Biology Of The Baltic Sea

Author : Hans Kautsky,Pauli Snoeijs
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401709200

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Biology of the Baltic Sea by Hans Kautsky,Pauli Snoeijs Pdf

The present text compiles the latest research within the field of biology performed in the Baltic Sea area. The themes span from theoretical and philosophical aspects of the ecosystem concept over population and autecological studies to detailed descriptions of plant and animal physiology. Results from microcosm and mesocosm experiments as well as direct observations in field together bring insight of the special structure and function of the Baltic Sea ecosystem. How the spawning success of cod and spat are dependent of each other and environmental factors, the impact of alien species to the composition of plankton or benthic communities, the flip of phytobenthic to planktonic communities in lagoons and mechanisms triggering the change, pure descriptions of e.g. the Estonian coast and shallow off shore areas as well as strategies for the reproductive success of Fucus vesiculosus, and the influence of eutrophication of the different Baltic Sea areas and the fate of pollutants as radionucleids and PAH etc. and other themes are all discussed in the 24 original papers of this volume.

Author : Pauline Snoeijs-Leijonmalm,Hendrik Schubert,Teresa Radziejewska
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 683 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2017-04-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789400706682

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Biological Oceanography of the Baltic Sea by Pauline Snoeijs-Leijonmalm,Hendrik Schubert,Teresa Radziejewska Pdf

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.

Author : Rainer Feistel,Günther Nausch,Norbert Wasmund
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 736 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2008-07-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780470283127

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State and Evolution of the Baltic Sea, 1952-2005 by Rainer Feistel,Günther Nausch,Norbert Wasmund Pdf

Based on a fifty-year study conducted by the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research, this book brings together a comprehensive summary of their observations and findings. Written by well-known experts, this revealing book concentrates on long-term changes in the Baltic Sea?which can be extrapolated to shed light on the environmental problems of other shelf seas, brackish seas, and large estuaries?thereby contributing to our understanding of water exchange processes, eutrophication, and climatic impacts at the forefront of international concern.

Author : Evald Ojaveer
Publisher : Springer
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319530109

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Ecosystems and Living Resources of the Baltic Sea by Evald Ojaveer Pdf

This volume presents a reconstruction of the formation of the environmental conditions and biota in the present-day Baltic Sea area during the last glacial cycle and thereafter under the influence of extra-terrestrial, climatic and geological factors. Abiotic conditions in the contemporary Baltic Sea (water salinity, temperature, oxygen and light conditions, currents and other water movements) are characterized and in this background the natural regional system of the sea has been generated. Important issues are considered such as life forms in the Baltic and their dependence on the natural environment (both in the conditions of the relative stable environment and during the regime shifts), as well as anthropogenic influences and the basic differences between the areas of the World Ocean and the brackish Baltic Sea. This book also equips readers with basic principles of assessments and management of ecosystems and fish resources (including the long-term assessment and forecast on ecosystems and fish resources) and provides information on the structures of international collaboration developed in the Baltic Sea.

Author : Anna Szaniawska
Publisher : Springer
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319563541

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Baltic Crustaceans by Anna Szaniawska Pdf

This book presents all Malacostracan cructaceans occurring in the Baltic Sea in water salinity from 2 to 15 psu. The Baltic sea is very special due to its low salinity and characteristic fauna. For each of the 58 species the systematic position, the origin and distribution in European waters are given, and the environmental preferences, the role in the food web and human economy described. The book describes the history of the Baltic sea and the occurrence of crustaceans in its history against the terms of hydrological conditions, explaining why in the Baltic sea only part of all marine crustaceans occur. The book is richly illustrated with photographs and beautiful pictures of animals specifically prepared for this book.

Author : F.V. Wulff,L.A. Rahm,P. Larsson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783662044537

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A Systems Analysis of the Baltic Sea by F.V. Wulff,L.A. Rahm,P. Larsson Pdf

During recent decades, large-scale effects of pollution on marine estuaries and even entire enclosed coastal seas have become apparent. One of the first regions where this was observed is the Baltic Sea, whereby the appearance of anoxic deep basins, extensive algal blooms and elimination of top predators like eagles and seals indicated effects of both increased nutrient inputs and toxic substances. This book describes the physical, biochemical and ecological processes that govern inputs, distribution and ecological effects of nutrients and toxic substances in the Baltic Sea. Extensive reviews are supplemented by budgets and dynamic simulation models. This book is highly interdisciplinary and uses a systems approach for analyzing and describing a marine ecosystem. It gives an overview of the Baltic Sea, but is useful for any marine scientist studying large marine ecosystems.

Author : Matti Leppäranta,Kai Myrberg
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 423 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2009-03-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783540797036

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Physical Oceanography of the Baltic Sea by Matti Leppäranta,Kai Myrberg Pdf

The Baltic Sea oceanographic research community is wide and the research history is over 100 years old. Nevertheless, there is still no single, coherent book on the physical oceanography of the Baltic Sea as a whole. There is a strong need for such a book, coming from working oceanographers as well as the university teaching programmes in advanced undergraduate to graduate levels. In the regional conference series in physical oceanography (Baltic Sea Science Conference, Baltic Sea Oceanographers' conference, Baltex-conferences) about 500 scientists take part regularly. Even more scientists work in the fields of marine biology, chemistry and the environment, and they need information on the physics of the Baltic Sea as well. There are nine countries bordering on the Baltic Sea and five more in the runoff area. The Baltic Sea as a source of fish, means of transportation and leisure activities is highly important to the regional society. In the runoff area there are a total of 85 million people. Research and protection strategies need to be developed, as the Baltic Sea is probably the most polluted sea in the world. Since the Baltic Sea has become an inner sea of the EU (apart from small shore parts of Russia in Petersburg and Kaliningrad), it is anticipated that the importance of the region will consequently rise. The book will arouse interest among students, scientists and decision makers involved with the Baltic problems. It will also give important background information for those working with biogeochemical processes in the Baltic Sea, because the physical forcing for those processes is of vital importance.

