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This report presents the results from the cruise from the end of February to the beginning of March. The species diversity and cell concentrations were low in the Baltic Sea and at the majority of the stations visited in the Skagerrak and the Kattegat. The most species rich samples were found at …

R/V Aranda monitored the entire Baltic Sea: poor oxygen condition continues, amount of phosphorus risen in the Sea of Bothnia and the Baltic Proper.

Baltic Earth is a research network with the vision to achieve an improved Earth system understanding of the Baltic Sea region.

In the Skagerrak and Kattegat, surface salinity was lower than normal, which indicates an influence of outflowing Baltic water. In the Baltic Proper the concentrations of phosphate and silicate were elevated in the Western Gotland Basin. The oxygen concentrations in the bottom water in Hanö …

A new cooperation between SMHI and the Finnish SYKE has started. This is the first AlgAware with data from samplings with the Finnish ship R/V Aranda. All phytoplankton samples from the Skagerrak, the Kattegat and the Baltic Sea contained low species diversities and all of the cell counts were …

In Skagerrak and Kattegat, surface salinity was much lower than usual, which indicate a strong influence of outflowing Baltic water. The mapping of nutrients in the Kattegat showed small variations and overall normal concentrations. In the Baltic Proper the concentrations of phosphate and silicate …

SMHI and SYKE, the Finnish Environment Institute, have begun a close collaboration to monitor the marine environment of the Baltic and the North Sea.

OceanWeb on smhi.se is now being re-launched in a new, more accessible form. OceanWeb is a web application for the visualization of ocean observations and forecasts for the seas around Sweden; the Baltic, Kattegat and Skagerrak.

The serious oxygen conditions that have affected the Baltic Sea during the 2000s continue. The oxygen survey performed during autumn 2013 show that 15% of the bottom areas are dead due to total absence of oxygen and about 30% suffer from acute oxygen deficiency.