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1. Analysis of Interannual and Seasonal Nearshore Bar Behaviour Observed from Decadal Optical Satellite Data in the Curonian Spit, Baltic Sea

Author:
Rasa Janušaitė; Darius Jarmalavičius; Laurynas Jukna; Gintautas Žilinskas; Donatas Pupienis
Source:
Remote Sensing 2022 v.14 no.14 pp. -
ISSN:
2072-4292
Subject:
algorithms; automation; climate; coasts; hydrodynamics; prediction; remote sensing; satellites; shorelines; temporal variation; time series analysis; water power; Baltic Sea
Abstract:
... Long-term observations of nearshore bar behaviour are a vital component of coastal monitoring, management, and prediction. Optical satellite remote sensing enables the possibility of such observations over large spatial areas, but its full potential remains unexploited. This study assessed alongshore variability in cross-shore nearshore bar behaviour on a wave-dominated multi-bar coast of the Curo ...
DOI:
10.3390/rs14143423

2. Impacts of future climate on local water supply and demand – A socio-hydrological case study in the Nordic region

Author:
Andreas Nicolaidis Lindqvist; Rickard Fornell; Thomas Prade; Sammar Khalil; Linda Tufvesson; Birgit Kopainsky
Source:
Journal of hydrology 2022 v.41 pp. 101066
ISSN:
2214-5818
Subject:
case studies; climate; groundwater; groundwater flow; probability; public water supply; saltwater intrusion; simulation models; supply balance; tourism; tourists; Baltic Sea; Sweden
Abstract:
... Fårö island, part of Region Gotland, Sweden. Despite its importance for proactive planning and management, understanding of how future climate and socioeconomic trends may interact to influence water supply and demand at sub-regional scale remains limited for the Nordic region. We aim to close this knowledge gap by developing a combined social and hydrological simulation model for Fårö island in t ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ejrh.2022.101066

3. Integrating diverse model results into decision support for good environmental status and blue growth

Author:
Laura Uusitalo; Thorsten Blenckner; Riikka Puntila-Dodd; Annaliina Skyttä; Susanna Jernberg; Rudi Voss; Bärbel Müller-Karulis; Maciej T. Tomczak; Christian Möllmann; Heikki Peltonen
Source:
Science of the total environment 2022 v.806 pp. 150450
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
Bayesian theory; acceptable risk; biogeochemistry; climate; climatology; decision support systems; ecosystems; environment; environmental management; food webs; models; parameter uncertainty; Baltic Sea
Abstract:
... Sustainable environmental management needs to consider multiple ecological and societal objectives simultaneously while accounting for the many uncertainties arising from natural variability, insufficient knowledge about the system's behaviour leading to diverging model projections, and changing ecosystem. In this paper we demonstrate how a Bayesian network- based decision support model can be use ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150450

4. Not dead yet: Diatom resting spores can survive in nature for several millennia

Author:
Anushree Sanyal; Josefine Larsson; Falkje van Wirdum; Thomas Andrén; Matthias Moros; Mikael Lönn; Elinor Andrén
Source:
American journal of botany 2022 v.109 no.1 pp. 67-82
ISSN:
0002-9122
Subject:
Bacillariophyceae; Chaetoceros muelleri; Holocene epoch; asexual reproduction; botany; chloroplasts; climate; germination; viability; Baltic Sea
Abstract:
... PREMISE: Understanding the adaptive capacities of species over long timescales lies in examining the revived recent and millennia‐old resting spores buried in sediments. We show for the first time the revival, viability, and germination rate of resting spores of the diatom Chaetoceros deposited in sub‐seafloor sediments from three ages (recent: 0 to 80 years; ancient: ~1250 (Medieval Climate Anoma ...
DOI:
10.1002/ajb2.1780

5. Reconstruction of the geological history of the Lithuanian Maritime Region from MIS 6 to MIS 3

Author:
Albertas Bitinas; Anatoly Molodkov; Aldona Damušytė; Alma Grigienė; Jonas Satkūnas; Vaida Šeirienė; Artūras Šlauteris
Source:
Quaternary international 2022 v.617 pp. 4-20
ISSN:
1040-6182
Subject:
Bacillariophyceae; Pleistocene epoch; climate; coasts; glaciation; ice; palaeogeography; paleoecology; pollen; stratigraphy; Baltic Sea; Eurasia
Abstract:
... The Lithuanian onshore section of the south-eastern Baltic Sea region, or the so-called Lithuanian Maritime Region (LMR) – a belt several tens of kilometres wide along the Baltic Sea coast – is characterised by a complicated Quaternary structure and many of unsolved problems related to stratigraphy and palaeogeography. The inter-till lacustrine sediments widespread in the middle part of the Pleist ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.quaint.2021.05.014

6. Short-Term Effects of Droughts and Cold Winters on the Growth of Scots Pine at Coastal Sand Dunes around the South Baltic Sea

Author:
Karolina Janecka; Sandra Metslaid; Marek Metslaid; Jill E. Harvey; Martin Wilmking
Source:
Forests 2022 v.13 no.3 pp. -
ISSN:
1999-4907
Subject:
climate; climate change; cold; forest growth; latewood; sand; trees; Baltic Sea
Abstract:
... Coastal dunes near the Baltic Sea are often stabilized by Scots pine forests and are characterized by a mild climate. These ecosystems are affected by water shortages and might be influenced by climate extremes. Considering future climate change, utilizing tree rings could help assess the role of climate extremes on coastal forest growth. We used superposed epoch analysis to study Scots pine respo ...
DOI:
10.3390/f13030477

7. Silver birch shows nonlinear responses to moisture availability and temperature in the eastern Baltic Sea region

Author:
Roberts Matisons; Diāna Jansone; Didzis Elferts; Volker Schneck; Jan Kowalczyk; Tomasz Wojda; Āris Jansons
Source:
Dendrochronologia 2022 v.76 pp. 126003
ISSN:
1125-7865
Subject:
Betula pendula; climate; climate change; dormancy; growth rings; plasticity; summer; temperature; time series analysis; tree growth; vegetation; water shortages; weather; Baltic Sea; Baltic States; Finland; Germany
Abstract:
... Silver birch (Betula pendula Roth.) is a widespread species with a high potential for aiding sustainability and multifunctionality of European forests, as evidenced in Finland and the Baltics. However, under increasing relevance of climate change for tree growth, the meteorological sensitivity of the species is largely unknown, presuming it to be weather tolerant (low sensitivity). Considering loc ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.dendro.2022.126003

8. Spatio-temporal variation in stable isotope and elemental composition of key-species reflect environmental changes in the Baltic Sea

Author:
Camilla Liénart; Andrius Garbaras; Susanne Qvarfordt; Jakob Walve; Agnes M. L. Karlson
Source:
Biogeochemistry 2022 v.157 no.2 pp. 149-170
ISSN:
0168-2563
Subject:
Cladophora; Mytilus edulis; biomass; carbon; climate; elemental composition; eutrophication; food quality; food webs; macroalgae; nitrogen; stable isotopes; temporal variation; time series analysis; Baltic Sea
Abstract:
... Carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios are increasingly used to study long-term change in food web structure and nutrient cycling. We retrospectively analyse elemental composition (C, N and P) and stable isotopes (δ¹³C, δ¹⁵N) in archived monitoring samples of two important taxa from the bottom of the food web; the filamentous ephemeral macroalgae Cladophora spp. and the blue mussel Mytilus edul ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10533-021-00865-w

9. Temperature impacts on fish physiology and resource abundance lead to faster growth but smaller fish sizes and yields under warming

Author:
Max Lindmark; Asta Audzijonyte; Julia L. Blanchard; Anna Gårdmark
Source:
Global change biology 2022 v.28 no.21 pp. 6239-6253
ISSN:
1354-1013
Subject:
biomass production; climate; fish; food webs; global change; models; physiology; seafoods; temperature; Baltic Sea
Abstract:
... Resolving the combined effect of climate warming and exploitation in a food web context is key for predicting future biomass production, size‐structure and potential yields of marine fishes. Previous studies based on mechanistic size‐based food web models have found that bottom‐up processes are important drivers of size‐structure and fisheries yield in changing climates. However, we know less abou ...
DOI:
10.1111/gcb.16341

10. A suggested climate service for cyanobacteria blooms in the Baltic Sea – Comparing three monitoring methods

Author:
Bengt Karlson; Lars Arneborg; Johannes Johansson; Johanna Linders; Ye Liu; Malin Olofsson
Source:
Harmful algae 2022 v.118 pp. 102291
ISSN:
1568-9883
Subject:
Aphanizomenon; Dolichospermum; Nodularia; aquaculture; biogeography; biomass; climate; climate models; ecosystems; fluorescence; human health; microscopy; phycocyanin; salinity; satellites; species diversity; summer; temperature; temporal variation; time series analysis; tourism; toxins; Baltic Sea
Abstract:
... Dense blooms of filamentous cyanobacteria are recurrent phenomena in the Baltic Sea, with occasional negative effects on the surrounding ecosystem, as well as on tourism, human health, aquaculture, and fisheries. Establishing a climate service is therefore suggested; including multi-method observations of cyanobacteria biomass, biodiversity, and biogeography, in correspondence to biotic and abioti ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.hal.2022.102291

11. Abiotic Stress Tolerance of Coastal Accessions of a Promising Forage Species, Trifolium fragiferum

Author:
Una Andersone-Ozola; Astra Jēkabsone; Līva Purmale; Māris Romanovs; Gederts Ievinsh
Source:
Plants 2021 v.10 no.8 pp. -
ISSN:
2223-7747
Subject:
Trifolium fragiferum; abiotic stress; climate; cultivars; ecotypes; forage; soil water; stress tolerance; wild relatives; Baltic Sea
Abstract:
... Crop wild relatives are valuable as a genetic resource to develop new crop cultivars, better adapted to increasing environmental heterogeneity and being able to give high quality yields in a changing climate. The aim of the study was to evaluate the tolerance of different accessions of a crop wild relative, Trifolium fragiferum L., from coastal habitats of the Baltic Sea to three abiotic factors ( ...
DOI:
10.3390/plants10081552

12. Co-production of climate services: A story map for future coastal flooding for the city of Flensburg

Author:
Bente Vollstedt; Jana Koerth; Maureen Tsakiris; Nora Nieskens; Athanasios T. Vafeidis
Source:
Climate services 2021 v.22 pp. 100225
ISSN:
2405-8807
Subject:
Internet; climate; coasts; meteorological data; sea level; Baltic Sea
Abstract:
... Story maps offer the possibility to visualise scientific information and climate data in an accessible format and, as web-based tools, reach a large audience. However, the use of story maps in the context of climate services has not yet been widely explored or implemented. In this study we present a story map for communicating the potential impacts of flooding due to sea-level rise for the city of ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.cliser.2021.100225

13. Effects of large-scale atmospheric circulation on the Baltic Sea wave climate: application of the EOF method on multi-mission satellite altimetry data

Author:
Fatemeh Najafzadeh; Nadezhda Kudryavtseva; Tarmo Soomere
Source:
Climate dynamics 2021 v.57 no.11-12 pp. 3465-3478
ISSN:
0930-7575
Subject:
North Atlantic Oscillation; atmospheric circulation; climate; dynamics; satellite altimetry; variance; winter; Arctic region; Baltic Sea; Scandinavia
Abstract:
... Wave heights in the Baltic Sea in the period 1992–2015 have mainly increased in the sea’s western parts. The linear trends in the winter wave heights exhibit a prominent meridional pattern. Using the technique of Empirical Orthogonal Functions (EOF) applied to multi-mission satellite altimetry data, we explain a large part of this increase with the Scandinavia pattern, North Atlantic Oscillation a ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00382-021-05874-x

