The paper gives an overview of some of the large, shallow, semi-enclosed coastal systems
(SECS) in Europe, These SECS are important both from the ecological and the economic …

The pioneer works of Einsele, Mortimer, and Ohle on the linking between phosphorus (P)
and iron (Fe) cycles seven decades ago created the theoretical basis for a long‐standing …

In order to improve the trophic state of Lake Sempach, a eutrophied lake in central
Switzerland, its external phosphorus (P) load has been decreased and its hypolimnion has …

There is ample evidence that tube‐dwelling invertebrates such as chironomids significantly
alter multiple important ecosystem functions, particularly in shallow lakes. Chironomids …

The succession of primary producer communities in coastal lagoons is analysed in the light
of the regime shift theory. Pristine coastal lagoons are considered to be dominated by …

Excessive input of nutrients of human origin renders Mediterranean coastal lagoons
eutrophic. In this study, the sediments from a coastal lagoon were exposed to different …

The reassessments of environmental processes in sediments rely upon capturing the
heterogeneous features of elements at a small scale and at the same location. In this study …

Despite their ecological and economic importance, Transitional Waters (TWs) have fallen
behind all the other water categories in respect to the implementation of the Water …

“Buffer capacities” has been defined in ecology as a holistic concept (eg, Integration of
Ecosystem Theories: A Pattern, second ed. Kluwer, Dordrecht, 1997, 388pp), but we show …

To evaluate the actual status of water quality and conclude on the mains source of pollution
in the Nyong estuary River, seasonal and spatial variation of water quality parameters was …