Tidal motion, and the seston supply to the Benthic Macrofauna in the Oosterschelde : report on investigations

In the first part of this report the idea is discussed of benthic filter feeders being food limited and that an important limiting factor is tidal current velocity immediately above the sediment - water interface. In the second part attention has been paid to the results of the variation in seston parameters during the tidal cycle above several musselplots. In the third part of this report several alternative hypotheses are postulated. The research described is started within the framework of the WABASIM-salt project.