14. Hot moments and hotspots of cyanobacteria hyperblooms in the Curonian Lagoon (SE Baltic Sea) revealed via remote sensing-based retrospective analysis

Author:
Diana Vaičiūtė; Martynas Bučas; Mariano Bresciani; Toma Dabulevičienė; Jonas Gintauskas; Jovita Mėžinė; Edvinas Tiškus; Georg Umgiesser; Julius Morkūnas; Francesca De Santi; Marco Bartoli
Source:
Science of the total environment 2021 v.769 pp. 145053
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
Russia; chlorophyll; climate; coastal water; eutrophication; hydrodynamics; hydrometeorology; piscivores; remote sensing; retrospective studies; river deltas; river flow; time series analysis; water temperature; wind; Baltic Sea; Lithuania
Abstract:
... A temporally and spatially detailed historical (1985–2018) analysis of cyanobacteria blooms was performed in the Curonian Lagoon (Lithuania, Russia), the largest coastal lagoon in the Baltic Sea. Satellite data allowed the mapping of cyanobacteria surface accumulations, so-called “scums”, and of chlorophyll-a concentration. The 34-year time series shows a tendency towards later occurrence (October ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145053

15. Integrated ecosystem impacts of climate change and eutrophication on main Baltic fishery resources

Author:
Sieme Bossier; J. Rasmus Nielsen; Elin Almroth-Rosell; Anders Höglund; Francois Bastardie; Stefan Neuenfeldt; Iréne Wåhlström; Asbjørn Christensen
Source:
Ecological modelling 2021 v.453 pp. 109609
ISSN:
0304-3800
Subject:
climate; climate change; decision making; ecological models; ecosystem management; eutrophication; fisheries; herring; hydrology; marine ecosystems; pollution load; riparian areas; Baltic Sea
Abstract:
... The Baltic Sea is a heavily impacted ecosystem with multiple pressures acting simultaneously. In order to quantify ecosystem impacts of integrated climate change and eutrophication pressures under constant high fishing pressure, and to support decision-making and policies in generating environmental and economic sustainable systems, the Baltic Atlantis holistic and mechanistic ecosystem model was ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2021.109609

16. Is interactive air sea coupling relevant for simulating the future climate of Europe?

Author:
M. Gröger; C. Dieterich; H. E. M. Meier
Source:
Climate dynamics 2021 v.56 no.1-2 pp. 491-514
ISSN:
0930-7575
Subject:
air; air temperature; climate; climate change; coasts; dynamics; heat; mussels; oceans; recreation; sea ice; summer; surface water temperature; uncertainty; warm season; wind; Baltic Sea; Europe; North Sea
Abstract:
... The majority of regional climate change assessments for the Euro-CORDEX region is based on high resolution atmosphere models. These models use prescribed lower boundary conditions, such as sea surface temperatures (SST) from global ocean General Circulation Models (GCMs), that do not respond to changes simulated by the regional atmosphere model, thus lacking an important feedback to the atmosphere ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00382-020-05489-8

17. Modeling eelgrass spatial response to nutrient abatement measures in a changing climate

Author:
Ivo C. Bobsien; Wolfgang Hukriede; Christian Schlamkow; René Friedland; Norman Dreier; Philipp R. Schubert; Rolf Karez; Thorsten B. H. Reusch
Source:
Ambio 2021 v.50 no.2 pp. 400-412
ISSN:
0044-7447
Subject:
Zostera marina; climate; climate change; coasts; eutrophication; geographical distribution; hydrodynamics; models; turbidity; wind; Baltic Sea
Abstract:
... For many coastal areas including the Baltic Sea, ambitious nutrient abatement goals have been set to curb eutrophication, but benefits of such measures were normally not studied in light of anticipated climate change. To project the likely responses of nutrient abatement on eelgrass (Zostera marina), we coupled a species distribution model with a biogeochemical model, obtaining future water turbid ...
DOI:
10.1007/s13280-020-01364-2

18. Modelling framework for flow, sediments and nutrient loads in a large transboundary river watershed: A climate change impact assessment of the Nemunas River watershed

Author:
Natalja Čerkasova; Georg Umgiesser; Ali Ertürk
Source:
Journal of hydrology 2021 v.598 pp. 126422
ISSN:
0022-1694
Subject:
Soil and Water Assessment Tool model; basins; carbon dioxide; climate; climate change; freeze-thaw cycles; nitrogen; nutrient retention; phosphorus; pollution load; rivers; sediments; snowpack; soil; stream flow; temperature; topographic slope; total nitrogen; total phosphorus; watersheds; winter; Baltic Sea
Abstract:
... This study provides an in-depth analysis of the Nemunas River watershed, situated in the Baltic Sea basin, and possible future changes to the stream flow, hydrologic regime, sediment (SS), Total Nitrogen (TN) and Total Phosphorus (TP) load from the river to the Curonian Lagoon under different climate change scenarios using high-resolution modelling. The sub-regions of the watershed, represented by ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.126422

19. Ocean acidification but not elevated spring warming threatens a European seas predator

Author:
Katharina Alter; Myron A. Peck
Source:
Science of the total environment 2021 v.782 pp. 146926
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
Belone belone; climate; environment; food webs; heart rate; metabolism; ocean acidification; piscivorous fish; risk; spring; temperature; Baltic Sea
Abstract:
... Ocean acidification has the potential to negatively affect marine ecosystems by influencing the development and metabolism of key members of food webs. The garfish, Belone belone, is an ecologically important predator in European regional seas and it remains unknown how this species will be impacted by projected changes in climate. We artificially fertilized and reared garfish embryos until hatch ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146926

20. Provision of aquatic ecosystem services as a consequence of societal changes: The case of the Baltic Sea

Author:
Kari Hyytiäinen; Barbara Bauer; Kerstin Bly Joyce; Eva Ehrnsten; Kari Eilola; Bo G. Gustafsson; H. E. Markus Meier; Alf Norkko; Sofia Saraiva; Maciej Tomczak; Marianne Zandersen
Source:
Population ecology 2021 v.63 no.1 pp. 61-74
ISSN:
1438-3896
Subject:
climate; demersal fish; issues and policy; marine ecosystems; pelagic fish; population ecology; primary productivity; recreation; social welfare; terrestrial ecosystems; water pollution; Baltic Sea
Abstract:
... Aquatic ecosystem services are important for human wellbeing, but they are much less studied than terrestrial ecosystem services. The objectives of this study are to broaden, itemize and exemplify the human‐nature interactions in modeling the future provision of aquatic ecosystem services. We include shared socioeconomic and representative concentration pathways, used extensively in climate resear ...
DOI:
10.1002/1438-390X.12033

21. Regional economic analysis of flood defence heights at the German Baltic Sea coast: A multi-method cost-benefit approach for flood prevention

Author:
Thomas van der Pol; Jochen Hinkel; Jan Merkens; Leigh MacPherson; Athanasios T. Vafeidis; Arne Arns; Sönke Dangendorf
Source:
Climate risk management 2021 v.32 pp. 100289
ISSN:
2212-0963
Subject:
climate; coasts; cost benefit analysis; decision making; flood control; risk; risk management; sea level; social welfare; uncertainty; Baltic Sea; Germany
Abstract:
... Mean and extreme sea-level uncertainties, as well as uncertainty about future flood exposure, hinder the risk-based optimisation of flood protection investments. To deal with these uncertainties, cost-benefit analysis (CBA) and methods for robust decision-making can be combined. This paper sequentially applies CBA, robust optimisation methods and info-gap analysis to find efficient and robust coas ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.crm.2021.100289

22. Sensitivity of the Baltic Sea Overturning Circulation to Long‐Term Atmospheric and Hydrological Changes

Author:
Manja Placke; H. E. Markus Meier; Thomas Neumann
Source:
Journal of geophysical research 2021 v.126 no.3 pp. e2020JC016079
ISSN:
2169-9275
Subject:
climate; geophysics; models; research; rivers; runoff; salinity; sea level; time series analysis; water flow; water temperature; wind; Baltic Sea
Abstract:
... The sensitivity of the overturning circulation in the Baltic Sea is analyzed with respect to long‐term changes in atmospheric and hydrological conditions by using two state‐of‐the‐art ocean circulation models: RCO (Rossby Centre Ocean model) with a reference simulation and various sensitivity experiments as well as MOM (Modular Ocean Model). Historical reconstructions since 1850 lasting for >150 y ...
DOI:
10.1029/2020JC016079

23. Summer UTCI variability in Poland in the twenty-first century

Author:
Agnieszka Krzyżewska; Sylwester Wereski; Mateusz Dobek
Source:
International journal of biometeorology 2021 v.65 no.9 pp. 1497-1513
ISSN:
0020-7128
Subject:
air temperature; bioclimatology; climate; coasts; cold stress; heat; heat stress; highlands; relative humidity; research institutions; summer; tourism; tourists; traffic; wind speed; Baltic Sea; Poland
Abstract:
... The paper analyses the temporal and spatial variability of the Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI) in Poland in summer. Summer is the season with the highest intensity of tourism traffic that is why it is important to determine biometeorological conditions, especially in popular tourist destinations such as coastal, mountain and urban areas, in the times of climate changes. The analysis was bas ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00484-020-01965-2

24. Valuating environmental impacts from ship emissions – The marine perspective

Author:
Erik Ytreberg; Stefan Åström; Erik Fridell
Source:
Journal of environmental management 2021 v.282 pp. 111958
ISSN:
0301-4797
Subject:
air pollution; air quality; case studies; climate; climate change; cost benefit analysis; cost effectiveness; ecotoxicology; environmental economics; environmental management; eutrophication; human health; issues and policy; life cycle assessment; marine environment; risk; social welfare; socioeconomic factors; willingness to pay; Baltic Sea
Abstract:
... Shipping is an activity responsible for a range of different pressures affecting the marine environment, air quality and human welfare. The methodology on how ship emissions impact air quality and human health are comparatively well established and used in cost-benefit analysis of policy proposals. However, the knowledge base is not the same for impacts on the marine environment and a coherent env ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.111958

25. Variation of growth and phenology traits in poplars planted in clonal trials in Northern Europe—implications for breeding

Author:
Anneli Adler; Almir Karacic; Ann-Christin Rönnberg Wästljung; Ulf Johansson; Kaspars Liepins; Audrius Gradeckas; Lars Christersson
Source:
BioEnergy research 2021 v.14 no.2 pp. 426-444
ISSN:
1939-1234
Subject:
Populus trichocarpa; bioenergy; bud set; climate; genotype-environment interaction; phenology; provenance; research; stemwood; woody biomass; Baltic Sea; Baltic States; North America; Northern European region; Sweden
Abstract:
... The increased demand for wood to replace oil-based products with renewable products has lifted focus to the Baltic Sea region where the environment is favorable for woody biomass growth. The aim of this study was to estimate broad-sense heritabilities and genotype-by-environment (G×E) interactions in growth and phenology traits in six climatically different regions in Sweden and the Baltics. We te ...
DOI:
10.1007/s12155-021-10262-8

26. Weather–Growth Responses Show Differing Adaptability of Scots Pine Provenances in the South-Eastern Parts of Baltic Sea Region

Author:
Roberts Matisons; Diāna Jansone; Endijs Bāders; Stefānija Dubra; Pauls Zeltiņš; Volker Schneck; Āris Jansons
Source:
Forests 2021 v.12 no.12 pp. -
ISSN:
1999-4907
Subject:
climate; dendrochronology; dormancy; gene flow; plasticity; summer; weather; Baltic Sea
Abstract:
... Local adaptation and plasticity of growth play important roles in the adaptability of trees to changing conditions. Under accelerating climatic changes, the adaptive capacity of metapopulations can be exceeded, implying a necessity for assisted gene flow to sustain the productivity of forests. Such management is knowledge intensive, and information on the responsiveness of metapopulations (provena ...
DOI:
10.3390/f12121641

