Teatro eclesiástico de la primitiua Iglesia de las Indias Occidentales, vidas de sus arzobispos, y obispos, y cosas memorables de sus sedes, en lo que pertenece al Reino del Piru ... /

Contiene: Teatro eclesiastico de la Santa Iglesia Arzobispas de Lima y vidas de sus arzobispos: h. 1-22 -- Teatro eclesiastico ... del Nueuo Reyno de Granada ...: h. 23-29 -- Teatro eclesiasico ... de la ciudad de La Plata, que tiene su assiento en la prouincia de los Charcas ...: h. 30-34 -- Teatro eclesiastico de la Santa Iglesia del Cuzco ...: h. 35-43 -- Teatro eclesiastico de la Santa Iglesia de Quito ...: h. 44-50 -- Teatro eclesiastico de ... S. Miguel de Tucuman ...: h. 51-54 -- Teatro eclesiastico de la Santa Iglesia de Panama ...: h. 55-61 -- Teatro eclesiastico de ... Santa Marta ...: h. 62-65 -- Teatro eclesiastico de ... Guamanga ...: h. 66-68 -- Teatro eclesiastico de ... Cartagena ...: h. 69-73 -- Teatro eclesiastico de ... Popayan ...: h. 74-77 -- Teatro eclesiastico de ... Truxillo ...: h. 78-81 -- Teatro eclesiastico de ... Santiago de Chile ...: h. 82-86 -- Teatro eclesiastico de ... la ciudad imperial de la Concepcion de Chile ...: h. 87-89 -- Teatro eclesiastico de ... Santa Maria de la Paz ...: h. 90-93 -- Teatro eclesiastico de ... la ciudad de la Assumpcopm del Rio de la Plata ...: h. 94-95 -- Teatro eclesiastico de la ... Catedral de la ciudad de la Santissima Trinidad de Buenos Aires ... : h. 98-100 -- Teatro eclesiastico de la ... Catedral de Arequipa ...: h. 101-104 -- Teatro eclesiastico de la ... Assumpcion del Paraguay ...: h. 105-107 -- Teatro eclesiastico de ... Santacruz de la Sierra : h. 108-119 [i.e. 110]

Na 1 Nachlass Max Horkheimer, 803 - "Dialektik der Aufklärung" von Max Horkheimer und Theodor W. Adorno (p. XI 6.43 - XI 6.106)

