Piersma, prof. dr. Theunis
Theunis Piersma is hoogleraar Trekvogelecologie. Met een internationaal onderzoeksteam onderzoekt hij de manier waarop verspreiding en aantallen wad- en weidevogels samenhangen met klimaat, voedsel, roofvijanden, ziektekiemen en hun historisch-genetische achtergrond. Het onderzoek vindt niet alleen plaats in Nederland, maar ook in Afrika, Australië, Noord- en Zuid-Amerika en Azië.
Piersma is tevens als waddenbioloog verbonden aan het Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek der Zee (NIOZ) op Texel. Hij is een van de grootste voorvechters van behoud van de Waddenzee. ‘Het ecologisch systeem van onze laatste wildernis wordt de laatste twintig jaar gestaag afgebroken.’
De laatste jaren houdt hij zich met name bezig met populatiestudies van de grutto. Zo is hij betrokken bij een onderzoek waarbij grutto’s met een zender in de buikholte gevolgd worden in hun broedgebied in Friesland en gedurende hun trektochten naar en van Zuid-Europa en Afrika. In 2023 toonde Piersma aan dat de trek van grutto’s is aangeleerd, en niet aangeboren. ‘Dit experiment laat duidelijk zien dat genetica niet allesbepalend is. Deze grutto’s leren vooral van hun omgeving. Ze gaan als het ware naar school.’
In 2014 ontving Piersma de prestigieuze Spinozapremie, ook wel de Nederlandse Nobelprijs genoemd. In 2017 ontving hij de Britse ornithologieprijs ‘Marsh Award for International Ornithology’ voor zijn onderzoek, gevolgd door de Godman Salvin Prize in 2020.
Piersma is een van de trekkers van het in 2023 gestarte project Waakvogels, dat vijf jaar lang informatie zal verzamelen over zes soorten die de Waddenzee aandoen. ‘De trekvogels vertellen ons iets over de toestand van het Wad’, legt Piersma uit. Door nauwkeurig te meten hoe het deze vogels jaar in jaar uit vergaat is het mogelijk te bestuderen wat bijvoorbeeld de impact van klimaatverandering is.
Om dit soort trends te ontdekken zijn langlopende metingen nodig van allerlei factoren. Het monitoren van deze vogels is een klus die te groot is voor een gewone onderzoeksgroep. Bovendien zijn het trekvogels, dus ook de gebieden waar ze overwinteren en broeden spelen een rol. Piersma heeft daarom eerder het onderzoekscentrum BirdEyes opgericht, gehuisvest in Leeuwarden. In dit internationaal centrum voor onderzoek en onderwijs op het gebied van klimaatverandering werkt de RUG samen met het Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut voor Zeeonderzoek (NIOZ), de Universiteit van Amsterdam en de Fryske Akademy.
BirdEyes maakt onder andere gebruik van de 'big data' die vogels leveren met zendertjes. Met behulp van deze technologie op de rug en poten van vogels wordt een grote hoeveelheid data vrijgegeven. Dit levert veel informatie op over de leefomstandigheden van vogels.
Eerder in het nieuws
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The Godwit’s Long, Long Nonstop Journey (New York Times)
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Trekvogels weer terug naar Nederland? (video: Piersma in De Wereld Draait Door)
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Piersma ontvangt Spinozapremie 2014: ‘Ik omarm de groezeligheid van de ecologie’
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Trouw aan de trekvogels (artikel in Broerstraat 5, nr. 3, 2012, pag. 8)
Contact en meer informatie
Publicaties
2025
Jansma,
H., Piersma, T., & de Goeij, P.
(2025). De lepelaar in een roerige wereld. Digital or
Visual Products, Hilco Jansma Productions. https://npo.nl/start/video/de-lepelaar
van
der Velde, E., Fokkema, R., Lagendijk,
G., Stessens, M., Zijlstra, N., Piersma,
T., & Hooijmeijer, J. (2025).
Grutto-Landschap-Project: Jaarrapport 2024.
University of Groningen.
