The Black Sea Environment, Vol. 5

This book is aimed at a systematic description of the knowledge accumulated on the physical oceanography, marine chemistry and pollution, marine biology and geology, meteorology and hydrology of the Black Sea. It presents the principal particular features of the environmental conditions of the sea and their changes in the second half of the 20th century. At present, the principal problems of the Black Sea are related to the estimation of the intensity of the chemical pollution of the sea and its impact upon the biota. A special attention is paid to socio-economic, legal, and political issues in the Black Sea region. The publication is based on numerous observational data collected by the authors of the chapters during sea expeditions, on the archive data of several Russian and Ukrainian oceanographic institutions, as well as on a wide scientific literature mainly published in Russian editions. This book is addressed to the specialists concerned in the research in various fields of physical oceanography, marine chemistry, pollution studies, and biology; solving a wide scope of problems from the regional climate to the mesoscale processes; and using a variety of methods from remote sensing of the seas to numerical and laboratory modeling.Kostianoy, Andrey G. is the author of 'The Black Sea Environment, Vol. 5', published 2007 under ISBN 9783540742913 and ISBN 3540742913.