Interactions and Adaptation Strategies of Marine Organisms: Proceedings of the 31st European Marine Biology Symposium, held in St. Petersburg, Russia, 9–13 September 1996

Front Matter....Pages i-vii
The importance of juveniles in structuring a littoral macrobenthic community....Pages 1-9
Epibenthic predation in marine soft-bottoms: being small and how to get away with it....Pages 11-19
Abundance, feeding behaviour and nematocysts of scyphopolyps (Cnidaria) and nematocysts in their predator, the nudibranch Coryphella verrucosa (Mollusca)....Pages 21-28
The importance of intraspecific competition in a Littorina littorea population in the Wadden Sea....Pages 29-39
Occurrence of epifauna on the periwinkle, Littorina littorea (L.), and interactions with the polychaete Polydora ciliata (Johnston)....Pages 41-47
Effects of epibiosis on consumer-prey interactions....Pages 49-59
Parasites on an intertidal Corophium -bed: factors determining the phenology of microphallid trematodes in the intermediate host populations of the mud-snail Hydrobia ulvae and the amphipod Corophium volutator ....Pages 61-70
The association between the caprellid Pariambus typicus Krøyer (Crustacea, Amphipoda) and ophiuroids....Pages 71-76
Chemically-mediated interactions in benthic organisms: the chemical ecology of Crambe crambe (Porifera, Poecilosclerida)....Pages 77-89
Fauna associated with detached kelp in different types of subtidal habitats of the White Sea....Pages 91-100
Soft-bottom macro invertebrate fauna of North Norwegian coastal waters with particular reference to sill-basins. Part one: Bottom topography and species diversity....Pages 101-113
Mechanisms of salinity adaptations in marine molluscs....Pages 115-126
Sensitivity to stress in the bivalve Macoma balthica from the most northern (Arctic) to the most southern (French) populations: low sensitivity in Arctic populations because of genetic adaptations?....Pages 127-138
Defenses against oxidative stress in the Antarctic scallop Adamussium colbecki and effects of acute exposure to metals....Pages 139-144
A new species of Hyalopomatus (Serpulidae: Polychaeta) which lacks an operculum: is this an adaptation to low oxygen?....Pages 145-151
Adaptation capabilities of marine modular organisms....Pages 153-158
Morphological convergence of resting stages of planktonic organisms: a review....Pages 159-164