White Sea Its Marine Environment and Ecosystem Dynamics Influenced by Global Change /

• Main Authors: Filatov, Nikolai (Author), Johannessen, Ola M. (Author), Pozdnyakov, Dmitry (Author), Bobylev, Leonid P. (Author), Pettersson, Lasse (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Series: Springer Praxis Books
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Hydrogeology.; Oceanography.; Ecology.; Geoecology.; Environmental geology.; Life Sciences.; Geoecology/Natural Processes.

This unique book written by Russian and Norwegian scientists is an analysis of studies based on extensive data analysis and numerical modelling simulations of the White Sea and provides a quantitative assessment of vulnerability of the White Sea marine ecosystems of future anthropogenic and, to some...

Table of Contents:

• Geography of the White Sea and its watershed
• White Sea watershed hydrology and anthropogenic impact
• Climate of the White Sea catchment and scenarios of climate and river runoff changes
• Oceanographic regime
• Aquatic ecosystem profile
• Satellite oceanography: New results
• Economy of the White Sea watershed area
• Geographic Information Systems for managing the ecosystem and living resources of the White Sea
• Water quality assessment and the problem of marine ecosystem stability
• Numerical simulations of the White Sea hydrodynamics and marine ecosystem
• Afterword.