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Assessment of the sensitivity of sandy coasts of the south–eastern part of the Baltic to oil spills [PDF]

open access: yesBaltica, 2014
The sandy coasts of the south–eastern Baltic Sea are the unique landscape along the shores of Poland, Kaliningrad Oblast (Russia), Lithuania and Latvia. Flat sandy beaches, protective dune ridges and near shore sandy spits are very valuable and attractive resources for human recreation and valuable habitat for wildlife. Intensifying shipping, operation
Blažauskas, Nerijus, Dorokhov, Dmitry
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Oil spill modelling methods: application to the south–eastern part of the Baltic Sea [PDF]

open access: yesBaltica, 2014
The state-of-art in oil spill modelling methods is summarized, focusing on development since 2000. Some recommendations for possible application of these methods to the south–eastern part of the Baltic Sea are prepared. Particular attention is paid on the methods of parameterization of volume of oil spill and calculation of advection of the oil spills.
Kileso, Alexander   +3 more
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Comparison of biological and ecological long-term trends related to northern hemisphere climate in different marine ecosystems [PDF]

open access: yesNature Conservation, 2019
Data from five sites of the International Long Term Ecological Research (ILTER) network in the North-Eastern Pacific, Western Arctic Ocean, Northern Baltic Sea, South-Eastern North Sea and in the Western Mediterranean Sea were analyzed by dynamic factor ...
Ingrid Kröncke   +14 more
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Change over Time in the Mechanical Properties of Geosynthetics Used in Coastal Protection in the South-Eastern Baltic

open access: yesJournal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2023
The most massive design on the Baltic shore used geosynthetic materials, the landslide protection construction in Svetlogorsk (1300 m long, 90,000 m2 area, South-Eastern Baltic, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russian Federation) comprises the geotextile and the ...
Boris Chubarenko   +7 more
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Coastal Dunes of the Baltic Sea Shores: A Review

open access: yesQuaestiones Geographicae, 2018
The article summarises results of studies conducted along the Baltic Sea sandy coasts by scientists involved in coastal dune research, and presents an attempt to describe the types and distribution of dune coasts.
Łabuz Tomasz Arkadiusz   +7 more
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The first record of a new alien species Limnodrilus cervix Brinkhurst, 1963 (Annelida, Clitellata) in the Vistula Lagoon (southern Baltic Sea)

open access: yesOceanologia, 2014
The present work reports the first record of Limnodrilus cervix in the south-eastern part of the Baltic Sea. A specimen of this North American species was found in 2010 in the Vistula Lagoon, near the village of Piaski (Poland). The distribution of other
Elżbieta Dumnicka   +2 more
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“Diving” cyclones and consequences of their impact on the coasts of the South-Eastern Baltic Sea

open access: yesRussian Journal of Earth Sciences, 2023
A generalization of historical data for more than 40 years on destructive cyclones observed on the coast of the South-East Baltic Sea has been made. According to the trajectories reconstructed using the HYSPLIT calculation model, cyclones with a northern trajectory, the so-called “diving” cyclones, were identified.
Zhanna Stont   +2 more
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A MESOLITHIC HUMAN FIGURINE FROM RIVER PÄRNU, SOUTH-WEST ESTONIA: A CENTURY-OLD PUZZLE OF IDOLS, GODDESSES AND ANCESTRAL SYMBOLS; pp. 111–127 [PDF]

open access: yesEesti Arheoloogiaajakiri, 2016
More than a century ago, a small human sculpture made of elk antler was recovered as a stray find from the bottom of River Pärnu in south-west Estonia. It was originally widely used and interpreted in connection with Neolithic figurines from south-east ...
Tõnno Jonuks
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Environmental Problems of the South-Eastern Baltic Coast and the Curonian Lagoon

open access: yes, 2002
Environmental problems of the south-eastern Baltic are quite common for the rest of the Baltic Sea. The threat of oil spills increases with the increase in volume of oil transportation. This paper demonstrates that no decrease in nutrient level or intensity of algal blooms has occured in the Curonian Lagoon, as could be expected given the decline in ...
Olenina, Irina, Olenin, Sergej
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Mineral tracers of the alongshore sediment transport (example from the South-Eastern Baltic Sea)

open access: yesRussian Journal of Earth Sciences, 2020
The alongshore sediment transport plays a key role in the development of the coastal zone of the Sambia Peninsula, the Curonian, and Vistula (Baltic) spits of the South-Eastern Baltic Sea.
Krek A , Ulyanova Marina
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