The importance of hydrodynamic processes and food availability for the structure of macrofauna assemblages in the Pomeranian Bay (Southern Baltic Sea)

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 213-228

  Kube, Jan ^a   Powilleit, Martin ^a   Warzocha, Jan ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MACOMA BALTHICA; MARENZELLERIA VIRIDIS; MYA ARENARIA;

EID: 0030443433     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (48)

1. ARNTZ, W. E., BRUNSWIG, D, & SARNTHEIM, M. (1976): Zonierung von Mollusken und Schill im Rinnensystem der Kieler Bucht (Westliche Ostsee). - Senckenb. mar. 8: 198-269.
2. BEUKEMA, J. J. & CADEÉ, G. C. (1986): Zoobenthos responses to eutrophication of the Dutch Wadden Sea. - Ophelia 26: 66-76.
3. BLOMQUIST, E. M. & BONSDORFF, E. (1986): Spatial and temporal variations of benthic macrofauna in a sandbottom area on Aland, northern Baltic Sea. - Ophelia, Suppl. 4: 27-36.
4. BODUNGEN, B. VON, GRAEVE, M., KUBE, J., LASS, U., MEYER-HARMS, B., MUMM, N., NAGEL, K., POLLEHNE, F., POWILLEIT, M., RECKERMANN, M., SATTLER, C., SIEGEL, H. & WODARG, D. (1995): Stoff-Flüsse am Grenzfluß - Transport und Umsatz-Prozesse im Übergangsbereich zwischen Oderästuar und Pommerscher Bucht (Trump). - Geowissenschaften 13: 479-485.
5. BREY, T. (1984): Gemeinschaftsstrukturen, Abundanz, Biomasse und Produktion des Makrozoobenthos sandiger Böden der Kieler Bucht in 5-15 m Wassertiefe. - Ber. Inst. Meeresk. Kiel 123: 1-124.
6. _ (1991): The relative significance of biological and physical disturbance: an example from intertidal and subtidal sandy bottom communities. - Estuarine Coast. Shelf Sci. 33: 339-360.
7. CLARKE, K. R. & WARWICK, R. M. (1994): Change in marine communities: an approach to statistical analysis and interpretation. - Natural Environment Research Council, Plymouth 144 pp.
8. DEMEL, K. & MULICKI, Z. (1954): Quantitative investigations on the biological bottom fauna in the Southern Baltic (Polish). - Pr. Mor. Inst. Ryb., Gdynia 6: 57-82.
9. DUINEVELD, G. C. A., KÜNITZER, A. & HEYMANN, R. P. (1987): Amphiura filifonnis (Ophiuridea: Echinodermata) in the North Sea. Distribution, present and former abundance and size composition. - Neth. J. Sea Res. 21: 317-329.
10. DURINCK, J., SKOV, H., JENSEN, F. P. & PIHL, S. (1994): Important marine areas for wintering birds in the Baltic Sea. - EU DG XI research contract no. 2242/90-09-01 Omis Consult report. 110 pp.
11. EDLER, L. (1979): Recommendations on methods for marine biological studies in the Baltic Sea. Phytoplankton and chlorophyll. - Baltic Marine Biologists, Publ. No. 5: 1-38.
12. FRECHETTE, M. & BOURGET, E. (1985): Energy flow between the pelagic and benthic zones: factors controlling particulate organic matter available to an intertidal mussel bed. - Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 42: 1158-1165.
13. GERLACH, S. A. (1978): Food-chain relationships in subtidal silty sand marine sediments and the role of meiofauna in stimulating bacterial productivity. - Oecologia 33: 55-70.
14. GOSSELCK, F. (1985): Untersuchungen am Makrozoobenthos des Arkonabeckens (südliche Ostsee). - Fischerei-Forschung 23: 28-32.
15. GRAF, G. (1987): Benthic energy flow during a simulated autumn bloom sedimentation. - Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 39: 23-29.
16. _ (1992): Benthic-pelagic coupling: a benthic review. - Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Annu. Rev. 30: 149-190.
17. GRUSZKA, P. (1991): Marenzelleria viridis (VERRILL, 1873) (Polychaeta: Spionidae) - a new component of shallow water benthic community in the southern Baltic. - Acta Ichthyol. Piscatoria 21 (Suppl.): 57-65.
18. HARGRAVE, B. T. (1973): Coupling carbon flow through some pelagic and benthic communities. - J. Fish. Res. Bd. Can. 30: 1317-1326.
19. HEIP, C. (1995): Eutrophication and zoobenthos dynamics. - Ophelia 41: 113-136.
20. HELCOM (1988): Guidelines for the Baltic Monitoring Programme for the third stage. Part D. Biological Determinants. - Baltic Sea Environ. Proc. No. 27 D: 1-161.
21. _ (1990): Second periodic assesment of the state of the marine environment of the Baltic Sea area 1984-1988. Background Dokument. - Baltic Sea Environ. Proc. No. 35 B: 1-432.
22. _ (1993a): Second Baltic Sea pollution load compilation. - Baltic Sea Environ. Proc. No. 45: 1-161.
23. _ (1993b): Summaries of the pre-feasability studies. - Baltic Sea Environ. Proc. No. 46: 1-161.
