Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
Phone number
+31 (0)222 36 9563
Location
Texel
Function
Research Leader
Expertise
  • Coastal ecology
  • Long-term changes Wadden Sea foodweb
  • Pelagic and benthic microalgae and bivalves (larvae)
  • Comperative analyses Wadden systems
  • Impacts of climate change & eutrophication

Prof. Dr. Ir. Katja Philippart

Research Leader

Changes at the base of the food chain

Katja Philippart, NIOZ researcher and Professor by Special Appointment of Productivity of Coastal Marine Ecosystems at Utrecht University, is working on the crossroads of algae, shellfish and environmental change. ‘When changes occur in the climate or in the nutrient supply in the Wadden Sea, short-lived microalgae – and accordingly, the shellfish that feed on those algae – are the first to respond. That also has consequences for other animals, including the people who rely on natural resources provided by the coastal ecosystems.’

From overfertilisation to overheating

‘In recent decades, we first experienced a period of “eutrophication” in the coastal North Sea and the Wadden Sea due to high nitrogen and phosphate loadings of riverine freshwater supply into the sea. Subsequently, that overfertilisation was curbed. Both the increase and decrease in nutrient supply was reflected in the species composition of microalgae in the water and the shellfish living on tidal flats.’

‘We can now see something similar with global warming. During dry summers, the supply of river water is low and with that the amount of nutrients (including freshwater algae) that reach the sea. Furthermore, warm summers are associated with a high mortality of cockles, although it is not yet clear whether there is a mechanistic link or not. Due to the increased shellfish mortality, however, we might face shifts in age composition as has been observed along the English coast where only one-year-old cockles are found.’

Food source for birds and people

‘Changes in the base of the food web alter the natural values of the Wadden Sea, which is a UNESCO World Heritage site. That has direct consequences for the fish that use the Wadden Sea as a breeding ground and for the birds that find a vital tank station there while migrating between the North and South. In addition, this also affects the people who earn their living from shellfish fishing. So, for several reasons, it is crucial to develop a good understanding of the interactions between microalgae and shellfish in a coastal system such as the Wadden Sea.’

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Interests

Research interests

In shallow seas, such as the Wadden Sea, phytoplankton and microphytobenthos are at the base of the food chain and are the source of food for most other marine organisms. The carrying capacity of ecosystems in terms of biomass per trophic level is highly dependent on the production, abundance, timing and assemblage composition of microscopic algae. For the Wadden Sea, our statistical analyses of long-term (> 40 yrs) field observations indicate that changes in nutrient loads were followed by changes in biomass, in species composition, and in the productivity of phytoplankton. Field observations and bioassays on primary production and biomass of lower and higher trophic levels suggest that the carrying capacity of coastal ecosystems, such as the Wadden Sea, is largely under bottom-up control.

The main aim of my research is to understand the trophic interactions between the main primary producers (phytoplankton and microphytobenthos) and primary consumers (bivalves) of shallow temperate coastal waters such as the Wadden Sea. In my research group we use various techniques, including automated monitoring networks, field surveys, remote sensing (airborne and satellite) techniques and laboratory experiments under controlled environmental conditions. Collection and advanced statistics of field data and testing of mechanistic views on structuring factors of primary production and consumption in shallow coastal waters is performed within several interdisciplinary projects, performed together with national and international partners.

In addition, I am very much interested in translating scientific knowledge on coastal seas for the understanding and sustainability of our planet and am, therefore, involved in national and international projects with regard to applications, outreach and education of marine sciences. While the Wadden Sea is my primary study area, my research has included studies within the North Sea, Venice Lagoon, Banc d’Arguin, Patagonian Shelf and Oman.

In order to better understand the driving factors of the temporal and spatial variation in primary productivity in coastal estuarine ecosystems and the interactions between primary producers and primary consumers in a changing world, my research activities include:

  • Understanding of long-term changes in the Marsdiep tidal basin, by collection of high-quality field data on processes controlling pelagic primary production;
  • Determination of consequences of variation in quantity, quality and timing in primary producers on growth and development rates of primary consumers, in particular bivalves and their larvae;
  • Determination of size-, species- and state-selective feeding by marine bivalves of various functional groups (e.g., filter- and deposit-feeders) on natural phytoplankton and microphytobenthos communities;
  • Determination of common drivers of interactions of primary and secondary producers by comparative analyses of food-web interactions in coastal marine ecosystems worldwide;
  • Exploitation of consequences of trophic transfer efficiencies of microalgae to bivalves for potential of aquaculture in coastal marine systems ('ecological engineering');
  • Bridging the gap between what is known through scientific research and what policy makers and the public at large know and understand about the marine ecosystems, in particular the impacts of nutrients and climate change on shallow coastal systems.
Functions