27. The role of sea-level changes in the evolution of coastal barriers – An example from the southwestern Baltic Sea

Author:
Reinhard Lampe; Matthias Lampe
Source:
Holocene 2021 v.31 no.4 pp. 515-528
ISSN:
1477-0911
Subject:
Holocene epoch; climate; decline; evolution; models; sea level; sediments; water table; Baltic Sea
Abstract:
... According to a basic model, the formation of the coastal barriers in the southwestern Baltic can be divided into four evolutionary stages which are characterized by different rates of sea-level rise and varying relations between sediment supply and accommodation space. This model is tested using the example of a strandplain of the island Usedom, along with a local sea-level curve that reflects eve ...
DOI:
10.1177/0959683620981703

28. Alien species of Mediterranean origin in the Baltic Sea Region: current state and risk assessment

Author:
Aldona Dobrzycka-Krahel; Silvia Medina-Villar
Source:
Environmental reviews 2020 v.28 no.3 pp. 339-356
ISSN:
1208-6053
Subject:
Alphitophagus bifasciatus; Chrysolina; Limax maximus; Linaria; Oxychilus; Prunus cerasifera; Tenebrio molitor; Veronica filiformis; Viola odorata; climate; freshwater; globalization; horticulture; introduced species; risk; risk assessment; stakeholders; Baltic Sea; Mediterranean Sea
Abstract:
... Due to globalization and climate warming, the introduction and establishment of alien species has increased in recent years. The Mediterranean Sea Region (MSR) has not been explored as a common donor of alien species to the Baltic Sea Region (BSR); however, in the context of global warming, the BSR could be more suitable for alien species from the MSR. We evaluated the alien species of Mediterrane ...
DOI:
10.1139/er-2019-0074

29. Changes in conditions of acoustic wave propagation in the Gdansk deep as an effect of climate changes in the Baltic Sea region

Author:
Grazyna Grelowska; Eugeniusz Kozaczka
Source:
Marine pollution bulletin 2020 v.160 pp. 111660
ISSN:
0025-326X
Subject:
basins; climate; heat transfer; hydroacoustics; marine pollution; research projects; salinity; seawater; water temperature; Baltic Sea; North Sea
Abstract:
... The article presents the results from a research project investigating acoustic climate changes in the Gdansk Deep based on data extending from 1902 to 2019. This part of the southern Gotland Basin, is rarely discussed in the scientific literature. The speed of sound in the seawater is a function of temperature, salinity, and depth. In such shallow sea as Baltic Sea, the impact of depth is not sub ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111660

30. Cliff erosion monitoring dataset on selected sites of Polish coast

Author:
Paweł Terefenko
Source:
Data in Brief 2020 v.32 pp. 106291
ISSN:
2352-3409
Subject:
climate; coasts; data collection; littoral zone; scanners; time series analysis; topography; Baltic Sea
Abstract:
... Coastal storms are highly unpredictable phenomena, frequently changing their characteristics and directly linked to global climate changes. They result in an intensive erosion processes and, are now a serious concern for the communities inhabiting the littoral zones. However, owing to the technical difficulties in registering morphological changes on cliff coasts, most short-term monitoring system ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.dib.2020.106291

31. Climate and sea level variability on a centennial time scale over the last 1500 years as inferred from the Coastal Peatland of Puck Lagoon (southern Baltic Sea)

Author:
Szymon Uścinowicz; Małgorzata Witak; Grażyna Miotk-Szpiganowicz; Dorota Burska; Witold Cieślikiewicz; Wojciech Jegliński; Leszek Jurys; Paweł Sydor; Jacek Pawlyta; Natalia Piotrowska
Source:
Holocene 2020 v.30 no.12 pp. 1801-1816
ISSN:
1477-0911
Subject:
Holocene epoch; carbon radioisotopes; climate; coasts; palynology; peat; peatlands; sea level; solar radiation; temperature; Baltic Sea
Abstract:
... The climate variability and related sea-level changes during the Holocene are still under discussion, especially in a regional context. Very little information comes from the southern and south-eastern Baltic coast. The aim of the paper is to gain insight on the history of regional environmental changes, particularly sea-level and storminess, and their driving forces. The investigations were locat ...
DOI:
10.1177/0959683620950451

32. Diversity and distribution across a large environmental and spatial gradient: Evaluating the taxonomic and functional turnover, transitions and environmental drivers of benthic diatom communities

Author:
Leena Virta; Janne Soininen; Alf Norkko
Source:
Global ecology and biogeography 2020 v.29 no.12 pp. 2214-2228
ISSN:
1466-822X
Subject:
Bacillariophyceae; benthic organisms; biogeography; brackish water; climate; coasts; community structure; ecosystems; environmental factors; freshwater; methodology; prediction; salinity; species diversity; Baltic Sea
Abstract:
... AIM: Global biodiversity loss has raised interest in understanding variation in diversity at different scales. In particular, studies conducted across large spatial gradients are crucial, because they can increase perspectives on how ecological patterns change relative to environmental factors and facilitate predictions of possible responses to environmental change. We explored the full extent of ...
DOI:
10.1111/geb.13190

33. Freshening rather than warming drives trematode transmission from periwinkles to mussels

Author:
Claudia Bommarito; Christian Pansch; Maral Khosravi; Fabio Pranovi; Martin Wahl; David W. Thieltges
Source:
Marine biology 2020 v.167 no.4 pp. 46
ISSN:
0025-3162
Subject:
Himasthla elongata; Littorina littorea; Mytilus edulis; cercariae; climate; climate change; desalination; host-parasite relationships; intermediate hosts; longevity; marine ecosystems; metacercariae; mussels; parasites; pathogenicity; salinity; seawater; temperature; Baltic Sea
Abstract:
... In the Western Baltic Sea, climate change is happening at much faster rate than in most other seas and organisms are additionally exposed to a steep and variable salinity gradient. Climate change has previously been shown to affect parasite transmission in other marine ecosystems, yet little is known about potential effects of warming and desalination on parasite–host interactions. In laboratory e ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00227-020-3657-3

34. Holocene extinctions of a top predator—Effects of time, habitat area and habitat subdivision

Author:
Göran Englund; Gunnar Öhlund; Fredrik Olajos; Anders Finstad; Celine Bellard; Bernard Hugueny
Source:
journal of animal ecology 2020 v.89 no.5 pp. 1202-1215
ISSN:
0021-8790
Subject:
Esox lucius; Holocene epoch; animal ecology; climate; extinction; habitat destruction; habitats; pike; risk; Baltic Sea
Abstract:
... Loss of habitat and changes in the spatial configuration of habitats are major drivers of species extinctions, but the responses to these drivers differ between organisms. To advance theory on how extinction risk from different types of habitat alteration relates to species‐specific traits, there is a need for studies of the long‐term extinction dynamic of individual species. The goal of this stud ...
DOI:
10.1111/1365-2656.13174

35. Human ecodynamics in the north-west coast of Finland 10,000–2000 years ago

Author:
Miikka Tallavaara; Petro Pesonen
Source:
Quaternary international 2020 v.549 pp. 26-35
ISSN:
1040-6182
Subject:
Holocene epoch; archaeology; climate; coasts; human population; humans; latitude; paleoecology; population dynamics; population size; shorelines; social structure; Baltic Sea; Finland; Northern European region; Scandinavia
Abstract:
... High-quality palaeoenvironmental proxies and well-preserved archaeological record make Fennoscandia as an excellent area for the studies of long-term human-environment interaction in high-latitude settings. Here, we use palaeoenvironmental data and temporal frequency distributions of 754 shoreline dated hunter-gatherer sites to analyse the relationship between environmental changes and hunter-gath ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.quaint.2018.06.032

36. Impacts of changing society and climate on nutrient loading to the Baltic Sea

Author:
Sampo Pihlainen; Marianne Zandersen; Kari Hyytiäinen; Hans Estrup Andersen; Alena Bartosova; Bo Gustafsson; Mohamed Jabloun; Michelle McCrackin; H.E. Markus Meier; Jørgen E. Olesen; Sofia Saraiva; Dennis Swaney; Hans Thodsen
Source:
Science of the total environment 2020 v.731 pp. 138935
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
climate; environment; land use change; nitrogen; phosphorus; society; Baltic Sea
Abstract:
... This paper studies the relative importance of societal drivers and changing climate on anthropogenic nutrient inputs to the Baltic Sea. Shared Socioeconomic Pathways and Representative Concentration Pathways are extended at temporal and spatial scales relevant for the most contributing sectors. Extended socioeconomic and climate scenarios are then used as inputs for spatially and temporally detail ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138935

37. Modelling habitat suitability for occurrence of human tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) cases in Finland

Author:
Ruut Uusitalo; Mika Siljander; Timothée Dub; Jussi Sane; Jani J. Sormunen; Petri Pellikka; Olli Vapalahti
Source:
Ticks and tick-borne diseases 2020 v.11 no.5 pp. 101457
ISSN:
1877-959X
Subject:
Lepus europaeus; Nyctereutes procyonoides; Odocoileus virginianus; climate; coasts; computer software; data collection; forests; geographic information systems; geographical distribution; habitats; human diseases; human population; humans; islands; models; people; population density; primary sector; public health; regression analysis; remote sensing; risk; spatial data; tick-borne encephalitis; ticks; Baltic Sea; Finland; Lapland
Abstract:
... The numbers of reported human tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) cases in Europe have increased in several endemic regions (including Finland) in recent decades, indicative of an increasing threat to public health. As such, it is important to identify the regions at risk and the most influential factors associated with TBE distributions, particularly in understudied regions. This study aimed to identif ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ttbdis.2020.101457

38. Nutrient export from Finnish rivers into the Baltic Sea has not decreased despite water protection measures

Author:
Antti Räike; Antti Taskinen; Seppo Knuuttila
Source:
Ambio 2020 v.49 no.2 pp. 460-474
ISSN:
0044-7447
Subject:
agricultural land; climate; coastal water; eutrophication; industrial wastewater; peatlands; pollution load; rivers; temperature; total nitrogen; total phosphorus; weather; Baltic Sea; Finland
Abstract:
... To tackle the symptoms of eutrophication in the open Baltic Sea and Finnish coastal waters, Finland has agreed to reduce both total nitrogen (TN) and total phosphorus (TP) inputs. Due to large investments in treatment of municipal and industrial wastewaters, TP loads started to decrease already in the mid-1970s and the respective TN loads in the mid-1990s. During the last two decades, much effort ...
DOI:
10.1007/s13280-019-01217-7
PubMed:
31278623
PubMed Central:
PMC6965342

39. Sub‐seafloor biogeochemical processes and microbial life in the Baltic Sea

Author:
Bo Barker Jørgensen; Thomas Andrén; Ian P. G. Marshall
Source:
Environmental microbiology 2020 v.22 no.5 pp. 1688-1706
ISSN:
1462-2912
Subject:
DNA; amino acids; biosphere; climate; endospores; energy; mineralization; models; mortality; organic matter; sediments; Baltic Sea
Abstract:
... The post‐glacial Baltic Sea has experienced extreme changes that are archived today in the deep sediments. IODP Expedition 347 retrieved cores down to 100 m depth and studied the climate history and the deep biosphere. We here review the biogeochemical and microbiological highlights and integrate these with other studies from the Baltic seabed. Cell numbers, endospore abundance and organic matter ...
DOI:
10.1111/1462-2920.14920

