Kiel Bight, Germany
Main Contributors:
Johanna Yletyinen
Other Contributors:
Summary
Seasonal hypoxia in Kiel Bight may occur during summer and cause stress for fish and mass bethic mortality (annual recolonization). Hypoxia was first recorded in the 1960s.
Type of regime shift
Ecosystem type
- Marine & coastal
Land uses
- Fisheries
Spatial scale of the case study
- Local/landscape (e.g. lake, catchment, community)
Continent or Ocean
- Europe
Region
- The Baltic Sea
Countries
- Germany
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Key References
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Meyer-Reil LA. 1983. Benthic response to sedimentation events during autumn to spring at a shallow water station in the Western Kiel Bight. II Analysis of benthic bacterial populations. Marine Biology 77, 247-256.
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Rachor E. 1982. Seasonal and long-term population fluctuations in Diastylis Rathkei (Crustacea: Cumacea) of Kiel Bay and German Bight. Netherlands Journal of Sea Research 16, 141-150.
Citation
Johanna Yletyinen.
Kiel Bight, Germany.
In: Regime Shifts Database, www.regimeshifts.org.
Last revised 2012-01-11 14:36:59 GMT.
