Assessment of Climate Change for the Baltic Sea Basin

Assessment of Climate Change for the Baltic Sea Basin
Author: BACC Author Team
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 490
Release: 2008-01-22
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3540727868

This book offers an up-to-date overview of the latest scientific findings in regional climate research on the Baltic Sea basin. This includes climate changes in the recent past, climate projections up until 2100 using the most sophisticated regional climate models available, and an assessment of climate change impacts on terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems. The authors demonstrate that the regional climate has already started to change, and will continue to do so.

The State of the Marine Environment

The State of the Marine Environment
Author:
Publisher: UNEP/Earthprint
Total Pages: 56
Release: 2006
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9789280727081

This report provides an overview of the current state of the coastal and marine environment in relation to the nine categories of threats outlined by the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities (GPA). The report indicates that legal and institutional arrangements have been strengthened and now cover most regions of the world, but that despite these heightened efforts globally, coastal and marine ecosystems continue to deteriorate mainly because of pressures by human development. Publishing Agency: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

A Systems Analysis of the Baltic Sea

A Systems Analysis of the Baltic Sea
Author: F.V. Wulff
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 468
Release: 2013-03-14
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3662044536

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.

Ecology of Baltic Coastal Waters

Ecology of Baltic Coastal Waters
Author: Ulrich Schiewer
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 443
Release: 2008-01-12
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3540735240

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.

State and Evolution of the Baltic Sea, 1952-2005

State and Evolution of the Baltic Sea, 1952-2005
Author: Rainer Feistel
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 736
Release: 2008-07-21
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0470283122

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.

Baltic Coastal Ecosystems

Baltic Coastal Ecosystems
Author: Gerald Schernewski
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 416
Release: 2013-03-14
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3662047691

Between November 20 and 23, 2000, the workshop "Baltic Coastal Ecosystems - Structure, Function and Coastal Zone Management" took place in Rostock, Ger many. The workshop was organised by the Institute of Aquatic Ecology of the University of Rostock and the Baltic Sea Research Institute Warnemiinde on be half of the Wissenschafts-Verbund Umwelt (WVU) at the University of Rostock. It was the third trans-disciplinary event that tried to link ecological and socio economical aspects with respect to the Baltic Sea. The first symposium was held in 1992, entitled "The Future of the Baltic Sea - Ecology, Economics, Administra tion and Teaching", and the second event took place in 1996, entitled "Sustainable Development in Coastal Regions - a Comparison Between North Atlantic Coast and Baltic Sea". The workshop "Baltic Coastal Ecosystems - Structure, Function and Coastal Zone Management" tried to provide an interdisciplinary forum for discussions, the exchange of ideas and the presentation of scientific results with respect to the Bal tic coast.