Ecosystem Analysis

Exchange, transport and transformation processes within coastal ecosystems

• Material exchange
• Exchange with the North Sea
• World wide comparisons - South Africa
• World wide comparisons - Indonesia

Function of benthic communities

• Biodiversity and ecosystem function
• Mussel beds
• Seagrass beds
• Sand flats
• Mud flats

Trophic relationships and food webs in the coastal zone

• Primary production
• Secondary production
• Zooplankton
• Higher trophic levels
• Energy flow

Currents and turbulence

• Effects on organisms
• Effects on communities
• Effects on material and energy flow