1. Foreword

   • H. L. Golterman

   EditorialNotes Pages: v - vi

2. Nitrogen and phosphor compounds in bottom sediments: mechanisms of accumulation, transformation and release

   • M. V. Martinova

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 22

3. Benthic nutrient fluxes in Cadiz Bay (SW Spain)

   • A. Gómez-Parra
   • J. M. Forja

   OriginalPaper Pages: 23 - 34

4. Denitrification in gravel-pit lakes

   • Christine Helmer
   • Louis Labroue

   OriginalPaper Pages: 35 - 44

5. Seasonal variations of P compounds and their concentrations in two coastal lagoons (Herault, France)

   • T. Moutin
   • B. Picot
   • J. Bontoux

   OriginalPaper Pages: 45 - 59

6. Phosphate fractionation in mud bank sediments from the southwest coast of India

   • S. M. Nair
   • A. N. Balchand
   • P. N. K. Nambisan

   OriginalPaper Pages: 61 - 69

7. Nearshore abundance of dissolved and sedimented forms of phosphorus

   • S. M. Nair
   • A. N. Balchand

   OriginalPaper Pages: 71 - 81

8. The impact of desiccation of a freshwater marsh (Garcines Nord, Camargue, France) on sediment-water-vegetation interactions

   • Cornelis-Jan De Groot
   • Carla Van Wijck

   OriginalPaper Pages: 83 - 94

9. The impact of desiccation of a freshwater marsh (Garcines Nord, Camargue, France) on sediment-water-vegetation interactions

   • Carla Van Wijck
   • Cornelis-Jan De Groot

   OriginalPaper Pages: 95 - 103

10. The impact of desiccation of a freshwater marsh (Garcines Nord, Camargue, France) on sediment-water-vegetation interactions

    • Cornelis-Jan De Groot
    • André Fabre

    OriginalPaper Pages: 105 - 116

11. On the presence of organic phosphate in some Camargue sediments: evidence for the importance of phytate

    • C. J. De Groot
    • H. L. Golterman

    OriginalPaper Pages: 117 - 126