Includes bibliographical references and index.

Interactions between vegetation and nutrient dynamics in coastal marine ecosystems: an introduction / M.F. Pedersen, S.L. Nielsen, and G.T. Banta -- Estuarine primary producers / K. Sand-Jensen and S.L. Nielsen -- Effects of nutrient loading on shallow seagrass-dominated coastal systems: patterns and processes / J. Hauxwell and I. Valiela -- Plant bound nutrient transport: mass transport in estuaries and lagoons / M.R. Flindt ... [et al.] -- Grazing on pelagic primary producers: the role of benthic suspension feeders in estuaries / J.K. Petersen -- Grazing on benthic primary producers / J. Cebriâan -- Decomposition of marine primary producers: consequences for nutrient recycling and retention in coastal ecosystems / G.T. Banta, M.F. Pedersen, and S.L. Nielsen -- Burial of nutrient in coastal sediments: the role of primary producers / J.J. Middelburg ... [et al.] -- The importance of primary producers for benthic nitrogen and phosphorus cycling / K.J. McGlathery, K. Sundbèack, and I.C. Anderson -- Denitrification / N. Risgaard-Petersen -- Attempting a synthesis: plant/nutrient interactions / S.L. Nielsen, M.F. Pedersen, and G.T. Banta.