Sandy Beaches as Ecosystems: Based on the Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Sandy Beaches, held in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, 17–21 January 1983

Front Matter....Pages I-VIII
Introduction....Pages 1-1
Front Matter....Pages 3-3
Physical Aspects of Sandy Beaches — A Review....Pages 5-44
Sediment Reworking on Sandy Beaches....Pages 45-61
Beach Changes on Coasts with Different Wave Climates....Pages 63-85
Provenance of Beach Sediments in South-Eastern Australia....Pages 87-95
Properties of Logarithmic Spiral Beaches with Particular Reference to Algoa Bay....Pages 97-113
Beach and Nearshore Habitats as a Function of Internal Geometry, Primary Sedimentary Structures and Grain Size....Pages 115-132
Physical Variability of Sandy Beaches....Pages 133-144
Sediments and Structures in Beach-Nearshore Environments, South East Australia....Pages 145-155
A Theoretical Model of Surf Zone Circulation and Diatom Growth....Pages 157-167
Holocene Coastal Development in the NW Part of the Netherlands....Pages 169-175
Wave-Generated Water Flow through a Porous Sea Bed....Pages 177-189
Sedimentary Aspects of the Mvumase Project....Pages 191-197
Physical Aspects of Sandy Beaches — Workshop Report....Pages 199-200
Front Matter....Pages 201-201
The Chemistry of Sandy Beach Ecosystems — A Review....Pages 203-224
Nutrient Cycling in Sandy Beaches....Pages 225-233
The Effect of Meiofauna and Bacteria on Nutrient Cycles in Sandy Beaches....Pages 235-247
Carbon Flow and Nutrient Regeneration from the Decomposition of Macrophyte Debris in a Sandy Beach Microcosm....Pages 249-262
The Sandy Beach Area of Kiel Fjord and Kiel Bight (Western Baltic Sea) — A Structural Analysis of a Shallow Water Ecosystem....Pages 263-270
Fouling of the Sandy Beaches of Nahant Bay (Massachusetts, USA) by an Abnormal Free-Living Form of the Macroalga Pilayella Littoralis (Phaeophyta). I. Habitat Characteristics....Pages 271-284
Front Matter....Pages 201-201
Fouling of the Sandy Beaches of Nahant Bay (Massachusetts, USA) by an Abnormal Free-Living Form of the Macroalga Pilayella Littoralis (L.) Kjellm. (Phaeophyta). II. Population Characteristics....Pages 285-295
Effects of Fresh Water and of Pollution from a Marine Oil Refinery on the Fauna of a Sandy Beach....Pages 297-301
 Donax Serra and Bullia Rhodostoma : Possible Bioindicators of Trace Metal Pollution of Sandy Beaches, with Particular Reference to the South-Eastern Cape....Pages 303-314
Sandy Beaches as Ecosystems : Chemical Aspects — Workshop Report....Pages 315-317
Front Matter....Pages 319-319
Sandy Beach Ecology — A Review....Pages 321-380
The Role of Phytoplankton in Surf Ecosystems....Pages 381-389
Factors Affecting the Distribution of Organisms in the Intertidal Zones of Sandy Beaches....Pages 391-403
Dynamic Zonation of Staphylinoid Beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinoidea) on a Sandy Beach in East Africa....Pages 405-412
A Preliminary Account of the Ecology of Sandy Beaches in Southern Brazil....Pages 413-419
Selective Microhabitat Colonization by Interstitial Meiofauna as a Function of Grain Size....Pages 421-431
Two Graphical Display Methods for Ecological Data Matrices....Pages 433-439
Ecological Characteristics of Sandy Beaches in the Southern California Bight....Pages 441-447
Ecology of Beach and Surf-Zone Mysid Shrimps in the Eastern Cape, South Africa....Pages 449-460
Community Structure of Intertidal Sandy Beaches in New South Wales, Australia....Pages 461-472
The Species-Area Relationship on a Sandy Beach....Pages 473-479
Interactions Between Coastal Plankton and Sand Mussels along the Cape Coast, South Africa....Pages 481-500
The Impact of Surf-Zone Fish Communities on Faunal Assemblages Associated with Sandy Beaches....Pages 501-506
Ecological Structure and Energy Requirements of the Sandy Beach Avifauna of Southern Africa....Pages 507-521
Sub-Tidal Sandy Beach Trophic Structure in the Area of Punta Moron, Venezuela....Pages 523-528
