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1. Biogeochemical functioning of the Baltic Sea

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Kuliński, Karol, Rehder, Gregor, Asmala, Eero, Bartosova, Alena, Carstensen, Jacob, Gustafsson, Bo, Hall, Per O.J., Humborg, Christoph, Jilbert, Tom, Jürgens, Klaus, Meier, H. E.Markus, Müller-Karulis, Bärbel, Naumann, Michael, Olesen, Jørgen E., Savchuk, Oleg, Schramm, Andreas, Slomp, Caroline P., Sofiev, Mikhail, Sobek, Anna, Szymczycha, Beata, Undeman, Emma, Kuliński, Karol, Rehder, Gregor, Asmala, Eero, Bartosova, Alena, Carstensen, Jacob, Gustafsson, Bo, Hall, Per O.J., Humborg, Christoph, Jilbert, Tom, Jürgens, Klaus, Meier, H. E.Markus, Müller-Karulis, Bärbel, Naumann, Michael, Olesen, Jørgen E., Savchuk, Oleg, Schramm, Andreas, Slomp, Caroline P., Sofiev, Mikhail, Sobek, Anna, Szymczycha, Beata, and Undeman, Emma

Abstract

Location, specific topography, and hydrographic setting together with climate change and strong anthropogenic pressure are the main factors shaping the biogeochemical functioning and thus also the ecological status of the Baltic Sea. The recent decades have brought significant changes in the Baltic Sea. First, the rising nutrient loads from land in the second half of the 20th century led to eutrophication and spreading of hypoxic and anoxic areas, for which permanent stratification of the water column and limited ventilation of deep-water layers made favourable conditions. Since the 1980s the nutrient loads to the Baltic Sea have been continuously decreasing. This, however, has so far not resulted in significant improvements in oxygen availability in the deep regions, which has revealed a slow response time of the system to the reduction of the land-derived nutrient loads. Responsible for that is the low burial efficiency of phosphorus at anoxic conditions and its remobilization from sediments when conditions change from oxic to anoxic. This results in a stoichiometric excess of phosphorus available for organic-matter production, which promotes the growth of N2-fixing cyanobacteria and in turn supports eutrophication. This assessment reviews the available and published knowledge on the biogeochemical functioning of the Baltic Sea. In its content, the paper covers the aspects related to changes in carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus (C, N, and P) external loads, their transformations in the coastal zone, changes in organic-matter production (eutrophication) and remineralization (oxygen availability), and the role of sediments in burial and turnover of C, N, and P. In addition to that, this paper focuses also on changes in the marine CO2 system, the structure and functioning of the microbial community, and the role of contaminants for biogeochemical processes. This comprehensive assessment allowed also for identifying knowledge gaps and future research needs in the fi

Published
2022

2. Biogeochemical functioning of the Baltic Sea

Author

Geochemistry, General geochemistry, Kuliński, Karol, Rehder, Gregor, Asmala, Eero, Bartosova, Alena, Carstensen, Jacob, Gustafsson, Bo, Hall, Per O.J., Humborg, Christoph, Jilbert, Tom, Jürgens, Klaus, Meier, H. E.Markus, Müller-Karulis, Bärbel, Naumann, Michael, Olesen, Jørgen E., Savchuk, Oleg, Schramm, Andreas, Slomp, Caroline P., Sofiev, Mikhail, Sobek, Anna, Szymczycha, Beata, Undeman, Emma, Geochemistry, General geochemistry, Kuliński, Karol, Rehder, Gregor, Asmala, Eero, Bartosova, Alena, Carstensen, Jacob, Gustafsson, Bo, Hall, Per O.J., Humborg, Christoph, Jilbert, Tom, Jürgens, Klaus, Meier, H. E.Markus, Müller-Karulis, Bärbel, Naumann, Michael, Olesen, Jørgen E., Savchuk, Oleg, Schramm, Andreas, Slomp, Caroline P., Sofiev, Mikhail, Sobek, Anna, Szymczycha, Beata, and Undeman, Emma

Published
2022

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

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Zandersen, Marianne, Hyytiäinen, Kari, Meier, H. E.Markus, Tomczak, Maciej T., Bauer, Barbara, Haapasaari, Päivi E., Olesen, Jørgen Eivind, Gustafsson, Bo G., Refsgaard, Jens Christian, Fridell, Erik, Pihlainen, Sampo, Le Tissier, Martin D.A., Kosenius, Anna Kaisa, Van Vuuren, Detlef P., and Environmental Sciences

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Shipping, Global and Planetary Change, Scenarios, Fisheries, Agriculture, Environmental problems, Wastewater treatment
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 both related to the local scale (e.g. land use change) and the global scale (e.g. climate change). There is currently a lack of scenarios supporting policy-making that systematically explore how global and regional developments could concurrently impact the Baltic Sea region. Here, we present five narratives for future development in the Baltic Sea region, consistent with the global Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs) developed for climate research. We focus on agriculture, wastewater treatment, fisheries, shipping, and atmospheric deposition, which all represent major pressures on the Baltic Sea. While we find strong links between the global pathways and regional pressures, we also conclude that each pathway may very well be the host of different sectoral developments, which in turn may have different impacts on the ecosystem state. The extended SSP narratives for the Baltic Sea region are intended as a description of sectoral developments at regional scale that enable detailed scenario analysis and discussions across different sectors and disciplines, but within a common context. In addition, the extended SSPs can readily be combined with climate pathways for integrated scenario analysis of regional environmental problems.

Published
2019

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

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Environmental Sciences, Zandersen, Marianne, Hyytiäinen, Kari, Meier, H. E.Markus, Tomczak, Maciej T., Bauer, Barbara, Haapasaari, Päivi E., Olesen, Jørgen Eivind, Gustafsson, Bo G., Refsgaard, Jens Christian, Fridell, Erik, Pihlainen, Sampo, Le Tissier, Martin D.A., Kosenius, Anna Kaisa, Van Vuuren, Detlef P., Environmental Sciences, Zandersen, Marianne, Hyytiäinen, Kari, Meier, H. E.Markus, Tomczak, Maciej T., Bauer, Barbara, Haapasaari, Päivi E., Olesen, Jørgen Eivind, Gustafsson, Bo G., Refsgaard, Jens Christian, Fridell, Erik, Pihlainen, Sampo, Le Tissier, Martin D.A., Kosenius, Anna Kaisa, and Van Vuuren, Detlef P.

Published
2019

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