Functions

From 2021: Chair Waddenacademie

2019-2020: Vice-chair Waddenacademie

From 2018: Professor on the chair 'Productivity of Coastal Marine Ecosystems at the Faculty of Geosciences  (University of Utrecht)

From 2017: Lead investigator (NIOZ Department of Coastal Systems)  

From 2014: Associate professor (University of Utrecht)

From 2013: Member of the board of directors (Wadden Academy)

From 2010: Deputy head (NIOZ Department of Coastal Systems)

2000-2016: Senior scientist (NIOZ Department of Marine Ecology)

2000-2010Editor-in-Chief Journal of Sea Research (NIOZ)

1994-2000: PostDoc (NIOZ Department of Marine Ecology)

1994-2000: Editor Journal of Sea Research (NIOZ)

1991-1994PostDoc (Institute for Forestry and Nature Research, Department of Marine Ecology, Texel, The Netherlands)

1986-1990: PhD student (Agricultural University, Department of Water Quality Management and Aquatic Ecology, Wageningen, The Netherlands)

Publications

Key publications

Philippart, C.J.M., H.M. van Aken, J.J. Beukema, O.G. Bos, G.C. Cadée & R. Dekker (2003). Climate-related changes in recruitment of the bivalve Macoma balthica. Limnology and Oceanography 48, 2171-2185 (IF = 3.55; Times cited = 211).

Philippart, C.J.M., G.C. Cadée, W. van Raaphorst & R. Riegman (2000). Long-term phytoplankton-nutrient interactions in a shallow coastal sea: algal community structure, nutrient budgets and denitrification potential. Limnology and Oceanography 45, 131-144 (IF = 3.55; Time cited = 170).

Philippart, C.J.M., R. Anadón, R. Danovaro, J.W. Dippner, K.F. Drinkwater, S.J. Hawkins, T. Oguz, G. O'Sullivan, & P.C. Reid (2011). Impacts of climate change on European marine ecosystems: Observations, expectations and indicators. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 400, 52-69 (IF = 1.87; Times cited = 160).

Philippart C.J.M., J.J. Beukema, G.C. Cadée, R. Dekker, P.W. Goedhart, J.M. van Iperen, M.F. Leopold & P.M.J. Herman (2007). Impact of Nutrient Reduction on Coastal Communities. Ecosystems 10, 187-203 (IF = 3.68; Times cited = 144).

Philippart, C.J.M. (1994). Interactions between Arenicola marina and Zostera noltii on a tidal flat in the Wadden Sea. Marine Ecology Progress Series 111, 251-257 (IF = 2.71; Times cited = 73).

Please find my complete list of NIOZ-publications at the bottom of this webpage or on ResearcherID. You can download all my publications on ResearchGate. 

Education

Professional education

1994: Doctor in the Agricultural and Environmental Sciences PhD Thesis on “Eutrophication as a possible cause of decline in the seagrass Zostera noltii of the Dutch Wadden Sea” Promotor: Prof. Dr W.J. Wolff, Agricultural University, Wageningen (NL)

1986-1990: PhD at the Agricultural University, Wageningen (NL)

1979-1986: Biology at the Agricultural University, Wageningen (NL)

1972-1978: Secondary school (Atheneum B) Pauluslyceum, Tilburg (NL)

Awards

Awards, prizes and funded

Main applicant & coordinator
2017-2018: EDDD-Eems Dollard Dubbel Dijk (0.7 M€)

2012-2018: WaLTER-Wadden Sea Long-Term Ecosystem Research (5 M€)

2011-2015: IN PLACE-Integrated Network for Production and Loss Assessment in the Coastal Environment (2 M€)

2010-2011: CLAMER-Climate Change Impacts on the Marine Environment(1 M€)

1998-2004: SUSUSE Theme 2-Sustainable Use and Conservation of Marine Living Resources (1 M€)

