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Ecology of Baltic Coastal Waters

Part of the Ecological Studies Book Series (volume 197)

Editors: Schiewer, Ulrich

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-73524-3

ISBN: 978-3-540-73523-6

Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg - Springer Journals

Jan 1, 2008

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Introduction

Schiewer, U.

Pages: 1 –22

[The Baltic Sea (Fig. 1.1) stretches from the Gulf of Finland to the Kattegat over 1,200 km in the east—west direction and from Odra Bay to Bothnian Bay near the polar circle over 1,300 km in the north—south direction. It covers an area of 415,266 km2 and has a water volume of approximately...
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The Baltic Coastal Zones

Schiewer, U.

Pages: 23 –33

[Coastal waters surround, on the one hand, seas and oceans, while on the other they form transitional zones between inner coastal waters and offshore regions. With respect to hydrology, basic differences exist between the coastal waters of the North Sea and those of the Baltic Sea....
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Synthesis

Schiewer, U.

Pages: 395 –417

[Due to their geology, Baltic coastal areas are highly diverse. Thus the northern and northeastern Baltic is shaped by rock basement of the Scandinavian plate, whereas moraine landscapes and soft soils are typically found throughout the southern, southwestern and southeastern Baltic. Furthermore,...

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