14th International Senckenberg Conference ‘North Sea 2000’ on ‘Burning Issues of North Sea Ecology’ summary and recommendations Ingrid KrönckeMichael TürkayJürgen Sündermann OriginalPaper Pages: 103 - 106
Long-term changes in the pelagos, benthos and fisheries of the North Sea Philip C. ReidMartin Edwards OriginalPaper Pages: 107 - 115
Long-term trends in the central-west North Sea Robin A. ClarkChris L. J. Frid OriginalPaper Pages: 117 - 124
Decadal changes in macrofauna communities on the Dogger Bank caused by large-scale climate variability Gunther WiekingIngrid Kröncke OriginalPaper Pages: 125 - 141
Spatial and temporal changes in the southern species component of North Sea Bottom fish assemblages Siegfried EhrichChristoph Stransky OriginalPaper Pages: 143 - 150
Long-term changes in the flushing times of the ICES-boxes Frank Siegismund OriginalPaper Pages: 151 - 167
Fish populations as indicators of long-term changes in UK estuaries Margaret E. GillChristopher L. J. FridSarah Peaty OriginalPaper Pages: 169 - 175
Decadal changes in the Forth Estuary and firth of forth in relation to the North Sea 1980–2000 Judith DobsonAnton EdwardsRichard Park OriginalPaper Pages: 187 - 195
Long-term changes of intertidal benthic assemblages in the mesohalinicum of the Weser estuary Kerstin KolbeHermann Michaelis OriginalPaper Pages: 197 - 214
Quantifying pelagic-benthic coupling in the North Sea: Are we asking the right questions? Katherine RichardsonTomas Cedhagen OriginalPaper Pages: 215 - 224
The effect of tidal resuspension on benthic food quality in the southern North Sea Rob WitbaardGerard C. A. DuineveldMagda Bergman OriginalPaper Pages: 225 - 234
Patterns of growth and undetectable growth lines ofAstarte sulcata (Bivalvia) in the Faroe-Shetland channel Anke WeberRob WitbaardSebastiaan van Steenpaal OriginalPaper Pages: 235 - 244
Exotic Cirripedia (Balanomorpha) from buoys off the Belgian coast Francis KerckhofAndre Cattrijsse OriginalPaper Pages: 245 - 254
Seasonal and meridional trends in zooplankton diversity of the central North Sea H. George FranszSantiago R. Gonzalez OriginalPaper Pages: 255 - 261
Predicting the seasonality of North Sea zooplankton Wulf GreveUwe LangeJutta Nast OriginalPaper Pages: 263 - 268
Epibenthic diversity in the North Sea Ruth ZühlkeJohn AlvsvågPhilip Prince OriginalPaper Pages: 269 - 281
Spatial and temporal distribution of macrofauna in the Otzumer Balje (East Frisian Wadden Sea, Germany) Henning ReissIngrid Kröncke OriginalPaper Pages: 283 - 298
Effects of river nutrient load reduction on the eutrophication of the North Sea, simulated with the ecosystem model ERSEM Hermann-J. Lenhart OriginalPaper Pages: 299 - 311
How far have the ecological effects of fishing in the North Sea ramified? Chris L. J. FridRobin A. ClarkPhilip Percival OriginalPaper Pages: 313 - 320
Benthic community response to sand dredging and shoreface nourishment in Dutch coastal waters Jan A. van DalfsenKarel Essink OriginalPaper Pages: 329 - 332
Development of salt marsh arthropod fauna after opening a summer polder Elisabeth Götting OriginalPaper Pages: 333 - 340
After the TBT era: Alternative anti-fouling paints and their ecological risks Stefan Nehring OriginalPaper Pages: 341 - 351
Concepts for offshore nature reserves in the southeastern North Sea Eike RachorCarmen-Pia Günther OriginalPaper Pages: 353 - 361
Ecological quality objectives for the Dutch sector of the North Sea, an outline of a policy under development Chantal van DamCarla Bisseling OriginalPaper Pages: 363 - 366