Vol. 58, No. 1, 2018

Oceanology

A simultaneous English language translation of this journal is available from Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.
Distributed worldwide by Springer. Oceanology ISSN 0001-4370.

Marine Physics

Salinity Variations of the Intermediate Oyashio Waters and Their Relation with the Lunar Nodal Cycle

K. A. Rogachev and N. V. Shlyk p. 1 abstract

Reproduction of Interannual Variability of the Caspian Sea Level in a High-Resolution Hydrodynamic Model

G. S. Dyakonov and R. A. Ibrayev p. 8 abstract

Numerical Analysis of the Effect of Active Wind Speed and Direction on Circulation of Sea of Azov Water with and without Allowance for the Water Exchange through the Kerch Strait

L. V. Cherkesov and T. Ya. Shul’ga p. 19 abstract

Marine Chemistry

Water Column Distribution of Mercury Species in Permanently Stratified Aqueous Environments

S. V. Pakhomova, H. F. V. Braaten, E. V. Yakushev and E. A. Protsenko p. 28 abstract

Marine Biology

Riddle of the Nautilus: Specific Structural Features of Its Shell

D. A. Petrochenkov, A. A. Veligzhanin, D. I. Frey and A. A. Chernyshov p. 38 abstract

Marine Geology

Stable Isotopic Composition of Particulate Organic Carbon in the Caspian Sea

M. D. Kravchishina, A. A. Klyuvitkin, L. A. Pautova, N. V. Politova and A. Yu. Lein p. 45 abstract

Seasonal Dynamics of Biogeochemical Processes in the Water Column of the Northeastern Black Sea

I. I. Rusanov, A. Yu. Lein, P. N. Makkaveev, A. A. Klyuvitkin, M. D. Kravchishina, M. V. Ivanov and M. V. Flint p. 57 abstract

Grains of Nonferrous and Noble Metals in Iron–Manganese Formations and Igneous Rocks of Submarine Elevations of the Sea of Japan

O. N. Kolesnik and N. V. Astakhova p. 71 abstract

Ostracod-Based Paleoreconstructions on the Northern Caspian Sea Shelf during the Holocene

M. P. Chekhovskaya, M. A. Zenina, A. G. Matul, A. Yu. Stepanova and Z. Rakowski p. 79 abstract

Magmatic Complexes of the Vetlovaya Marginal Sea Paleobasin (Kamchatka): Composition and Geodynamic Setting

N. V. Tsukanov, D. P. Saveliev and D. V. Kovalenko p. 92 abstract

Ore Genesis Laws in Subduction Zones

N. O. Sorokhtin, L. I. Lobkovsky and N. E. Kozlov p. 107 abstract

Volcanism and Tectonics of the Central Deep Basin, Sea of Japan

E. P. Lelikov, T. A. Emelyanova and A. A. Pugachev p. 116 abstract

Structure of Subsurface Sediments in the Scan Basin (Scotia Sea)

Al. A. Schreider, A. A. Schreider, A. E. Sazhneva, J. Galindo-Zaldivar, P. Ruano, A. Maldonado, Y. Martos-Martin and F. Lobo p. 133 abstract

Instruments and Methods

Microplastics in a Marine Environment: Review of Methods for Sampling, Processing, and Analyzing Microplastics in Water, Bottom Sediments, and Coastal Deposits

M. B. Zobkov and E. E. Esiukova p. 137 abstract

Upgrade of ROV Super GNOME Pro for Underwater Monitoring in the Caspian Sea

B. Ya. Rozman, A. V. Elkin, A. S. Kaptsov, I. D. Ermakov, D. I. Ermakov, V. G. Krasnov and L. S. Kondrashov p. 144 abstract

Information

Comprehensive Oceanological Research of the Continental Slope and Submarine Pervenets Rise of the Sea of Japan on Cruise 67 of the R/V Professor Gagarinskiy

V. N. Karnaukh, E. N. Sukhoveev, A. A. Koptev, S. A. Zverev, O. V. Belous, E. A. Lopatnikov, A. S. Telichko, V. V. Kalinchuk and M. A. Ishchenko p. 148 abstract

Research of the Upper Sediment Column and Topography of the Sea Bottom in Eastern Arctic Seas on Cruise 78 of the R/V Akademik Lavrent’ev

N. N. Dmitrevskii, R. A. Anan’ev, A. A. Meluzov and A. S. Ul’yantsev p. 152 abstract