1. Preface

   EditorialNotes Pages: vii - ix

2. The nature of outflows from the north-east estuaries

   • R. E. Lewis

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 11

3. Effects of tide range alterations on salt marsh sediments in the Eastern Scheldt, S. W. Netherlands

   • Martinus Vranken
   • Oene Oenema
   • Jan Mulder

   OriginalPaper Pages: 13 - 20

4. The phosphorus budget of the Marsdiep tidal basin (Dutch Wadden Sea) in the period 1950–1985: importance of the exchange with the North Sea

   • Wim van Raaphorst
   • Henk W. van der Veer

   OriginalPaper Pages: 21 - 38

5. Effects of changes in turbidity and phosphate influx on the ecosystem of the Ems estuary as obtained by a computer simulation model

   • E. G. DeGroodt
   • V. N. de Jonge

   OriginalPaper Pages: 39 - 47

6. Response of the Dutch Wadden Sea ecosystem to phosphorus discharges from the River Rhine

   • V. N. de Jonge

   OriginalPaper Pages: 49 - 62

7. Long-term studies of the benthic biology of Tees bay and the Tees estuary

   • N. Shillabeer
   • J. F. Tapp

   OriginalPaper Pages: 63 - 78

8. Year-class strength regulation in plaice (Pleuronectes platessa L.) on the Swedish west coast

   • Leif Pihl

   OriginalPaper Pages: 79 - 88

9. The forth estuary: a nursery and overwintering area for North Sea fishes

   • M. Elliott
   • M. G. O'Reilly
   • C. J. L. Taylor

   OriginalPaper Pages: 89 - 103

10. Cadmium and copper accumulation in the common mussel Mytilus edulis in the Western Scheldt estuary: a model approach

    • R. J. F. van Haren
    • J. van der Meer
    • M. B. de Vries

    Case studies and estuary characteristics Pages: 105 - 118

11. Enteromorpha as a monitor of heavy metals in estuaries

    • P. J. Say
    • I. G. Burrows
    • B. A. Whitton

    Case studies and estuary characteristics Pages: 119 - 126

12. Humber estuary — a case study

    • R. Barr
    • P. G. Watson
    • C. Hilton

    Case studies and estuary characteristics Pages: 127 - 143

13. The conservation of British North Sea estuaries

    • N. C. Davidson

    Case studies and estuary characteristics Pages: 145 - 162

14. Phytoplankton primary production and nutrients in the Oosterschelde (The Netherlands) during the pre-barrier period 1980–1984

    • L. P. M. J. Wetsteyn
    • J. C. H. Peeters
    • P. R. M. de Visscher

    Case studies and estuary characteristics Pages: 163 - 177

15. Average annual growth and condition of mussels as a function of food source

    • A. C. Smaal
    • M. R. van Stralen

    Case studies and estuary characteristics Pages: 179 - 188

16. Flora and fauna of the sublittoral hard substrata in the Oosterschelde (The Netherlands) — interactions with the North Sea and the influence of a storm surge barrier

    • R.J. Leewis
    • H.W. Waardenburg

    Case studies and estuary characteristics Pages: 189 - 200

17. Oosterschelde estuary (S.W. Netherlands): a self-sustaining ecosystem?

    • H. Scholten
    • O. Klepper
    • M. Knoester

    Case studies and estuary characteristics Pages: 201 - 215

18. North Sea-Estuaries Interactions A sense of the meeting

    • Donald S. McLusky

    Concluding paper Pages: 217 - 221