Causes and consequences of acidification in the Baltic Sea: implications for monitoring and management.

ABSTRACT: Increasing atmospheric CO₂ drives ocean acidification globally. In coastal seas, acidification trends can however be either counteracted or enhanced by other processes. Ecosystem effects of acidification are so far small in the Baltic Sea, but changes should be anticipated unless CO₂ emissions are curbed. Possible future acidification trends in the Baltic Sea, conditional on CO₂ emissions, climate change, and changes in productivity, can be assessed by means of model simulations. There are uncertainties regarding potential consequences for marine organisms, partly because of difficulties to assign critical thresholds, but also because of knowledge gaps regarding species' capacity to adapt. Increased temporal and spatial monitoring of inorganic carbon system

SUBMITTER: Gustafsson E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10539381 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature