Diversity in coastal marine sciences : historical perspectives and contemporary research of geology, physics, chemistry, biology, and remote sensing

Front Matter ....Pages i-xxxvii
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
 The Sea, Cradle of Divine Spirituality  (Constantin Jurcă, Alina Buzarna-Tihenea (Gălbează))....Pages 3-26
 Dobrudja, in the Mesopotamia of the West  (Marin Petrişor)....Pages 27-40
 Dobruja: A Unique, Intercultural and Spiritual Realm at the Black Sea  (Elena Lazăr, Henrieta Anişoara Şerban)....Pages 41-65
 About “Publius Ovidius Naso” († 17 p. Chr. n.) and His Poems Written in the “Getae” Language  (Nicolae V. Dură)....Pages 67-78
 The Global Warming and the Water Resources of the Earth  (Adrian Bavaru, Rodica Bercu)....Pages 79-88
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 New Insights into the Black Sea Basin, in the Light of the Reprocessing of Vintage Regional Seismic Data  (Ioan Munteanu, Paolo Diviacco, Chiara Sauli, Corneliu Dinu, Mihai Burcă, Nicolae Panin et al.)....Pages 91-114
 Lithodynamics of the Coastal Zone  (Ruben D. Kosyan, Boris V. Divinskiy)....Pages 115-131
 Granulometry of Sediments in the Mamaia Bay Area  (Dănuţ I. Diaconeasa)....Pages 133-140
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 Inertial Currents in Western Continental Black Sea Shelf  (Maria-Emanuela Mihailov)....Pages 143-152
 Seasonal Changes of Hydrobiological and Bio-Optical Parameters in the Coastal Areas of the Western Part of the Black Sea  (Alexander S. Kukushkin)....Pages 153-180
 Water Mass Measurements Around Benthic Communities: A Comparative Study Between Yo-Yo Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) Casts and High-Resolution Time Series Data Acquisition of Bottom Waters from the Pagès Escarpment in the Southern Bay of Biscay  (Wolf-Christian Dullo, Sascha Flögel, Andres Rüggeberg)....Pages 181-200
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 Pre and Post-Chernobyl Environmental Radioactivity in Romania: a Review  (Constantin Dovlete, Iolanda Osvath, Sandu Sonoc)....Pages 203-220
 Radionuclides Assessment for the Romanian Black Sea Shelf  (Gianina Chiroşca, Maria-Emanuela Mihailov, Cornel Liviu Ţugulan, Alecsandru Vladimir Chiroşca)....Pages 221-232
 Gamma-Ray Radionuclides in Sediments from Mamaia Beach on the Romanian Black Sea Coast  (Vasile Pătraşcu, Romul Mircea Mărgineanu, Ana-Maria Blebea-Apostu, Dănuţ I. Diaconeasa, Mariana Claudia Gomoiu)....Pages 233-239
 Radioactive Content in Fish from Black Sea Caches. Its Impact on Population by Food Consumption  (Vasile Pătraşcu, Romul Mircea Mărgineanu, Valodia Maximov, Ana-Maria Blebea-Apostu, Mădălina Galaţchi, Claudia Gomoiu et al.)....Pages 241-246
 Levels of Activity Concentration, Migration and Dose Rates on Biota from Alpha-Radioisotopes of Plutonium in the Black Sea Ecosystem  (Nataliya N. Tereshchenko)....Pages 247-273
 Radionuclides 137Cs and 90Sr in Components of the Black Sea Ecosystems: Contemporary Status and Prognosis  (Natalya Yu. Mirzoyeva, Viktor N. Egorov, Sergey B. Gulin)....Pages 275-294
 Radioecology of the Black Sea  (Aleksandr Strezov)....Pages 295-334
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 Phosphorus Fluxes in the Pelagic Zone of the Black Sea  (Aleksandr V. Parkhomenko)....Pages 337-356
 Oil Hydrocarbons in Bottom Sediments of Sevastopol Bay (SW Crimean Peninsula, Black Sea): Spatial and Temporal Trends  (Tatyana S. Osadchaya)....Pages 357-365