40. Adaptation Capacity of Norway Spruce Provenances in Western Latvia

Author:
Pauls Zeltiņš; Juris Katrevičs; Arnis Gailis; Tiit Maaten; Iveta Desaine; Āris Jansons
Source:
Forests 2019 v.10 no.10 pp. -
ISSN:
1999-4907
Subject:
Picea abies; climate; cold; frost; juveniles; planting; provenance; temperature; tree height; Baltic Sea; Latvia
Abstract:
... In Europe, numerous Norway spruce (Picea abies L. Karst.) provenance trials have been established and evaluated at a juvenile age. Still, information about the adaptation potential and long-term fitness of transferred seedlots in the Baltic Sea region is lacking. The aim of the study was to evaluate the adaptation capacity of provenances and assess the patterns of their long-term reaction to envir ...
DOI:
10.3390/f10100840

41. Assessment of cloudiness for use in environmental marine research

Author:
Marcin Paszkuta; Tomasz Zapadka; Adam Krężel
Source:
International journal of remote sensing 2019 v.40 no.24 pp. 9439-9459
ISSN:
1366-5901
Subject:
algorithms; basins; climate; emissions; lidar; models; moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer; monitoring; remote sensing; satellites; Baltic Sea; Poland
Abstract:
... A very simple algorithm with which to assess cloudiness over the Baltic Sea has been developed. The algorithm involves analysis of cloud longwave emissivity, supplemented with available information on shortwave emissions. The simple classification method is based on the split-window technique and compares a signal recorded in the neighbouring spectral bands with results of cloud-free atmosphere mo ...
DOI:
10.1080/01431161.2019.1633697

42. Baltic Sea ecosystem response to various nutrient load scenarios in present and future climates

Author:
Sofia Saraiva; H. E. Markus Meier; Helén Andersson; Anders Höglund; Christian Dieterich; Matthias Gröger; Robinson Hordoir; Kari Eilola
Source:
Climate dynamics 2019 v.52 no.5-6 pp. 3369-3387
ISSN:
0930-7575
Subject:
anthropogenic activities; climate; climate change; climate models; ecosystems; environmental factors; eutrophication; greenhouse gas emissions; pollution load; primary productivity; runoff; Baltic Sea
Abstract:
... The Baltic Sea is a shallow, semi-enclosed brackish sea suffering like many other coastal seas from eutrophication caused by human impact. Hence, nutrient load abatement strategies are intensively discussed. With the help of a high-resolution, coupled physical-biogeochemical circulation model we investigate the combined impact of changing nutrient loads from land and changing climate during the 21 ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00382-018-4330-0

43. Cod and climate: a systems approach for sustainable fisheries management of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) in coastal Danish waters

Author:
Grete E. Dinesen; Stefan Neuenfeldt; Alexandros Kokkalis; Andreas Lehmann; Josefine Egekvist; Kasper Kristensen; Peter Munk; Karin Hüssy; Josianne G. Støttrup
Source:
Journal of coastal conservation 2019 v.23 no.5 pp. 943-958
ISSN:
1400-0350
Subject:
Gadus morhua; climate; coastal water; coasts; economic valuation; environmental factors; fisheries; habitats; hydrodynamics; information storage; interviews; mathematical models; monitoring; seawater; shrinkage; socioeconomics; surveys; sustainable fisheries; water temperature; Baltic Sea; Denmark
Abstract:
... This study applied the Systems Approach Framework (SAF) to address the issue of declining Atlantic cod fishery in coastal areas. Interviews of 58 fishers from 26 harbours and meetings with national fisheries organisations and managers revealed the perception of an offshore movement of coastal cod. Numerical modelling based on fishing survey data did not substantiate these perceptions in the data-p ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11852-019-00711-0

44. Comparison of biological and ecological long-term trends related to northern hemisphere climate in different marine ecosystems

Author:
Ingrid Kröncke; Hermann Neumann; Joachim W. Dippner; Sally Holbrook; Thomas Lamy; Robert Miller; Bachisio Mario Padedda; Silvia Pulina; Daniel C. Reed; Marko Reinikainen; Cecilia T. Satta; Nicola Sechi; Thomas Soltwedel; Sanna Suikkanen; Antonella Lugliè
Source:
Nature conservation 2019 v.34 pp. 311-341
ISSN:
1314-3301
Subject:
air temperature; benthic organisms; climate; factor analysis; fish; natural resources conservation; phytoplankton; seawater; Arctic Ocean; Baltic Sea; Mediterranean Sea; North Sea
Abstract:
... Data from five sites of the International Long Term Ecological Research (ILTER) network in the North-Eastern Pacific, Western Arctic Ocean, Northern Baltic Sea, South-Eastern North Sea and in the Western Mediterranean Sea were analyzed by dynamic factor analysis (DFA) to trace common multi-year trends in abundance and composition of phytoplankton, benthic fauna and temperate reef fish. Multiannual ...
DOI:
10.3897/natureconservation.34.30209

45. Disentangling the impact of nutrient load and climate changes on Baltic Sea hypoxia and eutrophication since 1850

Author:
H. E. M. Meier; K. Eilola; E. Almroth-Rosell; S. Schimanke; M. Kniebusch; A. Höglund; P. Pemberton; Y. Liu; G. Väli; S. Saraiva
Source:
Climate dynamics 2019 v.53 no.1-2 pp. 1145-1166
ISSN:
0930-7575
Subject:
air temperature; atmospheric deposition; climate; climate change; ecosystems; environmental indicators; eutrophication; models; nutrient content; oxygen; pollution load; sea level; Baltic Sea; Ireland; North Sea
Abstract:
... In the Baltic Sea hypoxia has been increased considerably since the first oxygen measurements became available in 1898. In 2016 the annual maximum extent of hypoxia covered an area of the sea bottom of about 70,000 km², comparable with the size of Ireland, whereas 150 years ago hypoxia was presumably not existent or at least very small. The general view is that the increase in hypoxia was caused b ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00382-018-4296-y

46. Food web and fisheries in the future Baltic Sea

Author:
Barbara Bauer; Bo G. Gustafsson; Kari Hyytiäinen; H. E. Markus Meier; Bärbel Müller-Karulis; Sofia Saraiva; Maciej T. Tomczak
Source:
Ambio 2019 v.48 no.11 pp. 1337-1349
ISSN:
0044-7447
Subject:
climate; economic development; fish; fisheries; fisheries management; food webs; fossil fuels; greenhouse gas emissions; greenhouse gases; habitats; marine ecosystems; mathematical models; pollution load; socioeconomic factors; species diversity; Baltic Sea
Abstract:
... We developed numerical simulations of potential future ecological states of the Baltic Sea ecosystem at the end of century under five scenarios. We used a spatial food web (Ecospace) model, forced by a physical–biogeochemical model. The scenarios are built on consistent storylines that describe plausible developments of climatic and socioeconomic factors in the Baltic Sea region. Modelled species ...
DOI:
10.1007/s13280-019-01229-3
PubMed:
31350721
PubMed Central:
PMC6814650

47. Future socioeconomic conditions may have a larger impact than climate change on nutrient loads to the Baltic Sea

Author:
Alena Bartosova; René Capell; Jørgen E. Olesen; Mohamed Jabloun; Jens Christian Refsgaard; Chantal Donnelly; Kari Hyytiäinen; Sampo Pihlainen; Marianne Zandersen; Berit Arheimer
Source:
Ambio 2019 v.48 no.11 pp. 1325-1336
ISSN:
0044-7447
Subject:
atmospheric deposition; climate; climate change; dynamic models; emissions; eutrophication; issues and policy; land use; nitrogen; phosphorus; pollution load; socioeconomic factors; wastewater; Baltic Sea
Abstract:
... The Baltic Sea is suffering from eutrophication caused by nutrient discharges from land to sea, and these loads might change in a changing climate. We show that the impact from climate change by mid-century is probably less than the direct impact of changing socioeconomic factors such as land use, agricultural practices, atmospheric deposition, and wastewater emissions. We compare results from dyn ...
DOI:
10.1007/s13280-019-01243-5
PubMed:
31542889
PubMed Central:
PMC6814641

48. Influence of environmental conditions, population density, and prey type on the lipid content in Baltic herring (Clupea harengus membras) from the northern Baltic Sea

Author:
Marjut Rajasilta; Jari Hänninen; Lea Laaksonen; Päivi Laine; Jukka-Pekka Suomela; Ilppo Vuorinen; Katja Mäkinen
Source:
Canadian journal of fisheries and aquatic sciences 2019 v.76 no.4 pp. 576-585
ISSN:
1205-7533
Subject:
Clupea harengus; climate; climate change; docosahexaenoic acid; ecosystems; eicosapentaenoic acid; energy content; energy flow; environmental factors; fatty acid composition; herring; lipid content; models; muscles; physiology; population density; seawater; spawning; summer; water salinity; Baltic Sea
Abstract:
... Global climate change can affect the energy content of fish by altering their lipid physiology and consumption. We investigated the effects of different environmental stressors on the lipid content of the Baltic herring (Clupea harengus membras) from spawning ground samples that were collected annually in the northern Baltic Sea. During 1987–2014, the average lipid content of herring muscle decrea ...
DOI:
10.1139/cjfas-2017-0504

49. Microalgae biotechnology in Nordic countries – the potential of local strains

Author:
Otilia Cheregi; Susanne Ekendahl; Johan Engelbrektsson; Niklas Strömberg; Anna Godhe; Cornelia Spetea
Source:
Physiologia plantarum 2019 v.166 no.1 pp. 438-450
ISSN:
0031-9317
Subject:
biofuels; biotechnology; climate; climate change; energy efficiency; feedstocks; food security; freshwater; lakes; microalgae; remediation; rivers; Atlantic Ocean; Baltic Sea; Scandinavia
Abstract:
... Climate change, energy use and food security are the main challenges that our society is facing nowadays. Biofuels and feedstock from microalgae can be part of the solution if high and continuous production is to be ensured. This could be attained in year‐round, low cost, outdoor cultivation systems using strains that are not only champion producers of desired compounds but also have robust growth ...
DOI:
10.1111/ppl.12951
PubMed:
30809828
PubMed Central:
PMC6850598

50. Middle and Late Holocene paleoenvironmental developement of the Curonian Lagoon, Lithuania

Author:
Donatas Kaminskas; Eugenija Rudnickaitė; Giedrė Vaikutienė; Albertas Bitinas; Alma Grigienė; Ilya V. Buynevich; Aldona Damušytė; Donatas Pupienis; Petras Šinkūnas
Source:
Quaternary international 2019 v.501 pp. 240-249
ISSN:
1040-6182
Subject:
Bacillariophyceae; Holocene epoch; aluminum; climate; environmental factors; freshwater; magnetism; marl; paleoecology; pollen; sand; transgressive segregation; weathering; zirconium; Baltic Sea; Lithuania
Abstract:
... The reconstruction of the development of the northern Curonian Lagoon, Lithuania, during the Holocene is based on a wide suite of studies: pollen, diatom and carbonate analyses, measurements of magnetic susceptibility, as well as geochemical data. Recently published data from the Nida-VI borehole show that the age of lacustrine and lagoonal sand spans from Boreal to Sub-Atlantic. Diatom analyses r ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.quaint.2017.09.016

51. Nitrate leaching losses from two Baltic Sea catchments under scenarios of changes in land use, land management and climate

