Contents - Editorial

BioGeoChemistry of the tidal flats Jürgen Rullkötter

Marine data around the clock: the station in the mudflats Rainer Reuter

Bleak prospects: Bacteria and suspended matter in the mudflats Meinhard Simon, Mirko Lunau, Andreas Lemke

Sessile way of life: New settlements on the mudflats Tilmann Harder

Food chains in the mudflats: Eat and be eaten Thilo Gross, Kai W. Wirtz

Life on the border: the daily deluge Michael E. Böttcher, Bo B. Jorgensen

Bacterial nutrient model: patterns in tidal flat sediment Martin Baumann, Wolfgang Ebenhöh, Ulrike Feudel

Beneath the tidal flats: bacteria in the "deep biosphere" Bert Engelen

Change of activity: Why bacteria sleep Kai W. Wirtz

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