Nederlands Instituut voor Ecologie; Centrum voor Estuariene en Mariene Ecologie; Werkgroep Ruimtelijke Ecologie, details


Functie: Werkgroepleider

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He is a leading scientist in benthic ecology and has large number of publications in international peer reviewed scientific journals (h-index 31). He has extended knowledge on hydrodynamics and different types of modelling.

• Mogelijkheden en gevolgen van stikstof verwijdering van de Schelde rivier door voorkomende macrofyten, details
• Teledectectie van estuariene getijdeplaten voor het karteren en modelleren van benthische ecologie, details
• De rol van zoetwaterschorren in de vastlegging en omzettingen van stikstof in estuaria : een ecosysteem 15N labelings studie, details
• Dier-sediment relaties op getijdeplaten, details
• Biochemie van de maximale turbiditeitszone in estuaria, details
• Macrophytes in Estuarine Gradients, details
• Onderzoek Milieu-Effecten Sigmaplan, details
• Voedsel, zuurstof en bioturbatie: een experimentele studie van de structuur van meiofaunagemeenschappen, details

• Bodemdieren Molenplaat 1995, details
• Bodemdieren op de Molenplaat in het kader van ECOFLAT, details
• ECOFLAT PH: Molenplaat delta C13 experiment Molenplaat delta C13 experiment, details
• Zeppelinfoto's van biofilms van diatomeeën aan de Kapellebank 2006, details
• Zeppelinfoto's van oesterbanken in de Oosterschelde 2005 (NIOO-CEME), details

• Bouma, T.J.; de Vries, M.B.; Low, E.; Kusters, L.; Herman, P.M.J.; Tánczos, I.C.; Temmerman, S.; Hesselink, A.W.; Meire, P.; Van Regenmortel, S. (2005). Flow hydrodynamics on a mudflat and in salt marsh vegetation: identifying general relationships for habitat characterisations, in: Meire, P. et al. (Ed.) (2005). Ecological structures and functions in the Scheldt Estuary: from past to future. Hydrobiologia, 540(1-3): pp. 259-274, details
• Hamels, I.; Sabbe, K.; Muylaert, K.; Barranguet, C.; Lucas, C.; Herman, P.M.J.; Vyverman, W. (1998). Organisation of microbenthic communities in intertidal estuarine flats, a case study from the Molenplaat (Westerschelde estuary, The Netherlands)., in: (1998). Europ. J. Protistol. 34. pp. 308-320 [Other original], details
• van de Koppel, J.; Van der Wal, D.; Bakker, J.P.; Herman, P.M.J. (2005). Self-Organization and Vegetation Collapse in Salt Marsh Ecosystems, in: (2005). Am. Nat. 165(1). The American Naturalist, 165(1): pp. E1-E12, details
• Bouma, H.; Duiker, J.M.C.; de Vries, P.P.; Herman, P.M.J.; Wolff, W.J. (2001). Spatial pattern of early recruitment of Macoma balthica (L.) and Cerastoderma edule (L.) in relation to sediment dynamics on a highly dynamic intertidal sandflat J. Sea Res. 45: 79-93 [Other original], details
• Bouma, H.; de Vries, P.P.; Duiker, J.M.C.; Herman, P.M.J.; Wolff, W.J. (2001). Migration of the bivalve Macoma balthica on a highly dynamic tidal flat in the Westerschelde estuary, The Netherlands Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 224: 157-170 [Other original], details
• Bouma, T.J.; de Vries, M.; Herman, P.M.J.; Low, E.; Peralta, G.; van Duren, L. (2002). Patterns and processes in intertidal vegetation, in: (2002). ECSA Local Meeting: ecological structures and functions in the Scheldt Estuary: from past to future, Antwerp, Belgium October 7-10, 2002: abstract book. pp. 40, details
• Bouma, T.J.; de Vries, M.B.; Low, E.; Kusters, L.; Herman, P.M.J.; Tánczos, I.C.; Temmerman, S.; Hesselink, A.W.; Meire, P.; Van Regenmortel, S. (2005). Flow hydrodynamics on a mudflat and in salt marsh vegetation: identifying general relationships for habitat characterisations Hydrobiologia 540(1-3): 259-274, details
