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| | Baltic Sea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The low salinity of the Baltic sea has led to the evolution of many slightly divergent species, such as the Baltic Sea herring, which is a smaller variant of the Atlantic herring. | | | At the time of the Roman Empire, the Baltic Sea was known as the Mare Suebicum or Mare Sarmaticum. | | | The Baltic Sea is known by the equivalents of "East Sea", "West Sea", or "Baltic Sea" in different languages: |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltic_Sea
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| | Baltic Sea Marine Environment Bibliography and Database |
| | The Baltic Marine Environment Bibliography is produced from contributions prepared by the all the surrounding Baltic Sea states. | | | All Baltic Sea States have annually compiled their own national bibliographies according to the agreed instructions. | | | marine areas from the Gulfs of Finland and Bothnia in the east and north to the Belt Sea and the Kattegat in the west. |
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http://www.baltic.vtt.fi
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| | Baltic 21 - An Agenda 21 for the Baltic Sea Region |
| | Baltic 21 - An Agenda 21 for the Baltic Sea Region | | | They were adopted in 2000, 2003 and 2004, respectively, and submitted to several high-level political meetings and other events. | | | Check out our selection of links to resources on SD and the Baltic Sea Region. |
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http://www.baltic21.org
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| | Baltic Sea Portal |
| | Baltic Sea saline pulses in the periods 1897-1939 and 1946-2003 | | | First record of Conrad’s false mussel, Mytilopsis leucophaeata in the northern Baltic Sea – a local population found in the Gulf of Finland | | | » Tarja Katajisto will defend her doctoral thesis on benthic resting eggs in the life cycles of calanoid copepods in the northern Baltic Sea |
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http://www.fimr.fi/en/itamerikanta.html
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| | Baltic Sea Marine Environment Information System |
| | The Baltic Marine Environment Bibliography covers information on all marine areas from the Gulf of Finland and the Gulf of Bothnia in the east and north to the Belt Sea and Kattegat in the west. | | | Other institutions around the Baltic Sea including national research institutes and international organisations like International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), Maris (Marine Information Service in Netherlands), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), European Environment Agency (EEA) and Worldwide Fund For Nature make requests of the environmental information. | | | Third Periodic Assessment of the State of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea |
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http://www.baltic.vtt.fi/bsw_index.htm
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| | Baltic Sea Cruise Market |
| | But the Baltic Sea accounts for 5% of the sea cruises for Britons, and as much as 10% for Germans. | | | The increase of 25% from 2002 to 2003 for Germans cruising the Baltic Sea - and 25% for other seas as well - may be even higher from 2003 to 2004. | | | - In 2003 about 239.000 people cruised the Baltic Sea. |
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http://www.crt.dk/UK/staff/chm/cruise.htm
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| | Naval War in the Baltic Sea 1941-1945 |
| | Prinz Eugen were transferred to the Baltic Sea. | | | Germany began the Baltic Sea campaign by laying a number of minefields just prior to and right after 21 June 1941. | | | The Germans were now alone in the Baltic Sea. |
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http://www.feldgrau.com/baltsea.html
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| | Around the Baltic Sea |
| | Norway was not really on the Baltic Sea, but a visit to the country the previous November had formed the core of a resolve to return. | | | Unlike Latvians and Estonians, the Lithuanians resisted the Teutonic Knights and formed an alliance with Poland that established a large empire stretching from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea. | | | More than 60 000 Estonians fled to Sweden and Germany after the war, and an equivalent number were killed or deported. |
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http://www.trentobike.org/Countries/Europe/Tour_Reports/Baltic_Sea_1996.html
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| | Coalition Clean Baltic - Save Baltic Sea environment |
| | The HELCOM HOD18 meeting in Helsinki on 12-13 Dember 2005 was the first public" who had a chance to hear the presentation by the recently established Russian German Gas Concortium on the planned future activities to estimate the environmental impacts when constructing a North European Gas pipe-line. | | | The discussions have led nowhere and during 2005 the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency engaged an international expert panel for an objective evaluation. | | | Read about CCB's proposals for the very last IBSFC session that were held in Visby, Sweden between 5-9 September. |
