Sensitivity to Change: Black Sea, Baltic Sea and North Sea

Front Matter....Pages i-xxiv
Changes of Mean Sea Level and Ice Conditions in Gdynia as Indicators of Climate Changes in the Gulf of Gdañsk....Pages 1-9
Variability of Northwestern Black Sea Hydrography and River Discharges As Part of Global Ocean-Atmosphere Fluctuations....Pages 11-24
Recent Man-Made Changes in the Black Sea Ecosystem....Pages 25-31
Seasonal and Long-Term Variability of the Black Sea Optical Parameters....Pages 33-48
The Nutrient Stock of the Romanian Shelf of the Black Sea During the Last Three Decades....Pages 49-63
Distribution and Fluctuation of Dominant Zooplankton Species in the Southern Black Sea in Comparison to the North Sea and Baltic Sea....Pages 65-77
Some Aspects of Phytoplankton Long-Term Alterations Off Bulgarian Black Sea Shelf....Pages 79-93
Sensitivity to Anthropogenic Factors of the Plankton Fauna Adjacent to the Bulgarian Coast of the Black Sea....Pages 95-104
Long-Term Variability of Phytoplankton Communities in Open Black Sea in Relation to Environmental Changes....Pages 105-116
 Mnemiopsis Leidyi Abundance in the Black Sea and Its Impact on the Pelagic Community....Pages 117-129
Seasonal Variation of Surface Pigment Distribution in the Black Sea on CZCS Data....Pages 131-138
The Effect of Hydrological Conditions on the State of Herring Stocks in the Baltic Sea....Pages 139-147
Role of Fishing in the Black Sea Ecosystem....Pages 149-162
Environmental Impact on Fish Resources in the Black Sea....Pages 163-181
Variations in the Vertical Structure of Water Chemistry within the Three Hydrodynamically Different Regions of the Black Sea....Pages 183-196
Spatial Isopycnal Analysis of the Main Pycnocline Chemistry of the Black Sea: seasonal and interannual variations ....Pages 197-210
Suspended Matter as an Index of Productivity in the Western Black Sea (Application for Productivity and Eutrophication Control)....Pages 211-221
Particulate Organic Matter of Black Sea Euphotic Zone: seasonal and long-term variation of spatial distribution and composition....Pages 223-238
Time-Series Profiles of 134 CS, 137 CS and 90 SR in the Black Sea....Pages 239-251
The Black Sea Cold Intermediate Layer....Pages 253-264
Physical Oceanography Variability in the Black Sea Pycnocline....Pages 265-274
The Black Sea Bottom Homogeneous Layer: A Simple Model of Formation....Pages 275-283
Physical Processes of Surface-Deep Layers Exchange in the Black Sea....Pages 285-294
Convection in the Baltic Sea....Pages 295-309
An Ice/Ocean Model for North and Baltic Sea....Pages 311-325
Quantification of Transports to Skagerrak....Pages 327-339
Eddy Dynamics Controlled by Basin Scale, Coastline and Topography....Pages 341-364
Seasonal Variability of the Black Sea Climatic Circulation....Pages 365-374
Cold Intermediate Water Formation in the Black Sea. Analysis on Numerical Model Simulations....Pages 375-393
Circulation in Semi-Enclosed Seas Induced by Buoyancy Flux through a Strait....Pages 395-401
Modelling of Strait Dynamics: The Baltic Experiments....Pages 403-416
Heat and Salt Intrusions in the Pycnocline from Sinking Plumes. Test Case for the Entrainment in the Black Sea....Pages 417-438
Coastal Eutrophication of the Southern Bight of the North Sea : Assesment and Modelling....Pages 439-453
Modelling the Functioning of the North-Western Black Sea Ecosystem from 1960 to Present....Pages 455-468
Towards Coupling Three Dimensional Eddy Resolving General Circulation and Biochemical Models in the Black Sea....Pages 469-485
Coupled Hydrodynamic Ecosystem Model of the Black Sea at Basin Scale....Pages 487-499
Atmospheric Transport of Desert Dust Toward European Seas: Model Parameterisation and a Simulated Case....Pages 501-507
Back Matter....Pages 509-516