LEADER 10343nam 2200745 a 450 001 9910967838303321 005 20251116181717.0 010 $a1-61324-742-7 035 $a(CKB)2550000001042205 035 $a(EBL)3019663 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000854573 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12305767 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000854573 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10903139 035 $a(PQKB)11172308 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3019663 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3019663 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10671228 035 $a(OCoLC)846943348 035 $a(BIP)32691835 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001042205 100 $a20101021d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe Black Sea $edynamics, ecology and conservation /$fAmy L. Ryann and Nathan J. Perkins, editors 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cNova Science Publishers$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (311 p.) 225 1 $aOceanography and ocean engineering 225 1 $aMarine biology 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a1-61122-855-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntro -- THE BLACK SEA: DYNAMICS, ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION -- THE BLACK SEA: DYNAMICS, ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 INFLUENCE OF DANUBE RIVER INPUTS ON THE TROPHIC FUNCTIONING OF COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS IN THE NORTH-WESTERN BLACK SEA -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 1.1. The Danube - Black Sea System -- 1.2. The Danube River -- 1.3. The Romanian Coast -- 2. INFLUENCE OF THE DANUBE RIVER INPUTS ON THE ROMANIAN COASTAL WATERS AND SEDIMENTS -- 2.1. Sampling and Analyses -- 2.2. Variations of Isotopic Signatures of Danube POM, Surface Seawater POM and Sediments -- 2.3. Influence of Danube Inputs on Seawater and Sediment Isotopic Signatures -- 2.4. Discussion -- 3. THE ROLE OF DANUBE ORGANIC MATTER ON FEEDING, TROPHIC WEBS AND POPULATION DYNAMICS OF PELAGIC FISHES IN THE NORTH-WESTERN BLACK SEA -- 3.1. Sampling and Analyses -- 3.2. Variations in Pelagic Fish Feeding -- 3.3. Variations in Isotopic Signatures of Pelagic Fishes -- 3.4. Trophic Level and Condition of Pelagic Fishes -- 3.5. Discussion -- 3.5.1. Implications of Feeding Behaviour Variations on Food Web Structure -- 3.5.2. Stable Isotope Ratios and Fish Trophic Levels -- 3.5.3. Influence of Danube River Inputs on Fish Condition and Pelagic Fish Food Webs -- 4. FEEDING BEHAVIOURS AND FOOD WEBS OF BENTHIC AND DEMERSAL FISHES ON THE ROMANIAN COAST -- 4.1. Sampling and Analyses -- 4.2. Indices of Trophic Interactions and Trophic Level -- 4.3. Spatial and Seasonal Variation in Demersal and Benthic Fish Diet -- 4.4. Trophic Niche Width, Dietary Overlap and Trophic Level -- 4.5. Discussion -- 4.5.1. Fish Diets and Trophic Niches -- 4.5.2. Implications on Isotopic Signatures and Trophic Levels of Benthic Fishes -- 4.5.3. Influence of the Danube River Inputs on Bottom Fish Diets -- 5. MODIFICATIONS AND FUTURE OF COMMERCIAL FISHERIES ON THE ROMANIAN COAST. 327 $a5.1. Indices for Evidencing Romanian Fisheries Changes -- 5.2. Trends in Romanian Fisheries between 1965 and 2005 -- 5.3. Past and Present Food Web of Fishes on the Romanian Coast -- 5.4. Possible Future Food Web of Fishes on the Romanian Coast -- 5.5. Fisheries Trends and Black Sea Environmental Changes -- 5.6. Regime-Shift and Changes in the Top-Down Bottom-up Balance -- 6. CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2 ECOTOXICOLOGICAL STUDIES OF BLACK SEA ECOSYSTEM AT THE CASE OF SEVASTOPOL REGION -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION FACTORS IN SEVASTOPOL REGION OF THE BLACK SEA -- 1.1. Main Pollution Sources in Sevastopol Region -- 1.2 Chemical Pollution -- 1.3. Physical Pollution -- 1.4. Microbial Pollution -- 2. CHEMICAL POLLUTION OF FISH SPECIES IN SEVASTOPOL COASTAL WATERS -- 2.1. Trace Elements Concentrations in Coastal Fish Species -- 