[HTML][HTML] Global climate change and the Baltic Sea ecosystem: direct and indirect effects on species, communities and ecosystem functioning

M Viitasalo, E Bonsdorff - Earth System Dynamics, 2022 - esd.copernicus.org
Climate change has multiple effects on Baltic Sea species, communities and ecosystem
functioning through changes in physical and biogeochemical environmental characteristics …

Shifting diatom—dinoflagellate dominance during spring bloom in the Baltic Sea and its potential effects on biogeochemical cycling

K Spilling, K Olli, J Lehtoranta, A Kremp… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The Baltic Sea is affected by a range of human induced environmental pressures such as
eutrophication. Here we synthesize the ongoing shift from diatom dominance toward more …

Post‐glacial establishment of locally adapted fish populations over a steep salinity gradient

EH Leder, C André, A Le Moan, M Töpel… - Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Studies of colonization of new habitats that appear from rapidly changing environments are
interesting and highly relevant to our understanding of divergence and speciation. Here, we …

Brine volume fraction as a habitability metric for Europa's ice shell

NS Wolfenbarger, MG Fox‐Powell… - Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Brine systems in Europa's ice shell have been hypothesized as potential habitats that could
be more accessible than the sub‐ice ocean. We model the distribution of sub‐millimeter …

Bacterioplankton dynamics driven by interannual and spatial variation in diatom and dinoflagellate spring bloom communities in the Baltic Sea

MT Camarena‐Gómez… - Limnology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In parts of the Baltic Sea, the phytoplankton spring bloom communities, commonly
dominated by diatoms, are shifting toward the co‐occurrence of diatoms and dinoflagellates …

Non‐Redfieldian Dynamics Explain Seasonal pCO2 Drawdown in the Gulf of Bothnia

F Fransner, E Gustafsson, L Tedesco… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
High inputs of nutrients and organic matter make coastal seas places of intense air‐sea CO2
exchange. Due to their complexity, the role of coastal seas in the global air‐sea CO2 …

[HTML][HTML] Modern land use changes drive shifts in nutrient cycling and diatom assemblages in the Baltic Sea coastal zone: A millennial perspective with a case study …

E Andrén, O Vinogradova, M Lönn, S Belle… - Quaternary Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study aims to investigate and disentangle the impact of land use and climate variability
on the Baltic Sea coastal zone from a millennial perspective. To assess the environmental …

[HTML][HTML] Medieval versus recent environmental conditions in the Baltic Proper, what was different a thousand years ago?

E Andrén, F van Wirdum, LN Ivarsson, M Lönn… - Palaeogeography …, 2020 - Elsevier
A sediment record from the western Gotland Basin, northwestern Baltic Proper, covering the
last 1200 years, was investigated for past changes in climate and the environment using …

[HTML][HTML] Physical oceanography sets the scene for the Marine Strategy Framework Directive implementation in the Baltic Sea

K Myrberg, S Korpinen, L Uusitalo - Marine Policy, 2019 - Elsevier
A challenge of the EU's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) is to ensure
comparable status assessments for good environmental status (GES) in the European seas …

Effects of sea ice and wind speed on phytoplankton spring bloom in central and southern Baltic Sea

O Pärn, G Lessin, A Stips - PLoS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
In this study, the effects of sea ice and wind speed on the timing and composition of
phytoplankton spring bloom in the central and southern Baltic Sea are investigated by a …