- variation 6, 86
Sw/op/os armiger 40,72, 120, 121, 135,
136,140-142,155,181, 184, 186, 195,
202, 203
Sea level 15,26,27,31
- rise 23,31,33,235,237-239,242
Seagrass 283
Seasonal 34, 122
- cycles 32, 45, 77, 113, 171
- development 181, 185, 193, 196, 203
- events 96, 104, 183
- migration 163
- seasonality 32, 133, 170
- variations 82-86, 95, 102, 105, 106, 109113,121,124,127,169,179
Sediment
- accumulation 44, 96, 144, 160, 197
- biogenic 95
- body 36-38
- characteristics 95, 120, 126
- chemistry 109, 115, 187, 200
- composition 33, 36,41,98,100,124,126
- deficit 33,
- distribution 33, 34
- fine grained 33, 43-45, 95, 96, 98, 100,
101,106,113,124126,127,238
- fraction 34, 36
- geochemistry 106
- grain size 33, 95, 100, 126
-layer 34, 40, 41,114,157,178,195,197
- particle size 33, 95, 101
- properties 128, 215, 234, 236, 240, 241
- resuspension 33,43,44
- sorti ng 100
- stabilization 44
- structure 36, 37, 120
- surface 91, 115, 120, 121, 124, 161, 178,
199,244,245
- transport 175, 187, 189
- traps 140, 141, 188
- types 33, 100,237,238
- volume 101
- zonation 33, 34, 100
Sedimentation 33, 43, 97, 110, 127, 197,
200, 236, 238, 239, 255, 276
- area 276, 284, 285
- biogenic 34, 45
- processes, see Processes
- rate 41, 198
Sedimentology 31-34
Settlement 133-144, 147, 153, 186, 188,
193,207,214,215,236,284,285
- behaviour 133, 143
- cues 137, 139, 143
- hard substrate 136, 139, 143, 148, 249
Subject Index
305
- initial 133-137, 139, 140, 143, 144, 184,
249
- larvae 133, 144, 149, 161, 200, 236, 245
- pattern 133, 137
- sites 133, 137, 143,285
- soft substrate 136
Shepard diagram 57, 59
Silicate 68,77,79,80,82,83, 115, 196,
201
Similarity measures 55, 63
Slack tide 27, 143
Soft sediment 135, 136, 175, 224, 262
Source population, see Population
Spatfa1198,99, 122, 134,218,223
Spawning 77,88-90,134,197,250
Spiekeroog2, 15-17,26,31,36,77,79,81,
201-203,268
Spio martinensis 90, 121
Spionidae, see Po1ychaeta
Stability 228, 244, 262
- concept 6, 9, 227-230, 262
- measure 55, 230
- mechanisms 1,227-255,261,263
Stability properties I, 6-10, 36, 55, 73, 86,
170,171,176,209,227-255,261-264
- constancy 6, 56, 227, 229, 230, 233, 235,
237,242,247,253,254
- elasticity 6, 9, 229, 238, 241, 248
- persistence 5, 6, 227, 229, 230, 233, 240245, 248, 250, 253, 254, 263, 264
- resilience 1,5-7,9, 133,227-229,231233, 237, 238, 240-246, 248-255, 263,
264,281,284,285
- resistance 6, 227, 229, 230, 233, 250-254
- variability 227, 229, 230, 247, 253, 254
Staining technique 141, 143,249,277
Standardization 71, 106
Statistical 51-71, 270
- analysis 73
- consulting 271, 274, 278
- distribution 53, 54, 56, 70
- inference 53, 54
- methods 51, 55, 73
- paradigms 53
- properties 53, 74
- software 60, 73, 271, 272
- techniques 51, 53, 54, 62, 73
- terms 51
- tests 56, 70
Statistics
- applied 51-54, 73
- descriptive 53, 54
- exploratory 53, 54, 73
- multivariate, see Multivariate
- univariate, see Univariate
