Biological, Physical and Geochemical Features of Enclosed and Semi-enclosed Marine Systems

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Hydrography and Modelling

   1. The influence of river runoff on deep water conditions of the Baltic Sea

      • Wolfgang Matthäus, Holger Schinke

      Pages 1-10

   2. Water exchange as the main physical process in semi-enclosed marine systems: the Gulf of Riga case

      • Villu Astok, Mikk Otsmann, Ülo Suursaar

      Pages 11-18

   3. Modelling of dispersion processes in a tide-forced flow

      • G. Buffoni, A. Griffa, E. Zambianchi

      Pages 19-24

   4. Interannual and regional variability of biological variables in a coupled 3-D model of the western Baltic

      • Katja Fennel

      Pages 25-33

   5. Modelling regional and large-scale response of Baltic Sea ecosystems to nutrient load reductions

      • Oleg Savchuk, Fredrik Wulff

      Pages 35-43

   6. An integrated biogeochemical model system for the Baltic Sea

      • Eleonor Marmefelt, Berit Arheimer, Joakim Langner

      Pages 45-56

3. Eutrophication-Related Studies

   1. Phytoplankton and nutrient dynamics in the north-east Irish Sea

      • K. Kennington, J. R. Allen, A. Wither, T. M. Shammon, R. G. Hartnoll

      Pages 57-67

   2. Response to lowered nutrient discharges in the coastal waters around the island of Funen, Denmark

      • Nanna Rask, Stig Eggert Pedersen, Mikael Hjorth Jensen

      Pages 69-81

   3. Seasonal succession and growth in the plankton communities of the Gulf of Riga in relation to long-term nutrient dynamics

      • Aivars Yurkovskis, Elena Kostrichkina, Anda Ikauniece

      Pages 83-94

   4. Response of aquatic communities to anthropogenic stress: a comparative study of Neva Bay and the eastern Gulf of Finland

      • I. V. Telesh, A. F. Alimov, S. M. Golubkov, V. N. Nikulina, V. E. Panov

      Pages 95-105

   5. Denitrification in estuarine sediments in the eastern Gulf of Finland, Baltic Sea

      • Vesa Gran, Heikki Pitkänen

      Pages 107-115

   6. Seasonal changes in sedimentary microbial communities of two eutrophic bays as estimated by biomarkers

      • N. Rajendran, Y. Nagatomo

      Pages 117-125

4. Studies of Gradients

   1. Sedimentation and particulate nutrient dynamics along a coastal gradient from a fjord-like bay to the open sea

      • Anna-Stiina Heiskanen, Petra Tallberg

      Pages 127-140

   2. Phytoplankton and bacterioplankton production and bacterial biomass in a fjord-like bay — open sea gradient

      • P. Tuomi, K. Suominen, R. Autio

      Pages 141-150

   3. Heterotrophic nanoflagellates and bacteria in sediment of a brackish water sill basin in the Baltic Sea

      • Jan Ekebom

      Pages 151-161

   4. Identification of small-scale structure of plankton communities of the Black and Ionian Seas by their bioluminescence characteristics

      • Yu. N. Tokarev, R. Williams, S. A. Piontkovski

      Pages 163-167

5. Benthic Communities

   1. The benthic algal vegetation of land-locked fjords in southeastern Iceland

      • Ivka M. Munda

      Pages 169-180

   2. Distribution of phytobenthos biomass in the Gulf of Riga (1984–1991)

      • Georg Martin

      Pages 181-190

   3. Structure of phytobenthic and associated animal communities in the Gulf of Riga

      • Hans Kautsky, Georg Martin, Anita Mäkinen, Mikael Borgiel, Petri Vahteri, Jouko Rissanen

      Pages 191-200

The proceedings of the joint BMB 15 and ECSA 27 Symposium provides the reader with some of the advances in the study of biology, ecology, and physical and biochemical modelling of enclosed or semi-enclosed marine, brackish and estuarine systems (the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, the White Sea, the Black Sea, and the Ionian Sea).
The book covers a wide range of topics in this field, including hydrography and modelling, eutrophication, environmental gradients, pelagic and benthic communities, introduced species and case studies of environmental impact.
This volume of 28 papers summarizes current knowledge on the broad-scale topics of enclosed and semi-enclosed marine systems, and should be of interest to scientists, students and administrators within the field of marine ecology, environmental impact control and conservation.

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• Eutrophication
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