1. Preface to the special issue

   Announcement 25 August 2015 Pages: 449 - 449

2. Propagation and transformation of waters of the surface desalinated layer in the Kara Sea

   • A. G. Zatsepin
   • V. V. Kremenetskiy
   • D. M. Soloviev

   Marine Physics 25 August 2015 Pages: 450 - 460

3. The structure of thermohaline and bio-optical fields in the surface layer of the Kara Sea in September 2011

   • P. O. Zavialov
   • A. S. Izhitskiy
   • A. B. Grabovskiy

   Marine Physics 25 August 2015 Pages: 461 - 471

4. Hydrophysical features of deep water troughs in the western Kara Sea

   • A. G. Zatsepin
   • S. G. Poyarkov
   • A. O. Korzh

   Marine Physics 25 August 2015 Pages: 472 - 484

5. Hydrochemical characteristics of the waters in the western part of the Kara Sea

   • P. N. Makkaveev
   • Z. G. Melnikova
   • A. L. Chultsova

   Marine Physics 25 August 2015 Pages: 485 - 496

6. Variability of concentration and composition of hydrocarbons in frontal zones of the Kara Sea

   • I. A. Nemirovskaya

   Marine Chemistry 25 August 2015 Pages: 497 - 507

7. Organic carbon in water, particulate matter, and upper layer of bottom sediments of the central part of the Kara Sea

   • N. A. Belyaev
   • M. S. Ponyaev
   • A. M. Kiriutin

   Marine Chemistry 25 August 2015 Pages: 508 - 520

8. Vertical distribution of primary production and chlorophyll a in the Kara Sea

   • A. B. Demidov
   • S. A. Mosharov

   Marine Biology 25 August 2015 Pages: 521 - 534

9. Evaluation of the influence of abiotic and biotic factors on primary production in the Kara Sea in autumn

   • A. B. Demidov
   • S. A. Mosharov
   • P. N. Makkaveev

   Marine Biology 25 August 2015 Pages: 535 - 546

10. Phytoplankton in the northwestern Kara Sea

    • I. N. Sukhanova
    • M. V. Flint
    • V. M. Sergeeva

    Marine Biology 25 August 2015 Pages: 547 - 560

11. Virioplankton in the Kara Sea: The impact of viruses on mortality of heterotrophic bacteria

    • A. I. Kopylov
    • A. F. Sazhin
    • N. D. Romanova

    Marine Biology 25 August 2015 Pages: 561 - 572

12. Feeding of dominant zooplankton species and their grazing impact on autotrophic phytoplankton in the Yenisei Estuary in autumn

    • A. V. Drits
    • E. G. Arashkevich
    • M. V. Flint

    Marine Biology 25 August 2015 Pages: 573 - 582

13. The structure of the mesoplankton community in the area of the continental slope of the St. Anna Trough (Kara Sea)

    • M. V. Flint
    • S. G. Poyarkov
    • K. A. Soloviev

    Marine Biology 25 August 2015 Pages: 583 - 594

14. Mesozooplankton grazing impact on phytoplankton in the northern regions of the Kara Sea in autumn

    • A. V. Drits
    • E. G. Arashkevich
    • M. V. Flint

    Marine Biology 25 August 2015 Pages: 595 - 605

15. Macrobenthos of Yenisei Bay and the adjacent Kara Sea shelf

    • S. V. Galkin
    • A. A. Vedenin

    Marine Biology 25 August 2015 Pages: 606 - 613

16. Macrobenthos of the southern part of St. Anna trough and the adjacent Kara Sea shelf

    • S. V. Galkin
    • A. A. Vedenin
    • N. V. Kucheruk

    Marine Biology 25 August 2015 Pages: 614 - 622

17. Genesis and spatial distribution of suspended particulate matter concentrations in the Kara Sea during maximum reduction of the Arctic ice sheet

    • M. D. Kravchishina
    • A. Yu. Lein
    • A. N. Novigatsky

    Marine Geology 25 August 2015 Pages: 623 - 643

18. Geochemical features of the deepwater sediments of the Kara Sea (Novaya Zemlya Basin and St. Anna Trench)

    • A. G. Rozanov

    Marine Geology 25 August 2015 Pages: 644 - 656

19. Comprehensive research on the Kara Sea ecosystem (128th Cruise of Research Vessel Professor Shtokman)

    • M. V. Flint
    • S. G. Poyarkov

    Information 25 August 2015 Pages: 657 - 659