The Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) focuses on basic and strategic research into individual organisms, populations, ecological communities and ecosystems. The NIOO-KNAW employs more than 250 people at three research centres and its headquarters. The Centre for Estuarine and Marine Ecology (NIOO-CEME) in Yerseke concentrates on ecosystems in brackish and salt water. It conducts research in estuaries and coastal waters in Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Polar Regions. It also participates in several deep-sea projects. The centre originally started as the Delta Institute for Hydrobiological Research in 1957. CEME consists of three departments: Ecosystem Studies, Marine Microbiology and Spatial Ecology.
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