Principal investigator & associate coordinator
1996-1999: DYNAMO-Dynamics through natural and anthropogenic causes of marine organisms (2 M€)

Principal investigator & co-applicant
2014-2018: Polder Wassenaar (2.5 M€)

2012-2016: INFOWEB-Impact of biological invasions on the food web of the Wadden Sea (0.5 M€)  

2009-2012: P REDUCE- Consequences of phosphorus reduction for the dynamic transfer of organic matter between primary producers and primary consumers (0.7 M€)  

Other

Boards, Committees & Working Groups

2017-2018: Member of the Scientific Evaluation Committee of the Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht (Germany)

2017: Member of the European Marine Board 'Navigating the Future V Foresight' working group

2017: Member of the Evaluation Committee 'Monitoring Bodemdaling Ameland'

From 2017: Member of the Evaluation Committee of the 'Prins Bernhard Cultuur Fonds Natuur'

From 2017: Member of the Advisory Committee 'Blue Energy Afsluitdijk'

2016-2017: Chair of the 'Trilateral Research Agenda Ecology' working group

From 2015: Chief Scientist 'NIOZ Wadden Systems Research Centre'

2010-2015: Member of the SCOR Working Group 137 on 'Patterns of Phytoplankton Dynamics in Coastal Ecosystems'.

2014-2017: External member of Tenure Track Committees (ITC, RUG) 

2012: Member of the SEAS-ERA Atlantic Consultative Workshop

2011: Member of the Steering Committee of 'Monitoring Inland and Coastal waters with the APEX Sensor (MICAS)'

2009-2010: Chair of the IMBER Continental Margins Working Group

2009-2010: Member of the IMBER Science Steering Committee

2008-2011: Co-editor of Treatise Volume on 'Marine Ecosystem Processes', together with Prof. Dr C. Heip & Prof. Dr J. Middelburg

2007: Member of the PRLTI4 (400 MEuro) Funding Advisory Panel of the Higher Education Agency of Ireland, Dublin (Ireland)

2006: Member of the Climate Change Working Group of the Joint Research Council of the European Commission, Ispra (Italy)

2005: Member of the Commissie MER working group 'Aardgaswinning Waddenzeegebied vanaf lokaties Moddergat, Lauwersoog en Vierhuizen'

2005: Member of the Commissie MER working group 'PKB Derde nota Waddenzee'

2005-2007: Chair of the Climate Change Working Group of the Marine Board of the European Science Foundation, Strasbourg (France)

2005: Chair of the Evaluation Panel of the 'Long-term Monitoring of the Marine Environmental Change Network (MECN)', Plymouth (UK)

2004-2009: Coordinator international research project 'Pan-European Gradients in Propagation and Settlement Events' (participants: 21 European marine research institutes) funded within a EU-Network of Excellence framework.

2004-2005: Member 'Beoordelingscommissies Geo- en Biosfeer, ALW'

2004: Member of the Wadden Sea Expert Group, Institute for Environment and Systems Analysis (IMSA), Amsterdam (NL)

1997: Member of the board of reference of MER High Voltage cable linkage between Norway and The Netherlands

1993-1996: Board member of the Dutch Society of Aquatic Ecology (NVAE)

Symposia

2017: Scientific coordinator (on behalf of Wadden Academy) of the 'Rich Wadden Sea' symposium, Nes (NL)

2016: Scientific coordinator (on behalf of Wadden Academy & NIOZ) of the 'Cumulative Effects in Marine Ecosystems' symposium, Texel (NL)

2015: Scientific coordinator (on behalf of NIOZ) of the national 'Resilient Wadden' symposium, Leeuwarden (NL)

2015: Scientific coordinator (on behalf of Wadden Academy) of the bilateral 'Towards a sustainable Ems-Dollard estuary' symposium, Delfzijl (NL)

2015:  Member of the scientific advisory committee (on behalf of Wadden Academy) of the trilateral 'Wadden Sea Research' symposium, Leeuwarden (NL)

2013 Scientific coordinator (on behalf of Wadden Academy) of the national 'Practice, Knowledge and Management in Marine Coastal Waters' symposium, Lauwersoog (NL)

2011: Scientific coordinator (on behalf of NIOZ) of the International Conference 'Living with a Warming Ocean', Brussels (Belgium) 

