Review is given about the main results of the oceanographic component of the BALTEX
research programme (one of the six continental scale experiments within GEWEX-WCRP to …

The Gulf of Riga (Fig. 10.1) is a relatively shallow and isolated water-body with a surface
area of 16,330 km 2. On its eastern and southern sides it is flanked by the Estonian and …

A box model has been implemented to understand the large-scale biogeochemical cycles of
nitrogen, phosphorus, and silicon in the Gulf of Riga. The large data sets collected within the …

There is a growing need for diversification of seaweed aquaculture practices in Europe. In
the Baltic Sea, very few seaweed species are utilised commercially, and only the kelp …

High-resolution in situ water level data is one of the core sources for the identification and
understanding the reaction of the sea to climate change. We analyse digitised recordings of …

Macrozoobenthic communities within and outside of the drift algal mats were compared in
Kõiguste Bay, NE Baltic Sea. The patches of the drift algae were on average 0.5–1 km wide …

A better understanding of the fate of nutrients entering the Baltic Sea ecosystem is an
important issue with implications for environmental management. There are two sources of …

Mesograzers are known to reduce the biomass of their host plant and modify the structure of
the whole macrophyte community in many ecosystems. Thus, the introduction of an efficient …

A high-resolution (of order 1km grid) 2D hydrodynamic model is used to examine the water
level in two nearly tideless semi-enclosed sub-basins of the Baltic Sea. The model is forced …

Charophytes are a highly endangered group of algae. In the Baltic Sea, the number of
species, distribution area and biomass of charophytes have significantly decreased in recent …