43. - 62. Sammlung B: "Konzepte als Zugabe zur Festschrift für Friedrich Pollock" [GS 12, S. 250 - 295]. 64 Blatt; 43. "Zum Problem der Bedürfnisse". Typoskript, 6 Blatt; 44. "Dichtung und Moral". Typoskript, 5 Blatt; 45. "Geschichte der amerikanischen Arbeiterschaft". Typoskript, 1 Blatt; 46. "Kein Weg zur Wahrheit". Typoskript, 1 Blatt; 47. "Zur Rechtsphilosophie". Typoskript mit eigenen Korrekturen, 2 Blatt; 48. "Strafgefangene". Typoskript, 1 Blatt; 49. "Jüdischer Charakter". Typoskript, 1 Blatt; 50. "Solidarität". Typoskript, 2 Blatt; 51. "Unmöglichkeit der Dichtung". Typoskript, 1 Blatt; 52. "Theorie des Verbrechers". Typoskript, 14 Blatt; 53. "Erbsünde und Kopula". Typoskript, 2 Blatt; 54. "Feind". Typoskript, 2 Blatt; 55. "Haupt- und Nebensatz". Typoskript, 3 Blatt; 56. "Bewußtsein". Typoskript, 1 Blatt; 57. "Kampf und Gewaltlosigkeit". Typoskript, 6 Blatt; 58. "Umschlag der idealistischen Dialektik". Typoskript, 1 Blatt; 59. "Die Rackets und der Geist". Typoskript, 7 Blatt; 60. "Altmodische Probleme". Typoskript mit eigenen Korrekturen, 2 Blatt; 61. "Physiognomik". Typoskript, 1 Blatt; 62. "Religionspsychologie". Typoskript, 2 Blatt; 63. - 106. Sammlung C: "New Yorker Notizen [I]"; 63. "Dialektik der Aufklärung Nr. 7". Typoskript mit eigenen Korrekturen, 12 Blatt; 64. Aus der "Dialektik der Aufklärung"; Kapitel: "Elemente des Antisemitismus", Abschitt VII:; 64a) Typoskript mit eigenen Korrekturen, 11 Blatt; 64b) Teilstück, Typoskript, 2 Blatt; 64c) Teilstück, Typoskript, 1 Blatt; 64d) Teilstück, Typoskript, 1 Blatt; 65. "Bemerkungen zu These VII" [zu: 64]; Über Antisemitismus und Stalinismus, [von Theodor W. Adorno]. Typoskript, 3 Blatt; 66. "Verwandlung der Idee in Gesinnung":; 66a) Typoskript, 5 Blatt; 66b) Typoskript mit eigenen Korrekturen, 4 Blatt; 66c) Typoskript, 5 Blatt; 67. "Zum Problem der Bedürfnisse". Typoskript mit eigenen Korrekturen, 6 Blatt; 68. "Dichtung und Moral":; 68a) Typoskript, 5 Blatt; 68b) Typoskript mit eigenen Korrekturen, 4 Blatt; 68c) Typoskript mit eigenen Korrekturen, 4 Blatt; 68d) Typoskript mit eigenen Korrekturen, 5 Blatt; 69. "Geschichte der amerikanischen Arbeiterschaft":; 69a) Typoskript, 1 Blatt; 69b) Typoskript; 1 Blatt; 70. "Straftheorie. Zur Rechtsphilosophie":; 70a) Typoskript mit eigenen Korrekturen, 3 Blatt; 70b) Typoskript mit eigenen Korrekturen, 3 Blatt; 70c) Typoskript mit eigenen Korrekturen, 3 Blatt; 70d) Typoskript, 3 Blatt; 71. "Jüdischer Charakter". Typoskript, 1 Blatt; 72. "Solidarität". Typoskript, 2 Blatt; 73. "Theorie des Verbrechens". Typoskript mit eigenen Korrekturen, 17 Blatt; 74. "Erbsünde und Copula":; 74a) Typoskript, 2 Blatt; 74b) Typoskript mit eigenen Korrekturen, 3 Blatt; 75. "Geschichtsphilosophischer Exkurs zur Odysee" [von Theodor W. Adorno ?]