Eutrophication gradients in coastal lagoons as exemplified by the Bassin d'Arcachon and the Étang du Prévost Jacques CastelPierre CaumetteRodney Herbert OriginalPaper Pages: ix - xxviii
Heterotrophic bacteria, activity and bacterial diversity in two coastal lagoons as detected by culture and 16S rRNA genes PCR amplification and partial sequencing Susana BenllochFrancisco Rodríguez-ValeraAntonio J. Martínez-Murcia OriginalPaper Pages: 3 - 17
Description of prokaryotic biodiversity along the salinity gradient of a multipond solar saltern by direct PCR amplification of 16S rDNA Susana BenllochSilvia G. AcinasFrancisco Rodríguez-Valera Part I Eutrophication effects on population dynamics, biodiversity and trophic relationships in coastal lagoons Pages: 19 - 31
Anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria in eutrophic coastal lagoons of the French Mediterranean and Atlantic Coasts (Prévost Lagoon, Arcachon Bay, Certes fishponds) R. GuyoneaudR. MatheronP. Caumette OriginalPaper Pages: 33 - 43
Zooplankton variability related to environmental changes in a eutrophic coastal lagoon in the Po Delta Sandra SeiGiampaolo RossettiIreneo Ferrari OriginalPaper Pages: 45 - 55
A field experiment on the effect of two types of sediment disturbance on the rate of recovery of a meiobenthic community in a eutrophicated lagoon M. A. ColangeloT. MacríV. U. Ceccherelli OriginalPaper Pages: 57 - 67
Diel and seasonal vertical distribution of meiobenthic copepods in muddy sediments of a eutrophic lagoon (fish ponds of Arcachon Bay) Evelyne Buffan-DubauJacques Castel OriginalPaper Pages: 69 - 78
The role of phototrophic sulfur bacteria as food for meiobenthic harpacticoid copepods inhabiting eutrophic coastal lagoons L. P. Souza-SantosJ. CastelP. J. P. Santos OriginalPaper Pages: 79 - 89
Growth of the seaweed Ulva rigida C. Agardh in relation to biomass densities, internal nutrient pools and external nutrient supply in the Sacca di Goro lagoon (Northern Italy) Pierluigi ViaroliMariachiara NaldiSilvano Bencivelli OriginalPaper Pages: 93 - 103
Macrophyte communities and their impact on benthic fluxes of oxygen, sulphide and nutrients in shallow eutrophic environments Pierluigi ViaroliMarco BartoliMariachiara Naldi OriginalPaper Pages: 105 - 119
Differential anaerobic decomposition of seagrass (Zostera noltii) and macroalgal (Monostroma obscurum) biomass from Arcachon Bay (France) Sophie BourguèsIsabelle AubyPierre Jean Labourg OriginalPaper Pages: 121 - 131
Nitrification, denitrification, and nitrate ammonification in sediments of two coastal lagoons in Southern France Søren RysgaardNils Risgaard-PetersenNiels Peter Sloth OriginalPaper Pages: 133 - 141
Benthic oxygen respiration, ammonium and phosphorus regeneration in surficial sediments of the Sacca di Goro (Northern Italy) and two French coastal lagoons: a comparative study Marco BartoliMatteo CattadoriPierluigi Viaroli OriginalPaper Pages: 143 - 159
Seasonal variation in rates of heterotrophic nitrogen fixation (acetylene reduction) in Zostera noltii meadows and uncolonised sediments of the Bassin d'Arcachon, south-west France David T. WelshSophie BourguèsRodney A. Herbert OriginalPaper Pages: 161 - 174
Relationship between porewater organic carbon content, sulphate reduction and nitrogen fixation (acetylene reduction) in the rhizosphere of Zostera noltii David T. WelshPeter WellsburyRodney A. Herbert OriginalPaper Pages: 175 - 183
The biogeochemistry of two eutrophic marine lagoons and its effect on microphytobenthic communities Lucas J. StalSimone B. BehrensFinn Kruyning OriginalPaper Pages: 185 - 198
Sulfur bacteria in sediments of two coastal ecosystems: the Bassin d'Arcachon and the Etang du Prévost, France Bartholomeus E. M. SchaubHans van Gemerden OriginalPaper Pages: 199 - 210
Sulphide release from anoxic sediments in relation to iron availability and organic matter recalcitrance and its effects on inorganic phosphorus recycling Gianmarco GiordaniMarco BartoliPierluigi Viaroli OriginalPaper Pages: 211 - 222