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Condé, Sophie (contributor); Richard, Dominique (contributor) - Europäische Umweltagentur; European Environment Agency - 2002

# The Arctic biogeographical region has a highly varied landscape and contains some of Europes few remaining large wilderness areas.# The climatic conditions put extreme pressure on plants and animals, and large parts of the region are still under glaciation. Permafrost is widespread.# There...

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The Baltic Sea

Walday, Mats; Kroglund, Tone - 2002

The Baltic is the largest brackish water system in the world. Its only connection to more open seas are the shallow … where freshwater, brackish water and marine species are all present. Its salinity increases from east to west and from north …, fouling and ballast water are three important ways organisms have been introduced into the Baltic Sea. The river connections …

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The Black Sea

Zaitsev, Yu. P. (contributor); Alexandrov, B. G. (contributor) - Europäische Umweltagentur; European Environment Agency - 2002

the result of past geological events, its shape and its specific water balance (high degree of isolation from the world … ocean, deep water depression with a maximum depth of 2 212 metres (m) in the centre of the sea, the extensive drainage basin … than that in the Mediterranean. x01x02 Increasing salinity due to inappropriate water management and regulation, and …

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The Arctic Ocean

Walday, Mats - 2002

The Arctic Ocean covers a large area with harsh climatic conditions. x01x02 There are strong seasonal and geographical variations in light, temperature and ice cover. x01x02 The European part of the Arctic Ocean covers only about 8 % of the total area of the Arctic Ocean, but due to its great...

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The North Sea

Walday, Mats (contributor); Kroglund, Tone (contributor); … - Europäische Umweltagentur; European Environment Agency - 2002

The North Sea is a shallow and rather young ecosystem formed by the flooding of a landmass some 20 000 years ago. Its coasts and waters are still being colonised by new species from the Atlantic. The strong coupling between benthic and pelagic communities in the shallow parts of the sea makes it...

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The Caspian Sea

Mamaev, Vladimir - 2002

changes in water levels occur. These, combined with the presence of large shallow areas, constitute a potential threat to …

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State and pressures of the marine and coastal Mediterranean environment

Papathanassiou, Evangelos (contributor); … - Europäische Umweltagentur; European Environment Agency - 2000

Human activity, including tourism, puts increasing pressure on a Mediterranean Sea that is still remarkably alive in spite of many problems, particularly in coastal areas. The report, prepared by the EEA and its European Topic Centre on the Marine and Coastal Environment in co-operation with the...

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The North-east Atlantic Ocean

Johnsen, Torbjørn (contributor); Nygaard, Kari (contributor) - Europäische Umweltagentur; European Environment Agency - 2002

Sea, the shelf along the Bay of Biscay and Iberian coast. The formation of the North Atlantic deep water is one of the …

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Are the EU and the candidate countries on track to achieve the Kyoto Protocol targets?

Gugele, Bernd; Strobel, Bernd; Taylor, Peter - 2000

The projected progress of the EU Member States and candidate countries towards reaching their Kyoto Protocol targets by … the EU greenhouse gas monitoring mechanism and is a background report to EEA Environmental Issue report No. 33 …

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DAFIA II

Buurman, Kit (contributor); Nixon, Steve (contributor); … - Europäische Umweltagentur; European Environment Agency - 2002

This report describes the further development of data-flow analysis for integrated assessment (DAFIA) as a tool for supporting data delivery and data manipulation. DAFIA focuses on visualisation of data flows for structuring the coherence of core indicators. It will be applicable as a planning...

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