2009: Member of the scientific advisory committee (on behalf of NIOZ) of the International Wadden Sea Symposium, Wilhelmshaven (Germany)

2003: Member of the scientific organisation committee (on behalf of NIOZ) of the International Scientific Symposium on Structuring Factors of Shallow Marine Coastal Communities, Texel (NL)

Editorial duties

2015-2017: Guest editor of a special issue on 'North Sea Coastal Systems' of the Journal of Sea Research 

2000-2010: Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Sea Research 

2001-2003: Guest editor of the proceedings of the International Scientific symposium on Structuring Factors of Shallow Marine Coastal Communities, Texel (NL)

1999-2001: Guest editor of the proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on Flatfish Ecology, North Carolina (USA) 

1996-1999: Editor of the Journal of Sea Research 

From 1994: Reviewer for various international scientific journals and reports (a.o. Limnology & Oceanography, Marine Ecology Progress Series, Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, Marine Systems, PLOS ONE, IPCC AR5 Reports)

Teaching

From 2014: Coordination MSc Marine Sciences 'Estuarine Ecology' Course, UU, Utrecht.

From 2014: Contributions to MSc Introduction of Marine Sciences Course, UU, Utrecht.

2009-2016: Contributions to MSc Marine Masters Course, NIOZ, Texel

2006-2014: Contributions to BSc and MSc Marine Sciences Courses, UU, Utrecht

2005-2012: Contributions to Limnology & Oceanography Course, UvA IBED, Amsterdam

2004: Marine Sciences Course, European Graduate College in Marine Sciences (Germany & NL)

2003: Contributions to Marine Ecology Course, UvA IBED, Amsterdam

1998-2002: Contributions to Marine Sciences Course, European Graduate College in Marine Sciences (Germany & NL) 

1993-1995: Contributions to Tropical Ecology Course, Biology VU, Amsterdam

Linked news

Thursday 15 February 2024
Salt gradient in the Wadden Sea under pressure due to changing climate
Particularly in spring, less and less freshwater flows from Dutch and German rivers into the Wadden Sea. “This affects the life of algae and, therefore, fish and birds on the mudflats as well”, says Professor Katja Philippart, director of the Wadden…
Monday 03 July 2023
Warmest June ever recorded in Wadden Sea; concerns for mortality in overheated cockles
In the past six summers, there were as many as five with high mortality among cockles in the Wadden Sea. That mortality always occurred several weeks after above-average water temperatures were recorded. "I therefore hold my breath for the shellfish,…
Friday 30 June 2023
Dossier: warm sea and ocean water
Global warming dominates global news. Here, rising atmospheric temperatures are usually the common thread. But of all the extra heat trapped by our greenhouse gas emissions, only 1 per cent remains in the air. The vast majority (89 per cent)…
Wednesday 07 June 2023
Met goede afspraken is in de Noordzee ruimte voor vogels én vissers
De afgelopen jaren deed de visserijsector samen met wetenschappers onderzoek naar de duurzame vangst van een schelpdier uit de Noordzee. Ook vogelbeschermers participeerden, om samen meer kennis op te doen over een zee-eend die afhankelijk is van de…
Tuesday 21 February 2023
Developing digital twins to help understand ecosystems
LTER-LIFE aims to study and predict how global change affects ecosystems. It is one of nine projects that have just won Dutch funding earmarked for setting up and improving large-scale research infrastructure. LTER stands for Long-term Ecosystem…
Monday 04 July 2022
Research into a sustainable fishing method for cut through shell
In a unique joint venture, NIOZ and Wageningen Marine Research, together with professional fishermen and nature conservationists, are investigating how to catch cut through shells in the North Sea sustainably without harming the protected common…
Thursday 11 November 2021
Oceans of Energy will build 1 MW offshore solar off the coast of Scheveningen
Scheveningen, The Netherlands; November 11, 2021 - Today Oceans of Energy and partners & observers announce the upscaling of the world's first offshore solar farm system 20 times and expand it to 1 MW (MegaWatt). In the coming years, the company…
Wednesday 12 May 2021
Save our oceans to protect our health - scientists call for global action plan
Scientists have proposed the first steps towards a united global plan to save our oceans, for the sake of human health. [Dutch version below English]
Thursday 04 March 2021
Unravelling the impact of invasive species on the Balgzand food web
Over the past decades, benthic communities that inhabit an enormous mudflat system in the western Wadden Sea, known as Balgzand, have felt the impact of multiple drivers including invasive species. Recent research by Sarina Jung (NIOZ and Utrecht…
Tuesday 23 February 2021
Pollution, turbidity and water movement hamper seagrass recovery
Seagrass provides a nursery for young fish and food for plant-eating birds. For Rijkswaterstaat (the executive agency of the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management), researchers from the NIOZ and Wageningen Marine Research have…

