Zoobenthos 
F 
North Baltic 
Sea 
11-16 
Y 
vl abundance 
& biomass by 87-94 % 
440 gdw m' 2 
Norkko & 
Bonsdorff 
(1996a) 
Gastropod 
& bivalve 
Mollusks 
F 
North Baltic 
Sea 
11-16 
Y 
i abundance & biomass 
440 gdw m' 2 
Norkko & 
Bonsdorff 
(1996b) 
Infaunal 
bivalve 
&shrimp 
L 
North Baltic 
Sea 
6-20 
Y 
i survival by 80% 
1 survival by 83% 
200 gdw nf 2 
440 gdw m' 2 
Norkko & 
Bonsdorff 
(1996c) 
Zoobenthos 
S 
North Baltic 
Sea 
Y 
Alters community 
300 gdw m' 2 
Bonsdorff 
et al. (1997) 
Zoobenthos 
F 
Scotland 
(E. coast) 
Y 
■l abundance of invert, 
prey of fishes/birds 
<600 
gdw m‘ 
Raffaelli et al. 
(1998) 
Infauna 
L 
North Baltic 
Sea 
20 
i juv. bivalve moll. 
Cover: 50 % 
Norkko 
(1998) 
Infauna 
S 
Maine, 
U.S.A. 
Y 
Shifted community 
structure to detritivores 
50-200 
gdw m' 2 
Thiel & 
Watling 
(1998) 
Infauna 
F 
Scotland 
(E. coast) 
Y 
Altered infauna 
200 gdw nf 2 
Bolam et al. 
(2000) 
Infauna 
F 
Portugal 
T infaunal 
detritivores 
158 gdw m" 
Lopes et al. 
(2000) 
Zoobenthos 
S 
L. 
North Baltic 
Sea 
19 
Y 
Altered structure. 
i bivalve & amphipod 
181 gdw m" 
Norkko et al. 
(2000) 
Amphipods 
S 
Portugal 
Y 
Population 
zeroed by algae crash 
413 gd w m' 2 ** 
Pardal 
et al. (2000) 
Shorebird 
Black-tailed 
Godwit 
S 
Ireland 
(S. coast) 
i abundance 
Cover: 
40-70% 
Lewis & 
Kelly (2001) 
Infauna 
F 
Sweden 
(W. coast) 
17-18 
Y 
1 suspension feeding 
bivalves by -90 % 
300 gdw m' 2 
Osterling & 
Pihl (2001) 
Epibenthic 
Mudsnail 
S 
Portugal 
(W. coast) 
T abundance 
250 gdw m' 2 ** 
Cardoso 
et al. (2002) 
Copepods 
F 
New York, 
U.S.A. 
Y 
i copepods by -85% 
100 gdw m' 2 
Franz & 
Friedman 
(2002) 
Infauna 
Pred. birds 
F 
Ireland 
(S. coast) 
vl amphipod abundance; 
Black-headed gulls 
avoid algal cover 
206-277 
gdw m‘ 
Lewis 
et al. (2003) 
Zoobenthos 
F 
Portugal 
(W. coast) 
Y 
T abundance mudsnail, 
polych. worm 
600 gdw m' 2 
Cardoso 
et al. (2004) 
Infauna 
F 
Australia 
(E. coast) 
Y 
i polychaete, molluscan 
abundance 
450 gdw m' 2 
Cummins et 
al. (2004) 
Infauna 
S 
England (S. 
coast) 
Y 
vt infaunal abundance 
-70% 
i infaunal biomass 70% 
Cover: 90 % 
Jones & Pinn 
(2006) 
Zoobenthos 
S 
NE Baltic 
Sea 
Minor alterations to 
community structure 
347 gdw m' 2 
Cover -25% 
Lauringson& 
Kotta (2006) 
Infauna 
F 
Netherlands 
No major changes in 
infauna 
80 gdw m' 2 
buried in 
sediment 
Rossi (2006) 
Type of Study: S is survey, F is field manipulation, L is lab experiment; Effects: i decreased; T increased; 
* For survevs. negative correlation suggesting a possible effect; ** Ash free dry weight 
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