• Bouma, T.J.; van Duren, L.A.; Temmerman, S.; Claverie, T.; Blanco-Garcia, A.; Ysebaert, T.J.; Herman, P.M.J. (2007). Spatial flow and sedimentation patterns within patches of epibenthic structures Cont. Shelf Res. 27(8): 1020-1045, details
• Bouquiaux, J.; Herman, P.M.J. (1976). Niveaux de pollution du réseau hydrographique et de la zone côtière belges, in: [S.a.] Freshwater biology. 55(4): pp. 1-93, details
• Claverie, T. (2002-2003). Effet d'une pertubation hydrodynamique à petite échelle sur la macrofaune benthique. Thesis. Université de Liège, Faculté des Sciences: Yerseke, the Netherlands. 41 pp., details
• Forster, R.M.; Rossi, F.; Bonnie, K.; Heip, C.H.R.; Herman, P.M.J. (2006). Alternatieve stortstrategie voor de Westerschelde. Ecologisch monitoringsprogramma proefstorting Walsoorden: rapport lot 2 deel 11 van 11. NIOO Rapporten, 2006-2. NIOO/KNAW: Yerseke, Netherlands. 125 + cd-rom (figures) pp., details
• Hamels, I.; Sabbe, K.; Muylaert, K.; Barranguet, C.; Lucas, A.; Herman, P.M.J.; Vyverman, W. (1998). Organisation of microbenthic communities in intertidal estuarine flats, a case study from the Molenplaat (Westerschelde Estuary, The Netherlands) Biol. Jb. Dodonaea 65: 151-152, details
• Hamels, I.; Sabbe, K.; Muylaert, K.; Barranguet, C.; Lucas, A.; Herman, P.M.J.; Vyverman, W. (1998). Organisation of microbenthic communities in intertidal estuarine flats, a case study from the Molenplaat (Westerschelde Estuary, The Netherlands), in: Beeckman, T. et al. (Ed.) (1998). Populations: Natural and Manipulated, Symposium organized by the Royal Society of Natural Sciences Dodonaea, University of Gent, 29 October 1997. Biologisch Jaarboek (Dodonaea), 65: pp. 151-152 [Other original], details
• Heip, C.H.R.; Goosen, N.K.; Herman, P.M.J.; Kromkamp, J.; Middelburg, J.J.; Soetaert, K. (1995). Production and consumption of biological particles in temperate tidal estuaries Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 33: 1-149 [Other original], details
• Heip, C.H.R.; Herman, P.M.J. (1995). Major biological processes in European tidal estuaries: a synthesis of the JEEP-92 Project, in: Heip, C.H.R. et al. (1995). Major biological processes in European tidal estuaries. Developments in Hydrobiology, 110: pp. 1-7, details
• Heip, C.H.R.; Herman, P.M.J. (1995). Major biological processes in European tidal estuaries: a synthesis of the JEEP-92 Project Hydrobiologia 311(1-3): 1-7, details
• Heip, C.H.R.; Herman, P.M.J.; Middelburg, J.J.; Moodley, L.; Soetaert, K.; Ysebaert, T.J. (2005). The ecology of estuarine intertdal flats - the example of the Westerschelde, in: Wilson, J.G. (Ed.) (2005). The intertidal ecosystem: the value of Ireland’s shores. pp. 179-195, details
• Herman, P.M.J. (2002). The foodweb in the Schelde estuary, in: (2002). ECSA Local Meeting: ecological structures and functions in the Scheldt Estuary: from past to future, Antwerp, Belgium October 7-10, 2002: abstract book. pp. 35, details
• Herman, P.M.J.; Hummel, H.; Bokhorst, M.; Merks, A.G.A. (1991). The Westerschelde: interaction between eutrophication and chemical pollution?, in: Elliott, M. et al. (Ed.) (1991). Estuaries and coasts: spatial and temporal intercomparisons. pp. 359-364, details
• Herman, P.M.J.; Heip, C.H.R. (1999). Biogeochemistry of the MAximum TURbidity zone of Estuaries (MATURE): some conclusions J. Mar. Syst. 22: 89-104 [Other original], details
• Herman, P.M.J.; Middelburg, J.J.; Widdows, J.; Lucas, C.H.; Heip, C.H.R. (2000). Stable isotopes as trophic tracers: combining field sampling and manipulative labelling of food resources for macrobenthos Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 204: 79-92 [Other original], details
• Li, J.; Vincx, M.; Herman, P.M.J. (1996). A model of nematode dynamics in the Westerschelde Estuary Ecol. Modelling 90: 271-284, details
