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The Wadden Sea Ecosystem

Stability Properties and Mechanisms

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  • © 1999

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Editors:
  1. Sabine Dittmann

    1. Forschungszentrum Terramare, Wilhelmshaven, Germany

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  • Summary of an ecosystem analysis
  • Application of multivariate statistics and ecological modelling in marine ecology

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XII
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  2. Introduction

    • Sabine Dittmann
    Pages 1-4

  3. ELAWAT: Goals and Conceptual Framework

    • Sabine Dittmann, Volker Grimm
    Pages 5-13

  4. Study Area: The Backbarrier Tidal Flats of Spiekeroog

    • Andreas Hild, Verena Niesel, Carmen-Pia Gรผnther
    Pages 15-49

  5. Statistical Models and Techniques for the Analysis of Conditions of an Ecological System

    • Ulrike Schleier
    Pages 51-76

  6. Spatial and Temporal Distribution Patterns and Their Underlying Causes

    • Verena Niesel, Carmen-Pia Gรผnther, Marlies Villbrandt, A. Hild, Sabine Dittmann, Volker Grimm
    Pages 77-173

  7. Recolonization of Tidal Flats After Disturbance

    • Sabine Dittmann, Carmen-Pia Gรผnther, Ulrike Schleier
    Pages 175-192

  8. Effects of the Ice Winter 1995/96

    • Carmen-Pia Gรผnther, Verena Niesel
    Pages 193-205

  9. Grid-Based Modelling of Macrozoobenthos in the Intertidal of the Wadden Sea: Potentials and Limitations

    • Volker Grimm, Carmen-Pia Gunther, Sabine Dittmann, Hanno Hildenbrandt
    Pages 207-226

  10. Stability Properties in the Wadden Sea

    • Volker Grimm, Hauke Bietz, Carmen-Pia Gรผnther, Andreas Hild, Marlies Villbrandt, Verena Niesel et al.
    Pages 227-259

  11. Assessing Stability Properties: How Suitable is this Approach for Ecosystem Research in the Wadden Sea?

    • Sabine Dittmann
    Pages 261-265

  12. Joint Research Projects: Experiences and Recommendations

    • Sabine Dittmann, Andreas Hild, Volker Grimm, Carmen-Pia Gรผnther, Verena Niesel, Marlies Villbrandt et al.
    Pages 267-280

  13. Protection of Processes in the Wadden Sea

    • Marlies Villbrandt, Carmen-Pia Gunther, Sabine Dittmann
    Pages 281-288

  14. Summary

    • Sabine Dittmann
    Pages 289-292

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 293-307
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About this book

This book covers the synthesis of the joint research project ELA W AT (Elastizitat des Okosystems Wattenmeer = Resilience of the Wadden Sea Ecosystem), which was part of the "Ecosystem Research Wadden Sea" in Germany. The major obยญ jective of ELA WAT was the analysis of potential stability properties and relevant processes for regeneration in this intertidal ecosystem. The synthesis of this proยญ ject summarizes the results of several years of field studies on spatial and temporal patterns of several abiotic and biotic parameters and on the effects of disturbances. Based on this analysis, stability properties and mechanisms were identified. The results contribute to the protection of processes in this coastal ecosystem (Chap. 12). This book on the interdisciplinary project ELA W AT also provides a detailed case study on the ecology of a backbarrier system. The "Ecosystem Research Wadden Sea" was part of the Ecosystem Research Program of the Federal Republic of Germany and a contribution to the MABยญ programme of the UNESCO (MAB-5). Results of this interdisciplinary research scheme were meant to form the scientific background of political decisions for the protection and sustainable use of this coastal ecosystem. Thus the "Ecosystem Research Wadden Sea" followed the guidelines of the precautionary principle and environmental research of the federal government. The research was carried out in association with the administrations of the Wadden Sea National Parks in the states of Schleswig-Holstein and Lower Saxony.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Forschungszentrum Terramare, Wilhelmshaven, Germany

    Sabine Dittmann

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Wadden Sea Ecosystem

  • Book Subtitle: Stability Properties and Mechanisms

  • Editors: Sabine Dittmann

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60097-5

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin ยท Heidelberg 1999

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-64256-2Published: 22 January 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-60097-5Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 307

  • Topics: Ecotoxicology, Ecology, Oceanography, Geoecology/Natural Processes, Nature Conservation

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