Life at Interfaces and Under Extreme Conditions: Proceedings of the 33rd European Marine Biology Symposium, held at Wilhelmshaven, Germany, 7–11 September 1998

Front Matter....Pages i-vii
Organic matter diagenesis at the oxic/anoxic interface in coastal marine sediments, with emphasis on the role of burrowing animals....Pages 1-24
Variation in abundances of intertidal populations: consequences of extremities of environment....Pages 25-36
The influence of Corophium volutator abundance on resuspension....Pages 37-42
Preying at the edge of the sea: the nemertine Tetrastemma melanocephalum and its amphipod prey on high intertidal sandflats....Pages 43-55
Meiobenthos of hypersaline tropical mangrove sediment in relation to spring tide inundation....Pages 57-64
Spatial and temporal distribution of Myrophis punctatus (Ophichthidae) and associated fish fauna in a northern Brazilian intertidal mangrove forest....Pages 65-74
Variability of foraging in highshore habitats: dealing with unpredictability....Pages 75-87
Faecal pellet production by Arctic under-ice amphipods — transfer of organic matter through the ice/water interface....Pages 89-96
High abundance of Myriochele fragilis Nilsen & Holthe, 1985 (Polychaeta: Oweniidae) in the deep sea of the Eastern Mediterranean....Pages 97-103
The vertical distribution of Chthamalus montagui and Chthamalus stellatus (Crustacea, Cirripedia) in two areas of the NW Mediterranean Sea....Pages 105-112
First survey of sessile communities on subtidal rocks in an area with hydrothermal vents: Milos Island, Aegean Sea....Pages 113-121
Influence of temperature, oxygen and food availability on the migrational activity of bathyal benthic foraminifera: evidence by microcosm experiments....Pages 123-137
Main characteristics of the boundary layer macrofauna in the English Channel....Pages 139-156
The physiological response of Northern krill ( Meganyctiphanes norvegica) to temperature gradients in the Kattegat....Pages 157-160
Effects of salinity on larval and early juvenile growth of an extremely euryhaline crab species, Armases miersii (Decapoda: Grapsidae)....Pages 161-168
Does fluctuating salinity induce branching of Fucus vesiculosus ?....Pages 169-172
Fungal degradation of the thermoplastic polymer poly- ß -hydroxybutyric acid (PHB) under simulated deep sea pressure....Pages 173-183
Effect of continuous nutrient enrichment on microalgae colonizing hard substrates....Pages 185-192
Relevance of crustacean carapace wettability for fouling....Pages 193-201
Decline of the intertidal blue mussel ( Mytilus edulis ) stock at the coast of Lower Saxony (Wadden Sea) and influence of mussel fishery on the development of young mussel beds....Pages 203-210