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Photo: N. Hecker. Shell beach.

Habitats and communities

The Wadden Sea is continuously being shaped by wind, sand and tides. These natural processes, running uninterruptedly across the Wadden Sea, create islands, sandbanks, channels, mud flats, gullies, salt marshes and dunes.

This section gives in-depth analyses of the current states of the Wadden Sea's different habitats.

Beds of blue mussels and Pacific oysters

1. Introduction | 2. Status and Trends | 3. Assessment | 4. Recommendations | 5. Summary

Beaches and dunes

1. Introduction | 2. Status and trends | 3. Assessment | 4. Recommendations | 5. Summary

Macrozoobenthos

1. Introduction | 2. Status and trends | 3. Assessment | 4. Recommendations | 5. Summary

Estuaries

1. Introduction | 2. Status and trends | 3. Assessment | 4. Recommendations | 5. Summary

Salt marshes

1. Introduction | 2. Status and trends | 3. Assessment | 4. Recommendations | 5. Summary

Seagrass

1. Introduction | 2. Status and trends | 3. Assessment | 4. Recommendations | 5. Summary

Subtidal habitats

1. Introduction | 2. Status and Trends | 3. Assessment | 4. Recommendations | 5. Summary
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