Abiotic drivers of coastal fish community change during four decades in the Baltic Sea
<qd> Olsson, J., Bergström, L., and Gårdmark, A. 2012. Abiotic drivers of coastal fish community change during four decades in the Baltic Sea – ICES Journal of Marine Science, doi:10.1093/icesjms/fss072. </qd>Evidence for long-term change of marine ecosystems is increasing worldwide. Coa...
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fthighwire:oai:open-archive.highwire.org:icesjms:fss072v1 2023-05-15T17:34:06+02:00 Abiotic drivers of coastal fish community change during four decades in the Baltic Sea Olsson, Jens Bergström, Lena Gårdmark, Anna 2012-05-14 07:17:18.0 text/html http://icesjms.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/fss072v1 https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fss072 en eng Oxford University Press http://icesjms.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/fss072v1 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fss072 Copyright (C) 2012, International Council for the Exploration of the Sea/Conseil International pour l'Exploration de la Mer Article TEXT 2012 fthighwire https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fss072 2013-05-26T22:47:31Z <qd> Olsson, J., Bergström, L., and Gårdmark, A. 2012. Abiotic drivers of coastal fish community change during four decades in the Baltic Sea – ICES Journal of Marine Science, doi:10.1093/icesjms/fss072. </qd>Evidence for long-term change of marine ecosystems is increasing worldwide. Coastal areas harbour the socio-economically and ecologically most vital aquatic ecosystems, but are under increasing anthropogenic pressure. Little is known, however, about how environmental perturbations affect the development of coastal systems. In this paper, datasets of coastal fish communities covering almost four decades (early/mid 1970s to 2008) in three different basins of the Baltic Sea were analysed. There were clear changes in species composition over time in all but one dataset and coherence among basins in the timing of change. Changes were mainly associated with variables related to climate (water temperature, salinity, and North Atlantic Oscillation index), but less so with those reflecting nutrient status (nutrient concentrations and loading). Despite the importance of local water temperature, regional climatic variables were more important for the temporal development of communities. The results indicate that Baltic coastal fish communities have undergone large structural changes governed by processes acting on both local and regional scales. The findings suggest that ecological targets should be set accounting for long-term changes in community structure and that a common management of coastal and offshore ecosystems would be beneficial. Text North Atlantic North Atlantic oscillation HighWire Press (Stanford University) ICES Journal of Marine Science 69 6 961 970 |
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<qd> Olsson, J., Bergström, L., and Gårdmark, A. 2012. Abiotic drivers of coastal fish community change during four decades in the Baltic Sea – ICES Journal of Marine Science, doi:10.1093/icesjms/fss072. </qd>Evidence for long-term change of marine ecosystems is increasing worldwide. Coastal areas harbour the socio-economically and ecologically most vital aquatic ecosystems, but are under increasing anthropogenic pressure. Little is known, however, about how environmental perturbations affect the development of coastal systems. In this paper, datasets of coastal fish communities covering almost four decades (early/mid 1970s to 2008) in three different basins of the Baltic Sea were analysed. There were clear changes in species composition over time in all but one dataset and coherence among basins in the timing of change. Changes were mainly associated with variables related to climate (water temperature, salinity, and North Atlantic Oscillation index), but less so with those reflecting nutrient status (nutrient concentrations and loading). Despite the importance of local water temperature, regional climatic variables were more important for the temporal development of communities. The results indicate that Baltic coastal fish communities have undergone large structural changes governed by processes acting on both local and regional scales. The findings suggest that ecological targets should be set accounting for long-term changes in community structure and that a common management of coastal and offshore ecosystems would be beneficial. |
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Abiotic drivers of coastal fish community change during four decades in the Baltic Sea |
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Abiotic drivers of coastal fish community change during four decades in the Baltic Sea |
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