; van de Koppel, J.; Bouma, T.J. (2020). Vegetation recovery on neighboring tidal flats forms an Achilles' heel of saltmarsh resilience to sea level rise. Limnol. Oceanogr. 65(1): 51-62. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lno.11249
  • 2019
    Gourgue, O.; van Belzen, J.; Schwarz, C.; Bouma, T.J.; van de Koppel, J.; Temmerman, S. (2019). A new bio-geomorphic model approach accounting for subgrid-scale heterogeneity of biogenic structures, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day. Bredene, Belgium, 13 March 2019. VLIZ Special Publication, 83: pp. 40
    Reijers, V.C.; Siteur, K.; Hoeks, S.; van Belzen, J.; Borst, A.C.W.; Heusinkveld, J.H.T.; Govers, L.; Bouma, T.J.; Lamers, L.P.M.; van de Koppel, J.; van der Heide, T. (2019). A Lévy expansion strategy optimizes early dune building by beach grasses. Nature Comm. 10: 2656. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10699-8
  • 2018
    de Fouw, J; van der Heide, T.; van Belzen, J.; Govers, L.; Cheikh, M.A.S.; Olff, H.; van de Koppel, J.; van Gils, J.A. (2018). A facultative mutualistic feedback enhances the stability of tropical intertidal seagrass beds. NPG Scientific Reports 8(1): 10. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-31060-x
    Hu, Z.; van der Wal, D.; Cai, H.; van Belzen, J.; Bouma, T.J. (2018). Dynamic equilibrium behaviour observed on two contrasting tidal flats from daily monitoring of bed-level changes. Geomorphology (Amst.) 311: 114-126. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2018.03.025
    Nieuwhof, S.; van Belzen, J.; Oteman, B.; van de Koppel, J.; Herman, P.M.J.; van der Wal, D. (2018). Shellfish reefs increase water storage capacity on intertidal flats over extensive spatial scales. Ecosystems 21(2): 360-372. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10021-017-0153-9
    Schwarz, C.; Gourgue, O.; van Belzen, J.; Zhu, Z.; Bouma, T.J.; van de Koppel, J.; Ruessink, G.; Claude, N.; Temmerman, S. (2018). Self-organization of a biogeomorphic landscape controlled by plant life-history traits. Nature Geoscience 11(7): 672-677. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-018-0180-y
    van Belzen, J. (2018). Qualitative growth potential test for brackish Vaucheria species. Protocol Exchange april 2018. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/protex.2018.041
  • 2017
    Lo, V.B.; Bouma, T.J.; van Belzen, J.; Van Colen, C.; Airoldi, L. (2017). Interactive effects of vegetation and sediment properties on erosion of salt marshes in the Northern Adriatic Sea. Mar. Environ. Res. 131: 32-42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2017.09.006
    Schwarz, C.; Cox, T.; van Engeland, T.; van Oevelen, D.; van Belzen, J.; van de Koppel, J.; Soetaert, K.; Bouma, T.J.; Meire, P.; Temmerman, S. (2017). Field estimates of floc dynamics and settling velocities in a tidal creek with significant along-channel gradients in velocity and SPM. Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 197: 221-235. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2017.08.041
    Strain, E.M.A.; van Belzen, J.; Comandini, P.; Wong, J.; Bouma, T.J.; Airoldi, L. (2017). The role of changing climate in driving the shift from perennial grasses to annual succulents in a Mediterranean saltmarsh. J. Ecol. 105(5): 1374-1385. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12799
    van Belzen, J.; van de Koppel, J.; Kirwan, M.L.; Guntenspergen, G.R.; Bouma, T.J. (2017). Disturbance-recovery experiments to assess resilience of ecosystems along a stress gradient . Protocol Exchange June 2017. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/protex.2017.028
