Hydrodynamics of Chwaka Bay, a shallow mangrove-fringed tropical embayment, Tanzania / N. Nyandwi and O.U. Mwaipopo -- Tidal characteristics of an accretional tidal flat (The Wash, U.K.) / X. Ke and M. Collins -- Quantifying concentration and flux of suspended particulate matter through a tidal inlet of the East Frisian Wadden sea by acoustic doppler current profiling / P. Santamarina Cuneo and B.W. Flemming -- Surface erosion of fine-grained sediment revisited / A.J. Mehta and T.M. Parchure -- Comparison of the erosion shear stress of oxic and anoxic sediments in the East Frisian Wadden Sea / I. Austen and G. Witte -- Mass balancing the seasonal turnover of mud and sand in the vicinity of an intertidal mussel bank in the Wadden Sea (southern North Sea) / A. Bartholomä, B.W. Flemming and M.T. Delafontaine -- Mass balancing the seasonal turnover of POC in mud and sand on a back-barrier tidal flat (southern North Sea) / M.T. Delafontaine, B.W. Flemming and A. Bartholomä --Significance of microphytobenthic primary production in the Bodden (southern Baltic Sea) / S. Gerbersdorf, H.J. Black, J. Meyercordt, L.-A. Meyer-Reil, T. Rieling and I. Stodian -- Bodden waters (southern Baltic Sea) as a source of methane and nitrous oxide / S. Dahlke, C. Wolff, L.-A. Meyer-Reil, H.W. Bange, R. Ramesh, S. Rapsomanikis and M.O. Andreae -- Geochemical investigations of iron and manganese in coastal sediments of the southern Baltic Sea / I. Stodian, H.J. Black, S. Gerbersdorf, M. Köster, L.-A. Meyer-Reil and T. Reiling -- Phosphorus in sediments from coastal waters of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern(southern Baltic Sea) / S. Berghoff, G. Schlungbaum and U. Selig -- Benthic microbial decomposition of organic matter and nutrient fluxes at the sediment-water interface in a shallow coastal inlet of the southern Baltic Sea (Nordrügensche Bodden) / T. Rieling, S. Gerbersdorf, I. Stodian, H.J. Black, S. Dahlke, M. Köster, J. Meyercordt and L.-A. Meyer-Reil -- Significance of aerobic and anaerobic mineralization processes of organic carbon in sediments of a shallow coastal inlet in the southern Baltic Sea / M. Köster, H.-D. Babenzien, H.J. Black, S. Dahlke, S. Gerbersdorf, J. Meyercordt, L.-A. Meyer-Reil, T. Rieling, I. Stodian and A. Voigt -- Effects of plant roots on salt-marsh sediment geochemistry / M.I. Caçador, M.J. Madureira and C. Vale -- Elemental composition of siderite grains in early-Holocene deposits of Youngjong Island (west coast of Korea), and its palaeoenvironmental implications / B.-K. Khim, K.-S. Choi and Y.A. Park -- The impacts of sea-level rise on the coastal fisheries resources and aquatic ecosystems of Cameroon (Central Africa) / C.E. Gabche, T.J. Youmbi and C.A. Angwe -- Impacts of sea-level rise and human activities on the evolution of the pearl River Delta, South China / M.-K. Han, L. Wu, Y.-F. Liu and N. Mimura -- The combined impacts of mean sea-level rise and secular trends in mean tidal range on the marine environment in the vicinity of the Huanghe River mouth / J. Zhang and J. Wang -- The missing mud flats of the Wadden Sea: a reconstruction of sediments and accommodation space lost in the wake of land reclamation / S. Mai and A. Bartholomä -- The Wadden Sea squeeze as a cause of decreasing sedimentary organic loading / M.T. Delafontaine, B.W. Flemming and S. Mai -- The utilization of coastal tidal flats: a case study on integrated coastal area management from China / Y. Wang, X. Zou and D. Zhu.