Author:
Jørgen E. Olesen; Christen D. Børgesen; Fatemeh Hashemi; Mohamed Jabloun; Dominika Bar-Michalczyk; Przemyslaw Wachniew; Anna J. Zurek; Alena Bartosova; Thomas Bosshard; Anne L. Hansen; Jens C. Refsgaard
Source:
Ambio 2019 v.48 no.11 pp. 1252-1263
ISSN:
0044-7447
Subject:
climate; climate change; climate models; hydrologic models; land use; leaching; nitrates; nitrogen; nutrients; pollution load; surface water; water pollution; water quality; watersheds; Baltic Sea; Denmark; Poland
Abstract:
... Pollution with excess nutrients deteriorate the water quality of the Baltic Sea. The effect of combined land use and climate scenarios on nitrate leaching and nitrogen (N) loads to surface waters from two Baltic Sea catchments (Norsminde in Denmark and Kocinka in Poland) was explored using different models; the NLES and Daisy models for nitrate leaching, and MIKE SHE or MODFLOW/MT3DMS for N transp ...
DOI:
10.1007/s13280-019-01254-2
PubMed:
31542886
PubMed Central:
PMC6814696

52. Past and Current Trends of Coastal Predatory Fish in the Baltic Sea with a Focus on Perch, Pike, and Pikeperch

Author:
Jens Olsson
Source:
Fishes 2019 v.4 no.1 pp. 7
ISSN:
2410-3888
Subject:
Sander lucioperca; climate; food webs; habitat conservation; habitats; perch; pike; predatory fish; viability; Baltic Sea
Abstract:
... Coastal predatory fish are of key importance for the provisioning of ecosystem services in the Baltic Sea. Worldwide, however, there has been a general and sharp decline in predatory fish populations, in turn threatening the viability and function of marine ecosystems. On the basis of the literature, the past (data until the 2000s) and current (data until early and mid 2010s) trends in abundance o ...
DOI:
10.3390/fishes4010007

53. Shared socio-economic pathways extended for the Baltic Sea: exploring long-term environmental problems

Author:
Marianne Zandersen; Kari Hyytiäinen; H. E. Markus Meier; Maciej T. Tomczak; Barbara Bauer; Päivi E. Haapasaari; Jørgen Eivind Olesen; Bo G. Gustafsson; Jens Christian Refsgaard; Erik Fridell; Sampo Pihlainen; Martin D. A. Le Tissier; Anna-Kaisa Kosenius; Detlef P. Van Vuuren
Source:
Regional environmental change 2019 v.19 no.4 pp. 1073-1086
ISSN:
1436-3798
Subject:
atmospheric deposition; climate; climate change; ecosystems; fisheries; human development; land use change; pollution; pollution control; shipping; socioeconomics; wastewater treatment; Baltic Sea; Northern European region
Abstract:
... Long-term scenario analyses can be powerful tools to explore plausible futures of human development under changing environmental, social, and economic conditions and to evaluate implications of different approaches to reduce pollution and resource overuse. Vulnerable ecosystems like the Baltic Sea in North-Eastern Europe tend to be under pressure from multiple, interacting anthropogenic drivers bo ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10113-018-1453-0

54. Stable carbon isotopic composition of dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) as a driving factor of aquatic plants organic matter build-up related to salinity

Author:
Eugeniusz Pronin; Marco Panettieri; Kaire Torn; Cornelia Rumpel
Source:
Ecological indicators 2019 v.99 pp. 230-239
ISSN:
1470-160X
Subject:
Stuckenia pectinata; ambient water; aquatic plants; carbon; carbon nitrogen ratio; climate; dissolved inorganic carbon; environmental factors; environmental indicators; freshwater; freshwater lakes; intraspecific variation; leaves; lignin; organic matter; paleoecology; salinity; sediment deposition; sediments; stable isotopes; stems; Baltic Sea; Estonia
Abstract:
... Stable isotopes probing is among the most used methods applied in the studies of paleoenvironment. Isotope signatures of sediments are influenced by different environmental conditions such as climate, salinity, and plant coverage at the time those sediments were deposited, representing an inestimable value for paleoenvironmental reconstruction and interpretation. In this study the carbon stable is ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.12.036

55. Stacking of abatement credits for cost-effective achievement of climate and water targets

Author:
Ing-Marie Gren; Frederic Ang
Source:
Ecological economics 2019 v.164 pp. 106375
ISSN:
0921-8009
Subject:
climate; cost effectiveness; crop production; energy crops; environmental markets; issues and policy; models; nitrogen; pollutants; pollution control; prices; wetlands; Baltic Sea; Estonia; Latvia; Poland; Russia
Abstract:
... In a stacking system abatement measures with simultaneous effects on climate and water targets, such as wetland construction and cultivation of energy crops, are credited for the abatement of multiple pollutants. In this study we calculated and compared the abatement costs of achieving multiple environmental targets with and without stacking under different policy regimes (emissions trading, charg ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolecon.2019.106375

56. A mixture of human and climatic effects shapes the 250-year long fire history of a semi-natural pine dominated landscape of Northern Latvia

Author:
Mara Kitenberga; Igor Drobyshev; Didzis Elferts; Roberts Matisons; Andis Adamovics; Juris Katrevics; Mats Niklasson; Aris Jansons
Source:
Forest ecology and management 2019 v.441 pp. 192-201
ISSN:
0378-1127
Subject:
climate; fire history; forest dynamics; forest fires; forests; humans; landscapes; national parks; prescribed burning; Baltic Sea; Latvia
Abstract:
... Fire has been shown to shape successional pathways and dynamics of forest vegetation. However, its role in European hemiboreal forests remains poorly understood. Here we provide the first annually resolved reconstruction of fire history from the Eastern Baltic Sea region, developed in the pine-dominated landscape of Slitere National Park (SNP), northwestern Latvia, over the last 250 years. Our res ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foreco.2019.03.020

57. The necessity of a holistic approach when managing marine mammal–fisheries interactions: Environment and fisheries impact are stronger than seal predation

Author:
David Costalago; Barbara Bauer; Maciej T. Tomczak; Karl Lundström; Monika Winder
Source:
Ambio 2019 v.48 no.6 pp. 552-564
ISSN:
0044-7447
Subject:
Gadus morhua; Halichoerus grypus; biomass; climate; ecosystems; eutrophication; fish; fisheries; models; mortality; predation; predators; seals; trophic levels; Baltic Sea
Abstract:
... Seal populations are recovering in many regions around the world and, consequently, they are increasingly interacting with fisheries. We used an Ecopath with Ecosim model for the offshore Central Baltic Sea to investigate the interactions between the changes in fish stocks and grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) population under different fishing and environmental scenarios for the twenty-first century ...
DOI:
10.1007/s13280-018-1131-y
PubMed:
30536186
PubMed Central:
PMC6486897

58. A supra-national TSO to enhance offshore wind power development in the Baltic Sea? A legal and regulatory analysis

Author:
Kanerva Sunila; Claire Bergaentzlé; Bénédicte Martin; Ari Ekroos
Source:
Energy policy 2019 v.128 pp. 775-782
ISSN:
0301-4215
Subject:
European Union; climate; energy policy; infrastructure; markets; risk factors; wind farms; wind power; Baltic Sea
Abstract:
... Offshore wind power development is expected to play an important role in meeting the EU climate targets. To integrate offshore wind power, advanced offshore infrastructures such as meshed grids are suggested to optimise the grid development. Meshed offshore grids refer to integrated offshore infrastructure where offshore wind power hubs are interconnected to several countries as opposed to radial ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.enpol.2019.01.047

59. Controls on the onset and termination of past hypoxia in the Baltic Sea

Author:
Nina M. Papadomanolaki; Nikki Dijkstra; Niels A.G.M. van Helmond; Mathilde Hagens; Thorsten Bauersachs; Ulrich Kotthoff; Francesca Sangiorgi; Caroline P. Slomp
Source:
Palaeogeography, palaeoclimatology, palaeoecology 2018 v.490 pp. 347-354
ISSN:
0031-0182
Subject:
Miozoa; anthropogenic activities; climate; climate change; hypoxia; oxygen; palynology; salinity; sediments; surface water temperature; Baltic Sea
Abstract:
... The Baltic Sea is currently the largest marine hypoxic (O2<2mgL⁻¹) ‘dead zone’ following excessive nutrient input from anthropogenic activities over the past century. Widespread hypoxia has previously developed in the Baltic Sea during the Holocene Thermal Maximum (HTM; 8–4ka before present; BP) and the Medieval Climate Anomaly (MCA; 1.4–0.7ka BP). Here we study the mechanisms that contributed to ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.palaeo.2017.11.012

60. High climate velocity and population fragmentation may constrain climate‐driven range shift of the key habitat former Fucus vesiculosus

Author:
Per R. Jonsson; Jonne Kotta; Helén C. Andersson; Kristjan Herkül; Elina Virtanen; Antonia Nyström Sandman; Kerstin Johannesson
Source:
Diversity & distributions 2018 v.24 no.7 pp. 892-905
ISSN:
1366-9516
Subject:
Fucus vesiculosus; biodiversity; biogeography; bladder; climate; climate change; dynamic models; extinction; freshwater; genotype; habitat fragmentation; habitats; population dynamics; risk; salinity; Baltic Sea
Abstract:
... AIM: The Baltic Sea forms a unique regional sea with its salinity gradient ranging from marine to nearly freshwater conditions. It is one of the most environmentally impacted brackish seas worldwide, and the low biodiversity makes it particularly sensitive to anthropogenic pressures including climate change. We applied a novel combination of models to predict the fate of one of the dominant founda ...
DOI:
10.1111/ddi.12733

61. Human-biometeorological conditions in the southern Baltic coast based on the universal thermal climate index (UTCI)

Author:
Leszek Kolendowicz; Marek Półrolniczak; Katarzyna Szyga-Pluta; Ewa Bednorz
Source:
Theoretical and applied climatology 2018 v.134 no.1-2 pp. 363-379
ISSN:
0177-798X
Subject:
advection; climate; coasts; cold; cold stress; heat; heat stress; observational studies; prediction; sea level; Baltic Sea; North Sea; Scandinavia
Abstract:
... The paper focuses on bioclimatic conditions in the southern part of the Baltic coast based on universal thermal climate index values. Taking into consideration the observational data from coastline stations as well as reanalysis data from the National Center for Environmental Prediction and National Center for Atmospheric Research (sea level pressure and the 500 hPa geopotential height), the autho ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00704-017-2279-2

62. Metabarcoding successfully tracks temporal changes in eukaryotic communities in coastal sediments

Author:
I S Salonen; P-M Chronopoulou; E Leskinen; K A Koho
Source:
FEMS microbiology ecology 2018 v.95 no.1 pp. -
ISSN:
1574-6941
Subject:
DNA barcoding; climate; climate change; coastal sediments; ecosystems; environmental factors; environmental monitoring; eukaryotic cells; high-throughput nucleotide sequencing; marine sediments; seasonal variation; variance; Baltic Sea
Abstract:
... Metabarcoding is a method that combines high-throughput DNA sequencing and DNA-based identification. Previously, this method has been successfully used to target spatial variation of eukaryote communities in marine sediments, however, the temporal changes in these communities remain understudied. Here, we follow the temporal changes of the eukaryote communities in Baltic Sea surface sediments coll ...
DOI:
10.1093/femsec/fiy226

63. Modelling the effects of land use and climate change on the water resources in the eastern Baltic Sea region using the SWAT model

Author:
Ottar Tamm; Siim Maasikamäe; Allar Padari; Toomas Tamm
Source:
Catena 2018 v.167 pp. 78-89
ISSN:
0341-8162
Subject:
Soil and Water Assessment Tool model; basins; climate; climate change; forests; issues and policy; land use change; reproduction; rivers; runoff; water management; Baltic Sea
Abstract:
... Combined and separate impact of climate and land use change on the future river runoff was assessed in the eastern Baltic Sea region by using the SWAT (The Soil and Water Assessment Tool) hydrological model. SWAT was applied to assess how plausible changes in climate and land use may affect the river hydrology by the end of the century. The model was calibrated and validated for a period from 1970 ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.catena.2018.04.029

