Fall and rise of the Black Sea ecosystem

AE Kideys - Science, 2002 - science.org
During the 1980s and early 1990s, the Black Sea ecosystem was in a catastrophic condition
[for reviews see (1–4)]. The deterioration of this ecosystem was the result of two principal …

Investigating hypoxia in aquatic environments: diverse approaches to addressing a complex phenomenon

J Friedrich, F Janssen, D Aleynik, HW Bange… - …, 2014 - bg.copernicus.org
In this paper we provide an overview of new knowledge on oxygen depletion (hypoxia) and
related phenomena in aquatic systems resulting from the EU-FP7 project HYPOX (" In situ …

Climatic regulation of the Black Sea hydro-meteorological and ecological properties at interannual-to-decadal time scales

T Oguz, JW Dippner, Z Kaymaz - Journal of Marine Systems, 2006 - Elsevier
An examination of a wide spectrum of hydro-meteorological and biogeochemical records in
the Black Sea from the previous century possesses a robust climatic signature at interannual …

Abrupt transitions of the top-down controlled Black Sea pelagic ecosystem during 1960–2000: evidence for regime-shifts under strong fishery exploitation and nutrient …

T Oguz, D Gilbert - Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research …, 2007 - Elsevier
Functioning of the Black Sea ecosystem has profoundly changed since the early 1970s
under cumulative effects of excessive nutrient enrichment, strong cooling/warming, over …

Black sea observing system

A Palazov, S Ciliberti, E Peneva, M Gregoire… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The ultimate goal of modern operational oceanography are end user oriented products with
high scientific quality. Beneficiaries are the governmental services, coast and offshore based …

Preservation, origin and genetic imprint of extracellular DNA in permanently anoxic deep‐sea sediments

C Corinaldesi, M Barucca, GM Luna… - Molecular …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Molecular approaches that target the total DNA pool recovered from permanently anoxic
marine ecosystems have revealed an extraordinary diversity of prokaryotes and unicellular …

Long-term variations of the Black Sea dynamics and their impact on the marine ecosystem

AA Kubryakov, SV Stanichny, AG Zatsepin… - Journal of Marine …, 2016 - Elsevier
Satellite altimetry data are used to study the long-term dynamics variability of the Black Sea
from 1993 to 2013, its dependence on wind forcing and its impact on the marine ecosystem …

Nutrient and phytoplankton trends on the western Black Sea shelf in response to cultural eutrophication and climate changes

OA Yunev, J Carstensen, S Moncheva… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2007 - Elsevier
Long-term trends (1960s–1990s) in surface winter nutrients and summer oxygen
concentration of the euphotic zone, as well as seasonal and interannual variability in surface …

Drivers of phytoplankton blooms in the northeastern Black Sea

VA Silkin, LA Pautova, M Giordano… - Marine pollution …, 2019 - Elsevier
In order to understand of the processes controlling phytoplankton successions in the NE
Black Sea, long-term data series are needed. We compiled 15 years (2002–2017) of …

Is the comb jelly really to blame for it all? Mnemiopsis leidyi and the ecological concerns about the Caspian Sea

M Bilio, U Niermann - Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2004 - int-res.com
The appearance in 1995 of the alien ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi in the Caspian Sea
attracted considerable attention. In 1989, enormous mass development of the comb jelly in …