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Ecological investigations in the Russian Arctic seas: results and perspectives

Ecological investigations in the Russian Arctic seas: results and perspectives ALLA TSYBAN* Russian Institute of Global Climate and Ecology, Moscow, Russian Federation KEY WORDS: Russian biodegradation Arctic seas; environment; pollution; biosedimentation; biological processes; INTRODUCTION The Arctic Ocean and adjacent seas have a pronounced effect on the state of the Earth’s climate and play a decisive role in many global processes. Arctic seas regulate the global carbon cycle, being an important carbon dioxide (CO2) source in winter and a sink of CO2 flux in summer. Recent investigations (Anon., 1990a; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 1996), have shown that the Arctic is playing, and will continue to do so, an important role in the removal of atmospheric CO2. Arctic seas have a profound impact on many large-scale oceanographic processes. They present a zone of deep-ocean water formation, and determine to a great extent the global hydrological cycle on the planet and atmospheric heat absorption. Some Arctic seas and almost all shelf ecosystems in the Arctic are characterized by high biological productivity (the Arctic shelf accounts for more than 25% of the entire World Ocean shelf). There is a long history of fisheries in the Bering and Barents Seas exploiting the rich reserves of many valuable fish species. Problems of environmental http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems Wiley

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Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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1052-7613
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1099-0755
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10.1002/(SICI)1099-0755(199911/12)9:6<503::AID-AQC390>3.0.CO;2-X
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ALLA TSYBAN* Russian Institute of Global Climate and Ecology, Moscow, Russian Federation KEY WORDS: Russian biodegradation Arctic seas; environment; pollution; biosedimentation; biological processes; INTRODUCTION The Arctic Ocean and adjacent seas have a pronounced effect on the state of the Earth’s climate and play a decisive role in many global processes. Arctic seas regulate the global carbon cycle, being an important carbon dioxide (CO2) source in winter and a sink of CO2 flux in summer. Recent investigations (Anon., 1990a; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 1996), have shown that the Arctic is playing, and will continue to do so, an important role in the removal of atmospheric CO2. Arctic seas have a profound impact on many large-scale oceanographic processes. They present a zone of deep-ocean water formation, and determine to a great extent the global hydrological cycle on the planet and atmospheric heat absorption. Some Arctic seas and almost all shelf ecosystems in the Arctic are characterized by high biological productivity (the Arctic shelf accounts for more than 25% of the entire World Ocean shelf). There is a long history of fisheries in the Bering and Barents Seas exploiting the rich reserves of many valuable fish species. Problems of environmental

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Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems – Wiley

Published: Nov 1, 1999

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