Britas Klemens Eriksson,^* Katrin Sieben,^** Johan Eklöf,^*** Lars Ljunggren,^**** Jens Olsson,^***** Michele Casini,^****** Ulf Bergström<sup>*******


*</sup>Britas Klemens Eriksson () is an assistant professor at the Department of Marine Benthic Ecology and Evolution, the Centre for Ecological & Evolutionary Studies, University of Groningen. He holds a PhD in Plant Ecology from Uppsala University. His research deals with effects of resource exploitation and biodiversity loss on the function of coastal ecosystems. Address: Department of Marine Benthic Ecology & Evolution, Centre for Ecological & Evolutionary Studies, University of Groningen, P.O. Box 11103, 9700 CC Groningen, The Netherlands. e-mail: b.d.h.k.eriksson@rug.nl
^**Katrin Sieben is a doctoral candidate at the Department of Marine Benthic Ecology and Evolution, the Centre for Ecological & Evolutionary Studies, University of Groningen. Her research focuses on testing cascading effects of changing coastal fish communities on lower trophic levels in coastal food-webs. Address: Department of Marine Benthic Ecology & Evolution, Centre for Ecological & Evolutionary Studies, University of Groningen, P.O. Box 11103, 9700 CC Groningen, The Netherlands.
^***Johan Eklöf is a post-doc at the Department of Marine Ecology at Gothenburg University, and has a part-time position as researcher at the Department of Systems Ecology, Stockholm University. He holds a PhD in marine ecotoxicology from the Stockholm University. He works with food-web ecology, ecosystem dynamics and management of shallow benthic ecosystems. Address: Department of Systems Ecology, Stockholm University, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden.
^****Lars Ljunggren is a researcher associated to the Institute of Coastal Research at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. He holds a PhD in Fisheries Biology from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. He works with fisheries and water quality assessment. Address: Institute of Coastal Research, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Skolgatan 6, 74242 Öregrund, Sweden.
^*****Jens Olsson is a researcher at the Institute of Coastal Research at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. He holds a PhD in limnology from the Uppsala University. He works with integrated ecosystem analysis of coastal systems, coastal fish ecology and population genetics. Address: Institute of Coastal Research, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Skolgatan 6, 74242 Öregrund, Sweden.
^******Michele Casini is a researcher at the Institute of Marine Research at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. He holds a PhD in marine ecology from the Gothenburg University. He works with fish stock assessment and management, food-web ecology and ecosystem dynamics. Address: Institute for Marine Research, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 4, 45321 Lysekil, Sweden.
^*******Ulf Bergström is a researcher at the Institute of Coastal Research at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. He holds a PhD in marine ecology from the Umeå University. His work concerns habitat and food web ecology, and applications within management of coastal ecosystems. Address: Institute of Coastal Research, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Skolgatan 6, 74242 Öregrund, Sweden.