title: Climate change effects on the Baltic Sea borderland between land and sea.
abstract: Coastal habitats are situated on the border between land and sea, and ecosystem structure and functioning is influenced by both marine and terrestrial processes. Despite this, most scientific studies and monitoring are conducted either with a terrestrial or an aquatic focus. To address issues concerning climate change impacts in coastal areas, a cross-ecosystem approach is necessary. Since habitats along the Baltic coastlines vary in hydrology, natural geography, and ecology, climate change projections for Baltic shore ecosystems are bound to be highly speculative. Societal responses to climate change in the Baltic coastal ecosystems should have an ecosystem approach and match the biophysical realities of the Baltic Sea area. Knowledge about ecosystem processes and their responses to a changing climate should be integrated within the decision process, both locally and nationally, in order to increase the awareness of, and to prepare for climate change impacts in coastal areas of the Baltic Sea.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences, Stockholm University, 106 91, Stockholm, Sweden, alma.strandmark@su.se.
authors.forename: Alma
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Strandmark
authors.forename: Arvid
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bring
authors.forename: Sara A O
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Cousins
authors.forename: Georgia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Destouni
authors.forename: Hans
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kautsky
authors.forename: Gundula
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kolb
authors.forename: Maricela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: de la Torre-Castro
authors.forename: Peter A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Hambäck
mesh_terms: D002980:Climate; D057231:Climate Change; D017753:Ecosystem; D009792:Oceans and Seas