. Teilstück, Typoskript, 1 Blatt; 76. "Feind":; 76a) Typoskript, 2 Blatt; 76b) Typoskript, 2 Blatt; 76c) Typoskript, 2 Blatt; 76d) Entwurf, englisch, Typoskript mit eigenen Korrekturen, 2 Blatt; 77. "Haupt- und Nebensatz":; 77a) Typoskript, 2 Blatt; 77b) Typoskript mit eigenen Korrekturen, 2 Blatt; 77c) Typoskript mit eigenen Korrekturen, 2 Blatt; 77d) Typoskript mit eigenen Korrekturen, 3 Blatt; 78. "Bewußtsein":; 78a) Typoskript, 1 Blatt; 78b) Typoskript mit eigenen Korrekturen, 1 Blatt; 79. "Kampf und Gewaltlosigkeit":; 79a) Typoskript, 6 Blatt; 79b) Typoskript, 6 Blatt; 79c) Teilstücke, Typoskript mit eigenen Korrekturen, 6 Blatt; 79d) Typoskript mit eigenen Korrekturen, 5 Blatt; 79e) Typoskript, 5 Blatt; 79f) Teilstück, Typoskript mit eigenen Korrekturen, 2 Blatt; 80. "Die Rackets und der Geist":; 80a) Typoskript mit eigenen Korrekturen, 2 Blatt; 80b) Typoskript mit eigenen Korrekturen, 6 Blatt; 81. "Altmodisches Problem". Typoskript, 2 Blatt; 82. "Physiognomik". Typoskript, 1 Blatt; 83. "Religionspsychologie":; 83a) Typoskript mit eigenen Korrekturen, 2 Blatt; 83b) Typoskript mit eigenen Korrekturen, 2 Blatt; 84. "Leeres Erschrecken":; 84a) Typoskript mit eigenen Korrekturen, 2 Blatt; 84b) Typoskript, 2 Blatt; 84c) Typoskript mit eigenen Korrekturen, 2 Blatt; 85. "Philosophie und Arbeitsteilung":; 85a) Typoskript mit eigenen Korrekturen, 3 Blatt; 85b) Typoskript mit eigenen Korrekturen, 3 Blatt; 85c) Typoskript, 3 Blatt; 85d) Typoskript mit handschriftlichen Korrekturen, 3 Blatt; 86. "Vorrede" zur Dialektik der Aufklärung. Typoskript mit eigenen Korrekturen, 11 Blatt; 87. ["Umschlag der idealistischen Dialektik"] Typoskript, 1 Blatt; 88. Über Erkenntnis und Sprache. Typoskript mit eigenen Korrekturen, 1 Blatt; 89. "Zur Kritik der Geschichtsphilosophie". Typoskript mit eigenen Korrekturen, 3 Blatt; 90. "Mensch und Tier":; 90a) Typoskript mit eigenen und handschriftlichen Korrekturen, 12 Blatt; 90b) Typoskript mit eigenen Korrekturen, 3 Blatt; 90c) Typoskript mit eigenen Korrekturen, 4 Blatt; 90d) Typoskript mit eigenen Korrekturen, 3 Blatt; 90e) Typoskript mit eigenen Korrekturen, 10 Blatt; 91. "Massengesellschaft". Typoskript, 1 Blatt; 92. "Zwei Welten". Typoskript, 2 Blatt; 93. "Zur Theorie der Gespenster":; 93a) Typoskript, 1 Blatt; 93b) Typoskript mit eigenen Korrekturen, 1 Blatt; 94. "Interesse am Körper":; 94a) Typoskript mit eigenen Korrekturen, 6 Blatt; 94b) Typoskript mit eigenen Korrekturen, 7 Blatt; 94c) Typoskript, 2 Blatt; 94d) Typoskript, 6 Blatt; 95. "Unmöglichkeit der Dichtung". Typoskript, 1 Blatt; 96. "Die Einseitigkeit der Negativität":; 96a) Typoskript, 2 Blatt; 96b) Typoskript mit eigenen Korrekturen, 2 Blatt; 96c) Typoskript, 2 Blatt; 97. "Widersprüche":; 97a) Typoskript, 4 Blatt; 97b) Typoskript mit eigenen Korrekturen, 4 Blatt; 98. "Zur Theorie der Dummheit":; 98a) Typoskript, 3 Blatt; 98b) Typoskript mit eigenen Korrekturen, 3 Blatt.; 99. "Gezeichnet". Typoskript, 2 Blatt; 100. "Quand-même":; 100a) Typoskript, 2 Blatt; 100b) Typoskript mit eigenen Korrekturen, 2 Blatt; 101. "Isolierung durch Verkehr":; 101a) Typoskript mit eigenen Korrekturen, 1 Blatt; 101b) Typoskript, 1 Blatt; 102. "Gegen Gescheitheit". Typoskript mit eigenen Korrekturen, 1 Blatt; 103. "Propaganda":; 103a) Typoskript mit eigenen Korrekturen, 2 Blatt; 103b) Typoskript, 2 Blatt; 103c) Typoskript mit eigenen Korrekturen, 2 Blatt; 104. "Der Gedanke". Typoskript mit eigenen Korrekturen, 1 Blatt; 105. Fragment aus der "Dialektik der Aufklärung", Exkurs II. Typoskript mit eigenen Korrekturen, 3 Blatt; 106. Zum Begriff des Individuums bei Leibniz und Hegel [GS 12, S. 314 - 315]. Typoskript mit eigenen Korrekturen, 2 Blatt;

