A North Sea and Baltic Sea Model Ensemble Eutrophication Assessment

• Published in: Ambio Vol. 39; no. 1; pp. 59 - 69
• Main Authors: Almroth, Elin, Skogen, Morten D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer 01.02.2010; Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences; Springer Netherlands; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Assessed values; Assessment; Assessments; Atmospheric Sciences; Baltic Sea; Basins; Chlorophyll - toxicity; Classification; Coasts; Cost functions; Earth and Environmental Science; Ecological modeling; Ecological models; Ecological monitoring; Ecology; Ecosystem; Ecosystem models; Ecosystems; Environment; Environmental assessment; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology; Environmental Management; Eutrophication; Gulfs; Harmful Algal Bloom; Humans; Hydrology; Marine; Mathematical models; Modeling; Modelling; Models, Theoretical; Nitrogen - toxicity; North Sea; Nutrients; Oceans and Seas; OSPAR CP; Oxygen; Parametric models; Phosphorus - toxicity; Physical Geography; Public Policy; Reference Values; REVIEW PAPER; Seas; Standard deviation; Thresholds; Water Pollution, Chemical - adverse effects; Water quality; Weighted averages; North Sea; ANE, North Sea; ANE, Baltic Sea, Bornholm Basin; ANE, North Sea, Kattegat; ANE, Denmark, Bornholm; ANE, Finland, Etelae-Suomi, Helsinki; ANE, Baltic Proper; ANE, Baltic Sea, Kattegat; France, Paris; ANE, Baltic Sea, Arkona Basin; ANE, Baltic Sea, Finland Gulf; ANE, Baltic Sea, Riga Gulf; Modelling; North Sea; Baltic Sea; Assessment; Eutrophication; OSPAR CP

A method to combine observations and an ensemble of ecological models is suggested to produce a eutrophication assessment. Using threshold values and methodology from the Oslo and Paris Commissions (OSPAR) and the Helsinki Commission (HELCOM), four models are combined to assess eutrophication for th...