Linked blogs

Thursday 06 May 2021
NIOZ podcast Van Delta tot Diepzee aflevering 11 De Waddenzee als samenloop van omstandigheden
Het is bijna een jaar geleden dat in Scheveningen vijf bijzonder ervaren surfers verongelukten toen ze werden overweldigd door opgehoopt zeeschuim dat door een ongelukkige samenloop van omstandigheden was ontstaan en op drift geraakt. Marien ecologe…

NIOZ publications

  • 2023
    Alter, K.; Philippart, C.J.M.; Teng, S.; Bolier, H.; Drenth, P.; Dubbeldam, M. (2023). Consequences of thermal history for growth, development and survival during metamorphosis and settlement for the European flat oyster. Aquaculture 566: 739174. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2022.739174
    Madhuanand, L.; Philippart, C.J.M.; Wang, J.; Nijland, W.; de Jong, S.M.; Bijleveld, A.I.; Addink, E.A. (2023). Enhancing the predictive performance of remote sensing for ecological variables of tidal flats using encoded features from a deep learning model. Giscience & Remote Sensing 60(1). https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15481603.2022.2163048
  • 2022
    Koppelle, S.; López-Escardó, D.; Brussaard, C.P.D.; Huisman, J.; Philippart, C.J.M.; Massana, R.; Wilken, S. (2022). Mixotrophy in the bloom-forming genus Phaeocystis and other haptophytes. Harmful Algae 117: 102292. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2022.102292
  • 2021
    Fleming, L.E.; Depledge, M.; Bouley, T.; Britton, E.; Dupont, S.; Eatock, C.; Garside, R.; Heymans, J.J.; Kellett, P.; Lloret, J.; Maycock, B.; Pahl, S.; Philippart, C.J.M.; Roberts, B.R.; Thiele, T.; White, M.P.; Wuijts, S. (2021). The ocean decade—opportunities for oceans and human health programs to contribute to public health. American Journal of Public Health 111(5): 808-811. https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2021.306229
    Jacobs, P.; Pitarch, J.; Kromkamp, J.C.; Philippart, C.J.M. (2021). Assessing biomass and primary production of microphytobenthos in depositional coastal systems using spectral information. PLoS One 16(7): e0246012. https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246012
  • 2020
    Jacobs, P.; Greeve, Y.; Sikkema, M.; Dubbeldam, M.; Philippart, C.J.M. (2020). Successful rearing of Ostrea edulis from parents originating from the Wadden Sea, the Netherlands. Aquaculture Reports 18: 100537. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aqrep.2020.100537
    Jacobs, P.; Kromkamp, J.C.; van Leeuwen, S.; Philippart, C.J.M. (2020). Planktonic primary production in the western Dutch Wadden Sea. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 639: 53-71. https://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps13267
    Jung, A.S; van der Veer, H.; Philippart, C.J.M.; Waser, A.M.; Ens, B.J.; De Jonge, V.N.; Schückel, U. (2020). Impacts of macrozoobenthic invasions on a temperate coastal food web. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 653: 19-39. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13499
    Philippart, C.J.; Ballesta-Artero, I.; Candy, A.S.; van Leeuwen, S.; Stocchi, P.; Elschot, K.; van Puijenbroek, M.E.B. (2020). Factors underlying the recovery potential of littoral seagrass in the Dutch Wadden Sea. Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ)/Wageningen Marine Research: Yerseke. 109 pp.
    Philippart, C.J.M.; Bastmeijer, K.; Hoekstra, P. (2020). Fastening our Wadden Sea seat belts: Protecting natural values in times of rapid climate change., in: Common Wadden Sea Secretariat (CWSS) Trilateral Wadden Sea Cooperation Annual Report. pp. 4-11
    Philippart, C.J.M.; Dethmers, K.E.M.; van der Molen, J.; Seinen, A. (2020). Ecological engineering for the optimisation of the land-based marine aquaculture of coastal shellfish. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17(19): 7224. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17197224
