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The weather during the first part of the expedition was very rough with gale and heavy seas. At the visited stations in Kattegat, Skagerrak and the Sound nutrient concentrations showed normal values for the season. Lower silicate concentrations was found in south eastern and eastern Baltic proper Last updated: Apr 23, 2014

A warmer climate with more precipitation and a rise in sea level will affect the ecosystem and increase risks linked with natural disasters. Strategies are needed now, to help decision makers and other groups so that changes can be met in the best possible way. The adaptation work around the Baltic Last updated: Mar 20, 2017

Surface temperatures were normal throughout the area. Nutrient concentrations in the surface layer were normal for the season, except in the Arkona and Bornholm Basins where phosphate and silicate levels were higher than normal. At the Fårö Deep and western Gotland Basin, silicate concentrations Last updated: Apr 23, 2014

The total volume of water in the global oceans affects the sea level in our seas. The volume of the global ocean is determined partly by the ocean temperature and by how much water is stored on land in reservoirs and aquifers, and as ice in the form of glaciers, Antarctic ice and Greenland ice. The Last updated: Apr 23, 2014

activity, levels of nutrients were also higher. The bottom water was well oxygenated, also at Släggö in the mouth of Gullmarsfjorden. For more details on species composition see the separate algal report. The Kattegat and the Sound The temperature of the surface water was normal for the season and varied Last updated: May 26, 2016

was performed within SMHI’s regular marine monitoring programme and covered the Skagerrak, the Kattegat, the Sound and the Baltic Proper. This report is based on preliminary data. Nutrient concentrations were normal for the season in all areas. In the south of Kattegat and in the Sound, deeper than 20 Last updated: Apr 23, 2014

. This report is based on preliminary data. Nutrient concentrations were normal for the season in most areas with the exception of high values of phosphate and silicate in the eastern Baltic. After the latest inflow to the Baltic in January, the deep water of the Arkona Basin, Bornholm Basin and the Hanö Last updated: Apr 23, 2014

area. At the second visit to Anholt E, at the end of the expedition nutrient concentrations were halved and the spring bloom was in full progress. Baltic Sea Surface water temperature varied from 1°C in the north to 3°C in the south, typical for the season. Thermocline and halocline were located at the Last updated: Apr 23, 2014

typical for the winter phosphate 0.4-0.6; nitrate nitrite 4-6 and silicate 9.4-11,5 µmol/l. The bottom water was well oxygenated. Baltic Sea The surface water temperature was in the range 3 to 4 °C, which is typical for the season. The thermocline and halocline were located at the same depths and began in Last updated: Apr 23, 2014

Proper and parts of the Bothnian Sea. High concentrations of phosphate and silicate were measured in the surface waters of the southern Baltic Proper. The nitrogen components showed normal values in the whole investigated area. On the west coast, nutrients showed for the season normal values, with the Last updated: Apr 23, 2014