A Systems Analysis of the Baltic Sea /

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 pred...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wulff, Fredrik V.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Rahm, Lars A., Larsson, Per
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2001.
Series:Ecological Studies, Analysis and Synthesis ; 148.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Physical Oceanography of the Baltic Sea
  • The Climate and Hydrology of the Baltic Sea
  • The Climate and Hydrology of the Baltic Basin
  • Nutrient with the Rivers to the Baltic Sea
  • Deposition of Nitrate and Ammonium to the Baltic
  • Atmospheric and River Input of PCBs, DDTs and HCHs to the Baltic Sea
  • Pelagic Plankton Growth and Resource Limitations in the Baltic Sea
  • Sedimentation of Particulate Matter in the Baltic Sea
  • The Role of the Sediments in the Nutrient Dynamics of the Baltic
  • Dynamics and Distribution of Hydrophobic Organic Compounds in the Baltic Sea
  • Sediment and Macrofauna in the Baltic Sea
  • Characteristics, Nutrient Contents and Distribution
  • Statistical Analysis of Spatial and Temporal Variations in the Baltic Sea
  • Nutrient Budgets of the Baltic Sea
  • A Model of the Biogeochemical Cycles of Nitrogen and Phosphorus in the Baltic
  • A Multi-compartment, Multi-basin Fugacity Model Describing the Fate of PCBs in the Baltic Sea.