North Sea-Estuaries Interactions

Proceedings of the 18th EBSA Symposium held in Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K., 29th August to 2nd September 1988

Proceedings of the 18th EBSA Symposium held in Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K., 29th August to 2nd September 1988

The nature of outflows from the north-east estuaries.- Effects of tide range alterations on salt marsh sediments in the Eastern Scheldt, S.W. Netherlands.- The phosphorus budget of the Marsdiep Tidal Basin (Dutch Wadden Sea) in the period 1950-1985: importance of the exchange with the North Sea.- Effects of changes in turbidity and phospate influx on the ecosystem of the Ems estuary as obtained by a computer simulation model.- Response of the Dutch Wadden Sea ecosystem to phosphorus discharges from the River Rhine.- Long-term studies of the benthic biology of Tees Bay and Tees estuary.- Year-class strength regulation in plaice (Pleuronectes platessa L.) on the Swedish west coast.- The Forth estuary: a nursery and overwintering area for North Sea fishes.- Case studies and estuary characteristics: Cadmium and copper accumulation in the common mussel Mytilus edulis in the Western Scheldt estuary: a model approach.- Enteromorpha as a monitor of heavy metals in estuaries.- Humber estuary - a case study.- The conservation of British North Sea estuaries.- Phytoplankton primary production and nutrients in the Oosterschelde (The Netherlands) during the pre-barrier period 1980-1984.- Average annual growth and condition of mussels as a function of food source.- Flora and fauna of the sublittoral hard substrata in the Oosterschelde (The Netherlands) - interactions with the North Sea and the influence of a storm surge barrier.- Oosterschelde estuary (S.W. Netherlands): a self-sustaining ecosystem?.- Concluding paper: North Sea-estuaries interactions - a sense of the meeting.