Author : Michael Gilek,Mikael Karlsson,Sebastian Linke,Katarzyna Smolarz
Publisher : Springer
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-21
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319270067

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Environmental Governance of the Baltic Sea by Michael Gilek,Mikael Karlsson,Sebastian Linke,Katarzyna Smolarz Pdf

This edited volume presents a comprehensive and coherent interdisciplinary analysis of challenges and possibilities for sustainable governance of the Baltic Sea ecosystem by combining knowledge and approaches from natural and social sciences. Focusing on the Ecosystem Approach to Management (EAM) and associated multi-level, multi-sector and multi-actor challenges, the book provides up-to-date descriptions and analyses of environmental governance structures and processes at the macro-regional Baltic Sea level. Organised in two parts, Part 1 presents in-depth case studies of environmental governance practices and challenges linked to five key environmental problems - eutrophication, chemical pollution, overfishing, oil discharges and invasive species. Part 2 analyses and compares governance challenges and opportunities across the five case studies, focusing on governance structures and EAM implementation, knowledge integration and science support, as well as stakeholder communication and participation. Based on these cross-case comparisons, this book also draws a set of general conclusions on possible ways of improving the governance of the Baltic Sea by promoting what are identified as vital functions of environmental governance: coordination, integration, interdisciplinarity, precaution, deliberation, communication and adaptability.

Author : Ulrich Schiewer
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 443 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2008-01-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783540735243

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Ecology of Baltic Coastal Waters by Ulrich Schiewer Pdf

The first comprehensive overview of the enormous ecological diversity of Baltic coastal ecosystems is presented in this volume provides. A short introduction into the Baltic Sea as a reference ecosystem is followed by detailed descriptions of the characteristics of coastal ecosystems. Ecological case studies from four regions illustrate the different reactions of these ecosystems to natural and anthropogenic influences.

Author : Henk J.L. Heessen,Niels Daan,Jim R. Ellis
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2023-09-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789086868780

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Fish atlas of the Celtic Sea, North Sea, and Baltic Sea by Henk J.L. Heessen,Niels Daan,Jim R. Ellis Pdf

The atlas presents a unique set of abundance data to describe the spatial, depth, size, and temporal distribution of demersal and pelagic fish species over an extensive marine area, together with accounts of their biology. A large number of pictures, graphs and distribution maps illustrate the text. By largely avoiding - or at least explaining - scientific terms and providing extensive references, the book should be useful for both laymen and scientists. The quantitative information on some 200 fish taxa is derived from 72,000 stations fished by research vessels during the period 1977-2013. The area covers the northwest European shelf from west of Ireland to the central Baltic Sea and from Brittany to the Shetlands. Although the surveys extend beyond the shelf edge, only taxa reported at least once in waters less than 200 m are included. Typical deep-water species and typical fresh-water species are excluded. We hope this publication will contribute to gaining a better understanding of the ocean ecosystems.

Author : Hermann Friedrich
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Marine biology
ISBN : UCSD:31822014312847

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Marine Biology by Hermann Friedrich Pdf

Author : Anastasios Eleftheriou,Christopher Smith,Alan D. Ansell
Publisher : Olsen & Olsen
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Coastal ecology
ISBN : 8785215287

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Biology and Ecology of Shallow Coastal Waters by Anastasios Eleftheriou,Christopher Smith,Alan D. Ansell Pdf

Author : E.M. Blomqvist,E. Bonsdorff,Karel Essink
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401709125

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Biological, Physical and Geochemical Features of Enclosed and Semi-enclosed Marine Systems by E.M. Blomqvist,E. Bonsdorff,Karel Essink Pdf

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.

Author : Matti Leppäranta,Kai Myrberg
Publisher : Springer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2010-11-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 3642098541

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Physical Oceanography of the Baltic Sea by Matti Leppäranta,Kai Myrberg Pdf

The Baltic Sea oceanographic research community is wide and the research history is over 100 years old. Nevertheless, there is still no single, coherent book on the physical oceanography of the Baltic Sea as a whole. There is a strong need for such a book, coming from working oceanographers as well as the university teaching programmes in advanced undergraduate to graduate levels. In the regional conference series in physical oceanography (Baltic Sea Science Conference, Baltic Sea Oceanographers' conference, Baltex-conferences) about 500 scientists take part regularly. Even more scientists work in the fields of marine biology, chemistry and the environment, and they need information on the physics of the Baltic Sea as well. There are nine countries bordering on the Baltic Sea and five more in the runoff area. The Baltic Sea as a source of fish, means of transportation and leisure activities is highly important to the regional society. In the runoff area there are a total of 85 million people. Research and protection strategies need to be developed, as the Baltic Sea is probably the most polluted sea in the world. Since the Baltic Sea has become an inner sea of the EU (apart from small shore parts of Russia in Petersburg and Kaliningrad), it is anticipated that the importance of the region will consequently rise. The book will arouse interest among students, scientists and decision makers involved with the Baltic problems. It will also give important background information for those working with biogeochemical processes in the Baltic Sea, because the physical forcing for those processes is of vital importance.

Author : Pauli Snoeijs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Diatoms
ISBN : UCSD:31822023493901

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Intercalibration and Distribution of Diatom Species in the Baltic Sea by Pauli Snoeijs Pdf