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.Content:
Chapter 1 Introduction (pages 1–4): Gunther Nausch, Rainer Feistel and Norbert Wasmund
Chapter 2 General Oceanography of the Baltic Sea (pages 5–43): Hans?Ulrich Lass and Wolfgang Matthaus
Chapter 3 The History of Long?Term Observations in Warnemunde (pages 45–64): Wolfgang Matthaus, Dietwart Nehring, Hans?Jurgen Brosin, Eberhard Hagen and Hans?Ulrich Lass
Chapter 4 Weather of the Baltic Sea (pages 65–91): Reiner Tiesel
Chapter 5 Baltic Climate Change (pages 93–120): Eberhard Hagen and Rainer Feistel
Chapter 6 Current Observations in the Western Baltic Sea (pages 121–141): Ekkehard Mittelstaedt, Holger Klein and Peter Konig
Chapter 7 Sea State, Tides (pages 143–198): Gerhard Schmager, Peter Frohle, Dieter Schrader, Ralf Weisse and Sylvin Muller?Navarra
Chapter 8 Ice (pages 199–240): Natalija Schmelzer, Ari Seina, Jan?Eric Lundqvist and Marzenna Sztobryn
Chapter 9 Satellite?Derived Sea Surface Temperature for the Period 1990–2005 (pages 241–264): Herbert Siegel, Monika Gerth and Gisela Tschersich
Chapter 10 The Inflow of Highly Saline Water into the Baltic Sea (pages 265–309): Wolfgang Matthaus, Dietwart Nehring, Rainer Feistel, Gunther Nausch, Volker Mohrholz and Hans?Ulrich Lass
Chapter 11 BALTIC: Monthly Time Series 1900–2005 (pages 311–336): Rainer Feistel, Sabine Feistel, Gunther Nausch, Jan Szaron, Elzbieta Lysiak?Pastuszak and Gunni ?rtebjerg
Chapter 12 Nutrient Concentrations, Trends and Their Relation to Eutrophication (pages 337–366): Gunther Nausch, Dietwart Nehring and Klaus Nagel
Chapter 13 Trace Metals in Baltic Seawater (pages 367–393): Christa Pohl and Ursula Hennings
Chapter 14 Sedimentary Records of Environmental Changes and Anthropogenic Impacts during the Past Decades (pages 395–439): Thomas Leipe, Jan Harff, Michael Meyer, Sven Hille, Falk Pollehne, Rolf Schneider, Nicole Kowalski and Lutz Brugmann
Chapter 15 Phytoplankton (pages 441–481): Norbert Wasmund and Herbert Siegel
Chapter 16 Macrophytobenthos (pages 483–516): Hendrik Schubert and Dirk Schories
Chapter 17 Zoobenthos (pages 517–541): Michael L. Zettler, Doris Schiedek and Michael Glockzin
Chapter 18 Fish Stock Development under Hydrographic and Hydrochemical Aspects, the History of Baltic Sea Fisheries and Its Management (pages 543–581): Cornelius Hammer, Christian von Dorrien, Peter Ernst, Tomas Grohsler, Fritz Koster, Brian MacKenzie, Christian Mollmann, Gerd Wegner and Christopher Zimmermann
Chapter 19 Description of the Baltic Sea with Numerical Models (pages 583–624): Martin Schmidt, Wolfgang Fennel, Thomas Neumann and Torsten Seifert
Chapter 20 Digital Supplement (pages 625–667): Rainer Feistel, Torsten Seifert, Sabine Feistel, Gunther Nausch, Barbara Bogdanska, Barry Broman, Lonny Hansen, Jurgen Holfort, Volker Mohrholz, Gerhard Schmager, Eberhard Hagen, Ines Perlet and Norbert Wasmund
Chapter 21 Summary and Outlook (pages 669–678): Norbert Wasmund, Gunther Nausch and Rainer Feistel