Overview
- The first comprehensive textbook on the biology and ecology of the Baltic Sea
- Comprehensive summary of up-to-date Baltic Sea science (biology, ecology) for researchers in marine sciences
- Highlights the special nature of biological variation in the Baltic Sea
- Discusses ecosystem-based management
- Highlights biological variation along the unique environmental gradients of the brackish Baltic Sea Area
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Front Matter
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The Baltic Sea environment
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Ecological processes in the Baltic Sea
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Subsystems of the Baltic Sea ecosystem
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Monitoring and ecosystem-based management of the Baltic Sea
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About this book
This is the first comprehensive science-based textbook on the biology and ecology of the Baltic Sea, one of the world’s largest brackish water bodies. The aim of this book is to provide students and other readers with knowledge about the conditions for life in brackish water, the functioning of the Baltic Sea ecosystem and its environmental problems and management. It highlights biological variation along the unique environmental gradients of the brackish Baltic Sea Area (the Baltic Sea, Belt Sea and Kattegat), especially those in salinity and climate.
pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#262626">The first part of the book presents the challenges for life processes and ecosystem dynamics that result from the Baltic Sea’s highly variable recent geological history and geographical isolation. The second part explains interactions between organisms and their environment, including biogeochemical cycles, patterns of biodiversity, genetic diversity and evolution, biological invasions and physiological adaptations. In the third part, the subsystems of the Baltic Sea ecosystem – the pelagic zone, the sea ice, the deep soft sea beds, the phytobenthic zone, the sandy coasts, and estuaries and coastal lagoons – are treated in detail with respect to the structure and function of communities and habitats and consequences of natural and anthropogenic constraints, such as climate change, discharges of nutrients and hazardous substances. Finally, the fourth part of the book discusses monitoring and ecosystem-based management to deal with contemporary and emerging threats to the ecosystem’s health.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Pauline Snoeijs is a professor in Pelagic Systems Ecology at the University of Stockholm. Her current research deals with the pelagic system of the brackish Baltic Sea and integrates ecology, ecophysiology and biochemistry.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Biological Oceanography of the Baltic Sea
Editors: Pauline Snoeijs-Leijonmalm, Hendrik Schubert, Teresa Radziejewska
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0668-2
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-0667-5Published: 19 April 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-024-1317-5Published: 25 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-0668-2Published: 04 April 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXI, 683
Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations, 422 illustrations in colour
Topics: Marine & Freshwater Sciences, Freshwater & Marine Ecology, Biodiversity, Ecosystems, Community & Population Ecology