Patrick Meire

TL;DR: It is argued that flood protection by ecosystem creation and restoration can provide a more sustainable, cost-effective and ecologically sound alternative to conventional coastal engineering and that it should be implemented globally and on a large scale.

TL;DR: In this paper, a description of the Scheldt estuary is presented, illustrating that human influence is intertwined with natural dynamics and possible future trends in both natural evolution and management are argued.

TL;DR: In this paper, a large data set (3112 samples) of the Schelde estuary allowed a thorough analysis of these gradients, and to relate macrobenthic species distributions and community structure to salinity, depth, current velocities and sediment characteristics.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated long-term trends in dissolved inorganic nutrients in the tidal part of the Scheldt estuary (Belgium, The Netherlands), and they found that the concentration of dissolved silicate (DSi), dissolved nitrogen (DIN), and phosphate (DIP) increased significantly until the mid 1970s, after which they declined linearly at rates of 0.6, 2.9, and 0.3 mmol L 21 yr 21, respectively.

TL;DR: In this article, a zero-dimensional time-stepping model based on the mass balance approach of Krone was proposed to simulate the vertical growth of a minerogenic tidal marsh in the Scheldt estuary.