Introduction The Caspian-Black Sea-Mediterranean Corridor["CORRIDOR"]encompasses the Eurasian intercontinental basins of the Caspian,Black,Marmara,Aegean,and Eastern Mediterranean(Levantine)seas with their c...Introduction The Caspian-Black Sea-Mediterranean Corridor["CORRIDOR"]encompasses the Eurasian intercontinental basins of the Caspian,Black,Marmara,Aegean,and Eastern Mediterranean(Levantine)seas with their connecting straits and coasts.Periodic connection/isolation of the basins during the Quaternary predetermined their specific environmental conditions and particular hydrologic regimes,and thus,the area,and especially the Ponto-Caspian,represents a“natural laboratory”to study the responses of semi-isolated and isolated basins to climate changes.展开更多
文摘Introduction The Caspian-Black Sea-Mediterranean Corridor["CORRIDOR"]encompasses the Eurasian intercontinental basins of the Caspian,Black,Marmara,Aegean,and Eastern Mediterranean(Levantine)seas with their connecting straits and coasts.Periodic connection/isolation of the basins during the Quaternary predetermined their specific environmental conditions and particular hydrologic regimes,and thus,the area,and especially the Ponto-Caspian,represents a“natural laboratory”to study the responses of semi-isolated and isolated basins to climate changes.
