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Topic: Wadden Sea

	Trilateral Wadden Sea Cooperation - Introduction
		In 1982, a Joint Declaration on the Protection of the Wadden Sea was agreed upon in which the countries declare their intention to coordinate their activities and measures for the protection of the Wadden Sea.
		The Common Wadden Sea Secretariat (CWSS) was established as the secretariat for the trilateral Cooperation in 1987 (Administrative Agreement on a Common Secretariat, PDF file)
		The 25th Anniversary of the Trilateral Wadden Sea Cooperation was celebrated at "Schloss Gödens" on 22 October 2003.
	www.waddensea-secretariat.org /trilat/trilat.html (174 words)

	Wadden Sea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Wadden Sea (Wattenmeer in German, Waddenzee in Dutch, Waadsee in Frisian, Wattensee in Low Saxon, Vadehavet in Danish) is the name for a body of water and its associated coastal wetlands lying between a section of the coast of northwestern continental Europe and the North Sea.
		The Wadden Sea stretches from Den Helder in the Netherlands in the southwest, past the river estuaries of Germany to its northern boundary at Esbjerg in Denmark along a total length of some 500 km and a total area of about 10,000 km².
		The Wadden Sea is famous for the rich fauna, avifauna and flora.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wadden_Sea (210 words)

	Wadden Sea National Parks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Wadden Sea National Parks are located along the German coast of the North Sea.
		Hamburg Wadden Sea National Park, extending from the mouth of the Elbe river to the tiny bird islands of Neuwerk and Scharhörn
		The purpose of the national parks is the protection of the Wadden Sea ecoregion.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wadden_Sea_National_Parks (148 words)

	CMS-Covention on Migratory Species, Agreement on the Conservation of Seals in the Wadden Sea: Introduction
		The Agreement was concluded in response to a dramatic decline in the Common seal population in the Wadden Sea in 1988, which was caused by an infection of the phocine distemper virus.
		The trilateral conservation area is situated within the Wadden Sea, and consists of certain areas in the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark.
		The plan covers the Wadden Sea stock of the Common seal (Phoca vitulina vitulina) and is also extended to cover the two breeding stocks of the Grey seal (Helichoerus grypus) in the Wadden Sea, the latter one not covered by the Wadden Sea Seal Agreement.
	www.cms.int /species/wadden_seals/sea_bkrd.htm (432 words)

	History of Marine Animal Population - Waddensea
		The Wadden Sea is a unique ecosystem in the southern North Sea, which came into existence 7000 years ago with the retreat of the last glaciers and related sea level rise (Reise 1996, Wolff 2000a).
		A multi-disciplinary workshop on the “Ecological history of the Wadden Sea: 2000 years of human-induced change in a unique coastal ecosystem” was held from 23 to 25 January 2004 at the Wadden Sea Research Station Sylt of the Alfred-Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in List, Germany.
		Major topics were the reconstruction of the Wadden Sea ecosystem, the timeline of ecological changes, causes and consequences of changes, and the implications to conservation and management.
	www.hmapcoml.org /?ID=209 (1133 words)

	Wadden Sea
		The Wadden sea is a shallow sea extending along the North Sea coasts of The Netherlands, Germany and Denmark.
		Most parts of the Wadden Sea, in particular in The Netherlands and Lower Saxony, are sheltered by barrier islands and contain smaller or wider areas of intertidal flats.
		The present form of the Wadden Sea is the result of both natural forces and action by man. Twice a day, on average, 15 km3 of sea water enter the Wadden sea.
	www.eionet.eu.int /gemet/concept?cp=9019 (202 words)

	AWI: BAH: Wattenmeerstation Sylt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The research activities performed by the scientists on Sylt are concentrated on the Wadden Sea ecosystem and the shallow areas of the North Sea in the immediate vicinity.
		The special position of the station enables its researchers to study the marine fauna and flora in tidal zones, as well as the material fluxes between the land and the sea, and hence to identify ecosystem changes from the overall balance at an early stage.
		The Wadden Sea research station was founded as early as 1924, originally as a laboratory for studying oysters, and since 1937 has been operating as an annex of the Biological Institute on Helgoland (BAH).
	www.awi-bremerhaven.de /BAH/sylt.html (500 words)

