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Tidal Flat Ecology

An Experimental Approach to Species Interactions

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  • © 1985

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Authors:
  1. Karsten Reise

    1. Litoralstation, List/Sylt, Germany

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Part of the book series: Ecological Studies (ECOLSTUD, volume 54)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-X
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Karsten Reise
      Pages 1-5

  3. The Tidal Flat Ecotone

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
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    2. Tides, Sediments, and the Distribution of Organisms

      • Karsten Reise
      Pages 9-16

    3. Biogeochemistry of Tidal Sediments

      • Karsten Reise
      Pages 17-24

    4. Living in Tidal Sediments

      • Karsten Reise
      Pages 25-34

    5. The Tidal Flats of Königshafen

      • Karsten Reise
      Pages 35-53

  4. Experiments on Tidal Flats

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 55-55
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    2. Some Problems of Methodology

      • Karsten Reise
      Pages 57-62

    3. Exclusion of Large Fish and Birds

      • Karsten Reise
      Pages 63-74

    4. Predation by Crabs, Shrimp, and Small Fish

      • Karsten Reise
      Pages 75-100

    5. Endobenthic Predation

      • Karsten Reise
      Pages 101-107

    6. Prey Dynamics and Predator Impact

      • Karsten Reise
      Pages 108-118

    7. Macrofauna Promotes Meiofauna

      • Karsten Reise
      Pages 119-145

    8. Interactions in the Biotic Assemblage

      • Karsten Reise
      Pages 146-157

    9. The Open Community on Tidal Flats

      • Karsten Reise
      Pages 158-166

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 167-194
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About this book

The tidal coastline presents a fascinating ecological world. Rocky shores with their recurrent zonation of algae and sessile invertebrates demonstrate the orderliness of nature, apparently obeying general explan­ atory principles. The niche theory could just as well have hatched out of the tight species-packing on the coral reef flats. Fluxes of carbon and nitrogen are best studied in mangroves and salt marshes with their outstanding primary productivity; the bare mud and sands of the tidal flats are different. Their ecological treasures are well concealed, and perhaps not to everybody's taste. Pick up a piece of tidal sediment and see how it resembles a large, rotten cheese! It smells, is slimy and sticky, is punched with holes and crowded with various worms. Tidal flats receive detritus from both the land and the sea. They sup­ port a rich benthic community which attracts birds from far distant breeding grounds, and serves as a nursery for crabs, shrimp and fish. Tidal flats are a busy ecological turntable. They import low valued organic matter, and they export well-fed birds to the land and grown-up fish to the sea. They offer ideal opportunities for aquaculture but are also used as dumping grounds for industrial wastes. All this may call for a marine ecologist to investigate the basic processes involved. Yet there is still another reason.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Litoralstation, List/Sylt, Germany

    Karsten Reise

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Tidal Flat Ecology

  • Book Subtitle: An Experimental Approach to Species Interactions

  • Authors: Karsten Reise

  • Series Title: Ecological Studies

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70495-6

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1985

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-70497-0Published: 20 November 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-70495-6Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0070-8356

  • Series E-ISSN: 2196-971X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 194

  • Number of Illustrations: 58 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Ecology, Zoology

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