Vol. 56, No. 3, 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

Adaptive Algorithm for Cloud Cover Estimation from All-Sky Images over the Sea

M. A. Krinitskiy and A. V. Sinitsyn p. 315 abstract

Wave Climate Variability in the North Atlantic in Recent Decades in the Winter Period Using Numerical Modeling

M. Yu. Markina and A. V. Gavrikov p. 320 abstract

Winter Convection in the Irminger Sea in 2004–2014

S. V. Gladyshev, V. S. Gladyshev, A. S. Falina and A. A. Sarafanov p. 326 abstract

Persistent Thermal Fronts in the Black Sea: Existence, Variability, and Response to Atmospheric Forcing

A. S. Kazmin p. 336 abstract

Seasonal Anomalies of Water Salinity in the Gelendzhik Region of the Black Sea According to Shipborne Monitoring Data

O. I. Podymov and A. G. Zatsepin p. 342 abstract

Abnormally High Waves Due to Spectral Instability of Surface Waves

Ya. V. Saprykina and S. Yu. Kuznetsov p. 355 abstract

Marine Chemistry

Determination of Threshold Concentrations of Metals in Indicator Algae of Coastal Waters in the Northwest Sea of Japan

E. N. Chernova and S. I. Kozhenkova p. 363 abstract

Marine Biology

Spatial Distribution of the Phytoplankton in the White Sea during Atypical Domination of Dinoflagellates (July 2009)

L. V. Ilyash, L. S. Zhitina, T. A. Belevich, V. P. Shevchenko, M. D. Kravchishina, A. N. Pantyulin, A. V. Tolstikov and A. L. Chultsova p. 372 abstract

Spatial Distribution and Feeding of Dominant Zooplankton Species in the Ob River Estuary

A. V. Drits, A. B. Nikishina, T. N. Semenova, V. M. Sergeeva, K. A. Solovyev and M. V. Flint p. 382 abstract

Macrophytobenthos of the Caspian Sea: Diversity, Distribution, and Productivity

O. V. Stepanian p. 395 abstract

Marine Geology

Dynamics of REE Accumulation and Fractionation in the Subcolloidal Fraction of Bottom Sediments in the Razdol’naya River–Amur Bay Section, Sea of Japan

D. M. Polyakov p. 406 abstract

Retrospective Analysis of Seismic Regime Features before the Taiwan Earthquakes of 1999 and 2002

I. P. Kuzin and A. B. Flyonov p. 415 abstract

Evolution of Calculations of the Virtual Dipole Moment of the Earth for Reconstructing the Oceanic Inversion Magnetic Layer’s Parameters

A. A. Schreider, A. A. Ignatova, Al. A. Schreider, A. E. Sajneva, P. Varga and C. Denis p. 428 abstract

Coasts of the South Georgia Microcontinent in the Solving Questions of the Holocene Eustasy

N. N. Dunaev p. 435 abstract

Research Methods and Facilities

Measuring Chlorophyll a concentrations in the Sea of Japan Using Probe and Flow Fluorimeters

S. P. Zakharkov, E. A. Shtraikhert, Y. V. Shambarova, T. N. Gordeichuk and X. Shi p. 444 abstract

Methods of Deep Dives in Whole Ice Cover Conditions

A. M. Sagalevich p. 452 abstract

Information

Ecosystems of the Russian Arctic-2015 (63rd Cruise of the Research Vessel Akademik Mstislav Keldysh)

M. V. Flint, S. G. Poyarkov and N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov p. 459 abstract

Hydrochemical and Hydrobiological Studies in Southern Ocean Waters in Summer Seasons from 2014 to 2015

L. A. Dukhova, N. M. Zozulya, A. M. Sytov and K. V. Artamonova p. 462 abstract