Climate change and the Baltic Sea action plan: Model simulations on the future of the western Baltic Sea

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 105-108, Issue , 2012, Pages 175-186

  Friedland, René ^a   Neumann, Thomas ^a   Schernewski, Gerald ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea Action Plan; Climate Change; Nutrient reduction scenario; Simulation; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

ACTION PLAN; BALTIC SEA; CHLOROPHYLL CONCENTRATION; GERMANY; MODEL SIMULATION; N-FIXATION; NUTRIENT LOADS; NUTRIENT REDUCTION; OXYGEN SATURATION; REFERENCE CONDITION; SECCHI DEPTH; SIMULATION; SYSTEM STATE; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES; WATER TEMPERATURES; WESTERN BALTIC SEAS;

CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; EUTROPHICATION; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; RIVER POLLUTION; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; WATER CONSERVATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; FUTURE PROSPECT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; OXYGEN; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

EID: 84867328484     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2012.08.002     Document Type: Article

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