Small pelagic fish (SPF) play extremely important ecological roles in marine ecosystems,
form some of the most economically valuable fisheries resources, and play a vital role in …

Abrupt and rapid shifts in food web and community structure, commonly termed regime
shifts, have been increasingly reported for exploited marine ecosystems around the world …

Fisheries can have a large impact on marine ecosystems, because the effects of removing
large predatory fish may cascade down the food web. The implications of these cascading …

A bstract The ecosystems of coastal and enclosed seas are under increasing anthropogenic
pressure worldwide, with Chesapeake Bay, the Gulf of Mexico and the Black and Baltic Seas …

Anthropogenic disturbances intertwined with climatic changes can have a large impact on
the upper trophic levels of marine ecosystems, which may cascade down the food web. So …

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 …

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 …

Abstract The Baltic Sea is a large brackish semienclosed sea whose species‐poor fish
community supports important commercial and recreational fisheries. Both the fish species …

This book offers an up-to-date overview of the latest scientific findings in regional climate
research on the Baltic Sea basin. This includes climate changes in the recent past, climate …

Ljunggren, L., Sandström, A., Bergström, U., Mattila, J., Lappalainen, A., Johansson, G.,
Sundblad, G., Casini, M., Kaljuste, O., and Eriksson, BK 2010. Recruitment failure of coastal …