Varjopuro, RikuBlenckner, ThorstenDolch, TobiasHeiskanen, Anna-StinnaPihlajamaki, MiaValman, MatildaGee, KiraPotts, TavisPsuty, Iwona2014-12-232014-12-232014Varjopuro, R, Blenckner, T, Dolch, T, Heiskanen, A-S, Pihlajamaki, M, Valman, M, Gee, K, Potts, T & Psuty, I 2014, 'Coping with persistent environmental problems : systemic delays in reducing eutrophication of the Baltic Sea', Ecology and Society, vol. 19, no. 4, 48. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-06938-1904481708-3087http://hdl.handle.net/2164/4123Acknowledgments: The research leading to this paper has received funding from the European Community’s Seventh Framework Programme [FP7/2007-2013] under grant agreement number 226675 "Knowledge-based Sustainable Management for Europe’s Seas." The research was funded also by grants from the Swedish Research Council Formas Project “Regime Shifts in the Baltic Sea Ecosystem” and the strategic program at Stockholm University “Baltic Ecosystem Adaptive Management Program.” Research presented in this paper contributes to the Nordic Centre for Research on Marine Ecosystems and Resources under Climate Change (NorMER), which is funded by the Norden Top-level Research Initiative subprogram "Effect Studies and Adaptation to Climate Change." The authors are grateful to the two anonymous reviewers whose critical comments helped to improve the paper substantially.388262engSDG 14 - Life Below Wateradaptive managementBaltic Seaecosystem delaysmonitoring of implementationG Geography (General)G1Journal article10.5751/ES-06938-190448http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol19/iss4/art48/194