Vol. 58, No. 5, 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

Vertical Structure of Currents in Northern Black Sea, October 2016

A. N. Morozov, S. V. Fedorov and E. V. Mankovskaya p. 627 abstract

Comparative Analysis of Satellite Databases of Incoming Short-Wavelength Fluxes to the World Ocean Surface

A. V. Sinitssyn and S. K. Gulev p. 635 abstract

Comparison of Surface Current Data from In Situ Observations with Numerical-Model-Derived Data, Satellite Altimetry Measurement Data, and the Results of Dynamic Method Calculations for the Sea of Okhotsk near the Northwestern Coast of Kamchatka

V. V. Kolomeytsev and O. B. Tepnin p. 641 abstract

Mechanism for the Formation of Temperature Anomalies in the Upper Layer of the North Atlantic

A. B. Polonsky and P. A. Sukhonos p. 652 abstract

Thermochains of the Southern Branch, Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences: Design, Methods, and Results of Metrological Investigations of Sensors

V. V. Ocherednik, V. I. Baranov, A. G. Zatsepin and S. B. Kyklev p. 661 abstract

Marine Chemistry

Characteristics of Alkanes in Ferromanganese Nodules of the Clarion–Clipperton Fracture Zone

N. A. Shulga p. 672 abstract

Oxygen and Sulfides in Bottom Sediments of the Coastal Sevastopol Region of Crimea

N. A. Orekhova and S. K. Konovalov p. 679 abstract

Marine Biology

Spatial Distribution and Seasonal Dynamics of the Chlorophyll a Concentration in the Sea of Azov Based on MERIS Images

V. V. Saprygin, S. V. Berdnikov, V. V. Kulygin, L. V. Dashkevich and L. M. Mestetskiy p. 689 abstract

Phytoplankton Community Structure in the Polar Front of the Eastern Barents Sea at the End of the Growth Season

V. M. Sergeeva, L. S. Zhitina, S. A. Mosharov, A. A. Nedospasov and A. A. Polukhin p. 700 abstract

Species Composition and Distribution of Sibling Species of the Genus Chironomus Meigen (Diptera: Chironomidae) in the Curonian and Vistula Lagoons, Baltic Sea

M. F. Markiyanova p. 710 abstract

Marine Geology

Chemical Composition of North Atlantic Aerosols

V. N. Lukashin, A. A. Klyuvitkin, V. A. Bobrov, O. M. Dara and V. P. Shevchenko p. 717 abstract

Continental Slopes of the West Africa Region: A Unique Treasure of Hydrocarbons

A. Zabanbark and L. I. Lobkovsky p. 727 abstract

Instruments and Methods

Inspection of Bottom Sediments near Underwater Sources of Chemical Pollution

V. T. Paka and V. A. Chechko p. 737 abstract

Study of the Characteristics of Wave Buoys by Comparison Measurements

D. G. Gryazin, O. O. Belova, K. A. Gleb and M. I. Kovchin p. 742 abstract

Marine Tests of a Digital Holographic Module Using a Measuring Technological Platform

V. V. Dyomin, A. L. Olenin, I. G. Polovcev, D. V. Kamenev, A. S. Kozlova and A. S. Olshukov p. 749 abstract

Information

Underway Research Aboard the R/V Akademik Boris Petrov

I. A. Nemirovskaya and A. M. Titova p. 760 abstract

Study of Mesoscale and Synoptic Variability of the Thermohaline Structure of Water in Antarctic Coastal Areas (from Materials of Russian Antarctic Expeditions)

Yu. V. Artamonov, A. Yu. Artamonov, E. A. Skripaleva, S. A. Shutov and E. A. Shishov p. 763 abstract