Coelho,
A. P., Ramos, C., Regala de Barros, A., Piersma, T.,
& Alves, J. A. (2025). Human–wildlife interactions
on the tidal flats of the Bijagós Archipelago: Does
shellfishing affect migratory shorebirds? Wildlife
biology, 2025(1), Article e01134. https://doi.org/10.1002/wlb3.01134
Kempenaers,
B., Valcu, M., Piersma, T., Santema, P., &
Vervoort, R. (2025). Large-scale sampling of potential
breeding sites in male ruffs. Proceedings of the
Royal Society B: Biological Sciences,
292(2038), Article 20242225. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.2225
Piersma,
T., Prins, S., & Dekinga, A. (2025). Negotiating
the northern edge of a nonbreeding distribution: A case of winter
mortality in Eurasian Spoonbills. Journal of
Ornithology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-025-02276-2
Craft,
T. B., Piersma, T., Hooijmeijer, J. C. E.
W., Zhu, B. R., D'Souza, M., O'Reilly,
E., Fokkema, R. W., Stessens, M.,
Belting, H., Marlow, C., Ludwig, J., Melter, J., Alves, J. A.,
Esteban-Pineda, A., Gutiérrez, J. S., Masero, J. A., Rocha, A.
D., Dreef, C., & Howison, R. A. (2025).
Remote sensing and GPS tracking reveal temporal shifts in
habitat use in nonbreeding Black-tailed Godwits.
Journal of Applied Ecology, 62(1),
119-131. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14827
Beal,
M., Nightingale, J., Belo, J. R., Batey, C., Belting, H., Bocher,
P., Burgess, M., Craft, T. B., Crockford, N.,
Delaporte, P., Donaldson, L., Gélinaud, G., Gill, J. A.,
Gunnarsson, T. G., Þórisson, B., Gutiérrez, J.
S., Hooijmeijer, J. C. E. W., Howison, R.
A., Hunke, P., ... Dias, M. P. (2025). Site-level
connectivity identified from multiple sources of movement data to
inform conservation of a migratory bird. Journal
of Applied Ecology, 62(2), 303-316. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14839
Das,
D. K., Vansteelant, W. M. G., Zhu,
B., Islam, S., Khandakar, N., van der Velde,
M., Hassell, C. J., Conklin, J. R., Bocher,
P., Hooijmeijer, J. C. E. W., Verkuil, Y.
I., & Piersma, T. (2025). Three
subspecies of Black-tailed Godwit share non-breeding sites in the
world's largest river delta. Avian
Research, 16(1), Article 100226. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avrs.2025.100226
2024
Coelho,
A. P., Rocha, A. D., de Barros, A. R., Piersma, T.,
& Alves, J. A. (2025). An allometric approach to seasonal
changes in intake rates of migratory shorebirds in the Bijagós
Archipelago, Guinea-Bissau. Ibis,
167(1), 161-178. https://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.13348
Barba-Escoto,
L., Howison, R. A., Fokkema, R.
W., Duriaux-Chavarría, J. Y.,
Stessens, M., van der Velde, E.,
Hooijmeijer, J. C. E. W., Piersma, T.,
& Tittonell, P. A. (2024). Are they even there?
How agri-environment schemes investments reach their target species
in Dutch dairy-farmland, the case of meadow birds.
Global Ecology and Conservation, 56,
Article e03286. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2024.e03286
Dorofeev,
D., Ivanov, A., Khudyakova, E., Verkuil, Y.,
Piersma, T., & Meissner, W. (2024). Biometric
variability and sexual size dimorphism in the Great Knot
Calidris tenuirostris. The European
Zoological Journal, 91(1), 64-74. https://doi.org/10.1080/24750263.2023.2293120
Khandakar,
N., Sultana, I., Akhtar, F., Piersma, T., &
Das, D. K. (2024). Birds feeding on date palm sap
during Bengali traditional sap harvesting on Nijhum Dweep,
Bangladesh. Wilson Journal of
Ornithology, 136(4), 485-492. https://doi.org/10.1676/24-00052
Hooijmeijer,
J., Stessens, M., Haaksma, L. R., Hotting, M.,
Jager, K. D., Tijsen, W., Brandhorst, W., Loos, B., de Vries, J.
