Open AccessAn Earth System Science Program for the Baltic Sea Region
Author(s) -
Meier H. E. M.,
Rutgersson A.,
Reckermann M.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1002/2014eo130001
Subject(s) - baltic sea , geography , watershed , temperate climate , oceanography , boreal , bathymetry , stratification (seeds) , physical geography , fishery , geology , archaeology , ecology , seed dormancy , botany , germination , machine learning , dormancy , computer science , biology
From Russia in the east to Sweden, Denmark, and Germany in the west, reaching south to the tips of the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Ukraine, the Baltic Sea watershed drains nearly 20% of Europe (see Figure 1). In the highly populated south, the temperate climate hosts intensive agriculture and industry. In the north, the landscape is boreal and rural. In the Baltic Sea itself, complex bathymetry and stratification patterns as well as extended hypoxic and anoxic deep waters add to the diversity. Yet in recent history, the differences across the Baltic Sea region have been more than physical: In the mid‐20th century, the watershed was split in two.