Biology of the Baltic Sea

1. Front Matter

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2. Plenary

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. New perspectives through brackish water ecology

      • Robert E. Ulanowicz

      Pages 3-12

3. Ecophysiology

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13

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   2. Physiological and proteomic responses in Mytilus edulis exposed to PCBs and PAHs extracted from Baltic Sea sediments

      • Björne Olsson, Brian P. Bradley, Michael Gilek, Olof Reimer, Jenn L. Shepard, Michael Tedengren

      Pages 15-27

   3. Modelling of pristine depth limits for macrophyte growth in the southern Baltic Sea

      • André Domin, Hendrik Schubert, Jochen C. Krause, Ulrich Schiewer

      Pages 29-39

   4. Active carbon uptake in Laminaria digitata and L. saccharina (Phaeophyta) is driven by a proton pump in the plasma membrane

      • Markus Klenell, Pauli Snoeijs, Marianne Pedersén

      Pages 41-53

4. Trophic Interactions

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 55-55

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   2. Growth and C:N:P ratios in copepods grazing on N- or Si-limited phytoplankton blooms

      • Lies Van Nieuwerburgh, Ingrid Wänstrand, Pauli Snoeijs

      Pages 57-72

   3. Effects of grazing and excretion by pelagic mysids (Mysis spp.) on the size structure and biomass of the phytoplankton community

      • Eveliina Lindén, Harri Kuosa

      Pages 73-78

   4. Food and habitat choice of the isopod Idotea baltica in the northeastern Baltic Sea

      • Helen Orav-Kotta, Jonne Kotta

      Pages 79-85

   5. Blue mussels (Mytilus edulis) in the diet of roach (Rutilus rutilus) in outer archipelago areas of the western Gulf of Finland, Baltic Sea

      • Antti Lappalainen, Mats Westerbom, Sami Vesala

      Pages 87-92

   6. The effects of turbidity and light intensity on the consumption of mysids by juvenile perch (Perca fluviatilis L.)

      • Mikaela Granqvist, Johanna Mattila

      Pages 93-101

5. Population Structure and Dynamics

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 103-103

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   2. The growth of pikeperch (Sander lucioperca L.) and perch (Perca fluviatilis L.) under different water temperature and salinity conditions in the Curonian Lagoon and Lithuanian coastal waters of the Baltic Sea

      • Linas Ložys

      Pages 105-113

   3. Effects of temperature on egg and larval survival of cod (Gadus morhua) and sprat (Sprattus sprattus) in the Baltic Sea — implications for stock development

      • Anders Nissling

      Pages 115-123

6. Community Structure and Dynamics

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 125-125

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   2. Influence of dissolved organic matter from terrestrial origin on the changes of dinoflagellate species composition in the Gulf of Riga, Baltic Sea

      • Ingrida Purina, Maija Balode, Christian Béchemin, Tõnis Põder, Celine Vérité, Serge Maestrini

      Pages 127-137

   3. Temporal and spatial patterns of crustacean zooplankton dynamics in a transitional lagoon ecosystem

      • Zita Rasuolė Gasiūnaitė, Artūras Razinkovas

      Pages 139-149

   4. Classification and description of phytobenthic communities in the waters of the West-Estonian Archipelago Sea

      • Georg Martin, Kaire Torn

      Pages 151-162

The present text compiles the latest research within the field of biology performed in the Baltic Sea area. The themes span from theoretical and philosophical aspects of the ecosystem concept over population and autecological studies to detailed descriptions of plant and animal physiology. Results from microcosm and mesocosm experiments as well as direct observations in field together bring insight of the special structure and function of the Baltic Sea ecosystem. How the spawning success of cod and spat are dependent of each other and environmental factors, the impact of alien species to the composition of plankton or benthic communities, the flip of phytobenthic to planktonic communities in lagoons and mechanisms triggering the change, pure descriptions of e.g. the Estonian coast and shallow off shore areas as well as strategies for the reproductive success of Fucus vesiculosus, and the influence of eutrophication of the different Baltic Sea areas and the fate of pollutants as radionucleids and PAH etc. and other themes are all discussed in the 24 original papers of this volume.

• Ecology
• Eutrophication
• Tempo
• benthic
• ecosystem
• ecosystem concept
• mesocosm
• microcosm
• nutrient load
• physiology
• phytoplankton
• population structure
• reefs
• zooplankton

• Department of Systems Ecology, Stockholm University, Sweden

  Hans Kautsky

• Department of Plant Ecology, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Sweden

  Pauli Snoeijs

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