Ensemble modeling of the Baltic Sea ecosystem to provide scenarios for management

Ambio

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 37-48

  Meier, H E Markus ^a   Andersson, Helén C ^a   Arheimer, Berit ^a   Donnelly, Chantal ^a   Eilola, Kari ^a   Gustafsson, Bo G ^b   Kotwicki, Lech ^c   Neset, Tina Simone ^d   Niiranen, Susa ^b   Piwowarczyk, Joanna ^c   Savchuk, Oleg P ^b   Schenk, Frederik ^e   Wȩsławski, Jan Marcin ^c   Zorita, Eduardo ^e  

^a SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Baltic Sea Action Plan; Climate change; Ecosystem approach to management; Eutrophication; Multi model ensemble approach

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BALTIC STATES; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; SEA;

BALTIC STATES; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; OCEANS AND SEAS;

EID: 84898483792     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-013-0475-6     Document Type: Article

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