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Hydrobiologia The International Journal on Limnology and Marine Sciences Volume 465, 1 December 2001 Theme Coastal Shellfish — A Sustainable Resource Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Shellfish Restoration, held in Cork, Ireland, 28 September-2 October 1999 Guest Editor Gavin Burnell Preface List of referees/Acknowledgements MANAGEMENT TOOLS FOR BIVALVE MOLLUSC FISHERIES Shelifish ranching in the UK C.A. Burton, J.T. MacMillan, M.M. Learmouth Bivalve enhancement and restoration strategies in Florida, U.S.A. William S. Arnold Recovery of intertidal mussel beds in the Waddensea: use of habitat maps in the management of the fishery N. Dankers, A.G. Brinkman, A. Meijboom, E. Dijkman On the dynamics of the stocks of blue mussels (Mytilus edulis L.) in the Danish Wadden Sea Sten Munch-Petersen, Per Sand Kristensen THE BIOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT OF CRUSTACEAN FISHERIES The role of lobster (Homarus spp.) hatcheries in ranching, restoration and remediation programmes C. A. Burton An historical overview of the Republic of lreland’s lobster (Homarus gammarus Lin- naeus) fishery, with reference to European and North American (Homarus americanus Milne Edwards) lobster landings R. M. Browne, J. P. Mercer, M. J. Duncan V1 Searching for the early benthic phase (EBP) of the European lobster: a trans-European study of cobble fauna Adrian Linnane, Brendan Ball, John P. Mercer, Ronan Browne, Gro van der Meeren, Halldis Ringvold, Colin Bannister, David Mazzoni, Brian Munday Conflict between two inshore fisheries: for whelk (Buccinum undatum) and brown crab (Cancer pagurus), in the southwest Irish Sea Edward Fahy THE REAL AND POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF SEA URCHIN EXPLOITATION The commercial potential of the common sea urchin Echinus esculentus from the west coast of Scotland M.S. Kelly, P.V. Owen, P. Pantazis Implications of temporal and spatial variability in Paracentrotus lividus populations to the associated commercial coastal fishery David K.A. Barnes, Anne C. Crook The impact of scallop drags on sea urchin populations and benthos in the Bay of Fundy, Canada 103-114 S.M.C. Robinson, S. Bernier, A. Macintyre ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF SHELLFISH EXPLOITATION AND AQUACULTURE Short-term impact of blue mussel dredging (Mytilus edulis L.) on a benthic community 115-127 P. Dolmer, T. Kristensen, M.L. Christiansen, M.F. Petersen, PS. Kristensen, E. Hoffmann The effect of scallop dredging on Irish Sea benthos: experiments using a closed area C. Bradshaw, L.O. Veale, A.S. Hill, A.R. Brand 129-138 Growth statistics of an exploited razor clam (Ensis siliqua) bed at Gormanstown, Co Meath, Ireland 139-151 Edward Fahy, Joanne Gaffney The influence of dredge design on the catch of Callista chione (Linnaeus, 1758) M.B. Gaspar, M.D. Dias, A.C ampos, C.C. Monteiro, M.N. Santos, A. Chicharo, L. Chicharo 153-167 Preliminary appraisal of an innovative hydraulic dredge with vibrating and sorting bottom on clam beds (Chamelea gallina) E. Rambaidi, M.L. Bianchini, G. Priore, G. Prioli, N. Mietti, T. Pagliani 169-173 A preliminary study on the effects of oyster culturing structures on birds in a sheltered irish estuary G. Hilgerloh, J. O’Halloran, T.C. Kelly, G.M. Burnell 175-180 DISEASES AND HARMFUL ALGAL EVENTS Living with bonamiasis: Irish research since 1987 Sarah C. Culloty, Maire F. Mulcahy 181-186 A satellite and field portrait of a Karenia mikimotoi bloom off the south coast of Ireland, August 1998 R. Raine, S. O’Boyle, T. O’Higgins, M. White, J. Patching, Bronwyn Cahill, T. McMahon 187-193 SHELLFISH AS ENVIRONMENTAL WATCHDOGS AND MONITORS The assessing of Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) rearing performances by the iIFREMER/REMORA network: method and first results (1993-98) in Brittany (France) P.G. Fleury, E. Goyard, J. Mazurié, S. Claude, J.F. Bouget, A. Langlade, Y. Le Coguic 195-208 The role of bivalve molluscs as tools in estuarine sediment toxicity testing: A review Pamela A. Byrne, John O’Halloran 209-217 Subject index 219-224 KElectlroniuc jowurnales art (i"n2e Contact your librarian for more information