J., & Piersma, T. (2024). Black-tailed
Godwits (Limosa limosa) in southern Iberia: Habitat
description and finding colour marked birds from 1 – 26
February 2024.
Hooijmeijer,
J., Das, D., & Piersma, T.
(2024). Black-tailed Godwits (Limosa limosa) in
southern Spain: Habitat description and finding colour marked birds
from 1 – 9 October 2024.
Hooijmeijer,
J., & Piersma, T. (2024).
Black-tailed Godwits (Limosa limosa limosa) in
France (Vendée & Charente Maritime) during spring
migration: Habitat descriptions and finding colour marked birds
from 6 – 15 March 2024. University of
Groningen.
Belfín,
O., Kempenaers, B., & Piersma, T. (2024).
Daily and seasonal use of vocalizations by nesting
black-tailed godwits. Journal of Avian
Biology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/jav.03362
Piersma,
T. (2024). De geest in het beest. Het zijn van Charles
Foster. De Gids.
van
den Bremer, L., Piersma, T., & van Turnhout, C. A.
M. (2024). Does the provisioning of artificial nest cups and
nesting structures help house martins Delichon
urbicum? Ardea, 112(1),
63-72. https://doi.org/10.5253/arde.2023.a21
Eren,
S., Beaulieu, A., Piersma, T.,
& Crockford, N. (2024). Flyways Beyond Migratory
Pathways: The Case of Waterbird Conservation.
Conservation and Society, 22(2),
74-85. https://doi.org/10.4103/cs.cs_109_22
Hooijmeijer,
J., Rakhimberdiev, E., van der Velde,
E., Howison, R., Stessens,
M., Kraamwinkel, C., Craft,
T., Fokkema, R., Lagendijk,
G., Ligtelijn, M., Onrust, J.,
Saarloos, A., Vansteelant, W., Belfin, O., Basting,
S., Zijlstra, N., Verkuil, Y., & Piersma,
T. (2024). Grutto Landschap Project Jaarverslag
2023: De staat van ons landschap: Biomonitoring van duurzame
landbouw innovaties . University of Groningen.
Conklin,
J. R., Verkuil, Y. I., Lefebvre, M. J. M.,
Battley, P. F., Bom, R. A., Gill, R. E., Hassell, C.
J., ten Horn, J., Ruthrauff, D. R., Tibbitts, T. L., Tomkovich, P.
S., Warnock, N., Piersma, T., & Fontaine, M.
C. (2024). High dispersal ability versus migratory
traditions: Fine-scale population structure and post-glacial
colonisation in bar-tailed godwits. Molecular
Ecology, 33(15), Article e17452. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17452
Fokkema,
R. W., van der Velde, E., Stessens,
M., Bos, D., Belfín, O., de Jong, M.
E., Hooijmeijer, J. C. E. W., &
Piersma, T. (2024). Mapping mammalian meadow bird nest
predators in a Dutch dairy farming landscape.
European Journal of Wildlife Research,
70(6), Article 122. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-024-01878-0
Piersma,
T. (2024). Marathon migrants: What we've learnt about
Red Knots and Bar-tailed Godwits since 1973. In P. Prokosch
(Ed.), The East Atlantic Flyway of Coastal Birds: 50 Years of
Exciting Moments in Nature Conservation and Research Lynx
Nature Books.
Piersma,
T. (2024). Ornithology from the Flatlands: Humans
guiding the first migration of hand-raised Ibises: On social
learning and culture in birds. Ardea,
112(2), 165-170. https://doi.org/10.5253/arde.2024.a15
Lemrabott,
S. Y. C., van Leeuwen, A., Leurs, G.,
El-Hacen, E. H. M., Piersma, T., Sall, A. A.,
Sidina, E., Yarba, L., & Olff, H. (2024).
Overfishing of threatened bycatch species in a marine
protected area: The elasmobranchs of Banc d'Arguin,
Mauritania. Fisheries Management and
Ecology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/fme.12786
Ersoy,
S., Beardsworth, C. E., Duran, E., van der Meer, M. T.
