Proceedings of the 18th EBSA Symposium held in Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K., 29th August to 2nd September 1988

The nature of outflows from the north-east estuaries.- Effects of tide range alterations on salt marsh sediments in the Eastern Scheldt, S.W. Netherlands.- The phosphorus budget of the Marsdiep Tidal Basin (Dutch Wadden Sea) in the period 1950-1985: importance of the exchange with the North Sea.- Effects of changes in turbidity and phospate influx on the ecosystem of the Ems estuary as obtained by a computer simulation model.- Response of the Dutch Wadden Sea ecosystem to phosphorus discharges from the River Rhine.- Long-term studies of the benthic biology of Tees Bay and Tees estuary.- Year-class strength regulation in plaice (Pleuronectes platessa L.) on the Swedish west coast.- The Forth estuary: a nursery and overwintering area for North Sea fishes.- Case studies and estuary characteristics: Cadmium and copper accumulation in the common mussel Mytilus edulis in the Western Scheldt estuary: a model approach.- Enteromorpha as a monitor of heavy metals in estuaries.- Humber estuary - a case study.- The conservation of British North Sea estuaries.- Phytoplankton primary production and nutrients in the Oosterschelde (The Netherlands) during the pre-barrier period 1980-1984.- Average annual growth and condition of mussels as a function of food source.- Flora and fauna of the sublittoral hard substrata in the Oosterschelde (The Netherlands) - interactions with the North Sea and the influence of a storm surge barrier.- Oosterschelde estuary (S.W. Netherlands): a self-sustaining ecosystem?.- Concluding paper: North Sea-estuaries interactions - a sense of the meeting.