Implementation of European Marine Policy: New Water Quality Targets for German Baltic Waters
Marine Policy 51 (2015) 305–321 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Marine Policy journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/marpol Implementation of European marine policy: New water quality targets for German Baltic waters Gerald Schernewski a,b,n, Rene Friedland a, Marina Carstens c, Ulrike Hirt d, Wera Leujak e, Günther Nausch a, Thomas Neumann a,b, Thorkild Petenati f, Sigrid Sagert g, Norbert Wasmund a, Mario von Weber c a Leibniz-Institute for Baltic Sea Research, Seestrasse 15, D-18119 Rostock, Germany b Marine Science and Technology Center of Klaipeda University, H. Manto 84, LT-92294 Klaipeda, Lithuania c State Agency for Environment, Nature Conservation and Geology Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (LUNG), Goldberger Strasse 12, D-18273 Güstrow, Germany d Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Department of Ecosystem Research, Müggelseedamm 310, D-12587 Berlin, Germany e German Environmental Agency (UBA), Wörlitzer Platz 1, D-06844 Dessau-Rosslau, Germany f State Agency for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Areas (LLUR), Hamburger Chaussee 25, D-24220 Flintbek, Germany g Project Management Jülich, branch office Rostock, Schweriner Straße 44, D-18069 Rostock, Germany article info abstract Article history: A full re-calculation of Water Framework Directive reference and target concentrations for German Received 4 December 2013 coastal waters and the western Baltic Sea is presented, which includes a harmonization with HELCOM Received in revised form Baltic Sea Action Plan (BSAP) targets. Further, maximum allowable nutrient inputs (MAI) and target 25 August 2014 concentrations in rivers for the German Baltic catchments are suggested. For this purpose a spatially Accepted 1 September 2014 coupled, large scale and integrative modeling approach is used, which links the river basin flux model Available online 30 September 2014 MONERIS to ERGOM-MOM, a three-dimensional ecosystem model of the Baltic Sea.
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