2.2. Nitrosamine Concentrations in Fish Species -- 3. MICROBIAL POLLUTION OF FISH SPECIES IN SEVASTOPOL COASTAL WATERS -- 4. MONITORING STUDIES OF FISH SPECIES IN SEVASTOPOL COASTAL WATERS -- 4.1. Fish Biomarker Response to Trace Elements Pollution -- 4.2. Fish Biomarker Response to Pollution in Different Sevastopol Bays -- 4.3. Long-Term Monitoring of Fish Biomarkers in Sevastopolskaya Bay -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3 DYNAMICS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL MATRIX IN THE BLACK SEA AS REFLECTED BY RECENT MEASUREMENTS AND SIMULATIONS WITH NUMERICAL MODELS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. ANALYSIS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL MATRIX OVER THE ENTIRE SEA BASIN USING SATELLITE DATA -- 3. WAVE, WIND AND CURRENT CLIMATE IN THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE BLACK SEA AS REFLECTED BY IN SITU MEASUREMENTS -- 3.1 Analysis of Offshore Data -- 3.2 Analysis of some Nearshore Data -- 3.3 Storm Analysis -- 4. ON THE RELIABILITY OF THE WAVE AND CIRCULATION MODELS IN THE BLACK SEA. 327 $a4.1 Spectral Wave Models -- 4.2 Formulations for Atmospheric input and Whitecapping Dissipation -- 4.3 Validation of the Wave Prediction System in the Black Sea -- 4.4 Implementation of a Modelling System to Assess the Circulation in the Black Sea -- 5. FINAL CONSIDERATIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4 POLLUTANTS IN THE BLACK SEA AND THEIR IMPACT TO MARINE ORGANISMS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- BATHING WATER QUALITY -- OVERFISHING -- EUTROPHICATION -- OIL POLLUTION -- RADIONUCLIDES -- ORGANIC POLLUTANTS -- METALS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5 BLACK SEA AND HYDROGEN SULPHIDE -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. BATHYMETRY -- 3. HYDROGRAPHY -- 4. ANOXICITY -- 5. MICROBIAL SULPHUR CYCLE -- 6. THE REDOX ZONE -- 7. TOTAL HYDROCARBONS -- 8. H2S IN NATURAL WATERS: CHEMICAL BACKGROUND -- 8.1. Solubility -- 8.2. Ionization -- 8.3. Polysulfide Formation -- 8.4. Oxidation -- 9. REMEDIATION OF BLACK SEA WATERS FROM H2S -- 9.1. Hydrogen Production from H2S -- 9.1.1. Thermal Decomposition Methods -- 9.1.2. Thermochemical Methods -- 9.1.3. Electrochemical Methods -- 9.1.4. Plasma Methods -- 9.1.5. Photochemical Methods -- 9.2. Possibility of Hydrogen Production from H2S in Black Sea -- 9.2.1. Hydrogen Production by Solar Thermal Decomposition of H2S from Black Sea -- 9.2.2. Hydrogen Production by Electrolysis of H2S from Black Sea using Renewable Energy -- 9.2.3. Environmental Aspects -- 9.2.4. Economic Aspects -- 10. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 6 STUDY ON WATER RESOURCES IN THE ROMANIAN BLACK SEA REGION -- ABSTRACT -- 1. ABOUT DOBRUDJA -- 2. THE EVOLUTION OF PRECIPITATION -- 3. WATER RESOURCES OF THE RIVERS AND THE ANALYSIS OF THEIR VARIATION REGIME -- 3.1. About the Mean Discharge -- 3.2. About the Maximum Discharge -- 3.3. About the Alluvium Discharge -- 4. MATHEMATICAL MODELS -- 4.1. Mathematical Background. 327 $a4.1.1. Preliminary Data Analysis -- 4.1.2. Models -- 4.2. Results -- 4.2.1. Preliminary Data Analysis -- 4.2.2. ARIMA Model for Mean Annual Discharge of the Cartal River, Measured at the Pantelimonu Station (1965 - 2005) -- 4.2.3. Analysis of Dependence of the Monthly Mean Discharge on the Monthly Mean Precipitation and the Monthly Mean Evapotranspiration -- 4.2.4. Analysis of the Dependence of the Mean Monthly Discharge on the Mean Monthly Precipitation -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 7 GENERAL SEISMICITY OF BLACK SEA AND RECENT SEISMIC INVESTIGATION IN THIS REGION -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- RESEARCH SEISMOLOGICAL EQUIPMENT -- VOLUME AND THE BASIC RESULTS OF EXPEDITION WORKS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 8 LONG-TERM CHANGES IN FEEDING AND SPECIES COMPOSITION OF ICHTHYOPLANKTON COMMUNITY OF THE COASTAL WATERS NEAR SEVASTOPOL (THE BLACK SEA), 1960-2008 -- 1. ABSTRACT -- 2. INTRODUCTION -- 3. METHODS -- 4. