Analyses of decrease in cockle population in the Dutch Wadden Sea

Emelda Orakwue

ISBN 10: 3656439877 / ISBN 13: 9783656439875

Published by GRIN Verlag, GRIN Verlag Jul 2013, 2013

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This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Scientific Study from the year 2013 in the subject Environmental Sciences, grade: 700, , course: Environmental Science, language: English, abstract: Cockle fishing in the Dutch Wadden Sea was practiced from 1960 to 2005. Cockles can be harvested manually, but the technique used nowadays for fishing is called suction dredging. This technique lifts cockles and sediments up, after which the cockles are separated from the sediment and the sediment is returned to the sea. This leads to a loss of silt from the sediment, leaving behind only the coarse sediment particles.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 28 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Analyses of decrease in cockle population in the Dutch Wadden Sea
• Publisher: GRIN Verlag, GRIN Verlag Jul 2013
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3656439877
• ISBN 13: 9783656439875
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 210W x 148H x 3D millimeters 210 millimeters width by 148 millimeters height by 3 millimeters depth
• Weight: 56 grams

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Synopsis

Scientific Study from the year 2013 in the subject Environmental Sciences, grade: 700, course: Environmental Science, language: English, abstract: Cockle fishing in the Dutch Wadden Sea was practiced from 1960 to 2005. Cockles can be harvested manually, but the technique used nowadays for fishing is called suction dredging. This technique lifts cockles and sediments up, after which the cockles are separated from the sediment and the sediment is returned to the sea. This leads to a loss of silt from the sediment, leaving behind only the coarse sediment particles.

About the Author

Emelda is a young vivid researcher who pays attention to details. She is currently an NFP scholar at Asian Institute of Technology Bangkok and UNESCO-IHE Netherlands. She has BSc and MSc degrees in Geology. She is happily married to Tony Nneji.