Growth performance and mortality are two topics related closely to population dynamics of
benthic macroinvertebrates. A new measure of overall growth performance for benthic …

Food intake, absorption and presumed origin of the food were studied simultaneously
throughout the year for a tidal flat population of Macoma balthica in the westernmost part of …

The present paper deals with investigations on the ecology of soft-bottom, macro-infaunal
communities, carried out in the southern part of the North Sea west and north of the Dutch …

In two sets of experiments, the fecundity of the freshwater mussel Dreissena polymorpha
and the metabolic requirements of mature eggs within the animal have been estimated …

Biological trait analysis (BTA) is a valuable tool for evaluating changes in community
diversity and its link to ecosystem processes as well as environmental and anthropogenic …

This final report reveals the current knowledge on benthic research in the open subtidal
North Sea. The work was carried out in the framework of a German multidisciplinary …

Experimental aggregates of the bivalve Macoma balthica, established on a sandy tidal flat in
the North Sea, are preferentially colonized by small zoobenthos. The tellinids stay buried at …

Field studies at Huayquique, northern Chile, using tagged specimens of Fissurella crassa
released in their natural habitat, found that shell-growth rings were formed twice a year …

Growth and production of the shallow-water ophiuroids Ophiura albida and O. ophiura were
investigated at two stations in the German Bight from 1988 to 1991. Growth rings visible on …

The breeding cycle, recruitment, population dynamics, growth and production of
Scrobicularia plana were studied at one station in the Bidasoa estuary (SE of the Biscay …