Stages/Student Subjects

Student subjects of the department Marine Microbiology (general)
Verhoogt begrazing op benthische algen ruimtelijke heterogeniteit? (Dutch text only)
Schorvegetaties, behouden door begrijpen (Dutch text only)
Waarom veranderen sommige organismen hun leefomgeving en anderen juist niet? (Dutch text only)
Verhogen grazers op getijdeplaten hun eigen voedselkwaliteit? (Dutch text only)
Verklaren van patroonontwikkeling in mosselbanken (Dutch text only)
Modellering van patroonontwikkeling in mosselbanken (Dutch text only)
Ruimtelijke schalen van variatie in benthische gemeenschappen (Dutch text only)
Waarom verdwijnen zeegrasvelden wereldwijd? (Dutch text only)
Kunnen we ecologische principes toepassen voor duurzame kustverdediging en het tegengaan van erosie? (Dutch text only)
The relation between CO2 and plankton communities studied in lakes
Increasing the relevance of ecological risk assessment techniques (two topics)
Protist communities in deep sea sediments: an insight into a small world
Manipulating seasonal timing in the wild: mechanisms and fitness
Ecology of ammonia-oxidizing prokaryotes in soil
Thin or thick, shallow or deep, long or short: How do soil microbial communities affect root morphology, and the other way around?
Iron addition as a measure to restore water quality and its effect on phytoplankton species composition
Causes and consequences of herbivore diversity: a comparison between aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems
Can bird distributions explain freshwater snail distributions?
Freshwater snail characteristics and their potential to be dispersed by birds
External transport potential of freshwater snails by birds
Bird migration and plant dispersal (10 Topics)
Student subjects of the department Microbial Ecology (General)
Ecology of methane consuming bacteria in wetlands
Are genetically modified potatoes environmentally safe?
A role for phenological cues in timing of reproduction?
The role of resource quality in determining species coexistence
The role of movement decisions in determining species coexistence
Variation in song: causes and consequences
Ecogenomics and personality
Effect of feeding rates before egg laying on the timing of reproduction in the great tit
Personality and extra-pair paternity
Egg-hormones and personality
Personality and cognition
Day night rhythms and clock genes
Ecosystem functions of invasive submerged macrophytes
The impact of Greylag geese on the expansion of reed (Phragmites australis) vegetation
Herbivory in aquatic omnivores
Causes and consequences of herbivore diversity: a comparison between aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems
The effect of crayfish and fish on macrophytes and water quality in ponds with different sediment types
The mixotrophic chrysophyte Ochromonas grazing on the toxic and bloom-forming cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa
Climate change effects on host parasite interactions
Decoupling and adaptation of trophic interactions in aquatic food webs under climate change
Dispersal of wetland seeds and invertebrates by waterbirds
A microbial zoo for Artis
Soil biota differences between invasive and non-invasive plants species
The evaluation of possible effects of cultivation on soil (microbial) communities
Do insect communities differ between native and invasive plants?
Produceren planten die door herbivoren zijn belaagd nakomelingen die zichzelf beter verdedigen? (Dutch tekst only)
Insect resistance of the invasive plant Senecio inaequidens
Evolution of plant defense in invasive plant species
Field study to establish baseline variation in agricultural systems using white cabbage as a model species
Exotic plant impact on belowground microorganisms and nutrient cycling
The evaluation of possible effects of genetically modified plants on soil microbial communities
How do soil micro-organisms affect the chances of woodland expansions during water pulses?
Manipulating your victim: the adaptive significance of host usurpation by the endoparasitoids Cotesia glomerata and Cotesia congregata
Analysis of insect biodiversity and fitness in a longterm biodiversity field experiment
Biodiversiteit en natuurontwikkeling (Dutch text only)
Trekken planten natuurlijke vijanden van hun wortelbelagers aan? (Dutch text only)
Ecologisch modelleren plantendiversiteit (Dutch text only)
Hoe beïnvloeden planten elkaar via hun eigen bodemgemeenschap? (Dutch text only)
Moleculaire bepaling van bacteriële diversiteit in de bodem van natuurgebieden (Dutch text only)
Ecologische en evolutionaire interacties tussen waardplant, pathogene schimmel, en herbivoor insect: aanpassingen in een complexe wereld (Dutch text only)
De rol van secundaire plantenstoffen in de smalle weegbree in resistentie tegen pathogenen en herbivoren (Dutch text only)
Lifetime reproductive success in two secondary hyperparasitoid wasps, Lysibia nana and Gelis agilis
Plant/soil interaction with Jacobaea vulgaris in the field
Biodiversity and succession
Herbivore foraging theory (7 Topics)
Biodiversity in aquatic ecosystems (1 Topic)
Plant strategies under herbivore pressure (8 Topics)
The effect of nestling diet on the condition of nestlings in the great tit
Variation in microclimate and tree phenology
The role of bacteria versus archaea in ammonia oxidation in European lakes
Modelleren van aquatische voedselwebben (Dutch text only)
Effects of elevated temperature and CO2 on the composition of phytoplankton and zooplankton communities
The role of dissolved organic matter in coastal phytoplankton dynamics: what can we learn from long-term monitoring (three topics)