Volume 131, 10 October 2013
Short communication
L. Mander, L. Marie-Orleach, M. Elliott The value of wader foraging behaviour study to assess the success of
restored intertidal areas ............................................................................................................................... 1
C. Antony, A. S. Unnikrishnan Observed characteristics of tide-surge interaction along the east coast of India
and the head of Bay of Bengal ................................................................................................................. 6
Research papers
O. Beauchard, S. Jacobs, T. Ysebaert, P. Meire Avian response to tidal freshwater habitat creation by
controlled reduced tide system ...............................................................................................................................
12
X. Jiang, B. Lu, Y. He Response of the turbidity maximum zone to fluctuations in sediment discharge from river
to estuary in the Changjiang Estuary (China) ........................................................................... 24
G. N. Katselis, D. K. Moutopoulos, E. N. Dimitriou, C. Koutsikopoulos Long-term changes of fisheries
landings in enclosed gulf lagoons (Amvrakikos gulf, W Greece): Influences of fishing and other human impacts
............................................................................................................................. ....................... 31
A. Markert, W. Esser, D. Frank, A. Wehrmann, K.-M. Exo Habitat change by the formation of alien
Crassostrea -reefs in the Wadden Sea and its role as feeding sites for waterbirds ...................................................
41
G. Chust, A. Albaina, A. Aranburu, Á. Borja, O. E. Diekmann, A. Estonba, J. Franco,
J. M. Garmendia, M. Iriondo, I. Muxika, F. Rendo, J. G. Rodríguez, O. Ruiz-Larrañaga, E. A. Serrão,
M. Valle Connectivity, neutral theories and the assessment of species vulnerability to global change in temperate
estuaries ..................................................................................................................................... 52
S. O. Fernandes, M.-J. Gonsalves, V. D. Michotey, P. C. Bonin, P. A. LokaBharathi Denitrification activity
is closely linked to the total ambient Fe concentration in mangrove sediments of Goa, India .................. 64
A. Mengoni, A. Focardi, G. Bacci, A. Ugolini High genetic diversity and variability of bacterial communities
associated with the sandhopper Talitrus saltator (Montagu) (Crustacea, Amphipoda) .................... 75
M. Yücel Down the thermodynamic ladder: A comparative study of marine redox gradients across diverse
sedimentary environments .................................................................................................................. 83
P. Bergström, S. Lindegarth, M. Lindegarth Temporal consistency of spatial pattern in growth of the mussel,
Mytilus edulis : Implications for predictive modelling ............................................................................. 93
C. Barberá, P. Sanchez-Jerez, J. C. Sorbe Population structure and secondary production of Siriella clausii, a
dominant detritus feeding mysid in Posidonia oceanica meadows (W Mediterranean Sea) ... 103
A. Arias, A. Richter, N. Anadón, C. J. Glasby Revealing polychaetes invasion patterns:
Identification, reproduction and potential risks of the Korean ragworm, Perinereis linea (Treadwell), in the
Western Mediterranean ................................................................................................................ 117
A. Gredilla, S. Fdez-Ortiz de Vallejuelo, G. Arana, A. de Diego, J. M. Madariaga Long-term monitoring of
metal pollution in sediments from the estuary of the Nerbioi-Ibaizabal River (2005 – 2010) .......... 129
G. I. Zardi, K. R. Nicastro, J. Ferreira Costa, E. A. Serrão, G. A. Pearson Broad scale agreement between
intertidal habitats and adaptive traits on a basis of contrasting population genetic structure .............. 140
J. P. Cannizzaro, P. R. Carlson Jr., L. A. Yarbro, C. Hu Optical variability along a river plume gradient:
Implications for management and remote sensing .................................................................................. 149
G. M. S. Abrahim, R. J. Parker, M. Horrocks Pollen core assemblages as indicator of Polynesian and
European impact on the vegetation cover of Auckland Isthmus catchment, New Zealand ........................... 162
J.-C. Dauvin, Y. Méar, A. Murat, E. Poizot, S. Lozach, K. Beryouni Interactions between aggregations and
environmental factors explain spatio-temporal patterns of the brittle-star Ophiothrix fragilis in the eastern Bay of
Seine .......................................................................................................... 171
J. Tournois, F. Ferraton, L. Velez, D. J. McKenzie, C. Aliaume, L. Mercier,
A. M. Darnaude Temporal stability of otolith elemental fingerprints discriminates among lagoon nursery
habitats ....................................................................................................................... .................................... 182
I. Galparsoro, Á. Borja, V. E. Kostylev, J. G. Rodríguez, M. Pascual, I. Muxika A process-driven
sedimentary habitat modelling approach, explaining seafloor integrity and biodiversity assessment within the
European Marine Strategy Framework Directive ................................................................ 194
D. March, J. Alós, M. Cabanellas-Reboredo, E. Infantes, A. Jordi, M. Palmer A Bayesian spatial approach
for predicting seagrass occurrence ............................................................................................................ 206
R. S. K. Barnes, S. Hamylton Abrupt transitions between macrobenthic faunal assemblages across seagrass bed
margins ..................................................................................................................................... 213
A. Canion, H. L. MacIntyre, S. Phipps Short-term to seasonal variability in factors driving primary
productivity in a shallow estuary: Implications for modeling production ...............................................................
224
M. A. Marcoval, J. Pan, Y. Tang, C. J. Gobler The ability of the branchiopod, Artemia salina, to graze upon
harmful algal blooms caused by Alexandrium fundyense, Aureococcus anophagefferens, and Cochlodinium
polykrikoides .................................................................................................. 235
J. M. Testa, D. C. Brady, D. M. Di Toro, W. R. Boynton, J. C. Cornwell, W. M. Kemp Sediment flux
modeling: Simulating nitrogen, phosphorus, and silica cycles ................................................................................
245
D. J. B. Simith, F. A. Abrunhosa, K. Diele Chemical induction in mangrove crab megalopae, Ucides cordatus
(Ucididae): Do young recruits emit metamorphosis-triggering odours as do conspecific adults?
............................................................................................................................. ......................... 264
R. J. K. Dunn, D. Robertson, P. R. Teasdale, N. J. Waltham, D. T. Welsh Benthic metabolism and nitrogen
dynamics in an urbanised tidal creek: Domination of DNRA over denitrification as a nitrate reduction pathway
........................................................................................................................................... 271
N. Dupont, D. L. Aksnes Centennial changes in water clarity of the Baltic Sea and the North Sea .....................
282
J. M. Knight, L. Griffin, P. E. R. Dale, M. Sheaves Short-term dissolved oxygen patterns in subtropical
mangroves ...................................................................................................................................................... 290
K. G. Rogers, S. L. Goodbred Jr., D. R. Mondal Monsoon sedimentation on the ‘abandoned ’ tide-influenced
Ganges – Brahmaputra delta plain ..................................................................................................... 297
M. Waeles, G. Dulaquais, A. Jolivet, J. Thébault, R. D. Riso Systematic non-conservative behavior of
molybdenum in a macrotidal estuarine system (Aulne-Bay of Brest, France) ................................................... 310
A. J. Mehta, J. V. Letter Jr. Comments on the transition between cohesive and cohesionless sediment bed
exchange .............................................................................................................................................. 319