Marine Biodiversity

Chapter 1 The relationship between phytoplankton diversity and community function in a coastal lagoon

Chapter 2 Ascendency as ecological indicator for environmental quality assessment at the ecosystem level: a case study

Chapter 3 Phytoplankton seasonality in a highly stratified karstic estuary (Krka, Adriatic Sea)

Chapter 4 Factors controlling phytoplankton blooms in a temperate estuary: nutrient limitation and physical forcing

Chapter 5 The near-bottom layer as an ecological boundary in marine ecosystems: diversity, taxonomic composition and community definitions

Chapter 6 Seasonal and spatial patterns of distribution of subtidal benthic invertebrate communities in the Mondego River, Portugal — a poikilohaline estuary

Chapter 7 Benthic ecology of semi-natural coastal lagoons, in the Ria Formosa (Southern Portugal), exposed to different water renewal regimes

Chapter 8 Inter-annual variability of soft bottom macrofaunal communities in two Ionian Sea lagoons

Chapter 9 Spatial patterns of benthic macroinvertebrates in intertidal areas of a Southern European estuary: the Tagus, Portugal

Chapter 10 Structure and dynamics of a benthic invertebrate community in an intertidal area of the tagus estuary, western portugal: a six year data series

Chapter 11 Spatial and environmental factors affecting the distribution of the main decapod crustacean prey species in the NW Mediterranean

Chapter 12 Probing diversity in the plankton: using patterns in Tintinnids (planktonic marine ciliates) to identify mechanisms

Chapter 13 Fish assemblages in different shallow water habitats of the Venice Lagoon

Chapter 14 The effect of zostera noltii, spartina maritima and scirpus maritimus on sediment pore-water profiles in a temperate intertidal estuary

Chapter 15 Biogeographic patterns of intertidal macroinvertebrates and their association with macroalgae distribution along the Portuguese coast

Chapter 16 Seasonal variations of cystoseira barbata (stackhouse) C. Agardh frond architecture

Chapter 17 Epifaunal inventory of two shipwrecks from the Belgian Continental Shelf

Chapter 18 Using asymmetrical designs for environmental impact assessment of unplanned disturbances

Chapter 19 Mass mortality of coral reef ascidians following the 1997/1998 El NiñO event

Chapter 20 Changes in the range of some common rocky shore species In Britain — A Response To Climate Change?

Chapter 21 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)

Chapter 22 The colonisation of human-made structures by the invasive alga Codium fragile ssp. tomentosoides in the north Adriatic Sea (Ne Mediterranean)

Chapter 23 Immediate effects of experimental human trampling on mid-upper intertidal benthic invertebrates at the Asinara Island MPA (NW Mediterranean)

Chapter 24 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

Chapter 25 Environmental effects of marine fish pond culture in the Ria Formosa (Southern Portugal)

Chapter 26 Time-series evolution of toxic organisms and related environmental factors in a brackish ecosystem of the Mediterranean Sea

Chapter 27 Assessing the sensitivity of seabed species and biotopes — the Marine Life Information Network ( MarLIN )

Chapter 28 Characterisation of the European Marine Sites in South West England: the Fal and Helford candidate Special Area of Conservation (cSAC)

Chapter 29 Macrobenthic colonisation of artificial reefs on the southern coast of Portugal (Ancão, Algarve)

Chapter 30 The benthic impacts of the Loch Linnhe Artificial Reef