Volume 133, 20 November 2013
Editor’s note
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Invited feature article
M. E. McNamara, D. J. Lonsdale, R. M. Cerrato Top-down control of mesozooplankton by adult Mnemiopsis
leidyi influences microplankton abundance and composition enhancing prey conditions for larval ctenophores
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Research Papers
J. M. Hrycik, J. Chassé, B. R. Ruddick, C. T. Taggart Dispersal kernel estimation: A comparison of empirical
and modelled particle dispersion in a coastal marine system ................................................................... 11
P. Pratolongo, C. Mazzon, G. Zapperi, M. J. Piovan, M. M. Brinson Land cover changes in tidal salt marshes
of the Bahía Blanca estuary (Argentina) during the past 40 years ...................................................... 23
Y. Han, G.-L. Zhang, Y.-C. Zhao, S.-M. Liu Distributions and sea-to-air fluxes of nitrous oxide in the coastal
and shelf waters of the northwestern South China Sea .......................................................................... 32
R. Barlow, T. Lamont, K. Britz, H. Sessions Mechanisms of phytoplankton adaptation to environmental
variability in a shelf ecosystem ........................................................................................................... 45
C. Marine, B. Thierry, P. Olivier, R.-N. Emma, B. Corinne, A. Martin, P. The Thu, T. Jean-Pascal,
C. Van Thuoc, Y. Bettarel Freshwater prokaryote and virus communities can adapt to a controlled increase in
salinity through changes in their structure and interactions ................................................................... 58
A. Chatterjee, C. Klein, A. Naegelen, P. Claquin, A. Masson, M. Legoff, E. Amice, S. L’Helguen,
L. Chauvaud, A. Leynaert Comparative dynamics of pelagic and benthic micro-algae in a coastal ecosystem
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M. Gristina, F. Fiorentino, V. Gancitano, D. Massi, S. Mirto, G. Garofalo The role of juveniles in structuring
demersal assemblages in trawled fishing grounds ................................................................................. 78
L. Cardona, J. Moranta, O. Reñones, B. Hereu Pulses of phytoplanktonic productivity may enhance sea
urchin abundance and induce state shifts in Mediterranean rocky reefs ............................................ 88
P. Díaz-Tapia, I. Bárbara, I. Díez Multi-scale spatial variability in intertidal benthic assemblages:
Differences between sand-free and sand-covered rocky habitats ..............................................................................
97
K. Elschot, T. J. Bouma, S. Temmerman, J. P. Bakker Effects of long-term grazing on sediment deposition
and salt-marsh accretion rates ................................................................................................................. 109
L. Arin, J. Guillén, M. Segura-Noguera, M. Estrada Open sea hydrographic forcing of nutrient and
phytoplankton dynamics in a Mediterranean coastal ecosystem ............................................................................
