Biological Oceanography of the Baltic Sea

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Snoeijs-Leijonmalm, Pauline (Editor), Schubert, Hendrik (Editor), Radziejewska, Teresa (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Environment.; Biodiversity.; Ecosystems.; Aquatic ecology.; Community ecology, Biotic.; Marine sciences.; Freshwater.; Marine & Freshwater Sciences.; Freshwater & Marine Ecology.; Community & Population Ecology.

This is the first comprehensive science-based textbook on the biology and ecology of the Baltic Sea, one of the world’s largest brackish water bodies. The aim of this book is to provide students and other readers with knowledge about the conditions for life in brackish water, the functioning of the...

Table of Contents:

• PART I: The Baltic Sea environment
• Chapter 1: Brackish water as an environment
• Chapter 2: Why is the Baltic Sea so special to live in?
• PART II: Ecological processes in the Baltic Sea
• Chapter 3: Biogeochemical cycles
• Chapter 4: Patterns of biodiversity
• Chapter 5: Biological invasions
• Chapter 6: Genetic diversity and evolution
• Chapter 7: Physiological adaptations
• PART III: Subsystems of the Baltic Sea ecosystem
• Chapter 8: The pelagic food web
• Chapter 9: Life associated with Baltic Sea ice
• Chapter 10: Deep soft seabeds
• Chapter 11: The phytobenthic zone
• Chapter 12: Sandy coasts
• Chapter 13: Estuaries and coastal lagoons
• PART IV: Monitoring and ecosystem-based management of the Baltic Sea
• Chapter 14: Biological indicators
• Chapter 15: Bio-optical water quality assessment
• Chapter 16: Chemical pollution and ecotoxicology
• Chapter 17: Ecosystem health
• Chapter 18: Ecosystem goods, services and management.