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Citation: Helgoländer wissenschaftliche Meeresuntersuchungen 1977 29:BF01609988
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On the dynamics of exploited populations ofTisbe holothuriae (Copepoda, Harpacticoida)
A total of 30 weekly exploited populations of the harpacticoid copepodTisbe holothuriae Humes were exposed to 148 or 222µg Cd++ l−1, combined with exploitation rates of 10, 30, 50, 70 or 90% under conditions of s...
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Die Belichtungsreaktionen sessiler Crustaceen(Balanus balanus) als Alternative zu den Schutzreaktionen bodenbewohnender mariner Wirbelloser
Shadow responses, including reactions to both increase (“on“) and decrease (“off“) in light intensity have been hitherto described in the adults of various bottom-dwelling marine invertebrates. These reactions...
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Salinity dependence, uptake kinetics, and specificity of amino-acid absorption across the body surface of the oligochaete annelidEnchytraeus albidus
Enchytraeus albidus is able to absorb dissolved14C-labeled neutral amino acids (glycine, L-alanine, L-valine,α-aminoisobutyric acid) and an amino-acid mixture from ambient water across the body surface against c...
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Amino-acid absorption by developing herring eggs
14C-glycine absorption by eggs of the herringClupea harengus from a 2 µM solution at 15°C depends on the stage of embryonic development. Unidirectional14C-glycine influx rates are small at early stages: 0.6 ± 0....
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In-situ investigations on the echinodermAsterias rubens as a predator of soft-bottom communities in the western Baltic Sea
In-situ investigations on the life of the common sea star (Asterias rubens L.) were carried out in 1976, employing the Underwater Laboratory “Helgoland“ in Lübeck Bay (Western Baltic Sea). The abundance ofA. rube...
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Phytoplankton distribution in the upwelling area off NW Africa
In spring 1968, the centre of the upwelling region off NW Africa was investigated using R. V. “Meteor“. The hydrographic structure in this area is characterized by irregular upwelling in space and time. The co...
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International Helgoland Symposium: Closing remarks
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International Helgoland Symposium: Convener's report on the Informal Session on marine ecosystem research and man's dependence on the sea
This report on an informal session held during the International Helgoland Symposium 1976, emphasizes basic perspectives of marine-ecosystem research and man's dependence on the sea. Particular reference is ma...
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International Helgoland Symposium: Convener's report on the Informal Session on biomass and productivity of microorganisms in planktonic ecosystems
This paper is a brief report on an informal session held during the International Helgoland Symposium 1976. On the basis of a tape recording and notes, it has been prepared by the author who acted as convener ...
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Effect of zinc sulphate on the growth of mono- and multispecies cultures of some marine plankton algae
The effect of zinc sulphate has been investigated in mono- and multispecies cultures of the dinoflagellatesScrippsiella faeroense, Prorocentrum micans andGymnodinium splendens and of the diatomsSchroederella schr...
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Marine ecosystem testing units: Design for assessment of benthic organism responses to low-level pollutants
“Marine Ecosystem Testing Units” (METU) is an experimental design for integrating responses of communities of marine organisms to low level pollutants under natural conditions of temperature, weather, season, ...
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Photosynthesis and fish production: Hypothetical effects of climatic change and pollution
Overall comparisons of marine pelagic productions in different systems are speculative to a high degree. Yet they often bring to our attention processes which have not been sufficiently investigated. One such ...
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Reaction of estuarine ecosystems to effluent from pulp and paper industry
A major problem associated with the discharge of pulp or paper-mill effluent into shallow estuarine ecosystems, such as the upper L'Etang in Canada or the Don in Scotland, is the development of anoxic conditio...
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On the role of heterotrophic bacteria in marine ecosystems: Some problems
Resulting from synecological studies in some areas of the southern North Sea, a contradiction becomes evident between measurements of primary production and determinations of the activities consuming organic m...
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Exchange of energy, nitrogen and phosphorus between water, bottom and ice in a near-shore ecosystem of the Sea of Japan
The processes taking place at the partioning boundaries of a marine ecosystem are still rather obscure. At a permanent research station, water (in winter, ice) samples were taken throughout the year from 6 dif...
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The structure of the plankton community of the Öregrundsgrepen (southwest Bothnian Sea)
Taxonomic composition and variations in density and biomass of the plankton community in the Öregrundsgrepen, a shallow coastal area, were investigated from June 1972 to November 1973. The phytoplankton biomas...