24. JØRGENSEN, B. B. & FENCHEL, T. (1974): The sulfur cycle of a marine sediment model system. - Mar. Biol. 24: 189-201.
25. LAMPE, R. (1993): Environmental state and material flux in the western part of the Oder river estuary - results and consequences. - Petermanns Geogr. Mit. 137: 275-282.
26. LASSIG, J. (1965): The distribution of marine and brackishwater lamellibranchs in the Baltic area. - Comment, biol. 28 (5): 1-41.
27. LÖWE, F.-K. (1963): Quantitative Benthos-Untersuchungen in der Arkonasee. - Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin 39: 247-349.
28. MAJEWSKI, A. (1972): Hydrological characteristic of the Polish coast estuarine waters. _ Prace PIHM 105: 3-40 (in Polish).
29. MEIRE, P. M., SEYS, J., BUYS, J. & COOSEN, J. (1993): Spatial and temporal patterns of intertidal macrobenthic populations in the Oosterschelde: are they influenced by the construction of the surge barrier ? - Hydrobiologia 282/283: 157-182.
30. NEHRING, D. (1990): Die hydrographisch-chemischen Bedingungen in der westlichen und zentralen Ostsee im Jahre 1989. - Fischerei-Forschung 28: 35-45.
31. NEHRING, D., MATTHÄUS, W., LASS, H.-U. & NAUSCH, G. (1994): Hydrographisch-chemische Zustandseinschätzung der Ostsee 1993. - Meereswiss. Ber. No. 7: 1-68.
32. NEUMANN, G. & BUBLITZ, G. (1969): Seegrunduntersuchungen im westlichen Teil der Oder-Bucht. - Beitr. Meeresk. 24/25: 81-109.
33. PAMATMAT, M. M., GRAF, G., BENGTSSON, W. & NOVAK, C. S. (1981): Heat production, ATP concentration and electron transport activity of marine sediments. - Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 4: 135-143.
34. PEARSON, T. H. & ROSENBERG, R. (1978): Macrobenthic succession in relation to organic enrichment and pollution of the marine environment. - Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. A. Rev. 16: 229-311.
35. _ (1987): Feast and famine: Structuring factors in marine benthic communities. - In: GEE, J. H. R. & GILLER, P.S. (eds.): Organization of communities, past and present. - Blackwell. Sci. Publ., Oxford, pp. 373-395.
36. PERSSON, L.-E. (1983): Temporal and spatial variation in coastal macrobenthic community structure, Hanö Bay (southern Baltic). - J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 68: 277-293.
37. PERSSON L.-E. & OLAFSSON, E. B. (1986): Distribution and abundance of mobile epifauna and macrozoobenthos in south Swedish shallow marine areas. - Ophelia, Suppl. 4: 201-210.
38. PIHL, L. (1982): Food intake of young cod and flounder in a shallow bay of the Swedish west coast. - Neth. J. Sea Res. 15: 419-432.
39. POWILLEIT, M., KUBE, J., MASLOWSKI, J. & WARZOCHA, J. (1995): Distribution of macrobenthic invertebrates in the Pomeranian Bay (Southern Baltic Sea) in 1993/ 94. - Bull. Sea Fish. Inst., Gdynia 3: 75-87.
40. REISE, K. (1985): Tidal flat ecology: an experimental approach to species interactions. _ Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 191 pp.
41. REMANE, A. (1940): Einführung in die zoologische Ökologie der Nord- und Ostsee. - In: GRIMPE, G. & WAGLER, E. (eds.): Tierwelt der Nord- und Ostsee. Bd. 1 a. - Akad. Verlags-Gesell., Leipzig, 238 pp.
42. RHOADS, D. C. & YOUNG, D. K. (1970): The influence of deposit-feeding organisms on sediment stability and community trophic structure: A new protocol. -Hydrobiologia 142: 291-308.
43. ROSENBERG, R. (ed.) (1984): Biological assessment of Swedish shallow marine areas. Fish and bottom fauna. - Statens Naturvårdsverk PM 1911 (Swedish), 384 pp.
44. _ (1995): Benthic marine fauna structured by hydrodynamic processes and food availability. - Neth. J. Sea Res. 34: 303-317.
45. RUMOHR, H., BREY, T. & ANKAR, S. (1987): A compilation of biometric conversion factors for benthic invertebrates of the Baltic Sea. - Baltic Marine Biologists, Publ. No. 9: 1-56.
46. SIEGEL, H., GERTH, M., HOELL, A. & SCHMIDT, T. (1994): Typical distribution patterns in the Pommeranian Bight derived from satellite data. - Proceedings of 19th Conference of the Baltic Oceanographers, Gdansk, Poland, pp. 268-277.
47. VAN DER TOL, M. W. & SCHOLTEN, H. (1993): Response of the Eastern Scheldt ecosystem to a changing environment: functional or adaptive ? - Neth. J. Sea. Res. 30: 175-190.
48. WARZOCHA, J. (1995): Classification and structure of macrofaunal communities in the southern Baltic. - Arch. Fish. Mar. Res. 42: 225-237.