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Study Area: The Backbarrier Tidal Flats of Spiekeroog
The Wadden Sea of the southern North Sea covers an area of about 9.300 km2 and represents one of the largest intertidal regions on earth (Fig....
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Effects of the Ice Winter 1995/96
Investigations in the framework of ELAWAT showed that cold winters with ice formation lead to mass mortalities of cold sensitive species in all parts...
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Spatial and Temporal Distribution Patterns and Their Underlying Causes
Temporal developments of dissolved nutrients, phytoplankton and zooplankton in the water column were investigated on different time scales from 1994...
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Stability Properties in the Wadden Sea
To achieve an understanding of the processes and mechanisms responsible for the reaction of the components of the Wadden Sea to disturbances, an...
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Benthic Biological Processes and EH as a Basis for a Benthic Index
It is proposed that the common measures of benthic community condition can be augmented with a vertical EH profile taken through the benthic...
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Uptake of Nickel and Zinc by the Zebra Mussel Dreissena polymorpha
Short-term experiments with nickel and zinc radioisotopes showed that the zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha takes up both “dissolved” (<0.45 μm) and...
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Microphytobenthos: The ecological role of the “secret garden” of unvegetated, shallow-water marine habitats. II. role in sediment stability and shallow-water food webs
The microphytobenthos form an important component of all shallow-water ecosystems where enough light reaches the sediment surface to support...
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A multidisciplinary approach to evaluating impacts of shellfish aquaculture on benthic communities
The impact of suspended mussel culture ( Mytilus edulis, M. trossulus ) on the benthos of a small Nova Scotia cove (7 m depth) was assessed using...
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Reef Lime Constructions
The lime construction forms the structural basis of the coral reef ecosystem. It provides optimal disposition for sessile phototrophic organisms in...
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Eutrophication, water management, and the functioning of Dutch estuaries and coastal lagoons
A number of major European rivers (especially the Rhine) have a prevailing influence on the nutrient cycling of most Dutch estuaries. Owing to the...
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The influence of mussel beds on nutrients in the Western Wadden Sea and Eastern Scheldt estuaries
The uptake and release of materials by intertidal mussel beds were directly measured in two cultivated Dutch estuaries. Generally, chlorophyll a ,...
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Intertidal distribution and feeding habits of the mud crab,Eurytium limosum
Average summer densities of the xanthid crab, Eurytium limosum , in an intertidal salt marsh on Sapelo Island, Georgia were in the range of 7.5 to 80.0...
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The geomorphic development of wreck shoal, a subtidal oyster reef of the James River, Virginia
Wreck Shoal is a subtidal oyster reef located in the James River estuary, Virginia. This estuary has moved upstream and landward in response to...
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The effect of bacteria and bioturbation by Clymenella torquata on oil removal from sediment
Clymenella torquata , a representative of conveyor-belt feeding tube worms, was studied in laboratory microcosms for its effect on the removal of No....
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Substrate characteristics associated with the distribution of the ribbed mussel, Geukensia demissa (Modiolus demissus), on a tidal creek bank in Southern New Jersey
The substrate composition is directly associated with the distribution of the Ribbed Mussel Geukensia demissa (=Modiolus demissus) along tidal-creek...
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Biodeposition by a fouling community in the Indian River, Florida
Biodeposition rates were studied for a fouling community with a biomass of 6–10 kg per m 2 dry wt including shells in which the barnacle Balanus...
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Seasonal and spatial distribution of the Carolina marsh clamPolymesoda caroliniana (Bosc) in a Mississippi tidal marsh
The abundance of the marsh clam Polymesoda caroliniana at four stations on a Mississippi tidal marsh was followed from February 1977 through April...
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The American oyster as a coastal zone pollution monitor: A pilot study
The Condition Index [(dry meat weight)(100)/(internal cavity volume)] has been analyzed and compared in the American oyster, Crassostrea virginica ,...