	Wadden Sea Eutrophication Criteria
		On the basis of statistical analyses of long-term data from the Dutch Wadden Sea it could be made plausible that nitrogen currently determines the Wadden Sea eutrophication.
		The assessment of the eutrophication status of the Wadden Sea according to Model I is based on the relation between riverine and atmospheric nutrient input and autumn values of ammonium plus nitrite.
		For the Wadden Sea to reach the status of a Potential-Problem Area a 50% reduction of riverine nutrient loads is not sufficient.
	www.waddensea-secretariat.org /management/eut/eut.html (1023 words)

	Wadden Sea - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Cyclic sand bar migration on a spit-platform in the Danish Wadden Sea--spit-platform morphology related to variations in water level.
		Dynamics and sedimentary development of the Dutch Wadden Sea, with emphasis on the Frisian inlet: A study of the barrier islands, ebb-tidal deltas, inlets, and drainage basins (Geologica Ultraiectina)
		Complex sediment transport pattern on a spit-platform in the Danish Wadden Sea.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /wadden_sea.htm (323 words)

	Wadden Sea Project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Wadden Sea, Europe's largest coastal wetland, is the shallowest part of the WWF Global 200 Ecoregion North-East Atlantic Shelf.
		The recently adopted Wadden Sea Plan (1997) entails political agreements with regard to common policy and management of the Wadden Sea.
		The Wadden Sea illustrates the importance of integrating marine protected areas into the management of entire coastal and adjacent offshore regions: with regard to the landwards catchment there is an obvious need to promote improved environmental management within the wider drainage basins that discharge into the Wadden Sea and within the Wadden Sea itself.
	www.ngo.grida.no /wwfneap/Projects/Waddense.htm (542 words)

	Zostera marina habitat suitability in the Wadden Sea
		Main causes for the lack of recovery of eelgrass stands in the Dutch Wadden Sea were thought to be high turbidity, and later shellfish fishery (van den Hoek et al.
		The Wadden Sea and the decline of Zostera marina in the western part during the thirties.
		Conceptual model of the potential Zostera marina habitats (shaded) along a tidal gradient in the Wadden Sea, in relation to dynamics (sediment and water dynamics, and related factors, turbidity, grain size and degree of desiccation), and the interactive effect of nutrients (direct and indirect effects of the enrichment of the total system and salinity).
	www.eco.science.ru.nl /aqbiol/wb/summary.htm (1280 words)

	Wadden Sea
		The water of the Wadden Sea has a salinity of 25 ppt to 30 ppt on an annual average.
		The Wadden Sea makes it possible for these birds to build up the necessary food reserves to enable them to continue on their migration route for many thousands of kilometers.
		The Wadden Sea is one of the rarest relatively undisturbed estuarine systems in Europe.
	omp.gso.uri.edu /doee/science/descript/wadden.htm (591 words)

	iwss: about the international wadden sea school (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The International Wadden Sea School (IWSS) is a cross-border educational project for school classes from the Wadden Sea countries Denmark, Germany and The Netherlands.
		Initiated by the »Trilateral Cooperation for the Protection of the Wadden Sea«, the aim of the IWSS is to enhance the awareness of the Wadden Sea as a shared natural heritage and to create an understanding among young people for the need to protect and sustainably manage the Wadden Sea region as a whole.
		To provide a true international »Wadden experience«, the IWSS focuses on the exchange of school classes: A network of environmental education centres along the coasts and on the islands of the three Wadden Sea countries offers special IWSS courses for classes from any of the other Wadden Sea countries.
	www.iwss.org /iwss/about (271 words)

	The seal epidemic in Europe and its consequences
		In the whole Wadden Sea area, the population at that time was estimated at about 10,000 animals.
		In June, the disease had spread over the whole Wadden Sea area and in July, the disease was also reported around Sweden and in the Baltic Sea.
		In the Wadden Sea area, 7,000 of the 10,000 animals died.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/jaap/epidemic.htm (1074 words)

