The Eastern Arctic Seas Encyclopedia -

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Résumé :
This Encyclopedia is designed to accumulate and systematize our knowledge about the unique natural water areas - the Laptev, East Siberian and Chukchi seas, their wealth, the events that took place on its waters and shores, and the remarkable people whose lives were and are closely intertwined with the seas. The Encyclopedia contains about 1,500 terms and concepts related to the seas in alphabetical order. It describes geographical features: rivers, lakes, straits, bays; provides information about towns, seaports, transport communications, basic aquatic biological species, nature reserves, national and international programs for the study of the sea, research institutes, historical monuments, activities of prominent explorers and travelers, researchers and scientists. The Encyclopedia also includes a chronology of major historical events connected with the Eastern Arctic seas for more than 400 years.

Biographie:
Prof. Igor S. Zonn - Doctor of Geography, full member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Honored Meliorator of the Russian Federation, General Director of the Engineering Research and Production Center for Land Reclamation, Water Management and Ecology Soyuzvodproekt (Moscow), member of the editorial board of the international Journal Problems of desert (Turkmenistan), member of the editorial board of the Journal Arid Ecosystems , founder and Editor-in-Chief (since 1996) of the magazine The Caspian Sea Bulletin, Author of over 450 scientific articles and 50 monographs, author of the encyclopedias of the Black, Caspian, Aral, Japan, Okhotsk, Bering, Barents, White, Kara, Laptev, East Siberian, Chukchi, Baltic, Adriatic, Ionian seas, Arctic Ocean and Danube River, published in 2004-2017 in publishing houses International Relations (Russia) and Springer (Germany). Prof., Dr. Andrey G. Kostianoy - Doctor of physico-mathematical sciences, Chief Scientistat the P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow, Russia), a Visiting Professor at the University of Liege (Belgium), Honorary Professor of Tver State University (Russia). He is Editor-in-Chief of The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, Springer Publishing House (Germany), member of the editorial board of the Journal of Marine Systems (Netherlands), International Water Technology Journal (Egypt), Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Oceanological Research and a member of the editorial board of several Russian and international journals. Author of over 300 peer-reviewed papers, author and/or editor of 65 books, including the Encyclopedia of the Black, Caspian, Aral, Japan, Okhotsk, Bering, Barents, White, Kara, Laptev, East Siberian, Chukchi, Baltic, Adriatic, Ionian seas and Arctic Ocean, published in 2006-2019 in publishing houses International Relations (Russia) and Springer (Germany). Prof. Alexander V. Semenov - Doctor of Economics, Professor, Rector of S.Yu. Witte Moscow University. (Moscow), Honorary Professor at the Higher School of Finance and Management Bialystok, Poland). Author of more than 100 scientific publications, author and editor of 25 books, including the encyclopedia of the White, East Siberian, Baltic, Adriatic, Ionian Seas and the Arctic Ocean, published in 2014-2019 in the publishing house International Relations (Russia) and Springer (Germany). Dr Aleksandar Joksimovi? - is Director of the Institute of Marine Biology, University of Montenegro. Since 1996, has been working at the Institute of Marine Biology, University of Montenegro, where he passed through all the stages of scientific research, from assistant to PhD. Since 2006 he is head of the Laboratory of Ichthyology and marine fisheries, and from 2007 to 2013, he was director of the Institute, in the two mandats. The area of scientific research, PhD Joksimovi? are marine biology, fisheries and ichthyology, biology and ecology, population dynamics of economically important species of fish, crustaceans and molluscs, marine fisheries resource assessment, assessment of biological permitted use (MSY- (Maximum Sustaineble Yield). He is a member of the following international and national labor bodies, Vice-chair of Scientific Advisory Committe of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM-FAO RIM)...

Sommaire:
Chronology of the key historical events on the eastern seas of the Russian Arctic (the Laptev Sea, the East Siberian Sea, the Chukchi Sea), entries sorted alphabetically.