64. Sensitivity of the overturning circulation of the Baltic Sea to climate change, a numerical experiment

Author:
Robinson Hordoir; Anders Höglund; Per Pemberton; Semjon Schimanke
Source:
Climate dynamics 2018 v.50 no.3-4 pp. 1425-1437
ISSN:
0930-7575
Subject:
climate; climate change; greenhouse gas emissions; mixing; models; temperature profiles; wind; Baltic Sea
Abstract:
... An ocean model covering the Baltic Sea area is forced by several climate scenarios for a period extending from 1961 to 2100. The Baltic Sea overturning circulation is then analyzed. The analysis shows that this circulation decreases between the end of the 20th century and the end of the 21st century, and that the decrease is amplified in the case of the strongest greenhouse gas emission scenarios, ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00382-017-3695-9

65. Three-dimensional distribution of anthropogenic microparticles in the body of sandy beaches

Author:
I.P. Chubarenko; E.E. Esiukova; A.V. Bagaev; M.A. Bagaeva; A.N. Grave
Source:
Science of the total environment 2018 v.628-629 pp. 1340-1351
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
anthropogenic activities; beaches; climate; coasts; microparticles; plastics; pollution; sand; sea level; storms; surface waves; wind speed; Baltic Sea
Abstract:
... External oceanographic conditions rather than anthropogenic influence are shown to cause the 3-dimensional distribution of anthropogenic microparticles (MP, 0.5–5mm) within the body of sandy beaches of a non-tidal sea with strong wind/wave climate and seasonal sea level variations (the Baltic Sea). A patchy structure is confirmed in all three dimensions, with background concentrations of several t ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.02.167

66. Uncertainties in Climatological Seawater Density Calculations

Author:
Hao Dai; Xining Zhang
Source:
Journal of geophysical research 2018 v.123 no.3 pp. 2192-2212
ISSN:
2169-9275
Subject:
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; climate; equations; geophysics; oceans; research; salinity; seawater; temperature; thermodynamics; uncertainty; Baltic Sea
Abstract:
... In most applications, with seawater conductivity, temperature, and pressure data measured in situ by various observation instruments e.g., Conductivity‐Temperature‐Depth instruments (CTD), the density which has strong ties to ocean dynamics and so on is computed according to equations of state for seawater. This paper, based on density computational formulae in the Thermodynamic Equation of Seawat ...
DOI:
10.1002/2017JC013427

67. Variations in tolerance to climate change in a key littoral herbivore

Author:
Luca Rugiu; Iita Manninen; Joakim Sjöroos; Veijo Jormalainen
Source:
Marine biology 2018 v.165 no.1 pp. 18
ISSN:
0025-3162
Subject:
biodiversity; brackish water; climate; climate change; genetic variation; geographical variation; herbivores; littoral zone; macrophytes; marine ecosystems; surface water; survival rate; Baltic Sea
Abstract:
... Changes in global climate patterns are affecting marine ecosystems, challenging species’ environmental tolerances, and driving shifts in their distributions. In the Baltic Sea, a brackish water body with low biodiversity, the isopod Idotea balthica is a key herbivore species that has a strong top–down effect on habitat-forming macrophytes. Our aim is to understand how the predicted future combinat ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00227-017-3275-x

68. Water Quality Management and Climate Change Mitigation: Cost-effectiveness of Joint Implementation in the Baltic Sea Region

Author:
Doan Nainggolan; Berit Hasler; Hans E. Andersen; Steen Gyldenkærne; Mette Termansen
Source:
Ecological economics 2018 v.144 pp. 12-26
ISSN:
0921-8009
Subject:
climate; climate change; cost effectiveness; economic impact; greenhouse gas emissions; greenhouse gases; issues and policy; models; pollution load; wastewater; water quality; Baltic Sea
Abstract:
... This paper explores the scope for simultaneously managing nutrient abatement and climate change mitigation in the Baltic Sea (BS) region through the implementation of a selection of measures. The analysis is undertaken using a cost-minimisation model for the entire BS region, the BALTCOST model. In the present research, the model has been extended to include greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions effects, ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolecon.2017.07.026

69. Comparison of the AVI, modified SINTACS and GALDIT vulnerability methods under future climate-change scenarios for a shallow low-lying coastal aquifer in southern Finland

Author:
Samrit Luoma; Jarkko Okkonen; Kirsti Korkka-Niemi
Source:
Hydrogeology journal 2017 v.25 no.1 pp. 203-222
ISSN:
1431-2174
Subject:
aquifers; climate; climate change; dry season; groundwater; groundwater recharge; guidelines; humans; risk assessment; saltwater intrusion; sea level; seasonal variation; snowmelt; Baltic Sea; Finland
Abstract:
... A shallow unconfined low-lying coastal aquifer in southern Finland surrounded by the Baltic Sea is vulnerable to changes in groundwater recharge, sea-level rise and human activities. Assessment of the intrinsic vulnerability of groundwater under climate scenarios was performed for the aquifer area by utilising the results of a published study on the impacts of climate change on groundwater recharg ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10040-016-1471-2

70. Effects of air-sea coupling over the North Sea and the Baltic Sea on simulated summer precipitation over Central Europe

Author:
Ha Thi Minh Ho-Hagemann; Matthias Gröger; Burkhardt Rockel; Matthias Zahn; Beate Geyer; H. E. Markus Meier
Source:
Climate dynamics 2017 v.49 no.11-12 pp. 3851-3876
ISSN:
0930-7575
Subject:
air flow; climate; climate models; evaporation; statistics; summer; surface water temperature; wind; Atlantic Ocean; Baltic Sea; Central European region; North Sea
Abstract:
... This study introduces a new approach to investigate the potential effects of air-sea coupling on simulated precipitation inland over Central Europe. We present an inter-comparison of two regional climate models (RCMs), namely, the COSMO-CLM (hereafter CCLM) and RCA4 models, which are configured for the EURO-CORDEX domain in the coupled and atmosphere-only modes. Two versions of the CCLM model, nam ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00382-017-3546-8

71. Food-web indicators accounting for species interactions respond to multiple pressures

Author:
Maria A. Torres; Michele Casini; Magnus Huss; Saskia A. Otto; Martina Kadin; Anna Gårdmark
Source:
Ecological indicators 2017 v.77 pp. 67-79
ISSN:
1470-160X
Subject:
Clupea harengus; Gadus morhua; Sprattus sprattus; aquatic food webs; biocenosis; biomass; climate; eutrophication; forage fish; herring; hydrology; marine environment; models; piscivores; predatory fish; temporal variation; time series analysis; Baltic Sea; Europe
Abstract:
... Food-web indicators for marine management are required to describe the functioning and structure of marine food-webs. In Europe, the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD), intended to lead to a ‘good environmental status’ of the marine waters, requires indicators of the status of the marine environment that also respond to manageable anthropogenic pressures. Identifying such relationships to ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.01.030

72. Impact of feed raw material to climate and eutrophication impacts of Finnish rainbow trout farming and comparisons on climate impact and eutrophication between farmed and wild fish

Author:
Frans Silvenius; Juha Grönroos; Markus Kankainen; Sirpa Kurppa; Timo Mäkinen; Jouni Vielma
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2017 v.164 pp. 1467-1473
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
Oncorhynchus mykiss; byproducts; canola oil; climate; consumer behavior; emissions; energy use and consumption; environmental impact; eutrophication; farmed fish; feed composition; feed formulation; filleting; fish culture; fish feeds; fish fillets; fish meal; fish oils; fish production; hatcheries; herring; humans; life cycle assessment; lipid content; nitrogen; nutrients; oceans; packaging; people; phosphorus; raw materials; seafoods; uncertainty; wild fish; Baltic Sea; Finland
Abstract:
... This study presents environmental impacts of rainbow trout production in Finland, when different raw materials for feed are used. The scenarios under consideration in this study are the present scenario, feed composition in 2009 and scenarios where Baltic herring is used as feed raw material resulting in nutrient circulation in the Baltic Sea area. The system boundaries included production of fish ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.07.069

73. Is the future as tasty as the present? Elevated temperature and hyposalinity affect the quality of Fucus (Phaeophyceae, Fucales) as food for the isopod Idotea balthica

Author:
Eva Rothäusler; Fiia Haavisto; Veijo Jormalainen
Source:
Marine biology 2017 v.164 no.11 pp. 207
ISSN:
0025-3162
Subject:
Fucus; Isopoda; adverse effects; climate; climate change; food consumption; food quality; grazing; herbivores; macroalgae; temperature; thallus; Baltic Sea
Abstract:
... Climate change is acknowledged to affect directly macroalgal performance but its indirect effect through changes in algal interaction with herbivores remains poorly understood. To study effects of climate change on a macroalga–herbivore interaction, we exposed three range-margin Baltic Sea populations of Fucus (60°N 39°E, 61°N 21°E, 62°N 21°E) in September 2015 to current (15.1 °C; 5.2 PSU) and pr ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00227-017-3237-3

74. Modelling Nutrient Load Changes from Fertilizer Application Scenarios in Six Catchments around the Baltic Sea

Author:
Hans Thodsen; Csilla Farkas; Jaroslaw Chormanski; Dennis Trolle; Gitte Blicher-Mathiesen; Ruth Grant; Alexander Engebretsen; Ignacy Kardel; Hans Estrup Andersen
Source:
Agriculture 2017 v.7 no.5 pp. -
ISSN:
2077-0472
Subject:
Soil and Water Assessment Tool model; agricultural land; climate; fertilizer application; land use; manure spreading; mineral fertilizers; nitric oxide; pollution load; watersheds; Baltic Sea
Abstract:
... The main environmental stressor of the Baltic Sea is elevated riverine nutrient loads, mainly originating from diffuse agricultural sources. Agricultural practices, intensities, and nutrient losses vary across the Baltic Sea drainage basin (1.75 × 106 km2, 14 countries and 85 million inhabitants). Six “Soil and Water Assessment Tool” (SWAT) models were set up for catchments representing the major ...
DOI:
10.3390/agriculture7050041

75. Organic matter export to the seafloor in the Baltic Sea: Drivers of change and future projections

Author:
Tobias Tamelander; Kristian Spilling; Monica Winder
Source:
Ambio 2017 v.46 no.8 pp. 842-851
ISSN:
0044-7447
Subject:
anthropogenic stressors; climate; coasts; ecosystems; eutrophication; freshwater; global warming; models; nutrients; ocean acidification; organic matter; oxygen; runoff; sediments; Baltic Sea
Abstract:
... The impact of environmental change and anthropogenic stressors on coastal marine systems will strongly depend on changes in the magnitude and composition of organic matter exported from the water column to the seafloor. Knowledge of vertical export in the Baltic Sea is synthesised to illustrate how organic matter deposition will respond to climate warming, climate-related changes in freshwater run ...
DOI:
10.1007/s13280-017-0930-x
PubMed:
28647909
PubMed Central:
PMC5639801

76. Potential impacts of climate change on European wind energy resource under the CMIP5 future climate projections

Author:
D. Carvalho; A. Rocha; M. Gómez-Gesteira; C. Silva Santos
Source:
Renewable energy 2017 v.101 pp. 29-40
ISSN:
0960-1481
Subject:
climate; climate change; models; radiative forcing; uncertainty; wind power; wind speed; Baltic Sea; Europe; Mediterranean region
Abstract:
... Climate change impact on future European large-scale wind energy resource under the latest IPCC CMIP5 future climate projections were analysed. After assessing the models that best reproduce contemporary near-surface wind speeds over Europe, their data was used to assess future changes in the wind energetic resource in Europe.Using a multi-model ensemble composed by the models that showed the best ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.renene.2016.08.036

