The Baltic Sea is a unique ecosystem that is especially sensitive to anthropogenic pressure.
We analysed human pressure in this sea, which may be considered as paradoxes. One of …

Assessing the environmental status of marine ecosystems is useful when communicating
key messages to policymakers or the society, reducing the complex information of the …

Microplastics in aquatic environments provide novel habitats for surface-colonizing
microorganisms. Given the continuing debate on whether substrate-specific properties or …

Investigating the factors regulating fish condition is crucial in ecology and the management
of exploited fish populations. The body condition of cod (Gadus morhua) in the Baltic Sea …

This paper presents the results of an internationally coordinated contingent valuation study
on the benefits of reducing marine eutrophication in the Baltic Sea according to current …

Assessments of the environmental status of the Baltic Sea as called for by the Marine
Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) must be based on a set of indicators. A pre-core …

Scientific complexity and uncertainty is a key challenge for environmental risk governance
and to understand how risks are framed and communicated is of utmost importance. The …

The short sediment core EMB201/7-4 retrieved from the East Gotland Basin, central Baltic
Sea, is explored here as a candidate to host the stratigraphical basis for the Anthropocene …

Multidisciplinary investigations based on integration of chemical and biological
measurements, represent an added value to monitoring and management protocols, and …

High-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) based non-target screening (NTS) is a powerful
approach for the simultaneous determination of multiple environmental contaminant classes …