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Organisation in the pelagic ecosystem
A continuous, steady-state theory has been developed for the abundance of organisms in the pelagic ecosystem as a function of their body weight. It is based on accepted relationships for the weight-dependence ...
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Estimation of in situ rates of heterotrophy using diurnal changes in dissolved organic matter and growth rates of picoplankton in diffusion culture
A scheme has been developed for observing diurnal changes in dissolved organic matter in the photic zone and correlating the with specific microbial fractions and their rates of growth and uptake. Particulate ...
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A seasonal carbon budget for a laminarian population in a Scottish sea-loch
Employing in situ SCUBA methods a seasonal carbon budget has been established for aLaminaria saccharina population in a Scottish sea-loch. Concurrent studies of photosynthesis, secretion rates, reserve fluctuatio...
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Studies from the “UWL Helgoland” on the macrobenthic fauna of rocks and boulders in Lübeck Bay (western Baltic Sea)
During a fortnight's saturation mission with the Underwater Laboratory (UWL) “Helgoland” in May and June 1975, samples of the macrobenthic fauna of rocks and boulders at 15 m depth in the Lübeck Bay were colle...
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Stabilizing properties of a high-biomass benthic community in a fluctuating ecosystem
The shallow Northern Adriatic Sea is subject to strong seasonal and short-time fluctuations in climatic parameters and production. A high-biomass benthic epifauna community on sublittoral soft bottoms with bio...
Citation: Helgoländer wissenschaftliche Meeresuntersuchungen 1977 30:BF02207856 -
Destruction of kelp-beds by sea-urchins: A cyclical phenomenon or irreversible degradation?
A stable kelp bed ecosystem in St. Margaret's Bay, Nova Scotia (Canada), had as its main producersLaminaria longicruris andL. digita. Most algal production was exported as detritus, but there was a moderate popul...
Citation: Helgoländer wissenschaftliche Meeresuntersuchungen 1977 30:BF02207854 -
Community structure, social organization and ecological requirements of coral reef fish (Pomacentridae)
In the Gulf of Aqaba (Red Sea), 25 species of damselfish (Pomacentridae) which form typical interspecific communities were studied. Several species are typical for different depth zones, others are “ubiquitous...
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Initial phases in reef development, studied at artificial reef types off Eilat, (Red Sea)
The initial steps in the formation of a coral reef (as distincr from the enlarging of an already existing reef) have been observed at block moles off Eilat (Red Sea). Within a period of 11 years, thus far four...
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Problems of studying coral-reef ecosystems
The term “reef” has still to be defined in ecological terms. It is essential to discuss and to classify the most significant characteristics of coral-reef ecosystems. Coral reefs involve a number of interdepen...
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The North Inlet marsh — estuarine ecosystem: A conceptual approach
The North Inlet marsh — estuarine ecosystem (located at South Carolina, USA) is described via three sub-models: intertidal, benthic-subtidal and water column. The principal storage compartments and fluxes of e...
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A large indoor tidal mud-flat ecosystem
This paper presents a technical description and some preliminary results of a relatively large experimental tidal mud-flat ecosystem, constructed in parallel set-ups in the experimental aquarium of the Nederla...
Citation: Helgoländer wissenschaftliche Meeresuntersuchungen 1977 30:BF02207845 -
Rocky intertidal benthic systems in temperate seas: A synthesis of their functional performances
Species composition and values of diversity, biomass, quantities of chlorophylla and carotenes of 5 algal communities, located at different intertidal levels in northwestern Spain, were studied at monthly interva...
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A preliminary carbon budget for a part of the Ems estuary: The Dollard
During 1975, measurements were made to quantify all sources of input of organic matter in the Dollard. This made a comparison possible between in situ primary production, import from natural sources and organi...
Citation: Helgoländer wissenschaftliche Meeresuntersuchungen 1977 30:BF02207842 -
Food quality and the heterogeneous spatial distribution of meiofauna
Several different experimental approaches were used to examine recruitment of benthic meiofauna to patches of selected species of algae. In one approach algal-coated, baited slides were incubated in a salt mar...
Citation: Helgoländer wissenschaftliche Meeresuntersuchungen 1977 30:BF02207841 -
Predator exclusion experiments in an intertidal mud flat
The intensity of predation pressure exerted on the macrofauna in muddy sediments was investigated in Königshafen (island of Sylt, eastern North Sea). Tests in aquaria revealed shrimpCrangon crangon, juveniles of ...
