Drs. Rob Dekker
Marine ecologist, Marine Ecology		Macrozoobenthos Taxonomy estuarine and coastal invertebrates Wadden Sea Population dynamics Nudibranch biology and ecology
rob.dekker@nioz.nl +31(0)222-369497 +31(0)222-319674
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Landsdiep 4 NL-1797 SZ 't Horntje (Texel) The Netherlands   Tel. (+31) (0)222-369300 Fax: (+31) (0)222-319674	P.O. Box 59, NL-1790 AB Den Burg The Netherlands

 

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Family name     First name(s) Date of birth Place of birth	Dekker Rob 6 March 1955 Haarlem, The Netherlands
Education
1983 1977 1972	Msc Biology University of Groningen Bsc Biology University of Groningen HBS-B Vissering Scholengemeenschap, IJmuiden
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Employment record
1989-present   1988-1989   1985-1988   1983-1985   1981-1982	Scientist NIOZ (monitoring Wadden Sea macrozoobenthos) Scientist NIOZ (Dredging sludge experiments on macrozoobenthos in mesocosms, SEDEX) Ph-D student NIOZ (variability in recruitment of intertidal bivalves) Scientist NIOZ, (Oil pollution experiments on macrozoobenthos in mesocosms, OPEX) Research assistant NIOZ (survey subtidal macrozoobenthos Wadden Sea)

 

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J.J. Beukema, R. Dekker & J.M. Jansen, 2009. Some like it cold: populations of the tellinid bivalve Macoma balthica (L.) suffer in various ways from a warming climate. MARINE ECOLOGY-PROGRESS SERIES 384: 135-145. P.C. Luttikhuizen & R. Dekker, 2009. Pseudo-cryptic species Arenicola defodiens and Arenicola marina (Polychaeta: Arenicolidae) in the Wadden Sea, North Sea and Skagerrak: Morphological and molecular variation. JOURNAL OF SEA RESEARCH 63: 17-23. R. Dekker, & J.J. Beukema, 2007. Long term and large-scale variability in productivity of the tellinid bivalve Macoma balthica on Wadden Sea tidal flats. MARINE ECOLOGY-PROGRESS SERIES 337: 117-134. J.J. Beukema & R. Dekker, 2007. Variability in annual recruitment success as a determinant of long-term and large-scale variation in annual production of intertidal Wadden Sea mussels (Mytilus edulis). Helgoland Marine Research 61: 71-86. J.J. Beukema & R. Dekker, 2006. Annual cockle Cerastoderma edule production in the Wadden Sea usually fails to sustain both wintering birds and a commercial fishery. Marine Ecology Prograss Series 309: 189-204. J.J. Beukema & R. Dekker, 2005. Decline of recruitment success in cockles and other bivalves in the Wadden Sea: possible role of climate change, predation on postlarvae and fisheries. Marine Ecology Progress Series 287: 149-167. J.J. Beukema & R. Dekker, 2003. Redistribution of spat-sized Macoma balthica in the Wadden Sea in cold and mild winters. Marine Ecology Progress Series 265: 117-122. C.C.M. Philippart, H.M. van Aken, J.J. Beukema, O.G. Bos, G.C. Cadée & R. Dekker, 2003. Climated-related changes in recruitment of the bivalve Macoma balthica. Limnology and Oceanography 48: 2171-2185. M. Strasser, R. Dekker, K. Essink, C.-P. Günther, S. Jaklin, I. Kröncke, P. Brinch Madsen, H. Michaelis & G. Vedel, 2003. How predictable is high bivalve recruitment in the Wadden Sea after a severe winter? Journal of Sea Research 49: 47-57. K. Essink & R. Dekker, 2002. General patterns in invasion ecology tested in the Dutch Wadden Sea: the case of a brackish-marine polychaetous worm. Biological Invasions 4: 359-368. J.J. Beukema, J.J., K. Essink & R. Dekker, 2000. Long-term observations on the dynamics of three species of polychaetes living on tidal flats of the Wadden Sea: the role of weather and predator-prey interactions. JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY 69: 31-44. R. Dekker & J.J. Beukema, 1999. Relations of summer and winter temperatures with dynamics and growth of two bivalves, Tellina tenuis and Abra tenuis, on the northern edge of their intertidal distribution. —JOURNAL OF SEA RESEARCH 42: 235-254. J.J. Beukema & R. Dekker, 1995. Dynamics and growth of a recent invader into European coastal waters: the American razor clam Ensis directus. JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, U.K. 75: 351-362. R. Dekker & J.J. Beukema, 1993. Dynamics and growth of a bivalve, Abra tenuis, at the northern edge of its distribution. JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, U.K. 73: 497-511. R. Dekker, 1989. The macrozoobenthos of the subtidal western Dutch Wadden Sea. I. Biomass and species richness. NETHERLANDS JOURNAL OF SEA RESEARCH 23: 57-68.