Current global fisheries production of≈ 160 million tons is rising as a result of increases in
aquaculture production. A number of climate-related threats to both capture fisheries and …

Hypoxia, a growing worldwide problem, has been intermittently present in the modern Baltic
Sea since its formation ca. 8000 cal. yr BP. However, both the spatial extent and intensity of …

Evidence of the impacts of anthropogenic climate change on marine ecosystems is
accumulating, but must be evaluated in the context of the “normal” climate cycles and …

Trace metal enrichments in sedimentary deposits are of prime interest because they are
governed by processes that also control the production and preservation of organic matter …

Increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) is raising seawater CO2 concentrations and
thereby acidifying ocean water. But a second environmental problem, eutrophication, is also …

Major Baltic inflow events (MBI) transport large amounts of saline water into the Baltic. They
are the solely source for deep water ventilation in the central Baltic basins, and control to a …

Marine microbial communities are facing various ecosystem fluctuations (eg, temperature,
organic matter concentration, salinity, or redox regimes) and thus have to be highly adaptive …

In the transition area between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea entrainment processes
dominate the vertical mixing in the inflowing saline bottom water. The hot spots of these …

Megacities are not only important drivers for socio-economic development but also sources
of environmental challenges. Many megacities and large urban agglomerations are located …

A three-dimensional, eddy-permitting ocean circulation model with implemented bottom
boundary layer model and flux-corrected transport scheme is used to calculate the pathways …