382
Langebaan Lagoon 269
leaf age 204
- canopy 214,227
- fauna 220
life-history traits 331
light-deficit hypothesis 206
Loch Creran 20
long-term change 162
low-energy pump 84
lugworm 75,151
macroalgal mats 341 see green macroalgae
macrobenthic abundances 282
- animals 150
- assemblage 282
- communities 297
macroinfauna 62
see infaunal assemblage
macrophyte 338
managed realignment 173, 176, 178,
180,182-184,190
- retreat 176
mangrove 265
Marennes-Oleron 19,28-30
Marina da Gama 20, 28
Mauritanian Coast 255
meiofauna 346
mesocosms 18
meta-analysis 299,339
metabolic rate 321
micro-atoll 21
microbial mats 267
microphytobenthos 105,179-181,241,
244,362-363,365,369
microzooplankton 18
minimal scaling 84
mixed lawns 199
mixed-layer 131
mobility 302
Mont Saint-Michel Bay 20
morpho dynamic state 338
mortality-summation method 318,320
mucus filter-bag feeding 75
mud flat 184,246-247
- mounds 187
- residual 186
mussel 358-359, 365
- bed 18,39,246-247,266
- density manipulation 49
Narragansett Bay 19,28
near-bottom flow 51
Subject Index
- phytoplankton depletion 89
New Caledonia 269
New England 298
New Zealand 298
North Inlet 16,19,28
numeral response 328
nursery function 195
- grounds 159
nutrient 341
- enrichment 345
- cycle 11,248
NW-African upwelling area 258
oligochaete 47
omnivory 246, 248
Oosterschelde 19,28
opportunistic responses 302
Orplands 176
oystercatcher 320
oysters 358
palaearctic waders 256
particle-retention effiency 86
patches 42
patchy distribution 68
pattern and process 338
persistence stability 40
Peterson-Thorson communities 337
physical environment 168
phytoplankton 4,13,17,242,244-245,
357-358,360,365
phytoplankton-reduced near-bottom
water 89
pioneer vegetation 189,267
planktonic larvae 308
population abundances 67
- dynamics 160,319
porosity 11 0-111
power output 88
predation 42,89,288,361,365 see predator
predator 157,214,246,250,360,
367-368,371
predator-prey system 329
primary producers 341
production 317,321-323,338,340
- and biodiversity 347
Langebaan Lagoon 269
leaf age 204
- canopy 214,227
- fauna 220
life-history traits 331
light-deficit hypothesis 206
Loch Creran 20
long-term change 162
low-energy pump 84
lugworm 75,151
macroalgal mats 341 see green macroalgae
macrobenthic abundances 282
- animals 150
- assemblage 282
- communities 297
macroinfauna 62
see infaunal assemblage
macrophyte 338
managed realignment 173, 176, 178,
180,182-184,190
- retreat 176
mangrove 265
Marennes-Oleron 19,28-30
Marina da Gama 20, 28
Mauritanian Coast 255
meiofauna 346
mesocosms 18
meta-analysis 299,339
metabolic rate 321
micro-atoll 21
microbial mats 267
microphytobenthos 105,179-181,241,
244,362-363,365,369
microzooplankton 18
minimal scaling 84
mixed lawns 199
mixed-layer 131
mobility 302
Mont Saint-Michel Bay 20
morpho dynamic state 338
mortality-summation method 318,320
mucus filter-bag feeding 75
mud flat 184,246-247
- mounds 187
- residual 186
mussel 358-359, 365
- bed 18,39,246-247,266
- density manipulation 49
Narragansett Bay 19,28
near-bottom flow 51
Subject Index
- phytoplankton depletion 89
New Caledonia 269
New England 298
New Zealand 298
North Inlet 16,19,28
numeral response 328
nursery function 195
- grounds 159
nutrient 341
- enrichment 345
- cycle 11,248
NW-African upwelling area 258
oligochaete 47
omnivory 246, 248
Oosterschelde 19,28
opportunistic responses 302
Orplands 176
oystercatcher 320
oysters 358
palaearctic waders 256
particle-retention effiency 86
patches 42
patchy distribution 68
pattern and process 338
persistence stability 40
Peterson-Thorson communities 337
physical environment 168
phytoplankton 4,13,17,242,244-245,
357-358,360,365
phytoplankton-reduced near-bottom
water 89
pioneer vegetation 189,267
planktonic larvae 308
population abundances 67
- dynamics 160,319
porosity 11 0-111
power output 88
predation 42,89,288,361,365 see predator
predator 157,214,246,250,360,
367-368,371
predator-prey system 329
primary producers 341
production 317,321-323,338,340
- and biodiversity 347