    Philippart, K.; Blauw, A.; Bolhuis, H.; Brandenburg, K.; Brussaard, C.; Gerkema, T.; Herman, P.; Hommersom, A.; Jacobs, P.; Laanen, M.; van Leeuwe, M.A.; van den Oever, A.; Peters, S.; Philippart, M.; Pitarch, J.; Prins, T.; Ruddick, K.; Spaias, L.; van de Waal, D.; Van der Zande, D.; Zuur, A. (2020). Quick scan zeeschuim. NIOZ/Bureau Waardenburg/Deltares/Highland Statistics/CNR/KBIN/NIOO-KNAW/Rijkswaterstaat (RWS-WVL)/Technische Universiteit Delft/Universiteit van Amsterdam/Universiteit Utrecht/Rijksuniversiteit Groningen/Water Insight BV: Texel. 51 pp.
  • 2019
    Jung, A.S.; van der Veer, H.W.; van der Meer, M.T.J.; Philippart, C.J.M. (2019). Seasonal variation in the diet of estuarine bivalves. PLoS One 14(6): e0217003. https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217003
  • 2018
    Bom, R.A.; Philippart, C.J.M.; van der Heide, T.; de Fouw, J; Camphuysen, C.J.; Dethmer, K.; Folmer, E.O.; Stocchi, P.; Stuut, J.-B.; van der Veer, H.W.; Al Zakwani, I. (2018). Barr Al Hikman: a pristine coastal ecosystem in the Sultanate of Oman: Current state of knowledge and future research challenges. NIOZ-rapport, 2018(1). NIOZ Royal Institute for Sea Research: Texel. 61 pp.
    Philippart, C.J.M. (2018). Hitte is de nieuwe kou : Inaugurele rede uitgesproken bij de aanvaarding van het bijzonder hoogleraarschap Productivity of Coastal Marine Systems aan de faculteit Geowetenschappen van de Universiteit Utrecht, op 14 november 2018 door Katja Philippart. Utrecht University: Utrecht. ISBN 9789062665235. 34 pp.
  • 2017
    Bijleveld, A.; van der Heide, T.; Speelman, H.; Philippart, K.; Vellinga, P. (2017). Audit Bodemdalingscommissie Ameland 1986-2016. in het bijzonder de periode 2011-2016. Waddenacademie: Leeuwarden. 17 pp.
    Gerkema, T.; Philippart, C.J.M.; van der Veer, H.W. (2017). North Sea coastal ecology: Preface. J. Sea Res. 127: 1. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2017.06.016
    Goedknegt, M.A.; Shoesmith, D.; Jung, A.; Luttikhuizen, P.C.; van der Meer, J.; Philippart, C.J.M.; van der Veer, H.W.; Thieltges, D.W. (2018). Trophic relationship between the invasive parasitic copepod Mytilicola orientalis and its native blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) host. Parasitology 145(6): 814-821. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0031182017001779
    Jung, A.S.; Bijkerk, R.; van der Veer, H.W.; Philippart, C.J.M. (2017). Spatial and temporal trends in order richness of marine phytoplankton as a tracer for the exchange zone between coastal and open waters. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 97(3): 477-489. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315416001326
    Jung, A.S.; Dekker, R.; Germain, M.; Philippart, C.J.M.; Witte, J.IJ.; van der Veer, H.W. (2017). Long-term shifts in intertidal predator and prey communities in the Wadden Sea and consequences for food requirements and supply. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 579: 37-53. https://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps12263
    Jung, A.S; Brinkman, A.G.; Folmer, E.O.; Herman, P.M.J.; van der Veer, H.W.; Philippart, C.J.M. (2017). Long-term trends in nutrient budgets of the western Dutch Wadden Sea (1976–2012). J. Sea Res. 127: 82-94. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2017.02.007
    Kromkamp, J.; Capuzzo, E.; Philippart, C.J.M. (2017). Measuring phytoplankton primary production: review of existing methodologies and suggestions for a common approach. EcApRHA Deliverable WP 3.2. [S.n.]: [s.l.]. ISBN 9781911458272. 24 pp.