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- Ichthyoplankton -- Feeding of Fish Larvae Blennies (Blenniidae) and Gobies (Gobiidae) -- 5. CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 9 HYDROCARBON GENERATION AND ACCUMULATION IN THE HISTRIA BASIN OF THE WESTERN BLACK SEA -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- THE HISTRIA BASIN - SHORT GEOLOGIC HISTORY -- THE ROLE OF OLIGOCENE FORMATIONS IN THE HISTRIA PETROLEUM SYSTEM -- PETROPHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF SOURCE AND RESERVOIR ROCKS IN THE HISTRIA BASIN -- Upper Cretaceous - Eocene Samples -- Reservoir quality characterization -- A case study: 817 West Leb?da well -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 10 PRESENT ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS OF THE BLACK SEA -- INTRODUCTION -- INTERNATIONAL FRAMEWORK -- POLLUTION -- ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY MONITORING -- BLACK SEA WATER QUALITY MONITORING IN ROMANIA -- EUTROPHICATION -- BIODIVERSITY -- URBAN SEWAGE TREATMENT -- CONCLUSIONS. 327 $aREFERENCES -- Chapter 11 WATER MANAGEMENT AND PROVIDING ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY IN BLACK SEA -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. MATERIALS AND METHODS -- 3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- 4. 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Blalock, Rhonda Vonshay Sharpe -- Analyzing the female advantage in college access among African Americans / Su Jin Jez -- Gender differences in self-actualization / Allan Okech, Crystal Renée Chambers -- Black women's experiences with racial microaggressions in college : making meaning at the crossroads of race and gender / Joanna Lee Williams, Tanya M. Nichols -- A way of making it : black reentry females' success and challenges to undergraduate education / Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz -- The culture of competition : identifying the unique experiences of domestic and international black student-athletes / Noel Harmon, Khalilah Doss, Saran Donahoo -- Sending an SOS : how social support networks contribute to the success of black lesbians at predominantly white institutions / Chutney Walton Guyton, Ferlin McGaskey -- African American high-achieving girls : STEM careers as options / Wanda B. Coneal -- Differential gender outcomes of career exploration sessions for African American undergraduates : an examination of a computing science outreach effort at predominantly white institutions / Jerlando F.L. Jackson, LaVar J. Charleston -- Prepared and progressing : black women in physics / Sharon Fries-Britt, Kimberly M. Holmes -- Hoping for the unexpected : African American women as STEM educators / Wynetta Y. Lee, Janet A. Guyden, P. Gayle Harris Watkins. 330 $aSince the 1976, increased attention has been paid to the diminishing numbers of Black males in higher education, and rightly so: the total numerical enrollments of Black female undergraduates has outstripped their male counterparts by a factor of nearly 2 to 1. Since intervention, however, the enrollment growth rate among Black males (60%) exceeded that of Black females (40%) (NCES, 2008). Needless to say, this good news was is welcomed by many. However, as Cole & Guy-Sheftall (2003) have pointed out, it may be misguided to assume that improving the status of black men will single-handedly solve all the complex problems facing African American communities. Are we indirectly neglecting Black females? And what of their future? The purpose of Black Female Undergraduates on Campus is to identify both successes and challenges faced by Black female students accessing and matriculating through institutions of higher education. In illuminating the interactive complexities between persons and place, this volume is aimed toward garnering an understanding of the educational trajectories and experiences of Black females, independent of and in comparison to their peers. 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