A substantial range expansion of alien Ponto-Caspian amphipods along the eastern Baltic Sea coast

Ports are an important part of the global and regional freight supply chain and transport network. As port activities have a significant impact on the economic growth of these countries, it is necessary to constantly analyse and plan port activities, anticipate market changes and improve the ability of ports to withstand the growing general competitive pressure. This article analyses studies conducted by researchers on the topic of seaports, thus, and find that there are no analyses comparing more than two ports. A comparative analysis of the ports on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea was conducted using the analysis of statistical data. The comparative analysis of ports on the eastern Baltic Sea revealed that Klaipeda port is the most diversified port in the eastern Baltic Sea region, given that it does not have any single most important type of cargo. The largest ports in terms of bulk cargo are in Tallinn, Riga and Ventspils. Primorsk is the largest port for liquid cargo and St. Petersburg handles the greatest volumes of cargo of a general type andwhile the distribution of cargo flows in the port of Visotsk is best correlated with the selected parameters, which allows us to state that the infrastructure of this port is used to the maximum.

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New Data on the Genus Sucinoptius (Coleoptera, Ptinidae) from Rovno Amber

Vestnik Zoologii ◽

10.1515/vzoo-2016-0002 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 50 (1) ◽

pp. 17-22 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

X. Bellés ◽

E. E. Perkovsky

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Baltic Sea ◽

General Structure ◽

Late Eocene ◽

Rovno Amber ◽

Two New Species ◽

Kaliningrad Region ◽

Sea Coast ◽

Eastern Baltic

Abstract Study of five examples of spider beetle inclusions from Rovno amber revealed that at least three of these spider beetles belong to the genus Sucinoptinus Bellés et Vitali, 2007, of them, S. rovnoensis sp. n. (most probably from Klesov) and S. brevipennis sp. n. from Dubrovitsa are described. S. rovnoensis is similar to the previously known S. bukejsi Alekseev in having the same general structure of pronotum and elytra, differing from it by the morphology of pronotal sides, which are only slightly rounded and practically not constricted near the base, whereas in S. bukejsi the sides are well rounded leaving a slight but clear constriction near the base. S. brevipennis is similar to S. bukejsi Alekseev and S. sucini Bellés et Vitali in having the same general structure of the prothorax, but differing from them in having much shorter elytra. Addition of these two new species to the two previously known, S. sucini, from the eastern Baltic Sea coast, and S. bukejsi, from Kaliningrad Region, indicates that the genus Sucinoptinus was much more diverse and widespread in Late Eocene forests than former reports suggested.

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Holocene biogenic sediments of the Curonian Spit (south-eastern Baltic Sea coast)

Baltica ◽

10.5200/baltica.2015.28.05 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 28 (1) ◽

pp. 41-50 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Alexander Sergeev ◽

Vadim Sivkov ◽

Vladimir Zhamoida ◽

Daria Ryabchuk ◽

Albertas Bitinas ◽

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Keyword(s):

Baltic Sea ◽

Coastal Erosion ◽

Radiocarbon Dating ◽

Late Glacial ◽

Curonian Spit ◽

Geological Evolution ◽

Protection Potential ◽

Late Glacial And Holocene ◽

Sea Coast ◽

Eastern Baltic

This article is devoted to the results of study of organic rich sediments of the Curonian Spit marine coast. Radiocarbon dating of relict tree stumps, as well as buried peat and palaeosols, found in the Russian part of the Curonian Spit (around the villages of Lesnoy and Rybachy) and in the vicinity of Zelenogradsk indicate the formation of these sediments during the large age scale since 7300 by 300 cal. BP and represent different stages of the Curonian Spit formation in Holocene. Organic rich sediments are objects of interest in terms of environmental protection, potential accumulators of oil (or its products) pollution, indicators of intensity of coastal erosion, also they play a suitable role for the understanding and reconstruction of the geological evolution of the whole Curonian Spit and Lagoon during the Late Glacial and Holocene.

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