Wadden Sea Newsletter List of Publications / Trilateral Maps / Wadden Sea Newsletter /  Wadden Sea Ecosystem     The Wadden Sea Newsletter is a trilateral periodical to inform scientific-, nature management- and policy-making institutions in Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany and The Netherlands about research projects, their results, management measures and topical news in the Wadden Sea area.   No. Volume Contents 2007 33 WSNL 2007 No. 1 Note: Only available online! No printed copies. The Wadden Sea and Climate Change - Pacific Oyster Invasion in the Wadden Sea - What will happen to Birds when Pacific Oysters Take Over the Mussel Beds in the Wadden Sea - Breeding Birds in the Wadden Sea in 2006 - First Records of Two Pacific Crabs at the coast of Lower Saxony, Germany - The Wadden Sea Region: A Living Historic Landscape - Results on the Table - The HARBASINS Conference in Hull (UK) - Two Decades of Wadden Sea Protection Without Borders - The International Wadden Sea School - Trilateral News: World Heritage Site Nomination - Water Framework Directive and Wadden Sea - External Evaluation - Wadden Sea Forum 11th Meeting. New Publications: Proceedings Migratory Waterbird Workshop, August 2006 - LancwadPlan Draft Integrated Strategy - Wild Geese - Changing Coasts 2006 32 WSNL 2006 No. 1 Note: Only available online! No printed copies. Adopting a Watershed - The Gulf of Maine; Harbour and Grey Seal Counts 2006; Breeding Bird Highlights Season 2005; Workshop on Decining Migratory Birds; Nigehörn - An island goes natural, Trilateral News: Wolrd Heritage -West Africa Cooperation -Wadden Sea Forum - TMAP Revision - Wash Cooperation; New Publications, Annual Report 2005. 2005 31 WSNL 2005 No. 1 Online available 10th Trilateral Governmental Conference Schiermonnikoog 2005, Wadden Sea Forum, International Wadden Sea School, Quality Status Report, Alien Species. Breeding Birds 2003 and 2004, Harbour Seals 2005, Projects: Lancewadplan and Harbasins, Conferences, New Publications. 2004 30 WSNL 2004 No. 1 Online available  Wadden Sea Forum, Water Framework Directive, Nutrients, Birds on Trischen, Seagrass Stocks, HIMOM, RETRO, Oiled Birds, Ecological History, New Publications, Annual Report 2003.  2003 29 WSNL 2003 No. 2 Online available 25th Anniversary, Wadden Sea School, Wadden Sea Forum, Bird Monitoring, Harbour Seal Counts 2003, Fish, BioGeoChemistry, NAME Project, Calendar of Events, New Publications. 28 WSNL 2003 No. 1 Online available Wadden Sea Forum, TMAP: QSR and workshops, Harbour Seal Counts, COSA Project, Seabird Coloqium, Calendar of Events, New Publications, Annual Report 2002.   2002 27 WSNL 2002 No. 2 Online available Special Topic Seals: Seal Epidemic 2002, Seal Counts 2002, PSSA Designation, Wadden Sea Forum, Geese Management, Heavy Metal Budgets, Eelgrass Transplantation  26 WSNL 2002 No. 1 Online available Severn Estuary Management Strategy, Wadden Sea Forum, Cultural Dynamics of the Wadden Sea, Subtidal Mussel Beds, Birds in Guinea Bissau, Breeding Bird Highlights in 2001, TMAP Workshops Blue Mussels and Saltmarsh, Annual Report 2001. Latest News: Dead Seals in the Kattegat/Skagerrak Area 2001 25 WSNL 2001 No. 3 Online available Results Esbjerg Conference, PSSA Wadden Sea, Lancewad Report, Monitoring of Beaches, Seals Counts 2001, Beached Bird Surveys, Habitat Directive, Annual Report 2000 24 WSNL 2001 No. 2 Online available (no harcopies available any more) Preparation Esbjerg Conference, Breeding Bird Season 2000, Status Danish Wadden Sea, HCB in the Ems-Dollard, Eutrophication, Status TMAP, Seapura-project, Recommendations of the 