Changes to porcine blastocyst vitrification methods and improved litter size after transfer

The objective was to improve the protocol that was used to obtain the first reported piglets from transferred vitrified and warmed zona-intact blastocysts. Blastocysts were collected from superovulated sows and gilts, centrifuged to polarize lipid, vitrified, warmed and cultured for 24 h or transferred immediately. Removing the zona pellucida after warming increased the number of cells in the surviving blastocysts (zona-free 60.8 +/- 4.3, zona-intact 39.1 +/- 2.8; P < 0.05). Thinning the zona pellucida produced similar results to zona removal. Changing the basal medium of the vitrification and warming solutions from modified PBS to phosphate buffered NCSU-23 increased the number of cells (44.7 +/- 2.2 versus 56.0 +/- 3.9, respectively; P < 0.05). Reducing the plunge temperature of the liquid nitrogen from - 196 degrees C to less than -204 degrees C improved the embryo survival rate (61.9% versus 82.9%, respectively; P < 0.05). These modifications were incorporated into the vitrification protocol that was used to vitrify and warm 105 blastocysts (that were subsequently transferred into four recipients). Three recipients became pregnant, farrowing three litters (average litter size, 5.3; 18.8% embryo survival in farrowing sows). Changing the warming protocol to using sucrose rather than ethylene glycol resulted in a trend towards improved embryo survival (73.5% versus 91.2%) but this was not statistically significant. Incorporating this modification, 203 blastocysts were vitrified, warmed and transferred into seven recipients. Five became pregnant and 36 fetuses were recovered (average litter size 7.2; 24.8% embryo survival in pregnant sows) at Day 40 of pregnancy. In conclusion, changes made to the vitrification protocol improved pregnancy rate and in vivo embryo survival compared to an earlier study using the original protocol. (c) 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Global compilation of benthic data sets I

Approaches to quantify the organic carbon accumulation on a global scale generally do not consider the small-scale variability of sedimentary and oceanographic boundary conditions along continental margins. In this study, we present a new approach to regionalize the total organic carbon (TOC) content in surface sediments (<5 cm sediment depth). It is based on a compilation of more than 5500 single measurements from various sources. Global TOC distribution was determined by the application of a combined qualitative and quantitative-geostatistical method. Overall, 33 benthic TOC-based provinces were defined and used to process the global distribution pattern of the TOC content in surface sediments in a 1°x1° grid resolution. Regional dependencies of data points within each single province are expressed by modeled semi-variograms. Measured and estimated TOC values show good correlation, emphasizing the reasonable applicability of the method. The accumulation of organic carbon in marine surface sediments is a key parameter in the control of mineralization processes and the material exchange between the sediment and the ocean water. Our approach will help to improve global budgets of nutrient and carbon cycles.

Calcium carbonate global LGM Burial rate data

Global databases of calcium carbonate concentrations and mass accumulation rates in Holocene and last glacial maximum sediments were used to estimate the deep-sea sedimentary calcium carbonate burial rate during these two time intervals. Sparse calcite mass accumulation rate data were extrapolated across regions of varying calcium carbonate concentration using a gridded map of calcium carbonate concentrations and the assumption that accumulation of noncarbonate material is uncorrelated with calcite concentration within some geographical region. Mean noncarbonate accumulation rates were estimated within each of nine regions, determined by the distribution and nature of the accumulation rate data. For core-top sediments the regions of reasonable data coverage encompass 67% of the high-calcite (>75%) sediments globally, and within these regions we estimate an accumulation rate of 55.9 ± 3.6 x 10**11 mol/yr. The same regions cover 48% of glacial high-CaCO3 sediments (the smaller fraction is due to a shift of calcite deposition to the poorly sampled South Pacific) and total 44.1 ± 6.0 x 10**11 mol/yr. Projecting both estimates to 100 % coverage yields accumulation estimates of 8.3 x 10**12 mol/yr today and 9.2 x 10**12 mol/yr during glacial time. This is little better than a guess given the incomplete data coverage, but it suggests that glacial deep sea calcite burial rate was probably not considerably faster than today in spite of a presumed decrease in shallow water burial during glacial time.

