Benthos Researcher

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Wageningen Marine Research (WMR) is a leading, independent research institute that focuses on strategic and applied marine ecological research. The institute was established in 2006. Products and services are executed on a project basis (more than 400 research projects) and are diverse in nature: field research, experiments on a realistic scale, exploratory studies on lab scale, data management and modelling. The institute has modern research facilities and is ISO 9001 certified. Wageningen Marine Research is an organisational part of Wageningen University and Research.
For several years now, Wageningen Marine Research has been researching the ecology of benthic hard substrate communities that occur on foundations of wind turbines, oil and gas platforms, wrecks and natural reefs. Applied issues that play a role here are: what is the contribution of these communities to the biodiversity of the North Sea, what are the possibilities for nature restoration or stimulation measures with regard to these reefs, how do they develop over time, what is the effect on the carrying capacity of the ecosystem, are there any dangers with regard to the introduction of invasive species, etc. Based on research and monitoring and readily available ecological knowledge of these special habitats, we advise the government, wind farm developers, the oil and gas industry and other stakeholders with regard to the answers to this type of questions.

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