Rates and reactions of biogeochemical processes vary in space and time to produce both
hot spots and hot moments of elemental cycling. We define biogeochemical hot spots as …

Abstract The Chinese mitten crab Eriocheir sinensis is a native of freshwater and estuarine
habitats along the east coast of Asia. Invasive populations have existed in northern Europe …

Summary 1 In 1934, Adolf Remane constructed a diagram to describe changes in the
number of species along a full salinity gradient within the Baltic. Despite fundamental …

Heavy metal contamination levels are generally higher in estuaries than in the open sea.
Some estuaries, the Seine estuary for example, have particularly high pollution levels of …

The North Sea is a semi-enclosed, epi-continental large marine ecosystem (LME) in
northern Europe. It is relatively shallow (average depth 90 m), extending north to the …

This study deals with the spatial distribution of macrobenthic communities (biomass and
abundance) in the Rı́o de la Plata estuary, Argentina–Uruguay, and the adjacent shelf …

In order to develop management strategies for sustainable use and conservation in the
marine environment, reliable and meaningful, but integrated ecological information is …

This major textbook provides a broad coverage of the ecological foundations of marine
conservation, including the rationale, importance and practicalities of various approaches to …

Variations in abundance and diversity of estuarine benthic macrofauna are typically
described along the salinity gradient. The influence of gradients in water depth …

Jim Green 1.1 THE THAMES ESTUARY: A PERSONAL VIEW For almost 50 years I have
lived close to the Thames estuary (Figure 1.1). In the early 1950s, from our flat in Pimlico, we …