Offers a unique fusion of coastal marine geology, physics, chemistry, biology, and history
Contains a rich source of unpublished data, examples, and illustrations
Provides informative and interpretive views of coastal marine environments
Focuses on innovative management tools in the coastal marine theatre
Supplies an historical context to scientific, technical, and managerial skill sets

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Charles W. Finkl has been the Executive Director of the Coastal Education & Research Foundation and Editor-in-Chief of the international Journal of Coastal Research for the past 32 years. He has edited and/or contributed to more than eight volumes in the Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series, of which he is the Series Editor. In addition to these duties, he is Distinguished University Professor Emeritus at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida, USA. He is a graduate of the University of Western Australia (Perth) and previously worked for a wholly owned Australian subsidiary of the International Nickel Company of Canada (INCO). During his career, he acquired field experience in Australia; the Caribbean; South America; SW Pacific islands; southern Africa; Western Europe; and the Pacific Northwest, Midwest, and Southeast USA.

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1. Typology, Behaviour and Management of Cliffs and Bluffs on Western Black Sea Continental Margin.- 2. "Environmental Sentinels" in the Service of Ecological Monitoring of the Marine Environment.- 3. Thalassotherapy II.- 4. Ups and Downs of the Venice of the North.- 5. Geomorphological Interpretation of Laser Airborne Depth Sounding on Continental Shelves.- 6. On Romanian Assertiveness in Navigation on the Black Sea (14th to 20th Century).- 7. A new approach in autecological research.- 8. The History of the Antarctic Expedition Belgica reflected in the Correspondence of the Chiefs of Army Staffs.- 9. Romanian Hydrography - A History of Over 100 years.- 10. Radioecology of the Black Sea Basin.- 11. Development of International Cooperation in Oceanography: Incentives from Science, Services, Economy and Security. 12. Creation of the End Product of Oceanographic Data of the Georgian Black Sea Area.- 13. Flows of Phosphorus in the Deepwater Area of the Black Sea.- 14. The Black Sea Dolphin Nephron Studied by Romanian Nobel Laureate George Emil Palade. 15. Dobrudja in [Western Mesopotamia].- 16. Dobrudja: A Unique, Intercultural and Spiritual Realm at the Black Sea.- 17. The Present Contents of Gamma Radionuclides in Sediments from One of the Most Popular Beaches on The Black Sea Coast.- 18. Tradioactive Content in Fish from Black Sea Caches. Its Impact on Population by Food Consumption.- 19. The Granulometry of Sediments from Nvodari-Mamaia Beach Area.- 20. Land and Water in the Food Economy of Romania.- 21. Methodological Approaches for Evaluation the Oil Hydcarbon Pollution in Marine Coastal Area (Sevastopol Region, Black Sea).- 22. Shellfish Waters Directive 2006/113ec in Romanian Black Sea Coast.- 23. The Sea, Cradle of Divine Spirituality.- 24. New Insight into the Black Sea Basin, in the Light of the Reprocessing of Vintage Regional Seismic Data.- 25. Assessment of the Driving Forces that are Governing the Meteo-HydrologicalRegime on the Romanian Black Sea Coast.- 26. Ontological Researches in EU directives implementation: Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD - Directive 2008/56/EC) and Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP - Directive 2014/89/EU).- 27. Genetic Versus Han-type Algorithms for Maritime Transportation Problems.- 28. A Glance at the Medical Activity of Prof. V.Sion Hospital of Constantza in 1931.- 29. Environmental Impact of Sea-Dumped Chemical Warfare.- 30. Cyanobacterial Molecular Diversity and Distribution in Brackish Waters of the Northwestern Black Sea.- 31. Po in the North-Western Part of the Black Sea: Distribution in Surface Water and Bottom Sediments, and Accumulation by Hydrobionts .- 32. Rapana venosa (Valenciennes, 1846), from Invasive Species to Exploitable Resource in the Romanian Black Sea.- 33. Ornamental Fish Species of the Black Sea: The Syngnathids, A Family with Reversed Sex-Roles.- 34. NIMRD' Research in the World Ocean.- 35. Use of Digital Terrain Model for Evaluationof Beach Vulnerability on Romanian Coast.- 36. The Characteristic Ichthyofauna of the Romanian Marine Sites Within the Natura 2000 European Ecological Network.- 37. Levels of Activity Concentration and Dose Rate on Biota from Alpha-Radioisotopes of Plutonium in the Black Sea Ecosystem.- 38. Habitat of the Black Sea: A Review.- 39. Innovative Management Tool for Sustainable Marine Protected Areas (Mpas) Conservation: Danube Delta Study Case.- 40. Radionuclides 137Cs and 90Sr in Components of the Black Sea Ecosystems: Contemporary Status and Prognosis.- 41. Variation Hydrophysical and Biooptical Parameters in the Coastal Waters of Western Part Black Sea.- 42. Assessment of Dolphins Population Abundance at the Romanian Black Sea Coast in 2013.- 43. Some Aspects of the Biology and the Present State of the Population of Protodorvillea kefersteini (Polychaeta: Dorvillidae) in the Coastal Zone of the Crimea (The Black Sea).- 44. Current Status of the Phytobenthic Communities from the RomanianBlack Sea Coast.- 45. Assessment of the Ectoparasites Degree Infestation of the Main Marine Fishes on the Romanian Black Sea Coast.- 46. The State of Mesozooplankton in the Romanian Black Sea Coast During 2008-2015.- 47. Indicators for the Assessment of Marine Ecosystem Services in Romania: A Preliminary Approach.- 48. The State of Phytoplankton Communities in the Romanian Black Sea Water Sea Coast.- 49. Thigh-Resolution Water Mass Measurements Around Cold-Water Corals: A Comparative Test Study between Repeated Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) Casts and Continuous Data Acquisition of Bottom Waters from the American Shelf, Atlantic.- 50. Post-Chernobyl Radioactivity in Romania: A Review.- 51. Archive Documents about the Beginning of the Activity at the Marine Biological Station, Prof. Dr. Ioan Borcea Agigea.- 52. Evolution of the Means of Navigation on the Danube at the End of the 18th Century and the Beginning of the 20th Century.- Contents would be organized something like this: Organization for the Festschrift in Honor of Alexandru Bologa:(Photo of Alexandru Bologa).- Preface from Charlie Finkl.- List of Selected Publications of Bologa.- Part I Introduction.- Part II Geology.- Part III Physics.- Part IV Radioactivity and Radioecology.- Part V Chemistry.- Part VI Biology and Microbiology.- Part VII Ecology.- Part VIII History of Oceanography.- Part IX Miscellanea.