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• Eutrophication threatens Caribbean seagrasses - An example from Curaçao and Bonaire

  Govers, L. L., Lamers, L. P. M., Bouma, T. J., de Brouwer, J. H. F. & van Katwijk, M. M., 15 Dec 2014, In : Marine Pollution Bulletin. 89, 1-2, p. 481-486 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  • Bonaire
  • Eutrophication
  • seagrasses
  • Nutrients
  • eutrophication
  22 Citations (Scopus)

• Observations on the whale shark (Rhincodon typus) in the Dutch Caribbean

  Debrot, A. O., Leon, R., Esteban, N. & Meesters, H. W. G., 2013, In : Caribbean Journal of Science. 47, 2-3, p. 344-349

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  • Rhincodon typus
  • Saint Maarten
  • Sint Eustatius
  • Saba (Caribbean)
  • Bonaire

• The Arachnids (Arachnida) of Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao

  Crews, S. C., Debrot, A. O., van Hoorn, G., Galvis, W. & Espodito, L. A., 2019, In : Caribbean Journal of Science. 49, 2-3, p. 125-140

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  • Bonaire
  • Aruba
  • Arachnida
  • Araneae
  • Pseudoscorpiones

• Proximate response of fish, conch, and sea turtles to the presence of the invasive seagrass Halophila stipulacea in Bonaire

  Becking, L. E., Bussel, T., Engel, M. S., Christianen, M. & Debrot, A. O., 2014, Den Helder: IMARES. 35 p. (Report / IMARES Wageningen UR; no. C118/14)

  Research output: Book/Report › Report › Professional

  Open Access

  • Bonaire
  • Thalassia testudinum
  • Halophila
  • sea turtles
  • Lobatus gigas

• First record of a Caribbean green turtle (Chelonia mydas) grazing on invasive seagrass (Halophila stipulacea)

  Becking, L. E., Bussel, T., Debrot, A. O. & Christianen, M., 2014, In : Caribbean Journal of Science. 48, 2-3, p. 162-163

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  • Halophila
  • Chelonia mydas
  • grazing
  • foraging
  • Bonaire

• The toxic exposure of flamingos to per - and Polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from firefighting foam applications in Bonaire

  De Vries, P., Slijkerman, D. M. E., Kwadijk, C. J. A. F., Kotterman, M., Posthuma, L., De Zwart, D., Murk, A. J. & Foekema, E. M., 15 Nov 2017, In : Marine Pollution Bulletin. 124, 1, p. 102-111

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  • Bonaire
  • fire fighting
  • Phoenicopteridae
  • Birds
  • foam
  6 Citations (Scopus)

• Deepwater marine litter densities and compsoition from submersible video-gransects around the ABC-islands, Dutch Caribbean

  Debrot, A. O., Vinke, E., van der Wende, G., Hylkema, A. & Reed, J. K., 2014, In : Marine Pollution Bulletin. 88, 1-2, p. 361-365

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  • marine debris
  • Submersibles
  • submersible
  • Debris
  • litter
  16 Citations (Scopus)

• A baseline water quality assessment of the coastal reefs of Bonaire, Southern Caribbean

  Slijkerman, D. M. E., de León, R. & de Vries, P., 2014, In : Marine Pollution Bulletin. 86, 1-2, p. 523-529

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  • Bonaire
  • Eutrophication
  • Reefs
  • Water quality
  • eutrophication
  8 Citations (Scopus)

• Megaherbivores may impact expansion of invasive seagrass in the Caribbean

  Christianen, M. J. A., Smulders, F. O. H., Engel, M. S., Nava, M. I., Willis, S., Debrot, A. O., Palsbøll, P. J., Vonk, J. A. & Becking, L. E., Jan 2019, In : Journal of Ecology. 107, 1, p. 45-57

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Chelonia mydas
  • seagrass
  • turtle
  • grazing
  • aquatic ecosystems
  18 Citations (Scopus)

