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The Wadden Sea ecosystem : stability properties and mechanisms /

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The authors present results of an interdisciplinary research project on stability properties and mechanisms in the Wadden Sea ecosystem. The book describes distribution patterns of abiotic and biotic components over space and time and their regeneration following experimentally induced and natural d...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Dittmann, Sabine
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; New York : Springer, [1999]
Subjects:
Tidal flat ecology > Netherlands > Waddenzee.
Écologie des wadden > Pays-Bas > Wadden, Mer des.
Écologie > Pays-Bas > Wadden, Mer des.
Natuurbeheer.
Duurzame ontwikkeling.
Tidal flat ecology.
Netherlands > Waddenzee.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • ELAWAT: Goals and Conceptual Framework
  • Study Area: The Backbarrier Tidal Flats of Spiekeroog
  • Statistical Models and Techniques for the Analysis of Conditions of an Ecological System
  • Spatial and Temporal Distribution Patterns and Their Underlying Causes
  • Recolonization of Tidal Flats After Disturbance
  • Effects of the Ice Winter 1995/96
  • Grid-Based Modelling of Macrozoobenthos in the Intertidal of the Wadden Sea: Potentials and Limitations
  • Stability Properties in the Wadden Sea
  • Assessing Stability Properties: How Suitable is this Approach for Ecosystem Research in the Wadden Sea?- Joint Research Projects: Experiences and Recommendations
  • Protection of Processes in the Wadden Sea
  • Summary
  • Appendix
  • Index (References in each chapter).