    Nauw, J.; Philippart, C.J.M.; Duran-Matute, M.; Gerkema, T. (2017). Estimates of exposure times in the Wadden Sea : A comparison of methods. J. Sea Res. 127: 12-25. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2017.03.015
    Philippart, C.J.M.; Gerkema, T.; van der Veer, H.W. (2017). North Sea coastal ecology : Future challenges. J. Sea Res. 127: 227-230. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2017.07.004
    Philippart, C.J.M.; Mekkes, L.; Buschbaum, C.; Wegner, K.M.; Laursen, K. (2017). Climate ecosystems, in: Kloepper, S. et al. Wadden Sea Quality Status Report 2017.
  • 2016
    Folmer, E.O.; van Beusekom, J.E.E.; Dolch, T; Gräwe, U.; van Katwijk, M.M.; Kolbe, K.; Philippart, C.J.M. (2016). Consensus forecasting of intertidal seagrass habitat in the Wadden Sea. J. Appl. Ecol. 53: 1800–1813. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12681
    Heinzelmann, S.M.; Bale, N.J.; Villanueva, L.; Sinke-Schoen, D.; Philippart, C.J.M.; Sinninghe Damsté, J.S.; Schouten, S.; Van der Meer, M.T.J. (2016). Seasonal changes in the D  /  H ratio of fatty acids of pelagic microorganisms in the coastal North Sea. Biogeosciences 13: 5527-5539. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-5527-2016
    Kromkamp, J.C.; Folmer, E.; Philippart, C.J.M. (2016). Opzet rekeninstrumentarium voor de berekening van primaire productie van fytoplankton en microfytobenthos in het Eems-Dollard estuarium. [S.n.]: [s.l.].
    Leote, C.; Mulder, L.; Philippart, C.J.; Epping, E. (2016). Nutrients in the Western Wadden Sea: Freshwater Input Versus Internal Recycling. Est. Coast. 39(1): 40-53. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12237-015-9979-6
    van der Veer, H.W.; Jung, A.S.; Freitas, V.; Philippart, C.J.; Witte, J.IJ. (2016). Possible causes for growth variability and summer growth reduction in juvenile plaice Pleuronectes platessa L. in the western Dutch Wadden Sea. J. Sea Res. 111: 97-106. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2015.11.005
  • 2015
    Kromkamp, J.C.; Philippart, C.J.M. (2015). Primaire productie in het waddengebied: meten en berekenen. NIOZ-rapport, 2015(3). NIOZ: Den Burg. 64 pp.
    van der Veer, H.W.; Dapper, R.; Henderson, P.A.; Jung, A.S.; Philippart, C.J.M.; Witte, J.IJ.; Zuur, A.F. (2015). Changes over 50 years in fish fauna of a temperate coastal sea: Degradation of trophic structure and nursery function. Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 155: 156-166. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2014.12.041
  • 2014
    Beukema, J.J.; Cadée, G.C.A.; Dekker, R.; Philippart, C.J.M. (2014). Annual and spatial variability in gains of body weight in Macoma balthica (L.): Relationships with food supply and water temperature. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 457: 105-112. hdl.handle.net/10.1016/j.jembe.2014.04.003
    Burazerovic, D.; Heylen, R.; Raymaekers, D.; Knaeps, E.; Philippart, C.J.M.; Scheunders, P. (2014). A spectral-unmixing approach to estimate water-mass concentrations in case 2 waters. IEEE J. Sel. Top. Appl. Earth Observ. Remote Sens. 7(8): 3595-3605. dx.doi.org/10.1109/JSTARS.2014.2345562
    Fleming, L.E.; McDonough, N.; Austen, M.; Mee, L.; Moore, M.; Hess, P.; Depledge, M.H.; White, M.; Philippart, K.; Bradbrook, P.; Smalley, A. (2014). Oceans and human health: a rising tide of challenges and opportunities for Europe. Mar. Environ. Res. 99: 16-19. hdl.handle.net/10.1016/j.marenvres.2014.05.010
    Folmer, E.O.; Drent, J.; Troost, K.; Büttger, H.; Dankers, N.; Jansen, J.; van Stralen, M.; Millat, G.; Herlyn, M.; Philippart, C.J.M. (2014). Large-Scale Spatial Dynamics of Intertidal Mussel (Mytilus edulis L.) Bed Coverage in the German and Dutch Wadden Sea. Ecosystems 17(3): 550-566. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10021-013-9742-4