Citation: Helgoländer wissenschaftliche Meeresuntersuchungen 1977 30:BF02207840 -
Zooplankton cultivation and prawn seed-production in an artificial ecosystem
The cultivation experiments were conducted in two parts: (1) zooplankton cultivation in a heterogeneous system as fundamental research (Experiment I); (2) prawn seed-production in a homogeneous system as appli...
Citation: Helgoländer wissenschaftliche Meeresuntersuchungen 1977 30:BF02207838 -
Parallel plastic tank experiments with cultures of marine diatoms
The reproductibility of tank experiments concerning unicellular marine algal development was analyzed by means of parallel experiments with cultures ofThalassiosira rotula andSkeletonema costatum, using large fle...
Citation: Helgoländer wissenschaftliche Meeresuntersuchungen 1977 30:BF02207836 -
On population dynamics in multi-species cultures of diatoms and dinoflagellates
In order to assess the phenomena possibly underlying population dynamics and species succession in the sea, the following phytoplankton culture experiments were made. In uni-algal and in multi-algal batch cult...
Citation: Helgoländer wissenschaftliche Meeresuntersuchungen 1977 30:BF02207835 -
Microcosm responses to environmental perturbants
A flow-through microcosm facility using unfiltered ocean source water is described. “Stagnation” cleaning has proven to be a simple and effective way of maintaining seawater distribution systems free of foulin...
Citation: Helgoländer wissenschaftliche Meeresuntersuchungen 1977 30:BF02207834 -
Etude expérimentale d'un écosystème sableux
A multispecific closed-circuit sand ecosystem was fuelled by regular addition of soluble amino acids during 28 months (205 g C m−2 year−1). Bacteria and nematode densities undergo a similar evolution, divided int...
Citation: Helgoländer wissenschaftliche Meeresuntersuchungen 1977 30:BF02207833 -
The importance of physical and biotic scaling to the experimental simulation of a coastal marine ecosystem
A marine microcosm, consisting of a pelagic phase interacting with a benthic phase, is described. Variations in water turnover, turbulence, incident radiation and ratio of pelagic volume to benthic surface are...
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Properties of an aquatic micro-ecosystem
A micro-ecosystem, composed of three trophic levels, was built in 1973. Up to the present time (1976) the biological and chemical state has remained essentially the same. The trophic levels are spatially separ...
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The use of large volume, transparent, enclosed sea-surface water columns in the study of stress on plankton ecosystems
A brief account is given of the Controlled Ecosystem Pollution Experiment (CEPEX) program, with results from a recent experiment disigned to ascertain effects of mercury on planktonic ecosystems. The experimen...
Citation: Helgoländer wissenschaftliche Meeresuntersuchungen 1977 30:BF02207830 -
Comments on the use of a deep tank in planktological research
The Dalhousie University Aquatron tower tank (10 m deep, 3.66 m in diameter, with viewing ports at regular intervals down its side) can be operated in a continuous flow mode or as a closed system and has progr...
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Models and muddles
The first model in marine ecology was that of the biocoenosis by Moebius (1883), conceived as a self-contained box limited by a finite food resource. This box was almost immediately broken bown by Dean (1893) ...
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Interspecific interaction: The analysis of complex structures in carnivorous zooplankton populations
Linear unidirectional dependence of one population upon another is rather atypical among zooplankton species, as carnivory is not only characteristic of high trophic levels but also part of omnivory in many sp...
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On mathematical modelling of complex ecosystems: Application to marine planktonic patchiness
Mathematical modeling of complex ecosystems is very difficult due to the very large number of components in the real ecosystem. Conceptual subdivision into interacting sub-systems is necessarily subjective and...
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Ecological studies on the deep-water pelagic community of Korsfjorden (western Norway)
As part of a project aimed at assessing the available energy in a pelagic system and the efficiency of its transfer, monthly biomass estimates of the 23 main macroplanktonic and mesoplanktonic species have bee...
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Stability and instability of marine ecosystems, illustrated by examples from the Red Sea
With all the limitations of novelty, ecology today is able to discern certain practices that may be destructive to the existing ecosystems, and to predict what the damages in the systems will be if preventive ...
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A review of important concepts in the trophic organization of pelagic ecosystems
The physical environment has an important influence on the size composition of primary producers in plankton communities. This effect is transmitted through the trophic structure by size selective feeding proc...
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International Helgoland Symposium “Ecosystem research”: Opening address
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Foreword
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Dedication
Citation: Helgoländer wissenschaftliche Meeresuntersuchungen 1977 30:BF02207818