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Book cover Ecology of Baltic Coastal Waters

Part of the book series: Ecological Studies ((ECOLSTUD,volume 197))

The Baltic Sea (Fig. 1.1) stretches from the Gulf of Finland to the Kattegat over 1,200 km in the east—west direction and from Odra Bay to Bothnian Bay near the polar circle over 1,300 km in the north—south direction. It covers an area of 415,266 km2 and has a water volume of approximately 21,000 km3. Traditionally, it has been divided into five main regions (Table 1.1).

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Schiewer, U. (2008). Introduction. In: Schiewer, U. (eds) Ecology of Baltic Coastal Waters. Ecological Studies, vol 197. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73524-3_1

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