The Caspian Sea Environment

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kostianoy, Andrey G. (Editor), Kosarev, Aleksey N. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Series: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, 5P
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Water quality.; Water pollution.; Hydrogeology.; Oceanography.; Ecotoxicology.; Waste management.; Earth Sciences.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.; Water Quality/Water Pollution.; Waste Management/Waste Technology.

The systematic description of the knowledge accumulated on the physical oceanography, marine chemistry and pollution, and marine biology of the Caspian Sea forms the basics of this book. It presents the principal characteristic features of the environmental conditions of the sea and their changes in...

Table of Contents:

• A.N. Kosarev, A.G. Kostianoy: Introduction
• A.N. Kosarev: Physico-Geographical Conditions of the Caspian Sea
• V.S. Tuzhilkin, A.N. Kosarev: Thermohaline Structure and General Circulation of the Caspian Sea Waters
• A.I. Ginzburg, A.G. Kostianoy, N.A. Sheremet: Sea Surface Temperature Variability
• V.S. Tuzhilkin, D.N. Katunin, Yu.R. Nalbandov: Natural Chemistry of Caspian Sea Waters
• A.N. Korshenko, A.G. Gul: Pollution of the Caspian Sea
• N.P. Nezlin: Patterns of Seasonal and Interannual Variability of Remotely Sensed Chlorophyll
• M.G. Karpinsky: Biodiversity
• M.G. Karpinsky, T.A. Shiganova, D.N. Katunin: Introduced Species
• M.G. Karpinsky, D.N. Katunin, V.B. Goryunova, T.A. Shiganova: Biological Features and Resources
• A.N. Kosarev, A.G. Kostianoy: Kara-Bogaz-Gol Bay
• I.S. Zonn: Environmental Issues of the Caspian
• I.S. Zonn: Economic and International Legal Dimensions
• A.N. Kosarev, A.G. Kostianoy: Conclusions.