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 Macrophytobenthos from the Romanian Black Sea Coast – An Overview of the Studies and Actual State  (Daciana Sava)....Pages 369-381
 Cenchrus longispinus (Hack) Fernald, One of the most Aggressive Alien Plants on the Romanian Black Sea Coast  (Marius Făgăraş)....Pages 383-395
 New Equipment and Technologies Used for Rapa Whelk Harvesting at the Romanian Black Sea Coast  (George Ţiganov, Cristian-Sorin Danilov, Magda Ioana Nenciu, Eugen Anton, Aurel Năstase)....Pages 397-404
 Some Aspects of the Biology and the Present State of the Population of Protodorvillea kefersteini (Polychaeta: Dorvilleidae) in the Coastal Zone of the Crimea (The Black Sea)  (Vera Kopiy)....Pages 405-412
 Governance and Socio Economic Implications of the Black Sea Small Scale Fisheries (Bulgaria)  (Violin St. Raykov, Simona Nicheva)....Pages 413-442
 Conservation Status of the Fish Fauna in the Danube Delta Marine Zone  (Carmen Georgeta Nicolae, Magda Ioana Nenciu, Valodia Maximov, Dana Popa, Monica Marin, Mihaela Ivancia)....Pages 443-472
 Assessment of Cetacean Population Abundance at the Romanian Black Sea Coast in 2013  (George Ţiganov, Cristian-Sorin Danilov, Magda Ioana Nenciu, Eugen Anton, Aurel Năstase)....Pages 473-483
 The Black Sea Dolphin Nephron Studied by Romanian Nobel Laureate George Emil Palade  (Vasile Sârbu, Raluca Melihov, Daniel Ovidiu Costea)....Pages 485-493
 Effect of Water Different Salinity on the Morphology of Kudoa nova (Myxosporea: Kudoidae) Spores: Experimental Study  (Violetta Yurakhno)....Pages 495-503
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 Population – Structural and Functional Basic Element of Bioceonosis and Species. The Role of Population in the Knowledge of Species Autecology  (Nicolae Doniţă, Stoica Godeanu)....Pages 507-517
 The Marginal Biological Indicators – An Efficient Tool for Ecological Monitoring of the Marine Environment  (Yuvenaly P. Zaitsev)....Pages 519-526
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 Development of International Cooperation in Oceanography: Incentives from Science, Services, Economy and Security  (Gunnar Kullenberg)....Pages 529-546
 Romanian Hydrography – Over 100 Years of History  (Romeo Boşneagu)....Pages 547-581
 On Romanian Assertiveness in Navigation on the Black Sea (Fourteenth – Late Nineteenth Century)  (Valentin Ciorbea, Nicoleta Stanca)....Pages 583-591
 An Original Document About the History of the Antarctic Expedition « Belgica »  (Alexandru Marinescu)....Pages 593-597
 Venice-of-the-North’s Ups and Downs: A Brief History of the Port City of Bruges, Belgium  (Roger H. Charlier, Constance C. Charlier)....Pages 599-614
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 The Potential of Airborne LiDAR for Detection of New Archaeological Site in Romania  (Ioana Vizireanu, Răzvan Mateescu)....Pages 617-630
 Genetic Versus Han-Type Algorithms for Maritime Transportation Problems  (Doina Carp, Constantin Popa, Cristina Şerban)....Pages 631-644
 A Three-Dimensional Approach to Oil and Gas Shale Exploitation in the US  (Alexandre Charles Thys)....Pages 645-654
 A Glance at the Medical Activity of “Prof. Dr. V. Sion” Hospital of Constanta in 1931  (Octavian Dumitru Unc, Alexandra Nicoleta Unc)....Pages 655-660
 Land and Water in Romania’s Food Economy  (Aurel Lup, Indira Deniz Alim, Liliana Miron)....Pages 661-684
Back Matter ....Pages 685-701