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http://www.ccb.se
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| | Baltic Sea Portal |
| | The Regions of the CPMR are sub-divided into 7 Geographical Commissions: Atlantic, Baltic Sea, Balkans, Black Sea, Mediterranean, North Sea and Islands.', STICKY, CLOSECLICK, CAPTION, 'CPMR - Baltic Sea Commission',LEFT);"> About | | | ', STICKY, CLOSECLICK, CAPTION, 'Baltic Sea Forum',BELOW);"> About | | | ', STICKY, CLOSECLICK, CAPTION, 'Council of the Baltic Sea States');"> Contact |
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http://www.balticsea.net
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| | Scuba Diving Baltic Sea |
| | Island of Langeland is in the Baltic Sea. | | | This is a converted survey ship that has been refitted for the needs of sport divers with an air compressor and recompression chamber on board. | | | Could have ended him up on my frying pan if I hadn't had my hands full of camera. |
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http://www.mydivetravel.com/travel/Sea.asp?ID=12
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| | Baltic Sea Pollution |
| | Sub-National Factors: YES Although the Baltic Sea Joint Environmental Action Program was completed by national governments its effects will trickle down to the local level. | | | lead), have resulted in stratification of the Baltic Sea. | | | The fish, which are part of the trade aspect of this case, are part of the diet of the people from the Baltic Sea countries and the countries they export the fish to. |
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http://www.american.edu/TED/baltic.htm
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| | Baltic Sea Secretariat for Youth Affairs :: |
| | The national ministries responsible for youth affairs of the Baltic Sea countries are now assessing the results and recommendations of the evaluation. | | | All the rest is property of the Baltic Sea Secretariat for Youth Affairs (c) 2004 | | | The youths will also be invited to a meeting from 8-10 December in Szczecin, Poland to discuss their experiences with other young people from the region and to prepare themselves for the IV. |
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http://www.jugendsh.de
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| | Baltic Sea Region |
| | Russian authorities have stated publicly that when allocating the country's exports, precedence will be given to sea ports in which Russia has a stake over foreign ones; in other words, Primorsk over other Baltic ports. | | | Membership in NATO and the EU has been a stated foreign policy goal in each of the three countries since they became independent. | | | The country has some hydroelectric facilities, but in a dry year is estimated to be only 60% self-sufficient. |
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http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/baltics.html
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| | Helcom : Welcome |
| | HELCOM releases a book on the Baltic Sea biodiversity - "The Baltic Sea - Discovering a sea of life". | | | HELCOM to present its Baltic Sea Action Plan at the Baltic Sea Day in St. Petersburg | | | Audiovisual releases about HELCOM and the Baltic Sea marine environment |
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http://www.helcom.fi
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| | Projects - Baltic Sea GEF Project |
| | This component will be managed by HELCOM in cooperation with ICES and the International Baltic Sea Fishery Commission (IBSFC). | | | - View a powerpoint presentation about the project that Jan Thulin and Andris Andrushaitis made during the second Baltic Sea Steering Group meeting in October 2004. | | | The Baltic Sea is an ecosystem under extreme stress. |
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http://www.ices.dk/projects/balticsea.asp
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| | Baltic Sea - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Baltic Sea |
| | Since 1975 the Baltic Sea has been linked by the St Petersburg–Belomorsk seaway with the White Sea. | | | Amber is found, and has been traded for centuries in Pomerania. | | | The Baltic was frequented from ancient times, especially because of the amber found along the coast. |
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http://encyclopedia.farlex.com/Baltic%20Sea
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| | Geography of Baltic Sea Area |
| | In the north it has a coastline on the Gulf of Finland, and in the west it is bounded by the Gulf of Riga and the Baltic Sea. | | | Consequently, it takes 25-35 years for all the water from the Baltic Sea to be replenished by water from the North Sea and beyond. | | | The Baltic Sea is a relatively shallow inland sea surrounded by the countries of Northeastern Europe and Scandinavia. |
