I - Executive summary
by Birgit Klein, edited by A. Lascaratos and F. Briand
1 - introduction
2 - Evolution of EMT
3 - Causes and origins of EMT
4 - Influence of EMT on the ecosystem

II - Workshop communications
1- Field data
- Can the Eastern Mediterranean transient be considered a factor influencing the present trophic state of the Southern Adriatic basin ?
Giuseppe Civitarese

- The evolution of the Eastern Mediterranean Climatic Transient during the last decade: the tracer viewpoint
Birgit Klein, Wolfgang Roether, Bruno Manca and Alexander Theocharis

- Recent changes in dynamics of the Eastern Mediterranean affecting the water characteristics of the adjacent basins
Beniamino B. Manca

- Decadal variability of winter rainfall in the Mediterranean region
Roberta Quadrelli, Valentina Pavan and Franco Molteni

- Variability in the Mediterranean Sea: connection with climatic patterns
F. Raicich

- Times series of biological data in the Adriatic Sea
Mladen Solic

- Possible causes, origin, evolution and some consequences of the Eastern Mediterranean Transient during the period 1987-1999
A. Theocharis and A. Lascaratos

2 - Models, others
- Interdisciplinary observations from moorings and autonomous underwater vehicles: recent advances and a look toward the future
Tommy D. Dickey

- Modelling studies of the Eastern Mediterranean thermohaline changes
K. Haines, S. Matthiesen, K. Stratford and P. Wu

- Simulations of biological production in the Rhodes basin of the Eastern Mediterranean
Temel Oguz

- The interannual variability of the Mediterranean Sea: from simulations to forecasting
N. Pinardi and E. Demirov

- The effects of the North Atlantic Oscillation on European shelf ecosystems
Arnold H. Taylor

3 - Measuring variability in the Sicily Strait
- Effects produced by the Eastern Mediterranean climatic transient in the Sicily strait and the consequences in the Western Mediterranean
Mario Astraldi, Gian Pietro Gasparini and Anna Vetrano

- Hydrological variability in the Channel of Sicily
Cherif Sammari and Claude Millot

- Reply of Mario Astraldi