North Sea—Estuaries Interactions: Proceedings of the 18th EBSA Symposium held in Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K., 29th August to 2nd September, 1988

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
The nature of outflows from the north-east estuaries....Pages 1-11
Effects of tide range alterations on salt marsh sediments in the Eastern Scheldt, S. W. Netherlands....Pages 13-20
The phosphorus budget of the Marsdiep tidal basin (Dutch Wadden Sea) in the period 1950–1985: importance of the exchange with the North Sea....Pages 21-38
Effects of changes in turbidity and phosphate influx on the ecosystem of the Ems estuary as obtained by a computer simulation model....Pages 39-47
Response of the Dutch Wadden Sea ecosystem to phosphorus discharges from the River Rhine....Pages 49-62
Long-term studies of the benthic biology of Tees bay and the Tees estuary....Pages 63-78
Year-class strength regulation in plaice ( Pleuronectes platessa L.) on the Swedish west coast....Pages 79-88
The Forth estuary: a nursery and overwintering area for North Sea fishes....Pages 89-103
Cadmium and copper accumulation in the common mussel Mytilus edulis in the Western Scheldt estuary: a model approach....Pages 105-118
 Enteromorpha as a monitor of heavy metals in estuaries....Pages 119-126
Humber estuary — a case study....Pages 127-143
The conservation of British North Sea estuaries....Pages 145-162
Phytoplankton primary production and nutrients in the Oosterschelde (The Netherlands) during the pre-barrier period 1980–1984....Pages 163-177
Average annual growth and condition of mussels as a function of food source....Pages 179-188
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....Pages 189-200
Oosterschelde estuary (S.W. Netherlands): a self-sustaining ecosystem?....Pages 201-215
North Sea-Estuaries Interactions A sense of the meeting....Pages 217-221