| General info | |
| Project title | An integrated monitoring network for the entire Wadden Sea area |
| Project acronym | WaLTER |
| Associated programme | Waddenfonds |
| Project website | http://www.walterproject.nl |
| Begin date | 2012-01-01 |
| End date | 2014-12-31 |
| Location | |
| Geographic coverage | Wadden Sea |
| Description | |
| Abstract | WaLTER, Wadden Sea Long-Term Ecosystem Research, is an initiative of a number of institutes and organisations that carry out long-term measurements and research in the Wadden Sea area. With WaLTER existing research and monitoring programmes will be improved, possible gaps in the current monitoring network will be filled, and new and existing data will be made more readily accessible. The project is financed by the Waddenfonds with supporting contributions from the Provinces of Noord-Holland and Fryslân.
The ‘Wadden Sea Long-Term Ecosystem Research' (WaLTER) project aims to set-up an integrated monitoring plan for the main environmental and managerial issues that are relevant to the Wadden Sea area , such as, sea-level rise, fisheries, recreation and industrial activities. The monitoring network should provide an effective basis for decision-making, but also stimulate valid data interpretation. WaLTER will establish an enhanced understanding of ecosystem functioning in relation to human use in the Wadden Sea area. In collaboration with Germany and Denmark (via the Common Wadden Sea Secretariat) cooperation and alignment between the existing research and monitoring programmes will be improved, possible gaps in the current monitoring network will be filled, and new and existing data will be made more readily accessible.
The project is divided into a number of workpackages ' the 6 steps '. The output of the workpackages are each directed by a participative Institute or organization. The coordination and the Secretariat of the project are located at NIOZ, Royal Netherlands Institute of Sea Research.
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| Coordinator | |
| Coordinating organisation | Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
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| Country of Coordinator | Netherlands |
| Contact name | Katja Philippart |
| Title | Senior scientist at the Department of Marine Ecology |
| Contact organisation | Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
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| Phone | +31 (0)222 369 563 |
| Email | Katja.Philippart@nioz.nl |
| Project partners | |
| Other partners | Common Wadden Sea Secretariat
Marine Information Service
Radboud University Nijmegen, Institute for Wetland and Water Research, Environmental Science
SOVON Dutch Centre for Field Ornithology (Texel)
University of Groningen
Wageningen Marine Research, Texel
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| Edmerp metadata | |
| Edmerp id | 12056 |
| Collating centre | National Oceanographic Data Committee
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| Latest update | 2014-03-08 |
