NWO-NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research is the national oceanographic institute and principally performs and promotes academically excellent multidisciplinary fundamental and frontier applied marine research addressing important scientific and societal questions pertinent to the functioning of oceans and seas. NIOZ serves as national marine research facilitator (NMF) for The Netherlands scientific community.
Featured news
NWO grant for research project to understand Sargassum inundations in the Caribbean
As of 2011, the Caribbean Sea regularly suffers from washed-up masses of Sargassum seaweed. As part of an international call, a Dutch-led project will start at NIOZ to help understand the massive blooming of the weed.
Adventurous bird personalities can help population cope with climate change
Selin Ersoy defended her Phd thesis on red knots. Differences in character between red knots seem important for the resilience of the whole group. Her study shows for the first time that behaviour that was observed in experiments correspond to the wild.
Tree reefs become oases of life in the subtidal Wadden Sea
Researchers from NIOZ, Groningen and Utrecht have constructed artificial reefs made of pear-trees in the subtidal Dutch Wadden Sea in a novel experiment as part of the project Wadden Mosaic. The first surveys now show that the reefs are teeming with life.
Scientific Departments
Our science is conducted in four scientific departments;. Three of them are area oriented: estuaries and delta areas, coastal seas and open oceans. Marine Microbiology and Biogeochemistry conducts science in all three area types.
Centres of Expertise
NIOZ performs maritime research in deltas, seas and oceans around the world. To create more visibility for our research, NIOZ has several virtual centres of interdisciplinary expertise around topics of societal and industrial interest. Each centre aims to offer a variety of stakeholders easy access to our expertise: don't hesitate to contact the contactpersons listed in each centre if you have any questions or suggestions.
