380
C/N ratio 218
callianassid crustaceans l32
Carlingford Lough 19,27-28
castings l30
Chesapeake Bay 18-19,28-30
Chilean coast 64
chlorophyll a 81
ciliary mucoid mechanism 76
clams solitary 27
clearance rate 14, 28
- time 17,29
Clements green Creek 176
coastal squeeze 174,189
Cockburn Sound 20,25
cohesive particles 108
- sediment 108, 115, 180, 362
community dynamics 338
structure 46, 199
competition 289
- intraspecific 152
competitive exclusion 289
constraint space 344-345
consumer-resource dynamics 340341
consumption 317,322
- production ratio 317,324
conveyer-belt species 134
Costa Rica 269
current scouring l35
- velocity 27
Cyanobacteria 107,180
Dean's parameter 61
Delaware Bay 19,28-29,30
density dependence 319,328
- maximum 14
density-governing mechanisms 152
depletion 17
deposit feeder 4, 129, 133,276,284,286,
289,360,363,369-370
- subsurface 73
deposit-feeding 73, 78-79, 83, 246, 362,
366
- behaviour 90, 92
- surface 73,77,79,85, 90
detrital pathway 201
detritivores 214
detritus 220,245,248-249
- feeder 73
- cycle 271
Subject Index
diatom 107,139 see Bacillariophyceae
- migration 116
diffusion model 89
direct interception 80
disturbance 297,367,369
diurnal migration 202
diversity 348, 350 see biodiversity, species diversity
- of microphytobenthos 116
ducks 138
dugongs 138
earthworm 130
East Atlantic Flyway 255-256
East Pacific Barrier 275
ecological quality of habitats 202
- roles 286-287,289
ecosystem engineers 12,283,290
- health 309
eddy diffusion 110
edges 42
eelgrass 213 see seagrass
effective fetch 217
Ellis Fjord 20
encrustations 24,27
energy density 321
- flow 248-249,338-339
environmental conditions 278
- energy 127
epifauna, mobile 219
epipelon 113
epiphyte 220
- production 203
epiphytic algae 200
epipsammic 114
epipsammon 113
erosion 173,175,183,185-189,190,204
estuarine system 158
eustatic SLR 174
eutrophication 5, 364, 368
evolution 29
exclosure experiments 329
exopolymers 139
experimental manipulative approach
338-339
exploitation 5
Extracellular Polymeric Substances
(EPS) 108,111,118
C/N ratio 218
callianassid crustaceans l32
Carlingford Lough 19,27-28
castings l30
Chesapeake Bay 18-19,28-30
Chilean coast 64
chlorophyll a 81
ciliary mucoid mechanism 76
clams solitary 27
clearance rate 14, 28
- time 17,29
Clements green Creek 176
coastal squeeze 174,189
Cockburn Sound 20,25
cohesive particles 108
- sediment 108, 115, 180, 362
community dynamics 338
structure 46, 199
competition 289
- intraspecific 152
competitive exclusion 289
constraint space 344-345
consumer-resource dynamics 340341
consumption 317,322
- production ratio 317,324
conveyer-belt species 134
Costa Rica 269
current scouring l35
- velocity 27
Cyanobacteria 107,180
Dean's parameter 61
Delaware Bay 19,28-29,30
density dependence 319,328
- maximum 14
density-governing mechanisms 152
depletion 17
deposit feeder 4, 129, 133,276,284,286,
289,360,363,369-370
- subsurface 73
deposit-feeding 73, 78-79, 83, 246, 362,
366
- behaviour 90, 92
- surface 73,77,79,85, 90
detrital pathway 201
detritivores 214
detritus 220,245,248-249
- feeder 73
- cycle 271
Subject Index
diatom 107,139 see Bacillariophyceae
- migration 116
diffusion model 89
direct interception 80
disturbance 297,367,369
diurnal migration 202
diversity 348, 350 see biodiversity, species diversity
- of microphytobenthos 116
ducks 138
dugongs 138
earthworm 130
East Atlantic Flyway 255-256
East Pacific Barrier 275
ecological quality of habitats 202
- roles 286-287,289
ecosystem engineers 12,283,290
- health 309
eddy diffusion 110
edges 42
eelgrass 213 see seagrass
effective fetch 217
Ellis Fjord 20
encrustations 24,27
energy density 321
- flow 248-249,338-339
environmental conditions 278
- energy 127
epifauna, mobile 219
epipelon 113
epiphyte 220
- production 203
epiphytic algae 200
epipsammic 114
epipsammon 113
erosion 173,175,183,185-189,190,204
estuarine system 158
eustatic SLR 174
eutrophication 5, 364, 368
evolution 29
exclosure experiments 329
exopolymers 139
experimental manipulative approach
338-339
exploitation 5
Extracellular Polymeric Substances
(EPS) 108,111,118