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Europe's biodiversity - biogeographical regions and seas: The Black Sea - an oxygen-poor sea

Zaitsev, Yu. P., Alexandrov, B.G., Berlinsky, N.A. and Zenetos, A. (2002) Europe's biodiversity - biogeographical regions and seas: The Black Sea - an oxygen-poor sea. Technical Report. European Environment Agency, Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Summary

This is the first report to describe the condition and influences on main habitat types and species groups in the eleven biogeographical regions and the seven seas around Europe. The report covers Europe from the Arctic to the Mediterranean and from the Atlantic to the Ural Mountains. It is based on expert contributions and comments from the countries involved in the biogeographical regions and seas.

This chapter of the report describes conditions of and influences on main habitat types and species groups living in the Black Sea. The sea is without oxygen in all its deep waters. Its ecosystem including fish stocks is highly sensitive to the introduction of alien species.

Item Type:Monograph (Technical Report)
Subjects:Coastal natural environment > Coastal organisms
Coastal management > Coastal scientific disciplines > Oceanography
Coastal areas > Black sea
Deposited By:Manuela de los Rios
Deposited On:28 Jun 2006

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