Piet Nienhuis (Groningen, 29 October 1938) passed through an international career of 40 years as researcher (biologist, ecologist) and research leader at the Netherlands Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences, and as professor and director at the Radboud University Nijmegen (the Netherlands) and the Free University Brussels (Belgium). He was chairman and advisor of services of the European Commission and several Dutch governmental departments. He published hundreds of scientific publications, mainly devoted to ecology and environmental sciences, in particular to estuarine and river ecology and management. After his retirement in 2003 he continued his writing activities, together with his editorial and advisory work.
4 Ebooks by P. H. Nienhuis
P.H. Nienhuis & A.C. Smaal: Oosterschelde Estuary (The Netherlands): a Case-Study of a Changing Ecosystem
The Oosterschelde estuary is one of the estuaries in the Netherlands which remained after the Delta scheme was completed in 1986. In the seventies the Oosterschelde became a national symbol of the ch …
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€58.19
J. van der Land & P.H. Nienhuis: Ecological Studies in the Coastal Waters of Mauritania
This volume on the ecology of Mauritanian coastal waters and in particular the Banc d’Arguin, allows us to understand the functioning of this remarkable coastal wetland. Major questions concern the i …
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€58.12
Ramesh D. Gulati & P.H. Nienhuis: Ecological Restoration of Aquatic and Semi-Aquatic Ecosystems in the Netherlands (NW Europe)
This work presents the state of the art of aquatic and semi-aquatic ecological restoration projects in The Netherlands. Starting from the conceptual basis of restoration ecology, the successes and fa …
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€166.52
P.H. Nienhuis: Environmental History of the Rhine-Meuse Delta
This book presents the environmental history of the Delta of the lowland rivers Rhine and Meuse, an ecological story on evolving human–environmental relations coping with climate change and sea-level …
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€213.99