10th Wadden Sea Symposium 23 WSNL 2001 No. 1 Online available Special Issue on Eider Duck Mortality in the winter 1999/2000: Mortality, Distribution, Pathology, Parasites, Water Quality, Food Supply, Consequences  2000 22 WSNL 2000 No. 2 Online available Future Cooperation, Sustainable Tourism, Sea Level Rise, Fishery, Beached Birds, Seal Counts 2000, Persian Gulf, Conferences, Calendar of Events 21 WSNL 2000 No. 1 Online available Quality Status Report 1999 / Monitoring and Research / Seal Counts 1999 / Policy and Management / Conferences and Meetings / 10th Wadden Sea Symposium / Annual Report 1999 1999  20 WSNL 1999 No. 1 Online available Tidal Flats Outside Europe / Monitoring and Research / Seal Counts 1998 / Pallas Accident / Policy and Management / Blue Mussels / Conferences and Meetings / NGO Observership / Annual Report 1998 1998 19 WSNL 1998 No. 1 Online available Fishery Policy / Coastal Protection / Communication / Research on Fish Stocks / Oil Pollution / Short Notes / Book Notes 1997 18 WSNL 1997 No. 2 Online available Co-Management / Cultural Heritage / Large Scale Constructions / Wadden Sea Conferences in Stade and Husum / Monitoring and Assessment 17 WSNL 1997 No. 1 Online available Areas Management Example / Salt Marsh Management / Breeding success 1996  16 WSNL 1996 No. 3 Ecosystem Research in the Wadden Sea Area. The 9th International Scientific Wadden Sea Symposium, Norderney, Germany, November 5 - 8th 1996  15 WSNL 1996 No. 2 International Symposium on the Management of North Sea Seal Populations, Texel, April 19 - 20th 1996 / Trilateral Conservation and Management of the Wadden Sea Seal Population  14 WSNL 1996 No. 1 (not available any more) Climate Change/Reference Areas/ Eelgrass /Biotope mapping/ Fishery/Interregional Cooperation 1995  13 WSNL 1995 No. 2 Fishery / Reference Areas / Dredging and Dumping  12 WSNL 1995 No. 1 Rivers too small or ships too large? / Ecosystem Research 1994  11 WSNL 1994 No. 1 Trilateral Management 1993  10 WSNL 1993 No. 3 Seals / Conservation and Management / Trilateral Symposia  9 WSNL 1993 No. 2 Breeding birds /Tourism / Fishery /Grazing /Land reclamation  8 WSNL 1993 No. 1 Salt marsh management / Hunting/ Species protection 1992  7 WSNL 1992 No. 2 (not available any more) Conservation and Management / Ecological Quality Objectives  6 WSNL 1992 No. 1 Conservation and Management / Research Projects 1991  5 WSNL 1991 No. 1 Ecosystem Research / Conservation and Management 1990  4 WSNL 1990 No. 3/4 (not available any more) Monitoring / Conservation, Management / Research Projects  3 WSNL Special Issue 1990 (not available any more) Joint Research Overview 1989  2 WSNL 1989 No. 2 Nutrients / Conservation, Management, Monitoring / Research Projects  1 WSNL 1989 No. 1 (not available any more) Conservation and Management / Research projects and institutions Top of contents WADDEN SEA NEWSLETTER 1989 No. 1 Theme The recent virus outbreak amongst harbor seals in the Wadden Sea: possible consequences for future population trends. by P. Reijnders Conservation and Management The Dutch Management Plan 'Nature' for the Wadden Sea area, by J. de Vlas Implementation of regulations in the International Wadden Sea should be improved, by H. v .d. Windt and B. v. Berkel Research Projects and institutions Ecological mapping of the German Wadden Sea, by K.