• Li, J.; Vincx, M.; Herman, P.M.J. (1997). Carbon flows through meiobenthic nematodes in the Westerschelde Estuary Fund. Appl. Nematol. 20(5): 487-494, details
• Lucas, C.H.; Widdows, J.; Brinsley, M.D.; Salkeld, P.N.; Herman, P.M.J. (2000). Benthic-pelagic exchange of microalgae at a tidal flat. 1. Pigment analysis Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 196: 59-73 [Other original], details
• Meire, P.; Herman, P.M.J.; Santbergen, L.L.P.A. (1998). Ecologische structuren binnen het Schelde stroomgebied: een essentiële voorwaarde voor het ecologisch herstel en de veerkracht van het systeem Water 17(102): 315-322, details
• Meire, P.; Herman, P.M.J.; Santbergen, L.L.P.A. (1998). Ecologische structuren binnen het Schelde stroomgebied: een essentiële voorwaarde voor het ecologisch herstel en de veerkracht van het systeem, in: (1998). Referatenboek: 4de Scheldesymposium: de sterke schouders van het Scheldebekken (deel 1). Water: Tijdschrift over Waterproblematiek, 17(102): pp. 315-322, details
• Middelburg, J.J.; Barranguet, C.; Boschker, H.T.S.; Herman, P.M.J.; Moens, T.; Heip, C.H.R. (2000). The fate of intertidal microphytobenthos carbon: an in situ ¹³C-labeling study Limnol. Oceanogr. 45(6): 1224-1234, details
• Middelburg, J.J.; Herman, P.M.J. (2007). Organic matter processing in tidal estuaries Marine chemistry 5: 127-147, details
• Moens, T.; Herman, P.M.J.; Verbeeck, L.; Steyaert, M.; Vincx, M. (2000). Predation rates and prey selectivity in two predacious estuarine nematodes Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 205: 185-193 [Other original], details
• Moens, T.; Herman, P.M.J.; Ysebaert, T.J. (2001). Eten en gegeten worden in het Schelde-estuarium De Schelde een rivier met vele gezichten 102(2): 52-55, details
• Montserrat, F.; Van Colen, C.; Degraer, S.; Ysebaert, T.J.; Herman, P.M.J. (2008). Benthic community-mediated sediment dynamics Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 372: 43-59, details
• Montserrat, F.; Van Colen, C.; Degraer, S.; Ysebaert, T.J.; Herman, P.M.J. (2009). Benthic community-mediated sediment dynamics, in: Van Colen, C. (2009). Ecologie, herkolonisatie en successie van het macrobenthos in slikken = Tidal flat macrobenthos ecology, recolonisation and succession. pp. 59-90, details
• Soetaert, K.; Herman, P.M.J.; Scholten, H. (1992). MOSES: model of the Scheldt estuary: ecosystem model development under SENECA. NIOO/CEMO: Yerseke, The Netherlands. 67 pp., details
• Soetaert, K.; Herman, P.M.J.; Scholten, H. (1992). MOSES: Mode of the Schelde Estuary, in: Herman, P.M.J. (Ed.) (1992). JEEP 92: Major biological processes in European tidal estuaries: report of the workshop held in Plymouth, January 29 - February 1, 1992. pp. 137-148, details
• Soetaert, K.; Herman, P.M.J.; Kromkamp, J. (1994). Living in the twilight: estimating net phytoplankton growth in the Westerschelde estuary (The Netherlands) by means of an ecosystem model (MOSES) J. Plant Res. 16(10): 1277-1301 [Other original], details
• Soetaert, K.; Herman, P.M.J. (1994). One foot in the grave: zooplankton drift into the Westerschelde estuary (The Netherlands) Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 105(1-2): 19-29 [Other original], details
• Soetaert, K.; Herman, P.M.J. (1995). Estimating estuarine residence times in the Westerschelde (The Netherlands) using a box model with fixed dispersion coefficients Hydrobiologia 311(1-3): 215-224 [Other original], details
• Soetaert, K.; Herman, P.M.J. (1995). Estimating estuarine residence times in the Westerschelde (The Netherlands) using a box model with fixed dispersion coefficients, in: Heip, C.H.R. et al. (1995). Major biological processes in European tidal estuaries. Developments in Hydrobiology, 110: pp. 215-224, details
