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Ecological restoration of aquatic and semi-aquatic ecosystems in the Netherlands: an introduction*

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In 1989, a symposium was held under the title `Netherlands-Wetlands', aiming at the presentation of the state of the art of the existing knowledge of structure and functioning of wetlands, characteristic for the Netherlands. The present multi-author volume can be seen as a logical successor of the results of this symposium. The focus is now fully on the results of ecological restoration measures over the past 25 years. The main question to be answered is what makes a project a success in terms of ecological performance, and when are we speaking about a failure? The present volume contains 10 case studies, roughly covering all aquatic and semi-aquatic ecosystems in the Netherlands.

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  1. Department of Environmental Studies, Faculty of Science, Mathematics and Informatics, University of Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    P.H. Nienhuis

  2. Centre for Limnology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Rijksstraatweg 6, 3631 AC, Nieuwersluis, The Netherlands

    P.H. Nienhuis & R.D. Gulati

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Nienhuis, P., Gulati, R. Ecological restoration of aquatic and semi-aquatic ecosystems in the Netherlands: an introduction* . Hydrobiologia 478, 1–6 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021077526749

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