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http://www.envir.ee/baltics/geograph.htm
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| | The Baltic Sea Environment Home page |
| | The state of the Baltic Sea marine habitat is a reflection of a mix of natural factors beyond human control, and detrimental effects of deliberate human activites on land and at sea. | | | This page has been designed by Adnan Qadir 7/96 | | | The semi-enclosed and sensitive Baltic Sea is affected by a combination of natural, unfavorable conditions - the shape of the seabed, the limited water exchange with adjacent seas, the formation of salinity and temperature barriers between surface water and bottom water - and the continuous pressure of pollution and overexploitation from human activities. |
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http://www.envir.ee/baltics
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| | BaltCoast 2004 |
| | The first symposium was held in 1992, entitled "The Future of the Baltic Sea Ecology, Economics, Administration and Teaching". | | | BaltCoast 2004 - Managing the Baltic Sea is a conference within the project BaltCoast. | | | The conference focused on research, planning and management of the Baltic Sea. |
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http://www.eucc-d.de/baltcoast2004
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| | Baltic Sea Research Institute Warnemünde |
| | interpolation of sea data from one region over the land to another sea region largely suppressed | | | data from 440 projects in the Baltic Sea | | | Copyright © 2000 Baltic Sea Research Institute Warnemünde |
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http://www.io-warnemuende.de/baltic
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| | GIWA - Global International Waters Assessment |
| | This report presents the GIWA assessment of the Baltic Sea region, one of the largest brackish water areas in the world. | | | It is a semi-enclosed sea, which together with other physical as well as socio-economic characteristics makes it very sensitive to anthropogenic pressures. | | | Policy options to mitigate these problems are proposed, which are closely connected to the basic principles of the Helsinki Convention and EU Water Framework Directive to cater for a harmonised implementation of water protection measures in the Baltic Sea States. |
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http://www.giwa.net/publications/r17.phtml
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| | Baltic Sea 1916 |
| | By now, the Russians have replaced the men lost in the defeats of 1915, and the French are appealing to the Czar to launch an offensive against the Germans to help relieve the pressure on Verdun. | | | minefield in the middle of the southern Baltic, between Danzig and the island of Gotland. | | | In the northern Baltic off the Aaland Islands, the old Russian boat is lost in collision with Swedish steamer 'Angermanland'. |
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http://www.naval-history.net/WW1AreaBaltic1916.htm
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| | IBSFC Homepage |
| | The archives of the International Baltic Sea Fishery Commission were transferred to the Sea Fisheries Institute in Gdynia (Poland) 1 Kołłątaja St., 81 - 332 Gdynia | | | This is to inform that after the notification of the withdrawal of EU15, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania from the "Convention on Fishing and Conservation of the Living Resources in the Baltic Sea and the Belts" (Gda& Convention): | | | Victor M. Osadtchy who was elected in 2002 for a term of 4 years and will hold this post in 2006. |
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http://www.ibsfc.org
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| | Baltic Sea Region Studies |
| | Best viewed with Navigator or IExplorer 4.0 or later in 16-bit color | | | - in English (and Finnish) about the Baltic Sea Area, with a special focus on |
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http://www.hum.utu.fi/tdk/english/baltic
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| | Baltic Sea Festival Stockholm SR Berwaldhallen |
| | I’m not so naïve that I believe that classical musicians will be able to save the Baltic Sea from environmental abuse. | | | A festival of this size would not be possible without the help and co-operation of many people. | | | All the Festival’s concerts will be broadcast live on Swedish Radio P2 as well as reaching an audience of many millions around the world through the European Broadcasting Union, EBU. |
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http://www.sr.se/berwaldhallen/baltic/index.stm
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| | Finnish Institute of Marine Research - The Baltic Sea Now |
| | New Baltic Sea Now pages can be found at: http://www.fimr.fi/en/itamerikanta/itamerinyt.html | | | Finnish Institute of Marine Research - The Baltic Sea Now | | | These pages will be shut down by 28th April 2006. |
