| Tekijä (t): | Telkänranta, Helena
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| Aineiston nimi: | The Baltic Sea : Discovering the sea of life |
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| Verkko-osoite: | http://archive.iwlearn.net/helcom.fi/stc/files/Publications/OtherPublications/TheBalticSea2006.pdf |
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| Aineistolaji: | kirja |
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| Asiasanat: | eläimet, Itämeri, kuvateokset, luonto, meri - meret, rannikot, valokuvaus, vesiekosysteemit, vesieläimistö |
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| Kustantaja: | Helsinki Commission |
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| Vuosi: | 2006 |
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| Sivumäärä: | 105+karttaliite |
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| ISBN/ISSN: | 952-91-9962-7 |
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| Lisätietoa: | Foreword:
Porpoises chatter and whistle messages to each other. Colourful orchids bloom on remote islands. Newborn seal pups gaze over fields of ice as white as their own fur coats. Many more beautiful animals and plants like these can be found surprisingly near us, in and around our own sea – the Baltic.
No other sea in the world is quite like the Baltic. It is a body of brackish water, virtually an inland sea, and many parts of the sea freeze over each winter. Although the Baltic is also one of the world’s largest bodies of brackish water, its average depths are exceptionally shallow.
These conditions have given rise to unique ecosystems where marine and freshwater species live side by side, together with some arctic relict species trapped here after the last Ice Age ... |
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| Sijainti: | G-Meri, meritutkimus, merimatkat (isokokoiset 2) |
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