Review on patterns and dynamics of drivers of biodiversity (species, communities, habitats) across Baltic Sea ecosystems in space and time including socio-economy : BIO-C3 Deliverable, D3.1

At the beginning we present a review on the imprecise use of the ‘Driver’ and ‘Pressure’ terms and give a possible definition in line with the Driver-Pressure-State-Impact-Response (DPSIR) approach (Oesterwind et al, 2016). With the help of the whole consortium we produced a general table of potential important drivers and pressures of the Baltic Sea which will be used as a basis in task 5.1 (table is already discussed with task leader). In the following sections main pressures were reviewed concerning status, impact and outlook or model results were presented if available.