	Wadden Sea Ecosystem
		On the occasion of the 8th Trilateral Governmental Wadden Sea Conference, Stade, Germany, 22 October 1997, an assessment of the status of the Wadden Sea ecosystem was published.
		The population of Lesser Black-backed Gull increased 115% in the six-year period and the population of Herring Gull was markedly reduced in the western Wadden Sea.
		The population of Oystercatcher in the Dutch Wadden Sea is declining in contrast to the rest of the Wadden Sea, a feature thought to be the result of over-exploitation of mussels.
	cwss.www.de /news/publications/WSE.html (5911 words)

	Harbor Seals (Phoca vitulina)
		Several areas, especially the Wadden Sea and the Baltic, are severely polluted and negative effects on the seal have been clearly demonstrated.
		The Wadden Sea population in 1980 was estimated at 4,000-5,000.
		Reijnders, P.J.H. Recruitment in the harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) population in the Dutch Wadden Sea.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/jaap/harbseal.htm (2139 words)

	eoPortal directory: Common Wadden Sea Secretariat
		The Common Wadden Sea Secretariat (CWSS) is an intergovernmental organization for the trilateral cooperation of The Netherland, Germany and Denmark on the protection of the Wadden Sea.
		The CWSS is responsible for the preparation of meetings held in the framework of the trilateral cooperation.
		The Common Wadden Sea Secretariat (CWSS) is responsible for the collection and assessment of information with regard to the Wadden Sea protection, management and monitoring including progress in the implementation of the decisions of the ministerial conferences.
	directory.eoportal.org /info_CommonWaddenSeaSecretariat.html (184 words)

	Trilateral Wadden Sea Cooperation: Ecosystem Research in the Wadden Sea
		The Ministers, responsible for the protection of the Wadden Sea, are therefore urged to intensify their efforts to reduce nitrogen inputs to the Wadden Sea from all sources through reduction at source.
		The future of the Wadden Sea area requires a broader management context compared to the present concept in terms of addressing the impacts stemming from activities outside the area and hence public participation and involvement in the decision making process.
		The Ministers, responsible for the protection of the Wadden Sea, are therefore recommended to develop an integrated coastal zone management concept, which must identify and address the major impacts in the Wadden Sea region.
	www.waddensea-secretariat.org /news/symposia/norderney.html (2060 words)

	INTECOL 2004: Excursions: The Dutch Wadden Sea area
		The Wadden Sea area can be considered as the largest coastal wetland in Europe.
		It consists of saltmarshes along the mainland coast, transcending in a shallow sea with large intertidal mud flats, channels and shoals, and at the transition to the North Sea, a line of islands each harbouring dunes and small villages and sometimes also salt marshes and polderland.
		Sailing on the Wadden Sea experiencing the large tidal differences, the ecosystems of tidal flats with its seals, birds and soil fauna.
	www.bio.uu.nl /intecol/excursions/post_excursion_1.html (569 words)

	RIGZONE - NAM Welcomes Final Report on Wadden Sea Exploration
		The Board has developed a general concept stressing that the natural buoyancy of the Wadden Sea is not to be exceeded and the ecosystem not to be affected.
		The accretion of land due to the dynamical system of the Wadden Sea must be able to keep up with the subsidence caused by gas production and other processes (such as sea level rise, natural subsidence, infrastructure projects) in order to have net zero effect.
		In the mid-nineties NAM discovered Wadden Sea gas volumes (up to some 40 billion cubic meters) when drilling exploration wells from the land locations Lauwersoog and Moddergat.
	www.rigzone.com /news/article.asp?a_id=12302 (702 words)

