Feistel R., Nausch G., Wasmund N. (eds.). State and evolution of the Baltic sea, 1952-2005. A detailed 50-year survey of meteorology and climate, physics, chemistry, biology, and marine environment

John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, New Jersey, 2008, 735 pp. - ISBN: 978-0-471-97968-5As is evident from the measurements analysed in this book, global warming is visible in the data series of the Baltic Sea, too. Beyond direct effects like increasing water temperatures in the summer or reduced ice cover in the winter, more subtle indirect effects are found, neither predicted by models nor from the researchers. experience. For example, both the frequency and the character of inflow processes from the North Sea into the Baltic Sea have changed dramatically during the past decades. These inflows were and are the key determinants of the healthy state of the Baltic Sea ecosystem. They depend on very specific correlations of fluctuations appearing in the regional wind field, mainly controlled by the track routes and strengths of Atlantic Lows.General Oceanography of the Baltic Sea.
The History of Long-Term Observations in Warnemunde.
Weather of the Baltic Sea.
Baltic Climate Change.
Current Observations in the Western Baltic Sea.
Sea State, Tides.
Ice.
Satellite-Derived Sea Surface Temperature for the Period 1990–2005.
The Inflow of Highly Saline Water into the Baltic Sea.
Baitic: Monthly Time Series 1900–2005.
Nutrient Concentrations, Trends and Their Relation to Eutrophication.
Trace Metals in Baltic Seawater.
Sedimentary Records of Environmental Changes and Anthropogenic Impacts during the Past Decades.
Phytoplankton.
Macrophytobenthos.
Zoobenthos.
Fish Stock Development under Hydrographic and Hydrochemical Aspects, the History of Baltic Sea Fisheries and Its Management.
Description of the Baltic Sea with Numerical Models.
Digital Supplement.
Summary and Outlook.
Appendix.
List of Abbreviations.