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AcknowledRements
We thank all our colleagues who have contributed to the discussions about this
chapter. A reviewer has given valuable comments on an earlier draft, contributed
some substantial ideas to this chapter and provided literature relevant to the issues
discussed here. The project was funded by the German Bundesministerium fur
Bildung, Wissenschaft, Forschung und Technologie (BMBF) under grant number
03F0112 A and B. The responsibility for the contents of the publication rests with
the authors.
References
Admiraal W, Peleticr H (1979) Sulphide tolerance of benthic diatoms in relation to their distribution in an estuary. Br Phycol J 14: 185-196
Asmus R, Jensen MH, Murphy 0, Doerffer R (1998) EnergiefluB und trophischer Transfer im
Sylt-R0m0 Wattenmeer. In: Gatje C, Reise K (Eds) Okosystem Wattenmeer. Austausch-,
Transport- und Stoffumwandlungsprozesse. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York. pp 367391
Beukema JJ (1979) Biomass & species richness of the macrobenthic animals living on a tidal
nat area in the Dutch Wadden Sea: effects of a severe winter. Neth J Sea Res 13: 203-223
Beukema JJ (1985) Zoobenthos survival during severe winters on high and low tidal flats in the
Dutch Wadden Sea. In: Gray JS, Christensen ME. Marine Biology of Polar Regions and Effects of Stress on Marine Organisms. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. pp 351-361
Bcukema JJ, de Bruin W, Jansscn JJM (1978) Biomass and specics richness of the macrobenthic
animals living on the tidal flats of the Dutch Wadden Sea: long-term changes during a period
with mild winters. Neth J Sca Res 12: 58-77
Cadee GC (1990) Feeding traccs and bioturbation by birds on a tidal nat, Dutch Wadden Sea.
!chnos I: 22-30
Chcsson PL, Huntly N (1988) Community consequences of life-history traits in a variablc environment. Ann Zool Fcnn 25: 5-16
Cole J, Lovett G, Findlay S (Eds), (1991) Comparative analyses of ecosystcms. Springer, New
York
Conncll JH, Sousa WP (1983) On the evidence needed to judge ecological stability or persistence. Am Nat 121: 789--824
Costanza R, Kemp WM, Boynton WR (1993) Predictability, scale, and biodiversity in coastal
and estuarine ecosystems: implications for management. Ambia 22: 88-96
DeAngelis DL, White PS (1994) Ecosystems as products of spatially and temporally varying
driving forces, ecological processes, and landscapes: A theoretical perspective. In: Davies
SM, Ogdcn JC (Eds) Everglades. The Ecosystcm and its Restoration. Boca Raton, USA, St.
Lucie Press, p 9-27
Dorjes J (1978) Das Watt als Lebensraum. In: Reineck H-E (Ed) Das Watt. Ablagerungs- und
Lebensraum. Waldemar Kramer, Frankfurt, pp 107-143
Enright NJ, Lamont BB, Marsula R (1996) Canopy seed bank dynamics and optimum fire regime for the highly serotinous shrub, Banksia hookeriana. J Ecol 84: 9-17
Essink K, Tydeman p, de Koning F, Kleef HL (1989) On the adaptation of thc mussel Mylilus
edulis L. to different environmental suspended mattcr concentration. In: Klekoswksi RZ et a!.
(Eds) Proceedings of the 2]" EMBS. Polish Academy of Sciences - Institute of Oceanology,
Ossolineumn, Warsaw, p 41-51
Fenchel T (1992) What can ecologists learn from microbes: life beneath a square centimctre of
sediment surface. Funct Ecol 6: 499-507
Flemming BW, Nyandwi N (1994) Land reclamation as a cause of fine-grained sediment depletion in backbarrier tidal flats (Southern North Sea). Ncth J Aquat Ecol 28: 299-307
9 Stability Properlic, III the Waddcn Sea
AcknowledRements
We thank all our colleagues who have contributed to the discussions about this
chapter. A reviewer has given valuable comments on an earlier draft, contributed
some substantial ideas to this chapter and provided literature relevant to the issues
discussed here. The project was funded by the German Bundesministerium fur
Bildung, Wissenschaft, Forschung und Technologie (BMBF) under grant number
03F0112 A and B. The responsibility for the contents of the publication rests with
the authors.
References
Admiraal W, Peleticr H (1979) Sulphide tolerance of benthic diatoms in relation to their distribution in an estuary. Br Phycol J 14: 185-196
Asmus R, Jensen MH, Murphy 0, Doerffer R (1998) EnergiefluB und trophischer Transfer im
Sylt-R0m0 Wattenmeer. In: Gatje C, Reise K (Eds) Okosystem Wattenmeer. Austausch-,
Transport- und Stoffumwandlungsprozesse. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York. pp 367391
Beukema JJ (1979) Biomass & species richness of the macrobenthic animals living on a tidal
nat area in the Dutch Wadden Sea: effects of a severe winter. Neth J Sea Res 13: 203-223
Beukema JJ (1985) Zoobenthos survival during severe winters on high and low tidal flats in the
Dutch Wadden Sea. In: Gray JS, Christensen ME. Marine Biology of Polar Regions and Effects of Stress on Marine Organisms. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. pp 351-361
Bcukema JJ, de Bruin W, Jansscn JJM (1978) Biomass and specics richness of the macrobenthic
animals living on the tidal flats of the Dutch Wadden Sea: long-term changes during a period
with mild winters. Neth J Sca Res 12: 58-77
Cadee GC (1990) Feeding traccs and bioturbation by birds on a tidal nat, Dutch Wadden Sea.
!chnos I: 22-30
Chcsson PL, Huntly N (1988) Community consequences of life-history traits in a variablc environment. Ann Zool Fcnn 25: 5-16
Cole J, Lovett G, Findlay S (Eds), (1991) Comparative analyses of ecosystcms. Springer, New
York
Conncll JH, Sousa WP (1983) On the evidence needed to judge ecological stability or persistence. Am Nat 121: 789--824
Costanza R, Kemp WM, Boynton WR (1993) Predictability, scale, and biodiversity in coastal
and estuarine ecosystems: implications for management. Ambia 22: 88-96
DeAngelis DL, White PS (1994) Ecosystems as products of spatially and temporally varying
driving forces, ecological processes, and landscapes: A theoretical perspective. In: Davies
SM, Ogdcn JC (Eds) Everglades. The Ecosystcm and its Restoration. Boca Raton, USA, St.
Lucie Press, p 9-27
Dorjes J (1978) Das Watt als Lebensraum. In: Reineck H-E (Ed) Das Watt. Ablagerungs- und
Lebensraum. Waldemar Kramer, Frankfurt, pp 107-143
Enright NJ, Lamont BB, Marsula R (1996) Canopy seed bank dynamics and optimum fire regime for the highly serotinous shrub, Banksia hookeriana. J Ecol 84: 9-17
Essink K, Tydeman p, de Koning F, Kleef HL (1989) On the adaptation of thc mussel Mylilus
edulis L. to different environmental suspended mattcr concentration. In: Klekoswksi RZ et a!.
(Eds) Proceedings of the 2]" EMBS. Polish Academy of Sciences - Institute of Oceanology,
Ossolineumn, Warsaw, p 41-51
Fenchel T (1992) What can ecologists learn from microbes: life beneath a square centimctre of
sediment surface. Funct Ecol 6: 499-507
Flemming BW, Nyandwi N (1994) Land reclamation as a cause of fine-grained sediment depletion in backbarrier tidal flats (Southern North Sea). Ncth J Aquat Ecol 28: 299-307