    Ly, J.; Philippart, C.J.M.; Kromkamp, J.C. (2014). Phosphorus limitation during a phytoplankton spring bloom in the western Dutch Wadden Sea. J. Sea Res. 88: 109-120. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2013.12.010
    Philippart, C.J.M.; van Bleijswijk, J.; Kromkamp, J.C.; Zuur, A.F.; Herman, P.M.J. (2014). Reproductive phenology of coastal marine bivalves in a seasonal environment. J. Plankton Res. 36(6): 1512-1527. dx.doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbu073
    Snik, F.; Rietjens, J.H.H.; Apituley, A.; Volten, H.; Mijling, B.; Di Noia, A.; Heikamp, S.; Heinsbroek, R.C.; Hasekamp, O.P.; Smit. , J.M.; Vonk, J.; Stam, D.M.; van Harten, G.; de Boer, J.; Keller, C.U.; iSPEX citizen scientists; Stuut, J.B.W.; Wernand, M.R.; Philippart, C.J.M. (2014). Mapping atmospheric aerosols with a citizen science network of smartphone spectropolarimeters. Geophys. Res. Lett. 41(20): 7351–7358. hdl.handle.net/10.1002/2014GL061462
  • 2013
    Loebl, M.; van Beusekom, J.E.E.; Philippart, C.J.M. (2013). No microzooplankton grazing during a Mediopyxis helysia dominated diatom bloom. J. Sea Res. 82: 80-85. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2012.09.010
    Philippart, C.J.M.; Salama, M.S.; Kromkamp, J.C.; van der Woerd, H.J.; Zuur, A.F.; Cadee, G.C. (2013). Four decades of variability in turbidity in the western Wadden Sea as derived from corrected Secchi disk readings. J. Sea Res. 82: 67-79. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2012.07.005
  • 2012
    Brandsma, J.; Hopmans, E.C.; Philippart, C.J.M.; Veldhuis, M.J.W.; Schouten, S.; Sinninghe Damsté, J.S.S. (2012). Low temporal variation in the intact polar lipid composition of North Sea coastal marine water reveals limited chemotaxonomic value. Biogeosciences 9(3): 1073-1084. dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-9-1073-2012
    Philippart, C.J.M.; Amaral, A.; Asmus, R.; van Bleijswijk, J.; Bremner, J.; Buchholz, F.; Cabanellas-Reboredo, M.; Catarino, D.; Cattrijsse, A.; Charles, F.; Comtet, T.; Cunha, A.; Deudero, S.; Duchêne, J.-C.; Fraschetti, S.; Gentil, F.; Gittenberger, A.; Guizien, K.; Gonçalves, J.M.; Guarnieri, G.; Hendriks, I.; Hussel, B.; Pinheiro Vieira, R.; Reijnen, B.T.; Sampaio, I.; Serrão, E.; Sousa Pinto, I.; Thiebaut, E.; Viard, F.; Zuur, A.F. (2012). Spatial synchronies in the seasonal occurrence of larvae of oysters (Crassostrea gigas) and mussels (Mytilus edulis/galloprovincialis) in European coastal waters. Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 108: 52-63. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2012.05.014
    Salama, M.S.; van der Velde, R.; van der Woerd, H.J.; Kromkamp, J.C.; Philippart, C.J.M.; Joseph, A.T.; O'Neill, P.E.; Lang, R.H.; Gish, T.; Werdell, P.J.; Su, Z. (2012). Technical Note: Calibration and validation of geophysical observation models. Biogeosciences 9(6): 2195-2201. dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-9-2195-2012
    Saraiva, S.; van der Meer, J.; Kooijman, S.A.L.M.; Witbaard, R.; Philippart, C.J.M.; Hippler, D.; Parker, R. (2012). Validation of a Dynamic Energy Budget (DEB) model for the blue mussel Mytilus edulis. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 463: 141-158. dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps09801
  • 2011
    Philippart, C.J.M.; Anadón, R.; Danovaro, R.; Dippner, J.W.; Drinkwater, K.F.; Hawkins, S.J.; Oguz, T.; O'Sullivan, G.; Reid, P.C. (2011). Impacts of climate change on European marine ecosystems: Observations, expectations and indicators. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 400(1-2): 52-69. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2011.02.023

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