A Brief Climatology of Dunkelflaute Events over and Surrounding the North and Baltic Sea Areas by Bowen Li, Sukanta Basu, Simon J. Watson, Herman W. J. Russchenberg

“…In this paper, we report findings from the very first climatological study of Dunkelflaute events occurring in eleven countries surrounding the North and Baltic Sea areas. By utilizing multi-year meteorological and power production datasets, we have quantified various statistics pertaining to these events and also identified their underlying meteorological drivers. …”
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Modelling the Effects of Weather Conditions on Cereal Grain Contamination with Deoxynivalenol in the Baltic Sea Region by Katarzyna Marzec-Schmidt, Thomas Börjesson, Skaidre Suproniene, Małgorzata Jędryczka, Sigita Janavičienė, Tomasz Góral, Ida Karlsson, Yuliia Kochiieru, Piotr Ochodzki, Audronė Mankevičienė, Kristin Piikki

“…In the past 10 years, severe outbreaks of FHB, and grain DON contamination exceeding the EU health safety limits, have occurred in countries in the Baltic Sea region. In this study, extensive data from field trials in Sweden, Poland and Lithuania were analysed to identify the most crucial weather variables for the ability of <i>Fusarium</i> to produce DON. …”
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Role of Macrofaunal Communities in the Vistula River Plume, the Baltic Sea—Bioturbation and Bioirrigation Potential by Natalia Anna Miernik, Urszula Janas, Halina Kendzierska

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Transport of U- and Th-series nuclides in a Baltic Shield watershed and the Baltic Sea by Porcelli, D, Andersson, P, Baskaran, M, Wasserburg, G

“…The Kalix River discharges into the Baltic Sea. Model calculations for the transport of Th and Ra isotopes in the Baltic Sea show that the high ratios of (234Th/238U)AR found here reflect long Th residence times relative to particle scavenging of ~ 50 d. …”

Varieties of social investment policies on two sides of the Baltic Sea: Explaining routes to endurance by Toots, A, Lauri, T

“…In this article, we first map the dynamics of social investment expenditures in 2004–12 in six low‐ and high‐spending welfare states in the Baltic Sea region – Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, Denmark and Sweden – and define countries which have managed to sustain the social investment ratio after recession. …”

Multi-level assessment of the origin, feeding area and organohalogen contamination on salmon from the Baltic Sea by Mirella Kanerva, Nguyen Minh Tue, Tatsuya Kunisue, Kristiina AM Vuori, Hisato Iwata

“…The Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) population in the Baltic Sea consists of wild and hatchery-reared fish that have been released into the sea to support salmon stocks. …”
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Assessing the human health risk of Baltic Sea sea trout (Salmo trutta L.) consumption by Tkachenko Halyna, Kasiyan Olha, Kamiński Piotr, Kurhaluk Natalia

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High metabolism and periodic hypoxia associated with drifting macrophyte detritus in the shallow subtidal Baltic Sea by K. M. Attard, K. M. Attard, K. M. Attard, A. Lyssenko, I. F. Rodil, I. F. Rodil

“…In this study, we investigate the <span class="inline-formula">O₂</span> dynamics and macrobenthic biodiversity associated with a shallow <span class="inline-formula">∼</span> 2300 <span class="inline-formula">m²</span> macrophyte detritus field in the northern Baltic Sea. The detritus, primarily <i>Fucus vesiculosus</i> fragments, had a biomass of <span class="inline-formula">∼</span> 1700 <span class="inline-formula">g dry weight m⁻²</span>, approximately 1.5 times larger than nearby intact <i>F. vesiculosus</i> canopies. …”
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Study on Different Fractions of Organic Molecules in the Baltic Sea Surface Microlayer by Spectrophoto- and Spectrofluorimetric Methods by Violetta Drozdowska, Piotr Kowalczuk, Marta Konik, Lidia Dzierzbicka-Glowacka

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Distribution of metals and extent of contamination in sediments from the south-eastern Baltic Sea (Lithuanian zone) by Nijolė Remeikaitė-Nikienė, Galina Garnaga-Budrė, Galina Lujanienė, Kęstutis Jokšas, Algirdas Stankevičius, Vitalijus Malejevas, Rūta Barisevičiūtė

