Major Biological Processes in European Tidal Estuaries - a Synthesis of the Jeep-92 Project

TY - JOUR

T1 - Major Biological Processes in European Tidal Estuaries - a Synthesis of the Jeep-92 Project

AU - Heip, C.H.R.

AU - Herman, P.M.J.

N1 - Reporting year: 1995 Metis note: 0740; CEME; ES; file:///L:/Endnotedatabases/NIOOPUB/pdfs/Pdfs1995/Heip_ea_0740.pdf

PY - 1995

Y1 - 1995

N2 - An overview is presented of the major results of the project JEEP-92 (Joint European Estuarine Project). A basic description was made of the ecological structure of the estuaries Elbe, Ems, Westerschelde, Somme, Gironde, Shannon and Tagus. The biological communities in these estuaries have been described and compared. Major macrobiological processes have been quantified: bacterial production, primpary production, zooplankton energy flow, meiofauna and macrofauna dynamics. Hydrodynamic and ecological models have been developed. [KEYWORDS: Gironde estuary; westerschelde estuary; zooplankton; netherlands; voordelta; crustacea; isopoda]

AB - An overview is presented of the major results of the project JEEP-92 (Joint European Estuarine Project). A basic description was made of the ecological structure of the estuaries Elbe, Ems, Westerschelde, Somme, Gironde, Shannon and Tagus. The biological communities in these estuaries have been described and compared. Major macrobiological processes have been quantified: bacterial production, primpary production, zooplankton energy flow, meiofauna and macrofauna dynamics. Hydrodynamic and ecological models have been developed. [KEYWORDS: Gironde estuary; westerschelde estuary; zooplankton; netherlands; voordelta; crustacea; isopoda]

U2 - 10.1007/BF00008566

DO - 10.1007/BF00008566

M3 - Article

VL - 311

SP - 1

EP - 7

JO - Hydrobiologia

JF - Hydrobiologia

SN - 0018-8158

IS - 1-3

ER -