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Recommended Reading on the Baltic Sea

HELCOM Baltic Sea Environment Proceedings No 87
(6MB pdf file but well worth reading - brings together the state of the Baltic
199-2002 in easily appreciated form with figs, map etc
http://www.helcom.fi/stc/files/Publications/Proceedings/bsep87.pdf

Big file but worth reading

Set of notes on the general Environmental Conditions in the Baltic Sea Region:
The Baltic Sea and history of the environmental changes in the sea
http://www.baltic.vtt.fi/demo/balful.html

Background to the Baltic Sea

Brief facts about the Baltic Sea and its drainage area:
natural conditions, constraints, special features
(two pages - follow link to 2nd - ignore messages about security!)
https://jolly.fimr.fi/balticsea.html

These are 'simple' background notes

Site on Eutrophication of the Baltic - (use its index on the left)
https://jolly.fimr.fi/boing/encyclopaedia.nsf

Fact sheets with data on most aspects of the Baltic Environment - plotted into very useful diagrams
http://www.helcom.fi/environment2/ifs/en_GB/cover/

Dioxins in the Baltic Sea (HELCOM Rpt pdf)
http://www.helcom.fi/stc/files/Publications/OtherPublications/Dioxins_in_BS-2004.pdf

Useful Links to Baltic Sea Related Sites

Helsinki Commission Home Page:
http://www.helcom.fi/

Finnish site (in English) : The Baltic Portal
http://www.fimr.fi/en/itamerikanta/linkit.html

Baltic Marine Environment Bibliography
http://www.baltic.vtt.fi/

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