-H. v. Bernem Das Kuratorium für Forschung im Küsteningenieurwesen, by P. Petersen Common Wadden Sea Secretariat, by J. A. Enemark Topical Items 6th International Wadden Sea Symposium, Sylt 1988 Conclusions of the 6th International Wadden Sea Symposium 5th Trilateral Governmental Conference on the Protection of the Wadden Sea Table of contents WADDEN SEA NEWSLETTER 1989 No. 2 Opening article Research Aims in the Danish Part of the Wadden Sea, by L. Dybkær Nutrients Exchange of Nitrogen and Phosphorus in the Danish Wadden Sea Area, by A. Jensen Review on Nitrogen in Surface Waters Sources, Pathways and Residues, by J. Wieting The Quality State of the Wadden Sea - Attempt of an Assessment, by Th. Höpner Changing Insight in the Process of Eutrophication of the Western Dutch Wadden Sea between 1950 and 1990 , by V. de Jonge Conservation, Management and Monitoring Salt Marsh Habitat Museum? by K. Reise and S. Tougaard Management Plan for the Wadden Sea Wanted!!! A General Management Plan for the Danish Wadden Sea Area and a Strategy for Coastal Management The Situation in Schleswig-Holstein Concerning Management Plans Research Projects Areal Surveys of Feeding Ecology of Waders and Wildfowl in the Danish Wadden Sea, by K. Laursen, J. Madsen, J. Frikke Short Note Ecosystem Research in Schleswig-Holstein Viewpoints Statement on the Recommendation of the 6th International Wadden Sea Symposium, Sylt 1988 Statement, by R. Doerffer Can Scientists Save the Wadden Sea? by St. Wellershaus Reply, by W. J. Wolff Topical Items WWF Expedition to Taymyr Peninsula, Siberia, in Summer 1989, by P. Prokosch and H. Hötker A Letter from Moscow on Ecological Cooperation, by S. Khromov Table of contents WADDEN SEA NEWSLETTER 1990 No. 3/4 Opening Article A Trilateral Wadden Sea Policy - an International Challenge, by G. J. M. Braks Monitoring Monitoring Strategies in the Wadden Sea Area, by J. Bakker The COST 647 Project "Coastal Benthic Ecology", by K.Essink A Joint Monitoring Project for Breeding Birds in the Wadden Sea, by D. Fleet The Outline of an Integrated Management Program in the Dutch Wadden Sea, by J. Bakker Conservation and Management A Habitat Map of the Entire International Wadden Sea, by K. Dijkema Ecological Maps for Pollution Control in the Dutch Wadden Sea, by C. Veld and K. Dijkema Calculation of the Altitude of an Aeroplane by Means of Photograph, by J. d. Vlas Research Projects The Pollution of the Wadden Sea, by G. Janssen Research Program of Man-made Activities in the Danish Wadden Sea by the Game Biology Station, by K. Laursen, J. Madsen and J. Frikke Short Note Ecosystem Research in Lower Saxony Viewpoints Response to the Contribution "The Quality State of the Wadden Sea - Attempt of an Assessment", by Th. Höpner in WSNL No. 2 Break Down in the Ecology of the Wadden Sea?, by K. Reise Comment to K. Reise's Reply, by Th. Höpner Topical Items The Third North Sea Conference and the Wadden Sea, by J. A. Enemark Salt Marsh Management in the Wadden Sea Region. Second Trilateral Working Conference on Salt Marsh Management in the International Wadden Sea Area 7th International Wadden Sea Symposium Announcement of the Scientific Symposium on Ameland in October 1990 Book Note Lothar Koch (1989): Grey Seals in the Wadden Sea Table of contents WADDEN SEA NEWSLETTER Special Issue 1990 - Joint Research Overview A listing of all Wadden Sea related research projects which took place at the time in the three countries Denmark, Germany and The Netherlands. Table of contents WADDEN SEA NEWSLETTER 1991 No. 1 Ecosystem Research in the Wadden Sea Ecosystem Research in the Wadden Sea, by P. Knauer Ecosystem Research Project - Schleswig-Holstein: Applied Science in the Wadden Sea, by B. Scherer Ecosystem Research in Lower Saxony , by G. Liebezeit, G. Hilgerloh and G. Eichweber Further Development of the EmoWad/Eco Wasp Ecosystem Model, by A. G. Brinkman Comparison of