Abstract Based on the Baltic Earth Assessment Reports of this thematic issue in Earth
System Dynamics and recent peer-reviewed literature, current knowledge of the effects of …

Coastal global oceans are expected to undergo drastic changes driven by climate change
and increasing anthropogenic pressures in coming decades. Predicting specific future …

Time series of environmental measurements are essential for detecting, measuring and
understanding changes in the Earth system and its biological communities. Observational …

The seasonal succession of plankton is an annually repeated process of community
assembly during which all major external factors and internal interactions sha** …

Trophic cascades—the top-down regulation of ecosystems by predators—are an essential
aspect of ecosystem function and well-being. Trophic cascades are often drastically …

Abstract Rijnsdorp, AD, Peck, MA, Engelhard, GH, Möllmann, C., and Pinnegar, JK 2009.
Resolving the effect of climate change on fish populations.–ICES Journal of Marine Science …

Climate change has multiple effects on Baltic Sea species, communities and ecosystem
functioning through changes in physical and biogeochemical environmental characteristics …

The evidence for anthropogenically induced climate change is overwhelming with the
production of greenhouse gases from burning fossil fuels being a key driver. In response …

Abstract In Mediterranean European countries, 85% of the assessed stocks are currently
overfished compared to a maximum sustainable yield reference value (MSY) while …

Fisheries can have a large impact on marine ecosystems, because the effects of removing
large predatory fish may cascade down the food web. The implications of these cascading …