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dc.contributor.authorAndersen, Jesper H
dc.contributor.authorAl-Hamdani, Zyad
dc.contributor.authorHarvey, E Thérèse
dc.contributor.authorKallenbach, Emilie
dc.contributor.authorMurray, Ciarán
dc.contributor.authorStock, Andy
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-03T10:23:38Z
dc.date.available2020-07-03T10:23:38Z
dc.date.created2020-03-16T11:23:47Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.citationScience of the Total Environment. 2020, 704, 135316.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0048-9697
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/2660688
dc.description.abstractThe objectives of this study are 1) to map the potential cumulative impacts of multiple human activities and stressors on the ecosystems in the transition zone between the North Sea and Baltic Sea, for Danish waters 2) to analyse differences in stressor contribution between the European Union’s Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD, off-shore waters) and Water Framework Directive (WFD, coastal waters), and 3) to assess the local relative importance of stressors for 14 areas along a land-sea gradient, from inner fjords or coastal areas to offshore waters. The mapping of cumulative impacts is anchored in 35 datasets describing a broad range of human stressors and 47 ecosystem components ranging from phytoplankton over benthic communities to fish, seabirds and marine mammals, which we combined by means of a widely used spatial human impact model. Ranking of the stressor impacts for the entire study area revealed that the top five stressors are: ‘Nutrients’, ‘Climate anomalies’, ‘Non-indigenous species’, ‘Noise’ and ‘Contaminants’. The gradient studies showed that some stressors (e.g. ‘Nutrients’, ‘Shipping’ and ‘Physical modification’) have a relatively higher impact within the fjord/estuarine systems whilst others (e.g. ‘Fisheries’, ‘Contaminants’ and ‘Noise’) have relatively higher impact in the open waters. Beyond mapping of cumulative human impacts, we discuss how the maps can be used as an analytical tool to inform ecosystem-based management and marine spatial planning, using the MSFD and WFD as examples.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.no*
dc.titleRelative impacts of multiple human stressors in estuaries and coastal waters in the North Sea–Baltic Sea transition zoneen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.rights.holder2019 The Authoren_US
dc.source.pagenumber15en_US
dc.source.volume704en_US
dc.source.journalScience of the Total Environmenten_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135316
dc.identifier.cristin1801803
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