Idefjord, Sweden and Norway
Main Contributors:
Johanna Yletyinen
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Summary
Persistent hypoxia in Idefjord caused bethic mortality and reduced benthos. The hypoxia was first recorded in the 1960s. After closing of the local sulfite pulp mill, the fjord has recovered.
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
- North Europe
Countries
- Norway
- Sweden
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Key References
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Hanslik D, Rosenberg K. 2006. The foraminiferal record of pollution and recovery of the formerly heavily polluted Idefjord, Sweden/Norway. Abstract, Svenska Havsforskarföreningen, Havsforskarmöte in Göteborg, 2-4 October 2001. Geophysical Research Abstracts 8.
Citation
Johanna Yletyinen.
Idefjord, Sweden and Norway.
In: Regime Shifts Database, www.regimeshifts.org.
Last revised 2012-03-17 19:00:07 GMT.
