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Contents
14.8
Conclusions
References
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15.1
15.2
15.3
15.4
15.5
15.6
15.7
15.8
15.9
Population Dynamics of Benthic Species on Tidal Flats:
the Possible Roles of Shorebird Predation . . . . . . . .
J. van der Meer, T. Piersma, J.J. Beukema
Introduction
Production -Consumption Comparisons
The Balgzand Area: a Long-Term Study
Long-Term Variability in Production
and Consumption at the Balgzand
. . . . . .
Density-Dependent Survival? . . . . . . . . . .
Recruitment and the Regulation of Populations
The Scale of Population Studies
Exclosure Experiments
Conclusions
References
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16.1
16.2
16.2.1
16.2.2
16.3
16.3.1
16.3.2
16.4
16.5
Experimental Approaches to Integrating Production,
Structure and Dynamics in Sediment Communities
D. Raffaelli, M. Emmerson
Introduction
Effects of Production Subsidies on Food Chain Dynamics
Effects of Subsidised Primary Producers
Effects of Subsidised Predators . . . . .
Production and Body-Size Distributions
Constraint Space Plots . . .
Biomass Size Spectra . . . .
Production and Biodiversity
Conclusions
References
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