Biogeochemistry of the atmosphere, ice and water of the White Sea : the White Sea environment. Part I

This book is devoted to the biogeochemical environment of the White Sea, an inland sea in the Northwestern region of Russia. It provides a comprehensive review and discusses the latest research findings on the oceanology, sedimentology and biogeochemistry of the White Sea water column. The topics discussed include the regulation of the physico-geographical conditions in the White Sea basin; dispersed sedimentary substance of the atmosphere and the cryosphere; the geochemical peculiarities of the river discharge into the White Sea; and the phyto- and zooplankton activities in the White Sea. Taking the biggest river in the White Sea basin as an example, the authors closely examine the deposition of suspended particulate matter, the biogeochemical behaviour of dissolved and suspended forms of organic material and the significant group of chemical elements in the river-sea mixing zone of the Severnaya Dvina River. The book ends with a summary of the key conclusions and recommendations. Together with the companion volume __Sedimentation Processes in the White Sea: The White Sea Environment Part II__, it offers an essential source of information for postgraduate students, researchers and stakeholders alike. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiv Introduction (Alexander P. Lisitsyn, Viacheslav V. Gordeev)....Pages 1-7 Dispersed Sedimentary Matter of the Atmosphere (Vladimir P. Shevchenko, Alexander P. Lisitsyn, Anna A. Vinogradova, Dina P. Starodymova, Vladimir B. Korobov, Alexander N. Novigatsky et al.)....Pages 9-46 The Geochemical Features of the River Discharge to the White Sea (Viacheslav V. Gordeev, Oleg S. Pokrovsky, Vladimir P. Shevchenko)....Pages 47-81 The Mixing Zone Between Waters of the Severnaya Dvina River and the White Sea (Viacheslav V. Gordeev, Oleg S. Pokrovsky, Vladimir P. Shevchenko)....Pages 83-113 Hydrochemistry and Production-Destruction Processes in the White Sea (Victor V. Sapozhnikov, Natalia V. Arzhanova, Natalia V. Mordasova)....Pages 115-142 Organic Matter of the White Sea (Alina I. Agatova, Natalia M. Lapina, Nadezhda I. Torgunova)....Pages 143-168 Trace Elements in Water and Suspended Matter in the Open Part of the White Sea (Viacheslav V. Gordeev, Vladimir P. Shevchenko)....Pages 169-186 Phytoplankton of the White Sea (Ludmila V. Ilyash, Tatiana A. Belevich, Ludmila S. Zhitina, Irina G. Radchenko, Tatiana N. Ratkova)....Pages 187-222 Zooplankton of the White Sea: Communities’ Structure, Seasonal Dynamics, Spatial Distribution, and Ecology (Ksenia N. Kosobokova, Natalia M. Pertsova)....Pages 223-266 Trace Elements in Total Plankton of the White Sea (Liudmila L. Demina, Galina A. Leonova, Vladislav A. Bobrov)....Pages 267-290 Organic Compounds in the Snow-Ice Cover of the White Sea (Inna A. Nemirovskaya)....Pages 291-311 Conclusions (Viacheslav V. Gordeev, Alexander P. Lisitsyn)....Pages 313-322 Back Matter ....Pages 323-327