Sw/op/os armiger 40,72, 120, 121, 135,
136,140-142,155,181, 184, 186, 195,
202, 203
Sea level 15,26,27,31
- rise 23,31,33,235,237-239,242
Seagrass 283
Seasonal 34, 122
- cycles 32, 45, 77, 113, 171
- development 181, 185, 193, 196, 203
- events 96, 104, 183
- migration 163
- seasonality 32, 133, 170
- variations 82-86, 95, 102, 105, 106, 109113,121,124,127,169,179
Sediment
- accumulation 44, 96, 144, 160, 197
- biogenic 95
- body 36-38
- characteristics 95, 120, 126
- chemistry 109, 115, 187, 200
- composition 33, 36,41,98,100,124,126
- deficit 33,
- distribution 33, 34
- fine grained 33, 43-45, 95, 96, 98, 100,
101,106,113,124126,127,238
- fraction 34, 36
- geochemistry 106
- grain size 33, 95, 100, 126
-layer 34, 40, 41,114,157,178,195,197
- particle size 33, 95, 101
- properties 128, 215, 234, 236, 240, 241
- resuspension 33,43,44
- sorti ng 100
- stabilization 44
- structure 36, 37, 120
- surface 91, 115, 120, 121, 124, 161, 178,
199,244,245
- transport 175, 187, 189
- traps 140, 141, 188
- types 33, 100,237,238
- volume 101
- zonation 33, 34, 100
Sedimentation 33, 43, 97, 110, 127, 197,
200, 236, 238, 239, 255, 276
- area 276, 284, 285
- biogenic 34, 45
- processes, see Processes
- rate 41, 198
Sedimentology 31-34
Settlement 133-144, 147, 153, 186, 188,
193,207,214,215,236,284,285
- behaviour 133, 143
- cues 137, 139, 143
- hard substrate 136, 139, 143, 148, 249
Subject Index
305
- initial 133-137, 139, 140, 143, 144, 184,
249
- larvae 133, 144, 149, 161, 200, 236, 245
- pattern 133, 137
- sites 133, 137, 143,285
- soft substrate 136
Shepard diagram 57, 59
Silicate 68,77,79,80,82,83, 115, 196,
201
Similarity measures 55, 63
Slack tide 27, 143
Soft sediment 135, 136, 175, 224, 262
Source population, see Population
Spatfa1198,99, 122, 134,218,223
Spawning 77,88-90,134,197,250
Spiekeroog2, 15-17,26,31,36,77,79,81,
201-203,268
Spio martinensis 90, 121
Spionidae, see Po1ychaeta
Stability 228, 244, 262
- concept 6, 9, 227-230, 262
- measure 55, 230
- mechanisms 1,227-255,261,263
Stability properties I, 6-10, 36, 55, 73, 86,
170,171,176,209,227-255,261-264
- constancy 6, 56, 227, 229, 230, 233, 235,
237,242,247,253,254
- elasticity 6, 9, 229, 238, 241, 248
- persistence 5, 6, 227, 229, 230, 233, 240245, 248, 250, 253, 254, 263, 264
- resilience 1,5-7,9, 133,227-229,231233, 237, 238, 240-246, 248-255, 263,
264,281,284,285
- resistance 6, 227, 229, 230, 233, 250-254
- variability 227, 229, 230, 247, 253, 254
Staining technique 141, 143,249,277
Standardization 71, 106
Statistical 51-71, 270
- analysis 73
- consulting 271, 274, 278
- distribution 53, 54, 56, 70
- inference 53, 54
- methods 51, 55, 73
- paradigms 53
- properties 53, 74
- software 60, 73, 271, 272
- techniques 51, 53, 54, 62, 73
- terms 51
- tests 56, 70
Statistics
- applied 51-54, 73
- descriptive 53, 54
- exploratory 53, 54, 73
- multivariate, see Multivariate
- univariate, see Univariate