Food Web in the Surf Zone of an Exposed Sandy Beach along the Mid-Atlantic Coast of the United States....Pages 529-538
Front Matter....Pages 319-319
The Ecology of Sandy Beaches in the Eastern Cape, South Africa....Pages 539-546
Kelp Wrack and the Flow of Energy through a Sandy Beach Ecosystem....Pages 547-556
The Fauna Associated with Kelp Stranded on a Sandy Beach....Pages 557-568
Sandy Beach Ecology — Workshop Report....Pages 569-572
Front Matter....Pages 573-573
The Ecophysiology of Sandy Beach Animals — A Partial Review....Pages 575-605
The Biology of the Genus Donax ....Pages 607-635
Consumption, Assimilation and Energy Balance in the Three-Spot Swimming Crab, Ovalipes Punctatus (de Haan) (Crustacea; Brachyura)....Pages 637-642
Population Ecology and Biology of Dotilla Sulcata (Crustacea, Ocypodidae) Typical for Sandy Beaches of the Red Sea....Pages 643-654
Ecology of the Sandy Beach Gastropod Mazatlania Aciculata in Quizandal (Carabobo, Venezuela)....Pages 655-660
Production Ecology of Haustorius Canadensis (Amphipoda: Haustoriidae) in Southern Maine....Pages 661-667
Behavioural and Physiological Responses of a Burrowing Bivalve to Stress....Pages 669-673
Some Aspects of the Ecophysiology of Scaevola Thunbergii , a Subtropical Coastal Dune Pioneer....Pages 675-685
Energetic Values in Interstitial Isopods and Amphipods from Sandy Beaches as a Function of Body Size and Season (Western Mediterranean)....Pages 687-692
A Synopsis of Community Respiration Studies on Exposed Sandy Beaches....Pages 693-698
Sandy Beach Ecophysiology — Workshop Report....Pages 699-700
Management of Sandy Coastlines — Report on Review and Workshop....Pages 703-708
Factors Influencing Beach Erosion and Accretion: A Global Review....Pages 709-717
Accidental Formation and Subsequent Disappearance of a Contaminated Beach....Pages 719-726
Monitoring Beach and Dune Advancement and Vegetation Changes 1937 — 1977 at the Farm Twinstreams, Mtunzini, Natal, South Africa....Pages 727-732
Management for Survival — A Review of the Plant Ecology and Protection of the ‘Machair’ Beaches of North-West Scotland....Pages 733-740
Front Matter....Pages 741-741
MUD Accumulation of a Microtidal Open Ocean Beach....Pages 743-744
Beach and River-Mouth Processes, Natal Coast, South Africa....Pages 744-745
Beach Barrier Sedimentation, Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana....Pages 745-746
Bacteria-Meiofauna Relationships in a Subantartic Sand Beach (Kerguelen)....Pages 746-747
Community Structure of Ichthyoplankton Off Sandy Beaches in Algoa Bay, South Africa....Pages 747-747
Features of Some Sandy Estuary Systems....Pages 747-748
Variation in Sanderling Flock Size and Structure on a Southwest Cape Sandy Beach....Pages 748-749
The Importance of Non-Teleost Fishes (Elasmobranchs) in the Surf Zone with Special Reference to Rhinobatos annulatus ....Pages 749-749
Artificial Sandy Beaches and Environmental Impacts due to Dumping of Copper Mine Tailings at Chanaral Area, Chile....Pages 749-750
Preliminary Investigation of Surf Zone Phytoplankton Blooms Occurring Off the Sundays River Beach in Algoa Bay....Pages 750-750
Factors Influencing the Discontinuous Distribution of the Lugworm - Arenicola marina (L.) - on the Beach of the North Sea (Belgium)....Pages 751-751
Ecophysiologycal Aspects of the Genus Donax l. Environmental Factors Correlated with Absolute and Relative Densities....Pages 751-752
Ecophysiologycal Aspects of the Genus Donax II. Filtration Rate in Donax denticulatus L.....Pages 752-752
The Gamtoos - An Example of Beach/Estuary Interaction....Pages 753-753
The Implications of Resource Partitioning for the Structure of a Sand-Beach Meiofauna Community....Pages 753-754
Dune: A Geobotanical Model of Foredune Development....Pages 754-755
Some Aspects of Driftsand Reclamation in the Republic of South Africa....Pages 755-756
The Sandy Haifa Acre Plain as a Typical Phyto-Ecosystem of Israel’s Coast....Pages 756-757