Long-Term Changes in Coastal Benthic Communities: Proceedings of a Symposium, held in Brussels, Belgium, December 9–12,1985

Front Matter....Pages I-XVI
Latitudinal trends in reproduction, recruitment and population characteristics of some rocky littoral molluscs and cirripedes....Pages 1-13
Temporal and spatial patterns in the recruitment of Gibbula umbilicalis ....Pages 15-22
Preliminary observations on Gibbula umbilicalis (da Costa, 1778) on the Portuguese coast....Pages 23-30
Preliminary studies on the reproduction and population dynamics of Monodonta lineata and Gibbula umbilicalis (Mollusca, Gastropoda) on the central coast of Asturias (N. Spain)....Pages 31-39
Geographical variation in the breeding cycles and recruitment of Patella spp.....Pages 41-56
Aspects of the ecology of Patella spp. on the Portuguese coast....Pages 57-69
Comparative trends and ecological patterns of rocky subtidal communities in the Swedish and Norwegian Skagerrak area....Pages 71-80
Long-term trends in algal-dominated rocky subtidal communities on the Swedish west coast - a transitional system?....Pages 81-95
Rocky subtidal assemblages on the west coast of Ireland....Pages 97-111
Long term changes in the benthic communities of Loch Linnhe and Loch Eil (Scotland)....Pages 113-119
Long-term studies at a benthic station off the coast of Northumberland....Pages 121-127
Changes of the macrozoobenthos at 3 monitoring stations in the western Baltic Sea and the Sound....Pages 129-135
Temporal changes of community structure and biomass in two subtidal macroinfaunal assemblages in La Coruña bay, NW Spain....Pages 137-150
Demographic equilibrium: The case of an Amphiura filiformis assemblage on the west coast of Ireland....Pages 151-158
Modifications des écosystèmes des vasières cotières du sud-Bretagne....Pages 159-170
Variations à long-terme (1977–1985) du peuplement des sables fins de la Pierre Noire (baie de Morlaix, Manche occidentale): analyse statistique de révolution structural....Pages 171-186
Suivi pluriannuel du peuplement à Abra alba dans la partie méridionale de la Mer du Nord (région de Dunkerque-France)....Pages 187-197
Common patterns in the fluctuations of macrozoobenthic species living at different places on tidal flats in the Wadden Sea....Pages 199-207
Long-term changes in intertidal flat macrozoobenthos as an indicator of stress by organic pollution....Pages 209-215
Long-term studies of macrozoobenthos in intertidal and shallow subtidal habitats near the island of Norderney (East Frisian coast, Germany)....Pages 217-232
Recruitment and year-to-year variability in a population of Macoma balthica (L.)....Pages 233-248
Fluctuations naturelles et évolution artificielle des biocénoses macrozoobenthiques intertidales de trois estuaires des côtes françaises de la Manche....Pages 249-270
Long-term variability of meiobenthos: value, synopsis, hypothesis generation and predictive modelling....Pages 271-279
The predictability of biological populations and communities: an example from the meiobenthos....Pages 281-290
Interpreting long-term changes in benthic community structure: a new protocol....Pages 291-308
Environmental influences on long-term variability in marine plankton....Pages 309-325
Back Matter....Pages 326-340