J., Piersma, T., Groothuis, T. G.
G., & Bijleveld, A. I. (2024).
Pathway for personality development: Juvenile red knots vary
more in diet and exploratory behaviour than adults.
Animal Behaviour, 208, 31-40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2023.11.018
de
Boer, A. P., Vansteelant, W. M. G., &
Piersma, T. (2024). Primary moult of Eurasian
Spoonbills Platalea l. leucorodia in the Wadden Sea in
Relation to age, breeding and migration.
Ardea, 112(2), 217-227. https://doi.org/10.5253/arde.2023.a19
Coelho,
A. P., Lopes, P., Rocha, A. D., Barros, A. R. D., Piersma,
T., & Alves, J. A. (2024). Seasonal Variation in
the Diet of Migratory Shorebirds Wintering in the Bijagós
Archipelago, Guinea-Bissau. Ardea,
112(1), 89-102. https://doi.org/10.5253/arde.2023.a17
Lok,
T., van der Geest, M., de Goeij, P.,
Rakhimberdiev, E., & Piersma, T. (2024).
Sex-specific nest attendance rhythm and foraging habitat use
in a colony-breeding waterbird. Behavioral
Ecology, 35(3), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arae020
Lemrabott,
S., van Leeuwen, A., Piersma, T., Braham,
C.-B., Ball, A. C., Araujo, A., Olff, H., &
El-Hacen, H. (2024). The chronology of overfishing in
a remote West-African coastal ecosystem. Ecology
and Society, 29(1), Article 9. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-13902-290109
El-Hacen,
E. H. M., ten Horn, J., Dekinga, A., Loos, B., &
Piersma, T. (2024). Two decades of change in
nonbreeding population sizes of shorebirds and other waterbirds in
the Iwik area of Parc National du Banc d’Arguin,
Mauritania. Wader Study,
131(2), 112-121. https://doi.org/10.18194/ws.00343
Ersoy,
S., Groothuis, T. G. G., Piersma,
T., & Bijleveld, A. I. (2024). When
slow explorers are fast: Personality-related differences in timing
of migration in Red Knots (Calidris canutus).
Ibis, 166(4), 1146-1156. https://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.13308
2023
Nightingale,
J., Gill, J. A., Gunnarsson, T. G., Rocha, A. D., Howison,
R., Hooijmeijer, J. C. E. W., Piersma, T.,
& Alves, J. A. (2024). Does early spring arrival lead to
early nesting in a migratory shorebird? Insights from remote
tracking. IBIS – International Journal of
Ornithology, 166(2), 424-439. https://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.13268
Bom,
R. A., Piersma, T., Alves, J. A., &
Rakhimberdiev, E. (2024). Global temperature
homogenization can obliterate temporal isolation in migratory
animals with potential loss of population structure.
Global Change Biology, 30(1),
Article e17069. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17069
Carneiro,
C., Gunnarsson, T. G., Kaasiku, T., Piersma, T., &
Alves, J. A. (2024). Icelandic Whimbrel first migration:
Non-stop until West Africa, yet later departure and slower travel
than adults. Ibis, 166(2),
715-722. https://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.13282
Ma,
Z., Choi, C. Y., Gan, X., Li, J., Liu, Y., Melville, D. S., Mu,
T., Piersma, T., & Zhang, Z. (2023).
Achievements, challenges, and recommendations for waterbird
conservation in China's coastal wetlands. Avian
Research, 14, Article 100123. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avrs.2023.100123
Peng,
H. B., Ma, Z., Rakhimberdiev, E.,
van Gils, J. A., Battley, P. F., Rogers, D. I., Choi,
C. Y., Wu, W., Feng, X., Ma, Q., Hua, N., Minton, C., Hassell, C.
J., & Piersma, T. (2023). Arriving late and
lean at a stopover site is selected against in a declining
migratory bird population. Journal of Animal
Ecology, 92(10), 2109-2118. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.14001
Hooijmeijer,
J., Piersma, T., Hotting, M., Tijsen, W., de
Vries, J. J., Jager, K. D., Brandhorst, W., Jong, J. D., Zijlstra,
B., & van Eerden, A. (2023).
