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As a consequence of big hydraulic engineering schemes within the framework of the so-called Delta project, the Grevelingen estuary (SW Netherlands) has gone through several stages during the last two decades.
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Lambeck, R.H.D. (1981). Effects of Closure of the Grevelingen Estuary on Survival and Development of Macrozoobenthos. In: Jones, N.V., Wolff, W.J. (eds) Feeding and Survival Srategies of Estuarine Organisms. Marine Science, vol 15. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3318-0_12
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