Annotated record of the detailed examination of ferromanganese concretions from the Bothnia Gulf, the Baltic Sea and the Barents sea collected by Boström, K. and Ingri, J. (Technical University of Lulea)

The collection of ferromanganese nodules at Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm, Sweden has been donated by Pr. Boström, K. and Ingri, J. from the Technical University of Lulea. They have been collected in the Bothnia Gulf, the Baltic Sea anfd the Barents sea from 1976 until 1985. In 1997 it is was put to the care custody of the Laboratory for Isotope Geology (LIG) of NRM. As part of the Access Project at LIG, Curt Boman has gone through the collection and established a database with detailed information about the samples it contains. Ferromanganese nodules typically display a rounded shape and are formed by redox processes at the interface between the seabed sediment and water. In addition to iron and manganese they also contain other metal elements. Nodules chemical composition reflects the substances found in the sediment to which they are associated. Since the nodules grow continuously, they reflect changes in the sedimentary environment chemistry on a yearly basis, which makes them very interesting as environmental archives. The nodules can be found locally in large quantities and due to their metal content they are also economically interesting as a source of raw materials.

Glacial North Atlantic: Sea surface conditions reconstructed by GLAMAP 2000

The response of the tropical ocean to global climate change and the extent of sea ice in the glacial nordic seas belong to the great controversies in paleoclimatology. Our new reconstruction of peak glacial sea surface temperatures (SSTs) in the Atlantic is based on census counts of planktic foraminifera, using the Maximum Similarity Technique Version 28 (SIMMAX-28) modern analog technique with 947 modern analog samples and 119 well-dated sediment cores. Our study compares two slightly different scenarios of the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), the Environmental Processes of the Ice Age: Land, Oceans, Glaciers (EPILOG), and Glacial Atlantic Ocean Mapping (GLAMAP 2000) time slices. The comparison shows that the maximum LGM cooling in the Southern Hemisphere slightly preceeded that in the north. In both time slices sea ice was restricted to the north western margin of the nordic seas during glacial northern summer, while the central and eastern parts were ice-free. During northern glacial winter, sea ice advanced to the south of Iceland and Faeroe. In the central northern North Atlantic an anticyclonic gyre formed between 45° and 60°N, with a cool water mass centered west of Ireland, where glacial cooling reached a maximum of >12°C. In the subtropical ocean gyres the new reconstruction supports the glacial-to-interglacial stability of SST as shown by CLIMAP Project Members (CLIMAP) [1981]. The zonal belt of minimum SST seasonality between 2° and 6°N suggests that the LGM caloric equator occupied the same latitude as today. In contrast to the CLIMAP reconstruction, the glacial cooling of the tropical east Atlantic upwelling belt reached up to 6°-8°C during Northern Hemisphere summer. Differences between these SIMMAX-based and published U37[k]- and Mg/Ca-based equatorial SST records are ascribed to strong SST seasonalities and SST signals that were produced by different planktic species groups during different seasons.

