Modelling Particle Selection Efficiency Of Bivalve Suspension Feeders / P. Zemlys And D. Daunys -- Field Measurements On The Variability In Biodeposition And Estimates Of Grazing Pressure Of Suspension-feeding Bivalves In The Northern Baltic Sea / J. Kotta, H. Orav-kotta And I. Vuorinen -- Can Bivalve Suspension-feeders Affect Pelagic Food Web Structure? / T. Prins And V. Escaravage -- Motile Suspension-feeders In Estuarine And Marine Ecosystems / D. Bushek And D.m. Allen -- Impact Of Suspension-feeding Nekton In Freshwater Ecosystems : Patterns And Mechanisms / H. Ojaveer -- Influence Of Eastern Oysters On Nitrogen And Phosphorus Regeneration In Chesapeake Bay, Usa / R.i.e. Newell, R.r. Holyoke And J.c. Cornwell -- How Does Estimation Of Environmental Carrying Capacity For Bivalve Culture Depend Upon Spatial And Temporal Scales? / P. Duarte, A.j.s. Hawkins And A. Pereira --^ Impact Of Increased Mineral Particle Concentration On Behavior, Suspension Feeding And Reproduction Of Acartia Clausi (copepoda) / N. Shadrin And L. Litvinchuk -- Suspension-feeders As Factors Influencing Water Quality In Aquatic Ecosystems / S.a. Ostroumov -- Neoplasia In Estuarine Bivalves : Effect Of Feeding Behaviour And Pollution In The Gulf Of Gdansk (baltic Sea, Poland) / M. Wolowicz, K. Smolarz And A. Sokolowski -- Bivalves As Biofilters And Valuable By-products In Land-based Aquaculture Systems / M. Shpigel -- Significance Of Suspension-feeder Systems On Different Spatial Scales / H. Asmus And R.m. Asmus -- Invaders In Suspension-feeding Systems : Variations Along The Regional Environmental Gradient And Similarities Between Large Basins / S. Olenin And D. Daunys -- Contrasting Distribution And Impacts Of Two Freshwater Exotic Suspension Feeders, Dreissena Polymorpha And Corbicula Fluminea / A.y. Karatayev, L.e. Burlakova And D.k. Padilla --^ Functional Changes In Benthic Freshwater Communities After Dreissena Polymorpha (pallas) Invasion And Consequences For Filtration / L.e. Burlakova, A.y. Karatayev And D.k. Padilla -- Does The Introduction Of The Pacific Oyster Crassostrea Gigas Lead To Species Shifts In The Wadden Sea? / A. Smaal, M. Van Stralen And J. Craeymeersch -- One Estuary, One Invasion, Two Responses : Phytoplankton And Benthic Community Dynamics Determine The Effect Of An Estuarine Invasive Suspension-feeder / J.k. Thompson -- Development Of Human Impact On Suspension-feeding Bivalves In Coastal Soft-bottom Ecosystems / W.j. Wolff -- Oyster Reefs As Complex Ecological Systems / R. Dame -- Synthesis/conclusions. Edited By Richard F. Dame And Sergej Olenin. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.