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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-2579-2020
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-2579-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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Research article
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15 May 2020
Research article |
| 15 May 2020
| 15 May 2020
Reconstructing N2-fixing cyanobacterial blooms in the Baltic Sea beyond observations using 6- and 7-methylheptadecane in sediments as specific biomarkers
Jérôme Kaiser
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research (IOW), Seestrasse 15, 18119
Rostock-Warnemünde, Germany
Norbert Wasmund
Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research (IOW), Seestrasse 15, 18119
Rostock-Warnemünde, Germany
Mati Kahru
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San
Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0218, USA
Anna K. Wittenborn
Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research (IOW), Seestrasse 15, 18119
Rostock-Warnemünde, Germany
Regina Hansen
Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research (IOW), Seestrasse 15, 18119
Rostock-Warnemünde, Germany
Katharina Häusler
Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research (IOW), Seestrasse 15, 18119
Rostock-Warnemünde, Germany
Matthias Moros
Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research (IOW), Seestrasse 15, 18119
Rostock-Warnemünde, Germany
Detlef Schulz-Bull
Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research (IOW), Seestrasse 15, 18119
Rostock-Warnemünde, Germany
Helge W. Arz
Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research (IOW), Seestrasse 15, 18119
Rostock-Warnemünde, Germany
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- Diverging temporal trends and environmental drivers of dominant cyanobacteria in the Gulf of Riga, 1976–2024 I. Liepina-Leimane et al. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2025.1713992
- A downcore calibration of the TEX86L temperature proxy for the Baltic Sea A. Wittenborn et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2022.104875
- Cyanobacteria blooms in the Baltic Sea: a review of models and facts B. Munkes et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-2347-2021
- Sedimentary faecal lipids as indicators of Baltic Sea sewage pollution and population growth since 1860 AD J. Kaiser & M. Lerch https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2021.112305
- Future increase of filamentous cyanobacteria in coastal Baltic Sea predicted by multiple realm models of marine, terrestrial, and climate change scenarios M. Abdelgadir et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2025.103439
- Automated solid phase extraction of environmental lipid biomarkers J. Kaiser et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chroma.2026.466757
- Biogeochemical functioning of the Baltic Sea K. Kuliński et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-13-633-2022
- Biogenicity of amorphous organic matter and bacteriomorph acritarchs preserved in wrinkle structures from the Ediacaran Cíjara Formation, Spain J. Álvaro et al. https://doi.org/10.1002/dep2.258
- Biodiversity of microorganisms in the Baltic Sea: the power of novel methods in the identification of marine microbes H. Mazur-Marzec et al. https://doi.org/10.1093/femsre/fuae024
- What initiates cyanobacterial blooms in the Baltic Sea? M. Kahru et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2025.102924
- Trophic lengthening triggered by filamentous, N2‐fixing cyanobacteria disrupts pelagic but not benthic food webs in a large estuarine ecosystem M. Steinkopf et al. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.11048
- Evaluating sedimentary DNA for tracing changes in cyanobacteria dynamics from sediments spanning the last 350 years of Lake Tiefer See, NE Germany E. Nwosu et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10933-021-00206-9
- Environmental drivers affecting the status of top commercial fish stocks in the Baltic Sea: review M. Rosciszewski-Dodgson & G. Cirella https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1399707
- Klimakrise: Welche gastroenterologischen Folgeerkrankungen dieses medizinischen Notfalls sollten wir kennen? J. Walldorf et al. https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2058-8883
- The East Gotland Basin (Baltic Sea) as a candidate Global boundary Stratotype Section and Point for the Anthropocene series J. Kaiser et al. https://doi.org/10.1177/20530196221132709
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Short summary
Cyanobacterial blooms represent a threat to the Baltic Sea ecosystem, causing deoxygenation of the bottom water. In order to understand the natural versus anthropogenic factors driving these blooms, it is necessary to study long-term trends beyond observations. We have produced a record of cyanobacterial blooms since 1860 using organic molecules (biomarkers) preserved in sediments. Cyanobacterial blooms in the Baltic Sea are likely mainly related to temperature variability.
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