116
D. M. Hanes, L. H. Erikson The significance of ultra-refracted surface gravity waves on sheltered coasts, with
application to San Francisco Bay ........................................................................................................... 129
F. L. L. Muller, S. Batchelli Copper binding by terrestrial versus marine organic ligands in the coastal plume of
River Thurso, North Scotland ......................................................................................................... 137
D. Song, X. H. Wang, X. Zhu, X. Bao Modeling studies of the far-field effects of tidal flat reclamation on tidal
dynamics in the East China Seas ............................................................................................. 147
C. Roelfsema, E. M. Kovacs, M. I. Saunders, S. Phinn, M. Lyons, P. Maxwell Challenges of remote sensing
for quantifying changes in large complex seagrass environments ........................................................... 161
K. Rogers, N. Saintilan, A. J. Howe, J. F. Rodríguez Sedimentation, elevation and marsh evolution in a
southeastern Australian estuary during changing climatic conditions ........................................... 172
L. Zhang, L. Wang, K. Yin, Y. Lü, D. Zhang, Y. Yang, X. Huang Pore water nutrient characteristics and the
fluxes across the sediment in the Pearl River estuary and adjacent waters, China .................................. 182
E. Trimoreau, B. Archambault, A. Brind’Amour, M. Lepage, J. Guitton, O. Le Pape A quantitative
estimate of the function of soft-bottom sheltered coastal areas as essential flatfish nursery habitat .................. 193
T. S. Catalá, N. Mladenov, F. Echevarría, I. Reche Positive trends between salinity and chromophoric and
fluorescent dissolved organic matter in a seasonally inverse estuary .................................... 206
K. Schneider, J. Silverman, B. Kravitz, T. Rivlin, A. Schneider-Mor, S. Barbosa, M. Byrne,
K. Caldeira Inorganic carbon turnover caused by digestion of carbonate sands and metabolic activity of
holothurians ..................................................................................................................................... .......... 217
J. Salcedo-Castro, A. W. Ratsimandresy Oceanographic response to the passage of hurricanes in Belle Bay,
Newfoundland ............................................................................................................................. ........... 224
B. D. Walther, J. L. Rowley Drought and flood signals in subtropical estuaries recorded by stable isotope ratios
in bivalve shells ................................................................................................................................... 235
M. Stramska Temporal variability of the Baltic Sea level based on satellite observations ...................................
244
D. H. Wilber, D. Davis, D. G. Clarke, C. J. Alcoba, J. Gallo Winter flounder ( Pseudopleuronectes
americanus ) estuarine habitat use and the association between spring temperature and subsequent year class
strength .................................................................................................................................. 251
V. Žic, M. Carić, I. Ciglenečki The impact of natural water column mixing on iodine and nutrient speciation in
a eutrophic anchialine pond (Rogoznica Lake, Croatia) ...................................................................... 260
F. C. Pamplona, E. T. Paes, A. Nepomuceno Nutrient fluctuations in the Quatipuru river: A macrotidal
estuarine mangrove system in the Brazilian Amazonian basin ......................................................... 273
L. Yang, W. Guo, H. Hong, G. Wang Non-conservative behaviors of chromophoric dissolved organic matter in
a turbid estuary: Roles of multiple biogeochemical processes .................................................. 285
B. M. Jessop, J. C. Shiao, Y. Iizuka Methods for estimating a critical value for determining the
freshwater/estuarine habitat residence of American eels from otolith Sr:Ca data ........................................... 293
Erratum and Corrigendum
R. Przeslawski, I. Falkner, M. B. Ashcroft, P. Hutchings Erratum to “Using rigorous selection criteria to
investigate marine range shifts” [Estuar. Coast. Shelf Sci. 113C (2012) 205 – 212] ................................. 304
A. Alagna, T. V. Fernández, A. Terlizzi, F. Badalamenti Erratum to “Influence of microhabitat on seedling
survival and growth of the Mediterranean seagrass Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile” [Estuar. Coast. Shelf Sci.
119C (2013) 119 – 125] ......................................................................................................... 305
A. K. Pratihary, S. W. A. Naqvi, H. Naik, B. R. Thorat, G. Narvenkar, B. R. Manjunatha,
V. P. Rao Corrigendum to “Benthic fluxes in a tropical estuary and their role in the ecosystem” [Estuar. Coast.
Shelf Sci. 85 (2009) 387 – 398] .............................................................................................................. 306
C. Barberá, P. Sanchez-Jerez, J. C. Sorbe Corrigendum to “Population structure and secondary production of
Siriella clausii, a dominant detritus feeding mysid in Posidonia oceanica meadows (W Mediterranean Sea)”
[Estuar. Coast. Shelf Sci. 131 (2013) 103 – 116] ................................................................. 307
P. Bergström, S. Lindegarth, M. Lindegarth Corrigendum to “Temporal consistency of spatial pattern in
growth of the mussel, Mytilus edulis : Implications for predictive modelling” [Estuar. Coast. Shelf Sci. 131 93 –
102] ...................................................................................................................................... 308