THE JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY 
EDITED FOR THE 
BRITISH ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY 
BY 
A. G. TANS LEY 
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Contents of Vol. V, No. 2. June 1917 
THE SALT MARSHES OF THE DOVEY ESTUARY. By R. H. Yapp, 
D. Johns, and O. T. Jones. PART II. THE SALT MARSHES. By R. H. 
Yapp and D. Johns. (With 5 plates and 13 text-figures.) 
ON THE ECOLOGY OF THE VEGETATION OF BREGKLAND. 
IV. EXPERIMENTS MAINLY RELATING TO THE AVAILABLE 
WATER SUPPLY. By E. Pickworth Farrow. (With 2 plates and 1 text- 
figure.) 
NOTICE OF PUBLICATION ON FOREIGN VEGETATION:— 
Les Cevennes Meridionales (Massif de l’Aigoual), Etude Phytogeograph ique 
(Braun). 
NOTICES OF PAPERS OF GENERAL ECOLOGICAL BEARING. ALGAL 
ECOLOGY 
Studier over Danske Aerofile Alger (Petersen). The Morphology and Ecology 
of an extreme terrestrial form of Zygnema ( Zygogonium ) ericetorum (Kuetz.), 
Hansg. (Fritsch). The August Heleoplankton of some North Worcestershire 
Pools (Griffiths). On the Brown Seaweeds of the Salt Marsh. Part II. Their 
Systematic Relationships, Morphology, and Ecology (Baker and Bohling). 
On the structure and origin of Cladophora Balls (Acton). On a new penetrating 
Alga (Acton). 
THE ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA. 
Meeting at New York City, December 27-29, 1916. 
Papers of General Ecological Interest. _ ({1 q 
Papers of Interest to Animal Ecologists. 
Papers of Interest to Foresters. JL 
Joint Session with the Botanical Society of America. 
Importance of Field Meetings. 