	WADSIS-Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Within the framework of this project, a Demonstrator for a Transnational Information Service will be developed, focusing on a regional European Sea (Wadden Sea), and being a model for other environmental valuable regions within the EC.
		The Demonstrator for a Transnational Wadden Sea Information Service will result in a transnational network of Wadden Sea related web sites, providing better overview, indexes and back ground information on GIS-datasets, thematic and other maps, and data source holders in the countries around the Wadden Sea.
		Because it is also a challenge to interest and to make general public more aware of the Wadden Sea, its nature and its management framework, a second Demonstrator product will be prepared as a multi-media CD-ROM publication.
	www.waddenseamaps.net /forum/welcome.html (201 words)

	Agreement on the Conservation of Seals in the Wadden Sea
		This Agreement shall be deemed to be an agreement as defined in Article IV paragraph 4 of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals signed at Bonn on 23 June 1979.
		b) the "Agreement Area" means the area of water known as the Wadden Sea, including all sandbanks therein as well as all shore areas of the North Sea coasts of Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany and the Netherlands between Blaavandshuk to the north and Den Helder to the west.
		The Wadden Sea States are determined to do their utmost to further reduce pollution of the North Sea from whatever source with the aim of conserving and protecting the Agreement Area.
	www.oceanlaw.net /texts/wadden.htm (1561 words)

	Ramsar Sites Database (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Waddenzee is a marine zone between the town of Den Helder and the mouth of the river Eems, in the provinces of Groningen, Friesland and Noord-Holland, northern Netherlands.
		This area is of special botanical interest, especially the Wadden islands due to the many abiotic gradients which result in the development of interesting vegetation communities.
		The Wadden Sea makes it possible for these birds to build up the necessary food reserves to enable them to continue on their migration route for many thousands of kilometres.
	www.wetlands.org /RDB/Ramsar_Dir/Netherlands/NL007D02.htm (756 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Welcome to the Wadden Sea of Schleswig-Holstein National Park, the largest national park in central Europe.
		The wadden sea, a stretch of land affected by tides, are flooded by sea water during high tide and remain dry during low tide, a unique phenomenon worldwide.
		Whether you go swimming in the sea, take a walk along the beach or over the mud-flats, join a boat tour or watch the birds in the salt-marshes - your holiday in the Wadden Sea of Schleswig-Holstein National Park will definitely be relaxing, for both body and soul.
	www.germany-tourism.de /printview.htm?theprintfile=/e/6384.html (396 words)

	Abstract Beusekom et al. 2001
		Whereas along the Southern Wadden Sea the variability of autumn values of N remineralization products can be related to the variability in nitrogen input, no such relation has been found for the Northern Wadden Sea.
		The assessment of the eutrophication status of the Wadden Sea according to Model I is based on the relation between riverine and atmospheric nutrient input and autumn values of ammonium plus nitrite.
		For the Wadden Sea to reach the status of a Potential-Problem Area a 50% reduction of riverine nutrient loads is not sufficient.
	www.rrz.uni-hamburg.de /ozean/Abstracts/Beusekometal2001.html (1018 words)

	Trilateral Wadden Sea Cooperation: Trilateral Workshops and Symposia
		The workshop on data management was organized by the Eurpean Environmental Agency (EEA) and the Common Wadden Sea Secretariat (CWSS) within the DEMOWAD Project which has been co-financed by the EU LIFE program.
		The triennial international scientific Wadden Sea Symposium started in the 70s and played an important role in the framework of the trilateral cooperation.
		On the basis of the presentations and related discussions, the symposium participants formulated a number of recommendations to the Ministers, responsible for the protection of the Wadden Sea.
	www.waddensea-secretariat.org /news/symposia/symp.html (190 words)

	17/9/2002 -- Distemper Kills Thousands of European Seals
		The Wadden Sea is an international nature reserve and serves as a breeding ground for the seal population in Northwest Europe.
		In 1988 the Wadden Sea was hit for the first time by the virus phocine distemper.
		The Sea Mammal Research Unit at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland reports that between September 4 and 10, 209 dead seals were found around the UK, most from the Norfolk coast, bringing the total to 1,005 since the beginning of the outbreak.
	www.forests.org /articles/reader.asp?linkid=15889 (1134 words)

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