A5087965357- Coastal and Marine Management
- Marine and fisheries research
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Marine and coastal ecosystems
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
- International Maritime Law Issues
- Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
- Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
- Environmental and Social Impact Assessments
- Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
- Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Research in Social Sciences
- Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
- Marine and environmental studies
- Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
- Indigenous Studies and Ecology
- Maritime Navigation and Safety
- Ecology and biodiversity studies
Finnish Environment Institute
2015-2025
Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission
2009-2013
United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research
2013
University of Turku
2006-2008
Traditional and emerging human activities are increasingly putting pressures on marine ecosystems impacting their ability to sustain ecological communities. To evaluate the health status of we need a science-based, integrated Ecosystem Approach, that incorporates knowledge ecosystem function services provided can be used track how management decisions change ecosystems. Although many methods have been developed assess single components ecosystem, few exist for assessing multiple in holistic...
Marine Ecosystem-Based Management (EBM) approaches are a well-established and fundamental component of international agreements treaties, regional seas conventions, assessment strategies, European Directives national instruments. However, there is the need to interrogate clarify implementation EBM under current marine management. Although particular focus here within Union Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD), all lessons learned applicable assessments management in worldwide given that...
Eutrophication is a serious threat to aquatic ecosystems globally with pronounced negative effects in the Baltic and other semi-enclosed estuaries regional seas, where algal growth associated excess nutrients causes widespread oxygen free "dead zones" threats sustainability. Decades of policy initiatives reduce external (land-based atmospheric) nutrient loads have so far failed control Sea eutrophication, which compounded by significant internal release legacy phosphorus (P) biological...
Abstract Marine ecosystems are under high demand for human use, giving concerns about how pressures from activities may affect their structure, function, and status. In Europe, recent developments in mapping of marine habitats now enable a coherent spatial evaluation potential combined effects activities. Results indicate that multiple spread to 96% the European area, more specifically physical disturbance 86% coastal area 46% shelf area. We compare our approach with corresponding...
The eutrophication status of the entire Baltic Sea is classified using a multi-metric indicator-based assessment tool. A total 189 areas are assessed indicators where information on reference conditions (RefCon), and acceptable deviation (AcDev) from condition could be combined with national monitoring data period 2001–2006. Most (176) as 'affected by eutrophication' only two open water 11 coastal 'unaffected eutrophication'. classification made application recently developed HELCOM...
This study aims to develop a methodology for identifying predominant pressures on the marine ecosystem, emphasizing significance of examining these and necessity management scenarios. The research focuses how Black Sea ecosystem responds combined effects human pressures, climate change, policies. An in-depth analysis was conducted environmental affecting Romanian Sea, highlighting dominant such as physical habitat loss, hydrocarbon introduction, non-indigenous species invasion. employs novel...
We studied the interacting roles of nutrient availability and herbivory in determining macroalgal community a rocky littoral environment. conducted factorial field experiment where we manipulated levels at two sublittoral depths measured colonization following young assemblage during growing season. At level, grazing reduced algal colonization, though effect varied with depth its interaction time. In shallow water, total density macroalgae increased response to enrichment, but ability...
Efforts to attain good environmental status in the marine realm require decisions which cannot be done without knowledge of effects different management measures. Given wide diversity ecosystems, multitude pressures affecting it and still poor understanding on linkages between those, there are likely no models available give all required answers. Hence, several separate approaches can used parallel support for We tested three completely methods – a spatial impact index, food web model...
Sustainability of marine ecosystems and their services are dependent on biodiversity, which is threatened worldwide. Biodiversity protection a major target the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive, requiring assessment status biodiversity level species, habitats, including genetic diversity role in food web functioning structure. This paper provides summary development new indicators refinement existing ones order to address some observed gaps indicator availability for assessments...
Expert knowledge can help fill gaps in quantitative empirical information about complex ecological phenomena. We examined the level of agreement between 21 studies that collected expert ratings sensitivity species and habitats to human activities their pressures as input data for mapping impact on marine ecosystems. Our analyses revealed broad which many are sensitive to. These agreements reflect a common view main threats ocean In contrast, scores provided by individual experts varied both...
Contamination status of coastal areas Finland (northern Baltic Sea) markedly affected by anthropogenic activities (harbours, shipyards and maritime activity, industry, municipal agricultural inputs, legacy contamination) was assessed for the first time using weight evidence (WOE) approach. The key element study caging (transplantation) mussels (Mytilus trossulus) measurement tissue accumulation polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) applying a suite biomarkers biological effects...
Marine biodiversity loss poses significant ecological and socio-economic challenges. This paper examines how coastal is expressed outlines implications for management. Synthesizing scientific literature on change in the well-studied Finnish waters (Baltic Sea) as a case study, we show that occurs throughout area virtually all biotopes organism groups examined. Biodiversity was 43 different ways. The three most common forms of loss-local disappearance species decrease abundance...
Integrated assessment of the status marine biodiversity is and has been problematic compared to, for example, assessments eutrophication contamination status, mostly as a consequence fact that monitoring habitats, communities species expensive, often collected at an incorrect spatial scale and/or poorly integrated with existing environmental efforts. The objective this Method Paper to introduce describe simple tool based on HELCOM Biodiversity Assessment Tool (BEAT), where interim indicators...