Distribution of planktic foraminifera in surface sediments of the Atlantic Ocean

We present a data set of 738 planktonic foraminiferal species counts from sediment surface samples of the eastern North Atlantic and the South Atlantic between 87°N and 40°S, 35°E and 60°W including published Climate: Long-Range Investigation, Mapping, and Prediction (CLIMAP) data. These species counts are linked to Levitus's [1982] modern water temperature data for the four caloric seasons, four depth ranges (0, 30, 50, and 75 m), and the combined means of those depth ranges. The relation between planktonic foraminiferal assemblages and sea surface temperature (SST) data is estimated using the newly developed SIMMAX technique, which is an acronym for a modern analog technique (MAT) with a similarity index, based on (1) the scalar product of the normalized faunal percentages and (2) a weighting procedure of the modern analog's SSTs according to the inverse geographical distances of the most similar samples. Compared to the classical CLIMAP transfer technique and conventional MAT techniques, SIMMAX provides a more confident reconstruction of paleo-SSTs (correlation coefficient is 0.994 for the caloric winter and 0.993 for caloric summer). The standard deviation of the residuals is 0.90°C for caloric winter and 0.96°C for caloric summer at 0-m water depth. The SST estimates reach optimum stability (standard deviation of the residuals is 0.88°C) at the average 0- to 75-m water depth. Our extensive database provides SST estimates over a range of -1.4 to 27.2°C for caloric winter and 0.4 to 28.6°C for caloric summer, allowing SST estimates which are especially valuable for the high-latitude Atlantic during glacial times.

Stomach content records for pelagic fish (herring, mackerel, blue whiting, albacore and bluefin tuna) in the northeast Atlantic

Fish stomach content records extracted from the DAPSTOM 4.5 database (held at the UK Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science - CEFAS). Data collated as part of the EU Euro-Basin project and specifically concerning herring (Clupea harengus), mackerel (Scomber scombrus), blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou), albacore (Thunnus alalunga) and bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus). The data set consist of 20720 records - collected throughout the northeast Atlantic, between 1906 and 2011 - mostly during routine fisheries monitoring research cruises.

Physical oceanography from the northwestern Weddell Sea

We analyzed hydrographic data from the northwestern Weddell Sea continental shelf of the three austral winters 1989, 1997, and 2006 and two summers following the last winter cruise. During summer a thermal front exists at ~64° S separating cold southern waters from warm northern waters that have similar characteristics as the deep waters of the central basin of the Bransfield Strait. In winter, the whole continental shelf exhibits southern characteristics with high Neon (Ne) concentrations, indicating a significant input of glacial melt water. The comparison of the winter data from the shallow shelf off the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, spanning a period of 17 yr, shows a salinity decrease of 0.09 for the whole water column, which has a residence time of <1 yr. We interpret this freshening as being caused by a combination of reduced salt input due to a southward sea ice retreat and higher precipitation during the late 20th century on the western Weddell Sea continental shelf. However, less salinification might also result from a delicate interplay between enhanced salt input due to sea ice formation in coastal areas formerly occupied by Larsen A and B ice shelves and increased Larsen C ice loss.

Physical oceanography from 120 CTDs, 79 water bottles stations, and 30 helicopter-borne CTDs during POLARSTERN cruise ANT-XXII/2 (ISPOL)

The Ice Station POLarstern (ISPOL) cruise revisited the western Weddell Sea in late 2004 and obtained a comprehensive set of conductivity-temperature-depth (CTD) data. This study describes the thermohaline structure and diapycnal mixing environment observed in 2004 and compares them with conditions observed more than a decade earlier. Hydrographic conditions on the central western Weddell Sea continental slope, off Larsen C Ice Shelf, in late winter/early spring of 2004/2005 can be described as a well-stratified environment with upper layers evidencing relict structures from intense winter near-surface vertical fluxes, an intermediate depth temperature maximum, and a cold near-bottom layer marked by patchy property distributions. A well-developed surface mixed layer, isolated from the underlying Warm Deep Water (WDW) by a pronounced pycnocline and characterized by lack of warming and by minimal sea-ice basal melting, supports the assumption that upper ocean winter conditions persisted during most of the ISPOL experiment. Much of the western Weddell Sea water column has remained essentially unchanged since 1992; however, significant differences were observed in two of the regional water masses. The first, Modified Weddell Deep Water (MWDW), comprises the permanent pycnocline and was less saline than a decade earlier, whereas Weddell Sea Bottom Water (WSBW) was horizontally patchier and colder. Near-bottom temperatures observed in 2004 were the coldest on record for the western Weddell Sea over the continental slope. Minimum temperatures were ~0.4 and ~0.3 °C colder than during 1992-1993, respectively. The 2004 near-bottom temperature/salinity characteristics revealed the presence of two different WSBW types, whereby a warm, fresh layer overlays a colder, saltier layer (both formed in the western Weddell Sea). The deeper layer may have formed locally as high salinity shelf water (HSSW) that flowed intermittently down the continental slope, which is consistent with the observed horizontal patchiness. The latter can be associated with the near-bottom variability found in Powell Basin with consequences for the deep water outflow from the Weddell Sea.

