FROM THE GUEST EDITOR • Special Issue on Black Sea Oceanography
By James W. Murray

The Bosporus Strait: A Special Place in the History of Oceanography
By Bruno Soffientino and Michael E.Q. Pilson

Basic Processes of Black Sea Biogeochemistry
By Sergey K. Konovalov , James W. Murray, and George W. Luther III

Species and δ¹⁵N Signatures of Nitrogen Transformations in the Suboxic Zone of the Black Sea
By James W. Murray, Clara Fuchsman , John Kirkpatrick, Barbara Paul, and Sergey K. Konovalov

Seasonal Changes in the Hydrochemical Structure of the Black Sea Redox Zone
By Evgeniy V. Yakushev , Oleg I. Podymov, and Valeriy K. Chasovnikov

Understanding Black Sea Dynamics: Overview of Recent Numerical Modeling
By Emil V. Stanev

Impacts of Invasive Ctenophores on the Fisheries of the Black Sea and Caspian Sea
By Ahmet Erkan Kideys, Abolghaseem Roohi , Siamak Bagheri, Galina Finenko, and Lyudmila Kamburska

Paradigm Lost, Paradigm Found: The Black Sea-Black Shale Connection as Viewed from the Anoxic Basin Margin
By Timothy W. Lyons and Michaele Kashgarian

Restoring the Black Sea in Times of Uncertainty
By Laurence D. Mee, Jana Friedrich, and Marian T. Gomoiu

Long-Term Impacts of Anthropogenic Forcing on the Black Sea Ecosystem
By Temel Oguz

Black Sea Ecosystem Response to Climatic Teleconnections
By Temel Oguz

From the Guest Editors: Special Issue on Harmful Algal Blooms
By Patricia M. Glibert and Grant C. Pitcher

The Global, Complex Phenomena of Harmful Algal Blooms
By Patricia M. Glibert , Donald M. Anderson, Patrick Gentien, Edna Granéli, and Kevin G. Sellner

The Comparative "Systems" Approach to HAB Research
By Donald M. Anderson, Grant C. Pitcher, and Marta Estrada

Harmful Algal Blooms and Their Assessment in Fjords and Coastal Embayments
By Allan D. Cembella, Diego A. Ibarra , Jorge Diogene, and Einar Dahl

Harmful Algal Blooms in Stratified Environments
By Patrick Gentien , Percy Donaghay, Hidekatsu Yamazaki, Robin Raine, Beatriz Reguera, and Thomas R. Osborn

Harmful Algal Blooms in Coastal Upwelling Systems
By Raphael Kudela, Grant C. Pitcher , Trevor Probyn, Francisco Figueiras, Teresa Moita, and Vera Trainer

The Role of Eutrophication in the Global Proliferation of Harmful Algal Blooms
By Patricia M. Glibert , Sybil Seitzinger, Cynthia A. Heil, JoAnn M. Burkholder , Matthew W. Parrow, Louis A. Codispoti, and Vince Kelly

New Approaches and Technologies for Observing Harmful Algal Blooms
By Marcel Babin, John J. Cullen, Collin S. Roesler , Percy L. Donaghay, Gregory J. Doucette , Mati Kahru, Marlon R. Lewis, Christopher A. Scholin , Michael E. Sieracki , and Heidi M. Sosik

Monitoring Approaches for Early Warning of Domoic Acid Events in Washington State
By Vera L. Trainer and Marc Suddleson

HARRNESS: A Framework for HAB Research and Monitoring in the United States for the Next Decade
By Donald M. Anderson and John S. Ramsdell

Coastal Ocean Physics and Red Tides: An Example from Monterey Bay, California
By John P. Ryan , Heidi M. Dierssen, Raphael M. Kudela , Christopher A. Scholin, Kenneth S. Johnson , James M. Sullivan, Andrew M. Fischer, Erich V. Rienecker , Patrick R. McEnaney, and Francisco P. Chavez

QUARTERDECK • Working Together
By Ellen S. Kappel

FROM THE PRESIDENT • International Collaborations
By Larry Clark

RIP CURRENT – NEWS IN OCEANOGRAPHY • Oceanographic Instrument Returns After Two Years
By David Hebert and Tom Rossby

RIP CURRENT – NEWS IN OCEANOGRAPHY • Satellite Altimeters Measure Tsunami—Early Model Estimates Confirmed
By Walter H.F. Smith, Remko Scharroo, Vasily V. Titov , Diego Arcas , and Brian K. Arbic

THE OCEANOGRAPHY CLASSROOM • Catering to the Multitudes
By Matthias Tomczak

BOOK REVIEW • Physical Oceanography of Frontal Zones in the Subarctic Seas
By Peter Wadhams

BOOK REVIEW • Surf Science: An Introduction to Waves for Surfing
By David F. Naar

James W. Murray, University of Washington
Patricia M. Glibert, University of Maryland
Grant C. Pitcher, Marine and Coastal Management, Cape Town, South Africa

We would like to thank the National Science Foundation for sponsoring this issue of the magazine.