Northern Baltic Sea
Main Contributors:
Johanna Yletyinen
Other Contributors:
Summary
The Baltic Sea hypoxia is caused by eutrophication and limited salt water input from the North Sea. In the northern Baltic Sea hypoxia is rare in the estuaries of the Bothnian Sea coastal zone. In the Swedish and Finnish archipelagos hypoxia is influenced by phytoplankton growth due to eutrophication and restricted water circulation.
Type of regime shift
Ecosystem type
- Marine & coastal
Land uses
- Fisheries
Spatial scale of the case study
- Sub-continental/regional (e.g. southern Africa, Amazon basin)
Continent or Ocean
- Europe
Region
- North Europe
Countries
- Sweden
- Finland
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Key References
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Conley D et al. 2011. Hypoxia Is Increasing in the Coastal Zone of the Baltic Sea. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2011, 6777–6783.
Citation
Johanna Yletyinen.
Northern Baltic Sea.
In: Regime Shifts Database, www.regimeshifts.org.
Last revised 2012-03-17 18:59:41 GMT.
