The uptake and release of material by the cockle Cerastoderma edule L. in the Western scheldt Estuary, SW Netherlands

In situ experiments were caried out on natural cockle beds in the Western Scheldt in autumn, spring and summer, using a Benthic Ecosytem Tunnel. From this tunnel inflowing and outflowing water was sampled at regular intervals and analyzed for seston, POC, PON, POP, chlorophyll-a, phaeophytin-a ...