Black-tailed Godwits (Limosa limosa) in southern
Iberia, habitat description and finding colour marked birds from 1
– 26 February 2023: Portugal (Sado, Tejo & Algarve),
Spain (Doñana & Extremadura). University of
Groningen.
Vansteelant,
W., Piersma, T., & Hooijmeijer, J.
(2023). Black-tailed Godwits (Limosa limosa) in
southern Spain, habitat description and finding colour marked birds
from 5 – 13 October 2023: Doñana, Bonanza, Algaida,
Brazo del Este, Marismas de Cetina & Odiel.
University of Groningen.
Piersma,
T., Koolhaas, A., van Gils, J. A., &
Dekinga, A. (2023). Cause for caution: Response to Forum
Contribution by van der Meer and Folmer. Journal
of Applied Ecology, 60(11), 2494-2496. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14500
Ma,
Z., Choi, C. Y., Gan, X., Li, J., Liu, Y., Melville, D. S., Mu,
T., Piersma, T., & Zhang, Z. (2023).
Corrigendum to “Achievements, challenges, and
recommendations for waterbird conservation in China's coastal
wetlands” [Avian Res. 14 (2023) 100123] (Avian Research
(2023) 14, (S205371662300049X),
(10.1016/j.avrs.2023.100123)). Avian
Research, 14, Article 100133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avrs.2023.100133
Navedo,
J. G., & Piersma, T. (2023). Do 50-year-old
Ramsar criteria still do the best possible job? A plea for
broadened scientific underpinning of the global protection of
wetlands and migratory waterbirds. Conservation
Letters, 16(2), Article e12941. https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12941
El-Hacen,
H., Lemrabott, S. Y., Meijer,
K., Piersma, T., Govers, L.,
van Gils, J., & Olff, H. (2023).
Growth and population structure of bloody cockles Senilia
senilis at Banc d’Arguin and Bijagós with different
environmental conditions and harvesting regimes.
Marine Ecology Progress Series, 710,
71-83. Article M 14291. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14291
Hooijmeijer,
J., Piersma, T., Howison,
R., Li, Y., Craft, T., Barba
Escoto, L., Stessens, M., Rakhimberdiev,
E., van der Velde, E., Veenstra,
R., Kraamwinkel, C., Onrust, J.,
Haan, de, W., Fokkema, R., Ligtelijn,
M., Lagendijk, G., Keuning, T., &
Wildschut, R. (2023). Grutto Landschap Project
Jaarverslag 2022: De staat van ons landschap: Biomonitoring van
duurzame landbouw innovaties. University of
Groningen.
Movalli,
P., Biesmeijer, K., Gkotsis, G., Alygizakis, N., Nika, M. C.,
Vasilatos, K., Kostakis, M., Thomaidis, N. S., Oswald , P.,
Oswaldova, M., Slobodnik, J., Glowacka, N., Hooijmeijer,
J., Howison, R., Dekker, R. W. R. J., van den
Brink, N., & Piersma, T. (2023). High
resolution mass spectrometric suspect screening, wide-scope target
analysis of emerging contaminants and determination of legacy
pollutants in adult black-tailed godwit Limosa limosa limosa
in the Netherlands: A pilot study.
Chemosphere, 321, Article 138145. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.138145
Peng,
H. B., Choi, C. Y., Ma, Z., Bijleveld, A. I.,
Melville, D. S., & Piersma, T. (2023).
Individuals of a group-living shorebird show smaller home
range overlap when food availability is low.
Movement Ecology, 11(1), Article 70.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40462-023-00427-9
Li,
Y., Piersma, T., Hooijmeijer, J. C. E.
W., & Howison, R. A. (2023).
Land‐use intensity impacts habitat selection of
ground‐nesting farmland birds in the Netherlands.
Ecological Solutions and Evidence,
4(1), Article e12201. https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12201
Piersma,
T. (2023). Marathon-Migranten: Was wir seit 1973
über Knutts und Pfuhlschnepfen gelernt haben. In P.
