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Ecological impact of drinking-water production in Dutch coastal dunes
van Dijk, H.W.J. (1989). Ecological impact of drinking-water production in Dutch coastal dunes, in: van der Meulen, F. et al. Perspectives in coastal dune management: proceedings of the European Symposium Leiden, September 7-11, 1987 The Netherlands. pp. 163-182
In: van der Meulen, F.; Jungerius, P.D.; Visser, J. (Ed.) (1989). Perspectives in coastal dune management: Proceedings of the European Symposium Leiden, September 7-11, 1987 The Netherlands. SPB Academic Publishing: Den Haag. ISBN 90-5103-025-8. 334 pp., more

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Document type: Conference paper

Keywords
    Earth sciences > Geology > Hydrology
    Environmental impact
    Vegetation
    Vegetation
    Vegetation
    Marine/Coastal

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  • van Dijk, H.W.J.

Abstract
    Many Dutch coastal dune areas have been used for public water supply purposes. This is an important reason why the dune landscape has been protected from urban development and mass tourism. On the other hand water catchment caused ecological impoverishment. Desiccation was followed by the disappearance of many bird and plant species of marsh biotopes. In recent time many dune areas are infiltrated artificially. With polluted and eutrophic surface water from elsewhere. This infiltration fosters the occurrence of nitrtrophious tall herbs rn phreatophytic vegetations. The rich and diverse indigenous vegetations of wet dune slacks have almost completely disappeared from the infiltrated dune areas. This paper describes the results of various investigations into the relation between the physico-chemical impact of dune water catchment and the effects observed with the avifauna and the dune vegetation.

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