Selected Ecosystem Research Projects in the Wadden Sea , compiled by K. Essink, H. Farke, and E. Schrey First Results from Ecosystem Research in Schleswig-Holstein: Kentish Plovers and Tourists - Conflicts in a highly sensitive but unprotected area in the Wadden Sea National Park of Schleswig-Holstein, by R. Schulz and M. Stock Conservation and Management Dutch Wadden Action Program: Measures for a More Natural Wadden Sea, by T. v. d. Wekken "National Park Hamburgisches Wattenmeer": Hamburg Takes Initiatives in Wadden Sea Protection, by R. Fiedler Topical Items The "Great Arctic Reserve" must be established - Impressions of the 2nd North Siberian Expedition, by P. Prokosch The 7th International Scientific Wadden Sea Symposium, Ameland 1990 Short Notes Ecosystem Research in the German Wadden Sea - Symposium Joint Research Overview - Wadden Sea Newsletter Special Issue 1990 The "Annual Report 1990" of the Common Wadden Sea Secretariat is included in the middle of this issue. Table of contents WADDEN SEA NEWSLETTER 1992 No. 1 Opening Article Wadden Sea Research - Wadden Sea Protection - What do Policy-makers Expect from Science? K. Töpfer 6 Conservation and Management The Story of Nigehörn , by K. Janke and D. Glitz Dune Management in the Wadden Sea Area - Third Trilateral Working Conference on Nature Management, Norderney, 8 -12 September 1991 , by G. Hilgerloh Conclusions and Recommendations of the Third Trilateral Working Conference on Dune Management in the Wadden Sea Area Research Projects The Role of Trampling on Ecophysiological Conditions in Grazed Salt Marshes, by A. Svendsen and G. Blicher-Mathiesen Homeward Bound: Problems Waders Face when Migrating from the Banc d'Arguin, Mauritania, to their Northern Breeding Grounds in Spring - Edited by B. J. Ens, T. Piersma, W. J. Wolff and L. Zwarts , by C. Smit Viewpoint The Changing Green on Tidal Flats in the Wadden Sea , by K. Reise Topical Items The Esbjerg Conference. The 6th Trilateral Governmental Conference on the Protection of the Wadden Sea, by J. A. Enemark Book Notes Tidal Flat Estuaries. Simulation and Analysis of the Ems Estuary. Edited by J. Baretta and P. Ruardij, 1988, by K. Essink De Noordzee. Edited by P. de Wolf, 1990, by K. Essink Residual Currents and Mixing in the Wadden Sea. H. Ridderinkhof, 1990, by K. Essink Warnsignale aus der Nordsee. Edited by J. L. Lozán, W. Lenz, E. Rachor, B. Watermann and H. v. Westernhagen, 1990, by G. Liebezeit Nordsee. Ein Lebensraum ohne Zukunft? - K. Buchwald, 1990 , by H. Farke The "Annual Report 1991" of the Common Wadden Sea Secretariat is included in the middle of this issue. Table of contents WADDEN SEA NEWSLETTER 1992 No. 2 Conservation and Management The Morphodynamics of Rottumeroog and Rottumerplaat, Small Islands in the Eastern Dutch Wadden Sea. by J. v.d. Bergs Sea Level Rise and Management of Salt Marshes. by K. S. Dijkema Seal Stations - Reliable Instruments of Nature Protection? by J. Schwarz and G. Heidemann New Shipping Regulations for the German Wadden Sea. by T. Borchardt Restrictions for Cockle and Mussel Fishery in the Dutch Wadden Sea. by K. Essink Ecological Quality Objectives Quality Objectives for the Wadden Sea: Problems and Attempts for Solution. by M. Voss and T. Borchardt Ecological Quality Objectives for the Wadden Sea. by F. de Jong Viewpoints The Changing Greens' Alternative. by V. de Jonge and H. Peletier Topical Items Protection of the Wadden Sea: Denmark. The Netherlands. The Federal Republic of Germany Book Notes Biochemical Processes in Marine Sediments with Emphasis on the Nitrogen Cycle and Dynamics. by J.F. Bakker Physical