    van Belzen, J.; van de Koppel, J.; Kirwan, M.L.; van der Wal, D.; Herman, P.M.J.; Dakos, V.; Kéfi, S.; Scheffer, M.; Guntenspergen, G.R.; Bouma, T.J. (2017). Vegetation recovery in tidal marshes reveals critical slowing down under increased inundation. Nature Comm. 8: 15811. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15811
    van Belzen, J.; van de Koppel, J.; van der Wal, D.; Herman, P.M.J.; Dakos, V.; Kéfi, S.; Scheffer, M.; Bouma, T.J. (2017). Timing recovery of ecosystems in sequential remotely sensed and simulated data . Protocol Exchange June 2017. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/protex.2017.038
    Wang, H.; van der Wal, D.; Li, X.; van Belzen, J.; Herman, P.M.J.; Hu, Z.; Ge, Z.; Zhang, L.; Bouma, T.J. (2017). Zooming in and out: scale dependence of extrinsic and intrinsic factors affecting salt marsh erosion. Journal of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface 122(7): 1455-1470. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016JF004193
  • 2016
    Bouma, T.J.; van Belzen, J.; Balke, T.; van Dalen, J.; KLaassen, P.; Hartog, A.M.; Callaghan, D.P.; Hu, Z.; Stive, M.J.F.; Temmerman, S.; Herman, P.M.J. (2016). Short-term mudflat dynamics drive long-term cyclic salt marsh dynamics. Limnol. Oceanogr. 61(6): 2261-2275. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lno.10374
    de Fouw, J.; Govers, L.; van de Koppel, J.; van Belzen, J.; Dorigo, W.; Sidi Cheikh, M.A.; Christianen, M.J.A.; van der Reijden, K.J.; van der Geest, M.; Piersma, T.; Smolders, A.J.P.; Olff, H.; Lamers, L.P.M.; van Gils, J.A.; van der Heide, T. (2016). Drought, mutualism breakdown, and landscape-scale degradation of seagrass beds. Curr. Biol. 26(8): 1051-1056. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.02.023
    Silinski, A.; van Belzen, J.; Fransen, E.; Bouma, T.J.; Troch, P.; Meire, P.; Temmerman, S. (2016). Quantifying critical conditions for seaward expansion of tidal marshes: a transplantation experiment. Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 169: 227-237. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2015.12.012
    Zhu, Z.; van Belzen, J.; Hong, T; Kunihiro, T.; Ysebaert, T.; Herman, P.M.J.; Bouma, T.J. (2016). Sprouting as a gardening strategy to obtain superior supplementary food: evidence from a seed-caching marine worm. Ecology 97(12): 3278–3284. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecy.1613
  • 2015
    de Paoli, H.; van de Koppel, J.; van der Zee, E.; Kangeri, A.; van Belzen, J.; Holthuijsen, S.; van den Berg, A.; Herman, P.M.J.; Olff, H.; van der Heide, T. (2015). Processes limiting mussel bed restoration in the Wadden-Sea. J. Sea Res. 103: 42-49. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2015.05.008
    Hu, Zhan; van Belzen, J.; Van der Wal, D.; Balke, T.; Wang, Z.B.; Stive, M.; Bouma, T. (2015). Windows of opportunity for salt marsh vegetation establishment on bare tidal flats: The importance of temporal and spatial variability in hydrodynamic forcing. J. Geophys. Res. Biogeosciences: 120(7): 1450-1469. dx.doi.org/10.1002/2014JG002870
    Monbaliu, J.; Bi, Q.; Bouma, T.J.; Toorman, E.A.; van Belzen, J.; Willems, P. (2015). Extreme estuarine water levels and channel morphology, effect on flood extents and habitat resilience: the Scheldt Estuary, Belgium and the Netherlands, in: Coastal Risk Management in a Changing Climate. pp. 332-357. dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-397310-8.00007-5
