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Sensitivity to Change

Black Sea, Baltic Sea and North Sea

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  • © 1997

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Editors:
  1. Emin Özsoy

    1. Institute of Marine Sciences, METU, Erdemli, İçel, Turkey

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  2. Alexander Mikaelyan

    1. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Moscow, Russia

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Part of the book series: NATO Science Partnership Subseries: 2 (ASEN2, volume 27)

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Recent decades have seen a degradation of the environmental quality in semi-enclosed seas, which are particularly sensitive to population pressures due to their naturally low flushing rates related to their geometry. The North Sea, Baltic Sea and the Black Sea are amongst the most seriously threatened seas in the Euro-Asian region. Each semi-enclosed sea has a distinct pattern of circulation, transport, mixing, associated with the particular geometry, topography, boundary processes, interior stratification, atmospheric forcing, ice fonnation, straits / sill controls, and the specific inputs of freshwater, nutrients and pollutants. The workshop investigated the distinctive physical and ecological characteristics of the three seas in a comparative manner, in order to identify the types of driving forces and dynamic controls operating on productivity, nutrient cycling, physical transport and mixing mechanisms. A comparative study of these controlling mechanisms would allow us to better understand ecosystem sensitivity in these different environments. The workshop presentations highlighted the complexity of the semi-enclosed seas related to the interaction amongst the physical, chemical and biological fields, and differences in time and space scales in each of the systems. Further, a strong climate signal exists in these systems, manifest in the interannual, interdecadal and longer term variability. Part of the variability appears connected with background climatic variability.

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Table of contents (37 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiv
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  2. Changes of Mean Sea Level and Ice Conditions in Gdynia as Indicators of Climate Changes in the Gulf of Gdañsk

    • M. Sztobryn, M. Kałas, A. Staskiewicz
    Pages 1-9

  3. Variability of Northwestern Black Sea Hydrography and River Discharges As Part of Global Ocean-Atmosphere Fluctuations

    • A. Polonsky, E. Voskresenskaya, V. Belokopytov
    Pages 11-24

  4. Recent Man-Made Changes in the Black Sea Ecosystem

    • Yu. P. Zaitsev, B. G. Alexandrov
    Pages 25-31

  5. Seasonal and Long-Term Variability of the Black Sea Optical Parameters

    • V. L. Vladimirov, V. I. Mankovsky, M. V. Solov’ev, A. V. Mishonov
    Pages 33-48

  6. The Nutrient Stock of the Romanian Shelf of the Black Sea During the Last Three Decades

    • A. Cociasu, V. Diaconu, L. Popa, L. Buga, I. Nae, L. Dorogan et al.
    Pages 49-63

  7. Distribution and Fluctuation of Dominant Zooplankton Species in the Southern Black Sea in Comparison to the North Sea and Baltic Sea

    • U. Niermann, W. Greve
    Pages 65-77

  8. Some Aspects of Phytoplankton Long-Term Alterations Off Bulgarian Black Sea Shelf

    • S. Moncheva, A. Krastev
    Pages 79-93

  9. Sensitivity to Anthropogenic Factors of the Plankton Fauna Adjacent to the Bulgarian Coast of the Black Sea

    • A. Konsulov, L. Kamburska
    Pages 95-104

  10. Long-Term Variability of Phytoplankton Communities in Open Black Sea in Relation to Environmental Changes

    • Alexander S. Mikaelyan
    Pages 105-116

  11. Mnemiopsis Leidyi Abundance in the Black Sea and Its Impact on the Pelagic Community

    • T. A. Shiganova
    Pages 117-129

  12. Seasonal Variation of Surface Pigment Distribution in the Black Sea on CZCS Data

    • N. P. Nezlin
    Pages 131-138

  13. The Effect of Hydrological Conditions on the State of Herring Stocks in the Baltic Sea

    • Tiit Raid
    Pages 139-147

  14. Role of Fishing in the Black Sea Ecosystem

    • A. C. Gücü
    Pages 149-162

  15. Environmental Impact on Fish Resources in the Black Sea

    • K. Prodanov, K. Mikhailov, G. Daskalov, K. Maxim, A. Chashchin, A. Arkhipov et al.
    Pages 163-181

  16. Variations in the Vertical Structure of Water Chemistry within the Three Hydrodynamically Different Regions of the Black Sea

    • Özden Baştürk, Süleyman Tuğrul, Sergei Konovalov, İlkay Salihoğlu
    Pages 183-196

  17. Spatial Isopycnal Analysis of the Main Pycnocline Chemistry of the Black Sea: seasonal and interannual variations

    • Sergey Konovalov, Süleyman Tuğrul, Özden Baştürk, İlkay Salihoğlu
    Pages 197-210

  18. Suspended Matter as an Index of Productivity in the Western Black Sea (Application for Productivity and Eutrophication Control)

    • S. V. Vostokov
    Pages 211-221

  19. Particulate Organic Matter of Black Sea Euphotic Zone: seasonal and long-term variation of spatial distribution and composition

    • Z. P. Burlakova, L. V. Eremeeva, S. K. Konovalov
    Pages 223-238

  20. Time-Series Profiles of 134CS, 137CS and 90SR in the Black Sea

    • Ken O. Buesseler, Hugh D. Livingston
    Pages 239-251
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Marine Sciences, METU, Erdemli, İçel, Turkey

    Emin Özsoy

  • Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Moscow, Russia

    Alexander Mikaelyan

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Sensitivity to Change

  • Book Subtitle: Black Sea, Baltic Sea and North Sea

  • Editors: Emin Özsoy, Alexander Mikaelyan

  • Series Title: NATO Science Partnership Subseries: 2

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5758-2

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1997

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-4535-0Published: 30 April 1997

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-6429-3Published: 05 November 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-5758-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1389-1839

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIV, 516

  • Topics: Oceanography, Ecology, Atmospheric Sciences

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