Processes and Dynamics of Microphytobenthos in the Ems Estuary, The Netherlands. by V.N. de Jonge COST 647 Coastal Benthic Ecology; Activity Report 1988-1991. by B.F. Keegan (ed.) Space and Time Series Data analysis in Coastal Benthic Ecology. by B.F. Keegan (ed.) Publications by the Common Wadden Sea Secretariat Table of contents WADDEN SEA NEWSLETTER 1993 No. 1 Effects of an Increased Sea Level Rise on the Geomorphology and Ecological Functioning of the Wadden Sea by J.P.M. Mulder On the Conservation of the Island of Griend, Dutch Wadden Seaby K. Essink and J.G. Bosch Salt Marsh Management Strategies for Grazing Management on Salt Marshes by J. P. Bakker Salt Marshes in Schleswig-Holstein: From a Green Towards a Natural Successionby M. Stock Hunting in the Wadden Sea Hunting in the Wadden Sea, the Development of Hunting for Subsistence to Hunting as a Sport Activity by P. Uhd Jepsen Is there a Need for Hunting in the Wadden Sea? by J. Prueter Species Protection Reintroduction of Seagrass (Zostera marina L. and Z. noltii Hornem.) in the Dutch Wadden Sea by M.M. van Katwijk Grey Seals in the German Wadden Sea - Will They Get a Chance to Stay? by L. Koch Trilateral Cooperation with English Nature The Wash / North Norfolk Coast, Wadden Sea Work Programme by I. Paterson The "Annual Report 1993" of the Common Wadden Sea Secretariat is included in the middle of this issue. Table of contents WADDEN SEA NEWSLETTER 1993 No. 2 Do Ministers Listen to Recommendations? by M. ter Steege & H. v. d. Windt Personal statements on the following topics: There is a Need for Further Measures to Increase the Breeding Bird Populations in the Wadden Sea by K. Janke by P. H. Becker A System of Quota is Necessary to Regulate Pressure by Tourists in the Wadden Sea by K. Boel Madsen by H. Wesemüller by A. Schipper Fishery in the Wadden Sea Should Change to Aquaculture by N. Dankers by H. O. Boysen Grazing is Needed to Keep Salt Marshes by M. Stock by J. Bakker Land Reclamation is Needed to Counteract Effects of Sea Level Rise by K. S. Dijkema by H. F. Erchinger by K. Reise The Wadden Sea Ecosystem Needs Brackish Marshes by G. M. Janssen Migrant Dunes are Necessary to Prevent Loss of Wadden Sea Islands by M. Janssen by J. Bartholdy Increased Eutrophication in the Wadden Sea is a Problem of the Past by H. J. Lindeboom by Th. Hoepner Table of contents WADDEN SEA NEWSLETTER 1993 No. 3 Where Does the Wadden Sea End? Links with the Adjacent North Sea by M.F. Leopold , H. Skov, O. Hueppop Seals in the Wadden Sea Short Note: Seals in the Wadden Sea in 1993 Monitoring the Activity Patterns of Free-ranged Harbor Seals (Phoca vitulina) by Means of VHF Telemetry by E.H. Ries Conservation and management Dune Management and Barrier Stability, Skallingen, Danish Wadden Sea by N. Nielsen Of Shellfish, Birds and Men. Restrictions for Fisheries in the Dutch Wadden Sea by C.J.M. Phillipart Prolongation of the Moratorium on Gas Drilling in the Dutch Wadden Sea in 1994? by C.J.M.Phillipart Trilateral Symposia The 8th International Scientific Wadden Sea Symposium. by M. Frederiksen Recommendations of the 8th International Scientific Wadden Sea Symposium Recommendations of the1st International Conference on Public Information and Education in the Wadden Sea Area Topical items Long-term Impact Study for the Europipe Development Project by M. Vollmer Additional Projects Approved for Research in the Wadden Sea Ecosystem Research in Lower Saxony by S. Dittmann Book notes Proceedings of the 5th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties of the Ramsar Convention, Kushiro, Japan, 9 - 16 June 1993 T. J. Davis (Ed), Ramsar Convention Bureau 1993: Toward the Wise Use of Wetlands. G.V.T. Matthews, Ramsar Convention Bureau 1993: The Ramsar Convention of Wetlands. its history and development. Table of contents WADDEN SEA NEWSLETTER 1994 No. 1 The Wadden Sea: Museum or Cradle for Nature? by K. Reise Foreign Species in the Wadden Sea. Do they Cause Problems? by K. Essink Trilateral Management Ecological Targets, Coherent Special Conservation Area, and Trilateral Management by F. de Jong Workshop on Eco-Targets. by R. Uyterlinde Do We Need More Avocets? by H.-U. Rösner Catching and Marking Birds - Just Fun? by F. Bairlein, P.H. Becker, K.-M. Exo Topical items Ramsar Convention: Regina Amendments Come into Force Book notes A. Bergmann 1993: Concentrations of PAHs, PCBs and Heavy Metals in the Blue Mussel, Mytilus edulis T. Piersma 1994: Close to the Edge: Energetic Bottlenecks and the Evolution of Mirgratory Pathways in Knots. Table of contents WADDEN SEA NEWSLETTER 1995 No. 1 Rivers too Small or Ships too Large? by H. Deecke Ecological Effects of Dredging and Dumping of Dredge Spoil by K. Essink Dredging and Dumping - the Never Ending Attempt to Channel a Dynamic System. by H. Farke Dynamic Preservation on the Wadden Islands of The Netherlands by R. Hillen and J. de Ruig Ecosystem Research Wadden Sea Ecosystem Research, the Husum Symposium, May 1994. by U. Wilhelmsen, C. Gätje and H. Marencic Topical items Seals in the Wadden Sea in 1994 The 7th Trilateral Governmental Wadden Sea Conference, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands, November 30, 1994. by J. A. Enemark Book notes Trilateral Publications on Birds in the Wadden Sea: - Meltofte et al. 1994: Numbers and Distribution of Waterbirds in the Wadden Sea - Fleet et al. 1994: Breeding Birds in the Wadden Sea 1991 - Roesner et al. 1994: Migratory Waterbirds in the Wadden Sea 1992/93 Proceedings of the 8th International Wadden Sea Symposium 1993 : Birds and their Ecology in the Wadden Sea. Zwiep, K.v.d. & C. Backes 1994: Integrated Systems for Conservation of Marine Environments. Pilot Study: Wadden Sea Lozan et al. 1994: Warnsignale aus dem Wattenmeer Table of contents WADDEN SEA NEWSLETTER 1995 No. 2 Fishery Food for Shellfish Eating Birds: Can Prey Species other than Cockle and Mussel Provide Sufficient Alternative Food for Birds in Meagre Years? by C.J. Smit A Program for Mussel Fishery in Schleswig-Holstein. by Th. Borchardt Enhanced Spisula Fishery in Coastal Waters of Schleswig-Holstein. by Th. Borchardt Spisula Fishery in The Netherlands. Extract from the article "De kustzone van de Noordzee" by Hans Revier in Waddenbulletin 2, 1995 Economic Background of Shrimp Fishery in Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein by M. Gubernator Reference Areas The Need for Reference Areas for Scientific Research and (Nature) Management by F. Colijn & N. Dankers & A. Jensen Dredging and Dumping Deepening of the Navigation Channel Through Gradyb. by M. Pejrup Topical Items Speed Limits in the German Wadden Sea National Parks. by Th. Borchardt 4th North Sea Conference, Esbjerg 8 - 9 June 1995. by F. de Jong Symposium 'The Wadden Sea, our Compassion and Concern' by F. de Jong Status of the Implementation of the Trilateral Monitoring and Assessment Program (TMAP) by H. Marencic Book Notes C.J. Camphuysen & M.F. Leopold 1994: Atlas of Seabirds in the Southern North Sea Table of contents WADDEN SEA NEWSLETTER 1996 No. 1 The Possible Impact of Climate Change on the Wadden Sea. by W.J. Wolff Risk Assessment of Coastal Nourishment Techniques - RIACON. by K. Essink Danish Case Study: Reference Area for