1. Stress metabolites and their role in coastal plants

   • N. Smirnoff
   • G. R. Stewart

   OriginalPaper Pages: 273 - 278

2. Sulphide tolerance in coastal halophytes

   • D. C. Havill
   • A. Ingold
   • J. Pearson

   OriginalPaper Pages: 279 - 285

3. Manganese as an ecological factor in salt marshes

   • Catherine E. Singer
   • D. C. Havill

   OriginalPaper Pages: 287 - 292

4. Differential response of salt-marsh species to variation of iron and manganese

   • J. Rozema
   • E. Luppes
   • R. Broekman

   OriginalPaper Pages: 293 - 301

5. Nitrogen nutrition in the estuarine zone: the case of Suaeda maritima var. macrocarpa

   • J. Boucaud
   • J. P. Billard

   OriginalPaper Pages: 303 - 308

6. The phytosociology of British sea-cliff vegetation with special reference to the ecophysiology of some maritime cliff plants

   • Andrew J. C. Malloch
   • Joseph F. Bamidele
   • Anne M. Scott

   OriginalPaper Pages: 309 - 317

7. The physiological ecology of strandline plants

   • J. A. Lee
   • R. Ignaciuk

   OriginalPaper Pages: 319 - 326

8. Response of Juniperus phoenicea on sandy dunes in the Camargue (France) to water and saline constraint in summer

   • A. Berger
   • P. Heurteaux

   OriginalPaper Pages: 327 - 333

9. Decomposition of Spartina anglica, Elytrigia pungens and Halimione portulacoides in a Dutch salt marsh in association with faunal and habitat influences

   • G. J. C. Buth
   • L. de Wolf

   Part 4 Studies on Biogeochemical and Physical Processes in Coastal Ecosystems Pages: 337 - 355

10. The distribution and interconversion of ammonium and nitrate in the Skallingen salt marsh (Denmark) and their exchange with the adjacent coastal water

    • Arne Jensen
    • Kaj Henriksen
    • Michael Bo Rasmussen

    Part 4 Studies on Biogeochemical and Physical Processes in Coastal Ecosystems Pages: 357 - 366

11. The influence of vegetation on erosion and accretion in salt marshes of the Oosterschelde, The Netherlands

    • Martha M. van Eerdt

    Part 4 Studies on Biogeochemical and Physical Processes in Coastal Ecosystems Pages: 367 - 373

12. Tidal flows and sediment budgets for a salt-marsh system, Essex, England

    • D. J. Reed
    • D. R. Stoddart
    • T. P. Bayliss-Smith

    Part 4 Studies on Biogeochemical and Physical Processes in Coastal Ecosystems Pages: 375 - 380

13. Effects of mowing on the composition of Baltic salt-meadow communities

    • P. Vestergaard

    Part 5 Studies on Conservation and Management of Coastal Vegetation Pages: 383 - 390

14. The impact of grazing on plant communities, plant populations and soil conditions on salt marshes

    • J. P. Bakker

    Part 5 Studies on Conservation and Management of Coastal Vegetation Pages: 391 - 398

15. The significance of waterfowl grazing in the primary vegetation succession on embanked sandflats

    • W. Joenje

    Part 5 Studies on Conservation and Management of Coastal Vegetation Pages: 399 - 406

16. Vegetation development on newly embanked sandflats in the Grevelingen (The Netherlands) under different management practices

    • P. A. Slim
    • P. Oosterveld

    Part 5 Studies on Conservation and Management of Coastal Vegetation Pages: 407 - 414

17. Ecological consequences of tidal management for the salt-marsh vegetation

    • A. M. Groenendijk

    Part 5 Studies on Conservation and Management of Coastal Vegetation Pages: 415 - 424

18. Salt-marsh research with respect to the civil-engineering project in The Oosterschelde, The Netherlands

    • D. J. de Jong
    • T. J. de Kogel

    Part 5 Studies on Conservation and Management of Coastal Vegetation Pages: 425 - 432

19. The distribution and ecology of coastal species on roadsides

    • N. E. Scott
    • A. W. Davison

    Part 5 Studies on Conservation and Management of Coastal Vegetation Pages: 433 - 440

20. Grazing and mowing as management tools on dunes

    • D. G. Hewett

    Part 5 Studies on Conservation and Management of Coastal Vegetation Pages: 441 - 447

21. Vegetation, land use and management of the inner-dune zone in the North-Holland Dune Reserve, The Netherlands

    • F. W. van der Vegte
    • J. Faber
    • L. Kuiters

    Part 5 Studies on Conservation and Management of Coastal Vegetation Pages: 449 - 456

22. Dynamics and management of some coastal dune woodlands near The Hague, The Netherlands

    • F. van der Meulen
    • E. A. J. Wanders

    Part 5 Studies on Conservation and Management of Coastal Vegetation Pages: 457 - 465

23. Vegetation study as a generator for population biological and physiological research on salt marshes

    • W. G. Beeftink

    Part 6 Concluding Paper Pages: 469 - 486

24. Population biology of salt marsh and sand dune annuals

    • A. R. Watkinson
    • A. J. Davy

    Part 6 Concluding Paper Pages: 487 - 497

25. Ecophysiological adaptations of coastal halophytes from foredunes and salt marshes

    • J. Rozema
    • P. Bijwaard
    • R. Broekman

    Part 6 Concluding Paper Pages: 499 - 521

26. Nature management in coastal areas of Western Europe

    • V. Westhoff

    Part 6 Concluding Paper Pages: 523 - 532

27. Some considerations of and perspectives in coastal ecology

    • W. H. O. Ernst

    Part 6 Concluding Paper Pages: 533 - 545