THE INTERTIDAL ECOSYSTEM:
THE VALUE OF IRELAND’S SHORES

Edited by James G. Wilson
Department of Zoology, Trinity College, Dublin 2

The seminar and book were generously sponsored by
the Marine Institute (Ireland), and the Industrial Research and Technology Unit (Northern Ireland)

Those papers below highlighted in bold are published in their final form. The other papers are proof copies.

CONTENTS

Foreword v
Preface vii
Organising Committee xi
Appreciation: Prof. D.W. Jeffrey xii
Appreciation: Emeritus Prof. A. Myers xiv

M.A. Wilson, R. Costanza, R. Boumans, & S. Liu Integrated Assessment
and Valuation of Ecosystem Goods and Services provided by Coastal
Systems 1

M.J. Costello & C. Emblow A classification of intertidal marine biotopes
for use in Ireland 25

O.J. Merne Coastal Wetland Birds and the EU Birds Directive 38

D.W. Jeffrey & M. Hayes Primary productivity in intertidal systems 45

F. Colijn & J. van Beusekom Effect of Eutrophication on phytoplankton
productivity and growth in the Wadden Sea 58

E. Jennings & D.W. Jeffrey The link between biogeochemical nitrogen
cycling and intertidal green macroalgae in Dublin Bay 69

P.J. Boaden Irish intertidal meiofauna–a modicum of progress 81

D. McGrath & H. Foley Settlement and recruitment of the blue-rayed
limpet, Patella pellucida L. in Galway Bay, west coast of Ireland 100

T.P. Crowe What do species do in intertidal systems? 115

M.P. Johnson Projections from population and community models of rocky
shores 134

M. Hartnett The Chlorophyll A Production Modelling of Inshore Waters 147

J.G. Wilson Sustainability and long-term indicators 165

C.H.R. Heip, P.M.J. Herman, J.J. Middelburg, L. Moodley, K. Soetaert &
T. Ysebaert  The Ecology of Estuarine Intertidal Flats: The example of
the Westerschelde 179

V. Koutsogiannopoulou The use of intertidal salt marshes creeks as fish
nursery areas: a seasonal survey of the fishes in North Bull Island,
Dublin Bay 196

H. Hampel & A. Cattrijsse Tidal, diel and lunar changes in estuarine marsh
nekton 197

C. Hily, M. Le Hir & M. Milliet The use of sedimentary intertidal system as
recreational hand fishing area and its impacts on eelgrass beds (Zostera
marina) in West Brittany (France) 198

M. Le Hir & C. Hily Macrofauna organization and variability in intertidal
boulder fields 199

J.D. Nunn, S. M. Smith, B. E. Picton & D. McGrath A checklist, atlas and
bibliography for the marine Mollusca of Ireland 200

J.D. Nunn, R. Anderson & S.M. Smith Truncatella subcylindrica (Linnaeus,
1767) in Ireland 202

M.J. McCorry & M.L. Otte A comparison of the macro-invertebrate fauna
of mud flats vegetated by Spartina anglica and Salicornia spp. at
North Bull Island, Dublin Bay 204

N. Ní Bhroin, E. Landy & N. Clipson Fungi of the Bull Island saltmarsh
system: cultural and molecular diversity 205

Copyright ©2005 Royal Irish Academy
ISBN 1 904890 09 1
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