Student Support

The Mangrove Maniacs are proud to support a number of visiting researchers and students, working hard to unravel the mysteries within the mangrove and seagrass areas on Bonaire. Below you’ll find a small snapshot of the menagerie of individuals who have added to the local wealth of knowledge!

2024

The current status of the nature of Lac Bay and how it relates to nature policy

2023

Maintaining and monitoring mangrove outplants.

PhD - How the invasion of an exotic seagrass impacts the native ecosystem community and how sea turtles can shape the seascape and thereby drive seagrass ecosystem

The effects of temperature, soil composition and salinity on mangrove abundance.

White mangrove mapping on Bonaire

Erosion risk management in the Lagun catchment, a case study of soft interventions strategies

Designing hard interventions for Lagun bay catchment to reduce sediment inflow

Erosion Control – Catchment Warehouse

Erosion Control – Catchment Kralendijk

The effects of water management and climate change on catchment scale: The case of Salinja di Vlijt catchment on Bonaire

2022

Mangrove and Seagrass Restoration on Bonaire

The role of creeks for tidal exchange in the mangrove forest of Lac Bay, Bonaire

Mapping mangrove outplanting sites along the southwestern coast and evaluating various mangrove restoration techniques.

Seagrass as bioindicator for eutrophication and pollution in the coastal bays of Bonaire.

Research on the characteristics and cultivation of Laguncularia racemosa (white mangrove).

A study of the effect of salinity and soil composition on the survival rate of Conocarpus erectus planted on Bonaire.

Mapping of the Potential Erosion in the Catchment of Lac Bay

Salinity and Sediment Issues in the backwaters of Mangrove Forests

Impact terrestrial run-off on water quality and mangrove performance Lac/Lagun

Avrainvillea in Lac Bay

2021

Shifting the balance between native and invasive seagrass through novel restoration methods, in Lac Bay, Bonaire

Testing a biodegradable engineering product for mangrove restoration along a high wave-energy coastline

Stress factors and restoration techniques for seagrass

The facilitating effects of the seagrasses Halophila stipulacea, and Halodule wrightii on Thalassia testudinum through lowering pore - water sulfide levels

A Doughnut shaped Impact Assessment of Mangrove Restoration

The effect of toxic hydrogen sulfide (H2S) on the restoration of red and black mangroves

Bioirrigation effects of Upogebia affinis within sargassum-impacted T. testudinum seagrass habitat