Chemical and isotopic compositions of water, particulates, plankton, gases, sediments, and minerals from the Kara Sea and lower Ob and Yenisei Rivers

The Kara Sea is an area uniquely suitable for studying processes in the river-sea system. This is a shallow sea, into which two great Siberian rivers, Yenisei and Ob, flow. From 1995 to 2003, the sea was studied by six international expeditions onboard the R/V Akademik Boris Petrov. This publication summarizes the results obtained, within the framework of this project, at the Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences. Various hydrogeochemical parameters, concentrations and isotopic composition of organic and carbonate carbon of the sediments, plankton, particulate organic matter, hydrocarbons, and dissolved CO2 were examined throughout the whole sea area at more than 200 sites. The d13C varies from -22 and -24 per mil where Atlantic waters enter the Kara Sea and in the north-eastern part of the water area to -27 per mil in the Yenisei and Ob estuaries. The value of d13C of the plankton is only weakly correlated with the d13C of the organic matter from the sediments and is lower by as much as 3-4 per mil. The paper presents the results obtained from a number of meridional river-sea profiles. It was determined from the relations between the isotopic compositions of plankton and particulate matter that the river waters carry material consisting of 70% detrital-humus matter and 30% planktonogenic material in the river part, and the material contained in the offshore waters consists of 30% terrigenous components, with the contribution of bioproducers amounting to 70%. The carbon isotopic composition of the plankton ranges from -29 to -35 per mil in the riverine part, from -28 to -27 per mil in the estuaries, and from -27.0 to -25 per mil in the marine part. The relative lightness of the carbon isotopic composition of plankton in Arctic waters is explained by the temperature effect, elevated CO2 concentrations, and long-distance CO2 supply to the sea with river waters. The data obtained on the isotopic composition of CO2 in the surface waters of the Kara Sea were used to map the distribution of d13C. The complex of hydrocarbon gases extracted from the waters included methane, C2-C5, and unsaturated C2=-C4= hydrocarbons, for which variations in the concentrations in the waters were studied along river-estuary-sea profiles. The geochemistry of hydrocarbon gases in surface fresh waters is characterized by comparable concentrations of methane (0.3-5 µl/l) and heavier hydrocarbons, including unsaturated ones. Microbiological methane with d13C from -105 to -90 per mil first occurs in the sediments at depths of 40-200 cm. The sediments practically everywhere display traces of methane oxidation in the form of a shift of the d13C of methane toward higher values and the occurrence of autogenic carbonate material, including ikaite, enriched in the light isotope. Ikaite (d13C from -25 to -60 per mil) was found and examined in several profiles. The redox conditions in the sediments varied from normal in the southern part of the sea to highly oxidized along the Novaya Zemlya Trough. Vertical sections through the sediments of the latter exemplify the complete suppression of the biochemical activity of microorganisms. Our data provide insight into the biogeochemistry of the Kara Sea and make it possible to specify the background values needed for ecological control during the future exploration operations and extraction of hydrocarbons in the Kara Sea.