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http://www.fimr.fi/en/itamerinyt/aallonkorkeus.html
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| | BSSSC - Baltic SeaStates Subregional Co-operation |
| | Baltic Development Forums report: State of the Region, 2005 - Competitiveness and Cooperation in the Baltic Sea Region" The State of the Region Report 2005 were l... | | | Youth Issues on the Annual Conference From 20-22 October 2005 the annual conference of the Baltic Sea States Subregional Cooperation took... | | | June 9, 2006 6th Baltic Sea States Summit. |
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http://www.bsssc.com
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| | - Baltic Development Forum - [Baltic Sea Initiative 2010] |
| | The Baltic Sea region has been very successful in the last decade. | | | Baltic Development Forum offers to be the neutral platform and secretariat for the Baltic Sea Initiative and intends to make the Baltic Sea Initiative a top priority in its work in the years to come. | | | The Baltic Sea Initiative as such was also introduced in Hamburg and received warm welcome and general support. |
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http://www.bdforum.org/sideindhold.asp?sideid=524&sprog=1
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| | Baltic Sea Solutions - Synergy to Prosperity |
| | Baltic Sea Solutions represents a public network of cities and regions throughout the Baltic Sea Region. | | | Baltic Sea Solutions is initiating several projects involving testing and implementation of renewable energy solutions. | | | Baltic Sea Solutions is looking for an engineer with expertise and interest in working with development and implementation of sustainable energy technologies. |
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http://www.baltic-sea-solutions.com/en
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| | BALLERINA - Environment in the Baltic Sea region |
| | BALLERINA - Environment in the Baltic Sea region | | | Read more about subscribing, or browse the archives of postings. | | | Sites for information on environment in the Baltic Sea Region: |
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http://www.baltic-region.net
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| | BALTEX |
| | Almost all the countries whose rivers drain into the Baltic Sea have either formed national committees or nominated a sectional representative for this project. | | | The Baltic Sea Experiment (BALTEX) is a long-term multi-national project to study coupled hydrological processes between complicated terrain, sea and ice and the atmospheric circulation to determine the energy and water budgets of the Baltic Sea and related river basins. | | | BALTEX includes the entire Baltic Sea water catchment, an area covering about 2 million square kilometers and the Baltic Sea itself. |
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http://www.gewex.org/baltex.html
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| | Scandlines Ferry Denmark Sweden Baltic States |
| | The facilities vary according to the length of the crossing on the individual routes. | | | We want you to feel completely at home during your journey across the Baltic Sea. | | | Their success rail for goods -, persons -, and combination traffic, heavy load and project charge: With Scandlines and course fast and surely over the Baltic Sea and reliably to the destination in Eastern Europe, Scandinavia or Germany. |
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http://www.scandlines.de/en/main.htm
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| | BSBI - Baltic Sea Business Initiative |
| | altic Sea Business Initiative is your international business and financial advisor and consulting group, specializing in Cross Atlantic transactions between the US and the Baltic Region. |
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http://www.bsbi.net
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| | Baltic Sea |
| | The concentrations of nitrates in Gulf of Riga waters continued to fall in 1994-95, but the concentrations of phosphates reached the maximum recorded value due to natural biogeochemical factors. | | | A significant reduction of nutrient discharge from river catchments has not resulted in a rapid reduction of the nutrient load into the Baltic Sea. | | | Pollution load (N, P, BOD) to Baltic Sea |
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http://www.vkmc.vdc.lv/soe96/Water/balt_sea.html
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| | Baltic Sea Project |
| | The Baltic Sea Project general coordination has moved to Poland. | | | Please click here to visit the new BSP homepage. |
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http://www.b-s-p.org
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| | Baltic Cruise Baltic Sea Cruises |
| | Full windows available in Categories A, Kristina, Baltic and Mini Suites. | | | Lower berths may be available in most categories. |
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http://www.scantours.com/baltic_cruises.htm
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