• Marine Mammals of the Northeastern Caribbean windward Dutch Islands: Saba, St. Eustatius, St. Maarten, and the Saba Bank

  Debrot, A. O., Esteban, N., Bervoets, T., Hoetjes, P. C. & Scheidat, M., 2013, In : Caribbean Journal of Science. 47, 2-3, p. 159-172

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  • Saint Maarten
  • Sint Eustatius
  • Saba (Caribbean)
  • marine mammals
  • Balaenoptera edeni

• The potential for dive tourism led entrepreneurial marine protected areas in Curacao

  de Groot, J. & Bush, S. R., 2010, In : Marine Policy. 34, 5, p. 1051-1059

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  • Marine Protected Areas
  • Curacao
  • marine protected areas
  • tourism
  • protected area
  26 Citations (Scopus)

• The marine mammals of the Dutch Caribbean: a comparison between EEZ sectors, contrasts and concerns

  Debrot, A. O., Witte, R. H. & Scheidat, M., 2011, St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands: International Whaling Committee.

  Research output: Working paper › Professional

  Open Access

  • marine mammals
  • tourism
  • Saint Maarten
  • Sint Eustatius
  • Saba (Caribbean)

• First record of Fraser's dolphin Lagenodelphis hosei for the Dutch Caribbean

  Witte, R. H., van Buurt, G., Debrot, A. O., Bermudez-Villapol, L. A. & Simal, F., 2012, In : Marine Biodiversity Records. 5, 4 p., e46.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  • dolphins
  • dolphin
  • Bonaire
  • health status
  • beak
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• A baseline assessment of beach debris and tar contamination in Bonaire, Southeastern Caribbean

  Debrot, A. O., van Rijn, J., Bron, P. S. & Leon, R., 2013, In : Marine Pollution Bulletin. 71, 1-2, p. 325-329

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  • Bonaire
  • Beaches
  • Tar
  • tar
  • beaches
  31 Citations (Scopus)

• Results of management actions for tern populations on Bonaire

  Bertuol, P., Eckrich, C., Galitzki, E., Eybrecht, L. & Debrot, A. O., 2017. 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract

  • Sternula antillarum
  • Thalasseus
  • Bonaire
  • Sterna
  • Laridae

• On a collection of deep-water shrimp (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the Dutch Caribbean, with the description of a new species of Pseudocoutierea

  Olthof, G., Becking, L. E. & Fransen, C. H. J. M., 1 May 2018, In : Zootaxa. 4415, 3, p. 533-548

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  • Bonaire
  • Decapoda
  • shrimp
  • new species
  • Crustacea
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Deep-water sponges (Porifera) from Bonaire and Klein Curacao, Southern Caribbean

  Soest, R. W. M., Meesters, H. W. G. & Becking, L. E., 2014, In : Zootaxa. 3878, 5, p. 401-443

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  • Bonaire
  • Curacao
  • Barbados
  • Porifera
  • sponge
  30 Citations (Scopus)

• Patterns of distribution and drivers of change in shallow seagrass and algal assemblages of a non-estuarine Southern Caribbean mangrove lagoon

  Debrot, A. O., Hylkema, A., Vogelaar, W., Prud'homme van Reine, W. F., Engel, M. S., van Hateren, J. A. & Meesters, E. H., 1 Dec 2019, In : Aquatic Botany. 159, 103148.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  • seagrass
  • mangroves
  • mangrove
  • lagoon
  • macrophytes
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Expansion and fragment settlement of the non-native seagrass Halophila stipulacea in a Caribbean bay

  Smulders, F. O. H., Vonk, J. A., Engel, M. S. & Christianen, M. J. A., 2017, In : Marine Biology Research. 13, 9, p. 967-974

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Halophila
  • seagrass
  • Thalassia testudinum
  • Bonaire
  • invasiveness
  22 Citations (Scopus)

• Corrigendum: Long-term shifts in coral communities on shallow to deep reef slopes of Curaçao and Bonaire: Are there any winners?

