Description
Part I. Introduction and Description of Study Area.- Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Climate Changes along the German Coast.- Chapter 3. Coastal Landscapes of the North Sea and the Baltic Sea.- Chapter 4. Geography and Study Sites.- Chapter 5. Climate and Weather Conditions along the German Shores.- Chapter 6.- Inundation Regimes of the German Coasts and the Impact of the Rising Sea Level.- Chapter 7. The Surface Salinity of the North Sea and Baltic Sea Area.- Chapter 8. Soils.- Part II. Historical and Future Changes of Vegetation and Salt Marsh Fauna.- Chapter 9. General Aspects of Coastal Vegetation at the North Sea and the Baltic Sea.- Chapter 10. Predicting Plant Distribution Shifts.- Chapter 11. General Aspects of Coastal Carabid Beetle and Spider Fauna at the North Sea and the Baltic Sea.- Chapter 12. Changes of the Fauna of Digger Wasps and Bees (Hymenoptera, Aculeata) of the North Frisian Island of Sylt – Effects of Climate Change?.- Chapter 13. Historical Changes in the Carabid Beetle Fauna of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.- Chapter 14. Distribution of Spiders and Carabid Beetles along a Geographical Gradient.- Chapter 15. Predicting Carabid Beetle Distribution Shifts.- Part III. Experimental Assessments of the Effects of Climate Change on Habitats and Their Organisms.- Chapter 16. Field Experiment: Effects of Increased Temperature on a Tidalic Fluvisol.- Chapter 17. Field Experiment: Effects of Microclimate Modification on Soil Organisms and Aggregate Formation in Dune Sand.- Chapter 18. Expected Vegetation Dynamics in Salt Marshes at the North Sea Coast Under Changed Inundation Conditions as an Effect of Climate Change.- Chapter 19. Effects of Sedimentation and Erosion on the Development of Vegetation.- Chapter 20. Tide Simulation Experiment.- Chapter 21. Storm Surges as Natural Experiments.- Part. IV. De-Embankments and Its Effects on the Vegetation and Fauna.- Chapter 22. De-embankments at the North Sea and the Baltic Sea Coasts.- Chapter 23. Salt Marsh Restoration in a Summer Polder at the Wursten Coast.- Chapter 24. Estimated Future Effects of the Sea Level Rise Exemplified by the Wursten Coast.- Chapter 25. Restoration of Salt Meadows at the Baltic Sea Coast: The De-Embankment Experiment at Karrendorf Meadows.- Part. V. Synthesis and Conclusions.- Chapter 26. Expert System: Plants.- Chapter 27. Expert System: Spiders and Carabid Beetles. Chapter 28. Consequences of Climate Change for Biota of the Coastal Salt Marshes and Dunes – Synthesis, Final Conclusions, and Ideas of Compensation.