77. Regional decision-makers as potential users of Extreme Weather Event Attribution - Case studies from the German Baltic Sea coast and the Greater Paris area

Author:
Maria Schwab; Insa Meinke; Jean-Paul Vanderlinden; Hans von Storch
Source:
Weather and Climate Extremes 2017 pp. -
ISSN:
2212-0947
Subject:
case studies; climate; climate change; coasts; decision making; economic valuation; experts; heat; interviews; politics; risk; socioeconomics; stakeholders; storms; uncertainty; Baltic Sea; France; Germany
Abstract:
... Extreme Event Attribution has raised increasing attention in climate science in the last years. It means to judge the extent to which certain weather-related extreme events have changed due to human influences on climate with probabilistic statements. Extreme Event Attribution is often anticipated to spur more than just scientific ambition. It is able to provide answers to a commonly asked questio ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.wace.2017.09.001

78. Acidification and warming affect prominent bacteria in two seasonal phytoplankton bloom mesocosms

Author:
Benjamin Bergen; Sonja Endres; Anja Engel; Maren Zark; Thorsten Dittmar; Ulrich Sommer; Klaus Jürgens
Source:
Environmental microbiology 2016 v.18 no.12 pp. 4579-4595
ISSN:
1462-2912
Subject:
Bacillariophyceae; acidification; algal blooms; autumn; bacteria; bacterial communities; carbon; carbon dioxide; climate; community structure; organic matter; phytoplankton; seawater; statistical analysis; summer; temperature; Baltic Sea
Abstract:
... In contrast to clear stimulatory effects of rising temperature, recent studies of the effects of CO₂ on planktonic bacteria have reported conflicting results. To better understand the potential impact of predicted climate scenarios on the development and performance of bacterial communities, we performed bifactorial mesocosm experiments (pCO₂ and temperature) with Baltic Sea water, during a diatom ...
DOI:
10.1111/1462-2920.13549

79. Biofilm-like properties of the sea surface and predicted effects on air–sea CO2 exchange

Author:
Oliver Wurl; Christian Stolle; Chu Van Thuoc; Pham The Thu; Xavier Mari
Source:
Progress in oceanography 2016 v.144 pp. 15-24
ISSN:
0079-6611
Subject:
bacteria; biofilm; biogeochemistry; carbon dioxide; climate; community structure; gases; heat; microbial biomass; temporal variation; Baltic Sea; South China Sea
Abstract:
... Because the sea surface controls various interactions between the ocean and the atmosphere, it has a profound function for marine biogeochemistry and climate regulation. The sea surface is the gateway for the exchange of climate-relevant gases, heat and particles. Thus, in order to determine how the ocean and the atmosphere interact and respond to environmental changes on a global scale, the chara ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.pocean.2016.03.002

80. Cover of coastal vegetation as an indicator of eutrophication along environmental gradients

Author:
Sofia A. Wikström; Jacob Carstensen; Mats Blomqvist; Dorte Krause-Jensen
Source:
Marine biology 2016 v.163 no.12 pp. 257
ISSN:
0025-3162
Subject:
biodiversity; biogeochemical cycles; carbon; climate; coasts; data collection; environmental policy; eutrophication; latitude; macroalgae; macrophytes; models; monitoring; nitrogen content; nutrient content; plant communities; primary productivity; salinity; vegetation cover; water quality; Baltic Sea; Sweden
Abstract:
... Coastal vegetation communities are important for primary production, biodiversity, coastal protection, carbon and nutrient cycling which, in combination with their sensitivity to eutrophication, render them potential indicators of environmental status for environmental policies like the EU Water and Marine Strategy Framework Directives. We evaluated one potential indicator for coastal vegetation, ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00227-016-3032-6
PubMed:
27980348
PubMed Central:
PMC5116445

81. Diverse seed banks favour adaptation of microalgal populations to future climate conditions

Author:
Anke Kremp; Johanna Oja; Anniina H. LeTortorec; Päivi Hakanen; Pia Tahvanainen; Jarno Tuimala; Sanna Suikkanen
Source:
Environmental microbiology 2016 v.18 no.2 pp. 679-691
ISSN:
1462-2912
Subject:
Alexandrium; bioluminescence; climate; clones; cytotoxicity; genetic variation; genotype; microalgae; phenotypic variation; phytoplankton; salinity; temperature; Baltic Sea
Abstract:
... Selection of suitable genotypes from diverse seed banks may help phytoplankton populations to cope with environmental changes. This study examines whether the high genotypic diversity found in the Baltic cyst pool of the toxic dinoflagellate Alexandrium ostenfeldii is coupled to phenotypic variability that could aid short‐term adaptation. Growth rates, cellular toxicities and bioluminescence of 34 ...
DOI:
10.1111/1462-2920.13070

82. Evolving coastal character of a Baltic Sea inlet during the Holocene shoreline regression: impact on coastal zone hypoxia

Author:
Wenxin Ning; Anupam Ghosh; Tom Jilbert; Caroline P. Slomp; Mansoor Khan; Johan Nyberg; Daniel J. Conley; Helena L. Filipsson
Source:
Journal of paleolimnology 2016 v.55 no.4 pp. 319-338
ISSN:
0921-2728
Subject:
Dinophyceae; aluminum; anthropogenic activities; basins; biogeochemical cycles; carbon; cesium; climate; coasts; hypoxia; lead; limnology; mining; oxygen; paleontology; potassium; radionuclides; salinity; sediments; shorelines; silica; surface water; watersheds; Baltic Sea; Sweden
Abstract:
... Although bottom water hypoxia (O₂ < 2 mg L⁻¹) is presently widespread in the Baltic Sea coastal zone, there is a lack of insight into past changes in bottom water oxygen in these areas on timescales of millennia, and the possible driving factors. Here, we present a sediment-based environmental reconstruction of surface water productivity, salinity and bottom water oxygen for the past 5400 years at ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10933-016-9882-6

83. Identifying Hot Spots of Agricultural Nitrogen Loss Within the Baltic Sea Drainage Basin

Author:
Hans Estrup Andersen; Gitte Blicher-Mathiesen; Hans Thodsen; Peter Mejlhede Andersen; Søren E. Larsen; Per Stålnacke; Christoph Humborg; Carl-Magnus Mörth; Erik Smedberg
Source:
Water, air, and soil pollution 2016 v.227 no.1 pp. 38
ISSN:
0049-6979
Subject:
agricultural management; climate; data collection; farms; groundwater; laws and regulations; models; nitrogen; rhizosphere; statistics; surface water; watersheds; Baltic Sea
Abstract:
... Agricultural management practices are among the major drivers of agricultural nitrogen (N) loss. Legislation and management incentives for measures to mitigate N loss should eventually be carried out at the individual farm level. Consequently, an appropriate scale to simulate N loss from a scientific perspective should be at the farm scale. A data set of more than 4000 agricultural fields with com ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11270-015-2733-7

84. Long-term and interannual changes of submerged macrophytes and their associated diaspore reservoir in a shallow southern Baltic Sea bay: influence of eutrophication and climate

Author:
Irmgard Blindow; Sven Dahlke; Annika Dewart; Sandra Flügge; Marko Hendreschke; Antje Kerkow; Jutta Meyer
Source:
Hydrobiologia 2016 v.778 no.1 pp. 121-136
ISSN:
0018-8158
Subject:
Chara; Ruppia; Stuckenia pectinata; Tolypella; climate; climate change; eutrophication; germination; ice; macrophytes; oospores; seeds; surveys; vegetation cover; weather; Baltic Sea; Germany
Abstract:
... Long-term and interannual changes in composition of submerged vegetation, diaspore reservoir and germination were investigated in the lagoon system Westrügensche Boddenkette, Baltic Sea, north-east Germany. Comparison with a survey from 1932, showed vegetation cover is similar to the past, maintaining high cover to depths of 2.8 m despite a period of eutrophication between about 1960 and 1990. Spe ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10750-016-2655-4

85. Seasonal Occurrence of Loricate Choanoflagellates in Danish Inner Waters

Author:
Helge Abildhauge Thomsen; Frank Nitsche; Daniel J. Richter
Source:
Protist 2016 v.167 no.6 pp. 622-638
ISSN:
1434-4610
Subject:
climate; species diversity; Baltic Sea; Denmark; Sweden
Abstract:
... It is a trend in loricate choanoflagellate research that our knowledge of species diversity is insufficient in terms of understanding annual successional changes at any specific locality, whereas there is a fairly decent coverage worldwide − at least in more coastal realms − in terms of biodiversity within more narrowly defined time windows. To help address this knowledge gap, we have compiled all ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.protis.2016.09.002

86. Shift of grey seal subspecies boundaries in response to climate, culling and conservation

Author:
Katharina Fietz; Anders Galatius; Jonas Teilmann; Rune Dietz; Anne Kristine Frie; Anastasia Klimova; Per J. Palsbøll; Lasse F. Jensen; Jeff A. Graves; Joseph I. Hoffman; Morten Tange Olsen
Source:
Molecular ecology 2016 v.25 no.17 pp. 4097-4112
ISSN:
0962-1083
Subject:
anthropogenic activities; breeding sites; climate; extinction; geographical distribution; seals; Baltic Sea; North Sea; Northern European region
Abstract:
... Identifying the processes that drive changes in the abundance and distribution of natural populations is a central theme in ecology and evolution. Many species of marine mammals have experienced dramatic changes in abundance and distribution due to climatic fluctuations and anthropogenic impacts. However, thanks to conservation efforts, some of these species have shown remarkable population recove ...
DOI:
10.1111/mec.13748

87. Climate parameters of Estonia and the Baltic Sea region derived from the high-resolution reanalysis database BaltAn65+

Author:
Aarne Männik; Marko Zirk; Rein Rõõm; Andres Luhamaa
Source:
Theoretical and applied climatology 2015 v.122 no.1-2 pp. 19-34
ISSN:
0177-798X
Subject:
climate; data collection; databases; publications; temperature; time series analysis; Baltic Sea; Estonia
Abstract:
... The high-resolution reanalysis data-base BaltAn65+ covers the period of 1965–2005. Here, this dataset is used to derive essential climate parameters for the Baltic Sea region and Estonia. In particular, monthly mean temperature and total precipitation are calculated and a trend analysis is performed to analyze the temporal evolution of these climatological parameters during the reanalysis period. ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00704-014-1271-3

88. Climatic gradients within temperate Europe and small-scale species composition of lichen-rich dry acidophilous Scots pine forests

Author:
Alica Košuthová; Ivana Svitková; Ivan Pišút; Dušan Senko; Milan Valachovič; Piotr Tomasz Zaniewski; Michal Hájek
Source:
Fungal ecology 2015 v.14 pp. 8-23
ISSN:
1754-5048
Subject:
Pinus sylvestris; climate; community structure; coniferous forests; lichens; multidimensional scaling; species diversity; temperature; Baltic Sea; Poland; Slovakia
Abstract:
... We investigated patterns in community composition in Central-European lichen-rich pine forests along a macroclimatic gradient, using two plot sizes. Diversity of lichens, especially the number of boreal and subatlantic taxa per plot increased from southern Slovakia to northern Poland (Baltic Sea). The ecological indicator value for continentality was highest in two inland regions which were charac ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.funeco.2014.10.005

89. Estimating Values of Carbon Sequestration and Nutrient Recycling in Forests: An Application to the Stockholm-Mälar Region in Sweden

