Projected future climate change and Baltic Sea ecosystem management

Ambio

Volumn 44, Issue , 2015, Pages 345-356

  Andersson, Agneta ^a   Meier, H E Markus ^b   Ripszam, Matyas ^a   Rowe, Owen ^a   Wikner, Johan ^a   Haglund, Peter ^a   Eilola, Kari ^b   Legrand, Catherine ^d   Figueroa, Daniela ^a   Paczkowska, Joanna ^a   Lindehoff, Elin ^d   Tysklind, Mats ^a   Elmgren, Ragnar ^c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allochthonous organic matter; Bacterial production; Climate change; Food web; Monitoring; Primary production

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CYANOBACTERIUM; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; FOOD WEB; ICE COVER; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLLUTION EFFECT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SIMULATION; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; PHYTOPLANKTON;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; PHYTOPLANKTON;

EID: 84923050076     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-015-0654-8     Document Type: Article

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