Beyond emissions: unravelling the effects of ecosystem change on contaminant concentrations in herring from the Baltic Sea.

ABSTRACT: The effects of environmental changes on contaminant fate in the ecosystem are poorly understood, even in the otherwise well-studied Baltic Sea. This area is considered one of the most polluted in the world and is currently undergoing rapid shifts related to climate change and eutrophication. In this study, we focus on the effects of an altered productivity base and changes in food web structure on contaminant concentrations in the commercially important Baltic herring, which is also a key-species in the ecosystem. In herring of known size and age, collected within the Swedish National Monitoring Program for Contaminants in Marine Biota during the past two to three decades, retrospective analyses of contaminant concentrations and stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen including amino acid-s

SUBMITTER: Masnadi F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12553583 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature