Benthic studies of the Southern Bight of the North Sea and its adjacent continental estuaries: Progress Report 1

A summary of work on benthic communities in the Southern Bight of the North Sea and adjacent estuaries is presented. This work investigates patterns in species composition, in density and biomass which are stable enough, both in the temporal and spatial domain, to be used as baseline data in monitoring, and from which information on systems functioning can be obtained.