  de Bakker, D. M., Meesters, E. H., Bak, R. P. M., Nieuwland, G. & Van Duyl, F. C., 2017, In : Frontiers in Marine Science. 4, 1 p., 171.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/Letter to the editor › Academic

  Open Access

  • Bonaire
  • Reefs
  • Carbonates
  • carbonates
  • reefs
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Seed germination methods for native Caribbean trees and shrubs : with emphasis on species relevant for Bonaire

  van der Burg, W. J., Freitas, J. & Debrot, A. O., 2014, Wageningen: Plant Research International, Business Unit Agrosystems Research. 60 p. (Report / Plant Research International; no. 551)

  Research output: Book/Report › Report › Professional

  Open Access

  • Bonaire
  • seed germination
  • shrubs
  • reforestation
  • seeds

• Odonata of Curacao, southern Caribbean, with an update to the fauna of the ABC islands

  Paulson, D. R., de Haseth, C. & Debrot, A. O., 2014, In : The International Journal of Odonatology. 17, 4, p. 237-249

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  • Curacao
  • Odonata
  • fauna
  • Bonaire
  • Aruba
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Fish species utilization of contrasting sub-habitats distributed along an ocean-to-land environmental gradient in a tropical mangrove and seagrass lagoon

  Hylkema, A., Vogelaar, W., Meesters, H. W. G., Nagelkerken, I. & Debrot, A. O., 2015, In : Estuaries and coasts. 38, 5, p. 1448-1465

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  • environmental gradient
  • seagrass
  • mangroves
  • oceans
  • mangrove
  13 Citations (Scopus)

• Bird communities of contrasting secondary habitats of Bonaire, in the arid South-eastern Caribbean

  Debrot, A. O., van Bemmelen, R. S. A. & Ligon, J., 2014, In : Caribbean Journal of Science. 48, 2-3, p. 138-150

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  • Bonaire
  • birds
  • habitats
  • Egretta rufescens
  • Hirundo rustica

• An annotated checklist of the Branchiopoda (Crustacea) of the Dutch Caribbean islands

  Soesbergen, M. & Sinkeldam, J., 26 Nov 2019, In : Zootaxa. 4701, 1, p. 25-34 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  • Branchiopoda
  • Crustacea
  • Netherlands
  • Bonaire
  • endemic species

• Bioprospecting and characterization of temperature tolerant microalgae from Bonaire

  Barten, R. J. P., Wijffels, R. H. & Barbosa, M. J., Sep 2020, In : Algal Research. 50, 6 p., 102008.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Bonaire
  • microalgae
  • temperature
  • Leptolyngbya
  • photobioreactors
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• An environmental risk assessment of three organic UV-filters at Lac Bay, Bonaire, Southern Caribbean

  Schaap, I. & Slijkerman, D. M. E., 1 Oct 2018, In : Marine Pollution Bulletin. 135, p. 490-495

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  • Aquatic organisms
  • Bonaire
  • UV filters
  • environmental risk assessment
  • environmental assessment
  15 Citations (Scopus)

• Long-term Shifts in Coral Communities On Shallow to Deep Reef Slopes of Curaçao and Bonaire: Are There Any Winners?

  De Bakker, D. M., Meesters, E. H., Bak, R. P. M., Nieuwland, G. & Van Duyl, F. C., 2016, In : Frontiers in Marine Science. 3, 14 p., 247.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Bonaire
  • Reefs
  • reefs
  • corals
  • coral
  23 Citations (Scopus)

• 40 Years of benthic community change on the Caribbean reefs of Curaçao and Bonaire: the rise of slimy cyanobacterial mats

  De Bakker, D. M., Van Duyl, F. C., Bak, R. P. M., Nugues, M. M., Nieuwland, G. & Meesters, E. H., 2017, In : Coral Reefs. 36, 2, p. 355-367

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Bonaire
  • reefs
  • benthos
  • coral
  • Porifera
  56 Citations (Scopus)