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61
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12792
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2212
National Ranking
32

Overview

Erik Bonsdorff is affiliated with Åbo Akademi University in Finland. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. The scientist's work involves several subfields, including Ecology, Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, as well as Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The main topics investigated by Bonsdorff include Marine and fisheries research, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies, Marine and coastal plant biology, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, and Plant and animal studies.

Their recent publications illustrate a focus on ecological dynamics and environmental issues related to the Baltic Sea and broader marine ecosystems. Selected papers include:

  • "Climate change in the Baltic Sea region: a summary" (2022) published in Earth System Dynamics
  • "Global climate change and the Baltic Sea ecosystem: direct and indirect effects on species, communities and ecosystem functioning" (2022) in Earth System Dynamics
  • "Disentangling temporal food web dynamics facilitates understanding of ecosystem functioning" (2021) in Journal of Animal Ecology
  • "Ecological coherence of Marine Protected Areas: New tools applied to the Baltic Sea network" (2020) in Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
  • "Eutrophication: Early warning signals, ecosystem-level and societal responses, and ways forward" (2021) in AMBIO

Bonsdorff has published multiple articles in several scientific venues, notably AMBIO, Earth System Dynamics, Helda (University of Helsinki), Journal of Fish Biology, and Journal of Animal Ecology.

The scientist has collaborated with several frequent co-authors, including:

  • Marie C. Nordström
  • Christina Henseler
  • Martin Snickars
  • Anna Törnroos
  • Johanna Mattila

Best Publications

  • Hypoxia-Related Processes in the Baltic Sea

    Daniel J. Conley;Svante Björck;Erik Bonsdorff;Jacob Carstensen

  • Hypoxia is increasing in the coastal zone of the Baltic sea

    Daniel J. Conley;Jacob Carstensen;Juris Aigars;Philip Axe

  • The Baltic Sea as a time machine for the future coastal ocean

    Thorsten B. H. Reusch;Jan Dierking;Helen C. Andersson;Erik Bonsdorff

  • Coastal eutrophication: Causes, consequences and perspectives in the Archipelago areas of the northern Baltic Sea

    E. Bonsdorff;E.M. Blomqvist;J. Mattila;A. Norkko

  • The importance of benthic-pelagic coupling for marine ecosystem functioning in a changing world

    Jennifer R. Griffiths;Martina Kadin;Francisco J. A. Nascimento;Tobias Tamelander

  • Temporal and spatial large-scale effects of eutrophication and oxygen deficiency on benthic fauna in Scandinavian and Baltic waters - A review

    Karin Karlson;Rutger Rosenberg;Erik Bonsdorff

  • Community structure and spatial variation of benthic invertebrates associated with Zostera marina (L.) beds in the northern Baltic Sea

    Christoffer Boström;Erik Bonsdorff

  • Rapid zoobenthic community responses to accumulations of drifting algae

    A Norkko;E Bonsdorff

  • Importance of functional biodiversity and species-specific traits of benthic fauna for ecosystem functions in marine sediment

    K. Norling;Rutger Rosenberg;S. Hulth;A. Grémare

  • Zoobenthic community establishment and habitat complexity — the importance of seagrass shoot-density, morphology and physical disturbance for faunal recruitment

    Christoffer Boström;Erik Bonsdorff

  • Drifting algal mats as an alternative habitat for benthic invertebrates: Species specific responses to a transient resource.

    Joanna Norkko;Erik Bonsdorff;Alf Norkko

  • Zoobenthic diversity-gradients in the Baltic Sea: Continuous post-glacial succession in a stressed ecosystem

    Erik Bonsdorff

  • Population responses of coastal zoobenthos to stress induced by drifting algal mats

    A. Norkko;E. Bonsdorff

  • Variation in the sublittoral macrozoobenthos of the Baltic Sea along environmental gradients: A functional-group approach

    Erik Bonsdorff;Thomas H. Pearson

  • A welcome can of worms? Hypoxia mitigation by an invasive species

    Joanna Norkko;Joanna Norkko;Daniel C. Reed;Daniel C. Reed;Karen Timmermann;Alf Norkko;Alf Norkko

  • Hypoxia in the Baltic Sea: Biogeochemical Cycles, Benthic Fauna, and Management

    Jacob Carstensen;Daniel J. Conley;Erik Bonsdorff;Bo G. Gustafsson

  • Baltic Sea eutrophication: area-specific ecological consequences

    Cecilia Rönnberg;Erik Bonsdorff

  • The Effect of Spatial and Temporal Heterogeneity on the Design and Analysis of Empirical Studies of Scale‐Dependent Systems

    Judi E. Hewitt;Simon F. Thrush;Paul K. Dayton;Erik Bonsdorff

  • Drifting algae and zoobenthos — Effects on settling and community structure

    Erik Bonsdorff

  • Long-term changes and coastal eutrophication. Examples from the Aland Islands and the Archipelago Sea, northern Baltic Sea

    E. Bonsdorff;E. M. Blomqvist;J. Mattila;A. Norkko

  • The Baltic Sea

    Kaisa Kononen;Erik Bonsdorff;Elisabeth Kessler

Frequent Co-Authors

Alf Norkko
Alf Norkko University of Helsinki
Jacob Carstensen
Jacob Carstensen Aarhus University
Thorsten Blenckner
Thorsten Blenckner Stockholm Resilience Centre
Monika Winder
Monika Winder Stockholm University
Joanna Norkko
Joanna Norkko University of Helsinki
Henn Ojaveer
Henn Ojaveer University of Tartu
Johanna Mattila
Johanna Mattila Åbo Akademi University
Christoffer Boström
Christoffer Boström Åbo Akademi University
Daniel J. Conley
Daniel J. Conley Lund University
Bo G. Gustafsson
Bo G. Gustafsson Stockholm University

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