From the reviews: "This book provides an invaluable and ready source of information from which both students and academics will benefit. ... Will it get dusty on the bookshelf? I doubt it." (Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 2002)

• I Suspension Feeders in Coastal Mud and Sand.- 1 Benthic Suspension Feeders as Determinants of Ecosystem Structure and Function in Shallow Coastal Waters.- 2 Dynamics of Spatial and Temporal Complexity in European and North American Soft-Bottom Mussel Beds.- 3 Suspension Feeders on Sandy Beaches.- 4 Switching Between Deposit and Suspension Feeding in Coastal Zoobenthos.- II Biogenic Stabilization and Disturbances in Coastal Sediments.- 5 Microphytobenthos in Contrasting Coastal Ecosystems: Biology and Dynamics.- 6 Sediment Dynamics by Bioturbating Organisms.- 7 Competitive Bioturbators on Intertidal Sand Flats in the European Wadden Sea and Ariake Sound in Japan.- 8 Biological and Physical Processes That Affect Saltmarsh Erosion and Saltmarsh Restoration: Development of Hypotheses.- III Seagrasses and Benthic Fauna of Sediment Shores.- 9 Common Structures and Properties of Seagrass Beds Fringing the Coasts of the World.- 10 The Leaf Canopy of Seagrass Beds: Faunal Community Structure and Function in a Salinity Gradient Along the Swedish Coast.- 11 Energy Flow in Benthic Assemblages of Tidal Basins: Ria Formosa (Portugal) and Sylt-Rømø Bay (North Sea) Compared.- 12 Soft-Bottom Fauna of a Tropical (Banc d’Arguin, Mauritania) and a Temperate Juist Area, German North Sea Coast) Intertidal Area.- 13 Tropical Tidal Flat Benthos Compared Between Australia and Central America.- IV Structural Dynamics and Trophic Supplies to Sedimentary Shores.- 14 Recovery Dynamics in Benthic Communities: Balancing Detail with Simplification.- 15 Population Dynamics of Benthic Species on Tidal Flats: the Possible Roles of Shorebird Predation.- 16 Experimental Approaches to Integrating Production, Structure and Dynamics in Sediment Communities.- Synthesis: Comparative Ecology of SedimentaryShores.- Species Index.

From the reviews: "This book provides an invaluable and ready source of information from which both students and academics will benefit. ... Will it get dusty on the bookshelf? I doubt it." (Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 2002)

• I Suspension Feeders in Coastal Mud and Sand.- 1 Benthic Suspension Feeders as Determinants of Ecosystem Structure and Function in Shallow Coastal Waters.- 2 Dynamics of Spatial and Temporal Complexity in European and North American Soft-Bottom Mussel Beds.- 3 Suspension Feeders on Sandy Beaches.- 4 Switching Between Deposit and Suspension Feeding in Coastal Zoobenthos.- II Biogenic Stabilization and Disturbances in Coastal Sediments.- 5 Microphytobenthos in Contrasting Coastal Ecosystems: Biology and Dynamics.- 6 Sediment Dynamics by Bioturbating Organisms.- 7 Competitive Bioturbators on Intertidal Sand Flats in the European Wadden Sea and Ariake Sound in Japan.- 8 Biological and Physical Processes That Affect Saltmarsh Erosion and Saltmarsh Restoration: Development of Hypotheses.- III Seagrasses and Benthic Fauna of Sediment Shores.- 9 Common Structures and Properties of Seagrass Beds Fringing the Coasts of the World.- 10 The Leaf Canopy of Seagrass Beds: Faunal Community Structure and Function in a Salinity Gradient Along the Swedish Coast.- 11 Energy Flow in Benthic Assemblages of Tidal Basins: Ria Formosa (Portugal) and Sylt-Rømø Bay (North Sea) Compared.- 12 Soft-Bottom Fauna of a Tropical (Banc d’Arguin, Mauritania) and a Temperate Juist Area, German North Sea Coast) Intertidal Area.- 13 Tropical Tidal Flat Benthos Compared Between Australia and Central America.- IV Structural Dynamics and Trophic Supplies to Sedimentary Shores.- 14 Recovery Dynamics in Benthic Communities: Balancing Detail with Simplification.- 15 Population Dynamics of Benthic Species on Tidal Flats: the Possible Roles of Shorebird Predation.- 16 Experimental Approaches to Integrating Production, Structure and Dynamics in Sediment Communities.- Synthesis: Comparative Ecology of SedimentaryShores.- Species Index.

From the reviews: "This book provides an invaluable and ready source of information from which both students and academics will benefit. ... Will it get dusty on the bookshelf? I doubt it." (Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 2002)

• I Suspension Feeders in Coastal Mud and Sand.- 1 Benthic Suspension Feeders as Determinants of Ecosystem Structure and Function in Shallow Coastal Waters.- 2 Dynamics of Spatial and Temporal Complexity in European and North American Soft-Bottom Mussel Beds.- 3 Suspension Feeders on Sandy Beaches.- 4 Switching Between Deposit and Suspension Feeding in Coastal Zoobenthos.- II Biogenic Stabilization and Disturbances in Coastal Sediments.- 5 Microphytobenthos in Contrasting Coastal Ecosystems: Biology and Dynamics.- 6 Sediment Dynamics by Bioturbating Organisms.- 7 Competitive Bioturbators on Intertidal Sand Flats in the European Wadden Sea and Ariake Sound in Japan.- 8 Biological and Physical Processes That Affect Saltmarsh Erosion and Saltmarsh Restoration: Development of Hypotheses.- III Seagrasses and Benthic Fauna of Sediment Shores.- 9 Common Structures and Properties of Seagrass Beds Fringing the Coasts of the World.- 10 The Leaf Canopy of Seagrass Beds: Faunal Community Structure and Function in a Salinity Gradient Along the Swedish Coast.- 11 Energy Flow in Benthic Assemblages of Tidal Basins: Ria Formosa (Portugal) and Sylt-Rømø Bay (North Sea) Compared.- 12 Soft-Bottom Fauna of a Tropical (Banc d’Arguin, Mauritania) and a Temperate Juist Area, German North Sea Coast) Intertidal Area.- 13 Tropical Tidal Flat Benthos Compared Between Australia and Central America.- IV Structural Dynamics and Trophic Supplies to Sedimentary Shores.- 14 Recovery Dynamics in Benthic Communities: Balancing Detail with Simplification.- 15 Population Dynamics of Benthic Species on Tidal Flats: the Possible Roles of Shorebird Predation.- 16 Experimental Approaches to Integrating Production, Structure and Dynamics in Sediment Communities.- Synthesis: Comparative Ecology of SedimentaryShores.- Species Index.