Prokosch (Ed.), Die Ostatlantische Vogelzugroute: Spannende
Einblicke in die Zugstrategien und den Schutz von
Küstenvögeln (pp. 73-84). AULA-Verlag
Wiebelsheim.
Bom,
R., Lindström, Å., & Piersma, T.
(2023). Predation danger during active migration: Insights
from a tagged Bar-tailed Godwit depredated by a breeding Peregrine
Falcon. Wader Study, 130,
78–81. https://doi.org/10.18194/ws.00294
Zhu,
B.-R., Verhoeven, M., Hassell, C. J., Leungh,
K. K.-S., Dorofeev, D., Zhang, Z., & Piersma, T.
(2023). Predicting the non-breeding distributions of the two
Asian subspecies of Black-tailed Godwit using morphological
information. Avian Research,
14, Article 100069. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avrs.2022.100069
Lok,
T., van der Geest, M., Bom, R. A., de
Goeij, P., Piersma, T., & Bouten, W.
(2023). Prey ingestion rates revealed by back-mounted
accelerometers in Eurasian spoonbills. Animal
Biotelemetry, 11(1), Article 5. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40317-022-00315-w
van
der Winden, J., Van Horssen, P. W., Deuzeman, S., &
Piersma, T. (2023). Remnant Rhine delta population of
Great Reed Warblers maintains high diversity in migration timing,
stopping sites, and winter destinations. Bird
Conservation International, 33, 1-6. Article
e77. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0959270923000321
Diallo,
A. Y., Piersma, T., van Eerden, A.,
Ndiaye, S., & Ndiaye, P. I. (2023). Seasonal occurrence
and daytime behaviour of Eurasian Spoonbills Platalea leucorodia
leucorodia in Senegal’s Atlantic coastal areas.
Waterbirds, 45(2), 199-205. https://doi.org/10.1675/063.045.0210
Chan,
Y. C., Chan, D. T. C., Tibbitts, T. L., Hassell, C.
J., & Piersma, T. (2023). Site fidelity of
migratory shorebirds facing habitat deterioration: Insights from
satellite tracking and mark-resighting. Movement
Ecology, 11(1), Article 79. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40462-023-00443-9
Jukema,
J., van de Wetering, H., Gutiérrez, J. S., &
Piersma, T. (2023). Slight sexual dimorphism in
tail-fork depth of Common Swifts Apus apus.
Ringing and Migration, 38(1-2),
25-28. https://doi.org/10.1080/03078698.2023.2262804
Folmer,
E. O., Bijleveld, A. I., Holthuijsen, S., van der Meer, J.,
Piersma, T., & van der Veer, H. W. (2023).
Space–time analyses of sediment composition reveals
synchronized dynamics at all intertidal flats in the Dutch Wadden
Sea. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf
Science, 285, Article 108308. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2023.108308
Piersma,
T., & El-Hacen, H. (2023). To see,
hear and speak: How counts of birds in individual trees help
address the environmental causes of the Sahel.
Ardea, 111.
Loonstra,
A. H. J., Verhoeven, M. A., Both,
C., & Piersma, T. (2023).
Translocation of shorebird siblings shows intraspecific
variation in migration routines to arise after fledging.
Current Biology, 33(12),
2535-2540.e3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2023.05.014
Lemrabott,
S. Y. C., El-Hacen, E.-H. M., Piersma,
T., Sall, A. A., Sidina, E., Mahmoud, L. Y. A., Olff,
H., & van Leeuwen, A. (2023). Twenty years of
monitoring reveal overfishing of bony fish stocks in the coastal
national park Banc d’Arguin, in Mauritania.
Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater
Ecosystems, 33(8), 833-844. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3948
2022
Silva-Monteiro,
M., Pehlak, H., Timonen, S., Pessa, J., Pasanen, E.,
Verhoeven, M., Loonstra, A. H. J.,
Piersma, T., Robin, F., Korniluk, M., Onwezen, M., Bongers,
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