Report of the Study Group on Baltic Sea Productivity (SGPROD)

Study Group on Baltic Sea Productivity Issues in support of the BSRP (SGPROD) met from 6–7 April 2006 in Tallinn, Estonia. The meeting was attended by 17 participants. During the first phase of the BSRP a functioning network of lead laboratories and coordination centres was established. Technical and human capacity for productivity assessment was improved by the arrangements for a new SOOP line between Gdynia and Karlskrona, by training and intercalibration of phytobenthos monitoring specialists, improvement of coastal fish monitoring methods, and testing of productivity indicators based on zooplankton data and on trophic network modelling in coastal areas.