The combined effects of multiple pressures pose critical threats to marine ecosystems. As an initial spatial assessment of cumulative pressures in the Skagerrak, we mapped where multiple pressures coincided with sensitive habitats and species, combining recent spatial data sets on 20 pressures and 39 habitats and species. The spatial data were linked with sensitivity weights obtained with a novel partly data-driven method. We...

Vegetated coastal and marine habitats in the Nordic region include salt marshes, eelgrass meadows and, in particular, brown macroalgae (kelp forests and rockweed beds). Such habitats contribute to storage of organic carbon (Blue Carbon – BC) and support coastal protection, biodiversity and water quality. Protection and restoration of these habitats therefore have the potential to deliver climate change mitigation and co-benefi...