1. Hydrobiologia Volume 540, 15 May 2005

   OriginalPaper Pages: V - VI

2. The Scheldt estuary: a description of a changing ecosystem

   • Patrick Meire
   • Tom Ysebaert
   • Eric Struyf

   Introductory Paper Pages: 1 - 11

3. The food web in the lower part of the Seine estuary: a synthesis of existing knowledge

   • Jean-Claude Dauvin
   • Nicolas Desroy

   OriginalPaper Pages: 13 - 27

4. Spatial and temporal patterns of water quality along the estuarine salinity gradient of the Scheldt estuary (Belgium and The Netherlands): results of an integrated monitoring approach

   • Stefan Van Damme
   • Eric Struyf
   • Patrick Meire

   OriginalPaper Pages: 29 - 45

5. Nutrient fluxes and water quality in the drainage network of the Scheldt basin over the last 50 years

   • Gilles Billen
   • Josette Garnier
   • Véronique Rousseau

   OriginalPaper Pages: 47 - 67

6. Freshwater marshes as dissolved silica recyclers in an estuarine environment (Schelde estuary, Belgium)

   • Eric Struyf
   • Stefan Van Damme
   • Patrick Meire

   OriginalPaper Pages: 69 - 77

7. Suspended matter in the Scheldt estuary

   • Margaret S. Chen
   • Stanislas Wartel
   • Dirk Van Maldegem

   Primary Research Paper Pages: 79 - 104

8. Influence of changes in salinity and light intensity on growth of phytoplankton communities from the Schelde river and estuary (Belgium/The Netherlands)

   • Marie Lionard
   • Koenraad Muylaert
   • Wim Vyverman

   Primary Research Paper Pages: 105 - 115

9. Changes in phytoplankton biomass and primary production between 1991 and 2001 in the Westerschelde estuary (Belgium/The Netherlands)

   • Jacco C. Kromkamp
   • Jan Peene

   OriginalPaper Pages: 117 - 126

10. Phytoplankton growth rates in the freshwater tidal reaches of the Schelde estuary (Belgium) estimated using a simple light-limited primary production model

    • Koenraad Muylaert
    • Micky Tackx
    • Wim Vyverman

    Primary Research Paper Pages: 127 - 140

11. Overview of trace metal contamination in the Scheldt estuary and effect of regulatory measures

    • W. Baeyens
    • M. Leermakers
    • M. Elskens

    Primary Research Paper Pages: 141 - 154

12. Geochemical composition of sediments in the Scheldt estuary with emphasis on trace metals

    • Mohamed Bouezmarni
    • Roland Wollast

    Primary Research Paper Pages: 155 - 168

13. Temporal and spatial trends in heavy metal concentrations in the marine mussel Mytilus edulis from the Western Scheldt estuary (The Netherlands)

    • Valentine K. Mubiana
    • Diab Qadah
    • Ronny Blust

    Primary Research Paper Pages: 169 - 180

14. Seasonal variation of floc characteristics on tidal flats, the Scheldt estuary

    • Margaret S. Chen
    • Stanislas Wartel
    • Stijn Temmerman

    Primary Research Paper Pages: 181 - 195

15. Benthic variability in intertidal soft-sediments in the mesohaline part of the Schelde estuary

    • T. Ysebaert
    • M. Fettweis
    • M. Sas

    OriginalPaper Pages: 197 - 216

16. Laboratory experiments on the infaunal activity of intertidal nematodes

    • M. Steyaert
    • L. Moodley
    • M. Vincx

    Primary Research Paper Pages: 217 - 223

17. The predation impact of juvenile herring Clupea harengusand sprat Sprattus sprattus on estuarine zooplankton

    • Joachim Maes
    • Micky Tackx
    • Karline Soetaert

    Primary Research Paper Pages: 225 - 235

18. Water bird communities in the Lower Zeeschelde: long-term changes near an expanding harbour

    • Ericia Van den Bergh
    • Tom Ysebaert
    • Patrick Meire

    Primary Research Paper Pages: 237 - 258

19. Flow hydrodynamics on a mudflat and in salt marsh vegetation: identifying general relationships for habitat characterisations

    • T. J. Bouma
    • M. B. De. Vries
    • S. van. Regenmortel

    OriginalPaper Pages: 259 - 274

20. Zooplankton in the Schelde estuary, Belgium and the Netherlands: long-term trends in spring populations

    • Micky Tackx
    • Frédéric Azémar
    • Patrick Meire

    Short Note Pages: 275 - 278