    Strain, E.M.A.; van Belzen, J.; van Dalen, J.; Bouma, T.J.; Airoldi, L. (2015). Management of Local Stressors Can Improve the Resilience of Marine Canopy Algae toGlobal Stressors. PLoS One 10(3): e0120837. dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0120837
  • 2014
    Bouma, T.J.; van Belzen, J.; Balke, T.; Zhu, Z.; Airoldi, L.; Blight, A.J.; Davies, A.J.; Galván, C.; Hawkins, S.J.; Hoggart, S.P.G.; Lara, J.L.; Losada, I.J.; Maza, M.; Ondiviela, B.; Skov, M.W.; Strain, E.M.; Thompson, R.C.; Yang, S.L.; Zanuttigh, B.; Zhang, L.; Herman, P.M.J. (2014). Identifying knowledge gaps hampering application of intertidal habitats in coastal protection: Opportunities & steps to take. Coast. Eng. 87: 147-157. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2013.11.014
    Firth, L.B.; Thompson, R.C.; Bohn, K.; Abbiati, M.; Airoldi, L.; Bouma, T.J.; Bozzeda, F.; Ceccherelli, V.U.; Colangelo, M.A.; Evans, A.; Ferrario, F.; Hanley, M.E.; Hinz, H.; Hoggart, S.P.G.; Jackson, J.E.; Moore, P.; Morgan, E.H.; Perkol-Finkel, S.; Skov, M.W.; Strain, E.M.; van Belzen, J.; Hawkins, S.J. (2014). Between a rock and a hard place: Environmental and engineering considerations when designing coastal defence structures. Coast. Eng. 87: 122-135. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2013.10.015
    Hoggart, S.; Hawkins, S.J.; Bohn, K.; Airoldi, L.; van Belzen, J.; Bichot, A.; Bilton, D.T.; Bouma, T.J.; Colangelo, M.A.; Davies, A.J.; Ferrario, F.; Firth, L.; Galvan, C.; Hanley, M.; Heurtefeux, H.; Lara, J.L.; Rodriquez, I.L.; Maza, M.; Ondiviela-Eizaguirre, B.; Rundle, S.D.; Skov, M.W.; Strain, E.M.; White, A.; Zhang, L.; Zhu, Z.; Thompson, R.C. (2014). Ecological Approaches to Coastal Risk Mitigation, in: Zanuttigh, B. et al. Coastal Risk Management in a Changing Climate. pp. 171-236. dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-397310-8.00004-X
    Ondiviela, B.; Losada, I.J.; Lara, J.L.; Maza, M.; Galván, C.; Bouma, T.J.; van Belzen, J. (2014). The role of seagrasses in coastal protection in a changing climate. Coast. Eng. 87: 158-168. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2013.11.005
    Sanders, D.; Jones, C.G.; Thébault, E.; Bouma, T.J.; van der Heide, T.; van Belzen, J.; Barot, S. (2014). Integrating ecosystem engineering and food webs. Oikos (Kbh.) 123(5): 513–524. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0706.2013.01011.x
  • 2013
    Christianen, M.J.A.; van Belzen, J.; Herman, P.M.J.; van Katwijk, M.M.; Lamers, L.P.M.; Bouma, T.J. (2013). Low-canopy seagrass beds still provide important coastal protection services. PLoS One 8(5): e62413. hdl.handle.net/10.1371/journal.pone.0062413
  • 2012
    van Belzen, J.; Van de Koppel, J.; Herman, P.; Bouma, T. (2012). Disturbing signs: do real ecosystems slow down towards the verge of collapse? Poster presented at the Netherlands Annual Ecology Meeting 7 & 8 February, 2012 (NAEM). Department of Spatial Ecology, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research: Yerseke.
    Weerman, E.J.; Van Belzen, J.; Rietkerk, M.; Temmerman, S.; Kéfi, S.; Herman, P.M.J.; Van de Koppel, J. (2012). Changes in diatom patch-size distribution and degradation in a spatially self-organized intertidal mudflat ecosystem. Ecology 93(3): 608-618. dx.doi.org/10.1890/11-0625.1
  • 2011
    van Belzen, J.; van der Wal, D.; Bouma, T.; Herman, P.; Van de Koppel, J. (2011). Chess at the mudflat: Disturbance and recovery at salt-marsh pioneer zones. Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Centre for Estuarine and Marine Ecology: Yerseke. 1 poster pp.