• Soetaert, K.; Herman, P.M.J. (1995). Nitrogen dynamics in the Westerschelde estuary (SW Netherlands) estimated by means of the ecosystem model MOSES Hydrobiologia 311: 225-246 [Other original], details
• Soetaert, K.; Herman, P.M.J. (1995). Nitrogen dynamics in the Westerschelde estuary (SW Netherlands) estimated by means of the ecosystem model MOSES, in: Heip, C.H.R. et al. (1995). Major biological processes in European tidal estuaries. Developments in Hydrobiology, 110: pp. 225-246, details
• Soetaert, K.; Herman, P.M.J. (1995). Carbon flows in the Westerschelde estuary (The Netherlands) evaluated by means of an ecosystem model (MOSES) Hydrobiologia 311: 247-266, details
• Soetaert, K.; Herman, P.M.J. (1995). Carbon flows in the Westerschelde estuary (The Netherlands) evaluated by means of an ecosystem model (MOSES), in: Heip, C.H.R. et al. (1995). Major biological processes in European tidal estuaries. Developments in Hydrobiology, 110: pp. 247-266, details
• Steyaert, M.; Herman, P.M.J.; Moens, T.; Widdows, J.; Vincx, M. (2001). Tidal migration of nematodes on an estuarine tidal flat (the Molenplaat, Schelde Estuary, SW Netherlands) Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 224: 299-304 [Other original], details
• Steyaert, M.; Herman, P.M.J.; Moens, T.; Vincx, M. (2001). Tidal migration of nematodes on an estuarine mudflat (Molenplaat, Schelde Estuary, SW Netherlands), in: (2001). VLIZ Young Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 23 February 2001: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 1: pp. 57, details
• Tackx, M.L.M.; Herman, P.M.J.; Gasparini, S.; Irigoien, X.; Billiones, R.; Daro, M.H. (2003). Selective feeding of Eurytemora affinis (Copepoda, Calanoida) in temperate estuaries: model and field observations Est., coast. and shelf sci. 56(2): 305-311 [Other original], details
• Temmerman, S.; Bouma, T.J.; Govers, G.; Wang, Z.B.; de Vries, M.B.; Herman, P.M.J. (2005). Impact of vegetation on flow routing and sedimentation patterns: Three dimensional modeling for a tidal marsh J. Geophys. Res. (F) 110: F04019, details
• Temmerman, S.; Bouma, T.J.; van de Koppel, J.; Van der Wal, D.; de Vries, M.B.; Herman, P.M.J. (2007). Vegetation causes channel erosion in a tidal landscape Geology 35(7): 631-634, details
• Van Colen, C.; Montserrat, F.; Vincx, M.; Herman, P.M.J.; Ysebaert, T.J.; Degraer, S. (2010). Macrobenthos recruitment success in a tidal flat: feeding trait dependent effects of disturbance history J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 385: 79-84, details
• Van der Wal, D.; Herman, P.M.J.; Ysebaert, T.J. (2004). Space-borne synthetic aperture radar of intertidal flat surfaces as a basis for predicting benthic macrofauna distribution EARSeL eProceedings 3(1): 26-33, details
• Van der Wal, D.; Herman, P.M.J.; Wielemaker-Van den Dool, A. (2005). Characterisation of surface roughness and sediment texture of intertidal flats using ERS SAR imagery Remote Sens. Environ. 98(1): 96-109, details
• Van der Wal, D.; Ysebaert, T.J.; Herman, P.M.J. (2006). Leven in het sediment: teledetectie van benthische ecologie in intergetijdengebieden, in: (2006). Congres Watersysteemkennis 2006/2007: Water en sediment. Deel 1. Water: Tijdschrift over Integraal Waterbeleid, 26(1): pp. 41-45, details
• Van der Wal, D.; Ysebaert, T.J.; Herman, P.M.J. (2006). Leven in het sediment: teledetectie van benthische ecologie in intergetijdengebieden Water: Tijdschrift over Integraal Waterbeleid 26(1): 41-45, details
• Van der Wal, D.; Wielemaker, A.; Ysebaert, T.J.; Knaeps, E.; Van Hoey, G.; Bouma, T.J.; Hummel, H.; Heip, C.H.R.; Herman, P.M.J. (2007). Alternatieve stortstrategie voor de Westerschelde. Voortzetting monitoringsprogramma proefstorting Walsoorden: Lot 2. Ecologische monitoring. Rapport 6/6. NIOO Rapporten. Nederlands Instituut voor Ecologie (NIOO -KNAW). Centrum voor Estuariene en Mariene Ecologie: Yerseke, Netherlands. 148 pp., details
