{"id":2204,"date":"2025-05-16T18:09:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T15:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.abo.fi\/centre-for-sustainable-ocean-science\/?page_id=2204"},"modified":"2025-12-19T14:43:52","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T11:43:52","slug":"marine-biodiversity-loss-in-finnish-coastal-waters","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.abo.fi\/centre-for-sustainable-ocean-science\/publications\/marine-biodiversity-loss-in-finnish-coastal-waters\/","title":{"rendered":"Marine biodiversity loss in Finnish coastal waters: Evidence and implications for management"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-theme-palette-1-color has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-a9cd71bcbeea836d7a8404c55bf9d9f7\">Marine biodiversity loss in Finnish coastal waters: Evidence and implications for management<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Ambio &#8211; A Journal of Environment and Society 16.5.2025<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Authors: Henri Sumelius, Samuli Korpinen, Alf Norkko, Sonja Salovius-Laur\u00e9n, Markku Viitasalo &amp; Christoffer Bostr\u00f6m<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kb-btns2204_4e4e41-cd{gap:var(--global-kb-gap-xs, 0.5rem );justify-content:flex-start;align-items:center;}.kt-btns2204_4e4e41-cd .kt-button{font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;}.kt-btns2204_4e4e41-cd .kt-btn-wrap-0{margin-right:5px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns2204_4e4e41-cd .kt-btn-wrap-0 .kt-button{color:#555555;border-color:#555555;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns2204_4e4e41-cd .kt-btn-wrap-0 .kt-button:hover, .wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns2204_4e4e41-cd .kt-btn-wrap-0 .kt-button:focus{color:#ffffff;border-color:#444444;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns2204_4e4e41-cd .kt-btn-wrap-0 .kt-button::before{display:none;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns2204_4e4e41-cd .kt-btn-wrap-0 .kt-button:hover, .wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns2204_4e4e41-cd .kt-btn-wrap-0 .kt-button:focus{background:#444444;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn kb-buttons-wrap kb-btns2204_4e4e41-cd\"><style>ul.menu .wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn .kb-btn2204_7c7d49-bb.kb-button{width:initial;}<\/style><a class=\"kb-button kt-button button kb-btn2204_7c7d49-bb kt-btn-size-standard kt-btn-width-type-auto kb-btn-global-fill  kt-btn-has-text-true kt-btn-has-svg-false  wp-block-kadence-singlebtn\" href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s13280-025-02185-x?utm_source=rct_congratemailt&#038;utm_medium=email&#038;utm_campaign=oa_20250516&#038;utm_content=10.1007%2Fs13280-025-02185-x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"kt-btn-inner-text\">Read and download<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.abo.fi\/centre-for-sustainable-ocean-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/05\/Ambio-cover.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"has-border-color has-theme-palette-6-border-color wp-image-2207\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:0px;width:319px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.abo.fi\/centre-for-sustainable-ocean-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/05\/Ambio-cover.png 450w, https:\/\/sites.abo.fi\/centre-for-sustainable-ocean-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/05\/Ambio-cover-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">Marine biodiversity loss poses significant ecological and socio-economic challenges. This paper examines how coastal biodiversity loss is expressed and outlines implications for management. Synthesizing scientific literature on biodiversity change in the well-studied Finnish coastal waters (Baltic Sea) as a case study, the authors show that biodiversity loss occurs throughout the area in virtually all biotopes and organism groups examined. Biodiversity loss was expressed in 43 different ways. The three most common forms of biodiversity loss\u2014local disappearance of species and decrease in abundance and biomass\u2014covered nearly half of the observations. For these, the most common underlying causes were eutrophication, climate change, and physical disturbance of the seabed. Overall, eutrophication and climate change were the most frequent ones among the 13 loss drivers identified. The authors emphasize that critical knowledge gaps must be bridged, and monitoring improved, but, importantly, resolute decisions for action are required for the recovery of coastal marine ecosystems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marine biodiversity loss in Finnish coastal waters: Evidence and implications for management Ambio &#8211; A Journal of Environment and Society 16.5.2025 Authors: Henri Sumelius, Samuli Korpinen, Alf Norkko, Sonja Salovius-Laur\u00e9n, Markku Viitasalo &amp; Christoffer Bostr\u00f6m Marine biodiversity loss poses significant ecological and socio-economic challenges. 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