Benthos. by K.Th. Jensen Reestablishment of Eelgrass (Zostera marina L.) in the Dutch Wadden Sea - A Feasible Management Target? by V. N. de Jonge Biotope Mapping of Terrestrial Areas in the National Park "Niedersaechsisches Wattenmeer" by N. Hecker Fishery Management and Monitoring Fishermen and Seaducks are Moving Towards Sharing the Spisula-Resources in the Netherlands by M.F. Leopold & M.A. van der Land Corrections to: A Program for Mussel Fishery in Schleswig-Holstein, regarding the contribution by Th. Borchardt, in WSNL 1995-2: 9-11 Short Note: Schleswig-Holstein Engages Scientist for Bivalve Monitoring Inter-Regional Cooperation Coordinated Protection and Sustainable Use of the Wadden Sea Area. by J. Frederiksen Topical Items On the Status of Harbour Seals in the Wadden Sea in 1995 The Trilateral Monitoring and Assessment Program, TMAP - Status of Implementation 10 Years Wadden Sea National Parks in Schleswig-Holstein and Niedersachsen Response on the WSNL Subscriber Questionnaire Announcements International Seal Symposium The 9th International Scientific Wadden Sea Symposium 1996 Book Notes N. Binsbergen 1995: De Lepelaars van de Muy List of CWSS Publications Annual Report 1995 Table of contents WADDEN SEA NEWSLETTER 1996 No. 2 INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON THE MANAGEMENT OF NORTH SEA SEAL POPULATIONS Texel, April 19 - 20th 1996 Management of North Sea Seal Populations. Introduction to the International Symposium. by J. Kuiper & J. A. Enemark Conservation of Marine Mammal Populations: Single Species Protection or Ecosystem Management? by A. J. Bjørge Developments of Grey and Harbour Seal Populations in the International Wadden Sea: Reorientation on Management and Related Research. by P. J.H. Reijnders Stop for Rehabilitation, Raise and Release of Abandoned Seal Pups in the Danish Waters. by S. Tougaard Management of Seal Populations in the International Wadden Sea. by H. Farke 21 Selling Seals - Public Information and Education on the Ambassador of the Wadden Sea. by J. Alles North Sea Grey Seals and Fisheries. by M. A. Fedak Trilateral Conservation and Management of the Wadden Sea Seal Population Seal Agreement Seal Management Plan Leeuwarden Declaration (LD) Joint Seal Project Conservation and Management Plan for the Wadden Sea Seal Population 1996 - 2000 Including Additional Measures for the Protection of the Grey Seal Topical Items Black Spots in the Wadden Sea New Book Releases Lozán J.L. & H. Kausch 1996: Warnsignale aus Flüssen and Ästuaren Table of contents WADDEN SEA NEWSLETTER 1996 No. 3 "Ecosystem Research in the Wadden Sea Area".The 9th International Scientific Wadden Sea Symposium, Norderney, Germany November 1996 MONITORING Contaminant Levels in the Dutch Wadden Sea Sediments in 1993 and 1988. by J. F. Bakker RESILIENCE AND EXCHANGE PROCESSES Resilience and Exchange Processes: Integrated View on the Ecosystem of the Wadden Sea. by S. Dittmann SHELLFISH Stop of Cockle Fisheries - Results for the Birds? by B. J. Ens Shellfish Fisheries - Self Management in The Netherlands. by N. Dankers New Blow for the Mussel Fishery in Schleswig-Holstein. by Th. Borchardt MANAGEMENT RELATED RESEARCH Estuarine Gradients: Ecological Significance, Decline and Restoration. by G. M. Janssen SOCIOECONOMICAL DEVELOPMENTS Tourism Along the North Sea: Three-municipality project. by F. F. Johansen Willingness of Dutch Households to Pay for a Natural Wadden Sea by O. Kuik & F. Spaninks Keep the Wadden Sea Clean. by K. Essink & K. Annema Preliminary Program 9th International Scientific Wadden Sea Symposium Obituary Peter Knauer Table of contents