Author:
Ing-Marie Gren
Source:
Forests 2015 v.6 no.10 pp. 3594-3613
ISSN:
1999-4907
Subject:
European Union; carbon; carbon sequestration; climate; cost effectiveness; ecosystem services; emissions; environmental policy; forests; gross domestic product; models; risk; uncertainty; weather; Baltic Sea; Sweden
Abstract:
... We calculate values of forest carbon sequestration and nutrient recycling applying the replacement cost method. The value is then determined as the savings in costs by the replacement of more expensive abatement measures with these ecosystem services in cost-effective climate and nutrient programs. To this end, a dynamic optimization model is constructed, which accounts for uncertainty in sequestr ...
DOI:
10.3390/f6103594

90. Fisheries management responses to climate change in the Baltic Sea

Author:
Thomas Thøgersen; Ayoe Hoff; Hans S. Frost
Source:
Climate risk management 2015 v.10 pp. 51-62
ISSN:
2212-0963
Subject:
bioeconomics; climate; climate change; economic impact; economic performance; economic sustainability; environmental factors; fish industry; fisheries management; fishermen; herring; models; mortality; reproductive performance; risk management; Baltic Sea
Abstract:
... The long term management plan for cod in the eastern Baltic Sea was introduced in 2007 to ensure the full reproductive capacity of cod and an economically viable fishing industry. If these goals are to be fulfilled under changing environmental conditions, a readjustment of the current management plan may be needed. Therefore, this paper investigates the economic impacts of managing the cod, sprat ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.crm.2015.09.001

91. Scenario simulations of future salinity and ecological consequences in the Baltic Sea and adjacent North Sea areas–implications for environmental monitoring

Author:
Ilppo Vuorinen; Jari Hänninen; Marjut Rajasilta; Päivi Laine; Jan Eklund; Federico Montesino-Pouzols; Francesco Corona; Karin Junker; H.E.Markus Meier; Joachim W. Dippner
Source:
Ecological indicators 2015 v.50 pp. 196-205
ISSN:
1470-160X
Subject:
climate; climate change; climate models; ecosystems; environmental impact; environmental monitoring; fish; fisheries; freshwater; latitude; rain; runoff; salinity; watersheds; Baltic Sea; North Sea
Abstract:
... Substantial ecological changes occurred in the 1970s in the Northern Baltic during a temporary period of low salinity (S). This period was preceded by an episodic increase in the rainfall over the Baltic Sea watershed area. Several climate models, both global and regional, project an increase in the runoff of the Northern latitudes due to proceeding climate change. The aim of this study is to mode ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.10.019
PubMed:
25737660
PubMed Central:
PMC4308008

92. Variability in climate change simulations affects needed long-term riverine nutrient reductions for the Baltic Sea

Author:
Arvid Bring; Peter Rogberg; Georgia Destouni
Source:
Ambio 2015 v.44 no.Supplement 3 pp. 381-391
ISSN:
0044-7447
Subject:
climate; climate change; models; monitoring; nutrient content; nutrient management; pollution load; rivers; runoff; uncertainty; water flow; Baltic Sea
Abstract:
... Changes to runoff due to climate change may influence management of nutrient loading to the sea. Assuming unchanged river nutrient concentrations, we evaluate the effects of changing runoff on commitments to nutrient reductions under the Baltic Sea Action Plan. For several countries, climate projections point to large variability in load changes in relation to reduction targets. These changes eith ...
DOI:
10.1007/s13280-015-0657-5
PubMed:
26022321
PubMed Central:
PMC4447692

93. An Arctic seal in temperate waters: History of the ringed seal (Pusa hispida) in the Baltic Sea and its adaptation to the changing environment

Author:
Pirkko Ukkonen; Kim Aaris-Sørensen; Laura Arppe; Linas Daugnora; Antti Halkka; Lembi Lõugas; Markku Juhani Oinonen; Malgorzata Pilot; Jan Storå
Source:
Holocene v.24 no.12 pp. 1694-1706
ISSN:
1477-0911
Subject:
Ancylus; Littorina; Pusa hispida; basins; breeding; carbon; climate; coasts; cold; collagen; ice; lakes; salinity; seals; stable isotopes; winter; Arctic region; Baltic Sea; Denmark
Abstract:
... The ringed seal (Pusa hispida) is an early immigrant in the Baltic Basin and has since its arrival experienced substantial changes in the climate, salinity and productivity of the Basin. In this paper, we discuss the dispersal and distribution of the ringed seal during different stages of the Baltic Sea in relation to past and ongoing environmental changes. Subfossil ringed seal remains around the ...
DOI:
10.1177/0959683614551226

94. BALTIMOS—a coupled modelling system for the Baltic Sea and its drainage basin

Author:
Philip Lorenz; Daniela Jacob
Source:
Theoretical and applied climatology 2014 v.118 no.4 pp. 715-727
ISSN:
0177-798X
Subject:
climate; climate models; energy; hydrology; ice; surface water temperature; watersheds; weather; Baltic Sea
Abstract:
... The major tasks of the Baltic Sea Experiment (BALTEX) are to simulate the water and energy cycles of the Baltic Sea catchment and to identify important processes, which are relevant to the climate in the Baltic region. A fully coupled regional climate model system for the Baltic Sea region, called BALTIMOS, was developed in the framework of the German climate research program DEKLIM by linking exi ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00704-014-1276-y

95. Biomass changes and trophic amplification of plankton in a warmer ocean

Author:
Guillem Chust; J. Icarus Allen; Laurent Bopp; Corinna Schrum; Jason Holt; Kostas Tsiaras; Marco Zavatarelli; Marina Chifflet; Heather Cannaby; Isabelle Dadou; Ute Daewel; Sarah L. Wakelin; Eric Machu; Dhanya Pushpadas; Momme Butenschon; Yuri Artioli; George Petihakis; Chris Smith; Veronique Garçon; Katerina Goubanova; Briac Le Vu; Bettina A. Fach; Baris Salihoglu; Emanuela Clementi; Xabier Irigoien
Source:
Global change biology 2014 v.20 no.7 pp. 2124-2139
ISSN:
1354-1013
Subject:
biomass; carbon; climate; ecophysiology; ecosystems; food webs; global warming; models; oceans; phytoplankton; primary productivity; surface temperature; zooplankton; Adriatic Sea; Aegean Sea; Antarctic region; Arctic region; Baltic Sea; Barents Sea; Bay of Biscay; Black Sea; North Sea
Abstract:
... Ocean warming can modify the ecophysiology and distribution of marine organisms, and relationships between species, with nonlinear interactions between ecosystem components potentially resulting in trophic amplification. Trophic amplification (or attenuation) describe the propagation of a hydroclimatic signal up the food web, causing magnification (or depression) of biomass values along one or mor ...
DOI:
10.1111/gcb.12562
PubMed:
24604761

96. Climate Change and Agricultural Development: Adapting Polish Agriculture to Reduce Future Nutrient Loads in a Coastal Watershed

Author:
Mikołaj Piniewski; Ignacy Kardel; Marek Giełczewski; Paweł Marcinkowski; Tomasz Okruszko
Source:
Ambio 2014 v.43 no.5 pp. 644-660
ISSN:
0044-7447
Subject:
Soil and Water Assessment Tool model; climate; climate change; coasts; constructed wetlands; crop yield; eutrophication; intensive farming; land cover; land use change; pollution load; rivers; spring; water quality; watersheds; winter; Baltic Sea; Poland
Abstract:
... Currently, there is a major concern about the future of nutrient loads discharged into the Baltic Sea from Polish rivers because they are main contributors to its eutrophication. To date, no watershed-scale studies have properly addressed this issue. This paper fills this gap by using a scenario-modeling framework applied in the Reda watershed, a small (482 km²) agricultural coastal area in northe ...
DOI:
10.1007/s13280-013-0461-z
PubMed:
24154850
PubMed Central:
PMC4132465

97. Climate change and the potential effects on runoff and nitrogen losses in the Nordic–Baltic region

Author:
Lillian Øygarden; Johannes Deelstra; Ainis Lagzdins; Marianne Bechmann; Inga Greipsland; Katarina Kyllmar; Arvydas Povilaitis; Arvo Iital
Source:
Agriculture, ecosystems & environment 2014 v.198 pp. 114-126
ISSN:
0167-8809
Subject:
European Union; agricultural management; atmospheric precipitation; climate; climate change; fungicides; greenhouse gas emissions; greenhouse gases; growing season; monitoring; nitrates; nitrogen; nutrients; runoff; tillage; water quality; watersheds; Baltic Sea
Abstract:
... Climatic changes will influence the possibilities for agricultural production (e.g. longer growing season), agricultural management practices (e.g. changes in tillage, fertilization, increased use of fungicides) and runoff conditions, and thereby the losses of nutrients from agricultural fields to the environment. Nitrogen (N) is of particular interest in the Baltic Sea region because of its adver ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.agee.2014.06.025

98. Comparison of precipitation in the regional climate model BALTIMOS to radar observations

Author:
Andi Walther; Marc Schröder; Jürgen Fischer; Ralf Bennartz
Source:
Theoretical and applied climatology 2014 v.118 no.4 pp. 627-640
ISSN:
0177-798X
Subject:
algorithms; climate; climate models; diurnal variation; radar; rain; summer; watersheds; Baltic Sea
Abstract:
... Observational data and simulations of the regional climate system Baltic integrated model system (BALTIMOS) were used to study precipitation in the Baltic Sea and its drainage basin with a special focus on the diurnal cycle. The study includes a general evaluation of BALTIMOS precipitation, showing that BALTIMOS has too many light rain events causing an overestimation of the total annual precipita ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00704-009-0174-1

99. Deoxygenation of the Baltic Sea during the last century

Author:
Jacob Carstensen; Jesper H. Andersen; Bo G. Gustafsson; Daniel J. Conley
Source:
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2014 v.111 no.15 pp. 5628-5633
ISSN:
0027-8424
Subject:
climate; coasts; ecosystems; environmental impact; eutrophication; global warming; nutrients; oxygen; salinity; temperature; Baltic Sea
Abstract:
... Deoxygenation is a global problem in coastal and open regions of the ocean, and has led to expanding areas of oxygen minimum zones and coastal hypoxia. The recent expansion of hypoxia in coastal ecosystems has been primarily attributed to global warming and enhanced nutrient input from land and atmosphere. The largest anthropogenically induced hypoxic area in the world is the Baltic Sea, where the ...
DOI:
10.1073/pnas.1323156111
PubMed:
24706804
PubMed Central:
PMC3992700

100. Determinants of fine-scale plant diversity in dry calcareous grasslands within the Baltic Sea region

Author:
Triin Reitalu; Aveliina Helm; Meelis Pärtel; Karin Bengtsson; Pille Gerhold; Ejvind Rosén; Krista Takkis; Sergey Znamenskiy; Honor C. Prentice
Source:
Agriculture, ecosystems & environment 2014 v.182 pp. 59-68
ISSN:
0167-8809
Subject:
biogeography; climate; data collection; grasslands; habitats; islands; ordination techniques; phylogeny; plant communities; soil depth; species diversity; temperature; Baltic Sea; Estonia; Russia; Sweden
Abstract:
... We used an extensive dataset (1220 vegetation plots of 1m2) to study vegetation gradients and fine-scale plant diversity in dry calcareous grasslands (including alvar grasslands) in the Baltic Sea region. The study area covers the entire European distributional range of alvar habitats: Sweden (Öland, Gotland, Götaland), Estonia (Saaremaa, Hiiumaa, north Estonia, west Estonia), and western Russia ( ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.agee.2012.11.005