Wetland Restoration

Photo of a wetland, with plants and water

Wetlands provide 40% of the renewable ecosystem services, despite their global cover of only 6%. However, wetlands are being degraded which endangers the performance of ecosystem services. Climate change processes might further exacerbate their degradation. We analyse undisturbed, degraded and restored wetlands. Our studies enable us to better understand wetland processes and how they function and to design measures and policies to restore them.

Researchers

Funding

  • NWO Building with Nature
  • RWS
  • HDSR
  • OBN

Publications

Miros艂aw-艢wi膮tek, Dorota, Marcinkowski, Pawe艂, Kochanek, Krzysztof & Wassen, Martin J. (2020). . PeerJ, 8 (29 p.).

Veeken, Annegreet & Wassen, Martin J. (2020). . Plant Ecology, 221 (10), (pp. 893-911).

Keizer, F. M., Van der Lee, G. H., Schot, P. P., Kardel, I., Barendregt, Aat & Wassen, M. J. (15.08.2018). . Ecological Engineering, 119, (pp. 54-63) (10 p.).

Saaltink, R.M., Dekker, S.C., Griffioen, J. & Wassen, M.J. (2018). . Ecological Engineering, 111, (pp. 11-21) (11 p.).

Walalite, Tanapipat, Dekker, Stefan C., Schot, Paul P. & Wassen, Martin J. (2018). . Ecohydrology and Hydrobiology, 18 (1), (pp. 10-21).

Saaltink, R茅mon M., Dekker, Stefan C., Eppinga, Maarten B., Griffioen, Jasper & Wassen, Martin J. (2017). . Plant and Soil (online), 416 (1-2), (pp. 83-96) (14 p.).

Keizer, F.M., Schot, P.P., Okruszko, T. & Wassen, M.J. (2016). . Ecohydrology, 9 (8), (pp. 1539-1553).

Saaltink, R.M., Dekker, S.C., Griffioen, J. & Wassen, M.J. (07.09.2016). . Biogeosciences, 13, (pp. 4945-4957) (13 p.).

Walalite, Tanapipat, Dekker, Stefan C., Keizer, Floris M., Kardel, Ignacy, Schot, Paul P., deJong, Steven M. & Wassen, Martin J. (2016). . Wetlands, 36 (6), (pp. 995-1008) (14 p.).

Jab艂o艅ska, Ewa, Falkowski, Tomasz, Chorma艅ski, Jaros艂aw, Jarzombkowski, Filip, K艂osowski, Stanis艂aw, Okruszko, Tomasz, Pawlikowski, Pawe艂, Theuerkauf, Martin, Wassen, Martin J. & Kotowski, Wiktor (2014). . Wetlands, 34 (4), (pp. 815-828) (14 p.).

Keizer, F. M., Schot, P. P., Okruszko, T., Chorma艅ski, J., Kardel, I. & Wassen, M. J. (01.03.2014). . Ecological Engineering, 64 (March 2014), (pp. 85-99) (15 p.).