Vol. 56, No. 2, 2016

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

Statistical Significance and Climatic Role of the Global Atmospheric Oscillation

V. I. Byshev, V. G. Neiman, Yu. A. Romanov, I. V. Serykh and D. M. Sonechkin p. 165 abstract

An Argo-Based Model for Investigation of the Global Ocean (AMIGO)

K. V. Lebedev p. 172 abstract

Long-term Variability of Oceanic Frontal Zones Associated with Large-Scale Atmospheric Forcing

A. S. Kazmin p. 182 abstract

Observations of a Cycle of Intense Coastal Upwelling and Downwelling at the Research Site of the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology in the Black Sea

A. G. Zatsepin, K. P. Silvestrova, S. B. Kuklev, V. B. Piotoukh and O. I. Podymov p. 188 abstract

Influence of Quasi-Geostrophic Currents and Inertial Waves on the Elution of Fine Sediments in the Southeast Baltic

M. N. Golenko, N. N. Golenko, E. M. Emelyanov and M. A. Nekrasov p. 200 abstract

Estimates of Entrainment in the Denmark Strait Overflow Plume from CTD/LADCP data

V. M. Zhurbas, V. T. Paka, B. Rudels and D. Quadfasel p. 205 abstract

Wind Waves in the Coastal Zone of the Southern Crimea: Assessment of Simulation Quality Based on In Situ Measurements

M. V. Shokurov, V. A. Dulov, E. V. Skiba and V. E. Smolov p. 214 abstract

Marine Chemistry

Features of Winter Sedimentation Processes in Curonian Bay of the Baltic Sea

V. A. Kravtsov and E. M. Emelyanov p. 226 abstract

Marine Biology

Copepods Oithona similis and Oithona davisae: Two Strategies of Ecological–Physiological Adaptation in the Black Sea

E. S. Hubareva and L. S. Svetlichny p. 241 abstract

Contemporary Condition of Macrozoobenthos in Ultrashallow Zone of Taman Bay, Sea of Azov

V. A. Spiridonov, G. A. Kolyuchkina, N. A. Belyaev, A. B. Basin and V. V. Kozlovsky p. 248 abstract

Marine Geology

Regional Features of Variations in Paleoproductivity of the Sea of Okhotsk in the Late Pleistocene and Holocene

A. A. Bosin and S. A. Gorbarenko p. 259 abstract

Signs of Continental Rifting in the Southwestern Japanese Island Arc

E. A. Chernysheva and D. V. Eroshenko p. 267 abstract

Geological History and Magmatism of the Jan Mayen Microcontinent (Polar Atlantic)

G. S. Kharin and D. V. Eroshenko p. 275 abstract

Diatoms and Aquatic Palynomorphs in Surface Sediments of the White Sea Bays as Indicators of Sedimentation in Marginal Filters of Rivers

Ye. I. Polyakova, Ye. A. Novichkova, A. P. Lisitzin, V. P. Shevchenko and M. D. Kravchishina p. 289 abstract

Research Methods and Instruments

Modification of GlobWave Satellite Altimetry Database for Sea Wave Field Diagnostics

A. V. Gavrikov, M. A. Krinitsky and V. G. Grigorieva p. 301 abstract

Practical Wet Oxidation Experiment to Determine Concentrations of Particulate Organic Matter in Seawater

V. Ya. Berger, M. V. Mityaev and A. A. Sukhotin p. 307 abstract

Information

Geophysical Exploration at the North Pole

G. S. Kazanin, I. V. Zayats, G. I. Ivanov, E. S. Makarov and A. S. Vasiliev p. 311 abstract