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Estuaries end coasts: spatial and temporal intercomparisons

Physical processes and remote sensing
– The use of Passega’s CM pattern in estuarine tidal flats (baie de Somme, Seine estuary, baie des Veys, the Channel, France)
– Recherches biosédimentaires sur la zone maritime de l’estuaire du Tage, Portugal : données préliminaires
– Sediment supply from solid geology cliffs into the intertidal zone of the Severn estuary/Inner Bristol Channel, UK
– Spatial and temporal variations in intertidal zone sediment properties in the Severn estuary, UK
– Particle fall velocities and related variables in the Tamar estuary
– Spatial and temporal turbulence characteristics in the Tamar estuary
– The nature of near-bed currents in the upper reaches of an estuary
– The dynamics of the tide excursion in the Mira estuary (Vila Nova de Milfontes, Portugal) – A lagrangian approach
– Comparaison de la dynamique du matériel en suspension dans les eaux côtières de la Manche orientale et de la baie méridionale de la mer du Nord
– Utilisation de l’imagerie satellitaire pour les comparaisons spatiales et temporelles en zone intertidale
– Remote sensing and geo-ecological studies of the Danish Wadden Sea – Classification and mapping of landscape elements in a tidal area by means of remote sensing, Spot images : a preliminary report
Plankton and microorganisms, nutrients, primary production and macrophytes
– The occurrence and behaviour of different forms of phosphorus in the waters of four English estuaries
– Eutrophication of the North Sea: the relation between Rhine river discharge and chlorophyll-a concentration in Dutch coastal waters
– Annual variations in river flow and primary production in the South San Francisco bay estuary (USA)
– A comparative study of hydrography and seston in five estuarine systems of the Basque Country
– Indications of salinity stress in phytoplankton communities from different brackish-water habitats
– A comparison of the distribution of heterotrophic nitrogen-fixing bacteria in coastal waters of Morecambe bay, UK, the Ligurian Sea, France, the bay of Naples, Italy, and the Pacific Ocean, Hawaii, USA
– Les marées vertes à ulves : conditions nécessaires, évolution et comparaion de sites
– Variations de la végétation benthique algale dans l’estuaire de la Seine pendant la période 1978-1988
– Étude des populations de Sargassum muticum (Yendo) Fensholt sur les côtes de Basse-Normandie (France)
– Spatial and temporal variation in peak standing crop of European tidal marshes
Intertidal faunal dynamics
– Studies on natural and anthropogenic influences on macrofauna of sandy shores at four sites in Okney over a 15-year period
– Évolution à long terme des sédiments intertidaux et des biocénoses macrozoobenthiques en baie des Veys (baie de la Seine occidentale) depuis 1969
– A population of Macoma balthica (L.) studied over 16 years in the Humber estuary
– Dynamique des populations de Macoma balthica (L.) dans les estuaires du nord-ouest de l’Europe : première synthèse
– Population dynamics of the bivalve mollusc Scrobicularia plana da Costa: comparisons in time and space
– A comparison of the population dynamics of the cockle (Cerastoderma edule L.) in Norht-Western Europe
– History and ecology of mussel beds (Mytilus edulis L.) in the catchment area of a Wadden Sea tidal inlet
– The influence of freshwater runoff on the population density of juvenile Arenicola marina L. (Polycaheta)
– Resettlement of benthic fauna in land reclamation areas after severe anthropogenic disturbance
– Baie des Vays and baie de Somme (English Channel): comparison of two macrotidal ecosystems
– Macrofauna in mud and sand of tropical and temperate tidal flats
Sutidal benthos and fouling communities
– Indications of temporal variability in the benthos of Liverpool Bay
– A comparison of the macrobenthic distribution and community structure between two estuaries in SW Netherlands
– The variabilityand prediction of marine benthic community parameters
– Structure of soft-bottom macrobenthos in shallow areas of the Caribbean coast of Colombia: introducing a new analysis strategy
– Macrozoobenthos in two shallow areas of the Peruvian upwelling ecosystem
– Colonisation and natural changes in a newly established artificial reef in gulf waters
– Spatio-temporal comparisons of the development of fouling communities in the Loire estuary (France)
– Balanus improvisus in British estuaries: gene-flow and recolonisation
Trophic relationships, predator-prey interactions and fishes
– Spatial and temporal patterns in the fish communities in two UK North Sea estuaries
– Annual differences in the fish assemblage of the non-estuarine Sulaibikhat Bay, Kuwait
– Fish usage and feeding in two industrialised estuaries: the Tagus, Portugal, and the Forth, Scotland
– The interaction of benthic macrofauna and birds in tidal flat estuaries: a comparison of the Banc d’Arguin, Mauritania, and some estuaries in the Netherlands
– Long-term changes in nutrient loads and primary and secondary producers in the Dutch Wadden Sea
Man’s impact – Contamination and engibeering works
– A comparison of the pollution status of twelve Irish and French estuaries
– Temporal changes in trace metal levels in the polychaete Nereis diversicolor O.F. Müller from two British estuaries with contrasting sedimentary metal concentrations
– Variation of arsenic and iron concentrations in the intertidal sediment, Hediste (Nereis) diversicolor and Fucus vesiculosus from the Humber estaury, UK, during a two-year period
– Factors controlling the spatial and temporal variability of trace metal concentrations in Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin)
– Le Mussel-Watch français : résultats acquis sur les moules et les huîtres du littoral de la France – Exploitation de ces résultats dans le cas particulier de l’estuaire de la Seine
– Effets à long terme (1978-1988) de la pollution de l’Amoco Cadiz sur la production de deux peuplements subtidaux de sédiment fins de la baie de Morlaix (Manche occidentale)
– The Westerschelde: interaction between eutrophication and chemical pollution?
– Abiotic characteristics and phytoplankton primary production in relation to a large-scale coastal engineering project in the Oosterschelde (The Netherlands): a preliminary evaluation
– Changes in the Oosterschelde ecosystem induced by the Delta works
Concluding paper
– The future direction of studies on spatial and temporal comparisons of coasts and estuaries