1. Preface

   • Jorma Kuparinen
   • Eva Sandberg-Kilpi
   • Johanna Matilla

   OriginalPaper Pages: vii - vii

2. Experimental Evidence on Nutrient and Substrate Limitation of Baltic Sea sea-ice Algae and Bacteria

   • Harri Kuosa
   • Hermanni Kaartokallio

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 10

3. Changes in Phytoplankton Biomass and Nutrient Quantities in Sea Ice as Responses to Light/Dark Manipulations during different Phases of the Baltic Winter 2003

   • Janne-Markus Rintala
   • Jonna Piiparinen
   • Harri Kuosa

   OriginalPaper Pages: 11 - 24

4. Modeling Transport of Fluff Layer Material in the Baltic Sea

   • Christiane Kuhrts
   • Torsten Seifert
   • Wolfgang Fennel

   OriginalPaper Pages: 25 - 30

5. A Fuzzy Logic Model to Describe the Cyanobacteria Nodularia spumigena Blooms in the Gulf of Finland, Baltic Sea

   • J. Laanemets
   • M.-J. Lilover
   • U. Lips

   OriginalPaper Pages: 31 - 45

6. Hydrological Forecasting in the Oder Estuary using a Three- Dimensional Hydrodynamic Model

   • Halina Kowalewska-Kalkowska
   • Marek Kowalewski

   OriginalPaper Pages: 47 - 55

7. Phytoplankton Spring Bloom Intensity Index for the Baltic Sea Estimated for the years 1992 to 2004

   • Vivi Fleming
   • Seppo Kaitala

   OriginalPaper Pages: 57 - 65

8. Surface Rheology Parameters of Source-Specific Surfactant Films as Indicators of Organic Matter Dynamics

   • Stanisław J. Pogorzelski
   • Anna D. Kogut
   • Adriana Z. Mazurek

   OriginalPaper Pages: 67 - 81

9. Drifting Algae as a means of Re-Colonizing Defaunated Sediments in the Baltic Sea. A Short-Term Microcosm Study

   • Nina Larissa Arroyo
   • Katri Aarnio
   • Erik Bonsdorff

   OriginalPaper Pages: 83 - 95

10. Influence of the Thin Drift Algal Mats on the Distribution of Macrozoobenthos in Kõiguste Bay, NE Baltic Sea

    • Velda Lauringson
    • Jonne Kotta

    OriginalPaper Pages: 97 - 105

11. Growth and Production Rates of Loose-Lying and Attached Forms of the Red Algae Furcellaria lumbricalis and Coccotylus truncatus in Kassari Bay, the West Estonian Archipelago Sea

    • Georg Martin
    • Tiina Paalme
    • Kaire Torn

    OriginalPaper Pages: 107 - 115

12. Seasonal Changes in situ Grazing of the Mesoherbivores Idotea baltica and Gammarus oceanicus on the Brown Algae Fucus vesiculosus and Pylaiella littoralis in the Central Gulf of Finland, Baltic Sea

    • Kotta Jonne
    • Orav-Kotta Helen
    • Kukk Henn

    OriginalPaper Pages: 117 - 125

13. Mortality of Herring Eggs on Different Algal Substrates (Furcellaria spp. and Cladophora spp.) in the Baltic Sea – An Experimental Study

    • Marjut Rajasilta
    • Päivi Laine
    • Jan Eklund

    OriginalPaper Pages: 127 - 130

14. Towards better Understanding of Successful Management of the Gulf of Riga Herring Stock

    • Tiit Raid
    • Olavi Kaljuste

    OriginalPaper Pages: 131 - 136

15. Distribution Patterns of Isomorphic Cold-Water Dinoflagellates (Scrippsiella/Woloszynskia Complex) Causing ‘red tides’ in the Baltic Sea

    • Andres Jaanus
    • Susanna Hajdu
    • Irina Olenina

    OriginalPaper Pages: 137 - 146

16. Taxonomic Status and Reproduction Dynamics of the Non-Indigenous Cercopagis in the Gulf of Riga (Baltic Sea)

    • Mart Simm
    • Henn Ojaveer

    OriginalPaper Pages: 147 - 154

17. Products of Chlorophyll a Transformation by Selected Benthic Organisms in the Odra Estuary (Southern Baltic Sea)

    • Małgorzata Szymczak-Żyła
    • Brygida Wawrzyniak-Wydrowska
    • Grażyna Kowalewska

    OriginalPaper Pages: 155 - 164