Hydrobiologia The International Journal of Aquatic Sciences Volume 514, 15 February 2004 Theme Biology of the Baltic Sea Guest Editors Hans Kautsky & Pauli Snoeijs Preface PLENARY New perspectives through brackish water ecology R.E. Ulanowicz ECOPHYSIOLOGY Physiological and proteomic responses in Mytilus edulis exposed to PCBs and PAHs extracted from Baltic Sea sediments B. Olsson, B.P. Bradley, M. Gilek, O. Reimer, J.L. Shepard, M. Tedengren Modelling of pristine depth limits for macrophyte growth in the southern Baltic Sea A. Domin, H. Schubert, J.C. Krause, U. Schiewer Active carbon uptake in Laminaria digitata and L. saccharina (Phaeophyta) is driven by a proton pump in the plasma membrane M. Klenell, P. Snoeijs, M. Pedersén TROPHIC INTERACTIONS Growth and C:N:P ratios in copepods grazing on N- or Si-limited phytoplankton blooms L. Van Nieuwerburgh, |. Wanstrand, P. Snoeijs Effects of grazing and excretion by pelagic mysids (Mysis spp.) on the size structure and biomass of the phytoplankton community E. Lindén, H. Kuosa Food and habitat choice of the isopod /dotea baltica in the northeastern Baltic Sea H. Orav-Kotta, J. Kotta Blue mussels (Mytilus edulis) in the diet of roach (Rutilus rutilus) in outer archipelago areas of the western Gulf of Finland, Baltic Sea A. Lappalainen, M. Westerbom, S. Vesala vi The effects of turbidity and light intensity on the consumption of mysids by juvenile perch (Perca fluviatilis L.) M. Grangqvist, J. Mattila POPULATION STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS The growth of pikeperch (Sander lucioperca L.) and perch (Perca fluviatilis L.) un- der different water temperature and salinity conditions in the Curonian Lagoon and Lithuanian coastal waters of the Baltic Sea L. Lozys 105-113 Effects of temperature on egg and larval survival of cod (Gadus morhua) and sprat (Sprattus sprattus) in the Baltic Sea — implications for stock development A. Nissling 115-123 COMMUNITY STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS influence of dissolved organic matter from terrestrial origin on the changes of dinofla- gellate species composition in the Gulf of Riga, Baltic Sea |. Purina, M. Balode, C. Bechemin, T. Poder, C. Vérité, S. Maestrini 127-137 Temporal and spatial patterns of crustacean zooplankton dynamics in a transitional lagoon ecosystem Z.R. Gasitnaite, A. Razinkovas 139-149 Classification and description of phytobenthic communities in the waters of the West- Estonian Archipelago Sea G. Martin, K. Torn 151-162 Phytobenthos and macrozoobenthos of the Slupsk Bank stony reefs, Baltic Sea E. Andrulewicz, L. Kruk-Dowgiallo, A. Osowiecki 163-170 Climatic and hydrological controls over the zoobenthos in a southern Baltic coastal lagoon T. Radziejewska, M. Chabior 171-181 MODELLING Effects of land-rise on the development of a coastal ecosystem of the Baltic Sea and its implications for the long-term fate of '*C discharges L. Kumblad, U. Kautsky 185-196 INVASIVE SPECIES Distribution, population structure and salinity tolerance of the invasive amphipod Gmelinoides fasciatus (Stebbing) in the Neva Estuary (Gulf of Finland, Baltic Sea) N.A. Berezina, V.E. Panov 199-206 Establishment of the zebra mussel, Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas), in the Neva Estuary (Gulf of Finland, Baltic Sea): distribution, population structure and possible impact on local unionid bivalves M.1. Orlova, V.E. Panov 207-217 The round goby (Neogobius melanostomus) in the Gulf of Gdansk — a species intro- ducton into the Baltic Sea M.R. Sapota 219-224 EUTROPHICATION Baltic Sea eutrophication: area-specific ecological consequences C. Ronnberg, E. Bonsdorff 227-241 How does eutrophication affect different life stages of Fucus vesiculosus in the Baltic Sea? — a conceptual model R. Berger, L. Bergstrom, E. Granéli, L. Kautsky 243-248 Can different vegetative states in shallow coastal bays of the Baltic Sea be linked to internal nutrient levels and external nutrient load? S. Dahigren, L. Kautsky 249-258 Factors controlling long-term changes of the eutrophicated ecosystem of Parnu Bay, Gulf of Riga J. Kotta, M. Simm, |. Kotta, |. Kanosina, K. Kallaste, T. Raid 259-268 SOCIETY INFORMATION Baltic Marine Biologists (BMB) KElectlroniuc jowurnaels art pyiné ne Contact your librarian for more information