• Van der Wal, D.; Van den Dool, A.; Herman, P.M.J. (2008). Spatial patterns, rates and mechanisms of saltmarsh cycles (Westerschelde, The Netherlands) Est., coast. and shelf sci. 76(2): 357-368, details
• Van der Wal, D.; Wielemaker-Van den Dool, A.; Herman, P.M.J. (2008). Monitoren van intertidaal slib en microfytobenthos met remote sensing. Nederlands Instituut voor Ecologie (NIOO -KNAW). Centrum voor Estuariene en Mariene Ecologie: Yerseke, the Netherlands. 62 pp., details
• Van Hoey, G.; Drent, J.; Ysebaert, T.J.; Herman, P.M.J. (2007). The Benthic Ecosystem Quality Index (BEQI), intercalibration and assessment of Dutch coastal and transitional waters for the Water Framework Directive: Final report. NIOO Rapporten, 2007-02. NIOO: The Netherlands. 244 pp., details
• van Oevelen, D.; Soetaert, K.; Middelburg, J.J.; Herman, P.M.J.; Moodley, L.; Hamels, I.; Moens, T.; Heip, C.H.R. (2006). Carbon flows through a benthic food web: integrating biomass, isotope and tracer data J. Mar. Res. 64(3): 453-482, details
• Verschraegen, K.; Herman, P.M.J.; Van Gansbeke, D.; Braeckman, A. (1985). Measurement of the adenylate energy charge in Nereis diversicolor and Nephtys sp. (Polychaeta: Annelida): evaluation of the usefulness of AEC in pollution monitoring Mar. Biol. 86: 233-240, details
• Widdows, J.; Blauw, A.; Heip, C.H.R.; Herman, P.M.J.; Lucas, C.H.; Middelburg, J.J.; Schmidt, S.; Brinsley, M.D.; Twisk, F.; Verbeek, H. (2004). Role of physical and biological processes in sediment dynamics of a tidal flat in Westerschelde Estuary, SW Netherlands Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 274: 41-56 [Other original], details
• Wijnhoven, S.; Herman, P.M.J.; Ysebaert, T.J.; Van der Wal, D. (2007). Robustness parameters habitat assessment tools : Study as a part of LTV research & monitoring 'natural development' for the Schelde estuary. Radboud University: Nijmegen, Nederland. 47 pp., details
• Wintermans, G.; Dankers, N.M.J.A.; Leewis, R.J.; Molegraaf, P.; De Nooyer, D.; Reents, S.; Staeyert, F.; Wegman, R.C.C.; Hartgers, E.M.; de Jonge, P.D.; Rijnsdorp, A.D.; van der Veer, H.W.; Witte, J. IJ.; Herman, P.M.J.; de Vries, M.; Thoolen, P.; Vonk, M.; Baart, A.; Boon, J. (1996). Habitatkartering en beschrijving van Nederlandse kustwateren. BEON Rapport = BEON-report, 96(5). RIKZ: Den Haag, The Netherlands. 266 pp., details
• Ysebaert, T.J.; Herman, P.M.J. (2001). Bodemdieren langsheen estuariene gradiënten De Schelde een rivier met vele gezichten 102(2): 74-78, details
• Ysebaert, T.J.; Herman, P.M.J. (2002). Beschrijven, modelleren en voorspellen van bodemdieren in een estuariene omgeving = Scale-dependent predictive modeling of estuarine soft-sediment benthic macrofauna. NIOO-CEME Rapport, 2002-6. KNAW/NIOO, Centrum voor Estuariene en Mariene Ecologie: Yerseke, Netherlands. 74 pp., details
• Ysebaert, T.J.; Herman, P.M.J. (2002). Spatial and temporal variation in benthic macrofauna and relationships with environmental variables in an estuarine, intertidal soft-sediment environment Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 244: 105-124, details
• Ysebaert, T.J.; Herman, P.M.J.; Meire, P.; Craeymeersch, J.A.; Verbeek, H.; Heip, C.H.R. (2003). Large-scale spatial patterns in estuaries: estuarine macrobenthic communities in the Schelde estuary, NW Europe Est., coast. and shelf sci. 57: 335-355 [Other original], details
• Ysebaert, T.J.; Van der Wal, D.; Herman, P.M.J.; Plancke, Y.; Vos, G.; Bolle, L.J. (2008). Habitatmapping in de Westerschelde: relatie tussen hydrodynamica, bodemvormen en ecologie [POSTER]. NIOO/Waterbouwkundig Laboratorium/Rijkswaterstaat Dienst Zeeland/Maritieme Toegang/Wageningen UR[S.l.]. 1 poster pp., details