Field studies of variation scales of gravitational capillary waves and near-water wind in the Black Sea shelf area

In this study we present the results of data processing from the 2004 Gelendzhik Bay expedition on the Akvanavt research vessel. The data were processed using the method of wavelet analysis. We found an emerging kilometer-scale variation in the surface heaving and near-water wave over the shelf area. This effect was shown to be possibly caused by the inhomogeneity of current in the depth-drop area.     

Laboratory study of two-dimensional nonuniform surface currents over a sphere moving in a fluid column

This paper presents the results of laboratory measurements of surface currents over a sphere moving in the fluid column based on the particle tracing velocimetry. A theoretical model of the fluid flowing around the sphere is presented. The experimental data are compared with the results of theoretical calculations. It is shown that, at low tow speeds of the sphere, the experimentally measured current velocities exceed the velocities calculated from the theoretical model. At greater tow velocities when generation of surface waves by the sphere was observed in the experiment, the experimental data agree well with the results of the theoretical calculations.     

Bioaccumulation of Heavy Metals in Soft Tissues of Bivalve Mollusks from Natural Lakes in Eastern Sikhote Alin (Russia) and the Mekong Delta (Vietnam)

Doklady Earth Sciences - The concentrations of seven heavy metals (HMs) in tissues of bivalve mollusks of the families Unionidae (genera Ensidens, Scabies, Kunashiria) and Cyrenidae (genus...