Iron sulphides, mainly in the form of mackinawite (FeS), pyrrhotite (Fe 1-x S, x= 0–0.125) and
pyrite (FeS 2), are the most abundant sulphide minerals and can be oxidized under anoxic …

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 …

Nutrient loading to coastal bay ecosystems is of a similar magnitude as that to deeper, river-
fed estuaries, yet our understanding of the eutrophication process in these shallow systems …

Aquaculture is the fastest growing sector of the food industry, raising concerns about the
influence of this activity on the environment. We take a holistic approach to review off-bottom …

The blooms of cyanobacteria that develop each summer in the Baltic Sea are composed of
two functional groups, namely the small-sized picocyanobacteria (Synechococcus sp.) and …

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 …

Estuaries, rias, fjords and lagoons (collectively called transitional waters, TW) are highly
important ecosystems both for their high productivity but also as sites of urban and industrial …

Seagrasses develop extensive beds at the interface between the water column and
sediment in tidal or subtidal environments. The height of seagrass canopy ranges from a few …

The spatial variability of seagrass meadows in Arcachon Bay, was studied between 1988
and 2008 using a combination of mapping techniques based on aerial photographs for …

In recent years, iron mediated autotrophic denitrification has been a concern because it
overcomes the absence of organic carbon and has been successfully used in denitrification …