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A systems approach to the Baltic Sea
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What is so special about the Baltic Sea?
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Outlook Box 5.1 The sixty seas of the world
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Maps of the Baltic Sea region
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Functional zones
The Baltic Sea water
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Water balance
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Surface water circulation
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The ice
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Three important parameters salinity, temperature, and oxygen content
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Review Box 5.2 The dynamic Baltic Sea
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Processes of coastal water exchange and mixing
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Methods Box 5.3 How to measure water exchange
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Climatic influences
The coasts of the Baltic Sea
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The coasts, a resource for many
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Coastal types what the coast looks like
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The coastal ecosystem is a complex web of interactions
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Outlook Box 5.4 The Baltic Sea Coasts
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The form of the coasts decides how they react to pollutants
The bottoms
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Sediments and bottom types
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Three different functional bottom types
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Sediment Contamination
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Resuspension and land uplift
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Laminated sediments and hydrogen sulphide
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Methods Box 5.5 How to study bottom sediments
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