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Comparing reconstructed past variations and future projections of the Baltic Sea ecosystem—first results from multi-model ensemble simulations

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العنوان: Comparing reconstructed past variations and future projections of the Baltic Sea ecosystem—first results from multi-model ensemble simulations
المؤلفون: H E Markus Meier, Helén C Andersson, Berit Arheimer, Thorsten Blenckner, Boris Chubarenko, Chantal Donnelly, Kari Eilola, Bo G Gustafsson, Anders Hansson, Jonathan Havenhand, Anders Höglund, Ivan Kuznetsov, Brian R MacKenzie, Bärbel Müller-Karulis, Thomas Neumann, Susa Niiranen, Joanna Piwowarczyk, Urmas Raudsepp, Marcus Reckermann, Tuija Ruoho-Airola, Oleg P Savchuk, Frederik Schenk, Semjon Schimanke, Germo Väli, Jan-Marcin Weslawski, Eduardo Zorita
المصدر: Environmental Research Letters, Vol 7, Iss 3, p 034005 (2012)
بيانات النشر: IOP Publishing
سنة النشر: 2012
المجموعة: Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles
مصطلحات موضوعية: 92.05.Df, 92.70.Er, 92.70.Kb, 92.70.Pq, Baltic Sea, numerical modeling, Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering, TD1-1066, Environmental sciences, GE1-350, Science, Physics, QC1-999
الوصف: Multi-model ensemble simulations for the marine biogeochemistry and food web of the Baltic Sea were performed for the period 1850–2098, and projected changes in the future climate were compared with the past climate environment. For the past period 1850–2006, atmospheric, hydrological and nutrient forcings were reconstructed, based on historical measurements. For the future period 1961–2098, scenario simulations were driven by regionalized global general circulation model (GCM) data and forced by various future greenhouse gas emission and air- and riverborne nutrient load scenarios (ranging from a pessimistic ‘business-as-usual’ to the most optimistic case). To estimate uncertainties, different models for the various parts of the Earth system were applied. Assuming the IPCC greenhouse gas emission scenarios A1B or A2, we found that water temperatures at the end of this century may be higher and salinities and oxygen concentrations may be lower than ever measured since 1850. There is also a tendency of increased eutrophication in the future, depending on the nutrient load scenario. Although cod biomass is mainly controlled by fishing mortality, climate change together with eutrophication may result in a biomass decline during the latter part of this century, even when combined with lower fishing pressure. Despite considerable shortcomings of state-of-the-art models, this study suggests that the future Baltic Sea ecosystem may unprecedentedly change compared to the past 150 yr. As stakeholders today pay only little attention to adaptation and mitigation strategies, more information is needed to raise public awareness of the possible impacts of climate change on marine ecosystems.
نوع الوثيقة: article in journal/newspaper
اللغة: English
تدمد: 1748-9326
Relation: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/7/3/034005; https://doaj.org/toc/1748-9326; https://doaj.org/article/8d62a92f438a44b6afe102c36cfc070b
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/7/3/034005
الاتاحة: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/7/3/034005
https://doaj.org/article/8d62a92f438a44b6afe102c36cfc070b
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.7727317B
قاعدة البيانات: BASE
الوصف
تدمد:17489326
DOI:10.1088/1748-9326/7/3/034005