“…Keywords: Metals, Enrichment factor, Geoaccumulation index, Contamination factor, The Baltic Sea, The Curonian Lagoon…”
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Basis for a valuation of the Polish Exclusive Economic Zone of the Baltic Sea: Rationale and quest for tools by Jan Marcin Węsławski, Eugeniusz Andrulewicz, Lech Kotwicki, Emil Kuzebski, Andrzej Lewandowski, Tomasz Linkowski, Stanisław R. Massel, Stanisław Musielak, Krystyna Olańczuk-Neyman, Janusz Pempkowiak, Halina Piekarek-Jankowska, Teresa Radziejewska, Grzegorz Różyński, Iwona Sagan, Krzysztof E. Skóra, Kazimierz Szefler, Jacek Urbański, Zbigniew Witek, Maciej Wołowicz, Joanna Zachowicz, Tomasz Zarzycki

“…This paper summarises current knowledge of goods and servicesin the Polish Exclusive Economic Zone of the Baltic Sea ecosystem.It reviews specific properties of the Baltic that could be usedfor economic valuation. …”
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Water circulation and recharge pathways of coastal lakes along the southern Baltic Sea in northern Poland by Cieśliński Roman, Chlost Izabela, Budzisz Marta

“…The study area consisted of five lakes located along the Baltic Sea in northern Poland: Łebsko, Gardno, Bukowo, Kopań, Resko Przymorskie. …”
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Volatility of a Ship’s Emissions in the Baltic Sea Using Modelling and Measurements in Real-World Conditions by Oskari Kangasniemi, Pauli Simonen, Jana Moldanová, Hilkka Timonen, Luis M. F. Barreira, Heidi Hellén, Jukka-Pekka Jalkanen, Elisa Majamäki, Barbara D’Anna, Grazia Lanzafame, Brice Temime-Roussel, Johan Mellqvist, Jorma Keskinen, Miikka Dal Maso

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Variability of wind direction statistics of mean and extreme wind events over the Baltic Sea region by Svenja E. Bierstedt, Birgit Hünicke, Eduardo Zorita

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‘Knowledge Workers’ in the Baltic Sea Region: Comparative Assessment of Innovative Performance of the Countries in the Macro-Region by Kirch Aksel

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The Effect of Short-Term Upwelling Events on Fish Assemblages at the South-Eastern Coast of the Baltic Sea by Toma Dabuleviciene, Deividas Jucevicius, Tomas Zolubas, Diana Vaiciute, Nerijus Nika

“…In this perspective, we were aiming, for the first time in the Baltic Sea, to assess the upwelling influence on fish communities and fish community-based ecological indices used under Marine Strategy Framework Directive. …”
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Microbiological analysis of skin lesions of cod (Gadus morhua) from the southern part of the Baltic Sea by Pękala-Safińska Agnieszka, Nadolna-Ałtyn Katarzyna, Różycki Mirosław, Paździor Ewa, Cencek Tomasz, Podolska Magdalena

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Health effects from contaminant exposure in Baltic Sea birds and marine mammals: A review by Christian Sonne, Ursula Siebert, Katharina Gonnsen, Jean-Pierre Desforges, Igor Eulaers, Sara Persson, Anna Roos, Britt-Marie Bäcklin, Kaarina Kauhala, Morten Tange Olsen, Karin C. Harding, Gabriele Treu, Anders Galatius, Emilie Andersen-Ranberg, Stephanie Gross, Jan Lakemeyer, Kristina Lehnert, Su Shiung Lam, Wanxi Peng, Rune Dietz

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The adaptation of Russian regions’ econ­omies to the rupture of relations with Europe: the case of Baltic Sea ports by Kuvalin D. B., Shcherbanin Yu. A.

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Mapping coastal upwelling in the Baltic Sea from 2002 to 2020 using remote sensing data by Shuping Zhang, Lichuan Wu, Johan Arnqvist, Christoffer Hallgren, Anna Rutgersson

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