Saving the Baltic Sea, the Inland Waters of Its Drainage Basin, or Both? Spatial Perspectives on Reducing P-Loads in Eastern Sweden
2014 (English)In: Ambio, ISSN 0044-7447, E-ISSN 1654-7209, Vol. 43, no 7, p. 914-925Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Nutrient loads from inland sources to the Baltic Sea and adjacent inland waters need to be reduced in order to prevent eutrophication and meet requirements of the European Water Framework Directive (WFD) and the Baltic Sea Action Plan (BSAP). We here investigate the spatial implications of using different possible criteria for reducing water-borne phosphorous (P) loads in the Northern Baltic Sea River Basin District (NBS-RBD) in Sweden. Results show that most catchments that have a high degree of internal eutrophication do not express high export of P from their outlets. Furthermore, due to lake retention, lake catchments with high P-loads per agricultural area (which is potentially of concern for the WFD) did not considerably contribute to the P-loading of the Baltic Sea. Spatially uniform water quality goals may, therefore, not be effective in NBS-RBD, emphasizing more generally the need for regional adaptation of WFD and BSAP-related goals.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Springer, 2014. Vol. 43, no 7, p. 914-925
National Category
Earth and Related Environmental Sciences
Research subject
Environmental Studies; Baltic and East European studies
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-23422DOI: 10.1007/s13280-014-0523-xISI: 000343659300009PubMedID: 24799149Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84910139818Local ID: 1169/42/2007:10OAI: oai:DiVA.org:sh-23422DiVA, id: diva2:716197
Part of project
Ecosystems as common-pool resources - Implications for building sustainable water mangagement institutions in the Baltic Sea Region, The Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies
Funder
The Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies, A058-2007
Note
Funded by the Ministry of Education and Research within the Research School for Teachers on Climate Evolution and Water Resources
2014-05-082014-05-082020-07-17Bibliographically approved