Marine Biodiversity: Patterns and Processes, Assessment, Threats, Management and Conservation

Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Biogeographic patterns of intertidal macroinvertebrates and their association with macroalgae distribution along the Portuguese coast....Pages 185-192
Seasonal variations of cystoseira barbata (stackhouse) C. Agardh frond architecture....Pages 193-206
Epifaunal inventory of two shipwrecks from the Belgian Continental Shelf....Pages 207-219
The relationship between phytoplankton diversity and community function in a coastal lagoon....Pages 3-18
Ascendency as ecological indicator for environmental quality assessment at the ecosystem level: a case study....Pages 19-30
Phytoplankton seasonality in a highly stratified karstic estuary (Krka, Adriatic Sea)....Pages 31-40
Factors controlling phytoplankton blooms in a temperate estuary: nutrient limitation and physical forcing....Pages 41-48
The near-bottom layer as an ecological boundary in marine ecosystems: diversity, taxonomic composition and community definitions....Pages 49-58
Seasonal and spatial patterns of distribution of subtidal benthic invertebrate communities in the Mondego River, Portugal — a poikilohaline estuary....Pages 59-74
Benthic ecology of semi-natural coastal lagoons, in the Ria Formosa (Southern Portugal), exposed to different water renewal regimes....Pages 75-87
Inter-annual variability of soft bottom macrofaunal communities in two Ionian Sea lagoons....Pages 89-98
Spatial patterns of benthic macroinvertebrates in intertidal areas of a Southern European estuary: the Tagus, Portugal....Pages 99-113
Structure and dynamics of a benthic invertebrate community in an intertidal area of the tagus estuary, western portugal: a six year data series....Pages 115-128
Spatial and environmental factors affecting the distribution of the main decapod crustacean prey species in the NW Mediterranean....Pages 129-141
Probing diversity in the plankton: using patterns in Tintinnids (planktonic marine ciliates) to identify mechanisms....Pages 143-157
Fish assemblages in different shallow water habitats of the Venice Lagoon....Pages 159-174
The effect of zostera noltii, spartina maritima and scirpus maritimus on sediment pore-water profiles in a temperate intertidal estuary....Pages 175-183
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Using asymmetrical designs for environmental impact assessment of unplanned disturbances....Pages 223-227
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Mass mortality of coral reef ascidians following the 1997/1998 El NiñO event....Pages 231-240
Changes in the range of some common rocky shore species In Britain — A Response To Climate Change?....Pages 241-251
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Effects of dredging activities on population dynamics of Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile in the Mediterranean sea: the case study of Capo Feto (SW Sicily, Italy)....Pages 253-261
The colonisation of human-made structures by the invasive alga Codium fragile ssp. tomentosoides in the north Adriatic Sea (Ne Mediterranean)....Pages 263-269
Immediate effects of experimental human trampling on mid-upper intertidal benthic invertebrates at the Asinara Island MPA (NW Mediterranean)....Pages 271-279
Imposex in Hexaplex trunculus at some sites on the North Mediterranean Coast as a base-line for future evaluation of the effectiveness of the total ban on organotin based antifouling paints....Pages 281-287
Environmental effects of marine fish pond culture in the Ria Formosa (Southern Portugal)....Pages 289-297
Time-series evolution of toxic organisms and related environmental factors in a brackish ecosystem of the Mediterranean Sea....Pages 299-305
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Assessing the sensitivity of seabed species and biotopes — the Marine Life Information Network ( MarLIN )....Pages 309-320
Characterisation of the European Marine Sites in South West England: the Fal and Helford candidate Special Area of Conservation (cSAC)....Pages 321-333
Macrobenthic colonisation of artificial reefs on the southern coast of Portugal (Ancão, Algarve)....Pages 335-343
The benthic impacts of the Loch Linnhe Artificial Reef....Pages 345-353